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

In the year 1752, a most striking 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 alteration was not merely a matter

In this grim epoch of devastating pestilence, when the Black Death swept across Europe, a chilling apparition emerged from its: the plague doctor. Clad a long, bizarre coat of waxed cloth and a unusual mask constructed from leather, he was a symbol of both fear and illusory hope. These masks, often bearing eyes, were thought to filter the miasma th