The Grumpy Vegan gave a talk last night to the local branch of the Hastings Labour Party on Edward Carpenter. The comrades found it interesting, if the ensuing discussion is an indication. Here are the reasons why Carpenter matters today. … Continue reading
Here’s the text of a letter I had published this week in the Hastings Observer about “AA Gill shot baboon ‘to see what it would be like to kill someone’”. Local Conservative Amber Rudd can’t be held responsible for her … Continue reading
Foer’s novels are pointedly postmodern; they play with voice and genre, language and typography. (“Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close” ends with a flip book of a body either falling out of or flying away from the World Trade Center.) “Eating … Continue reading
Would David Cameron Approve?
The Grumpy Vegan is encouraged by the action taken by government authorities and intrigued by responses from the animal exploitation industry to two recent undercover investigations. The exposes were conducted by The Humane Society of the United States into Bushway … Continue reading
There’s a truly great exhibition of drawings, “The Outward Urge,” by Simon Hollington at The Smithfield Gallery but you only have until November 7 to see it. Hurry along now! These drawings depict the first earthlings ever to venture into … Continue reading
