The Line of Best Fit

RAKEL is building a place to be

Icelandic singer/songwriter RAKEL reveals how returning to the site of her childhood summers helped her construct a sonic ...

“I asked if there was another way of expressing whether God was ‘just a slob like one of us’”: Inside a ’90s classic

I pointed at the mass of wires sitting on my dining room table, which was my Portastudio, and said, ‘There you go, that's four-track recording technology for you.' “She asked me to record something ...
The New York Times

A Low-Cost Icelandic Airline Suddenly Folds, Stranding Passengers

Play Airlines said it was ceasing operations, becoming the second low-cost airline in Iceland to collapse in the last six years. By Jenny Gross Air travelers have endured all kinds of disruptions the ...
Business Insider

After visiting 2 of Iceland's famous lagoons, there's only one I'd return to on future trips

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Wall Street Journal

Icelandic Low-Cost Carrier Play Collapses, Leaving Thousands Stranded

Icelandic low-cost airline Play ceased operations following weeks of poor ticket sales and a failed strategic shift, stranding thousands of passengers and putting hundreds of staff out of work. All of ...
Variety

‘Hildur’ Creators on Adapting the Nordic Blue Crime Best-Selling Novel, as Cineflix Rights Unveils First Images Ahead of Mipcom (EXCLUSIVE)

One of Cineflix Rights’ tentpole shows headlining its Mipcom scripted slate, “Hildur,” stands out as a unique “Nordic Blue” crime. Based on the best-selling trilogy by Finnish-born Iceland-based ...
Seattle Times

A low-cost Icelandic airline suddenly folds, leaving passengers stranded

Air travelers have endured all kinds of disruptions the past few years, but hundreds of would-be passengers got an especially startling message Monday: The airline they were expecting to fly with had ...
Exchange Rates

Icelandic Krona Exchange Rates for 30/09/2025 (30 September 2025)

Icelandic Krona (ISK) United Arab Emirates Dirham (AED) 1 ISK to AED = 0.0302 ISK AED on 30/09/2025 Icelandic Krona (ISK) Albanian Lek (ALL) 1 ISK to ALL = 0.6796 ISK ALL on 30/09/2025 Icelandic Krona ...
The Boston Globe

Low-fare Icelandic airline Play abruptly closes

Play Airlines, the Icelandic low-cost carrier that offered flights from Boston Logan International and other airports nationwide, abruptly shut down earlier this week, stranding some unlucky travelers ...
dailyyonder.com

A Centuries-Old Appalachian Hymn Singing Tradition is Still Soothing Souls

“Amazing Grace” as it appears in Ginny Hawker’s family heirloom songbook, Lloyd’s Primitive Baptist Hymns. You can see stains in the margins, left by the tobacco-covered hands of her aunt Annie Maud ...
Bloomberg L.P.

Iceland Budget Carrier Play Shuts Down, Stranding Passengers

Icelandic low-cost carrier Fly Play hf. ceased operations Monday because of poor ticket sales and a failed turnaround plan, stranding thousands of passengers and putting hundreds of people out of work ...
Reuters

Iceland's Fly Play to cease all flights, 400 staff to lose jobs

Sept 29 (Reuters) - Fly Play (PLAY.IC), opens new tab will cease its activities in a move that will hit around 400 employees, the Icelandic airline said on Monday, citing the impact from its weak ...