Norse and Viking Ramblings

There has been some kerfuffle about the choice of a black actor to play Heimdallr in Kenneth Branagh's forthcoming film about Thor (eh? ...

The website handrit.is , a beta version of which has been available for a while, was officially launched in Reykjavík a week or so ago, a...

As stranded travellers all over the world return home, I am happy to report that we too are now back, as of this morning. The various member...

I find myself one of the many thousands of people around the world stranded because of the volcanic ash cloud emanating from Iceland. I am i...

One of the pleasures of liking both Vikings and crime fiction is being able to combine the two. I particularly like thrillers and detective...

Shetland Forwirds, 'a group dedicated to celebrating and promoting Shetland dialect', which, as they say, 'has both Nordic and S...

Yesterday's Guardian has a feature, by Fiona MacCarthy, on William Morris as 'Man of the North' , illustrated by a nice sunny p...