A couple of days ago the famed Gordonstoun School marked its 75th anniversary with an interesting day of role-play:

The classes of 2009 donned 1930s-style shorts and grey shirts to undertake military style exercises… The cold shower was switched on at 6:45am and pupils had to complete a half-mile run and the first lesson of the day before breakfast.

Later, all 600 pupils gathered on the front lawn for physical exercises, before more lessons and the less strenuous occupation of lying flat on their backs while a teacher read Shakespeare.

A ceremonial public caning followed… (Or should have done!)