On Cats: An Anthology, Margaret Atwood (Notting Hill Editions)

On Cats: An Anthology, Margaret Atwood (Notting Hill Editions)New Hardback For centuries, cats have been worshipped, adored and mistrusted in equal measure. This beautiful gift book contains a selection of essays, stories, and poems on cats by writers from across the ages. In these pages, writers reflect on the curious feline qualities that inspire such devotion in their owners, even when it seems one sided. Cats' affections are hard won and often fickle. Freud considered his cat an embodiment of true egoism;

Read about poets and writers from Wordsworth

like the seasons

dealing with the terrifying impact and legacy of the conflict

Using an innovative 'dual narrative' structure you sometimes see in films

Despite the extraordinary achievements of the BEF in 1918

invaluable tips (family games you can play around a campfire or how to keep morale up in bad weather) and plenty of honesty around things going wrong (poo-explosion on a wild camp

and staggering inequality

Rawlence witnesses the accelerating impact of climate change and the devastating legacies of colonialism and capitalism

insecurities

That has not been my experience

and - despite improvements in societal equality - continues to be today

and insights from cutting-edge research