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“Illugi Gunnarsson, the current minister for ed-
ucation and culture, replied that he would not
define the term national culture and that the
reason for the portfolio transfer was that the
prime minister was really interested in national
culture, whatever that may be.”
Kári Tulinius tries to explain, armoured with
his usual wit, what the new government is do-
ing with our national culture.
“That’s not to say that people weren’t con-
cerned about the children. The Norwegian Red
Cross invited the kids from Vestmannaeyjar to
Norway in the summer of 1973. More than 900
children went and stayed in summer camps or
in people’s homes.”
We interviewed filmmaker Jóhanna Ýr Jónsdót-
tir about her Heimaey eruption documentary to
premiere on the eruption’s 40th anniversary.
“Life on an Icelandic farm entails working long
days, and there is no room for idleness or dith-
ering. There are always sheep to feed, fences
to fix, floors to mop and riding tours to lead.
When not running around knee-deep in mud,
there is also the job of eating copious amounts
of cake every day at four o’clock sharp…”
Yup, we’ve gained a little, but also learned a
bunch about being farmers!
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“But why was Reykjavik “uglier” then? One rea-
son might be that many of the old houses in the
centre were decaying as the movement for the
preservation of historic buildings did not gain
momentum until later.”
Reykjavík wasn’t always the best…