After a break-up, I’d got a dog for company. But she had plans of her own.

Apart from the For Sale board, the house didn’t look any different from the last time I was here. Six months ago now. The day of my father’s funeral. A memory of how fragile my mother appeared that da

Most mornings, Ian Duff walks to his pitch on Union Street in Bath with a huge, fluffy dog on one side and a lean, bright-eyed one on the other. Trigger is the showstopper – a big, mixed-breed rescue

CHARLIE the guinea pig was the love of my life – cute, full of character, demanding but easily pleased, and utterly adorable. This cute furry creature lived in our hallway in winter, and in the garden

YOU can’t just throw it all in a skip, Mum!” Bryony’s voice was muffled by a dust mask as she crouched in the loft space, carefully avoiding bumping her head on the beams. She examined a battered trun

I’ll fight for his cause like a dog with a bone