Back when I was a girl, I lived in a town close to Manchester in the UK. While my school was in an urban area, it was close to a large green space called Tandle Hills. This large patch of wild was the perfect antidote to living in a town, giving the residents space to […]
Will The Coronavirus Stop The Yulin Dog Meat Festival This Month?
I spent two months travelling around China in 2005 and was appalled by the way that all animals were treated in the land of the rising sun. Fortunately, the Dog Meat and Lychees Festival held in Yulin in the Guangxi region was not in existence in 2005, but I saw live dogs in cages and […]
We Need To Talk About Western Privilege.
As the world continues to shift and slide, as long-standing issues come to the surface to be healed and released, the current global crisis relating to racism should hopefully lead to society tackling other important issues. Western privilege being one of them. For those of you fighting the good fight against privilege, have you considered […]
Wearing A Mask Makes Me Feel Uncomfortable. Here’s Why.
The coronavirus crisis has affected my adopted homeland of Portugal just the same as most other countries, especially as we are so close to Spain, one of the hardest hit by the coronavirus. While I’m from the UK, I’ve lived in southern Europe for the last eight years. We were one of the first countries […]
Jon Snow. 50 Years Of Reporting On The Viruses That Changed Our World
I am from the UK so my go-to news source is Channel 4 News. Jon Snow, the legendary reporter has been delivering the news on this Channel for nearly 50 years. A veteran of modern times, there is very little he hasn’t witnessed, which brings me to a very interesting show he recently presented on […]
Wake Up. We Need To Go Vegan Now.
At some point late last year, I had a conversation on animal rights activism with another vegan friend. I’m vegan for the animals, first and foremost, so my activism work is focused on the plight of animals and the abuse that they endure rather than the health benefits of a plant-based diet. I´m also an […]
Magpie Culture. Why We Need To Let Go Of Our Hoarding Ways.
We had a crisis of epic proportions on our hands. Humanity was under siege like never before. Our very ways of living were under threat. Yes, we had a pandemic of greedy hoarders, fearful they might run out of toilet paper to wipe their selfish little bottoms with. Seriously. All jokes aside, the coronavirus that […]