Best friends cat articles

  • When did dogs become our best friends?

    The river known today as the Adige, the second-longest in Italy, flows south and then east from the Alps to the Adriatic. As it travels around hills and through flatlands, the river meanders widely, sometimes nearly looping back on itself. The city of Verona took root and grew around one of these meanders more than 2,000 years ago and, around that time, not far from the banks, an infant was laid to rest in a humble grave. She did not go into the afterlife completely alone, however. Alongside her...
  • DEAR JANE: My best friend invited me on vacation with her

    In her latest agony aunt column, best-selling author Jane Green dishes out advice to a woman who is horrified by her friend's in-flight routine. Do you have a question for Jane? Email. READ MORE:
  • A Yorkshireman’s best friend? It’s still a whippet!

    The flat cap and muffler are in the main a thing of the past now but is the whippet still a northern bloke’s preferred pet? That was the question the team at Yorkshire Windows in Rotherham set themselves as they launched a special online survey. “Over tea breaks, we often chat about our own dogs at Yorkshire Windows and it recently sparked a surprisingly serious conversation,” said Managing Director Ian Chester, who is himself the proud owner of a cockerpoo. “Our on-site surveyors have noticed...