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Pandemic Reveals the Epidemic of Male Violence Against Women

1st April 2020

CEO of charity Aurora New Dawn, Shonagh Dillon writes about the implications that the Covid-19 pandemic causes in connection to self-isolation for the victims of domestic abuse and wonders what will happen to the workers [… read more ]

89 Not Out: Day 16, On Pasta and Perfection

31st March 2020

S&C contributor and Pompey Politics Podcast host Ian Morris shares his experience of self-isolation as someone with diabetes. It’s Day 16, and Ian is hard at work on a new project in his job with Guide [… read more ]

Self-Isolating My Family in Southsea: Day 15, Supermarket Challenges

31st March 2020

Local parent, researcher and writer, Maddie Wallace, continues her daily diary describing the experience of self-isolating with her children in Southsea. It’s Day 15, and Maddie finds inspiration in human kindness at the supermarket, as she [… read more ]

Community Orchards: Planting Trees and Inspirational People

16th March 2020

Inspired by the many fabulous environmental initiatives taking place in Portsmouth, Pens of the Earth was set up to encourage writers to celebrate existing projects, and to imagine what might be. This week Helen Salsbury digs [... read more ]
Pocket Parks: Pompey’s Top Hidden Green Spaces

9th March 2020

Inspired by the many fabulous environmental initiatives taking place in Portsmouth, Pens of the Earth was set up to encourage writers to celebrate existing projects, and to imagine what might be. For the next three [... read more ]

Sky Food

27th March 2020

By Sue Harper After the Great Blizzard, Portsmouth looked like the North Pole. Snow was six feet high in the streets, deeper where it had drifted, and little narrow walkways were excavated where people could [… read more ]

The Plane Tree

27th March 2020

By Patricia J. Arnold. There you stand majestic tree Branches spread high over me I wonder how long you have stood in this place And what are your thoughts of the human race. [… read more ]

Planting Nature – A Walk In The Woods

26th March 2020

By Bruce Parry It’s when I went off track across a wild bit that I found a full size walnut tree…just on its own, not with others, just on its own…just there in the middle…on [… read more ]

Triumphant Track Dogs Blaze a Trail at the Square Tower

11th March 2020

Community reporter Andrew Larder reports on the 100th gig by Ken Brown’s Squareroot Promotions, an incredible night with the Track Dogs. Something special was required for Ken Brown’s Squareroot Promotions 100th gig. Trying to describe [… read more ]

Book review: A Chip Shop In Poznan: My Unlikely Year In Poland by Ben Aitken

8th November 2019

S&C Community Reporter Rosy Bremer reviews Ben Aitken’s book A Chip Shop In Poznan: My Unlikely Year In Poland, which explores Ben’s experiences in Poland, from working in a chip shop to trying to keep order [… read more ]

Review: ‘Fabulous stuff’, A Latin Fiesta with the BSO

31st October 2019

Paul Valentine reviews the recent opening night performance of Latin Fiesta, conducted by Carlos Miguel Prieto, with piano by Gabriela Montero and Mezzo-Soprano by Rihab Chaieb. From the outset, Prieto’s mastery and management of the orchestra was perfect. The [… read more ]