Several times a day I receive email updates from a website that purports to be dedicated to my immediate neighbourhood. Together these updates comprise a litany of lost pets, suspicious characters, unscrupulous tradespeople and stolen deliveries. Occasionally, I’ll click through for more information, and when I do I always think: this is not a local issue. Stop coming on here with your Chiswick problems.
My local issue is a fox. Where last year’s fox formed an unholy friendship with our dog – they played together in the dead of night, by standing appointment – this year’s fox wants to be friends with me.
