(It is best to read Part One first) Not everybody likes cats. There are, in fact, three names for ‘cat phobia’: galeophobia, ailurophobia and elurophobia. William Shakespeare had observed this phenomenon at first hand. In The Merchant of Venice, Shylock, asked why he hates the merchant Antonio, replies: Some men there are love not a … Continue reading The Earl of Southampton and Trixie the Cat. Part Two.