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Top Dogs: A British Love Affair

by Georgina Montagu & Dylan Thomas (Triglyph £60, 304pp) 

‘Dogs boil life down to the things that matter: love, affection and homeliness,’ says Alexandra Tolstoy, television presenter, writer and distant relative of Leo. It’s safe to say Brits are barking mad about their dogs, with roughly 12.5 million kept as pets in the UK — we have the second-highest dog population (Germany has more) in Europe. This cheerful, canine-filled book — with a foreword from the Queen Consort — includes interviews with Andrew Lloyd Webber and the Duke of Richmond on why they couldn’t live without their four-legged friends. 

This cheerful, canine-filled book — with a foreword from the Queen Consort — includes interviews with Andrew Lloyd Webber and the Duke of Richmond on why they couldn’t live without their four-legged friends

This cheerful, canine-filled book — with a foreword from the Queen Consort — includes interviews with Andrew Lloyd Webber and the Duke of Richmond on why they couldn’t live without their four-legged friends

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