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 ]
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 ]
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 ]
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 ]
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 ]
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 ]
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 ]
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 ]
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 ]
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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