Norse and Viking Ramblings

When I started this blog, I promised some account of my travels, but there has been too little of that (though I have travelled quite a lot...

Following up the Jorvik Viking Festival (see previous blog), I found a link to ' Dismorphia: Viking York , coming to a computer near you...

Next week sees that venerable institution, the Jorvik Viking Festival, return for the 24th time. The programme promises the usual mix of ...

A long train journey recently gave me a good excuse to read S.J. Bolton's Sacrifice . It's actually a very readable thriller, and I...

Yesterday's Guardian reports a curious story in which a party-goer dressed as Thor returned home to terrify a burglar with his tinfoil ...

One of our students has drawn attention to the fact that there is a Danish-produced film called Valhalla Rising in preparation for release i...

I have just caught the repeat of Joanna Lumley in the Land of the Northern Lights on BBC2. It was really refreshing, immediately after the ...