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  • [ 18th December 2020 ] Something for the Weekend: Where Did 2020 Go? Culture
  • [ 4th December 2020 ] Pompey Politics Podcast: Sowing the Seeds of Love and Tiers for Fears News
  • [ 4th December 2020 ] Something for the Weekend: Bigger is Better (Or Is It?) Culture
  • [ 27th November 2020 ] Citizens Advice in the Community: ‘I Call it the Power of Portsmouth’ News
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Culture

Something for the Weekend: Where Did 2020 Go?

18th December 2020

Ian Morris bids farewell to 2020 in his last column of the year. What does he remember most about this year, for good and bad? It’s the last column of 2020, a  year that began [… read more ]

News

Pompey Politics Podcast: Sowing the Seeds of Love and Tiers for Fears

4th December 2020

Hosts Ian Morris and Simon Sansbury return this week after a technical glitch at the weekend. This week Revd Amy Webb talks about a new community food initiative for Cosham, Wymering and Paulsgrove and our [… read more ]

News

Citizens Advice in the Community: ‘I Call it the Power of Portsmouth’

27th November 2020

How has the pandemic affected the local voluntary sector? In a three part series, Covid-19 Community Reporter Paris Ali-Pilling interviews Citizens Advice Portsmouth’s Chief Officer, Sandy O’Neill to find out how the pandemic and lockdown has affected [… read more ]

Social Issues

Something for the Weekend: It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Xmas

27th November 2020

In the latest of his weekly columns, Ian Morris gives his take on anti-vaxxers, the Government guidance for Christmas and his family’s plans for the festive season. They say a week is a long time [… read more ]

  • ‘Britain is Shooting Itself in the Foot’: Brexit, the NHS and Covid-19

    26th November 2020
    In the last part of a three part interview, Dianna Djokey interviews German migrant and doctor Lisa,  about Brexit, how councils have fared in the pandemic, and the experience of being a migrant worker in [... read more ]
  • Public Health, British Citizenship and Covid-19

    24th November 2020
    In the second of a three part interview Dianna Djokey interviews German migrant and doctor Lisa about the pandemic, becoming a British citizen, and working in the NHS. Lisa’s name was changed at her request. [... read more ]
News

Pompey Politics Podcast: Sowing the Seeds of Love and Tiers for Fears

4th December 2020

Hosts Ian Morris and Simon Sansbury return this week after a technical glitch at the weekend. This week Revd Amy Webb talks about a new community food initiative for Cosham, Wymering and Paulsgrove and our [… read more ]

News

Citizens Advice in the Community: ‘I Call it the Power of Portsmouth’

27th November 2020

How has the pandemic affected the local voluntary sector? In a three part series, Covid-19 Community Reporter Paris Ali-Pilling interviews Citizens Advice Portsmouth’s Chief Officer, Sandy O’Neill to find out how the pandemic and lockdown has affected [… read more ]

Social Issues

Something for the Weekend: It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Xmas

27th November 2020

In the latest of his weekly columns, Ian Morris gives his take on anti-vaxxers, the Government guidance for Christmas and his family’s plans for the festive season. They say a week is a long time [… read more ]

Culture

MysteryFest 2020: All Things Crime and Mystery Fiction

19th October 2020

MysteryFest 2021 will be delivered virtually next spring because of the uncertainty surrounding the current pandemic, local S&C contributor Julia Davey reports. The event will feature renowned authors speaking openly about their own literary journeys [… read more ]

Culture

Portsmouth Writers’ Season: Review of Plague by Sue Spiers

1st October 2020

S&C‘s Paul Valentine finds much to appreciate in Portsmouth poet Sue Spier’s new book of haikus. Like many, I have tried haiku and then left its comforting warmth. But I have a tremendous respect both [… read more ]

Culture

Christopher Nolan’s Tenet: ‘A Gigantic Puzzle of a Film’

11th September 2020

Local resident and film enthusiast Paul Toomer reviews Christopher Nolan’s new film, Tenet, after returning to the cinema for the first time since lockdown. Ever since his debut in 2000 with Memento, Christopher Nolan has [… read more ]

Culture

Family History in Photographs: A Different World

23rd November 2020

In a new series, John Callaway explores his family history after discovering boxes of old photographs and documents which belonged to his parents. ‘They represent a view to a bygone age,’ said John, ‘and although [… read more ]

History

Family History in Photographs: Opening a Box of Memories

17th November 2020

In a new series, John Callaway explores his family history after discovering boxes of old photographs and documents which belonged to his parents. ‘They represent a view to a bygone age,’ said John, ‘and although [… read more ]

Culture

Family History in Photographs: Did Frank Do It This Way?

11th November 2020

In a new series, John Callaway explores his family history after discovering boxes of old photographs and documents which belonged to his parents. ‘They represent a view to a bygone age,’ said John, ‘and although [… read more ]

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