One Night in the Summer
“I felt my way across the stream but by the time I had got to the path I knew that it was unlikely I could do this.” Harry and his faithful Frodo chance an evening walk in the last of the light…
Author Harry Chapman
Spread Eagle in Sussex, Part Two: Rods and Royalty
Harry Chapman continues his country pursuits in Sussex and concludes his trip with a visit to an intriguing ruined Tudor manor…
Spread Eagle in Sussex, Part One: Bikes and Boats
“Soon my propulsions had washed a couple of elderly dowagers into the shallows where they bobbed against the steps like untethered life buoys.” Harry Chapman embraces life outdoors in the South Downs…
Ventnor or Bust!
Harry ventures to Ventnor, wife and toddler in tow, taking in the annual Fringe and Film Festival, late summer swims and traditional tea rooms as he goes…
George Bellows: Modern American Life
Those taken with the colour and ebullience of Martin Scorsese’s 2002 epic, “Gangs of New…
Peace From the Bottom of My Art
“The best art in the world today? It’s coming from China, Korea and Iran,” exclaimed Bahman, the engaging New York based Iranian artist whose mammoth canvas we were standing in front of.
I am Spartacus!
Harry Chapman battles with his inner demons and an unquenchable thirst for silence during a screening of Spartacus at the BFI…
Two Gentlemen of Verona: When Harry Met Reinhold, Part 3
The final part of Harry Chapman’s epic adventure to South Tyrol and the domain of legendary mountaineer, Reinhold Messner…
Two Gentlemen of Verona: When Harry Met Reinhold, Part 2
“The Messner Mountain Museum in Ortles is situated in the tiny alpine village of Solda, 1,900 metres above sea level. The land here is covered with snow for seven months of the year…”
Two Gentlemen of Verona: When Harry Met Reinhold
In the first part of a special, epic feature, the inveterate itinerant, Harry Chapman, treads the foothills of the South Tyrol in the company of the world’s greatest living mountaineer…
A Taste of The Tyrol
“That Italy has some of the best food in the world is no secret. That the region of South Tyrol produces some of the finest in a country bursting with gastronomic specialities is perhaps less well known…”
Short Fiction: Henry Bird
“Henry Bird stood on the front step of his house. His hand still held the key in the lock of the front door. He always shut the door with the key, turning it in the lock to avoid that bang which set his teeth on edge.”