David WalegaJul 6, 20212 minBad Reputation Part I: Blame it on “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.” -...
David WalegaJul 6, 20213 min Bad Reputation Part II: The Ratatouille Revolution!A bad reputation is difficult for anyone to overcome, and much more so for our poor maligned rat friends. Being blamed for spreading the...
David WalegaJul 6, 20213 minMother Mary Douglas: The Birth of Rat FancyRat Fancy grew out of a most violent and surprising place past. The Brown Rat, which arrived in England in the early 1800s, was larger...