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HOW WAS YOUR JANUARY? FLO WHITAKER IS SO OLD, SHE CAN REMEMBER A TIME BEFORE SOCIAL MEDIA; WHEN JANUARY WAS AN UNREMARKABLE, PLEASANTLY DULL PERIOD AFTER CHRISTMAS EXCESS AND NEW YEAR

Remember the good old days? You awoke, slightly disorientated, on 2nd January, caught up with a fortnight’s worth of washing-up and wondered who was asleep on your sofa and what day to put the bins out. That was it. But January had a makeover and is now a social media ‘thing’ – complete with a host of worthy, guilt-tripping special events, particularly of the animal variety. January’s nauseainducing celebrations included Penguin Awareness Day, National Golden Retriever Day, Red Squirrel Appreciation Day and International Zebra Day; (pity the poor pandas and meerkats, patiently waiting ‘til March and July for their turns in the spotlight).

January was also ‘Veganuary’. In case you haven’t heard, Veganuary is a campaign to persuade people to introduce vegan food into their diet. Animal welfare issues aside, the massive consumption of meat is causing immense environmental damage to the planet, so reducing that in any way is surely beneficial for everyone. I naively assumed that, having been a vegetarian for most of my life, I would be let off lightly – sadly not. According to some social media posters, I’m a ‘Chicken-abusing murderer’ and ‘Worse than Hitler’. Blimey! That’s quite a charge sheet. I won’t attempt to defend myself, except to inform the trolls that I’ve been a vegetarian since 1970, but, (as I suspect) they’ve been vegan for a fortnight, they’re doubtless right about everything. I’m tempted to start my own social media event; ‘Be Nice to Vegetarians Day’. Just be kind to one another, folks, and, if you can’t agree – disagree politely. Please. BESPOKE PICTURE FRAMING Fine Art & Limited Edition Prints

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