From 2011 to 2014 I contributed news and comment pieces for Snipe, a London culture and politics publication set up by Canadian Darren Atwater.
He’d set up magazines in his home city of Vancouver and couldn’t understand why London media’s coverage of its own city’s affairs was so tame compared to that in North America.
Fellow journalist Adam Bienkov and I agreed, so we began contributing to Snipe as part of The Scoop, an attempt to get under the skin of London politics with a mixture of news and opinion.
It petered out as other commitments got in the way – Adam is now the political editor at Business Insider – but I’m proud of the work I did there, acting as a corrective to coverage from London’s more established outlets.
- Don’t touch that dial – what’s wrong with London Live (15/8/14)
- Only four regular commuters using Emirates Air Line cable car, TfL admits (20/11/13)
- Emirates cable car contract gags London’s next mayor (15/7/13)
- Boris Johnson to replace ‘pop-up’ London Overground with Skywalk (April fool – 1/3/13)
- No need to shout – how the Standard downplayed Boris’s Catford calamity (12/3/13)
- Only 16 commuters touch into Emirates Air Line, figures reveal (28/11/12)
- Is Boris going to go Dutch or has he got his head in the sky? (19/9/12)
- London has chosen its mayor, but why can’t it choose its own media? (17/5/12)
- Can Brian Paddick find any ordinary Londoners to back him? / Paddick’s North London rogues’ gallery (30/4/12)
- Ken’s Lambeth allies pop into the ‘drugs supermarket’ to attack Paddick (14/3/12)
- No more saying sorry: The Standard’s back on Boris’s side (13/3/12)
- Every journey matters. But for Mayor Boris Johnson, every vote does too (9/3/12)
- Rip it up and start again: Let’s have a proper debate on London transport fares (20/1/12)
- Westminster parking fiasco – the view that’s not being heard (19/1/12)
- Boris’s bus begins its pre-election tour (4/1/12)
- Woolwich’s woes: What if you threw a riot and nobody saw? (13/9/11)
- Boris aide sparks Bryan Ferry cash furore (14/6/11)
- Walthamstow cinema fans see off church plans – for now (19/5/11)
- Boris sidelined as rail firms learn to love Oyster (11/3/11)
- Your good news paper: Council rags keep the faith (4/3/11)
- Boris’s brother rails against bus bother(2/3/11)
- Labour rebel faces Lambeth axe for cuts protest (22/2/11)
- Goodbye Capital Radio: London’s radio station sheds its hometown image (16/1/11)
Darryl Chamberlain 