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Jófríður Ákadóttir, musician (Samaris, Pascal Pinon)life is a current and we are currents, everything is the same but always changing. we make a monument of it when dividing a
Empire Of Illusion
Biggi Veira, musician, GusGusI read an interesting book last year, Chris Hedges’ ‘Empire of Illusion: The End Of Literacy And The Triumph Of Spectacle’. Even though it’s fo
Optimistically Moving Forwards
Vigdís Hauksdóttir, MP, The Progressive PartyWe Icelanders are at a good place in light of how little time has passed since the last parliamentary elections and the subsequent tu
Somewhere Between Worried And Cynical
Andri Snær Magnason, author, poetThe world’s mood is very strange and Iceland swings along. The post-crash era was interesting in many ways: offering promises of social innovati
The Year 2015—Where Does Iceland Stand?
Steingrímur J. Sigfússon, MP, former Minister Of Everything, Left-Green PartyIceland saw progress in several areas in the year 2014. We enjoyed some economic growth, even though
Media Blackout Seems Largely Successful
No proactive, investigative reporting seems to currently take place in any Icelandic media. There’s a lot of handball, some success stories, cancer stories and remembrance of nat
Talking About Islam Is Boring
Frankly, the very prospect of commenting on the Islam debate to me seems incredibly fruitless and boring, but my level of frustration with having to hear about Islam in general [&h
Sour Grapes & Stuff: Issue 1, 2015
Say your piece, voice your opinion, send your letters to: letters@grapevine.is Most Awesome Letter of the Issue! A big thank you Dear Reykjavic Grapevine, My wife and I stopped ove
The Cost of Cancer
Month 1: A diagnosisIn the wake of the holidays one year ago, after far too many baked good, chocolates, wine, assorted festive meats and accompanying sauces, and just about everyt
Don’t Ask Nanna
Dear Nanna, I heard that Iceland was a great place for women, regularly topping international polls for gender equality and actively promoting women’s rights. Do you think th
To “Just Want A Discussion” About Islam
If you’ve been following the news in Iceland over the past few days, or even if you’ve just passed through Facebook, you’ve probably seen the storm that erupted o
The Barbaric Attack On Charlie Hebdo Has Nothing In Common With Islam
It was an attack on humanity, and on Islam itselfWednesday’s brazen attack in the offices of French magazine Charlie Hebdo has left many people the world over shocked, saddened a
Tourist of the Year 2014
Wow, tourism really did dominate the landscape of debate here in 2014, didn’t it? We here at Grapevine have spent more time experiencing, arguing, analysing and pondering the
Year In News: 2014
The year 2014 was chock-full of controversies, blunders, humour, and, of course, cat stories. So brew yourself a cuppa and make yourself comfortable—we have a lot to go through.
This Feels Relevant Now
Hi. Happy New Year. Right now, at this very moment, you could certainly argue that shit is fucked up and bullshit. For all sorts of reasons. But, it feels sort […]
Nothing Around Here Bears Any Relation To Fascism—Capisce?
—And if it did, I wouldn't understand it, so why bother explain?—Weird Debates on Monday #17 This Sunday, DV.is published an article by journalists Atli Þór Fanndal and Jón
No. 2015
Google “When did we start counting years from christ’s birth”, ignore all the cultural presumptions involved, click on the first item listed, the Wikipedia post for Anno Domi
The Christmas Sweater: Another Awful Imported “Tradition”
Christmas is probably the best example of the power of globalized consumer culture, to be exact: how “traditions” are constantly created and re-created, as new customs are cons
Beauty And Its Discontents
KODDU Or What Does A Chain Reaction Look Like? —Debates on Monday #16 Rather than summarise 2014’s debates in brief, as the end of the year approaches, I want to […]
VIDEO: The Essence Of Icelandic Christmas
101 Reykjavík on Þorláksmessa is a beautiful placeLike most decent Reykjavikings, Grapevine’s friend Kormákur Arthursson hung out in 101 Reykjavík on December 23rd. Hi
Nativity
The festival of strangers and troublemakers —Debates on Monday #15 Now we approach the time of year when countries within the Schengen zone commemorate the asylum seekers María