Factory farms, welfare and a load of bull

Factory farms, welfare and a load of bull

When farmers involved in large-scale developments protest tender concern for animal welfare, it is prudent to assume that they are up to something. When they make promises of bringing money into the community, one should become even more wary. In their rough-hewn way, they are schmoozing us. Any moment they will be promising to plant… Continue reading Factory farms, welfare and a load of bull

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Hitch, Mart and their “inexhaustible conversation about womanhood in all its forms”

A rare moment of prescience. In Friday’s Independent, I released a brief but heartfelt cry of anguish about the narcissistic doings of Martin Amis, Christopher Hitchens, Anna Ford, Clive James and any other ageing literati who belonged to an informal dining club  back in the 1970s. I mentioned at some point that the on-stage conversation… Continue reading Hitch, Mart and their “inexhaustible conversation about womanhood in all its forms”

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