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

In the year 1751, a most unusual 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 c

In a grim epoch of unfathomable pestilence, during the Black Death ripped across Europe, a chilling figure emerged from the: the plague doctor. Clad a long, macabre coat of oiled cloth and a alarming mask fashioned from leather, it became a representation of both fear and fleeting hope. These masks, frequently featuring glass, were imagined to filt