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, embraced by many European nations before, finally took hold on these shores. This alteration was not merely a matter of

In a grim epoch of devastating pestilence, during the Black Death ripped across Europe, a chilling specter emerged from the: the plague doctor. Clad a long, bizarre coat of greased cloth and a alarming mask constructed from leather, they was a omen of both fear and temporary hope. These masks, regularly equipped with peepholes, were imagined to fil