Is there a rat hiding in your toilet? Are you sure? Really sure? | Polly Hudson

Imagine lifting the loo lid and finding two beady eyes staring up at you. Impossible? An urban myth? It happened in my own family! Knowledge is power, in all cases except this one. I used to think that tales like the one I’m about to relate were urban myths. I was definitely happier then, in the days when there was still the possibility of experiencing another moment’s peace. Not a friend of a friend, or a colleague’s auntie’s neighbour, but a member of my extended family, a fully trusted sou...

By Polly Hudson