Survival savvy
Listening time: under 4 minutes.
Inspired by the true story of a dog trained by the Soviets to...
One wrong move
Babur is one of my favourite dogs, full of character and occasionally stubborn and ornery. Here his new master, Rory...
As dogs in summer
Desperate people, condemned to eternal infernal cruelties, are likened to dogs failing to fight off the tiny tormenting assaults of...
Never look a gift dog in the mouth
This is the beginning of a wonderful tail of a man and a dog, with Rory Stewart being unable to...
The deciding moment
Rory Stewart was offered a large dog who seemed to have a few health and other 'issues'. I like that...
Of life, lovers, spaniels and sympathy
Orlando's four hundred year span seems to boil down to the search for Life, Love and Authorship. Here she is...
I love Babur – I
One of the great dogs I've met through reading is Babur, whom Rory Stewart acquired, against his better judgement, while...
Beware the rip-fanged hound
A terrifying image of Odysseus in pursuit of prey, like a flesh-tearing dog on the trail of a defenseless deer...
Dogs of war
How clever these creatures, able to distinguish between the sound of planes that unleash havoc and so should be hidden...
A cowardice of curs
What a pity we no longer use 'cur' to objurgate someone.  And how appropriate that the collective noun should be...
Street dogs
I love dogs and the towns owned by them, always feeling reassured when you see dogs confidently, busily and independently...
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