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Letters
Hi Valur! i really enjoyed all yr articles in latest GrapeVine 🙂 I can assure you that we always destroyed…
REVERSING HISTORY
In Iceland, efforts towards intervention began years ago, culminating in the creation of the Icelandic-Palestinian Association in 1987. In a…
THE FAROE ISLANDS FROM QUAINT TO COOL
The last time I was in the Faroes, five years ago, there was only one fast food place in the…
So, what´s all the fuss about?
by Þorvaldur Kristinsson - President of Reykjavík Gay Pride and Marcie Hume
“What we need is more men and women to enter marriage,” say the priests and fundamentalists who worry about the…
GREENPEACE AND ICELAND: PARTNERS?
“This year our response has been so positive and receptive, it’s been almost boring.” Why then does Frode Pleym, campaign…
Mother tongue licks t-shirts into shape
Then the slogans moved on. They took over t-shirts and scarves, shoes and shoestrings, bangles and backpockets of jeans. The…
WHERE IS THE MULTICULTURALSOCIETY
If G. Pomrenke travelled from Virginia, USA expecting to engage in the social and cultural activities and expected to find…
Outclassing Metallica
by Bart Cameron
Krummi: Sorry I couldn’t get you into the show. I couldn’t even get my girlfriend in. Grapevine: That sucks. If…
LETTERS
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THE FUTURE´S SO WHITE
This year, though, the weather was sunny if not calm. The rays fell down as the wind blew the flags…
GUESTS OR GHOSTS?
Several people owned and lived in Höfði over the next 50 years, among them one of Iceland’s most revered poets…
A PUNK ROCK GUITARIST GROWS UP
by Bart Cameron
They would have been surprised that I found Michael Pollock, guitarist for Utangarðsmenn and returning solo artist, at the city…
ICELANDERS HAD THE GUTS TO LEAD THE WAY.”
Vigdís Finnbogadóttir became the first woman to be elected a constitutional head of state when she took office in 1980,…
WHOSE INDEPENDENCE?
This will be the version we´ll be hearing on the 17th of June, when Iceland celebrates its 60th anniversary as…
Violent Femmes: New York band searches for its roots.
by Bart Cameron
The Violent Femmes were my local band. I saw them at least five times in high school. My friends and…
LICENSE APPROVED?
The walk to Bogi’s office is along wide corridors, covered with black and white photographs. I remark upon these images…
HALLGRÍMUR HELGASON
Two years ago and newly arrived in Iceland, 101 Reykjavik failed to give me the fuel for my romanticised notions…
ICELAND VS. THE WORLD
EU or not EU. That is the question. Or, at least, it should be. For some reason, it is barely…
HOW COLD THE SCRIPTORIUM IS TODAY
If other nations were as considerate as the Danes are, the exhibition halls at the British Museum or Louvre would…
ICELAND AND THE OUTSIDE WORLD:
A BRIEF FLING OR A SERIOUS RELATIONSHIP? When Icelanders agreed to pay taxes to the king of Norway in 1262,…
THE BIGGEST LITTLE PRIDE IN THE WORLD
The Reykjavik Gay Pride festival is the third biggest in Reykjavik. It’s been held since 1999 but the first parade…