Yeah, the plug was a shame, which is why I edited it out of the photos. But we decided that a gaping hole would look even stranger.

My general policy with this sort of anachronism is that I'd rather work with actors whom I can trust to carry a role and take the punishment well, but who perhaps have some ink or piercings or facial hair which aren't perfectly in period, than hire an unknown model who looks just right but may not be able to give as good a performance.

With male performers in particular, I am starting from scratch as no other sites pay professional men for their spanking work and every other male sub is an amateur. Half the time you can't even see their face to find out if they're cute or not, and even if they are cute, they aren't named so there's no way of getting in touch with them. As a result I'm starting with my personal network of contacts in hiring men that I can trust to do a good job. I won't hire anyone without meeting them first, and I've had a few interviews with interested male spankees now where just as I decided I wanted to work with them, they changed their minds.

I welcome each and every enquiry from interested guys who want to be in a video, but I am picky as hell. A male spankee needs to be confident, charismatic, youthful and have a good body and nice face. They need to be able to take a spanking, follow direction and improvise believable dialogue. I also only work with performers who have passion for their work and creative input to offer into the scenes we do, and aren't just doing it for the cash - I've turned down female spankees on these grounds before.

In the face of all that, an earplug seems like a silly thing to get hung up on. But yes, I am acutely aware of each and every anachronism, and working to improve the attention to detail in each new production. As our cast grows and the options available to me expand, I am hoping that I'll have the luxury of being more perfectionistic with my casting. Until then, I still enjoy historical scenarios and don't want to avoid them entirely just because the majority of my cast are in the alternative scene and most of us have body modifications of one sort or another.

Well you know, I do offer top sessions - if you're in London, it could be arranged!

Yes, yes, YES. That's exactly it. Not only women like to be spanked, not only women deserve to be spanked, and not all women do either! Spanking fantasies should be about PEOPLE who deserve or enjoy spanking, without any focus on one or the other gender. Men and women can be top, bottom, switch or none of the above, and a site which only focuses one one orientation risks implying that a specific interest is, or should be, a cultural default. Spankings for all who want them, I say!

I wasn't being as severe as I could have been with the birch, no, but even so, this whipping was intense and definitely had an effect, as you can see in the photos. It was a very cold day and the strokes were applied from cold, which always makes it hurt more. Sebastian had never been birched before and I think he was exceptionally brave. Next door, perhaps, if he wants to be pushed a little further in terms of severity, I will make sure it's a nice and warm indoor room!

Very wise words, but what do they mean ?

I'm not sure a birching would work over the knee, but this is a hot thought! I meant to shoot a Victorian governess birching scene during our location shoot last week actually, but sadly the lad who had asked for it ended up not being able to make it. Instead there's a video of Mike getting the birch from Tom... I will definitely reprise the governess theme next time I shoot some F/M video though!