By: Hugin This week the section of The Saga of King Hrolf Kraki is split into two sections. Once again, Hrolf plays a relatively minor part, the protagonist of the first section being Svipdag and the second being Bodvar. Svipdag was the son of a wealthy farmer, Svip, and his brothers were called Beygad…
Category: Serials
#1 Saga of King Hrolf Kraki: Part One
By: Hugin Notable ancestry seems to have been obligatory for Norse heroes. The first time that I read The Saga of King Hrolf Kraki, I was surprised that the first chapter introduces no one called Hrolf. Instead, it tells of how a good king, Halfdan, was murdered in cold blood by his brother, Frodi….
Working Life #2
By: Patrick It had been another long week, another week when Jon had spent his time dealing with the suffering and grief of his traumatised clients with a professionalism that was beginning to trouble him. Something had come between him and them of late – a barrier that allowed their stories, entreaties and breakdowns…
Working Life #1
By: Patrick She was beginning to bore me by this point and I was concerned that it was becoming obvious, perhaps in the involuntary saccades my eyes tend to make during uncomfortable social situations. I could feel myself staring at her with an unnatural intensity, a rather unsuccessful ploy to aid in the feigning…