Big Smoke went online in the second half of November last year so we’re coming up to six months of beavering away in our favourite city. To celebrate our existence, and to make up for the fact we never properly launched the site before hitting the national headlines we’re having […]
Having had few conversations with people over the last weeks about interview technique at Big Smoke it seems like a good time to pass on the theory, even if it’s still developing. In the media generally there are two archetypal approaches to interviews. The old fashioned “and is there anything else […]
Each month we review what’s been and gone on Big Smoke over the last few weeks. Regular readers will not be surprised to learn that the whole Camden CCTV camera saga produced the most visited posts. The video and the FAQs did seem rather popular, if that’s the right word. […]
So, everyone is going on about Pinterest. We haven’t got enough to do, so not content with having twitter and facebook accounts we’ve now set up our Big Smoke Pinterest board. To be honest, we know our way around twitter and facebook – those we know – but if you’re […]
Just as everyone else is leaving Facebook we’ve just arrived. As you may know we’re already on twitter and have been getting into some great conversations there. The next step in building our social media empire is to have a facebook page, it’s the done thing and who are we […]
This week when out on my travels for Big Smoke I’ve had a number of conversations about what Big Smoke “stands for” and what the relationship is between progressive politics and journalism. You can, of course, check out our about us section on where we are coming from and our submissions guidelines […]
Camden Council statement. The Telegraph are on the case. Camden New Journal cover the deactivation story. The Anorak have an amusing twist to the story. Richard Osley – re-botting copcam. Then there’s Londonist who have it all. The Huffington Post are highlighting it. Storyful have assiduously gone through the tweets. Also Liberal […]
If you follow Big Smoke on RSS you *may* have experienced a problem with ghost posts or reposting. We’re sure this is really annoying and we apologise. While we get to the bottom of the problem we have a work round fix which is a new RSS that works just […]
Whether you’re new to Big Smoke or just need a recap it’s always useful to take a quick look back at the last month’s most popular articles in case you missed them. Each month we like to give a gentle reminder of those items that may have slipped off the […]
As time goes on we’re getting into more and more conversations. Certainly on twitter and at #londonmanifesto but also here at the site. Often online the comments can be as good or better than the content. What with our brand spanking new comments policy (pass the delete all button someone) […]
Never noticed this before. As strolling past Trafalgar Square I saw the statue of Charles the first....
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