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Month: November 2017

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The Southsea Food Tour: Andre’s Food Bar

29th November 2017

Emily Priest head’s to Southsea’s oldest sandwich shop and finds high quality food at an even better cost in this week’s stop on her Southsea Food Tour. Andre’s Food Bar is a renowned Portsomouth eatery, known [… read more ]

Memoir

Why I Told Facebook I Attempted Suicide

27th November 2017

S&C’s community reporter and reviewer, Emily Priest, returns from her recent break to give an unflinching and brave account of her own experiences and explain why we all need to start talking about mental health.  [… read more ]

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We Still Need the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. Here’s Why.

24th November 2017

This Saturday, 25th November is the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women (IDEVAW), which marks the start of 16 Days of activism to end violence against women and girls. CEO of Hampshire [… read more ]

Poetry

STAR POems: Southsea, 1985

24th November 2017

At 2 a.m. I saw her – She hung her body like meat in the entrance to the pier – that pleasure palace.   She’s haloed by a streetlamp opposite Peggy Sue’s. She takes my [… read more ]

Culture

The Southsea Food Tour: The Fisherman’s Kitchen

22nd November 2017

S&C’s food critic, Emily Priest, returns this week with a new delicious destination on her Southsea Food Tour, the poshest fish and chip shop in Southsea, The Fisherman’s Kitchen. Recently, I’ve been in need of flavour [… read more ]

News

Not About Abortion: Winning the Battle for a Buffer Zone at St Mary’s

20th November 2017

On 14th November, local resident and member of Hampshire Pro-Choice, Emily Brotherhood, gave a deputation to ask Portsmouth City Council to introduce measures to prevent religious anti-abortionists from intimidating women outside the BPAS clinic at [… read more ]

Poetry

STAR POems: Invocation

17th November 2017

– a little wax from melted candle – a gentle press – feather on frame we near completion.   at the edge, we pray for guidance and hope the artifice holds. will a playful stroke’s [… read more ]

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138 Affordable Homes Are Missing From Portsmouth and Here’s Why

15th November 2017

Kimberly Barrett, founder of Keep Milton Green recently gave a deputation to Portsmouth City Council calling for greater local transparency on why property developers aren’t including affordable housing in their developments. Here she expands on [… read more ]

History

Can You Help Discover the History of Patient Creativity at St James’ Hospital?

13th November 2017

Local writer and historian Emily Turner was inspired by the recent Edward King exhibition at Portsmouth City Museum and is running her own research project exploring the creativity of patients in mental health institutions. She [… read more ]

News

Protest or Prayer? Religious Anti-Abortionists Opposed at St Mary’s Hospital

3rd November 2017

Feminist blogger and activist Lucy Schorn reports on last weekend’s protest at St Mary’s Hospital, where pro-choice activists and religious anti-abortion protesters came face to face. On Saturday 28th October, I joined over a hundred [… read more ]

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Troubadour of the Vastness: Gareth Rees 1948-2018

16th April 2018

The S&C team are very sad to announce that our Contributing Editor, Gareth Rees, died peacefully at home on Saturday. Tom Sykes remembers this extraordinary gentleman. I was just one of many people Gareth inspired [… read more ]

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What Impact Will Portsmouth Football Club’s “Pompey” Trademark Registration have on the City?

11th April 2018

Solicitor and founder of Grid Law Solicitors, David Walker, explores the implications of PFC’s move to trademark ‘Pompey’, and asks what problems the Club may encounter along the way. Portsmouth Football Club has applied to [… read more ]

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‘They Believed Me’: Saying Goodbye to a Pompey Domestic Violence Helpline

9th April 2018

On 31st March 2018, the Aurora Helpline and Referral Service for victims and survivors of domestic violence and abuse closed, following recent changes to local authority contracts commissioning the service. In its 6 years of [… read more ]

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MEP to Address Air Pollution Danger in Portsmouth

3rd April 2018

Green MEP and air quality campaigner Keith Taylor will be discussing the poor state of air quality in Portsmouth at a public meeting on Wednesday evening hosted by the #LetPompeyBreathe campaign group. He will also [… read more ]

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No Lap Dancing in Albert Road Thank You: A Councillor Speaks

2nd April 2018

Portsmouth Liberal Democrat councillor Suzy Horton never expected to spend several years owning a folder with ‘lap-dancing club’ written on it. Nor could she have predicted the twists and turns of the planning application process for [… read more ]

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