Happy Cow is the go-to place to search and discover places for vegetarian and vegan and veg-friendly food. Anyone can register and post reviews, which is exactly what I did… Read More
Two vegans, one vegetarian and one non-veg ate at Zilli Green in London’s Soho last night. They universally acclaimed the dinner as outstanding. The style of cuisine is “Italian vegetarian… Read More
What does John Thompson mean by “intellectual horticulture“? It seemed like intellectual horticulture. Seeds of knowledge planted in fertile minds were given an opportunity to germinate in a nourishing environment.… Read More
Last night I went to a celebration of the Gay Liberation Front at Charleston called “A Gay Outing.” GLF was founded in London in 1970 one year after the Stonewall… Read More
Last Friday evening at Canary Wharf I attended a large hustings meeting for the Labour leadership. All candidates were present and answered questions from the floor. There was very little… Read More
Earlier this week another maturing baby Herring gull took her first steps on grass near my home in Old Town Hastings. She’s taking her first flight away from the nearby… Read More
We’re now down to two baby Herring Gulls having started out with three, then, plus two, making a group of five. Of the three no longer present I can see… Read More
With so much published I want to read I confess to reading often the end first. Conclusions quickly let you know what the rest of the article says and how the… Read More
The Observer profiles artist Polly Morgan, who explains her justification for using taxidermy in her art. As she explains it: “a) I don’t want to get in trouble with the… Read More
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The BBC reports a “controversial cull of around 1,500 badgers in south-west Wales has been halted after protesters won their legal challenge to stop it. The Badger Trust appealed against Welsh… Read More
The New York Times editorial, “A Humane Egg,” is so outstanding that it deserves to be reproduced in full. The life of animals raised in confinement on industrial farms is… Read More
Wonders why …is it so crucial that bovine TB is eradicated? You might well ask. The true answer is that, health-wise for humans, it is not important at all. It’s… Read More
Guardian columnist Felicity Lawrence got to the heart of the matter in her recent column when she concluded, “In their Big Society [ConDem coalition] – which casts everything as personal… Read More
Apologies for not keeping everyone up to date with the progress of the baby Herring gulls I watch from my home office window, which requires me at times to squeeze… Read More
Writing in The Chronicle of Higher Education Harold Fromm, visiting scholar in English at the University of Arizona, berates vegans and demonstrates shocking ignorance about what veganism means in theory… Read More
How a group of very luck beagles are transformed — thanks to a bankrupt vivisection laboratory and Pets Alive — from animal research models identified by a number to beloved… Read More
To say that it’s been a transformative week is to invite accusations of melodrama, which, of course, may be true. One’s melodrama is all in one’s mind. One person’s melodrama… Read More
