Bella, my daughter’s dog, is spending the day with us. The Wonder Dog is in heaven. He adores her. So, to give the “kids” a treat, we took them out to one of our favourite spots in the countryside. It’s a little water hole, off a dirt track out...

I don’t know; I go on a little holiday and, when my back is turned, things go awry. I can’t leave you kids alone for two seconds! I hear that little Johnny Britain has taken his ball and gone home. He reckons he doesn’t want to play with the other...

It seems as though everybody has had something to say about the incident at the Cincinnati zoo, so I might as well add my two cents worth. There was only one winner in that sad situation: the little boy is okay. I can just imagine the vitriol that would have been...