For those of us who have witnessed the raining out the front door, run to the back door thinking the weather’s better there manouver, or watched a cat slowly licking up some dust from the …

Artist Andrew Madigan has been painting and drawing for years, but we’re particularly impressed with his current cat portraits. The Galway based artist works with oils, acrylics and watercolour and is the proud owner of …

It’s hard to believe that the wonderful Infinite Cat project is almost ten years old.Early in 2000, a guy called Paul Hamilton took a photo of his cat Frankie, staring dismissively out from the internet. …

The Chronicles Team recently came together for a “big cats outing”, to one of the few places in Ireland where you can see cheetahs ‘in the wild’. Just minutes drive from Cork city, Fota Wildlife Park has a couple of cheetahs. And at 3pm on Saturdays they are fed in a novel way…

No cat site would be complete without a mention of Louis Wain, the English artist best known for his sometimes wacky, sometimes poignant portraits of cats.
He created entire worlds where cats lived, worked and played …

We have found what we would argue are the finest pair of cat pyjamas ever made for man or woman. Made by brand of the moment Lily Kitten, sourced in that venerable institution TK Maxx …

Catnip is like crack for cats. It is known among cat lovers as that harmless stuff that makes your cat go ballistic. You can get fresh or dried catnip at pretty much any pet store, legally, over the counter. You can then bring it home, offer it up, and break out the camera to record the show.

Due to the sheer number of cats in film, it has been really difficult to draw up a top 10. We’ve left out animated cats (apologies to the Pink Panther, the cast of the Aristocats and …

So we’re all cat fanciers here. But not everyone feels the love. So here are the top 10 reasons why people say they don’t like cats. (Oh, and our responses).

No, not a guide to keeping your cat on the straight and narrow to avoid those nasty anti-social behaviour orders (although this is a topic we may return to in future). Stephen Young’s feature on The Domestic Cat and the Law is in fact a pretty thorough guide to the legal status of the cat.

Ok, so the only elephant is the house but Edward Gorey deserves a mention not only for his status as one of the most celebrated writer/illustrators of the twentieth century, but also for his love …

One of the ideal destinations for any cat follower would have to be Ernest Hemmingway’s Key West Estate. This is still home to over sixty descendants of his original polydactyl cats (that’s many toed to …

This genetically enhanced cat grows into a 30-pound monster leopard-lookalike. Ok so breeding the uber-cat is nothing surprising. But there’s something unsettling about this whole thing.
The ‘standard Ashera’ is on offer for a princely $22k. …