Critter’s snoring was a source of much humour in our house. He really could drown out the TV, but rather than wake him it was possible to move his head ever so slightly and so ease his breathing without breaking his slumber. Over the last week Katharine and I would have done anything Continue reading →

We found ourselves watching what was in many ways a classic Property Ladder last night. Classic because it was one where the amateur property developers take none of Sarah Beeny’s advice on board. Okay, Property Ladder’s getting a bit long in the tooth and over formulaic. Inexperienced amateur property developers take on more Continue reading →

While I don’t eat meat, I don’t regard multinational burger bars as a particularly evil sector of the food industry (foie gras?) and suspect they get a disproportionably bad press because theirs is contemporary peasant food. I do enjoy the increasingly rare Burger King spicy bean burger (although the BK Veggie Burger is Continue reading →

Friday’s initial optimism on Critter’s suspected meningioma was well and truly shattered over the weekend. At around 10am yesterday, following three hours of fruitless searching, I donned makeshift waterproofs and set off to wade through Chorlton Brook (accessed through a gap in the BP garage fence) hoping not to find his corpse washed Continue reading →

The little feller’s been acting up a bit lately; pounding up and down while making lengthy speeches and various other odd things. The suspicion is that his higher brain function has been compromised by a heart condition that’s raised his blood pressure or he’s got a meningioma. The vet’s suggested it’s 50-50, but Continue reading →