National campaigners Sisters Uncut staged a protest in the public gallery of a Full Council meeting yesterday following a passionate plea from Chief Executive of charity Aurora New Dawn to protect local domestic violence services. By Sarah [… read more ]
In the 1980s, Aubrew McGurl was a junior member of the infamous 657 Crew of hooligans associated, once upon a time, with Portsmouth FC. Here he recounts a dangerous day in Derby… Note: names have been changed for [… read more ]
Following the launch of a petition this week that has quickly generated over 38,000 signatures in support of domestic violence and sexual health services, UP Antifascists release a statement calling for Portsmouth residents to protest the [… read more ]
By Christine Lawrence. It was a dark night and windy. I had walked across the marshes from Portsmouth town, keen to get away from the fevers, the evil humours from the effluence left by the King’s army. I’d spent [… read more ]
A local resident with deep concerns about cuts to Portsmouth’s domestic abuse and sexual violence support services writes about the impact of proposed cuts from Portsmouth City Council on victims and survivors of violence in [… read more ]
In part I of a 3-part series, Susie Edmonds relates her experience of growing up as a young gay woman and the long journey to coming out. The story of coming out is part of [… read more ]
Columnist Clive Smith provoked debate on social media about male mental health, depression and suicide yesterday following a column that complained depression has “become like an epidemic of the modern era”. Clive Smith’s column in [… read more ]
CCITV, the television station of the University of Portsmouth’s faculty of Creative and Cultural Industries (CCI) recently made a special programme about cultural diversity and activity in Portsmouth. One of Star and Crescent’s Editors-in-Chief, Tom [… read more ]
Dear Flick Drummond, I write to ask you to vote against any Commons motion to sanction the extension of airstrikes into Syrian territory. I believe that I echo the voices of many people around the [… read more ]
In the 1980s, Aubrew McGurl was a minor member of the infamous 657 Crew, hooligans once associated with Portsmouth FC. In this exclusive new series for Star & Crescent, he recalls the stranger, funnier and more [… read more ]
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