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 shift was not merely a matter of c

In this grim epoch of unfathomable pestilence, as the Black Death ripped across Europe, a chilling specter emerged from its: the plague doctor. Clad a long, bizarre coat of waxed cloth and a unusual mask fashioned from leather, they became a representation of both fear and illusory hope. They masks, regularly equipped with glass, were thought to fi