Portsmouth-based novelist Christine Lawrence tells a poignant tale of family, immigration and reconnection with the past. The plane banked, ready to descend from the sky. The bright sunlight beaming through the tiny cabin windows dimmed as [… read more ]
Local writer and blogger Maddie Wallace explains why the recent case of Brock Turner prompted her to talk to her sons about consensual sex and rape. In a week that has seen the internet afire [… read more ]
Paige Tabone was brutally attacked in a Portsmouth nightclub simply for being disabled. Here she makes a passionate plea for changes to the law, police procedure and public attitudes. Many scenarios go through your head [… read more ]
Imaginary words written by a sailor on board HMS M33 – Gallipoli 1915 I lift the lid and find his whole life harboured here; things that he kept safe: a photo of his wife Mary [… read more ]
Most of us ignore those shady emails offering us dubious investment opportunities in far-flung lands. But not the Portsmouth poet Richard Williams, who returns with part two of a decidely dastardly series. December 17th Dear [… read more ]
During the past six months, construction on the largest student accommodation in Portsmouth has been underway. But is the new accommodation pricing out its target market? Lisa Foote reports. Greetham Street halls in the city [… read more ]
Local activists are reeling following news that Portsmouth City Council have given permission for Starbucks to open a new branch on the site of a proposed strip club. S&C’s guest satirist Claire Denise Udy reports. [… read more ]
Following the departure of the previous Police & Crime Commissioner for Hampshire & the Isle of Wight at the May elections, the newly elected Lucifer Pillowtalk speaks exclusively to S&C about his priorities for the [… read more ]
Looking up from the base of the tower I see a blue rectangle in the viewing deck one hundred metres above me. The swoop of the sails’ belly is white against the sky. Red lights [… read more ]
Local photographer Piers McEwan places the Spinnaker Tower in his sights in this reflective piece about one of Portsmouth’s best known landmarks. Through a lens it’s an easy target. Obvious. Anyone could take its picture, [… read more ]
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