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

In a grim epoch of ravaging pestilence, as the Black Death descended across Europe, a chilling specter emerged from the shadows: the plague doctor. Wearing a long, bizarre coat of oiled cloth and a alarming mask fashioned from leather, it emerged a omen of both fear and illusory hope. They masks, regularly equipped with glass, were believed to filt