The alleged dog has a truce going with a hedgehog who wanders around our garden all night in the summer. They almost "get on" together.

That said, hedgehog flavoured crisps are about the best thing to have come out of the '80s. You don't see them these days though?

Hedgehogs should, according to Tommy Coyne, a diddy who drinks in my local, be fried in parsley butter, after marinading in a dry rub of brown sugar, paprika, parsley and garlic.

Just saying...