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.
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.
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.
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.
I’m back from my tip to Australia, so Josh and I have found time to get back into the swing of the Tell Me Where I’m Going (Wrong) podcast.
Episode 75 finds us chatting about new vegan restaurants in London, vegan versions of non-vegan foods that were childhood favourites, the cultural significance of Christmas number one songs in the UK, and the recent terror event in Bondi.
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I love hosting parties for my community and one of the biggest I put on each year is my New Year’s Eve party.
This week I’m teaming up once again with legendary vegan venue Karamel in Wood Green on Wednesday 31st December, 2025 to celebrate the end of another calendar year.
Kath and Roger run the kitchen at Karamel and have planned a special one-night-only menu for our NYE celebration.
Every so often I find myself pausing to think about what choosing veganism actually means.
When you live this way for a long time it can start to feel ordinary, even mundane. You shop, you eat, you live your life and it all feels normal. But the decision itself is anything but small.
I stopped participating in Christmas a long time ago and it was not a sudden decision or a dramatic moment. It crept up on me over time until I realised I was actively uncomfortable with the whole thing.
If you find yourself needing to shop for that special vegan in your life but are struggling to come up with exciting ideas, I’ve pulled a few festive ideas together to help you out.
I’ve been hosting and helping to run events in London for about 15 years.
A huge focus of my activism is to create social spaces that help people feel celebrated within their choice to explore veganism, while also garnering support for independent businesses.
As 2025 comes to an end and we start looking toward the new year, I wanted to remind you of some of the events I am involved with in the hope I’ll see you there.
