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

In this grim epoch of ravaging pestilence, during the Black Death descended across Europe, a chilling apparition emerged from its: the plague doctor. Wearing a long, macabre coat of waxed cloth and a unusual mask fashioned from leather, it emerged a omen of both fear and illusory hope. Their masks, frequently featuring glass, were imagined to filte