Anna Yates

Aug 7, 2024 | lrb.co.uk | Gisli Palsson |Anna Yates |Liam Shaw

‘Great Auk’ by John James Audubon (1836). The great auk, or garefowl, was a flightless North Atlantic seabird and it tasted delicious, perhaps a little like duck with a hint of seaweed. It’s hard to be sure because by the 1860s the great auk was extinct. It had once been abundant: in the 16th century, a breeding ground off Newfoundland – known as Funk Island for the overpowering stench of guano – offered a welcome source of sustenance for European sailors crossing the Atlantic.

Oct 23, 2023 | whatson.is | Anna Yates

This article is originally from 2015 and recalls the 40th anniversary of the Women’s Day Off in Iceland since the initial strike in 1975. Back then, over 90% of the women in Iceland participated in the labour action and life in Iceland came to a hold. This year on October 24, it’s the seventh Women’s Day Off in Iceland. Thousands of women and non-binary people all around Iceland are expected to strike again in the so-called “Kvennaverkfall”.