Star & Crescent – News for and by the people of Portsmouth

How Has Covid-19 Affected Start-Ups and Small Businesses in Portsmouth?

11th August 2020

The pandemic has been a game-changer for local businesses, and when Covid-19 hit, local entrepreneur and founder of StartUp Disruptors, Becky Lodge, was galvanised into action. Here she explains why she wanted to get involved [… read more ]

Something for the Weekend: Eat Out to Help Out?

7th August 2020

Ian Morris and his family head out to try the government’s new Eat Out to Help Out (EOHO) scheme to support the economy, but it doesn’t go quite to plan. I am not pigging out, [… read more ]

Laughter is the Best Medicine for Your Mental Health

6th August 2020

Carolyn Barber of Portsmouth’s Good Mental Health Cooperative, and local researcher and social entrepreneur, shares advice and resources on how to manage your mental health in lockdown. The Coop is running a mental wealth programme through July [… read more ]

How Much Do Black Lives Matter to the British Military? An Interview with Joe Glenton Part I

10th August 2020

While serving as a soldier in Afghanistan, Joe Glenton grew disillusioned with British military adventurism and became an anti-war activist. He has since written a book about his experiences, Soldier Box, and is now a [... read more ]
The (Lib Dem) Leadership Contest Nobody’s Heard Of?

4th August 2020

Local Liberal Democrat party member, Simon Sansbury, who also stood for the party in the last local council elections, explores the party’s ongoing leadership contest and weighs up who should get his vote. The starting [... read more ]

How Has Covid-19 Affected Start-Ups and Small Businesses in Portsmouth?

11th August 2020

Something for the Weekend: Eat Out to Help Out?

7th August 2020

Ian Morris and his family head out to try the government’s new Eat Out to Help Out (EOHO) scheme to support the economy, but it doesn’t go quite to plan. I am not pigging out, [… read more ]

Laughter is the Best Medicine for Your Mental Health

6th August 2020

Victim or Victrix: The Freight of Frida Kahlo

29th July 2020

The COVID-19 lockdown has forced art galleries to close and important exhibitions to be cancelled. It’s made Sue Harper, Emeritus Professor of Film History at the University of Portsmouth, think a lot about curatorship and [… read more ]

89 Not Out: Day 66, There’s Nothing Like a Good (Audio)Book

21st May 2020

S&C contributor and Pompey Politics Podcast host Ian Morris shares his experience of the lockdown, as someone with diabetes. It’s Day 66 and Ian shares some of his best – and worst – reads from [… read more ]

Book Review: The Dark Nest by Sue Harper

21st May 2020

S&C Arts Correspondent Paul Valentine is impressed by a funny, irreverent, macabre and inventive new book of short stories by Sue Harper, local author and Portsmouth University Emeritus Professor of Film History. If you thought [… read more ]

Hidden Places Around Portsmouth: Darkness at the Edge of Town

11th August 2020

Local resident and photographer John Callaway gives us a glimpse into Portsmouth’s hidden places with his stunning photography. This week, John heads to Wymering, where he takes a series of truly haunting shots. Despite appearances, all of these [… read more ]

Corona Warspeak: The Language of Disease, Nostalgia and Militarism in COVID-19 Britain Part II

22nd July 2020

We are speaking, reading and writing about the Coronavirus crisis in new and rapidly changing ways. This is having a significant impact on our lives, on the way we think, on our values and morality, [… read more ]