The Golden Lab​

It was a dark, wet, wintery night. I was in Year 12 at school and driving home from an evening debating event, still in my school uniform. It must have been around 9pm. Up ahead on the side of the road, between the rhythm of my windscreen wipers, and peering through a foggy screen, I

The Voice in my Head

Extract from “The Jane Effect” published to celebrate Dr Jane Goodall. Edited by Dale Peterson and Marc Bekoff ; Trinity University Press, 2015 As a child growing up in the 60s and 70s, I followed Jane Goodall’s journey through the many stories I read in National Geographic. The jungles of Africa were a long way

Backing Boom in 2019

It’s almost a year since we first met Boom. He is the feature of my first blog post because he represents everything that I exist for, and yet he is a constant source of challenge to me! A 13 year old Westie (West Highland White), Boom has been in the loving care of his human,