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 shift was not merely a matter of conve

In the grim epoch of unfathomable pestilence, as the Black Death ripped across Europe, a chilling specter emerged from the: the plague doctor. Robe in a long, macabre coat of greased cloth and a unusual mask designed from leather, they was a representation of both fear and fleeting hope. They masks, regularly equipped with peepholes, were thought t