London vegan news, reviews & events
You all know about The Third Estate, right?
The Third Estate is a vegan shoe store and ethical boutique located in Kentish Town. Run by my mates Angela and James, the store is an oasis for compassionate shoppers.
They focus on as much locally-sourced stock as possible and everything is about lessening negative impact on people, animals, and the planet. So many of my shoes and clothes come from this shop.
And now The Third Estate is selling t-shirts for children!
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I’ve got a guilty pleasure.
I am obsessed by the often terrible but wondrously camp gay/queer storylines in British soap operas. I can’t get enough of them.
I use YouTube to catch up on my current favourite storylines. I don’t have terrestrial TV in my house (please stop sending me TV license scare letters!) so I don’t watch full episodes. Instead, I watch highlight reels on YouTube that focus on my favourite gay storylines.
I was in the midst of an Emmerdale storyline about poor Vinny being blackmailed after someone discovered his confusion surrounding his sexuality when I noticed a row of plant milks lined up in the local shop!
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Perhaps you’ve heard of the vegetarian restaurant chain called Shree Krishna Vada Pav? It is a chain of vegetarian street food restaurants scattered around the Greater London area, as well as a bit further afield.
SKVP (as I will now call it) has a brand new location just off Oxford Street in Fitzrovia, central London.
Read more below.
If you know LD’s, you know they don’t mess about. These are the culinary heavyweights who’ve been ruling the vegan roost at The Black Heart in Camden for quite a while.
But here’s the thing. Not everyone realises they also run the kitchen at Saint Monday, a laid-back brewery and pub just a short stroll from London Fields.
And now they’ve launched a brand new menu there. It’s smoky, saucy, indulgent, and unapologetically delicious in all the right ways. It’s proper BBQ comfort food with every bite screaming flavour.
See the full menu below:
How do you feel about AI?
Of course artificial intelligence as a tool has been in our lives for a long time, but in 2025 it appears to be running wild.
In episode 56 of Tell Me Where I’m Going (Wrong), Josh and I discuss AI and how it is making it difficult to navigate the online world with any sense of certainty.
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Some wine is vegan and some wine is not vegan.
As it’s 2025, I feel as though I don’t need to explain why some wine is not vegan. Right? You all know about the fining process and how some wines are filtered using animal by-products.
Because we are all informed consumers on this front, let me move on to telling you about a wine label that is selling all vegan drinks while also raising money for ocean conservation.
Read more below.
A bank holiday in London when the weather actually plays along is a special thing.
The city loosens up a bit, the parks start humming with life, and we all collectively pretend we aren’t as stressed as we really are.
And on this August bank holiday, there’s an extra special reason to gather up your vegan snacks and head outside.
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Let’s have a chat about the vegan situation at the IKEA restaurant on Oxford Street, London.
First off, hats off to IKEA for offering proper vegan options. Those vegan meatballs are impressive. It’s brilliant seeing such a massive retailer embracing plant-based choices, from the plant balls to the hot dogs and even the soft serve ice cream. It really shows the tides are turning and I’m impressed.
But here’s the annoying part. The whole ordering process is an absolute muddle.
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Windsor might be best known for a certain royal residence, but you need to know about a place in town that is far more exciting to me than any palace.
Other Space Arts is a grassroots arts venue, plant-based kitchen, and bar that opened towards the end of last year, and it is doing a stellar job of putting inclusive community values front and centre.
Read more below.
I recently had the pleasure of being interviewed by the wonderful Jordi.
Jordi is someone I’ve known for many years. He is a vegan activist, a journalist, and an attendee of my FGV events.
Jordi has a new podcast/vlog series in which he interviews vegans while walking the streets before stopping for a cup of tea at a vegan or vegan-friendly cafe.
Read more below.
