Hemingway style

Roxana Robinson on visiting Finca Vigía, Ernest Hemingway’s house in Cuba.

Of all the places Hemingway lived, none had such a hold on the author as his home outside Havana—now being restored through an unlikely alliance. Here, a guided tour of the Cuban haunts that shaped a literary legend

After tasting Ernest Hemingway’s favourite hamburger recipe, we’re taking a caping trip with the American writer. In his June 26, 1920 essay Camping Out, Hemingway (July 21, 1899–July 2, 1961) told Toronto Daily Star readers how to have a successful trip to the wilds. The keys to enjoying life on the campsite are … Continue reading "Ernest Hemingway’s Guide to Camping – 1920"

What may not be so well known about Papa Hemingway was his own voracious reading appetite. He once said, “I’m always reading books -- as many as there are.”

These famous gents prove that the good life (and good style) is hardly a young man's game

With our archives now 3,500+ articles deep, we’ve decided to republish a classic piece each Sunday to help our newer readers discover some of the best, evergreen gems from the past. This article was originally published in July 2018. When Ernest Hemingway was working on the manuscript of a book about his safari in Africa, […]

In honor of his 116th birthday, we're raising a daiquiri to our favorite Papa.

In “Green Hills of Africa,” Hemingway put himself, and his own writing, to the test.

That’s a lot of butch in one photo My favorite Hemingway anecdotes always revolve around him being absurdly macho—like when he mocked F. Scott Fitzgerald for his monogamy, or when, in an attempt to prevent sharks from eating the tuna he had just caught, he opened fire with a Thompson submachine-gun directly into the water. This, of course, was pretty counterproductive, since it only produced more blood, attracting more sharks and exacerbating the feeding frenzy. It only makes sense that…

A tough, hard-driving, hard-drinking, larger-than-life figure who hunts big game on the savannah, cheers toreadors, covers wars and always, always writes