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

In a grim epoch of unfathomable pestilence, during the Black Death swept across Europe, a chilling figure emerged from its: the plague doctor. Wearing a long, horrific coat of greased cloth and a unusual mask designed from leather, he was a representation of both fear and illusory hope. Their masks, regularly featuring peepholes, were believed to f