I, like millions of others, are shocked this morning to learn that Paul O’Grady’s partner Andre Portasio has announced to the world that Paul O’Grady has died at the age of 67. He died peacefully at his home. The Mirror newspaper speculates that he died …
The Times reports that local people in Galicia in north-west Spain believe that the noise of wind turbines is jeopardising the survival of their ancestral wild horses. In this beautiful, wild and open yet windy landscape, a wild horse herd belongs to a village, Sabucedo. …
For me: brilliant. I admire these people. Braver than me. Someone’s got to do it. And I like Harrods to be disturbed from their cosy, rich, protected environment to be forced to instantly and suddenly face the reality of the animal cruelty of factory farming …
China decided to gift to Qatar a couple of giant pandas from the Sichuan province, the home of giant pandas. The gift is designed to mark the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 which is being held from November 20 to December 18. The Chinese ambassador …
NEWS AND COMMENT-MADRID, SPAIN: FC, the initials given to a prisoner in Zaragoza in order to keep him anonymous, requested visitation rights for his dog Viny. His request was refused and he is arguing that visits from his sheepdog are vital because his dog “needs …
I know I am discussing an entirely different culture to the one that I am familiar with, which is probably why this video is disgusting to me. Do you agree with me? This sweet-looking, petit, young woman in a schoolgirl’s skirt with a schoolgirl voice …
A feature of the music festival called Latitude which takes place at the campsite in Henham Park, Southwold, UK, are the pink sheep. They are props to decorate the festival and designed to provide some publicity for it. It’s effective. And it is a tradition. …
A Hundred Years is a well-known artwork by Damien Hirst which, as it happens, was loved by Francis Bacon, another very well-known artist. It consists of two connecting glass chambers. In the first chamber is a box in which maggots hatch into flies. The flies …
On my understanding of this complicated aspect of American law, animal sacrifice is legal in the United States provided it does not contravene animal welfare laws concerning the humane killing of animals which is an inherently tricky and contentious subject of discussion. It seems that …
