Comments on: Opponents were reluctant to reach for him https://www.isegoria.net/2020/02/opponents-were-reluctant-to-reach-for-him/ From the ancient Greek for equality in freedom of speech; an eclectic mix of thoughts, large and small Sun, 12 Jul 2026 00:01:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 By: Graham https://www.isegoria.net/2020/02/opponents-were-reluctant-to-reach-for-him/comment-page-1/#comment-3050502 Graham Fri, 21 Feb 2020 14:50:03 +0000 https://www.isegoria.net/?p=46261#comment-3050502 Coincidental timing: I’ve been reading a lot of the non-Sherlock fiction of Arthur Conan Doyle — historical fiction, sporting fiction, medical soap operas mostly.

His sporting fixations appear to be fox hunting and boxing, lesser degree cricket. Context-appropriate for him.

He throws in a lot of presumably accurate colour about the business side and popular culture of 19th century rural boxing in England. In one story, The Croxley Master, he gives a surprisingly vivid round by round of a 20-round glove match. Much more gripping for me than I had expected. Not especially technical, perhaps, but holds the attention.

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