Thursday, July 30, 2009...10:53 am
Living history
As I’m drowning in web taxonomy at the moment, let’s take time out to enjoy last weekend’s English Heritage Festival of History.
I joined 1,000 happy historic re-enacters in a field in Northamptonshire to watch a mini re-enactment of D-Day, be shown how a Sten gun worked and enjoy all the grisly details of Tudor-style judicial punishment – including hanging, drawing and, naturally, quartering. Oh, and some nice people enjoying some tea and cake.
Next year I’m planning to form a Journalism Re-Enactment Society, and set up an old-style print newsroom in the field, complete with copy editors, picture researchers and typesetters – and some grouchy bloke wearing a green eye-shade.
Anyone interested, contact me through the blog. Seriously – I might even do this…
2 Comments
August 3rd, 2009 at 2:54 pm
Genuinely brilliant idea.
There will be tea and cake though won’t there? Perhaps the Wartime Housewife could make the cakes?
August 4th, 2009 at 8:03 pm
Flapjacks please…
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