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Image Description: a line of beer taps in a pub. Those who know me will know that I am partial to a pint or two. But, prior to alcoholic beverages entering my life, pubs already had a place in my heart. Not only do I come from a family of publicans, and lived in a […]
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Danny Evans talks with FAIRR’s Rosie Wardle about the critical issues surrounding industrial animal agriculture and the meat industry. It is currently estimated that over 56 billion animals are slaughtered every year for human consumption (excluding fish and sea creatures), leading to 32,000 million tons of CO2 emissions. This equates to 14.5% of the world’s […]
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The “regeneration” of Manchester’s Northern Quarter – from an industrial and predominantly working class neighbourhood to “creative and social hub” – is suspiciously familiar, following a trend that appears to have consumed London almost entirely. Dragged grudgingly onto a night out in town while home for the Christmas holidays, I found myself swept, towards the […]
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The wearing of fur has long been a contentious fashion choice and has remained a divisive issue for designers and shoppers alike for decades. Instances of anti-fur protesters hijacking fashion shows and daubing red paint on fur salon windows are very much a present reality, despite the fact that the fur industry continues to grow […]
Continue ReadingIn her 2010 book A Diary of The Lady, Rachel Johnson describes a deal she struck with Lisa Armstrong of The Times: “I told Lisa I would give her daughter work experience if she had Milly into the Times fashion department. One can see why everyone hates the middle classes so much – they divvy […]
Continue ReadingAndrew Lewis pithily tells us in a 2010 Metafilter discussion that ‘If you’re not paying for something, you’re not the customer; you’re the product being sold’. Besides being a fantastic line to trot out on any occasion where someone bitches about Facebook, it was oddly prescient of the last two years’ rise of free-to-play (f2p […]
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