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March 3, 2025

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Wind: 10 Km/h

Pup culture: a century of dogged devotion

I share The Boss’s affection for The New Yorker, but for different reasons: I like it on account of its fondness for dogs. It has always had cartoons about dogs, stories about dogs and books about dogs.

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Whips and goatskins: losing your head for love.

While I have occasionally referred to the young missus’s Labrador pup as “the Black Torpedo”,...

Whips and goatskins: losing your head for love.

The General | Roly’s last riddle: a surgeon’s symphony

The General | Roly’s last riddle: a surgeon’s symphony

By all accounts, Roly Hunt had a soft spot for cats, in preference to dogs,...

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