What affects us affects cats
JK (I’ve never heard of him before) is an American former professional football player who spent his entire 13-year career as a center for the Philadelphia Eagles. He’s a bit of a celebrity and he has a Wikipedia entry. So, he has a bit of a voice which means that what he says can …
Lupita Nyong’o is a Kenyan-Mexican actress who has achieved great success in Hollywood. Here’s a quick summary: New film role Lupita Nyong’o plays a starring role in A Quiet Place: Day One with her male leading actor, Joseph Quinn, with whom she got on very well according to the reports. She describes him as …
Some people think that domestic cats, rather perversely, are attracted to people who don’t like them. And if this is true at least to some extent, it deserves an explanation. And the reason is probably fairly straightforward namely that in a room of people where one or two dislike cats and into which a …
Pope Benedict XVI was the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 19 April 2005 until his resignation on 28 February 2013. Joseph Ratzinger, a cardinal before it became Pope Benedict XVI, was an academic and philosopher. He chose to take the route of academia and then to …
Was William Shakespeare one of the world’s great cat haters? Shame if he was because I am sure that there are many cat lovers who also love Shakespeare (1564-1616). Sadly, the majority of the bard’s references to cats are derogatory, hostile vilifications. Here are 4 plays of his containing these vilifications, on which I …
The world has just watched Rafael Nadal prove his great tenacity, fearlessness and competitiveness when competing at the highest level in his chosen sport, tennis. He’s just won his 21st major title after one of the greatest comebacks of all time and after he has suffered health problems with a painful foot. He doubted …
There is no single word in the English language to describe someone who hates cats. However, you probably know that there is a word for someone who is excessively frightened of cats: ailurophobe. It comes from the Greek words αἴλουρος (ailouros), ‘cat’ and φόβος (phóbos), ‘fear’, which create the word ailurophobia, meaning a fear …
There are many reasons why some people hate cats. All the reasons can be turned around by education, understanding and tolerance. In other words the reasons are often false and cat hating is often based upon misconceptions and a lack of education about cat behaviour. However, some reasons are intractable. Misconceptions Many people have …
