Being a Man

Having learned aikido with the Tokyo riot police (Angry White Pyjamas), and hunted for the world’s longest snake in the jungles of the Far East (Big Snake), Robert Twigger now turns his attention to other traditionally male pursuits and pastimes. Some of these are fairly close to home, while others are more extreme. He looks at the questions these raise about masculinity and the role of man in modern society. Being a Man features Twigger participating in and writing on: the informal rules and thrill-seeking of solo climbing, bullfighting in Spain, the ‘illicit pleasures of buying my first gun,’ and the rules of survival with a tribe of Naga headhunters. These are the sort of activities and pursuits often scorned in the modern, interiorised, office-based world.