Author: Sam Weller

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Conan’s Corner

Welcome back dear readers and a Happy New Year to all my fans.  As I have made very clear, there are no new year resolutions from me – perfection cannot be improved upon so I don’t intend to waste the energy and I will be as fabulous as every other year.
As it’s the start of a new year, below is my interview with Bomber Command/Senora Presidente/Christine Thorpe.  Also, am attempting to have more gravitas more befitting to my Patriarchal status.  And, although it’s not New Year until tomorrow, I intend to sleep in.

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Conan’s Corner

Welcome back dear readers – your friendly bard, visionary and patriarch here again.

Well, you know there’s a saying in England that it’s “raining cats and dogs”?  I’ve never understood it but literally this month it has rained kittens!  Well, one kitten – Claude and I looked round one morning and a tiny stranger was in our midst.  And eating our food.  Naturally this cannot be allowed so we went over to see it off and found out it was a very feisty tri-colour girl.  Of course we are gentlemen first and foremost, so we let the kitten have some more food and then she was up the fence, though the most TINY gap in the roof – and away!  Well, we just looked at each other.  Claude suggested we might climb the fence and inspect the escape route but then we looked at the size of ourselves and realised that no gap would be big enough (the disadvantages of our physiques being rubenesque).  We alerted the Authorities to the situation of course.

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Conan’s Corner

Welcome back dear readers, apologies for my column’s delay but I am happy to let you all know that my life is currently pretty marvellous in the smaller of the garden pens despite earlier misgivings and hence my grumpy introspection has decreased a notch as a result – Claude and I have bonded over our shared love of catnip – he had never had it before but now is equally obsessed with the stuff, it’s magic!  I have requested we have it every day but am yet to hear back from the authorities.  I might have to proposition Bomber Command on the subject.

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Garden Improvements

Welcome back dear readers.  It’s been such a traumatic week, I cannot tell you.  Therapy might even be required.

Firstly I had the indignity of being chased out of my garden – yes I know!  Apparently it’s going to be tiled to make cleaning easier.  Therefore we had to vacate and move in with the residents in the next garden.  Several stand-offs occurred.  Still, it gave me a chance to inspect the quality of their toys, cat-walk and general facilities.  I was pleased to note that their food was the same ie, not better than ours.  I have been supervising the tiling of course. Hope it’s not too cold under my bottom? That will need to be addressed urgently if so.  One garden is already tiled and the other one is well underway.  However, I found the sofa on the first day and have decided to take that over, assert overall authority and stay in this garden – I will now be accepting sofa sharing applications.

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New Arrivals and Cushion Update

Welcome back dear readers.  Apologies this column is slightly late, Sam has been in the UK seeing her mum (I know – who could possibly be more important than me, but apparently, she is …).  I’ve had to dictate this over the phone which is hard when you have no thumbs.  Sam says she’s sending back something for the shelter – she then laughed in, what I can only call, an evil manner.  Watch this space.

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