DO YOU mind me calling you pets, I asked the two small animals who live in my house the other day. Tayla, the six-monthish “rescue” puppy, wagged her tail happily and licked my face. Miss Kitty gave me her best disdainful ‘what do I care’ look and carried on cleaning her lush black fur. I [...]

ONE of the (very few) benefits of being too sick to go out – as I’ve just been – is that you occasionally discover a worthwhile television programme you didn’t know existed. It happened to me the other day. There I was, feeling very sorry for myself, mindlessly flipping through the television channels. My eyes [...]