Neil Hopcroft

Upplands 19: “Frösten reste denna sten efter Hadske sin fader”“Frösten raised this stone after Hadske, his father”

Asknäs is a small village on the island of Ekerö.

Outside the town of Ekerö is a small palace.

Beyond Drottningholm is the town of Ekerö, near the bridge onto the island of the same name.

Some time ago I tried to write about what I thought was wrong with fiction. Reading the The Science of Storytelling has given me some more insight into that, so I’m going to try again, with a little more knowledge. There are a few parts to it, mostly I think it comes down to there […]

[Audiobook] The Science of Storytelling by Will Storr I have, for a while, been interested in the process of the generation of fictional stories. My interested was piqued by a screenwriting session at Em-fest before Christmas and I wanted to find out more. Also, for a long time, I have been thinking that fiction is […]

More pictures from Kista in the snow, a little further from my office this time.

Sö 292“+ uihmar + (l)et + ra(i)– + saen + þina + at + iaruta + mah + auk + felha + sin + auk + buþur + ka…a +”“Vígmarr lét rei[sa] stein þenna at Jôrunda/Jôrund, mág ok félaga sinn ok bróður …”“Vígmarr had this stone raised in memory of Jôrundi/Jôrundr, his kinsman-by-marriage and partner […]

Sorunda is a small village not far from Nynäshamn.

Just outside the small harbour town of Nynäshamn, inconveniently located atop a bank by the main road to Stockholm, is an elaborate runestone.(amateur translation)“uikuir kiraistu stain iuk nunai skamunbanth rista stein stanta a auian uik firth ak raist a straintath haf a nuan thumakathuirfirt uauth thu runar”