Islington vet, Caroline Allen, writes on the changing face of dogs in London. I’ve been a vet now for 13 years, 10 of which have been spent in London. Mostly it’s a job I love, but it can be deeply frustrating having to pick up the pieces of some […]
A few weeks ago at the Uprise Mayoral “youth” hustings Brian Paddick made what seemed to be an off-hand remark. He claimed that a vote for the Liberal Democrats could keep the far right BNP out of the Assembly. There was so much nonsense being spoken that night that it […]
Big Smoke met up with Kerry Johnson, co-founder of the Bloomsbury Pro-Choice Alliance, who has been organising pro-choice vigils every Sunday against anti-abortion activists who have been harassing women outside the BPAS clinic. The Bloomsbury Pro-Choice Alliance was set up to raise awareness of the attempts by 40 Days for […]
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 […]
David Mentiply takes a look at the top ten nicknames in football; Killer Derek Hales was christened with the nickname “Killer” by Charlton fans in the early 1970s. This was due to his lethal finishing (168 goals in 368 games) and the fact that he used to […]
Agnieszka Karch takes a look at International Women’s Day as it moves into its second century. On the 8th of March, London will host a number of events in celebration of the 101st International Women’s Day. It will celebrate the diversity of London’s women, but also remind us of […]
With today’s news that the Occupy London Stock Exchange (or Occupy LSX to its friends) is set to be evicted it’s a good moment to assess the impact this extraordinary movement has had on politics today. As with most British cultural movements it started in America where the Occupy Wall […]
David Mentiply looks at the return of a prodigal son. ‘Jason Euell is starting for AFC Wimbledon today. This is like Henry returning to Arsenal.’ These were the words of one Wimbledon supporter on Twitter yesterday. But whereas Thierry Henry celebrated his return to London with a goal against […]
Down a small side street in Wood Green there lies a little green bookshop with a big heart. There’s something particularly special about independent bookshops – perhaps it’s that they deal with free ideas both literally and metaphorically, perhaps because that combination of place of learning and independent thought creates […]
At the weekend Big Smoke met up with Caroline Allen and Emma Dixon, two Green Party members and users of Hackney’s Clissold Cafe, to discuss what kind of cafe the community really needs. Clissold Park on a Saturday is dog utopia. Full to the brim of dogs charging, full tilt, […]
Never noticed this before. As strolling past Trafalgar Square I saw the statue of Charles the first....
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