Grimm Night

The Heroic Industry Of The Brothers Grimm

David Mason | Hudson Review | 8th November 2024

The lives of Wilhelm and Jacob Grimm have become surrounded by legend to the point that they seem like "quaint Hobbit-like creatures trawling the peasantry for stories". The biography under review here rather casts them as "complicated heroes" in troubled times. Beset by aristocratic patrons in the dying years of the Holy Roman Empire, their labour produced results against the odds (3,700 words) | Share this on X

What It’s Like To Experience Polar Night

Cecilia Blomdahl | Smithsonian | 17th October 2024

In Longyearbyen, the world's northernmost settlement, the Earth's tilted axis means that the sun stays hidden for almost three months of the year. The inhabitants of the polar island of Svalbard largely enjoy this seasonal plunge into darkness, strapping on their headlamps and enjoying the crisp scent of snow. "Life in the darkness seems to follow a slower, more relaxed rhythm" (1,500 words) | Share this on X