Poetry
Bird in Hand
By Richard Williams The FA Cup 1939 – 2008 We drink in the presence of greatness. A glorious bird of paradise that fills the room with life. Wanderers to Portsmouth all roads between, a [… read more ]
Year: 2015
Politics
Dump Veolia from Portsmouth
Angus Geddes of the Portsmouth & South Downs Palestine Solidarity Campaign calls for an end to Portsmouth’s ties with a corporation that is complicit in crimes against humanity. On 27th March 2015, Britain called on Israel to [… read more ]
Fiction
An Account of His Life in Riddle and Rhyme By Thomas Pounde of Belmont
By Alison Habens This is a story of three words: ‘Arise, Sir Ox’. Not stable-taught but star-led, for my uncle was the Earl of Southampton and my mother was thrice ladylike. I was raised in [… read more ]
History
We Stand on Common Ground
Dianna Djokey is a young migrant woman living and working in Portsmouth. So much of the current election campaign is based on discussions about people like Dianna, but her story and her experiences as a [… read more ]
Poetry
Spice Island Looking Back
By Richard Williams And nothing much has really changed: before spinnakers both concrete and canvas, before outlet shopping centres all these restaurant chains with make-believe authenticity from China, India, Italy, Americas and everywhere in [… read more ]
Culture
Independents’ Day: the Alternative to the Multiplex Cinema
Richard Warburton asks how our independent cinemas are faring in the battle to stay afloat, and Chris Martin gives a potted history of Portsmouth Film Society, a local champion of independent cinema. Another predictable Oscars [… read more ]
Poetry
Seasonal Tides
By Helen Elliott Pastel palette beach huts Sun-bleached on the Solent, pebbled sands, Awaiting summer’s curtain call The closing of her seasonal demands. On the morrow, they stand weary To greet autumn aurora with [… read more ]
Social Issues
Where Are the Young Believers?
Portsmouth University student and committed Christian Sophie Bramley asks why so many young people are turning away from religion and what churches in Portsmouth might do to attract them back. Last February, an interviewer for [… read more ]
Culture
The Necessity of Connection: A Q&A with Steve Pitt of the Cellars at Eastney
The music industry has changed – and continues to change – beyond recognition. So how has the Cellars at Eastney, one of Portsmouth’s great independent venues, fared in the new environment? In the first of [… read more ]
Culture
Penning Pompey
Local novelist William Sutton reports on some exciting developments in Portsmouth’s small but perfectly formed literary scene. Portsmouth Writers’ Hub is about to appoint a new coordinator. (Hmm: doesn’t sound that sexy. Consider a rewrite? [… read more ]