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(This is Part Two! Check yesterday for Part One)AND WE ARE BACK! And this week/month/year we're looking at: Calendars. How we ended up with the names for our months and days, how the Mayan calendar caused such a kerfuffle, the failed French attempt to decimalise time and our bonus part this week: why the UK government stole 11 daysNew Year, same incredible features: THE ONE DAY TIME MACHINE, HOW WOULD YOU IMPRESS SOMEONE IN 500AD and of course DO YOU HAVE A RELATIVE OF NOTE?Want to contribute to any of our INCREDIBLE format points? Do let us know at: hello@ohwhatatime.comThis is Part Two, but if you want both parts now, why not become an Oh What A Time: FULL TIMER?In exchange for your £4.99 to support the show, you'll get:- the 4th part of every episode and ad-free listening- episodes a week ahead of everyone else- a bonus episode every month- And first dibs on any live show ticketsSubscriptions are available via AnotherSlice, Apple and Spotify. For all the links head to: ohwhatatime.comYou can follow us on: X (formerly Twitter) at @ohwhatatimepodAnd Instagram at @ohwhatatimepodAaannnd if you like it, why not drop us a review in your podcast app of choice?Thank you to Dan Evans for the artwork (idrawforfood.co.uk).And thank you for listening! We’ll see next week!Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices


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