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Animals and the law lectures

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I’m taking a break from overeating to give you some very important information about a set of lectures coming up over the coming months in the UK at University of Cambridge.

The first lecture starts tomorrow (Tuesday October 11, 2016) and the series continues until May next year.

If you want to attend, show up at the given date/time and use the email address at the bottom of the list if you need more information.

Talking Animals, Law and Philosophy

A veritable animal turn has occurred in many fields of thinking, sweeping away outdated philosophical and scientific beliefs, and making room for more thoughtful, sensible study of the relation between humans and other animals. Law and legal science, however, have remained relatively untouched by this revolution. The talk series “Talking Animals, Law and Philosophy” wants to remedy this situation by providing a welcoming, engaging and rigorous forum for debate and ideas about the relations between animals, law and philosophy.

Programme 2016/2017

Randall Abate (Professor of Law, College of Law, Florida A&M University)

  • “Animal Law and Environmental Law: Exploring the Connections and Synergies”
  • 11 October 2016, 6:15 – 7:45pm
  • Room G28, Faculty of Law, 10 West Road, Cambridge
  • “A Person by Any Other Name? Potential Legal Recognition of Nonhuman Animal Legal Personhood in Australia and the United States”
  • 12 October 2016, 6:15 – 7:45pm
  • Room G28, Faculty of Law, 10 West Road, Cambridge

Jeff Skopek (Lecturer in Medical Law, Ethics and Policy, Faculty of Law, University of Cambridge)

  • “Three Puzzles for Animal Rights: Cows, Lions, and Featherless Chickens”
  • 17 November 2017, 6:15 – 7:45pm
  • Room G28, Faculty of Law, 10 West Road, Cambridge

Alasdair Cochrane (Senior Lecturer in Political Theory, Department of Politics, University of Shef- field)

  • “A Theory of Global Inter-Species Justice”
  • 15 February 2017, 6:15 – 7:45pm
  • Room G24, Faculty of Law, 10 West Road, Cambridge

Saskia Stucki (Senior Research Fellow, Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and In- ternational Law, Heidelberg)

  • “Are Human Rights Animals’ Rights, Too?”
  • 2 May 2017, 6:15 – 7:45pm
  • Room G28, Faculty of Law, 10 West Road, Cambridge

For further information, please contact Raffael Fasel (rnf22@cam.ac.uk).

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New vegan UK business debuts this week

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How would you like to be one of the first people in the UK to experience delicious handcrafted vegan food from a new UK business?

Get along to the Kent Vegan Festival (Saturday May 7, 2016) this weekend to meet talented chef and all round fabulous person, Steph Hinton.

Steph is about to launch her very own vegan deli but before she does, she is serving up mouthwatering aged cheese, raw cakes, succulent pulled jackfruit wraps, meat free sausage and much more this weekend at the festival.

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I asked Steph to give us a little insight into what people can expect from her food stand this weekend, as well as her food philosophy that will power her 100% vegan deli when it opens later this year in Kent.

Here is what she had to say:

“I have been a qualified chef for just over 15 years now. I have travelled and worked around the world including top restaurants in New Zealand, Australia & the UK. I have worked for John Torode & Jamie Oliver (not that I like admitting that now!). I was originally trained as a pastry chef but have also learned all other culinary techniques including butchery and cheese making.

I became vegan through working at Fortify Café and worked closely with James to veganise the eatery. I now have a huge passion for vromage (vegan cheeze – you can’t take the chef-iness out of me!) and after finding out I have a severe gluten intolerance, my focus has shifted to inventing my own range of gluten free meat substitutes and breads.

My business will be a start up vegan catering company that is 100% gluten & refined sugar free, with the end goal of growing into a gourmet delicatessen that utilises organic ethical goods and ingredients wherever possible while working to a low waste ethos. I will be making healthy and wholesome food that tastes like you are ‘cheating’. My aim is to show people that free from vegan food can not only be accessible and affordable, but bloody tasty too!”

Check out Steph’s website here, like her Facebook page and follow her on Twitter and Instagram.

I can’t wait to see how her artisan deli business develops over the coming months and I would love to see food photos from anyone fortunate enough to eat with Steph this weekend at the Kent Vegan Festival. You can find out all the details of the event and RSVP on Facebook.

Now, just for fun, here are some photos of the Kent Vegan Festival from last year.

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More vin ordinaire

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What do you get when you couple a moving musical experience from a musical hero with a dull, overpriced meal in a tiny restaurant in a suffocatingly upper-middle class town? Read on if you think you can deal with the dizzying highs and tedious lows of my recent trip to Cambridge.

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