On 28th December 1941, the Minister of Food announced that cats ‘engaged in work of national importance’ were to receive an allowance of powdered milk, drawn from supplies damaged in handling and so unfit for human consumption.

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Cats have been connected with religion in many countries from ancient times. The true cat goddess, Bast, signified to the Egyptians the fruitful powers of the sun, and was worshipped as “the soul of Osiris”, with an annual festival at the city of Bubastis.

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Oliver and Smartie were two stray, black, tom cats, who found their way to our door, quite separately from each other during the last few years. Oliver was built like a brick shed, with muscles in places he shouldn’t even have had places. Smartie on the other hand was sleek and slim. His party piece, once he’d got to know me, was to rotate 360 degrees on his back, whilst I held his head in my cupped hand.

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1. They live here. You don’t.
2. If you don’t want their hair on your clothes, stay off the furniture (that’s why it’s called ‘fur’-niture).

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