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Showing posts with label Cats. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Cats. Show all posts
Cat named after Nottingham Forest legend Brian Clough becomes celebrity – by visiting his local pub
The Nottingham Post wins our Headline of the Day Award by a distance:
The feline takes himself down to the Blue Bell pub in Sandiacre at around 7pm each night and has become such a hit with regulars and staff that he has his own stool and a stash of kitty treats behind the bar.
Brian particularly enjoys Monday's quiz nights and Wednesday's darts – where he helps himself to the leftover cheese cobs and pork pies.
Now the seven-year-old moggy has even got his own Facebook page, with a helping paw from his owners.
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| Photo: Andreas Trepte |
Labour MP Jonathan Reynolds explains how he learnt to stop worrying and love Basic Income.
John Field visits Osea Island, home to a government work camp and a retreat for wealthy addicts.
"I’ve tried to imagine how the view towards the Minster might look from the A59 end of Water End, where the road crosses the railway. Somewhat blighted, I suspect." York Stories examines plans for a major redevelopment in the city.
"Curlews are long-lived birds, they can reach the grand old age of 30. It seems that our British population is ageing and not reproducing, making the future look dire. As the UK holds 25% of the breeding population of the Eurasian curlew, this is an alarming state of affairs." Mary Colwell-Hector on the threat to this wonderful bird.
SlideShare introduces us to Mike, the cat who guarded the British Museum between 1909 and 1929.
Boudicca Rising wins Name of the Day
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| A cat yesterday |
Googling the case I came across the excellent organisation South Norwood Animal Rescue and Liberty (SNARL), which is leading a campaign to catch a suspected attacker, and its organiser Boudicca Rising.
She wins our coveted Name of the Day Award.
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Matthew d'Ancona puts his finger on Labour's problem: "It is New Labour, or what remains of it, that needs to admit its faults, dismantle itself and rebuild from scratch."
"By the Victorian era, however, the formality of cat funerals had increased substantially. Bereaved pet owners commissioned undertakers to build elaborate cat caskets. Clergymen performed cat burial services. And stone masons chiseled cat names on cat headstones." Mimi Matthews on a forgotten corner of social history.
London was once powered by a vast underground hydraulic system, explains Andy Emmerson.
Tess Reidy shows us what happens to night clubs after they close down.
Adam Covell explores the landscape of M.R. James' A Warning to the Curious.
