Neil Gaiman excerpt

I was just reading Neil Gaiman's journal, which is one of my links down at the bottom of this page. He has a very funny little segue from telling of a story in the Guardian about the revision of European history to a kindler and gentler version, apparently in order to bolster the European Union. The re-casting of the Vikings from cruel barbaric pillagers to clever traders and peaceful farmer-settlers inspired him to re-write the Crusades, the Jewish diaspora and the defeat of the Spanish Armada. Check it out (you may have to look in the archives in a few days.)