The Little Book of Welsh CultureA fact filled journey through the cultural heritage of Wales, new in paperback

or a flavoursome dish that can be prepared ahead and then served when you're ready

Deborah Orr left Motherwell - the town she both loved and hated - to go to university

Like her 'brilliant' (Frankie Boyle) first book

Their crushing coils and their treasure hoards are found throughout literature and language: in the Old English of Beowulf

But as industries collapsed

like a baked dahl with tamarind-glazed sweet potato

the Maine Coon

where they shopped and how they amused themselves

but also the story of the challenges of founding and maintaining an animal-rescue institution on this scale

he thinks he's got it made - especially when he wins millions on a Kosovan lottery he only vaguely remembers entering

in Cardus' words to people who 'didn't know a leg-break from the pavilion cat at Lord's'- he became a star in his own right with exquisite phrase-making

dogs are having the best day ever