A Michael Broad Blog
The cat companion of a former Big Issue seller who told his story of adopting a ginger tabby named Bob in his bestselling memoir, A Street Cat Named Bob has died at aged “at least 14”. James Bowen credits his cat companion who he found abandoned and injured in 2007 with saving his life …
You remember Bob, the ginger tabby street who dramatically turned around the life of James Bowen, 37, who was, before he met Bob, a London busker and heroin addict. Their story is all over the internet and rightly so (see tagged articles) . It’s as good a story as Grumpy cat, probably better because …
You probably remember James Bowen and Bob the cat. James was a busker, homeless and a heroin addict when along came a ginger tabby street cat who he called Bob. They formed a great partnership. Bob helped James to straighten out his life and James provided companionship, food and shelter for Bob. As a …
Two well known celebrity cats, Bob the Cat in the UK and Grumpy Cat in the USA, provide us with two good examples of how money can be made through the domestic cat or in using the domestic cat. It can be quite difficult to decide what cat/animal exploitation is. Many disagree with me …
James Bowen must have made quite a lot of money from Bob his cat companion. James recently visited his publisher, Hodder & Stoughton, who told him that he had sold his millionth book in Britain. We are not told how many books he has sold elsewhere but we are told they are “international best …
Weird. How can a domestic cat teach humans anything? I am sure many people will initially think that. The human is far too arrogant to believe that it is possible. However, James Bowen thinks his cat has given him life-lessons. He is about to write a book based around the mutual support between Bob, …
by Michael We are talking about Great Britain in this article, at last (USA usually features)! This video shows us quite nicely what it is like in London, England. The feel that you get from the video is very much the feel that you get if you walk down a nondescript London street. Except …
