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

In the year 1751, 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 adjustment was not merely a matter

In this grim epoch of devastating pestilence, during the Black Death descended across Europe, a chilling apparition emerged from the: the plague doctor. Clad a long, macabre coat of waxed cloth and a unusual mask designed from leather, it became a omen of both fear and temporary hope. Their masks, often equipped with glass, were thought to filter t