Now well into our ninth year, Purr 'n' Fur continues to grow, with a wide selection of different sections and articles for the enjoyment of cat lovers.
The site is added to three times a year in spring, summer and winter with new material, updates and amendments.
The Spring 2012 batch is now in progress.

Most recent additions at Purr 'n' Fur
(for links to all main sections, see Contents list further down the page)

Spring 2012
(more on the way)

Church Cats: meet Vesper of St Mary of the Angels, Hollywood
Shop Cats: three handsome bookstore cats from Poland — Dante, Docent and Rudolf
Working Cats: new page for Post Office Cats
Hotel Cats: from two French luxury hotels, Carmen and Fa-Raon of Nice and Paris
Practice Cats: Indy of the Discovery Bay Veterinary Hospital in California, and predecessor Annie
Wartime Cats: addition to the page for tributes to Animals in War — Woodbank Memorial Park at Stockport
Philately: our latest review of cat stamps from around the world
Philately: new page of cat postmarks/cancellations for special occasions
Working: American secret agent Misty + Chester from Poland

Fragments: page updated for Bob the Big Issue cat - includes links to footage of recent TV appearances
Folios: additions to our reviews of books about cats
Fans: more Fans of Felines
Fragments: updated with news of Bernice from Wisconsin, who suffered serious burns last year
Further entries added to MiniFragments
Library cats: Pusia has recently joined the staff at Ilawa Public Library in Poland
Church Cats: an image has come to light of Tom of St Mary Redcliffe at Bristol


A small selection from the Summer & Winter 2011 batches

Church Cats: Inigo and Jones of the Actors' Church (St Paul's), Covent Garden in London
Church Cats: meet Louis of Wells Cathedral, Somerset
Adventures: mountain-climber Tomba from the Swiss Alps
Adventures: in 1957 Mayflower II re-created the voyage of the Pilgrim Fathers - Felix the kitten was aboard
Fragments: two unusual cats - Dante the vegetarian, and Smokey with the record-breaking purr

Purr 'n' Fur Contents

Click on any of the titles below for the index page for that section
with a full list of contents

Famous Felines
Cats who became better known than the average feline

Featuring Felines
Real-life stories and adventures of cats, under the headings
Cats' Adventures  ::  Cats in Wartime  ::  Church Cats  ::  Library Cats  ::  Museum Cats  ::  Practice Cats
and a subsection for other Working Cats

Fabled Felines
Cats in fables, fairytales and festivals

Feline Fun
Light-hearted stuff about cats, including jigsaws, quotations, amusing photos,
a crossword puzzle and pairs game, links to other fun stuff, and our gallery of British pub signs picturing cats

Feline Folios
Summaries and details of cat books which have given us pleasure

Fans of Felines
Well-known or famous people noted for their liking of cats

Feline Fragments
A miscellany of 'cat stuff' that doesn't really fit into other categories,
with a sub-set we've called Mini Fragments for a miscellany of short news items past and present

Feline Philately: Cats on Stamps
Fully illustrated reviews of cat stamps from around the world
from 2000 to the present, pages of 'cat postmarks' from various countries,
and an article about thematic collecting

Feline Flotsam
A small collection of original desktop wallpapers for free download, and some cat-related fonts

About Purr 'n' Fur

Links to other sites
Please be aware that in general it's not Purr 'n' Fur's policy to exchange links with other sites,
and we prefer to limit our links to those that are relevant to the topics we write about.
By all means ask if you think you have a suitable link to suggest,
but please don't be offended if we decline.

Our featured feline: the beautiful marmalade character taking pride of place here on our home page was a Dutch kitten called Dabbe, belonging to colleagues who worked at the same college as I was in eastern Holland. Trust a cat to find the sunniest spot! — and his stripes contrasted beautifully with the duvet he was sitting on (Dec 1989).