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I’ll Huff And I’ll Puff And I’ll Blow Your House Down

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“The creditors who could potentially suffer the fate of recovering nothing from the Landsbanki estate are the same creditors to…

Everything Well Under Control?

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Some of you may recall the wave of Nigerian scam emails that hit businesses the world over in the 1990s….

Jungle Drums and Tribal Justice

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“…Iceland’s misadventure in imitating the banking excesses of bigger countries has let it to imitate their judicial excesses.” Christopher Caldwell,…

Heaven and Hell by Jón Kalman Stefánsson

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Jón Kalman Stefánsson’s first work in English translation, ‘Heaven and Hell’ (‘Himnaríki og helvíti’, Bjartur, October 2007), was released on…

More Bones of Contention

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“Do you think that people in Europe would ever want to revolt again if they thought that their banking community…

To EU Or Not To EU

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Iceland’s EU accession talks commenced on July 27, and Bloomberg implied that they were fast tracked to July primarily due…

The Cult of 101

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Now translated into over 14 languages, Hallgrímur Helgason’s novel ‘101 Reykjavík’ literally transformed the traditionally held view of Iceland as…

Breaking Into The Mainstream

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Literary IcelandOutside of the Sagas and Nobel Prize winner Halldór Laxness there is little known about Icelandic literature in the…

Hot Air And Solar Flares

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In a recent New Scientist article, “Get ready for decades of Icelandic fireworks,” volcanologist Þorvaldur Þórðarson speculates this next active…

Kreppa In The International Eye: April

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A Google news search on April 29 reveals over 22,000 hits on Iceland, 90%, of course, had to do with…

Kreppa in the International Eye: March

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Last month the London Times contemplated volcanic fallout in 2010 due to the inevitable eruption of Katla; Alþingi agreed to…

Kreppa In The International Eye

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“[The British and Dutch Governments] were expecting to transform Icesave’s private debt into the public [sovereign] debt of the Icelandic…

From Exploding Range Rovers to Knitted Mittens?

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‘Iceland is no longer a country. It is a hedge fund.’ —Man from the IMF supposedly speaking to Michael Lewis,…

Radio To The Other Side: In search of the Real McCoy

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‘People fail to notice what they do when awake, just as they forget what they do while asleep.’ Heraclitus, Greek…

Radio To The Other Side: In search of the Real McCoy

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“What stays inside you all your life, but leaves only when you’re dead?” ‘What is this? A riddle?’ I ask…

G! Festival: The Eternal Twilight of a Sparkling Mind

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It’s five in the morning and I’m just rolling back to Siggi and Rúnar’s sailboat-slash-home away from home, which sits…

Radio To The Other Side: In search of the Real McCoy

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A word of warning: This one could end up being a real mind-bender. Hold on to your seats. First, to…

The Metaphysical Art Of Sailing The North Atlantic. Sailing From The West Fjords To The Faroese Islands; There And Back Again In One Piece

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The Sea, the Sea, the Unending Sea There is something elemental that happens when you face an unbridled ocean. It’s…

Exodus

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Something childlike deep within their eyes, reminded me of faces in the crowd from before the fall of the Berlin…

Radio To The Other Side: In search of the Real McCoy

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Believers come in all shapes and forms and, mostly, they lead quite unsurprising, even mundane lives. For some, talking with…

Best July Activity – From The Deep Westfjords To The High Cliffs Of The Faeroes

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Leaving Ísafjörður on July 17, the Aurora, a 60-foot sloop yacht that has travelled around the world four times in…

Fishy Tales

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According to genetic scientist Einar Árnason at the University of Reykjavík, unless there are significant changes in Icelandic fishing practices,…

Radio To The Other Side: In Search of the Real McCoy

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Ever wondered what upside down coffee cups are doing cooking on the radiator? If you’re Icelandic, you probably already know….

Radio To The Other Side

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Ever wondered what upside down coffee cups are doing cooking on the radiator? If you’re Icelandic, you probably already know….

Magic Lore

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Legends and Lanscape [Ed. Terry Gunnell, 2009] A full moon glimmers across snow-laden fields.  Somewhere in the distance a wolf…