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‘You’ve Got To Be Firm With These People’
Variations On Tough Love —Debates on Monday #3Against Container-Prejudices Eygló Harðardóttir, Welfare Minister on behalf of the Progressive party, wrote…
Holuhraun Continues To Erupt
by Hildur María Friðriksdóttir
It’s been almost a month since the Holuhraun eruption started, and there doesn’t seem to be any indication of it…
Hello! I Must Be Going!
The Debates on Monday #2To forge a synthesis: Last week, as evident in what follows, citizens of the volcano-plagued republic…
So What’s This Faroese Ship I Keep Hearing About?
The Faroese trawler ‘Næraberg’ was fishing for mackerel in Greenlandic waters when its engine suffered a malfunction. As the Icelandic…
This Is Not The First Time We’ve Seen Change
by John Rogers
Gusgus on reaching the brink, and coming back strongerReykjavík Art Museum’s Hafnarhús is making more noise than usual. Normally a…
“We Are All The Same”
Jónína Leósdóttir, writer and wife of Iceland’s former Prime Minister, is changing the world, one page at a timeI am…
More People = More Fun
by Dr. Gunni
To generalise: Icelanders are a greedy bunch. After we escaped from the claws of Danish colonialist rule, the national imperative…
This Is Not A Media Blackout!
The Romans Have Not Taken Over The Media! Move Along, Please!You wouldn’t call it a media blackout, I guess. Because…
A Volcano Bigger Than Timberlake
Or: How we learned to stop worrying and love the lavaThe most prominent, truly devastating volcanic eruption in Icelanders’ public…
Iceland On The Brain: 1200 Years Of Tourism
Everyone knows that Ingólfur Arnarson (that chap with the spear thing on the hill overlooking the city centre) was Iceland’s…
A Volcano Bigger Than Timberlake
Or How We Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The LavaHistorically, Iceland has seen some volcanic eruptions at a devastating…
BREAKING NEWS: Small Eruption Reported Northeast Of Bárðarbunga
A small eruption has been reported at Dyngjujökull glacier, northeast of Iceland’s subglacial Bárðarbunga volcano. RÚV report that Kristín Jónsdóttir with…
In A Class By ItsELF
A visit to Reykjavík’s ElfschoolReykjavík’s Elfschool is an institution of learning unlike anything you’ve experienced before. Nestled on the second…
Bárðarbunga Volcano Watch: The Morning Edition
Bárðarbunga volcano continues to rumble but as yet there is no eruption to report, so here is a round up last night’s…
Old Masters, New Dude
Eating babies, retroactively redesigning Reykjavík, philosophising…all in a day’s work!He’s young—only 36—but creates his work using the same methods that…
Hidden People: They’re Just Like Us (Kind Of)
When foreign media outlets report on Iceland and need to add a little local colour, they will invariably throw in…
Virus In Imported Meat Might Alter Nation’s Behavior, Warns PM
Says Toxoplasma Infection ‘Might Be Changing The Behavior Of Whole Nations’According to Prime Minister Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson, a virus that…
The Book Cellar’s Book Seller
by Eli Petzold
Children’s Books and Ancient Icelandic Porno at BókakjallarinnNarratives of Reykjavík’s used book culture often take the form of jeremiads—languorous laments…
Travelling Queer, There And Everywhere
Chatting to Iceland’s only queer-aimed travel group about turning Iceland’s greenery pinkIceland’s reputation as a haven for LGBTQIA people is…
The Magnificent 7%
Making The Case For Art In The Time Of Need When I was 20 years old I decided to enter…
Crossover Appeal
by Eli Petzold
We kiki with the producer and director of The Icelandic Drag CompetitionSince 1997, The Icelandic Drag Competition (Draggkeppni Íslands) has…