Maternity Action are looking for a volunteer to support their ‘Vulnerable Migrant Women’s Project’. Maternity Action is a national charity working to challenge inequality and promote the wellbeing of pregnant women, new mothers and their families. They are seeking a volunteer to promote their guidance for commissioning health services for vulnerable […]
We were going to have a little post-election holiday, but sadly that turned into a rather distasteful incident involving some dodgy sausages and a woe-begotten bucket, clung to tightly for many, many hours. Apologies! However, as you can see this morning we’re back into the swing of things and have […]
Back by popular demand, the newly renovated Cafe 465 will soon be hosting another Wild Food Cafe. On Sunday 24th June, local forager Darren Flint will guide us through Deptford’s green spaces gathering edible foodstuffs on the way. Then we will return to the cafe space to prepare lunch! We […]
We spoke to Tom Moggach, author of The Urban Kitchen Gardener, about his new book and the idea of following your food from seed right through to wolfing it down. We pledge to you, here at Big Smoke, never to interview anyone with a chicken on their lap again. Hens […]
Big Smoke spoke to newly elected Liberal Democrat Assembly Member Stephen Knight about the election, the future and who he voted second preference for Mayor. Congratulations on your election. What was the best part of the election campaign for you (apart from it being over!)? The declaration of the […]
Big Smoke has been basking in the sun for the last few days and is taking the rest of the weekend too. Normal service will be resumed on Monday, but until then, enjoy this picture of a cat.
Salary: £26,000 p/a (one-year fixed contract) Job Details: Based in Parliament, the Parliamentary Research Service (PRS) is a pooled research facility for Labour MPs who choose to join. The PRS provides information and research for its members in support of their parliamentary duties. The PRS is a not-for-profit organisation, funded entirely […]
Some of those links that we’ve spotted in the last few days; Labour members are concerned that Assembly Member Fiona Twycross is misusing data in internal elections. Left Futures, Labour List. Is your sandwich killing you? The Daily Mail? Nope, The Evening Standard. Also in the Evening Standard, house prices […]
Down at the Vibe Gallery in Southwark they are showing Desperate Art Wives who are “a group of women and artists who have been putting our “artistic needs” on hold to attend to our family and work duties, but who have also never forgotten who we really are at heart.” Apart […]
I’m beginning to think the Olympic flame is getting more press attention than the fires that were lighting up London’s boroughs in spring last year. Sadly it has gone out on the way here so that’s it, the Olympics are cancelled apparently. You heard it here first. A spokeswoman for […]
Never noticed this before. As strolling past Trafalgar Square I saw the statue of Charles the first....
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