A wonderful conversation with internet researcher and medieval historian, Medieval Advisor at Abbey Medieval Festival 2025 on the subject of reenactment. Pavel was in Australia for his work and amazingly, it coincided with our biggest reenactment event in the country, so with a quick wrangle, we were able to have him as a guest. Museum History Guy organised his entry and although he was only able to visit for one day, it gave many of us fellow-researchers and fans alike to meet the person behind the page.
Medieval Advisor generously shares his knowledge of medieval manuscripts online freely (although he has a lot of extras on his Patreon also) and is very generous with his knowledge on social media.
Medieval events in Australia are an entirely different kind of event to the kind of thing they have in Europe and England, so it was a good chance for him to see what it is we do here, and how we approach it. He had some kind words for my display, which was really nice for me.
I also had the privilege of sharing some original artifacts with him which he was very interested in!