Iceland: Last News

With the Queen's Platinum Jubilee approaching, most people are wanting to celebrate it in some way.

Lucas’ bishop warns him of the dangers before he sets out to minister to a remote community of Icelanders in Cannes Un Certain Regard title Godland. “It’s easy to go mad there,” he explains at his Copenhagen dining table, steadily chewing his way through the fabulous feast in front of him. Iceland, where the sun never sets on summer nights, where the weather is extreme, the landscape broodingly monumental: just remember the apostles, “a group of lonely men,” the bishop advises as he wipes his mouth. Lucas (Elliott Crosset Hove) is not eating; one glance tells you he’s a priest of an ascetic bent.

Excitement is rising ahead of the women's European Championships this summer and a free national roadshow is heading to The Trafford Centre. The show aims to inspire more people to get involved in the biggest European women’s sport event in history.

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentAndres Ramirez Pulido’s “La Jauria” won the Grand Prize at Critics’ Week, the Cannes Film Festival’s sidebar dedicated to first and second features. The Colombian film also won the SACD prize.

As countries go, Iceland is probably one of the most fast-changing in terms of its biological make up, its intense volcanic activities reshaping its surface and contours at a speed fast enough to be perceived within a single generation. Paradoxically, it is also a place where time appears to stand still, with the sun omnipresent for half the year and absent for the rest.

A plaster cast of Jimi Hendrix’s penis is set to go on display next month in Reykjavik’s Phallological Museum which, its official blurb confirms, boasts “a collection of more than two hundred penises and penile parts belonging to almost all the land and sea mammals that can be found in Iceland”. That includes homo sapiens and therefore rock stars.The Hendrix cast was made by Cynthia Albritton – aka Cynthia Plaster Caster – in 1968 and was donated to the Icelandic museum shortly before her death last month.“It is with feelings of sadness and pride that The Phallological Museum announces that, prior to passing, Cynthia ʹPlaster Casterʹ Albritton decided to donate to the museum … one of a few casts of Jimi Hendrix”, said the museum in a statement on Twitter.Hendrix was not the only rock star who Albritton convinced to have their erect penis dunked in plaster – although he was the first.

BBC for being "old, fat and white".The former host of TV show QI, 64, explained that he "wouldn't be surprised" if he was given "a red card" by the broadcaster, as he told how he's appreciative to receive offers of work in a period of "huge change".The star made the comments after having worked for the broadcaster on and off through his career.Fry said: "I’m not as old as the BBC but I'm getting there."You know, I wouldn’t be surprised if I was shown a red card."The star told how he had no plans to retire any time soon and wouldn't step away from his work through choice.Fry went on: "I can’t imagine myself stopping because I enjoy it too much"But I can imagine people saying, 'do we really need this fat, old, white b*****?'"I’d be very upset if I was some great hero of comedy and drama who I sometimes overhear saying, 'f****** BBC, once you get past… don’t they know what I’ve done for them?!' the Daily Star reported him saying.He continued to say that he appreciates he's still receiving offers of work in a period of "huge change".Fry added: "I’m of an age that I could retire, so everything that’s coming to me is lucky."I’m happy to still be asked to do things."He went on to share his plans for his busy work schedule, which includes shows in the works for Netflix.Fry explained: "I’m going to Iceland and then a couple of weeks later I’m off to Amsterdam to do a documentary about these remarkable Dutch resistance fighters who were both openly gay in the 1930s when the Germans invaded the Netherlands, they had courage that’s just beyond belief."Then I have a couple of things for Netflix coming up.There’s a Neil Gaiman one I’m looking forward to, it’s just a small part in the adaptation of The Sandman.'"I’m very fortunate and

Money Saving Expert Martin Lewis says all Brits should check the outgoings on their bank statement as soon as possible. He's warned it could be 'dangerous' for your bank balance if you don't.

Peter Debruge Chief Film CriticIceland is like no other place on Earth, and the films that take place there can’t help but reflect this. In “Godland,” Icelandic writer-director Hlynur Pálmason attempts to see his homeland through outside eyes, the way it must have looked to the Danes who claimed and controlled it until World War II.

Jimi Hendrix‘s penis is set to be unveiled at the Phallological Museum in Iceland next month.The cast, which was created by Cynthia Albritton in February 1968 while Hendrix was on tour in Chicago, will be revealed during a closed event at the museum’s premises in downtown Reykjavik in early June.Known as the “Plaster Caster”, Albritton, who also made penis moulds for Buzzcocks’ Pete Shelley and Dead Kennedys frontman Jello Biafra, donated the cast to the Icelandic institution shortly before her death in April.“It is with feelings of sadness and pride that The Phallological Museum announces that prior to passing, Cynthia ʹPlaster Casterʹ Albritton, decided to donate to the museum with one of a few casts of Jimi Hendrix,” the museum wrote yesterday (May 23) on Twitter.Hendrix phallus cast to The Icelandic Phallological Museum. It is with feelings of sadness and pride, that The Phallological Museum announces that prior to passing, Cynthia ʹPlaster Casterʹ Albritton, decided to donate to the museum with one of a few casts of Jimi Hendrix.— Phallological Museum (@Phallusmuseum) May 23, 2022Though Albritton never had him as a subject, Gene Simmons wrote a song called ‘Plaster Caster’ for KISS‘ 1977 album ‘Love Gun’, which included the lyrics: “The plaster’s gettin’ harder and my love is perfection/ A token of my love for her collection.”She held her first plaster cast exhibition in New York in 2000, and would go on to have work exhibited at MoMA PS1 years later.

The Northern Lights are expected to make an appearance this week - if stargazers are lucky enough to see them.

K.J. Yossman The Eurovision Song Contest 2022 delivered stellar ratings, with 161 million viewers watching the three live shows (the first and second semi final and the grand final) in Turin, Italy just over ten days ago.According to the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), which hosts the annual concert, the grand final viewing share on Saturday May 14 rose by three percentage points from 2021, to a total of 43.3% across 34 markets.The coveted 15-24 year-old demographic was also up by three percentage points for the final, with a total of 56.2%.Across Europe, individual territories also reported a ratings spike, with the U.K.

Supermarket giant Iceland has officially launched their new discount where any shoppers over the age of 60 can get 10 per cent off their overall shopping bill.

Supermarket chain Iceland has found itself in some hot water with shoppers over a major change that will affect every shopper across the UK.

Iceland has become one of the countries most popular supermarkets for shoppers looking to keep costs low - but is it good for your weekly shop?

Annika Pham Half a dozen Sweden pics and co-prods are set to storm the Croisette, flagships of the solid public support system in place, and fully or partly shot in a foreign language. Headlining the slate are the completion entries “Triangle of Sadness” by former winner Ruben Östlund (“The Square”), shot in the English language, and the Arabic-speaking thriller “Boy From Heaven” by Tarik Saleh (“The Nile Hilton Incident”), set in Cairo.

Overturned scrap metal lorry sheds its load A scrap metal lorry overturned and shed its load near the Rocket flyover early this morning (Saturday). The driver escaped with cuts and bruises after the incident at around 5. 20am today.

Aldi has one of the cheapest whiskies which has been named amongst the best in the world. The budget-friendly supermarket has come out on top for their whiskey brand ahead of World Whiskey Day (May 21).

Sainsbury's has announced massive changes to the way it packages food products. Among them, the supermarket chain has decided to ditch the plastic packaging on its five-pack Fairtrade bananas from next week.

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentAlain Attal, the French producer behind the upcoming $73 million movie “Asterix and Obelix: The Middle Kingdom,” is teaming with Studiocanal on Thomas Bidegain’s survival drama “Suddenly,” which will star Gilles Lellouche (“The Stronghold”) and Melanie Thierry (“En Therapie”).Currently in pre-production, “Suddenly” will mark the sophomore directing outing of Bidegain, whose co-screenwriting credits include “Stillwater,” “The Sisters Brothers” and “A Prophet.”The project was previously set up as an English-language project with Jake Gyllenhaal and Vanessa Kirby set to star. Gyllenhaal’s Nine Stories was also a co-producer on the project and is no longer attached.Attal told Variety that Bidegain re-worked the script with Valentine Monteil to make the €14 million ($14.7 million) film with a French cast and produce it entirely out of France with Attal’s Tresor Films and Studiocanal, which is financing, handling international sales and French distribution rights.

Carol Vorderman has confirmed she will be attending the UK premiere of Top Gun: Maverick in a flight suit of her own instead of a gown.  The former Countdown star, 61, shared a host of photos of herself in a flight suit and aviator sunglasses as she prepared for Thursday’s premiere.  The maths whizz is also a keen pilot herself, as she told her followers: ‘Trying my flying suit on a few days ago in London….