Hannah Betts

Canine ageing experts recommend regular veterinary checkups, balanced protein-rich diets, weight control, moderate exercise, dental care, mental stimulation and careful monitoring of stress and cognitive decline. Breed, genetics and existing health conditions strongly affect lifespan, while promising interventions such as rapamycin remain insufficiently proven. The central goal is to extend dogs’ healthy years rather than pursue unnatural longevity.

Hannah Betts recommends 20 literary works in which an illicit or adulterous relationship is central to the narrative. The selection spans Homer and Arthurian legend through classic novels by Flaubert, Tolstoy, Brontë and Wharton to modern works by Atwood, Ondaatje, Erpenbeck and van der Wouden. The accompanying commentary emphasizes how affairs expose social hypocrisy, class and gender constraints, political repression, religious conflict and personal transformation, with consequences ranging from death and war to redemption, rebellion and self-knowledge.