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

In the year 1753, 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 a calender where 11 days are missing no ordinary change. The Gregorian Calendar, implemented by many European nations before, finally took hold on these shores. Thi

In a grim epoch of unfathomable pestilence, during the Black Death swept across Europe, a chilling specter emerged from its: the plague doctor. Clad a long, horrific coat of greased cloth and a alarming mask fashioned from leather, it was a symbol of both fear and illusory hope. These masks, frequently equipped with glass, were thought to filter th