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Rory Cellan-Jones: Sophie from Romania

Name: Rory Cellan-Jones: Sophie from Romania
Start: 2025-06-12T17:00:00+01:00
End: 2025-06-12T18:00:00+01:00
Location: Cullen Kilshaw Marquee

A touching story of trust and transformation as tech journalist Rory adopts a rescue dog—and finds love, healing and a global fanbase.

Saturday, 14 June 2025

7:15pm ‐ 8:15pm

Cullen Kilshaw Marquee
Harmony Garden and Orchard, St Mary's Road, Melrose, TD6 9LJ

https://tikt.link/rorycellanjones

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The BBC’s chief technology correspondent until 2021, Rory has written a beautiful, heartwarming account of adopting, befriending and learning to love a shy rescue dog. After the loss of his elderly Collie cross in 2022 and missing the walks that had alleviated his Parkinson’s Disease symptoms, Rory held the trembling new arrival in his arms. Little did he know that it would take a year to win her trust and in doing so, attract hundreds of thousands of SM followers from across the globe to her own page. This is a wonderful, moving story of growing together through love, kindness and patience.