Exploring our complex relationship with the animal world

THE other day, buying vegan sausages in a Brighton supermarket, I notice they have been made in Cork. They are delicious.

Exploring our complex relationship with the animal world

Tasty, healthy, and best of all, cruelty free. And made in Ireland.

Yet the word vegan tends to variously irritate, alienate and frighten people. I prefer plant-based — it’s less loaded. Anyway, I went plant based a year ago, and I can honestly say it is the best thing I have done since giving up smoking — the relief of stepping outside the cruelty loop is the same relief I felt when I managed to quit smoking after 24 years. Enormous and ongoing.

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