Call of the wild

Spring marks one of the biggest moments in the canine calendar: Crufts. In this issue, we offer some tips to get the most out of your visit... but most importantly come and say hello at the Your Dog s

It was my father, Mir Murtaza, who taught me to love dogs. We were on our own, my recently divorced father was now a single parent to a four-year-old girl. He was in exile in Syria after his country h

“As movers and the moved both know”, John Updike noted, “books are heavy freight ... They make us think twice about changing addresses.” Books: A manifesto, or, How to build a library begins with the

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

It’s one of the most stressful times of your life along with a death in the family or a house move. Yet, according to Mediate UK, in the years 2022-2024, 42% of marriages in the UK ended in divorce. A

IT began as an unremarkable day. Leaves falling into mud on the riverbank, the sun shy behind ink splodged clouds. Jays screeching in the oakwood. I stopped. Mammal tracks drew my eyes. I knelt. These