In the cafe is a wall covered in photos of dogs (mostly). Being polaroids there is room for their name written in ink below.

A dog’s name says more about the owner than the animal that bears it. I called the dog in Hen Hen because it was reusing a word commonly used as a noun for something not associated with a dog. Sustainability is a key theme in the book.

Dogs reuse things a lot themselves, like sticks that are no longer a part of a tree. And old tennis balls that were once good for tennis. And shoes which they think their owners no longer need.

Dog photos courtesy of The Little Bread Pedlar (Primrose Hill).