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Work has begun on Viking Link, the world's longest electricity interconnector which will allow power to travel between the UK and Denmark

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    jgb
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    As a somewhat Daneophilic Brit I'm happy about this - but isn't it funny that we use 'Viking' as a whimsical name these days for trans North Sea collaboration, when the Viking raids pretty much...

    As a somewhat Daneophilic Brit I'm happy about this - but isn't it funny that we use 'Viking' as a whimsical name these days for trans North Sea collaboration, when the Viking raids pretty much constitute genocide by modern standards. I wonder if Wehrmacht will be an amusing name for German-Polish collaboration in the year 3100?

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      Speaking of rape and pillage, I was watching an episode from the latest season of QI (S18 E05 – Rubbish) that sort of debunks this piece of history. It's obviously not an academic study on the...

      Speaking of rape and pillage, I was watching an episode from the latest season of QI (S18 E05 – Rubbish) that sort of debunks this piece of history. It's obviously not an academic study on the topic, but it piqued my interest nonetheless...