Actually it’s my birthday today, but Smith and Jones get to share it. And you get to see the rest of the family for the first time (though you only get to see Taylor and Browne as kittens).

Smith and Jones are the first and second most common surnames in the UK – Taylor and Browne come third and fourth respectively. Madgwick-Blenkinsop-Delarue-Jenkins sounded like a firm of solicitors or accountants, so I made him a mouser in the archives department of an old fashioned firm of lawyers. I’ve been in rooms like this – smelling of ancient parchment and festooned with faded pink ribbon. I’ve even met the cat.