How did we survive before social media? Is there life after Facebook? Social media: It’s a blessing and a curse. Of course, I can recall what life was like before… Read More
“One of the biggest challenges is the dearth of information about Topsy,” writes Mary Holmes and Patricia Denys in “Topsy’s Voice: The Quest of Kim Stallwood” published in Animal Culture, the… Read More
How do you escape from animal rights? The question is asked often. And depending upon my mood at that time, I will respond with different answers. If irritated (I am… Read More
You can now watch online a recording of the public meeting at The British Library, ‘The Fight for Animal Rights: Kim Stallwood in Conversation’, that took place on May 16.… Read More
Last week we went to the Charleston Festival to listen to writer and broadcaster Bonnie Greer and author Sarah Churchwell discuss the American Dream. It is 60 years since civil… Read More
More than 50 people attended ‘The Fight for Animal Rights: Kim Stallwood in Conversation’ public meeting hosted by The British Library in London on Tuesday, 16 May. The live stream… Read More
I last wrote about our vegan organic allotment and how we compost is made two years ago. It’s time for an update. Besides, any time is a good time to… Read More
Fifty years ago, I was a student working the summer in a chicken slaughterhouse. Three years later, I was a vegan working for Compassion In World Farming and its campaigns… Read More
How to present images of animal cruelty and the identities of animal rights organisations and their activities are foremost in my mind. My formative experience was during the 1980s when… Read More
Today I launch on Patreon my Topsy the Elephant campaign. Topsy was a female Asian elephant. She was put to death at Luna Park, one of America’s first amusement parks,… Read More
The life of Topsy and the film about her electrocution are inseparable. Whether seen or not by those who know anything about her, the film has come to define her… Read More
If anyone knows anything about Topsy, it is because they saw on YouTube or heard about from someone the one-minute film of her killing, ‘Electrocuting an Elephant’, made by the… Read More
Bicentenaries don’t come around very often. And when they do, they’re unique opportunities to celebrate the past, acknowledge the present, and reach for the future. A significant animal rights bicentenary… Read More
One hundred and twenty years ago today, January 4, 1903, Topsy, a female Asian elephant, was electrocuted to death at Luna Park, one of America’s first amusement parks, on Coney… Read More
Today I start my 47th year as a vegan, working full-time in animal rights. My focus for 2023 is to write the biography of Topsy the elephant, serve on the… Read More