When Intellectuals Need to Start Growing Onions

It's a difficult moment to pinpoint: the moment when, as they say, intellectuals become fascinated with growing onions, or go into property, or suddenly see management and administration as a scintillating career option.

Matt Chrulew passed this example on to me. At the recent 'Minding Animals' conference here at Newcastle, that arrogant wanker, Peter Singer (you know, the ethical philosopher) gave a talk. And his line was that everything had been mapped out on the issue of animals and ethics in