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

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

In the grim epoch of unfathomable pestilence, during the Black Death ripped across Europe, a chilling specter emerged from its: the plague doctor. Robe in a long, horrific coat of greased cloth and a unusual mask designed from leather, it became a omen of both fear and fleeting hope. They masks, often featuring eyes, were imagined to filter the fou