Hibercadian Digest

A compendium of boy heroes II: Tintinadulation

In this series blog, I’ll be discussing the boy heroes who helped shape Sebastian Duffy. Some are literary others televisual; the majority are British, yet there are outstanding exceptions; some are historical, most are contemporary; some are classically heroic – engaging in ripping yarns of derring-do, others are domestic, their heroics confined to the humdrum of boyhood; all communicated an infectious sense of adventure and anarchy I longed to emulate as a child. Surprisingly, many