Norse and Viking Ramblings

I see from a BBC report that the city of Canterbury will be commemorating the Viking attacks of 1000 years ago, with services in the Cathed...

As the proud slave of two Siamese (one pictured left), and general lover of all moggies, I have often wondered about the Vikings and their r...

I finally got around to reading Justin Hill's Shieldwall , as previously reported . I can't say it has converted me to historical no...

There were hints of an interest in Norse mythology already in her 1990 novel Possession . Now the distinguished novelist Dame A.S. Byatt is ...

In case you missed it when it was first on last autumn, the Time Team Special slightly archly named 'The Real Vikings' was shown aga...

My favourite archaeological excavation, led by Dr James Barrett, on the Brough of Deerness in Orkney, has started up again, after a break in...

The march of historical novelists continues. Back in March, I reported on a visit by Kevin Crossley-Holland, promoting his new children...