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Five tales from Grindavik, a place of volcanoes and earthquakes, and apparently the happiest town in Iceland. Starring Rachel Stirling. The lobster soup served in Hulda’s Café has won awards. But winning soup-making contests is only one of Hulda Björnsdóttir’s many talents - which also include tour guiding, welding whale sculptures and generally trying to hold the town together. 2/5. Raven Hulda takes temporary charge of Atiyah, a refugee child. Atiyah doesn’t speak, but she has a gift for communicating with birds. Tiffany Murray is the author of the novels Diamond Star Halo, Happy Accidents and Sugar Hall. Her fourth book, The Girl Who Talked to Birds, will be set in Iceland. She is completing a memoir, My Family and Other Rock Stars, about growing up with Queen and Black Sabbath sleeping in your house. The story Lava! Lava! Lava!, which also has a Grindavik setting, was broadcast on Radio 4 in 2021. Writer: Tiffany Murray Reader: Rachael Stirling Sound Recordist: Paul Clark Sound Design: Jon Calver Production coordinator: Sarah Tombling Producer: Jeremy Osborne A Sweet Talk production for ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4