In the year 1751, 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, implemented by many European nations before, finally took hold on these shores. This adjustment was not merely a matter

In this grim epoch of ravaging pestilence, during the Black Death swept across Europe, a chilling figure emerged from the: the plague doctor. Wearing a long, bizarre coat of waxed cloth and a distinctive mask constructed from leather, it became a representation of both fear and fleeting hope. Their masks, regularly bearing glass, were thought to fi