Christine Lawrence tracks down an exciting new pub venture in Fratton created by two men with a passion for good ale. Walking north from Fratton Station, along Fratton Road just past St. Mary’s Church, stands The [… read more ]
Writer and artist Gareth Rees sometimes feels alienated from his home town… until he makes his way to the delightful Rock Gardens and their language of fragrance. Population-wise Portsmouth is of course a city, but the [… read more ]
The very first Bitcoin ATM in Hampshire launched last Friday 13th November at Computer Junction in Elm Grove, Southsea. Cambridge-based Heliopay LTD – working in conjunction with Portsmouth Crypto and Computer Junction in Elm Grove, [… read more ]
In the first part of a serialised story, JS Adams vividly imagines Portsmouth in the throes of eco-apocalypse. The first sighting of the icebergs was on February 19th. It would not have been unusual if [… read more ]
How big does a band have to be to give away their drumsticks? From Pie & Vinyl to the Wedge, Will Sutton goes on the trail of Pompey music heroes Kassassin St. Castle Road Festival, [… read more ]
In this absorbing work of psychogeography, writer and dramatist Tom Phillips draws some little-known connections between Portsmouth and other parts of Britain and Europe. You can’t beat a good map. That’s what I say. Right now, [… read more ]
Matthew Winnington, Eastney and Craneswater Liberal Democrat Portsmouth City Councillor, reflects on his party’s showing in the general election and looks forward to next year’s local polls. The general and local elections in Portsmouth this [… read more ]
Writer and photographer Alexander Sebley is shocked by the depths some advertisers are prepared to sink to. Advertising agencies house some of the most debased people on the planet: deceptive, cynical and toxic. This advert [… read more ]
Recent graduate Daniel Malice presents a brief justification for staying indoors with one’s own company. It’s the end of September and I should be starting university again. Shouldn’t I? No, I don’t want to do [… read more ]
Richard Warburton sees three Chekhov plays in one day at the Chichester Festival Theatre and discovers exactly how much culture a man can take. I should have got sponsorship for this. Three plays, one day – [… read more ]
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