He’s a comedy festival regular and has appeared on TV shows such as Mock the Week and Russell Howard’s Good News, but behind the scenes the Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee has been going through a transformation that he says has changed his life forever. He’s now helping Veganuary – and us! – to spread the word that life on the veg is the best way to go…
What led you to become vegan?
The truth, despite it sounding like some new age funny business, is that I had a shift in consciousness where I suddenly felt like I had to change how I impact the world around me. I had gone through a long period of quite destructive behaviour which then seemed to just bottom out, leaving me in a position to really look at myself. I decided to try and be a better person and have less of a negative impact on the world around me. Veganism was a given as it’s such a simple way to lower your impact on other inhabitants of the world and your environmental footprint.