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

In the year 1753, a most peculiar 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, adopted by many European nations before, finally took hold on these shores. This alteration was not merely a matter of

In the grim epoch of unfathomable pestilence, when the Black Death swept across Europe, a chilling figure emerged from the: the plague doctor. Clad a long, bizarre coat of greased cloth and a alarming mask designed from leather, they was a representation of both fear and illusory hope. They masks, often equipped with peepholes, were thought to filt