Although there exist many thousand subjects for elegant conversation, there are persons who cannot meet a cripple without talking about feet.

W. It was while farming that he began to contribute local vignettes to the Birmingham News. Early career
Bramah dropped out of the Manchester Grammar School at 16 having been close to the bottom of each class in each subject.

W. Bramah created the characters Kai Lung and Max Carrados. His humorous works were ranked with Jerome K Jerome and W.