“Around 42% of those questioned said they were deliberately reducing their consumption of meat in some form, by keeping to a diet that was either vegetarian, vegan, pescatarian or “flexitarian”, meaning centred around plant food with the occasional piece of meat on the side.”

The life-changing pun in the title is also from the Guardian. Can’t claim that one.

Meanwhile, in France, always twenty years behind every trend (craft beer, burgers, good coffee):

“France, the other great European carnivore nation surveyed in the project, trailed behind its neighbour, with 68.5% of respondents claiming to eat meat without restraint.”

As for the next time you see rabbit on the menu in France, here’s a fun video of a French rabbit farm from a couple of weeks ago. Not safe for work.

Bit of a vicious circle in France though, this meat-free lark. Finding something without meat in it in a village or small-to-medium sized town is about as likely as winning the Tour de France without doping.

Or, in my case, you’re passing through a mid-sized town and you praise the lord because you see there’s an Indian restaurant flashing on the Google, but its owner is coughing his lungs out like he’s dying of Covid-19 and isn’t even wearing a mask.

Anyway, that’s for another novel. So, good work Germany! Come on France!

[Cover photo: Vincent Vegan burgers in a shopping mall in Berlin. Photograph: Laura Müller]