While understandably most of the news focuses on the big winners and losers of the election here at Big Smoke we try to give you something that you’d be hard pressed to find anywhere else. So let’s take a look at the tiddlers that were swimming in the big electoral […]
Nice little video of fox cubs in a London car park… awwwww.
First a quick look at the Mayoral vote. Livingstone improved his performance on last time, perhaps dispelling the idea that he had lost support over the years. It should perhaps be pointed out tough that although his share went up the number of people voting for him went down (same […]
The Green Party achieved an incredible result on Thursday. In a city the size of London it is no mean feat for a minor party with just two councillors to come third place. Although Greens will be disappointed that both they and the Lib Dems have an equal number of […]
In Barnet and Camden local traders, campaigners and bloggers came together with a campaign to sack their Conservative Assembly Member Brian Coleman. The reasons for this are long and arduous but are essentially a combination of a reaction to Coleman’s generally boorish and offensive manner to his constituents, with a […]
There follows a grisly tale not for the faint-hearted, be warned. Walking home from the election night celebrations I approached what looked a little like a stuffed toy lying on the pavement. Sadly, as I got closer I realised it was a very stationary cat. I was about to say […]
Tuesday 8th May: 7pm until 9pm Housmans bookshop, 5 Caledonian Road, Kings Cross, London N1 Non-violence and sport. Discussion and debate led off this monthby Jim Jepps (editor of Big Smoke) Is sport usually just an excuse to indulge our most primitive tribalist instincts? Does the hysteria around many sports events […]
Monday, May 21: 6:00pm Friends Meeting House, Euston Road (opposite Euston Station) It was a moment that changed more than just Olympic history. That it certainly did, forever. most iconic image of the Olympic Games and the Black Power movement also captured the mood, the anger and resistance of 1968. […]
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The day is finally here when London goes to the polls. It feels like it’s been a long time coming and although it’s a hard fought business it likely that we’ll see a very similar set of politicians at City Hall come Monday… unless you lot choose otherwise that is. […]
Never noticed this before. As strolling past Trafalgar Square I saw the statue of Charles the first....
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