London vegan news, reviews & events
I really admire how the kitchen at The Spread Eagle in Homerton keeps pushing forward with new and inventive dishes.
The 100% vegan pub has long been a hot spot for tasty and creative plant-based cuisine and this new steak plate is no exception.
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The mainstreaming of animal exploitation goes on and on. It is not hidden away in some dark corner. It’s not a secret. It is right there in front of us every single day, but the trick is that the violence is made to feel normal.
From an early age we are taught a set of stories that smooth everything over. Animals are happy. Farming is wholesome. Meat is inevitable. Language does a lot of heavy lifting here. Killing becomes processing. Body parts become products. Suffering becomes efficiency.
Veganism is about seeing this suffering for what it is… and doing something about it.
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Want to do something meaningful and effective to help animals this January?
Take your meat eating friends to Unity Diner in London for a Veganuary campaign aimed at convincing them how delicious vegan food can be.
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Time flies when the world is falling apart!
The first episode of Tell Me Where I’m Going (Wrong) podcast for 2026 is out now.
This week Josh and I chat about our top picks for music and film in 2025, how we feel about microwave ovens, and the complete shambles of the global political landscape.
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How about a community-focussed cooking class that is 100% vegan AND affordable?
That is exactly what is taking place this month at JVS in North London.
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Running a vegan blog and a cluster of social media accounts is not all plant based pastries and high fives from readers.
There is a less glamorous side that anyone who has ever spoken publicly about veganism will recognise instantly. The comments. The eye rolls. The people who arrive online purely to be annoyed and annoying.
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I sound like a broken record when it comes to The Third Estate. I never stop singing its praises.
The Third Estate is a vegan shoe store and ethical boutique that started life in Leeds before moving to Kentish Town over a decade ago. The store front on Brecknock Road is a favourite destination of vegan and compassionate consumers looking to dress well while causing as little harm as possible.
The huge news this month is all about the second location opening for The Third Estate, this time in historic Greenwich Market, and I want to show you inside.
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This little old blog has just moved into its sixteenth year and that feels like a genuine landmark in my life.
Fat Gay Vegan has been many things over the years. It has had highs and lows. It has won awards. It has frustrated me, delighted me, exhausted me, and kept me company. It has welcomed readers from all over the planet, most of whom I will never meet but who have taken the time to read something I wrote and perhaps felt a little less alone because of it.
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I am not a fan of New Year resolutions. The concept of promising to try and do something just because we are in a new calendar year feels a bit corny to me.
I’m happy if the concept helps other people focus on a personal goal, but it isn’t my style.
So instead of jumping on the 1st of January bandwagon with a list of goals or promises, I want to give you a short list of vegan experiences that I know will definitely happen for me this year. They aren’t struggles or obstacles to overcome, but rather things I am looking forward to.
Take a read below.
I’ve made a big fuss on my blog recently about how I don’t celebrate Christmas (read here), but one thing I can get behind is vegan Christmas groceries getting heavily discounted after the date.
I popped into Sainsbury’s in Angel, London yesterday for a few essentials only to be distracted by these cheap Christmas foods.
Take a look at all nine items below.
First up are these vegan pigs in blankets which, for the uninitiated, are sausages wrapped in bacon. They have been marked down from £4.50 to £2.25.
