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

In the year 1752, 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, adopted by many European nations before, finally took hold on these shores. This adjustment was not merely a matter of

In this grim epoch of ravaging pestilence, during the Black Death ripped across Europe, a chilling apparition emerged from the: the plague doctor. Robe in a long, bizarre coat of waxed cloth and a unusual mask constructed from leather, it emerged a symbol of both fear and illusory hope. These masks, frequently bearing peepholes, were thought to fil