In his short story, The Capital of the World, Ernest Hemmingway introduces a cast of characters linked to the bullfight. One of these, he matter-of-factly describes as a coward. Hemmingway chooses not to qualify or mediate this epithet, although he does explain how it came about: the man has been gored by a bull, and […]
It’s a fine winter day: clear, but with the temperature not likely to rise more than a degree or two above freezing. I’ve conceived the idea to complete a triangle: first to Stratford-on-Avon by B-roads; then, along canal tow-paths to Birmingham or its environs; then, either train home or cycle down the Worcester canal towards […]