Yesterday, the Grumpy Vegan was book shopping in London’s West End before going on to the excellent talk given by American environmentalist, Lester Brown, which was organized by Compassion In World Farming. In Blackwell’s book shop in the Charing Cross … Continue reading
Who Are You Looking At? The Face on Your Plate: The Truth about Food by Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson. Norton. 271 pp. £17.99 or $24.95 Reviewed by Kim Stallwood Some books are written by authors whose biography and personality are seemingly … Continue reading
It’s been the good fortune of the Grumpy Vegan to meet and get to know as friends and colleagues over the last 30 years or so some of the leading advocates and prominent thinkers in the animal rights movement. This … Continue reading
The Grumpy Vegan thought this conclusion to a review of Temple Grandin’s new book with Catherine Johnson, Making Animals Happy, was, well, a tad sarcastic? The simplicity of the writing and the clarity of her thinking are echoed in her … Continue reading
The local Hastings weekly newspaper, The Observer, carries a report about Tressell’s Ragged Trousered Philanthropists. A classic novel based in Hastings has turned into a surprise bestseller. According to industry insiders, The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists by Robert Tressell has enjoyed … Continue reading
The Grumpy Vegan made his first visit to Charleston, the Sussex home of Duncan Grant and Vanessa Bell and country meeting place for the Bloomsbury Group. Quite simply, it’s an incredible home and garden where every canvas imaginable lives and … Continue reading
