Live coronavirus updates across the East of England Doctors treating those with the Black Death believed the bird-like mask acted as a filter against the disease. Plague doctors believed the beak ...

For centuries, Halloween has been celebrated by guys and ghouls across the nation, showing their spooky spirit for the ...

Plague doctors in the 17th Century believed the beak-like masks filled with perfume and herbs protected them One person wrote: "Scared the life out of my missus. Terrifying for kids." Another ...

During the Bubonic plague in the Middle Ages, some European doctors wore beak-like masks to protect against “miasma”, what they called air pollution linked to rotting matter and bad smells.

A protective mask used by doctors during the 17th century when they called on patients suffering from the plague. The quality of air was also blamed for the spread of plague - bad, stinking air ...

This is a first for me, but it’s just another day in the London Dungeon, where I’m learning to become a scare actor.  And, ...

Major Grom: Plague Doctor’ synopsis is as follows: “In present-day St. Petersburg, police major Igor Grom, an honest and skilled cop with unconventional methods, pursues a vigilante murderer in the ...

The phrases are a bit long-winded — they can last up to 30 seconds — but I like that they’re actually related to the Plague Doctor design. One even refers to “the lavender in my mask ...

Presented with a bone-white Venetian beak mask (the kind favored by plague doctors in the Renaissance), you’re invited to gawk, shame-free, at whatever you see, to rifle through drawers ...

Over the past weekend, hundreds of cosplay enthusiasts gathered in the Estonian capital for Burning Pumpkin Fest (BPF), the fall edition of the Asian and youth subcultures festival J-TSOON.