Read for free on Substack How My Understanding of Animal Ethics Evolved, which led me to see Why Peter Singer isn’t the Father of Animal Rights. kimstallwood.substack.com

Grief over pet death can be as strong as that for family member, survey shows, reports The Graun. Researcher calls for guidelines for diagnosing prolonged grief disorder to be expanded to cover people who lose pets. www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

50 Years of Vegan Animal Rights Activism. In 1979, I Supported Fay Funnell’s Anti-Fur Protest in London’s Oxford Street. My photo shows Fay watching the mink fur coat burn after she’d just bought it in a sale. Join me throughout 2026 as I celebrate 50 Years of Activism. kimstallwood.substack.com

Preserving the History of Animal Law and Animal Rights is the title of my keynote presentation at the 6th annual UK Animal Law Conference at the University of Birmingham on 3-4 June 2026. Co-hosted by the UK Centre for Animal Law and The Multispecies Collective. www.alaw.org.uk/animal-law-c...

Read for free on Substack my latest interview with authors of books about veganism and animal rights. In the Lament of Hathor, Samuel Baca-Henry links attitudes toward animals in ancient Egyptian civilisations with those today. An "intense and otherworldly" book. kimstallwood.substack.com

Having learnt from bitter experience NOT to invest a living individual with the status of personal hero, this NYT profile on the attorney and author Philippe Sands affirms my respect, but not heroic status, for him and his lifetime’s work for social justice. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/19/m...

‘Meat tax’ could have significant impact on environmental footprint, study finds, reports The Graun. Full VAT on meat products could cost EU households as little as €26 a year but cut impact by 3-6%, says paper. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

50 Years of Vegan Animal Rights Activism In 1978, I left CIWF to work for BUAV Join me throughout 2026 as I celebrate 50 Years of Activism as a vegan and animal rights activist. Look for my weekly card for each year as I highlight my work and recall global events. kimstallwood.substack.com

I wasn’t going to write about Brigitte Bardot until I was troubled by comments made by animal advocates and how they evaded or ignored her bigotry toward people. kimstallwood.substack.com

50 Years of Vegan Animal Rights Activism. In 1977, I attended the ground-breaking Rights of Animals two-day symposium organised by the RSPCA at Trinity College, Cambridge. Join me throughout 2026 as I celebrate 50 Years of Activism as a vegan and animal rights activist. kimstallwood.substack.com

Leeks and Swiss Chard were cropped yesterday from our vegan, organic allotment in Hastings, East Sussex.

Read the first in my second series of interviews with authors of books about vegan living and animal rights. The investigative journalist Will Potter talks about his new book, Little Red Barns: Hiding the Truth from Farm to Fable. kimstallwood.substack.com

The January issue of The Garden, published by the Royal Horticultural Society, includes a cover feature of “horticultural game-changers making the world a better place in 2026.” It includes Cleve West, a vegan and a 7 RHS Gold medal winner. “Vegan gardening rejects the human supremacist outlook.”

50 Years of Vegan Animal Rights Activism. In 1976, I became a Vegan and Campaigned Against Factory Farming. Join me as I celebrate 50 Years of Activism as a vegan and animal rights activist. Look for my weekly anniversary card for each year as I highlight my work and recall global events.

MUST READ: Spycops sent thousands of surveillance reports to MI5, inquiry documents reveal, reports The Graun. Security Service was able to compile detailed files on members of legitimate protest groups [eg animal rights] infiltrated by undercover police officers. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

A dusting of snow in Old Town Hastings this morning.

On BBC Radio 4 Today, I wish Justin Webb would ask professional journalistic questions and not insert his personal opinion vicariously as them. #justinwebb #bbcradio4today #bbc #bbctoday

2026 marks the 50th anniversary of my life as a vegan and my full-time work for animal rights. I became a vegetarian in 1974 after working in a chicken slaughterhouse.

MUST READ GRAUN EDITORIAL. The Guardian view on animal welfare: a timely reminder that cruelty is wrong. New protections for hares, and more humane conditions on farms, should be welcomed by all. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

MUST READ: Hen cages and pig farrowing crates to be outlawed in England, reports The Graun. Humane slaughter requirements for farmed fish and end to puppy farming also in new package of animal welfare laws. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...

Want to know what I did for animal rights this year? Want to know why I haven’t finished my biography of Topsy? And why is writing the life story of a female Asian elephant electrocuted to death in 1903 a challenge? Please read my End of Year Post at Substack. kimstallwood.substack.com

The Four Stages of Cruelty. As envisioned by William Hogarth and Sue Coe. The exchange between them should shake what we laughingly call humanity to its foundations. Humanity, you may well ask, what is that? kimstallwood.substack.com/p/the-four-s...

MUST READ: Iain Douglas-Hamilton, Elephant Expert and Protector, Dies, NYT reports. Born into a British aristocratic family, he turned his empathy and understanding of the world’s largest land mammals to the cause of saving them from poachers. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/o...

Excited to announce that I have just scheduled for publication on Substack and Patreon the first in the second series of interviews with authors of books about vegan living and animal rights. Mark your calendars now for Thursday, January 8, 2026. Which book will it be?

MUST READ: Deceiving women into sexual relations ‘part of work’ for spycops, inquiry told, by Rob Evans in The Graun. Whistleblower says senior managers did not forbid intimate relationships and advised him to use condoms. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

MUST READ: Farewell to the Beloved Friend in My Window by Margaret Renkl in The New York Times. “I cannot be so sanguine about the death of the spider who shares my own small ecosystem.” www.nytimes.com/2025/12/01/o...

We visited the Charleston Farmhouse in Firle, East Sussex, to see the new Roger Fry exhibit. Charleston was home to the artist Vanessa Bell, and her family and friends, including Fry. Fry’s portraits are more interesting than his landscapes. Here's Edward Carpenter, the ethical socialist.

MUST READ editorial from The Graun: The Guardian view on animal testing: we can stop sacrificing millions of lives for our own health. New technologies can reduce our reliance on animal experiments. [M]orally right [S]cientific and economic benefits too. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Follow me on Substack for free updates on my biography of Topsy the elephant; interviews with leading thinkers in vegan, animal rights; and thoughtful commentary on the animal rights movement based on 50 years of personal commitment and professional worldwide experience. kimstallwood.substack.com

My cultural awakening: Chicken Run turned me vegetarian, by Jess Burt in The Graun. Aardman’s tale of a group of plucky hens standing up to their pie-making masters was a favourite in our house, and – I realised – incompatible with my taste for burgers. www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...

I’m impressed with the Food Empowerment Project’s webpage called Insects and Worms. As an ethical vegan organization, Food Empowerment Project naturally advises against eating all animals, including insects and worms. Please read more about Insects and Worms here: foodispower.org/animals-on-l...

Announcing the return of my biweekly series of author interviews early in 2026. Future interviews will continue to focus on authors of new books about animal rights, veganism, and related social justice issues. kimstallwood.substack.com

Culture & Animals Foundation (2025) grantee Juan Faundez completed his animated short film A Change in the Route, Violeta. For the piglet, she becomes his only salvation, and yet the piglet is acutely aware of who among his family. youtu.be/UiZJDW2CIkQ?...

Why do I believe vegan, animal rights advocates have one arm tied behind their backs? Charities and campaigning groups aren’t effective social justice vehicles. That’s why. kimstallwood.substack.com/p/charity-an...

MUST READ: Human supremacism: why are animal rights activists still the “orphans of the left”? Fighting dehumanisation is a central challenge for the left. By Will Kymlicka and Sue Donaldson in The New Statesman, 30 April 2019. www.newstatesman.com/politics/201...

Read my Sunday rant about billionaires for free on my Substack Notes page. "All these billionaires. All this greed for more money. All this power play for political and economic control..." kimstallwood.substack.com/notes

This is a link to a fascinating and moving story of a British army veteran who, while fighting in the Falklands War, was traumatised by the smell of meat when he associated it with wounds his colleagues received in battle. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

What do I have to say about animal rights? My biggest influences? When I worked in a chicken slaughterhouse? Why I became a vegan in 1976. Animal rights movement making progress? Read for free when Animal Politics with Ed Boks interviewed me on Substack. animalpolitics.substack.com/p/kim-stallw...

Learn who/what my biggest influences. Read about when I was PETA’s first executive director. My thoughts on animal rights/movement development. Read for free when Animal Politics with Ed Boks interviewed me on Substack. animalpolitics.substack.com/p/kim-stallw...

She took chickens from a slaughterhouse. Was it a rescue or a crime? by Rebecca Tuhus-Dubrow in The Graun. She took chickens from a slaughterhouse. Was it a rescue or a crime? www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Please join me at the Vine Virtual Book Club to discuss my book, 2025: The Year of Topsy, on Sunday, October 26, at Noon (LA) or 3 pm (NY) or 7 pm (London). Please register to confirm your attendance and receive a free PDF of my book. vinesanctuary.org/vine-book-cl...

Read for free the Animal Politics with Ed Boks Substack interview. Learn what my biggest influences are. How my animal rights philosophy changed. Advice on working in animal rights. And much more. animalpolitics.substack.com/p/kim-stallw...

Question: What's my favourite podcast outside of vegan living and animal rights? Answer: Inside Trump's Head. youtube.com/playlist?lis...

Please join me at the Vine Virtual Book Club to discuss my book, 2025: The Year of Topsy, on Sunday, October 26, at Noon (LA) or 3 pm (NY) or 7 pm (London). Please register to confirm your attendance and receive a free PDF of my book. vinesanctuary.org/vine-book-cl...

Vegan Authors is dedicated to writers whose writing advocates for animals, animal protection and/or vegan ways of living. Its website is open to all and has just published an interview with me about my animal rights work, including Topsy the elephant. www.veganauthors.com/2025/10/15/q...

MUST-READ article by Vasile Stanescu on Current Affairs called "How Industrial Slaughter Became the Blueprint for Modern Capitalism". Vasile introduces an important concept: slaughterhouse capitalism. www.currentaffairs.org/news/how-ind...

Please join me at the Vine Virtual Book Club to discuss my book, 2025: The Year of Topsy, on Sunday, October 26, at Noon (LA) or 3 pm (NY) or 7 pm (London). Please register to confirm your attendance and receive a free PDF of my book. vinesanctuary.org/vine-book-cl...