The 15th century met the 21st recently when York, England's Company of Merchant Adventurers announced that it will share the secrets of its famous guildhall in Fossgate on a Facebook website.

According to an article by Ron Godfrey in The Press, "The Merchant Adventurers’ Hall Facebook page is filled with information about the “venturerers” of old – those who ventured their assets by selling goods to Germany and France, setting off with cargoes from a deepwater Foss tributary via Hull docks. It also outlines a description of The Great Hall, its undercroft and its chapel, and it includes an interactive game where the viewer becomes a medieval venturer whose father has given him or her a massive UK£50 to trade in lead, wine, textiles and other goods with the object of making a profit."

Many thanks to Countess Alys Katharine, who has visited York on a number of occasions, but, alas, does not have a Facebook account, for recommending this story.