Like a kitten
This novel is to a great extent about the relationship between brother and sister Maggie and Tom Tulliver. She loves...
Alert to danger
This made me laugh out loud when reading Simon Winder's Danubia late one night. Parents ever-so-delicately trying to inveigle their...
Soulless sparkles
I liked this simile, likening a woman's eyes to those of a cat. Â
She'd got black...
A clowder of cats
The spell check keeps trying to change 'clowder' to 'chowder', which I don't think anyone would want made of cats.
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My kinda cats – II
Generally speaking, I'm not a cat fan, preferring dogs all round. However, although I can be dismissive of the pampered...
Fine feline quotes
Adding another in our series of themed selections, we have purrduced a page of illustrated quotations celebrating...
My kinda cat – III
This is one memorable cat. Patrick Leigh Fermor had chance to observe the same big tom-cat every night in Athens...
Of cats and cities
The distinction between cat cities and human cities seems to have developed with the advent of cars and other motorized...
My kinda cats I
This short description of the street cats of Istanbul pullulates with lively triologisms. If you enjoy these chaps, then see...
Caique-dwelling tom
Leigh Fermor's Mani has a fine selection of memorable cats. I liked this description of the limited gene pools of...
Canine correspondence
The 19th century Portuguese writer, Eça de Queiros, recounts how his dog left canine correspondence on his desk, to be...
Slit-pupilled eyes
The Countess lives in a sea of white cats who hang upon her every word, here looking up at her...
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