Mary Douglas: Mother of Rat Fancy
Rat Fancy grew out of a most violent and surprising place past. The Brown Rat, which arrived in England in the early 1800s, was larger...
Bad Reputation, Part II: Ratatouille’s Redemption
A bad reputation is difficult for anyone to overcome, and much more so for our poor maligned rat friends. Being blamed for spreading the...
Bad Reputation, Part I: Blame it on Ratman’s Notebooks and Willard?
Mother says there are rats in the rockery. “‘You’ll have to do something about them,”’ she says, “‘or they’ll over-run the whole place.”...
