The rise of the Welsh

keen on dog showing, you might not have noticed that Crufts wasn’t held last year, the first time it had been cancelled since 1954, when a strike by electricians stopped it taking place. Since the very first show, organised by Charles Cruft at the Royal Agricultural Hall in Islington in 1891, the event has been held annually, except in 1918-1920 and 1942-1947, due to war and its aftermath. There was a plan to reschedule last year’s show to July, but it didn’t prove practical, so this year the event returns