In a S&C Christmas exclusive, actor, playwright and S&C Contributing Editor John Bartlett recalls the Christmas customs of his childhood. Some of these customs remain with us, others now seem alien or eccentric. In 1956, [… read more ]
Kal Naismith helped Portsmouth return to winning ways from the bench, scoring a superb free kick to beat Grimsby 1-0 away from home. S&C football correspondent Ben Williets reports. Despite the defeat against Stevenage, Paul [… read more ]
By Maggie Sawkins, Star & Crescent’s Poetry Editor. The fir cone I picked from a Corsican forest, carried across an ocean nestled between balls of socks, has fallen from the grate and rests where it [… read more ]
Editor in Chief Sarah Cheverton and a Portsmouth NHS doctor (who prefers not to be named) report on proposals to cut over £500 million from the NHS in Hampshire and Isle of Wight by 2020, [… read more ]
Community activist and founder of Southsea Greenhouse, Sue Stokes, reports on a recent grassroots community arts project, #KeepPompeyGreen, celebrating all things bright and beautiful in Portsmouth. Additional reporting by Sarah Cheverton. I hear lots of [… read more ]
Usually, achieving a bonus point away to the team placed 2nd in the league would be a great achievement, but when you had a poor start and then dominated for the rest of the match, [… read more ]
Change is afoot at S&C. Editor in Chief Sarah Cheverton explains what we’ll be up to in 2017 and how you can get involved in our continuing mission to #ReclaimTheNews. Here at S&C, we are [… read more ]
Meditations on Marx, Pompey architecture and translating the local lingo. Local resident Mike Gumbrell turns his satirical eye to some of Pompey’s unique foibles.
Pompey failed to extend their unbeaten run on Saturday as Stevenage defeated them at Fratton Park. Poor defending cost the Blues in this match, which saw them fall to a 2-1 defeat, losing ground on [… read more ]
We present an excerpt from chapter one of Tom Harris’ new novel, The Sweep, a fantasy adventure set in an alternative, steampunk-inspired London. This is a capital divided by wealth and corruption, run by a [… read more ]
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