Not 2, not 3 but 10.9 a week! A ‘bowels-oriented’ post Ernest Bell Library item – a 1907 postcard, indirectly insulting us British veg[etari]ans – ……but (as always) we get the last laugh – our vegan bowels / bellies / guts / innards / interiors / intestines / recesses…… call them what you will …… – are (on average) as clean as whistles & in (well above average) working order. Vegetarian: “I don’t…
A trip back to the 1990s & earlier. Remembering pioneering vegans. With links to great ‘sources’ for folk who like to go deeper! Firstly – a circa 1993 vegan leaflet by Kathleen Jannaway Note – the black text is all Kathleen’s – the original leaflet was only text – the images we have selected / added. “THE HEALTH OF VEGANS” When, in 1944, a small group of vegetarians became aware…
Reading the news yesterday about actor Aamir Khan going vegan, triggered some debate / discussion in our Ernest Bell Library. Kiran Rao & Aamir Khan – photo source A Google search for aamir khan vegan this morning gives an impressive number of results, in many languages. ~ His wife Kiran Rao who’s been a vegan herself for the past few years, brought the video to his notice a couple of months…
Here we reflect on some of our favorite early vegans (…..and aspiring vegans), and some of their writings / publications, where they discuss 100% perfectly consistent vegetable diets. Definitions of old terms are in green – debate welcomed! We also share some special items from our Ernest Bell Library. . 1886 Henry S. Salt – in his essay Food Reform – Published: Westminster Review, October 1886 “To Sylvester Graham, above all others, should perhaps…
Found in a ‘junk shop’, tucked into an old book – ……- a little scrap of paper from Glasgow, Scotland – slightly stained, slightly crumpled. It has ‘bloodless’ stories to tell. ‘The Eden’ was Cathie & Dugald Semple‘s ‘local’ restaurant. Tissue-paper ‘Ad’ for a Glasgow, Scotland restaurant – circa 1905 – 11.5 x 11.5 cm. It is now in the Ernest Bell Library – donated by a friend from the UK. Directory listings of the…
Ernest Bell Library items – ‘Joys Of The Simple Life’ by Dugald Semple. Published by Ernest Bell in 1915. Happy 100th Birthday to ‘Joys Of The Simple Life’ 1915 – 2015 Dugald Semple (1884 – 1964) was a co-founder of ‘The Vegan Society’ with Dorothy & Donald Watson in 1944. Donald Watson wrote about Dugald in the first ever issue of The Vegan News – “Our friend and fellow member Dugald…
Photo Credit – we will add as soon as someone claims it! Rynn Berry left us a year ago – January 9, 2014. Rynn was a great friend. He always enthusiastically answered our historical questions. He always gave us great support for our library / research projects – we exchanged material freely & often. Please enjoy 63 minutes of ‘classic Rynn’ – sharing his research & educating people. Non-violent eating!…
“……you have no idea how I need to hear what you have to say.” A blog post remembering Elvis Presley, whom many of us grew up with, listening to him on jukeboxes & watching him in movies. Nowadays, we talk about people killing themselves with their diets & making doctors extremely rich. Elvis was the ‘poster boy’ of this lifestyle. Incredibly talented – adored by countless millions – killed by his diet…
~ There will be those, too, who will wish to supply veganism with an occult philosophical background. We will develop some sort of philosophy of life and, in any organised body of people adopting a diet based on moral or aesthetical precepts, there is always a tendency to cultivate a philosophy agreeing with and justifying their practice. While individuals may need such help, it would be unwise for the vegan…
“Vivisection is a social evil, because, if it advances human knowledge, it does so at the expense of human character.” – George Bernard Shaw ……………………………………………………………………… A French postcard in our Ernest Bell Library – from Victor Hugo, Alphonse Karr, Paul Viguier……… – inviting folk to their ‘last Tuesday in every month’ afternoon meetings of the – ‘Société Française contre la Vivisection’ – in Paris. ……………………………………………………………………… Triptych – the front of the card Drawn by…
Vegetarian Humour – in 1852 & 1848 – Punch Magazine Here we are being ‘ribbed’ by the magazine Punch, or the London Charivari – aeons ago! The 1848 article is directly referring to Elizabeth & William Horsell’s projects – but does not mention them by name – they were vegans – more about them here if you Click – and also lower down this page. The Victorian vegetarians / vegans & their humanitarian…
Veganism – “……the next step in vegetarian practice……” Here we share some items in our Ernest Bell Library which date from during, & just after, WW1 & we add links to some of our favourite information sources. This was a period when many people in the UK were already vegan & the merits of veganism were being actively debated in vegetarian literature; ……..even though the word ‘vegan’ itself had not yet…
The National Museum of Animals & Society – Sharing Their Campaign Information Please Click & Visit the indiegogo.com Campaign A museum to explore the human-animal bond & the animal protection movement. HELP EXPAND THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF ANIMALS & SOCIETY …AND EMPOWER CHANGE Our History Has a Home from Nat. Museum of Animals & Society on Vimeo. Like you, we want a kinder, more compassionate world that celebrates animals as…