Run! It's the Vikings!

Advantages: A swashbuckling charge down memory lane!
Disadvantages: It isn't very PC and nor does it have great depth.

...'The Vikings' is a 1hr 51min movie from the 50s starring Kirk Douglas, available at a very low price on DVD. Looking back in his autobiography, 'Climbing the mountain', Kirk Douglas had a lot to say about 'Spartacus'. I can see why because it was a huge movie with lots of gladiators forming an army to challenge even the mighty Romans. However, a film of his from the 50s that I loved dearly but which he hardly mentions, was 'The Vikings''. I like it more than 'Spartacus'. Directed by Richard Fleischer, 'The Vikings' was released when I was four way back in 1958. It did the rounds of cinemas quite regularly in Birmingham in the following years which is how it was that when I was eight I found myself, wide-eyed and in awe of this movie. Why? Because the world it depicted was colourful, exciting and filled with larger than life...

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Review of The Vikings (DVD)

Visiting Vikings

Advantages: Interesting, fun & friendly
Disadvantages: The technology can fail; a bit short on detail in places

..."You may experience a little time turbulence" we were informed. "Just a little shaking; it's nothing to be alarmed about". We were sat on benches in a small room that forms the Jorvik's equivalent of the TARDIS, as the screen in front of us scrolled back through about a thousand years of York history. Museums have clearly changed since I were a nipper. Emerging from the time capsule, we were then to be taken on another journey. Carriages slung from an overhead track, were to take us from the riverbank up through the streets of the Viking settlement of Jorvik. It was dark, and dank, and just ever so slightly smelly?no-where near as bad as I suspect it would have been, but enough for atmosphere. We hadn't expected any of this (not least because we'd been aiming for a different museum entirely, but that's another story...

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Review of Jorvik Viking Centre (York)

Discover York's Viking past

Advantages: Lots to see
Disadvantages: Expensive, the queues

...above. Each tour consists of about 30 people and tours take place about every 10 minutes throughout the day. After a wait of only a few minutes we were greeted by a chap dressed as a Viking who invited us to follow him on a journey into the past to the year 975AD and more intriguingly to a specific date within that year. We all followed like sheep and were seated inside a small room, this room was referred to as "the time machine" and this is from where our journey began. I won't describe what happened in detail for feel of spoiling it for others but it was an interesting start to the tour. Having travelled back in time over a thousand years we were then greeted by another authentically dressed character who loaded us all into carriages which would take us on our tour of York as it would have looked all those years ago. Each...

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The Vikings are coming!

Advantages: Good game.
Disadvantages: Repetitive

...Viking: Battle of Asgard for PS3. **************************** ~Introduction~ Two Viking gods have decided to go to war which has plunged the entire Viking world into war. You are a helper for the gods and must stop the war. To do this you gather allies whilst fighting foes along the way ~Game~ The game is divided up into three islands. Each Island has been overrun by enemy Vikings and you must liberate villages and along the way gain allies to help you take control back from the baddies. Gather enough allies and you can attack and destroy the enemy strongholds. There are of course several tricky side quests to complete whilst you are on each island, such as finding items (There are hidden skulls etc) that will aid you in summoning a dragon to help in future fights (its important to find this one). Along the way there...

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Review of Viking: Battle for Asgard (PS3)

I found I'm a Viking!

Advantages: Interesting displays with a lot of interactive possibilities.
Disadvantages: the Journey of Yorvik streets is short and could be slower.

...During my four days trip to York City I would like to say Jorvik Viking Centre was the most interesting and enjoyable place I visited. I?m comparing it to sites, such as Clifford?s Tower, National Railway Museum, York Castle Museum, and York Minster, etc. General information Jorvik Viking Centre is located within the Coppergate Shopping Centre, just by St. Mary's Square and surrounded by many shops. The building itself looks like an ordinary shop too. In fact most of the building on the ground floor is a gift shop as well as exit from the Centre. Since it first opened in April 1984 it has been hugely popular. Without noticing the long queue at the entrance to the centre you would not consider that it is a tourist site. Originally the site was a buried city of the Vikings, who were sea-borne warriors from the Scandinavian area...

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Review of Jorvik Viking Centre, York

Required: An Interest in Vikings.

Advantages: transport links, in a great city
Disadvantages: very boring, expensive

...We decided to have a day trip to York a few months ago as it was the school holidays, and everyone had a bit of money to spend and was looking forward to a good day out. A few days before the trip, my Mum won some tickets to get into Jorvik Viking Centre in the centre of York for free, and as it was free we decided we might as well go. We had had a nice morning in York, visiting plenty of the shops and we also went to Café Rouge for lunch. Then after lunch we thought it might be a good time to use our free tickets, thinking that everyone would be having lunch. It is located right in the centre of York, five minutes walk away from the train station and situated in the middle of plenty of popular shops and restaurants, both chain and individual as well as being a minute or two?s walk away from York?s market with a variety of stalls...

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Viking Internet site

Advantages: Cheap
Disadvantages: Doesnt do everything

...I am the senior administrator at my company, and since working here I have been contacted by so many stationary companies offering 'bargins' and 'value for money' and in my company - thats the most important thing, we do a big order of stationary every week, and every few weeks we buy furniture and a vast amount of cleaning product. Due to different companies being able to put offers on different products, my company have an account with 2 companies, one company is our main one, we order our envelopes, paper, pens etc from them, The other company is Viking, I discovered Viking whilst looking for a product that our usual company didn't do, i surfed the internet for the product (some postal tubing) and Viking was first in the search results, and when checked against other internet companies, Viking offered the best deal. Their...

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Review of viking-direct.co.uk

Memories are made of this.

Advantages: A charming, easy read
Disadvantages: You don't want to put it down

... THE MEMORY GARDEN RACHEL HORE If you are looking for a good read, a book that you don't want to put down. A book full of romance set in a beautifully described Cornwall and set over a hundred year period, then Rachel Hore's delightful book, 'The Memory Garden' is the one for you. This is a story that is based at a tiny unspoilt bay in Cornwall - Lamorna Cove . The story twists cleverly between two stories, 100 years apart. The Memory Garden tells the story of two women, born a 100 years apart, but whose lives seem so much the same In the present time Mel Pentreath goes to get over her mother's death and the end of a love affair. 100 years ago Lamorna Bay was habited by a group of local artists. Pearl Treglown,was an orphan who worked in the manor house then, an orphan with unexpected artistic...

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Review of The Memory Garden - Rachel Hore

Thanks for the memories

Advantages: A good read with excellent characters.
Disadvantages: Cannot think of any.

...to give a lecture to. He is also trying to impress her. After the blood transfusion, Joyce begins to experience deja vu everytime she sees Justin. It is as if she knows him, and she starts to experience some of his memories. The story is quite far fetched, that somebody can receive a pint of somebody's blood and know all about their memories, but the author has done it in such a way that you don't feel that it is far fetched, or fantasy in any way. What I loved about the story were some of the characters. Joyce's dad is a complete character, and I wouldn't mind seeing this story in film just to see this character alone. He gives the impression that he is old and daft, but he is more together than you think. Also, Justin's sister-in-law, Doris, is an American who wears leopardskin everything (even leopardskin nailpolish) - I...

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Review of Thanks for the Memories - Cecelia Ahern

Viking travel 1000 years on

Advantages: Cheap, choice of destinations, good food
Disadvantages: Not first class luxury

...A lot's changed since the days of the Vikings, around 1000 years ago. Travel is certainly a lot more enjoyable, and you don't need to wear a helmet either. There's a bit of a choice when it comes to sailing in the North of Europe, here's one of them - Viking Line. THE COMPANY *********** Viking Line started operation over 40 years ago, and is one of the most popular ferry companies to operate crossings between Finland, the island of Åland, and Sweden. THE SHIPS ********* The company has 7 ships, M/s Amorella, Cinderella, Gabriella, Isabella, Mariella, Rosella & Ålandsfärjan. Most are reasonably modern, being built in the late 1980's, or early 1990's. Of the 7 ships, the Cinderella is the largest, 11 decks, 191 metres in length, and 29 in width, with a 2500 person capacity. It's also perhaps the most beautiful and is known...

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