25/02/2014 00:00
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Dear Sir,
Well done MDB for the two pages devoted to the subject of veganism. Stephanie Prather is doing a great job spreading the word and letting everyone know that we are not all cranks who eat nothing but lettuce. Many of us have made the choice to become vegan for concerns over the treatment of animals, the pollution of the planet from the meat industry and most importantly a respect for life. We have also found that the lifestyle has had a positive effect on our health, and it’s a great way to initially lose weight! As Stephanie points out, the diet is varied and extremely tasty, it just doesn’t involve dead animals.
It was also interesting to see that Marc Fosh acknowledges that vegans need to be catered for as we are growing in numbers. Veganism is certainly becoming more accepted as so many famous faces are adopting the lifestyle -Natalie Portman, Joaquin Phoenix, Russel Brand, Bryan Adams - the list goes on.
So carry on Stephanie and I hope that many MDB readers will be inspired to give veganism a go. I look forward to next weeks recipes.
Best wishes
Anne Sofiano

Dear Sir,
Equatorial Guinea and the Comores are very similar. Both are small countries, both neglected ex colonies (one Spanish one French), both lying off the coast of Africa (one off the West Coast the other off the East). Before the Oil Exploration Companies came 20 years ago they had another thing in common – extreme poverty. Out the 180+ members of the UN both were in the bottom 10 with its people trying to exist on a daily income of $2/day. Things have moved on since. The Comores (no oil found) are still in the bottom 10 but now have an income of $3/day still twice nothing. Equatorial Guinea (oil & gas discovered) now receives $30,000 annually per person and is catching up with Saudi Arabia in the riches league.
We already live on islands off the coast of Africa (this time North) and have some Oil Exploration Companies already interested in our offshore. The misunderstandings of what will be involved are legion and exaggerated but it is correct that accidents do happen.
Every effort is made to avoid them and the deaths that are often associated. As a result they are infrequent and becoming less. If the Baleares was lucky enough to follow the Equatorial Guinea route the boost to the economy could be tremendous.
Mike Lillico
Playa de Palma