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They say that a dog is a man s best friend, but these writers found solace and occasional inspiration in another four-legged companion. Celebrate your own love of cats with these 13 feline-loving scribes.
1. Mark Twain
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Mark Twain the great humorist and man of American letters was also a great cat lover. When his beloved black cat Bambino went missing, Twain took out an advertisement in the
New York American offering a $5 reward to return the missing cat to his house at 21 Fifth Avenue in New York City. It described Bambino as “Large and intensely black; thick, velvety fur; has a faint fringe of white hair across his chest; not easy to find in ordinary light.” The cat, fortunately, was alright and returned home.
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– A country home near Kirkcaldy has been thoroughly overhauled by its owners and offers tremendous privacy, sitting up its own private lane. It even has a ruined castle in its garden. Jack McKeown investigates.
Anyone looking for privacy, space, rural living, views, and an easy commute to Edinburgh will find everything they need at Piteadie House.
It sits in glorious seclusion up a quarter-mile long private tarmac drive off a country road just outside Kirkcaldy.
A large main house, three bedroom cottage, and extensive outbuildings provide an enormous amount of indoor space, while a ruined castle provides scope for the more ambitious property developer.