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Month: August 2017

Reviews

The Southsea Food Tour – Casa De Castro

31st August 2017

Continuing her Southsea Food Tour, Emily Priest finds another great cafe that is a prime example of quality over quantity.  A while ago someone sent me a message recommending Casa de Castro. I replied, ‘I’ve been [… read more ]

Reviews

The Week’s 5 Essential Releases Worth Listening To

30th August 2017

Jordan Osborne, S&C online editor and founder/editor of online culture publication Vendor, rounds up the week’s biggest music releases. This week isn’t just about Taylor Swift and the war of words that will inevitably ensue- there [… read more ]

Culture

Portsmouth’s Small Music Venues: Use Them or Lose Them

30th August 2017

University of Portsmouth student Paul Beresford imagines a grim future for Portsmouth’s music venues, as he shows how the city’s independent and smaller venues are struggling to survive in an increasingly competitive commercial landscape. The year [… read more ]

News

The Café in the Park Quietly Replaces the Arts Lodge

29th August 2017

S&C’s critic and reporter Emily Priest visits a new addition to Portsmouth’s café scene, as it works to overcome the controversy and politics that saw its previous operators infamously evicted.  Back in February this year, Portsmouth [… read more ]

Memoir

Pompey Bar Room Banter 3: Mr Difannyous, Part I

25th August 2017

John Oke Bartlett continues his storytelling of Portsmouth’s pub history and the larger than life characters he has met along the way. In the third of the series, we meet Ted, a regular at the [… read more ]

Reviews

The Southsea Food Tour: Deep Blue

24th August 2017

Emily Priest reviews a new addition to Portsmouth’s seaside food culture and a new favourite in her tour of Southsea eateries.  South Parade pier reopened on the 14th April this year but work has still been [… read more ]

Graffiti in Wimbledon Park, Southsea, Portsmouth,
Social Issues

The Extraordinary People of Portsmouth: Sam Hoar

23rd August 2017

Portsmouth novelist Christine Lawrence continues her search for the extraordinary people of Portsmouth as she explores Eastney Road. In my journey around Portsmouth I found myself recently in the slightly less than fashionable area of [… read more ]

Graffiti in Southsea, Portsmouth
Social Issues

A Female Doctor Who Has Her Own Cybermen To Battle

22nd August 2017

Justin MacCormack examines the online harassment of women in prominent roles, recently brought back to the public eye following the announcement that the next Doctor Who will be played by a woman. Complaints to the [… read more ]

Reviews

Portsmouth’s International Kite Festival: Ups And Downs

21st August 2017

S&C reviewer Emily Priest reports on the annual kite festival and finds this is one hobby that goes straight over her head.  This year was the 26th anniversary of Portsmouth’s International Kite festival which brings colour [… read more ]

News

The Real Junk Food Project: We Should All Eat More ‘Junk’ Food

21st August 2017

Creative writing student, Kaitlin McKenzie, visits a surprising food venue in Gosport that puts wasted food to good use.  When I first heard the words ‘The Real Junk Food Project’ my brain was filled with [… read more ]

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