Big Flame: Nick Davidson interview with Jack Clarke
TitleBig Flame: Nick Davidson interview with Jack Clarke
ReferenceORG/FLAME/11/11
Date
5 Mar 2025
Production date 2025-03-05 - 2025-03-05
Scope and ContentInterview of Nick Davidson by Jack Clarke. Nick gives a brief outline of his background and introduction to Big Flame. He talks about the founding of Big Flame Liverpool and his role within it. He also talks about his work as a reporter during his time in Liverpool and afterwards in London. He discusses the political ideas of Big Flame and his work on the Big Flame newspaper. Nick then talks about his reasons for leaving Big Flame and joining the Labour Party and working on it's paper Labour Weekly. He discusses Big Flame's legacy and the difficulties for young people now finding work in journalism
Extent1 digital recording and 1 digital transcript
Physical descriptionDuration: 1 hr 14 min
LanguageEnglish
Archival historyThe views and opinions expressed in the interview(s) are the interviewee’s own, and do not necessarily reflect the views or opinions of the Working Class Movement Library.
The interview may contain attitudes and/or language that some people may find offensive and may contain discussions of events that some people may find distressing.
The interview may contain attitudes and/or language that some people may find offensive and may contain discussions of events that some people may find distressing.
Persons keywordBig Flame, Davidson, Nick
SubjectSocialism, Newspapers, Feminism, Journalism
Conditions governing accessOpen
Levelfile
Normal locationAudio visual archive\Big Flame\Oral histories\Nick Davidson