BRITAIN'S BOLD LEAP: THE GREAT CALENDAR CHANGE OF 1752

In the year 1752, a most unusual event shook the very foundations of time itself in Britain. A bold leap forward, a radical alteration to the way they measured days and years - this was no ordinary change. The Gregorian Calendar, implemented by many European nations before, finally took hold on these shores. This shift was not merely a matter of co

In a grim epoch of ravaging pestilence, when the Black Death descended across Europe, a chilling figure emerged from the shadows: the plague doctor. Wearing a long, macabre coat of oiled cloth and a alarming mask fashioned from leather, he was a symbol of both fear and illusory hope. These masks, regularly equipped with peepholes, were believed to