Author: Valgerður Þóroddsdóttir - The Reykjavik Grapevine

Vala Þóroddsdóttir’s Five Writers To Watch

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Two years ago we printed a close crop of Valgerður Þóroddsdóttir’s face on our cover. Imposed over Vala’s decisive look…

Body Talk: A Dancer And An Actress Converse, Prepare To Shake Things Up

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Halldóra Geirharðsdóttir and Erna Ómarsdóttir are performers who, although their reputations precede them, are too busy making quality work to…

Do You Read Me?—Inequality In The Intellectual World

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Summer 2013. The cover of the British magazine Port declares that a new golden age in print media is underway….

Let’s Get Physical

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Hater’s gonna hate, but The Knife’s performance on Saturday night was plenty to write home about. Their hour-and-a-half-long aerobic marathon…

Talkin’ ’bout my generation

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The rock stars at Harpa’s Airwords I used to joke, privately, that there are two kinds of poets in the world:…

Grapevine Live Blog: ATP Iceland – Saturday!

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It’s the end… the Bitter End! 14:00 – Media Hotel – Bob Cluness (BC) It’s 2pm and at the hotel,…

Grapevine Live Blog: ATP Iceland – Friday!

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Our ATP Iceland Friday blogging starts…. NOW! 16:55 – Media Hotel, Keflavik – Bob Cluness (BC): Hi-De-Hi campers! i trust…

Grapevine Live Blog: ATP Iceland – Thursday!

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Thursday Live Review of ATP Iceland in KeflavikW elcome to the Grapevine’s live blog action from ATP Iceland! Over the…

Listen To Your Art

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Over the bustle of the LungA lunch buffet one morning, Marteinn Sindri Jónsson sat with stick-like posture, listening to the…