PinnedMember-onlyThe Best of Pathless Pilgrim…My Top Medium Articles All In One Place — Time is precious. No-one wants to waste it reading through dozens of articles in a search for the very best. That’s why I’ve compiled this collection of my most popular articles all in one place. I hope you enjoy them… if you do, then please remember to subscribe for updates…Vegan2 min readVegan2 min read
Dec 26, 2022Christmas is Over… Now We Can Think About Peace and GoodwillLet’s make this season of violence and slaughter a thing of the past — So, Christmas Day 2022 has passed, as usual, with the violent slaughter of millions of turkeys, pigs and other animals. It’s ironic that the so-called ‘season of peace and goodwill’ is filled with so much violence and suffering. It’s also ironic that so many people around the world ‘sacrifice’ so…Christmas3 min readChristmas3 min read
Dec 19, 2022Member-onlyNo, Emotions and Ethics Are Not the Same ThingThe fact that grown-ass men can’t tell them apart is a huge problem — I recently published an article about veganism. I publish a lot of articles about veganism. I’ve been vegan for 36 years and I’m passionate about animal rights issues. I believe that ethics and morality matter. Perhaps more than anything else. Anyway, this particular article attracted a troll. Nothing new there…Veganism2 min readVeganism2 min read
Dec 17, 2022Member-onlyElon Musk Sets ‘Dangerous Precedent’Whatever happened to free speech? — Elon Musk might really have gone too far this time. Even the United Nations are condemning his latest actions as setting a ‘dangerous precedent’. Since Musk bought Twitter less than two months ago, he seems determined to do everything he can to act like a dick. It’s not just the…Social Media4 min readSocial Media4 min read
Dec 13, 2022Member-onlyAnimal Rights and UtilitarianismHow Tom Regan destroyed Peter Singer’s position in under three minutes — Peter Singer’s classic book ‘Animal Liberation’ was one of the main reasons I went vegan. That book has changed the way countless people think about our relationship with other animals. For that reason, Singer has been dubbed the ‘Godfather’ of the animal rights movement. …Philosophy5 min readPhilosophy5 min read
Dec 4, 2022Member-onlyClimbing This Mountain Changed My LifeNothing worth doing was ever easy — When I was twenty years old, I went backpacking in the Scottish Highlands for the first time and climbed my first mountain. It changed my life. I’d been inspired to make the trip by a work colleague, who’d regaled me with tales of hiking through the highlands and staying each…Travel7 min readTravel7 min read
Dec 3, 2022Member-onlyDungeons, Dragons and DiscriminationWhat the world’s longest-running RPG tells us about the world’s longest-running holocaust — Dungeons and Dragons, the longest-running RPG (role-playing game) has announced it will no longer refer to the different characters as races. Ever since J.R.R. Tolkien first published The Hobbit way back in 1937, the fantasy genre has pretty much universally referred to humans, elves, dwarves, goblins, orcs, and the like…Philosophy6 min readPhilosophy6 min read
Dec 2, 2022Member-onlyFeeding Kids Meat is Child Abuse — Change My MindAnimal rights are not the only rights being abused here… — In my thirty-six years as a vegan, I reckon I must’ve heard just about every excuse under the sun for eating animals and their excretions. I’ve written about some of the commonest excuses that people use in their attempts to justify the unjustifiable, in 10 Reasons NOT To Go Vegan. …Vegan5 min readVegan5 min read
Nov 29, 2022Member-onlyI Miss the Days Before the InternetWhen was the last time you read a proper book? — I always loved reading. Ever since I was a young kid I was always engrossed in some book or other. Usually books about animals, birds or nature. At junior school I relished the chance to get into the library once a week. The monthly book club was even more exciting…Books4 min readBooks4 min read
Nov 28, 2022Member-onlyA Simple Tip to Get More ReadsHow to resurrect your old, dead (but BEST) stories on Medium — As writers on Medium.com, we’re all constantly on the look-out for any new idea or tip to help us get more reads for our stories. This is especially true for all those old stories we published in the past which did really well, but which over time have gradually got…Writing Tips3 min readWriting Tips3 min read
