Nora, the supremely talented piano playing cat has long been an inspiration to internet users everywhere but now she has moved on to inspiring composers as well.
Lithuanian conductor Mindaugas Piecaitis premiered his Nora-inspired chamber piece last …

Most cats we know are content to pad incessantly on the back door, staring at you intently (and sometimes with great resentment) as they demand to be let in. However Charlie, aka “Spidercat”, shows a bit of initiative and …

We’re impressed with the work of animator Ben Ross on the highly entertaining Stunt Kitty. As we know, cats tend to involve themselves in bizarre leaping & climbing stunts, so Ben publishes a series of …

It is indeed a sad year for presidential cats. The venerable Socks has passed on to kitty heaven at the age of 18 or 19 (depending on which media reports you read).  A longtime favourite of cat …

Ah, modern day. An age where if you ask people what they know about the piano, they are unlikely to talk about Rachmaninoff. But they may very well begin to enthuse about Nora, the Cat That …

Following on from the tale of Frankie a few weeks ago, we have come across yet another light fingered, and in this case many fingered cat burglar. A fine furry cat whose many aliases include …

OK, not ‘gone postal’ in the violent sense, rather this Somerset feline is helping the local postal worker on his daily rounds. Read all about it here.
What started as a simple exercise in sheltering from …

We recently heard the sad news that our favourite resident of the white house (difficult as it is to pick a favourite…) has passed away. Who will challenge the dread Miss Beasley and Barney now?

Firemen - not just for saving humans and getting cats out of trees. Six cats were saved from a house fire and revived by the ingenious use of oxygen masks made for babies. Read the …

We couldn’t let the week pass without mentioning the passing of the genius Oliver Postgate, co-creator of that wonderful old fat furry catpuss Bagpuss and other brilliant creations like the Clangers, Ivor the Engine and Noggin …

Avid readers may remember our feature on ‘Cats and the Law‘. Perhaps the owner of Frankie, a 2 year old black and white cat fond of burglary expeditions, might be interested to know they may …

There’s not much more you can say about a story like this, it warms the heart. We’re going to file it in the “cute” folder.
 

Cats, like so many of us, were a bit nonplussed by the last Indiana Jones movie and it seems that some have decided that they’ll have to take matters into their own paws. This cat might have gone a bit too far, now we’re not sure if she’ll get home.

This weekend Barack Obama and John McCain will go head to furry head at one of New York’s most prestigious events, the CFA IAMS Cat Championship. However this Barack Obama is, aptly enough, a sleek …