The Guardian Just over two weeks ago I became a vegetarian. At least I decided that I would never again eat meat.
Fish remain in danger.
But quadruped mammals are safe from me for ever. The extraordinary aspect of the past 14 days is the ease with which I have broken the habit of a lifetime. I attribute the smooth transition from carnivore to almost herbivore to the long gestation period of my conversion - and to the total absence of morality from my motivation. Although bass, sole, cod and, above all, haddock are still at risk, it was seafood that first convinced me of the need for a discriminatory diet. I guess that I have eaten lobster three or four times in my life.