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Not ideal but I had some shoes made at Brodequin's, Teignmouth. They are about eight years old and have been resoled once. They are made of a fabric called Lorica "Lorica® . . . made by processing very fine microfibres which allows the material to breathe whilst still being water resistant. Lorica is durable and lightweight.". It is manufactured with a texture resembling leather on the outside and suede on the inside. Although Lorica is made in many colours only a few were available.

The shoes are very light in weight and the soles good. I have repaired the soles a few times before replacement with Shoe Goo, a UK source is repairingproducts.co.uk :: Tel 02086483866

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. . although the word "veganarchism" came from the US in the late 20th Century, both anarchism and meat-free diets have a long history in Russia.

The Russian Orthodox church prescribes a plant-based diet during Lent, and most traditional restaurants still offer a plant-based "Lenten menu". Ethical vegetarianism, meanwhile, was thriving in pre-revolutionary Russia - partly because of the example set by the novelist Leo Tolstoy in the late 19th Century.

But for much of the Soviet period vegetarianism fell out of favour, seen as a bourgeois indulgence. The Great Soviet Encyclopaedia went as far as to proclaim that "vegetarianism, which is based on false hypotheses and ideas, does not have followers in the Soviet Union".

Today, only 1% of Russians say they are vegetarian, according to a Vtsiom poll from 2018 - roughly the proportion of British people who are vegan.

As for anarchism, the 19th Century Russian philosophers Mikhail Bakunin and Peter Kropotkin are considered two of the most influential thinkers in anarchist history.

Kropotkin's radical 1892 text, The Conquest of Bread, continues to influence anarchists around the world to this day. In it, he says - among other things - that one of the first steps in any anarchist revolution would be for the people to seize food and the means of producing it.

"We have the temerity to declare that all have a right to bread, that there is bread enough for all, and that with this watchword of 'Bread for All' the revolution will triumph."