Today marks the start of UK National Vegetarian Week. The arguments for a balanced vegetarian diet are persuasive - it's low on carbon, low on water consumption, it can respect the seasons, it has the capacity to make a huge contribution to resolving global hunger, and it's good for us. So how can we begin to make it reality? ...
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Food is rising rapidly up the agenda. Allotments, biofuels, calories, customs, eating disorders, famine, farming, fats, fibre, foodmiles, GM, health, organic, packaging, processing, salt, seasonal, security, sell-by, sustainability, vitamins, water.... Where do we begin with what to eat and drink?
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Liverpool's Sefton Park, part of a once sprawling Royal Park, is the 187 acre lung of the city's historic Toxteth, Aigburth and adjacent areas. The designers Edouard Andre and Louis Hornblower, commissioned by some of the city's Victorian philanthropists, worked between 1867 and 1872 to bring enduring tranquility and beauty to the people of Liverpool. ...
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