On March 5th, S&C‘s What is Going On? event brought together a broad range of local people to discuss the state of media in our city. One of our panellists, the media scholar Dr Sophia [… read more ]
Last month, fantasy novelist Rick Haynes was sitting at his desk when he felt a slight twinge on the left side of his chest. Here’s what happened next. Thinking nothing of the mild pain, I [… read more ]
For International Women’s Day, Andrew Larder watches the latest production by the Southsea Shakespeare Actors, Richard III, and finds a new way to perform Shakespeare. This week celebrates International Women’s day and Southsea Shakespeare Actors [… read more ]
As we enter the Chinese New Year, S&C food critic, Emily Priest, discovers a tasty eatery close to home – and concludes she ought to have stayed in, though not for the reasons you may [… read more ]
Portsmouth-based author, publisher and S&C regular, Matt Wingett, argues that last week’s closure of Blackwell’s bookshop bears the mark of a wider malady: the corporatisation of art, culture and higher education in our time. Sadly, [… read more ]
To mark S&C’s event on the state of local news tonight, we’re publishing an interview with Editor-in-Chief Sarah Cheverton and Founding Editor Tom Sykes about why they started the site, how they run it on [… read more ]
Portsmouth is celebrating International Women’s Day with a week of events around the city. Get the dates in your diary, get your tickets and get involved! Tuesday 6th March, 7:30pm, FREE, Eldon Building, Winston Churchill [… read more ]
Roving reviewer Emily Priest explores Southsea’s brand new slice of ‘hipster paradise’, once a rough and ready local. Before it was The Southsea Village, 81 Palmerston Road used to be Owen’s. I never went there [… read more ]
Chair of Portsmouth Labour Party’s Housing Policy Forum Cal Corkery asks why a housing association operating locally is ignoring the council’s Tenancy Strategy. Additional reporting by Sarah Cheverton. On 14th February, Southern Housing Group, a [… read more ]
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