If there was ever a good time to think about what diversity and inclusion mean in Britain today, the time is now argues Dianna Djokey, as she examines the role of the city’s museums in [… read more ]
We posed a challenge to our readers recently to come up with captions to a range of pictures. Here’s our first response to the Southsea seagulls from Jodie Cole. Bird one: “I’m well hard.” Bird [… read more ]
It is widely known that Mahatma Gandhi, leader of India’s struggle for independence, studied law in London in the late 1880s and early 1890s. It isn’t so widely known that he visited Portsmouth during this time. [… read more ]
While Portsmouth-based author Tom Sykes was in Ivory Coast researching a Bradt guidebook, he and his photographer Alexander Sebley met up with a fêticheur, a traditional African shaman. Alexander and I are led by our translator into a courtyard in Abidjan, Ivory [… read more ]
Before she became an addiction recovery worker, Jane Muir was an alcoholic. Here she shares some of her darkest experiences… and that moment of clarity that made her sober up. When I was drinking I didn’t [… read more ]
JS Adams vividly imagines Portsmouth in the throes of eco-apocalypse in the third part of his serialised story. There are estimated to be around 20,000 to 25,000 polar bears left living in the wild. That’s [… read more ]
By Jon Crout. Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house not a creature was stirring, not even a …no, that was not quite true. There was a noise. A faint, barely discernible [… read more ]
By Maggie Sawkins. Gentian (with a g as in gate) is late. He was scraping dishes last night at Ken’s Kebabs. One day, he says, when he’s mastered this lingo, he’ll have a restaurant of [… read more ]
By Maggie Sawkins Although he came from the mountains (this much I learnt) he didn’t understand my words for snow. I fluttered my fingers in front of him but he only saw [… read more ]
Hampshire Constabulary have released a video highlighting the support they provide for victims of domestic abuse to have a safer Christmas. Give yourself freedom this Christmas – let us help you break away from an [… read more ]
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