Not only breeders of fighting bulls and empresarios suffered a setback in the past year because of the restrictions imposed by the dreadful pandemic. Matadores de toros were also forced to take a sabbatical and although there...
Leer másDuring my years as a professor of graphic design I never used my afición for the bulls as part of a student project. Typography and poster design was not my specialty. My field was exploring the three-dimensional side of design...
Leer másMy season came to an end on Sunday, October 13, 2019, after an excellent novillada sin pics in the white-plastered, 110-year-old plaza de toros of Chelva in which three young novilleros were carried out on...
Leer másOne evening, a full moon shone brightly over the bay at Cullera. It was in the spring of 1989 and on a platform outside the restaurant the local brass band sat waiting. In a few days Antonio Ruiz ‘Soro II’ would be promoted to...
Leer másSome days ago, and to my surprise I received an envelope that on opening, contained the book Schönheit und Schrecken, Vom Sinn der Corrida (Beauty and horror, The meaning of the corrida), an almost...
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