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Matthew Parris

Vegans are brave – and they have a point

24 January 2020

10:00 PM

24 January 2020

10:00 PM

It was a clear and icy night at home in Derbyshire last week. I love these times and, before bed, stepped outside to stand on the lawn in the moonless pitch-black and take it in. All at once the dark was pierced with an awful scream. I was not greatly alarmed — the rural night is full of strange noises — but stood there, puzzling out what it might be.

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