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David's article gave me a wry chuckle or three. My favourite example of re-enactors discovering what really went on was a TV series where a group of ordinary blokes spent a weekend being Roman legionaries. They were provided with full armour but also what we would call cap comforters-woollen...

A great vignette Just long enough to read while cooking tea (while not burning it) and a nice twist at the end. Nice contrast Between the humanity if the priest and the dry explanation of the professor and its left to us to wonder about the impact of the storm of 1066

It could form the basis of a good book; the British Revolution from different viewpoints. But works really well as a vignette