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Month: September 2017

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The Rugby Read Returns

22nd September 2017

After a summer break, S&C’s rugby correspondent Will Payne returns with his weekly rugby column, as Portsmouth start the new season with a lot to prove. After being relegated to London South West Division 3 [… read more ]

Culture

Allegory: Portsmouth’s ‘Marmite’ Band

22nd September 2017

Emily Priest interviews local band Allegory following the release of their latest single. They talk to S&C about their influences, the future and how their style of music is not always the most popular.  Allegory, [… read more ]

Reviews

Texas Comes to Portsmouth in a Pop-Up Shop

21st September 2017

Food critic and local reporter, Emily Priest, finds several of her interests colliding at this new pop-up shop. Hunter Gatherer, a coffee shop located on Highland Road, always has interesting pop-up shops. From Venezuelan food to [… read more ]

History

Yeah, Yeah! Portsmouth’s Industrial Estates: Part I Airport

19th September 2017

S&C regular Andrew Larder launches the first in a series of hidden histories exploring Portsmouth’s industrial estates, starting at Airport Industrial Estate, in the north east of the city. In 1979 punk band The Fall [… read more ]

Fiction

One Day in Fratton: Reece Stewart

18th September 2017

Earlier this year, our Editor in Chief Sarah Cheverton judged entries to the Fratton Big Local writing competition, One Day in Fratton. Over the next 3 weeks, we will be publishing the winners and runners [… read more ]

Fiction

One Day in Fratton: Marnie Ripley

18th September 2017

Earlier this year, our Editor in Chief Sarah Cheverton judged entries to the Fratton Big Local writing competition, One Day in Fratton. Over the next 3 weeks, we will be publishing the winners and runners [… read more ]

Poetry

STAR POems: On Leaving Portsmouth

15th September 2017

Gridlocked isle of my defence  you sheltered me   from French-based threats,  but by the Solent, not your ships;  great hulks of grey  with glorious names:  Invincible and Sir Galahad,  moored in time-lines,  a fine line  between naval [… read more ]

Reviews

The Southsea Food Tour – The Country Pantry

14th September 2017

Continuing her Southsea Food Tour, Emily Priest finds a no-nonsense, traditional cafe offering good value for money.  The Country Pantry is tucked away on Highland Road, just opposite one of my favourite coffee shops, T [… read more ]

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Coercive Control is an ‘Invisible Noose’ Says Local Charity CEO

13th September 2017

Shonagh Dillon, CEO of Hampshire charity Aurora New Dawn, speaks out about the devastating impact of coercive control – now a criminal offence – and urges local victims to seek support.  I have worked in [… read more ]

Reviews

The Metamorphosis of Cumberland House Natural History Museum

12th September 2017

S&C critic and community correspondent, Emily Priest visits the new butterfly exhibit in Portsmouth’s Natural History Museum and finds a new asset for seafront tourism. On 19th August, Cumberland House unveiled the result of a [… read more ]

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Portsmouth UCU Branch Condemns Iran War and Calls for University Ethics Review

27th May 2026

The Portsmouth branch of the UCU (University and College Union) has passed a motion condemning the US and Israel’s illegal wars against Iran and Lebanon, and calling for an ethical review of the University of [… read more ]

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Planetbuilding Blues: Science Fiction Special

11th May 2026

Writer and planetary modeller David Angus reminisces about science fiction (SF) conventions over the years and his friendship with SF icon Brian Aldiss. During Easter I was in Birmingham Exhibition Centre at a science fiction convention. [… read more ]

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Climate change is undeniably one of the biggest, if not the biggest, existential threat facing humanity. It is, however, quite difficult to grasp, and understand the impacts it currently has, and will have, not only [… read more ]

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Planetbuilding Blues: Space and Time Projects

9th April 2026

  Writer and planetary modeller David Angus details his latest projects, including Time Travel (and Dinosaurs) in Gosport. I’ve worked a lot on Jupiter’s moons, as you do. Callisto has already been mentioned in earlier [… read more ]

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Pompey Climate Choir Protests Outside Barclays Bank

27th March 2026

Portsmouth Climate Choir performed their song ‘We’re Gonna Switch Our Bank’ outside Barclays in Portsmouth in collaboration with PSC and Trans Pride Portsmouth. Viola Langley reports. Members of Portsmouth Climate Choir sang a rousing rendition [… read more ]

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