Neil Hopcroft

This is the first year I have reviewed all the books I have read (well, all bar two, reviews of which will be coming up over the next couple of weeks) – so time for a look back at those reviews. Best book of the year Best non-fiction book of the year Worst book of […]

At the bottom of the Vira Bruk waterfall is an old mill, no longer in use but with a lot of infrastructure still intact.

Some way to the north east of Stockholm is the small settlement of Vira Bruk (Swedish), a small waterfall and mill dating from the 17th century hiding in the forest.

The suburb of Åkersberga is at the end of the Roslagsbanan, there are signs toward a borgruin, but when I tried to follow them I couldn’t find it.

The Jul market at Gröna Lund was somewhat less authentically Swedish than the one at Skansen.

We went to the Jul market at Skansen, where we entered the cheese lottery and won a miniture cheese grater. We gave the sausage lottery in the next hut over a wide berth

Some more snow in Kista, outside my office this time.

In the snows before christmas we visited Steninge Slott once again, as well as the snow outside, there was a Jul Market in the barn above the shop and cafe.

[Audiobook] Jet Man – The Making and Breaking of Frank Whittle, Genius of the Jet Revolution This book follows the genesis of the jet engine from idea through to implementation. A fraught journey lead by the tenacious but unstable Frank Whittle. It starts with his vision for an interceptor plane powered by a new type […]

In the grounds of Haga Slott is the Fjarilshuset.