After years of being a self confessed dog lover and shunning all cats (mainly after one bit me when I was rubbing its belly) I have discovered that I actually rather like cats, although I appear to be allergic to their fur. Anyway, I came across Tom Cox's My Sad Cat twitter and i've been followin...
As a fan of the My Sad Cat Twitter feed, I jumped on the opportunity to read this book and I was not disappointed.In "Under the Paw", Cox talks about his lifetime of loving cats, his childhood feline friends and what caused him to try and live a cat-free lifestyle... and how that inevitably creat...
This is a very pleasant read, if you are looking for something light and funny but still heartfelt. As I am a cat-owner I'm not sure if you have to be one or not to really 'get' the humour, but I do think that if this writer was tackling any other topic with as much familiarity and affection, it ...
‘After I’d reduced my handicap to five and passed the arithmetic and handicraft test, I qualified for my card. I’m now an official member of the Professional Golfers’ Association.’ ‘You mean that’s really all there is to it?’ ‘Yep. You could be a pro, too, one day in the not-too-distant future, w...
Back in January, I’d received all kinds of unexpected offers from would-be bagmen. My subsequent analysis of their potential for the job had been enormous fun, and had prompted me to think of the flaws and strengths of long-term acquaintances in whole new ways.1 But by August most of these offers...
Fairly self-explanatory, the game involved the ongoing distribution of a dog-eared slice of chocolate cake, baked by Richard’s mum in August 1988, between the two siblings’ bedrooms. Neither would take responsibility for the cake, and both would rather set fire to their own limbs than admit defea...