Dede Sophie

When I first started becoming vegan I was worried about giving up meat and cheese, I thought it would be really hard, and it was. But something I knew would be easy for me to give up was leather. Why? Firstly, leather is unbelievably cruel, secondly leather is so unnecessary with all the vegan-friendly alternatives , thirdly, I’ve never really been into leather, haha. But in general, without the argument of ‘it tastes good’, I personally think that giving up leather is something everyone can do very easily – vegans and non-vegans alike. When people ask me for advice on how to become vegan, I say: step by step. And in my opinion, the easiest (and thus the first step) is giving up leather. But is it really easy to give up leather? Is leather even cruel? And if it is, are there any luxury vegan bags out there that actually look good? In this post I’m going to look at: Is leather vegan? Luxury vegan handbags Gunas handbags review (my personal favourite) Other vegan bag brands 1. Is Leather

Welcome to our very first garden walk-though video with English horticulturists Simon and Lorna. In this video we are discovering the delights of Monte Palace tropical gardens in the Portuguese island of Madeira.  The story of Monte Palace gardens began in the 18th century when the English Consul Charles Murray, bought what was then  just farmland and transformed it into his private estate, then called ‘Quinta do Prazer which is Portuguese for ‘The Pleasure Estate’.  In 1897, Alfredo Guilherme Rodrigues purchased Quinta do Prazer and, inspired by the palaces that he had seen in Germany, built a palace-like residence which was later converted into a Hotel known as the Monte Palace Hotel. In 1943, Alfredo Guilherme Rodrigues passed away, leading to the closing of the hotel which, in the meantime, was taken over by a financial institution. Later, in 1987, it was sold on to entrepreneur José Manuel Rodrigues Berardo. He re-established the grounds to how you see them today. So why not join