We return to south-west Iceland for the fourth episode of the ‘Saga Stories’ series. This time, we’re near the modern-day town of Hvolsvöllur, telling stories
In the third episode of the ‘Saga Stories’ series, I travel to South Iceland to tell stories from the lesser-known Flóamanna saga. This saga is
The second episode of my new video series ‘Saga Stories’ looks at Egils saga. In this episode, I travel to three locations around Borgarnes and
Here is the first in a new series of videos I will be making with the Reykjavík Grapevine, one of Iceland’s leading English-language media outlets.
Last week I spoke with Dr Kathy Cawsey, professor of English literature at Dalhousie University in Canada. Kathy is an inspiring researcher and teacher, and
This is a short article about the character of Esja. She is a witch from Kjalnesinga saga, the only saga set in Iceland’s capital region.
This week I met with Jess Distill from the Reykjavík Grapevine to discuss my research on the medieval Icelandic sagas. See our conversation about witches,
This is an article about a sexual assault by a zombie in Heiðarvíga saga, which reveals aspects of the sexual ideology of medieval Iceland. *Trigger