Shameless self-promotion has not generally been the main purpose of this blog.
I've tended to aim for the slightly quirky, or even personal, just recording things that I have
found interesting. But I have also enjoyed bringing to light various Norse and
Viking things that I have observed in my studies or my travels. And every
once in a while I am minded to comment on books or other phenomena from the
academic world of Viking studies. Over the last few years (and especially during
the pandemic) I have increasingly been doing this in the form of podcasts and other
audio discussions or interviews. While my preferred medium is still the written
word, I have noticed that more and more people seem to like listening to
something more than reading something (and unlike reading it's something they can more easily do while doing something else). So I have enjoyed this way of communicating
with people who might not otherwise read anything I have written. The audio
experience is also different from this blog (and from much of what I write) in
that in these contributions I am not necessarily following my own nose but more likely responding to questions or topics
suggested by those who produce them, and this can force me to look at
things differently.
So, for those who think this blog has been a bit thin of late, or who can't be
bothered to browse in it, here are some links to the things that I have been
broadcasting to the world in recent times, in reverse chronological order:
The Danelaw In Our Time BBC Radio 4 with Melvyn Bragg and two other
guests (March 2019)
