More details of the cat which decided to live with Eric and Marlene Hobsbawm, Ticlia has emerged in Marlene’s newly published biography Meet in Buenos Aires:
Marlene Hobsbawm writes of the cat:
She just waltzed into our lives one day and none of us wanted to part with her. We put a notice on a lamp post outside, but nobody claimed her. We decided on the name of Ticlio, after the highest pass in Peru, though when I had taken her to the vet it turned out that she was a female and her permanent name became Ticlia. She was a most handsome tabby cat with four snow-white patches on her nose, chin, neck and paws. She had a good character and was not difficult- although she hated laughter, which was a hoot, and was easily annoyed by recorder playing. She knew Eric was the important one because he made the least fuss over her. Ticlia was loved by us all- she never got lost and was with us for fifteen years.
It is not revealed however whether she joined the Communist Party or read the Morning Star
Proof as ever.. that cats choose you. They choose to save you.. if theres anything worth saving.