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

In the year 1753, 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 a grim epoch of unfathomable pestilence, when the Black Death swept across Europe, a chilling apparition emerged from its: the plague doctor. Clad a long, horrific coat of waxed cloth and a alarming mask fashioned from leather, they emerged a omen of both fear and fleeting hope. These masks, often equipped with peepholes, were imagined to filter