Poet, writer and patron of Newham Monitoring Project Benjamin Zephaniah explains why it is important for young people in east London to know their rights on stop & search, especially during the 2012 Olympics.
Invitation to Keep London Moving – London Mayoral transport hustings Living Streets, Campaign for Better Transport and Movement for Liveable London would like to invite you to Keep London Moving – a London Mayoral transport hustings. Boris Johnson, Ken Livingstone, Brian Paddick and Jenny Jones have all confirmed that they […]
Dave Hill is looking for your ideas for London on the environment. In Lewisham they’ve been out on the streets campaigning against chewing gum. Here photos to prove it. Hackney’s gum campaign is a little more refined, as you might expect. Hugh Muir in the Guardian has been talking about […]
Labour have brought out a rather well done video explaining their Fare Deal policy. MP Stephen Pound narrates seemingly on the basis that his name is pound, ho ho, but he makes a goo fist of it none the less. Leaving aside the muzak and clip art noises of oh’s […]
There are some truly great shop names in London. Tickle Me in Brockley is one of my favourites (for all your jerked beef needs). Well, it just seems inspired that someone decided to set up an, ever so slightly dingy, fish and chip place and call it a fishcoteque. Glorious.
This morning UNISON organised a lobby of Southwark Council over proposed 40% wage cuts for 70 part time staff members. The workers who are mainly Pupil Support Assistants (PSAs) are facing proposed cuts in their hours from 25 to 15 hours a week but will be expected to handle the […]
Today’s Evening Standard has a surprising double page spread. Entitled “Never too young to avoid tax” it gives us helpful advice on how to reduce our tax bills through the use of a JISA. To think it’s just days since the paper was condemning Ken Livingstone for (legally) reducing his […]
Jean Lambert MEP is looking to recruit a part-time London Projects and Events Officer to work on specific projects, events and targeted communications. Applicants should have proven experience of project managing public events, excellent organisational and communication skills, an understanding of EU institutions and a commitment to Green politics. Ideally, you […]
On Monday Big Smoke spoke to the UK Independence Party London Mayoral candidate, Lawrence Webb. Somehow we managed to find the noisiest rooftop in London to put our questions to him, but the views were very nice so hopefully you’ll forgive the background noise. We were speaking on top of […]
And to think that just three weeks ago it was all snow pictures and tube closures – now we get to move into sunny images of happy people relaxing in London’s parks. Enjoy it while it lasts.
Never noticed this before. As strolling past Trafalgar Square I saw the statue of Charles the first....
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