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{{Short description|English animal rights and vegetarianism activist and writer}}
{{Short description|English activist and writer (born c. 1953)}}
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| birth_place = [[Birmingham]], England
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| alma_mater = [[York University]]
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| occupation = [[Animal rights]] and [[veganism]] activist, writer
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| known_for = [[Animal rights]] and [[veganism]] activism
| partner = Emily
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== Life and career ==
== Life and career ==
Mark Gold was born in [[Birmingham]] {{Circa|1953}} and studied English at [[York University]]. He lives with his partner, Emily, and stepson, in Devon, close to [[Honiton]].<ref>{{Cite news|last=Lacey|first=Hester|date=1995-02-19|title=How We Met|work=[[The Independent]]|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/how-we-met-1573946.html|access-date=2021-12-01}}</ref>
Mark Gold was born in [[Birmingham]] {{Circa|1953}} and studied English at [[York University]].<ref name=":2">{{Cite news |last=Lacey |first=Hester |date=1995-02-19 |title=How We Met |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/how-we-met-1573946.html |access-date=2021-12-01 |work=[[The Independent]]}}</ref>


Gold worked for [[Compassion in World Farming]] from 1978 to 1983, before becoming National Organiser. He was Director of [[Animal Aid]] for 12 years.<ref name=":0" /> In 1992, he directed the short film ''Their Future in Your Hands'' for Animal Aid''.''<ref>{{Cite web|title=Their Future in Your Hands (1992)|url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b7cc526b1|access-date=2021-12-01|website=BFI|language=en}}</ref> In 2017, Gold organised Animal Aid's three-week Vegan Festival of Britain.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Ramsbottom|first=Tracey|date=2017-04-26|title=Vegan Festival of Britain 2017 - What's happening near you|work=Somerset Live|url=https://www.somersetlive.co.uk/whats-on/whats-on-news/vegan-festival-britain-2017-whats-37414|access-date=2021-12-01}}</ref> In 2021, he organised Exeter Vegan Market.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Merritt|first=Anita|date=2021-07-20|title=Exeter vegan market back next week after 16-month Covid-enforced absence|work=Devon Live|url=https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/exeter-vegan-market-back-next-5665361|access-date=2021-12-01}}</ref> He continues to work for Animal Aid and also works for [[Citizens Advice]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title=The Boys from the Black Country|url=https://sportsbooks.ltd.uk/shop/the-boys-from-the-black-country/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-12-01|website=[[SportsBooks Limited|SportsBooks]]|language=en-GB}}</ref>
Gold worked for [[Compassion in World Farming]] from 1978 to 1983, before becoming National Organiser. He was Director of [[Animal Aid]] for 12 years.<ref name=":0" /> In 1992, he directed the short film ''Their Future in Your Hands'' for Animal Aid''.''<ref>{{Cite web|title=Their Future in Your Hands (1992)|url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b7cc526b1|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211201185858/https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b7cc526b1|url-status=dead|archive-date=1 December 2021|access-date=2021-12-01|website=BFI|language=en}}</ref> In 2017, Gold organised Animal Aid's three-week Vegan Festival of Britain.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Ramsbottom|first=Tracey|date=2017-04-26|title=Vegan Festival of Britain 2017 - What's happening near you|work=Somerset Live|url=https://www.somersetlive.co.uk/whats-on/whats-on-news/vegan-festival-britain-2017-whats-37414|access-date=2021-12-01}}</ref> In 2021, he organised Exeter Vegan Market.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Merritt|first=Anita|date=2021-07-20|title=Exeter vegan market back next week after 16-month Covid-enforced absence|work=Devon Live|url=https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/exeter-vegan-market-back-next-5665361|access-date=2021-12-01}}</ref> He continues to work for Animal Aid and also works for [[Citizens Advice]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title=The Boys from the Black Country|url=https://sportsbooks.ltd.uk/shop/the-boys-from-the-black-country/|access-date=2021-12-01|website=[[SportsBooks Limited|SportsBooks]]|language=en-GB}}</ref>


Gold has authored four books on animal issues: ''Assault and Battery: What Factory Farming Means for Humans and Animals'' (1983), ''Living Without Cruelty: Choose a Cruelty Free Lifestyle'' (1988), ''Animal Rights: Expanding the Circle of Compassion'' (1995) and ''Animal Century: A Celebration of Changing Attitudes to Animals'' (1998).<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wQekDwAAQBAJ|title=The Meat Business: Devouring a Hungry Planet|last2=|first2=|publisher=Routledge|year=2019|isbn=978-1-000-12433-0|editor-last=Tansey|editor-first=Geoff|language=en|chapter=About the Contributors|orig-year=1999|editor-last2=D'Silva|editor-first2=Joyce}}</ref> ''[[The Observer]]'' voted ''Living Without Cruelty'' as one of the top green books of the period.<ref name=":1" /> In 2008, he published his first novel ''Cranks and Revolutions'', which won praise from the British politician [[Tony Benn]].<ref>{{Cite news|date=2009-05-02|title=Sidmouth author praised by Tony Benn|work=Sidmouth Herald|url=https://www.sidmouthherald.co.uk/news/sidmouth-author-praised-by-tony-benn-6065022|access-date=2021-12-01}}</ref> He has published two books on [[Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.|Wolverhampton Wanderers F. C.]]: ''Under a Wanderers Star: Forty Pain Filled Years Following the Wolves'' (2002) and ''The Boys from the Black Country'' (2010).<ref name=":1" />
Gold has authored four books on animal issues: ''Assault and Battery: What Factory Farming Means for Humans and Animals'' (1983), ''Living Without Cruelty: Choose a Cruelty Free Lifestyle'' (1988), ''Animal Rights: Expanding the Circle of Compassion'' (1995) and ''Animal Century: A Celebration of Changing Attitudes to Animals'' (1998).<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wQekDwAAQBAJ|title=The Meat Business: Devouring a Hungry Planet|last2=|first2=|publisher=Routledge|year=2019|isbn=978-1-000-12433-0|editor-last=Tansey|editor-first=Geoff|language=en|chapter=About the Contributors|orig-year=1999|editor-last2=D'Silva|editor-first2=Joyce}}</ref> ''[[The Observer]]'' voted ''Living Without Cruelty'' as one of the top green books of the period.<ref name=":1" /> In 2008, he published his first novel ''Cranks and Revolutions'', which won praise from the British politician [[Tony Benn]].<ref>{{Cite news|date=2009-05-02|title=Sidmouth author praised by Tony Benn|work=Sidmouth Herald|url=https://www.sidmouthherald.co.uk/news/sidmouth-author-praised-by-tony-benn-6065022|access-date=2021-12-01}}</ref> He has published two books on [[Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.|Wolverhampton Wanderers F. C.]]: ''Under a Wanderers Star: Forty Pain Filled Years Following the Wolves'' (2002) and ''The Boys from the Black Country'' (2010).<ref name=":1" />


In 1986 Gold founded the Vegetarian Campaign Group, to "promote the ideals and practice of vegetarianism as a means of advancing the mental, physical and moral improvements of mankind". It has been since renamed to the Vegan Compassion Group, and promotes veganism. The charity operates in the UK, Nepal and Ethiopia.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Vegan Compassion Group - Charity 327281 |url=https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-search/-/charity-details/327281/full-print |access-date=2023-07-31 |website=Charity Commission for England and Wales |language=en-GB}}</ref>
In 1986 Gold founded the Vegetarian Campaign Group, to "promote the ideals and practice of vegetarianism as a means of advancing the mental, physical and moral improvements of mankind". It has been since renamed to the Vegan Compassion Group, and promotes veganism. The charity operates in the UK, Nepal and Ethiopia.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Vegan Compassion Group - Charity 327281 |url=https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-search/-/charity-details/327281/full-print |access-date=2023-07-31 |website=Charity Commission for England and Wales |language=en-GB}}</ref>

== Personal life ==
Gold lives with his partner, Emily, and stepson, in Devon, close to [[Honiton]].<ref name=":2" />


== Publications ==
== Publications ==
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Latest revision as of 14:42, 25 June 2024

For other people named Mark Gold, see Mark Gold (disambiguation).
Mark Gold
Bornc. 1953 (age 70–71)
Birmingham, England
Alma materYork University
Occupation(s)Activist, writer
Known forAnimal rights and veganism activism
PartnerEmily
Children1 (stepson)

Mark Gold (born c. 1953) is an English animal rights and veganism activist and writer. He has worked for Compassion in World Farming and Animal Aid, organised vegan events and is the author of four books on animal issues, a novel and two books on Wolverhampton Wanderers F. C. He is the founder of the charity the Vegan Compassion Group (formerly the Vegetarian Campaign Group).

Life and career

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Mark Gold was born in Birmingham c. 1953 and studied English at York University.[1]

Gold worked for Compassion in World Farming from 1978 to 1983, before becoming National Organiser. He was Director of Animal Aid for 12 years.[2] In 1992, he directed the short film Their Future in Your Hands for Animal Aid.[3] In 2017, Gold organised Animal Aid's three-week Vegan Festival of Britain.[4] In 2021, he organised Exeter Vegan Market.[5] He continues to work for Animal Aid and also works for Citizens Advice.[6]

Gold has authored four books on animal issues: Assault and Battery: What Factory Farming Means for Humans and Animals (1983), Living Without Cruelty: Choose a Cruelty Free Lifestyle (1988), Animal Rights: Expanding the Circle of Compassion (1995) and Animal Century: A Celebration of Changing Attitudes to Animals (1998).[2] The Observer voted Living Without Cruelty as one of the top green books of the period.[6] In 2008, he published his first novel Cranks and Revolutions, which won praise from the British politician Tony Benn.[7] He has published two books on Wolverhampton Wanderers F. C.: Under a Wanderers Star: Forty Pain Filled Years Following the Wolves (2002) and The Boys from the Black Country (2010).[6]

In 1986 Gold founded the Vegetarian Campaign Group, to "promote the ideals and practice of vegetarianism as a means of advancing the mental, physical and moral improvements of mankind". It has been since renamed to the Vegan Compassion Group, and promotes veganism. The charity operates in the UK, Nepal and Ethiopia.[8]

Personal life

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Gold lives with his partner, Emily, and stepson, in Devon, close to Honiton.[1]

Publications

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Articles

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Books

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  • Assault and Battery: What Factory Farming Means for Humans and Animals (Pluto Press, 1983)
  • Living Without Cruelty: Choose a Cruelty Free Lifestyle (Green Publishing, 1988)
  • Animal Rights: Expanding the Circle of Compassion (John Carpenter Publishing, 1995)
  • Animal Century: A Celebration of Changing Attitudes to Animals (John Carpenter Publishing, 1998)
  • Under a Wanderers Star: Forty Pain Filled Years Following the Wolves (Offwell Press, 2002)
  • Cranks and Revolutions (Merlin Press, 2008)
  • The Boys from the Black Country (SportsBooks, 2010)

Chapters

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  • Tansey, Geoff; D'Silva, Joyce, eds. (1999), "Beyond the Killing Fields: Working Towards a Vegetarian Future", The Meat Business, Routledge, p. 16, doi:10.4324/9780429296819-21, ISBN 978-0-429-29681-9, S2CID 200201791

Reports

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References

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  1. ^ a b Lacey, Hester (19 February 1995). "How We Met". The Independent. Retrieved 1 December 2021.
  2. ^ a b Tansey, Geoff; D'Silva, Joyce, eds. (2019) [1999]. "About the Contributors". The Meat Business: Devouring a Hungry Planet. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-000-12433-0.
  3. ^ "Their Future in Your Hands (1992)". BFI. Archived from the original on 1 December 2021. Retrieved 1 December 2021.
  4. ^ Ramsbottom, Tracey (26 April 2017). "Vegan Festival of Britain 2017 - What's happening near you". Somerset Live. Retrieved 1 December 2021.
  5. ^ Merritt, Anita (20 July 2021). "Exeter vegan market back next week after 16-month Covid-enforced absence". Devon Live. Retrieved 1 December 2021.
  6. ^ a b c "The Boys from the Black Country". SportsBooks. Retrieved 1 December 2021.
  7. ^ "Sidmouth author praised by Tony Benn". Sidmouth Herald. 2 May 2009. Retrieved 1 December 2021.
  8. ^ "Vegan Compassion Group - Charity 327281". Charity Commission for England and Wales. Retrieved 31 July 2023.
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