Dear Suzi
I concur about the falling standards of UK history
programmes - they seem to be aimed at those with
gnat-like attention spans and clips of 'reenactments'
are repeated ad nauseam just in case you forgot what
happened the last time the presenter mentioned Henry
VIII... all of one minute ago. My particular peeve was
with a national historic body (who will remain
nameless) advertising sites in Scotland using one
character who was supposed to be a warrior from
Bannockburn but was instead Billy Connolly's double
from Braveheart. When I wrote and complained to both
the organisation and advertising agency, I was told
that all that mattered was making the public 'aware of
their sites' by using recognisable images.Honestly.
I too was bemused by the princess seams on
Elizabeth's very dowdy doublet dress. Surely everyone
who makes costumes at that kind of level has access to
patterns of fashion??
I also think that people should not say anything
unless they have something supportive /informative
/nice to say or a question to ask that other people
can help with. Sniping is a waste of bandwidth and
everyone's time.
Katherine
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