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

In the year 1751, 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, implemented by many European nations before, finally took hold on these shores. This adjustment was not merely a matter

In a grim epoch of ravaging pestilence, when the Black Death swept across Europe, a chilling apparition emerged from the shadows: the plague doctor. Wearing a long, bizarre coat of greased cloth and a distinctive mask fashioned from leather, he was a representation of both fear and temporary hope. They masks, often featuring glass, were thought to