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Pop Goes The Bubble!
In 2007, just as the housing bubble was about to burst, Newsweek senior editor Daniel Gross published a book called…
Literature In The Land Of The Inherently Cute
(Practically) all political writing engages in representation and a form of adjudication—i.e. “picking a side”. Classic social realist writing of…
CRIME, CRISES AND NORDIC DEPRESSION
The local literary scene is now in the throes of the Nordic crime novel. Admittedly the ancient Icelandic sagas tell…
CAR CLAIMS TO HAVE CAUGHT FIRE
[If you read Icelandic] You really should compare Icelandic and foreign reportage of Libyan Iman al-Obeidi, the woman who walked…
Lawyer Representing Ten Wealthy Citizenship-Seekers Responds
by grapevine
A lawyer representing the ten individuals who have applied for citizenship with the promise to invest in the country has…
Introducing The Grapevine Product Awards
by Hörður Kristbjörnsson, Halla Bogadóttir, Kjartan Sturluson, Tinna Gunnarsdóttir and Hildur Yeoman
We wanted to do something special for this year’s DesignMarch, seeing as we had so much fun at the last…
The Professor And His Pixel Prince
GODDUR: Guðmundur Oddur Magnússon, Goddur, is Professor of Graphic Design at the Icelandic Academy of the Arts. A dropout who…
The Amazing Political Acrobat
For many generations of Icelanders there hasn’t been a time when Iceland’s president, Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson, wasn’t around in some…
Remembering Biogen
Sigurbjörn Þorgrímsson was an electronic musician best known under the name of Biogen. To many he was simply known as…
Another Year Has Passed: Where Are We Now?
In October 2008, on the eve of the economic crash, then Prime Minister Geir Haarde appeared on television and gave…
Keening Lovely and Awful
Advice From The Master Last month, Icelandic State TV broadcasted a programme about money and financial matters. Its goal was…
On The Front Page Today
Welcome to our inaugural roundup of news that made it on the front page of Iceland’s papers today. That is,…
Friendship In The 21st Century
One of the things visitors to Iceland, especially those venturing from southern climates, often comment upon is that Icelanders seem…
Dr. Gunni’s History Of Icelandic Rock / Part 27
by Dr. Gunni
Scoring a ‘Single of the Week’ in the English music press doesn’t necessary mean the instant access to the big…
Trial Of Former Prime Minister Begins
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The trial of former prime minister Geir H. Haarde began today, albeit unceremoniously, kicking off the start of what could…
Information Without Borders?
The info-wars have begun, and Iceland is begging to be the legislative battleground. In the wake of the international controversy…
The Good, The Bad And The Ugly
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By now, probably many of our readers have at least perused the diplomatic cables made available on WikiLeaks. We read…
Where To, Folks?
Our desire to travel and the nature of our relationship with the places that we go to see is the…
The Gates
– Clubs and bars in Iceland have always been run by members of the Progressive party. – Dad! – Listen,…
RVK9 Solidarity In Washington DC
A group calling itself ‘The Glass Bead Collective’ sent us this message and asked us to post it. So post…
The Stories That Made 2010
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The general consensus around here about 2010 seems to be “good riddance”. Where 2009 gave us hope that we’d be…