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This book celebrates the special relationship between beloved British dogs and their devoted owners. Architects, fashion designers, florists, entrepreneurs - these and the other famous, creative and hyper-successful people have one thing in common when it comes to their canines: the strength of the bond between human and four-legged friend. This makes for tales of companionship that will be sure to uplift your spirits and make the heart sing. Exuberantly photographed by Dylan Thomas, with interviews by Poodle-mad Georgina Montagu, Top Dogs is a joyous read and lustrous eye-candy for dog lovers. From Jacobean manor to Cumbrian hill farm, and circus wagon to royal residence, the lucky hounds who are showcased in this sumptuous volume occupy some of the loveliest homes in the country.

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"...an ode to the perfect triumvirate of dogs, people and interiors.--Fiona McKenzie Johnston ""House and Garden, October 2022"" 'Top Dogs -- A British Love Affair' is a love letter to the wonderful world of dogs and the fabulous people who own them - a stylish, visual treat in aid of the incredible charity, Medical Detection Dogs--Edward Enniful, Editor in Chief ""British Vogue"" A beautiful new book that celebrates the unique bond between humans and dogs... [TOP DOGS: A British Love Affair] captures in words and images that intense love that can exist between our two species-- ""The Telegraph"" A gorgeous book... the best thing since sliced bread.--John Pawson Beautiful, large format, lavishly illustrated books make the ideal Christmas present ... They say dogs resemble their owners. There's ample evidence in this lavish book celebrating a very British obsession.-- ""Daunt Books"" For the dogs of the rich and famous, a standard day could involve flying to Mallorca, walking the Venice Film Festival's red carpet, or dining on olive oil-sautéed spinach. Tales of such pampered pooches have been compiled in a new book by Georgina Montagu and Dylan Thomas, who travelled across the country to capture the nation's most devoted owners with their hounds - from the Queen Consort to Andrew Lloyd Webber. A percentage of the proceeds will go towards Medical Detection Dogs, a charity training dogs to diagnose human medical conditions.-- ""The Financial Times"" Georgina Montagu and Dylan Thomas travelled across the country to capture the nation's most devoted owners with their hounds - from the Queen Consort to Andrew Lloyd Webber-- ""The Financial Times, How to Spend It"" If you love dogs... this is the book for you. It is a joy. A stunning book... it is an exquisite record of people and the dogs they love--Emma Beaven ""Little London Whispers"" In Top Dogs author Georgina Montagu has described and Dylan Thomas photographed a contemporary generation of much loved, silky, hairy, fluffy dogs, in colourful and enviable settings, many gazing with devotion at their loyal human companions. Every dog is the top dog to their keeper, but any enthusiast will enjoy this beautifully presented collection of top dogs and their interesting owners in their fabulous homes... Among the precious four-legged and two-legged featured are Andrew Lloyd-Webber's Mojito, Phillip Mould's Cedric, John Pawson's Lochie, Bill Amberg's Moon and Buzz, Jasper Conran's Minnow and the author's own Rollo, to name drop a few.-- ""SPHERE Magazine"" Photographer Dylan Thomas (no relation) has carefully documented the relationship between what a publisher's blurb refers to as 'creative and hyper-successful people' and their dogs. Included among such luminaries are gallerist Philip Mould and his whippet Cedric and the minimalist architect John Pawson and his pooch Lochie. Perhaps the crowning name for a dog comes courtesy of founder of Vyrao (the world's first wellbeing brand to fuse energetic healing with master perfumery), Yasmin Sewell, whose perfect pedigree is called Pizza Hairy Chainsaw. The 'lucky hounds' are photographed in places 'from Jacobean manor to Cumbrian hill farm, and circus wagon to royal residence'. Judging from the photos, it is quite clear that the dogs are calling the shots. The presence of an expertly coiffed canine set among deeply fashionable cushions in the United Kingdom's 'loveliest homes' may not, in itself, qualify as an exploration of the relationship between pet and owner; thankfully, each of the (human) subjects has been interviewed by Georgina Montagu. And we have no doubt the scenery makes for a lavish spectacle. What more could one want from the country's leading 'creatives'? Without them, it's just a dog's life, after all.-- ""Apollo Magazine"" The author, Georgina Montagu....says she wrote this glossy tome to combine her love of dogs, people and interiors. In doing so she discovered a truth long known at Country Life that, when asking people about their dogs, 'even the most private people dropped their guard and launched forth happily, without any filter.'--Paula Lester ""Country Life, September 21 2022"" The perfect present... Top Dogs by Georgina Montagu, with photographs by Dylan Thomas, it is all about the British love affair with their dogs, told through the eyes of some wonderful two-legged creatures, as well as their four-legged friends.--Hugh Bonneville Trotting down the red carpet in Venice, sailing in the South of France, surfing in Cornwall... Carole Bamford's shih tzu Bellini was the ultimate dog star with a tale that still wows. Lady Bamford's story appears in Top Dogs: A British Love Affair by Georgina Montagu and Dylan Thomas.-- ""Tatler, October 2022"""

Author Information

Georgina Montagu has written this book to combine three of her favorite things: dogs, people and interiors. Purely a Standard Poodle person, she has had two: Albert, the therapy dog at the Royal Hospital Chelsea, and Rollo, a former show dog. Georgina has lived and worked all over the world from the cities of London, Tokyo, Paris and San Francisco to the desert and mountain wilderness of the American southwest and - appropriately for a dog-lover - the Labrador coast, where the sea is frozen for five months of the year. She has worked for The Sunday Times Magazine and The World of Interiors as well as for several Japanese art, architectural and fashion magazines. She has two daughters, Willa and Freya, and currently lives in London.

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