My Albion

In the middle of January, I spent ten days in Vienna as part of a work-stay organized by the project where I am currently working as a postd...

  Wednesday, I came back from a ten-day trip to Vienna. For the most part, it was a work-stay, where I and some colleagues spent our time pr...

Today is the feast of Saint Sebastian, a saint with whom I am inexplicably fascinated - inexplicably because I cannot define exactly what fa...

  I live a relatively dull life, thankfully. Most of what makes my life exciting, or that gives my life meaning, is to a large extent only e...

  Today is the feast of Thomas of Canterbury, the archbishop who was murdered by a group of knights in Canterbury Cathedral in 1170. Followi...

  At the Museum of Cultural History in Oslo, it is possible to behold one of the most exquisite surviving works of medieval art from Norway,...

In Gulatingslova,  the law of the Gulathing law province in Norway, there are strict rules for the brewing of ale before Christmas. These ru...