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.
Fiction
Lying in the Middle of the Road Through the Centre Ground: Brexity Dinosaurs
Born in Portsmouth but brought up above what later became the Granita restaurant in Islington, Marcus Median was one of the architects of New Labour. Elected as MP for Milton Park South-North-West in 1997, he [… read more ]
Culture
89 Not Out: Day 35, It’s Just Not Cricket, Or Is It?
S&C contributor and Pompey Politics Podcast host Ian Morris shares his experience of the lockdown, as someone with diabetes. It’s Day 35 and Ian tries something he always vowed he’d never go near – but life [… read more ]
Culture
Keeping it Real with Ralph Bakshi (Part II)
As part of Portsmouth University’s recent This Is The Week That Is festival, Dr Van Norris hailed filmmaker Ralph Bakshi as one of the great – yet underrated – satirists of our time. We present [… read more ]