If Only They Could Talk

Bulls with sunstroke, pigs on the run and a cake-eating Peke with a betting habit . . . I grew up reading James Herriot's book and I'm delighted that thirty years on they are still every bit as charming, heartwarming and laugh-out-loud funny as they were then.Kate Humble

It’s a pleasure to be in James Herriot’s company.Observer

After an evening among his tales, anyone with as much as a dog or a budgerigar will feel he should move to Darrowby at once.Yorkshire Post