Undiscovered Christie

I'm sure most Fox Terrier fans have read "Dumb Witness" by Agatha Christie, in which the mystery is solved by a WFT called Bob, with the assistance of Poirot.

I was delighted to read about the recent discovery of two unseen Christie short stories which will be published by HarperCollins in autumn. One of these is called "The Mystery of the Dog's Ball", which was eventually re-worked into the novel "Dumb Witness".

"Secret Notebooks: Fifty Years of Mysteries in the Making" by John Curran will contain this and another never seen before short story, along with insights into how Christie worked, re-using ideas and developing plots.

Take a look at the official Agatha Christie website for more fascinating facts.

Badges Smadges

Inspired by my love of all things shiny, I've just finished some terrier-ific badges. Trouble is, they're very difficult to photograph as I keep getting light reflecting off the surface. Any tips from budding photographers out there?



The glare on these isn't too bad, but I've another couple which are on darker backgrounds which I'm almost tearing my hair out over.

I'm also deliberating over what to label them in my various webstores; here in the UK we call them badges, but it seems in the US they're known as buttons. How strange!

You can buy them from my Etsy and Folksy shops...hope to get them onto my website later this week

Nell

I recently saw a report about a woman who left £100,000 in her will to Nell, her 4 year old Fox Terrier. You can read more about it by clicking here.

I hope my WFT, Jackson, doesn't get any ideas!


"Handsome eh? Maybe I should ask Nell for a date?"