A few years back, when my brother went to live on his own, I bought him two books as house-warming presents – a book about vintage-style bachelor-pad lifestyle (lots of tikis and cocktails and lounge music), and a copy of a book called The Art of Manliness.

For the uninitiated, The Art of Manliness is a “a blog dedicated to uncovering the lost art of being a man”, founded by Brett McKay in 2008.
I used to read it occasionally – I love their posts about campfire cuisine – and while some of the topics are baffling to my old European mind, I find the blog generally entertaining and often informative.

The book compiled by the blog’s contributors looked like a nice tongue-in-cheek gift – and being the curious sort myself, I got me a copy, too*. Continue reading →