Jody Thompson

We’ve taught Warren to fetch. He absolutely loves it and is obsessed with rolled up paper balls - he drops them at out feet now when he wants to play.

A five month old black ghost tabby rescue kitten called Shirley tucked up in a grey cave-style cat bed that looks like a shark with its jaws open.

Bought the kittens a new cat bed.

Our gorgeous boy xx

Oh wow, they are both absolutely gorgeous! xx

I woke up this morning with both her and her brother sleeping on top of me. I am literally their slave...

Hahaha the nose tap (nice that it's polite though) xx

She just had a 10 minute fuss fest, but decided that was simply not long enough...

A five month old rescue black charcoal tabby kitten called Shirley, being very needy and trying to claw my William Morris Strawberry Thief patterned Liberty make up bag off my work desk to get my attention while I work.

I’m trying to work. This is what is currently the other side of my laptop - Shirley is being very needy and is not allowed on my work desk, so is trying to claw my make up bag off the table.

Loving the fact that Danny Beard has dressed as a real life Pierre et Gilles character on Big Brother Late & Live #bigbrother #bb25

A grey squirrel hanging out with a magpie eating bird seed on a lawn, behind some fuchsia flowers and betonica seed heads with some Mexican daisies and cherry lips salvia flowering in the background.

Spilled some seed earlier this morning filling up the bird feeder. It’s like a Disney cartoon out there now.

A crowd of just shy of 25k at the Emirates Stadium in North London to watch Arsenal Women draw 1-1 with Aston Villa Women

Threw away a one nil lead to come away with a draw - should have got Kelly on after half time - but still, great to be back at the Emirates, AND bumped into my dear friend Katia on the Tube home. Literally sat opposite me. Pretty impressive in a city of 9.84m people…

A five month old ghost black tabby rescue kitten called Sheila fast asleep on a green velvet sofa hugging a cushion featuring an image of artist Frida Kahlo

Shirley loves Frida as much as me 🐈‍⬛ ❤️

A close up of a five month old black ghost tabby rescue kitten called Warren, looking innocently to camera despite being so naughty

Butter wouldn’t melt…

A close up of a five month old black charcoal tabby mostly British shorthair rescue kitten called Warren, sat on an orange sheepskin pet bed on a green velvet sofa, staring straight at the camera.

Warren was ready for his close up this afternoon. He’s such a gorgeous boy and so loving and purry (and crazy).

I really, really loved it!

Shirley is obsessed with sport on telly, and it turns out she’s an AWFC fan too, result!

A close up of a five month old black tabby British shorthair rescue kitten called Shirley, lying next to a mouse toy on a patterned throw with a palm tree shaped cat scratching tree and green velvet sofa behind her.

Shirley makes a mockery of the myth you can’t take good photos of black cats 🐈‍⬛ 😻😸

It's so hard isn't it? Hope you, Hannah and the family are well xx

‘It was a bad dream – but I never woke up’: what it is like to lose your best friend For 25 years, Justin and Nichola were an essential part of each other’s lives. Then, one random Wednesday, came a terrible, wrenching phone call

This is such a wonderful, honest and heartfelt piece from @theguyliner.bsky.social. I lost my childhood best friend when we were 15, and I still think about her. www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

This is Warren and Shirley's backstory too:
www.instagram.com/p/DOs32VcjuI...

Brother and sister rescue British shorthair black ghost tabby kittens Warren and Shirley, cuddled up on a green velvet sofa in front of a mustard coloured cushion featuring a cartoon graphic of a black cat with big eyes.

Warren and Shirley really are ridiculously cute 🐈‍⬛🐈‍⬛😻

Hahahaha

He just replied mraowl ek. I think that’s right, I’m new to learning Warren…

Hahaha xx

Fresh Minty! Xx

Thank you! They're very special rescue kittens xx

SO alert!

I hadn't before we adopted them - they are very special! xx

The consensus online seems to be that they're called ghost tabbies or charcoal tabbies. The two siblings they were abandoned with were classic silver tabby British shorthair colour, like cats on the front of Whiskas boxes...