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Horse Racing Awareness Week

Horse Racing Awareness Week

Horse Racing Awareness Week has already started and it is a campaign by Animal Aid to highlight the dangers of horse racing which every year leads to death of at the least one racehorse at Aintree. Horse Racing Awareness Week takes place in the seven days leading up to the Grand National meeting in Aintree ... ...

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Veggie & Vegan Eating at The Farmers Arms

Veggie & Vegan Eating at The Farmers Arms

A note from Niki: “The Farmers Arm in Lancs near Parbold have a regular menu plus an extensive veggie menu and a separate vegan one, food is lovely and its a really nice cosy pub! From this Thursday they are doing a regular veggie and vegan night. Recommended.” About The Farmers Arms: Hidden away in ... ...

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An Update About Dragon Indulgence

An Update About Dragon Indulgence

There’s been alot of attention on the new vegan shop opened up over the river in Hoylake, but there is another just round the corner where you can also get your goodies there. Dragon Indulgence has been going for two years now and last year they moved inside the Gostins Shopping Arcade. I dropped an ... ...

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Vegan Beauty Therapy

Vegan Beauty Therapy

A note from Niki: A recommended beautician and all treatments are suitable for vegans, with Debra herself being vegan: Beauty Therapy by Debra O’Brian “We specialise in natural face and body treatments, including massage and complementary therapies. we do not make false claims or promises, we take a realistic view of what the treatments...

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Raj Patel Talks About The Value Of Nothing

I first saw Raj Patel when he was on the Colbert Report. He was first a guest back in January and this appearance led to a religious cult declaring him as a messiah because…he stuttered in that interview. Obviously he isn’t he’s a very naughty boy, but he has some good ideas. The latest ones ... ...

Events

ScouseVeg Monthly Meeting – April 2010

What ? The monthly ScouseVeg social gathering. Where ? The Egg Cafe, 16-18 Newington, Liverpool   Map/Directions When ? Friday April 2nd, 2010 From 8:00 pm – 11:00 pm BRING YOUR VEGAN CHOCOLATE EASTER EGGS !! More info: Scouseveg’s monthly meeting at The Egg Cafe in city centre Liverpool. Join us for an informal gathering, ... ...

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New Chocolate Bars Stocked At Honest To Goodness

New Chocolate Bars Stocked At Honest To Goodness

A note from Honest To Goodness over there on the Wirral on some yummy (vegan) chocolate bars they now sell: Twilight – Vegan Mars Bar A rich, fluffy, chocolately nougat topped with a layer of thick, buttery-tasting caramel all wrapped up in a creamy, rice-milk, chocolately coating. Jokerz – Vegan Snickers Bar Layers of dry ... ...

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Compassion In The Kitchen

Compassion In The Kitchen

Thanks to Hannah for spotting this. Via Quaker Concern For Animals: The Compassion in the Kitchen team comprises of three practising Buddhists who, having previously run successful retreats, decided to run several this year, starting May 14-16, at Anybody’s Barn near Malvern in Gloucestershire. The event will feature hands-on, planet-friendly coo...

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Neutering Animals In Sefton

Neutering Animals In Sefton

An Appeal: On Sunday 28th March five people from the North West will be taking part in the Liverpool half marathon to raise money for a new project called Neutering Animals In Sefton. In the UK at least 30,000 dogs are destroyed every year and in the North West we have one of the worst ... ...

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20th March 2010: Brighton Eco Veggie Fayre

20th March 2010: Brighton Eco Veggie Fayre

Not long now until the Brighton Eco Fayre, which is err… in Brighton… Some featured events include: Cookery demos with Tony Bishop Weston: Tony’s recent vegan cookery book has sold out in record time and the man himself is on hand at the show with a varity of excellent recipes up his sleeve, ranging from ... ...

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New Veggie Cafe In Southport Just Opened

New Veggie Cafe In Southport Just Opened

Good news if you are taking a trip up the coast – there’s somewhere good to eat when visiting Southport. The opening of The Eatery cafe will benefit Freshfields Animal Rescue too. This is a snippet from an article which appeared in the Southport Visiter: Vegetarian cafe opening in aid of Freshfields Animal Rescue Feb ... ...

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Jonathan Safran Foer on: Eating Animals

Jonathan Safran Foer on: Eating Animals

Over this past week The Guardian has been posting extracts from Jonathan Safran Foer‘s first non-fiction book: Eating Animals. The American author has been an occasional vegetarian (some years vegetarian, some years omnivore, occasionally vegan) since the age of 10. With the birth of his first child Jonathan pondering the responsibility of ma...