These are Ollie and Pepper (Ollie is the long-hair), two cats owned by my friend and colleague Matthew Cobb, who works at The University of Manchester. They are grown now. When I first met Ollie, he was thrust into my face by Matthew and promptly laid open my nose with a deft stroke of his paw.
Not quite right – Ollie the scratcher is the short-haired one on the right. And it was your fault Jerry – you loomed!