In the year 1753, a most peculiar 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
Masks of Mortality: Plague Doctors and the Black Death
In a grim epoch of unfathomable pestilence, during the Black Death swept across Europe, a chilling apparition emerged from the: the plague doctor. Wearing a long, horrific coat of greased cloth and a alarming mask constructed from leather, they emerged a omen of both fear and fleeting hope. They masks, often equipped with peepholes, were believed t