Anyone can spell something correctly, but it takes real skillz to spell things in Pomponian, our mother tongue. Mike Gumbrell levels up with this unique take on a North End street.
Culture
The Language of Pompey
Local author David E. Gates finds a couple of local spelling mistakes as he wanders the streets of Portsmouth with his camera. A warning to the unaurthorised visitor One of the best-named cafes in the [… read more ]
Fiction
‘Pathetic and Scary at the Same Time’: Laszlo Dumitrescu on GE2015
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 ]
History
If You Want a Nincompoop for Your Neighbour…
We reluctantly present some words of praise for Portsmouth’s most (in)famous Conservative by Sir Eugene Nicks QC, KBE: soldier, lawyer, lover, brother, mother and Policy Advisor to the All-Portsea Conservative, Regressive and Imperial Association (established [… read more ]