Welcome back to the home of the oxymoron. Evil genius. He asked the newspaper to print his obituary early so he'd enjoy it. That's like hiding at your own funeral. Yeah, it's a big, great gig. I'm Russell Kane. Join me to weigh in on whether the biggest players in history are more evil or genius. Becoming that rich, I'd say that at some level of genius. It also helps that it's a long time ago, right?

It's like the podcast version of telling your kids the ice cream van plays music when it's out of ice cream.

Listen to evil genius on BBC Sounds.

Welcome to the Royal College of Music, where in honour of the first ever appearance of the Iceland Symphony Orchestra at the BBC Proms,

we're going to be exploring the past, present and future of Icelandic culture.

My fellow explorers here on stage are the novelist and author of the Ice Museum in search of the lost land of Toulé, Joanna Covenna,

and the Radio 3 New Generation Thinker and favourite Norse scholar, Eleanor Rosamund Barakloff.

And, like the best Icelandic hot springs,

we're going to spout for 20 minutes without stopping.

So let's begin with some Icelandic, Eleanor,

because of course language is the best map a country can ever have.

Surtur fare, sunan, with sfiagalaivi, skin of sverthi, sulvaltiva.

Gruttberg gnatta, and gifurrattar, trude, hallier, hellway,

and hymn clofner.

Sol, tear, sordner,

sigerful'd in mar,

Kferfa of himny,

heather sturner.

Geysar, Eamie,

and alder nari,

leaker haur hittie,

with himin sialfan.

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