Jul 5, 2023 | Archive, News
Death in the Dark Continent Peter Hathaway Capstick (St. Martin’s Press, 1983, 238 pages.) Reviewed by Ken Bailey There’s probably no modern author of African hunting adventures that has captured audience appeal like Peter Capstick has. After a short career as a...
Jun 8, 2023 | Archive, News, News
Written by Neil Harmse Chapter 18. The Slug Gun As I approached my mid-60s, I decided I would ‘retire’ from game hunting and concentrate on wingshooting. I have a passion for vintage and well-made side-by-side shotguns, and it gives me great...
Jun 8, 2023 | Archive, News
The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber Ernest Hemingway (Cosmopolitan, 1936.) Reviewed by Ken Bailey The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber, a short story by Ernest Hemingway set in Africa, was originally published in the September 1936 issue...
May 11, 2023 | Archive, News, News
Written by Neil Harmse Chapter 18. Silver Shooters To quote George Bernard Shaw: ‘Youth is a wonderful thing. What a crime it is to waste it on children.’ We never consider that we are getting older, and things change… As I myself get older, I...