Poetry
STAR POems: Mark My Words
I will build a great, great wall on our southern border, and I will have Mexico pay for that wall. I will build a great, great wallaby on our southern bore, and I will have [… read more ]
Year: 2018
Poetry
Star POems: The Sweetness of Clay
By Amanda Garrie We used to stand on street corners watching old men, fit for the slag heap, wondering if that were it: destined for the pit. We’d smoke our shag, curse everything and spit. [… read more ]
Politics
Brexit: Are We Screwed Either Way?
In a new book, Union Jackboot, Portsmouth University visiting lecturer Matt Alford interviews the Plymouth Institute for Peace Research’s TJ Coles, an oppositional political commentator and author of The Great Brexit Swindle. The following is [… read more ]
Events
Unscripted and Uncensored: Portsmouth Veterans Tell Their Stories
Armed Forces veterans from in and around Portsmouth area will share their experiences of life in the Armed Forces – and after – at an event hosted by the University of Portsmouth on Friday 9 [… read more ]
News
PhD Student’s Research Asks: How Safe Do Women Feel in Portsmouth?
Sarah Cheverton talks to PhD student Eugénie Le Bigot about her ongoing research into how women feel about and use public spaces in Caen, Rouen and Portsmouth. Eugénie Le Bigot is asking Portsmouth women to [… read more ]
News
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights is 70… and Britain Has Violated All 30 of its Articles
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) is 70 this year. The anniversary went off with a bang, as the UN Special Rapporteur on Racism, E. Tendayi Achiume, highlighted what she called the ‘structural racism’ [… read more ]
Fiction
Bedlam: A Hallowe’en Tale
By Jon Crout Midnight. The chilling sea mist eased its way effortlessly over the gentle oil-black waves and wrapped itself purposefully around the castle. The time-worn fortification stood resolute in its coastal position. Defiantly planted [… read more ]
Reviews
Richard Williams’ Landings: A New Poetic Map of Portsmouth
Landings, the new poetry collection by local writer and S&C regular Richard Williams, focuses on Portsmouth daily life and the memories that shape a city. Georgina Monk tells us more. Many of the poems in [… read more ]
Culture
Review: The Missing List – A Memoir by Clare Best
Community reporter and S&C reviewer Paul Valentine attended the book launch for Clare Best’s new memoir The Missing List and finds a masterfully written and powerful reflection on abuse. I’ve read a lot of memoirs [… read more ]
News
That’s Solent TV: Delivering for Portsmouth Students?
As Colleges and Universities from across the country withdraw their support for That’s TV, Highbury College in Portsmouth continues to host and partner students with That’s Solent, the first-ever channel launched by the controversial broadcasting [… read more ]