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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 ]

Fiction

Portsmouth Writers’ Season: William Sutton

8th September 2017

S&C presents a short story from Portsmouth author William Sutton, new novel, featuring Victorian detective Sergeant Campbell Lawless, known as Watchman because he was formerly a watchmaker’s apprentice. This short story coincides with the launch [… read more ]

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Reviews

Victorious: Great Music, Expensive Food and My Giant Blue Vagina

8th September 2017

S&C contributor, Andrew Larder, reviews the music and experience of last week’s Victorious Festival and offers a somewhat embarrassed apology to musician Marley Blandford. ‘One day like this a year would see me right’ sang [… read more ]

Culture

Victorious Festival 2017 Review: Part 3, The End

8th September 2017

The final part of Emily Priest’s three part Victorious review comes to a climax full of glitter and grit on a chaotic last day. Catch Part 1 and Part 2 to capture Emily’s full festival [… read more ]

Reviews

The Southsea Food Tour – Kassia

7th September 2017

Rapidly gaining weight each week so you don’t have to, food critic Emily Priest, brings you the best places to eat in Southsea on her weekly Food Tour. This week she finds an authentic, Indian establishment [… read more ]

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Reviews

Victorious Festival 2017 Review: Part 2, The Middle

6th September 2017

Emily Priest watches more local bands and explores the rest of the Victorious festival in part two of her three part review. Read part 1 here. On the Saturday morning of Victorious festival, I groggily [… read more ]

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Social Issues

How Playing Dungeons and Dragons in Portsmouth Slayed My Anxiety

5th September 2017

Depression and anxiety are at record levels in the UK. Claire Pearse explores the potential of role-playing games to boost confidence and self-esteem amongst young adults. Imagine you’re in the depths of an enchanted forest; [… read more ]

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Reviews

Victorious Festival 2017 Review: Part 1, The Beginning

4th September 2017

Emily Priest visits her first ever Victorious festival and tells all, good and bad, in a three part series about Portsmouth’s biggest event, starting with Friday night Madness. Victorious, always on the last bank holiday of [… read more ]

Fiction

Critical Hob-Nobality and Ethno-Dishcourses of Snack Consumption

1st September 2017

S&C proudly presents the transcript of last week’s special guest lecture by Professor Ethel Tulala-Smith to the Faculty of Post-transcultural Trans-post-culturalism at the Southsea Institute of Creatindustry Knowledgehow (SICK). There is a detail. A marginal [… read more ]

Memoir

Pompey Bar Room Banter 3: Mr Difannyous, Part II

1st September 2017

John Oke Bartlett continues his tale from Ted, a regular at The Rocket, Cosham, previously the Railway Hotel. If you missed Part I of Ted’s tale, catch up here.  Time for a pint. Lager or [… 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

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The People’s Emergency Briefing: How to Combat Climate Change in Portsmouth

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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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