Carolyne Larrington's interesting talk on The Poetic Edda makes reference to William Morris, Wagner, and Game of Thrones (as yet unread and unwatched by me - anyone here a fan?).
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Here's an article to add to our occasional writers' notebooks series of posts - Robert Macfarlane on his 'underground' stationery.
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Sir Tim Waterstone was a recent guest of Georgina Godwin's on Meet the Writers; listen to his interview here.