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Month: September 2017

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 ]

Social Issues

Endometriosis: Living With a Hidden Illness as a Portsmouth Student

11th September 2017

Creative writing student at the University of Portsmouth, Lucy Morris, speaks out about a hidden condition and how it affects her and a million other women in the UK.  Endometriosis is a debilitating illness found [… read more ]

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Planetbuilding Blues: A Letter to My Dead Parents

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Energy prices are a growing concern – but for some, getting ahead of the crisis has paid off. Local residents have been opening their doors to Nicholas Sebley of Portsmouth Climate Action to reveal how they [… read more ]

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