A recent visit to St Mary’s Hospital opened Gareth Rees’s mind about race, professionalism and the importance of the National Health Service. I needed a crutch. No, I don’t mean religion, or someone to do [… read more ]
Portsmouth writer and S&C Editor in Chief Sarah Cheverton explains why she’s passionate about women voting in GE2015. 1. For the same reason humans climb mountains – because you can. However, many women across the [… read more ]
Shelagh Simmons looks for the truth beyond the media and public hysteria and explores the reality of life for asylum seekers in Portsmouth. As someone with a bit of experience in the human rights field [… read more ]
Gareth Rees explores the dangerous streets of the city centre as he wanders beyond his usual stomping ground of Southsea village. Are cities too big to comprehend in the round? Is it human nature to [… read more ]
PLAYAWAY is a film by Hannah Blackmore & Abigail Gilchrist, made in 2013 with the help of children, staff, volunteers and families at two adventure playgrounds: Somerstown Adventure Playground in Portsmouth and Somerville Adventure Playground [… read more ]
Tess Foley reviews a recent performance by alternative comedian, Alexei Sayle at Winchester Discovery Centre on 11th March 2015. ‘Who is that fat bastard?’. It was the rude word that made me pay attention it’s [… read more ]
Laszlo Dumitrescu is a businessman who emigrated from Bucharest to Southsea in 2015. Following on from his adventures in Issue 1, the wealth creator casts an eye over a General Election in which he is [… read more ]
Sarah Cheverton interviews Robert, a resident of Somerstown, about the challenges he has faced since he moved there with his wife in 1992. Robert asked to remain anonymous. His name, and the names of others [… read more ]
James Bicheno takes an affectionate look at the local lingo. If you are a visitor to this lovely island city of ours you could well overhear certain words and phrases you might find curious, baffling [… read more ]
Rebecca Shaw draws on her own experiences and speaks to the people who make a living selling cannabis, asking is it high time for us to follow the example of the USA and legalise the [… read more ]
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