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

Time is Running Out: Climate Emergency Strike 20 September

17th September 2019

This Friday from 11 am a rally in Portsmouth Guildhall Square will take place as part of a global strike calling for urgent action to address the existential threat of climate change. On Tuesday 10 [… read more ]

Pompey Politics Podcast: Boris – Dinlo or Hero?

17th September 2019

Pompey’s favourite party political podcast returns with hosts Ian ‘Tiny’ Morris and Simon Sansbury throwing themselves back into the <insert expletive here> mess in parliament and confusion that besets the country. Our intrepid hosts make some further analysis [… read more ]

The Future of Journalism in a Festival: S&C at Byline Festival 2019

11th September 2019

S&C recently appeared at the Byline Festival – described as ‘the only festival trying to change the world’ – organised by independent news platform and newspaper, Byline, in partnership with the Frontline Club for journalists. [… read more ]

The Future of Journalism in a Festival: S&C at Byline Festival 2019

11th September 2019

S&C recently appeared at the Byline Festival – described as ‘the only festival trying to change the world’ – organised by independent news platform and newspaper, Byline, in partnership with the Frontline Club for journalists. [... read more ]
An American in Pompey: Hopping Aboard Britain’s Railway System

9th September 2019

Writer and music blogger Doug Hamilton was born and raised in America, moved to Canada in the early 2000s, and recently relocated again with his British-born spouse to Portsmouth. This is part seven of his ongoing series exploring [... read more ]

What are the Top 10 Toxic Masculinity Behaviours?

13th September 2019

Adam Gallie, supporter of Hampshire charity for victims and survivors of domestic abuse, sexual violence and stalking, Aurora New Dawn, explores what toxic masculinity means and why it matters. Toxic masculinity is when the archetypal [… read more ]

STAR POems: Logology

6th September 2019

An Isogram is shy of icons It only likes sole runes alone No want for right or for wrong And a word as bare as bone Pangrams, however, need them all: Judge my vow, [… read more ]

If You’re Leaving Montreal, Take the 401: Reflections on a Friendship with Gareth Rees

12th August 2019

Regular readers of S&C will be aware that our much-loved Contributing Editor Gareth Rees sadly passed away in April of last year. Portsmouth-based poet Richard Peirce has written this poignant tribute in verse to Gareth. [… read more ]

Review: Groundlings Theatre’s Rose Playhouse Performances are ‘Intimate and Exciting’

22nd July 2019

Purbrook resident Rosalie Cuthbert reviews Groundlings Theatre’s current productions of two Shakespeare classics, featuring a replica of The Rose Playhouse, where Romeo & Juliet was first performed. When Richard Stride had the idea of recreating [… read more ]

REVIEW: Nicotine and Napalm – Love, Loss and Bad Romance

1st July 2019

S&C Community Reporter Rosy Bremer reviews Emily Priest’s first published volume of poems and prose, which takes a fresh, young look at age-old themes of love, loss and bad romance. Emily’s book launches in Portsmouth [… read more ]

Review: ‘Outstanding’ Czech Mates with the BSO

28th May 2019

Paul Valentine reviews the recent performance of Czech Mates by the BSO, conducted by Kiril Karabits, piano by Sunwook Kim, and Amyn Merchant, Leader. The performance comprised Suk Scherzo, Fantastique and Dvorak’s Piano Concerto and Symphony [… read more ]