Vegan Club: In Response To Gianfranco Vissani

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Everyone, it seems, has it in for the vegans. We are frequently misquoted and derided. We are depicted as crazy hippies eating nettle soup, wearing weird ill-fitting clothing made from hemp and dried moss whilst throwing tantrums in restaurants. When we’re not terrorising jolly old milkmen, we’re breaking into private property and chaining ourselves to trees. Continue reading

Vegan Club: Vegan in Scotland

I want to preface this post by telling you
a) this is just focusing on Glasgow and Edinburgh or it would have been 40 pages long
b) I love Scotland, and
c) if you’re vegan, Scotland loves you (I mean, I’m not saying they don’t love you if you’re not vegan, but you’re DEFINITELY loved if you are vegan, know what I’m saying?).

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Newcastle

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Vegan Club: London Animal Free Festival

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A couple of weeks back I trotted off to London Animal Free Festival with my veggie friend and frequent partner-in-crime, Bel. Continue reading

Vegan Club: Cows, non-dairy and #WorldMilkDay

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It’s #WorldMilkDay! I love milk. I’ve seen a lot of crap going up about #happycows and a lot of unpleasant stuff about how terrible vegan milk is (including the insulting #blockavegan hastag). I thought I’d write a quick little post in the interests of balance so here’s a few happy facts for all you friends out there…  Continue reading

24 Hours in Edinburgh

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Last week I went on a flying trip around the country. My first stop was Edinburgh, one of my favourite cities in the UK!  Continue reading

Box Hill

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Box Hill is in what my Mum refers to as “deepest, darkest Surrey”, aka, only accessible via car (good luck on the shockingly ropey piece of crap that is Surrey’s excuse for a bus system). I’d not been since I was 8 and had no idea what to expect. Continue reading

Vegan Club: The Veggie Tag

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Hello! For today’s instalment of Vegan Club I’ve teamed up with the lovely Alisha from Alisha Ockenden and we’ve come up with The Veggie Tag. The questions cover a bit of personal backstory and some of the practicalities of a meat-free diet. If you’re a vegan or vegetarian and would like to share your answers than please feel free!

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