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Richard Nelsson

Looking back: vegetarianism

Broccoli.
Broccoli. Photograph: naumax/Getty Images/iStockphoto

27 January 1847

The roots of the Vegetarian Society.

18 October 1904

The Vegetarian Society conference 1904: vegetarianism means the adoption of a simplicity in living, and town life as now organised is a huge, miserable error.

23 July 1908

Emil Voigt, vegetarian Guardian writer triumphs in the five-mile race at the 1908 Olympics.

Emil Voigt of Great Britain on his way to winning the Five Mile Race in the 1908 London Olympics.
Emil Voigt of Great Britain on his way to winning the Five Mile Race in the 1908 London Olympics. Photograph: Hulton Archive/Getty Images

16 November 1923

George Bernard Shaw on vegetarians: not all rice and pudding and cabbages.

16 October 1930

The options open to a vegetarian household.

Anna Jones’ vegetarian Christmas spread.
Anna Jones’ vegetarian Christmas spread. Photograph: Issy Croker for the Guardian

13 March 1968

Stubbing out in the health food restaurant - feeling healthy and virtuous after a vitamin bursting meal, a Guardian correspondent gives up smoking - for a day.

25 February 1976

‘Meatless life in 2000’: it is forecast that by the new millennium Britain will be a predominantly vegetarian society.

18 December 2001

Cranks for the memory: the popularity of vegetarianism spells the end of 40 years of the distinctive restaurant chain.

Hummus and falafel with spices and vegetables.
Hummus and falafel with spices and vegetables. Photograph: TeodoraDjordjevic/Getty Images/iStockphoto

21 September 2014

Sir Paul McCartney raps for Meat Free Monday campaign.

30 March 2015

Food for Thought: the last vegetarian gasp of alternative Covent Garden.

18 May 2016

Fit, macho, sexy: the reinvention of vegans.

12 November 2018

‘Bleeding’ vegan burger arrives on UK supermarket shelves.

Moving Mountains B12 Burger, the UK’s first ever meatless raw ‘bleeding’ burger.
Moving Mountains B12 Burger, the UK’s first ever meatless raw ‘bleeding’ burger. Photograph: Michael Michaels/PR
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