BY DOMINIC WIGHTMAN From Barbarism to Empathy: Why Future Generations Will Judge Our Cruelty Across the world exist rare couples who communicate not only through words but through something deeper—a current that hums beneath the skin, making oceans between them feel like illusions. When one thinks of the other, the other feels it as warmth flaring behind the ribs, the heart pressing against its cage … Continue reading The Next Evolution
BY DOMINIC WIGHTMAN A week on from the death of our beloved family dog, Cadbury, things are more serene in the Wightman household. Our children have been most resilient. It is my wife and I, and the remaining chocolate lab, who still mourn. While an air of sorrow is ever-present in the void, the shadows are not winning – prevailing light still disseminates through my … Continue reading Chapeau
BY DOMINIC WIGHTMAN You know that death is coming. 14 years for a Chocolate Labrador by any dog/human age comparator is in the high nineties. The occasional coughs and retches remind you that your dog is falling apart at the seams and has more lumps to his name than the sweetest cup of Yorkshire Biscuit tea but he’s still chunky and grins with happiness all … Continue reading Eulogy To Our Cadbury
