Amanda Garrie, Poet in Residence at Portsmouth City Council Thinking ‘I must go down to the sea again,’ I did. I found the front -including the promenade, castle and common grounds – entirely closed off [… read more ]
On 24th May, the BBC news website reported that the Science and Technology Facilities Council and its partners were funding the Ecometrica company’s use of drones. Their aim is to use lasers to help scientists [… read more ]
A boy admitted 7th October 1748 When she dropped him at the hospital she tied a yellow ribbon around his tiny wrist with – My name is Andrews written in dark [… read more ]
Although the South East is home to some of the top-performing councils for recycling, Portsmouth is currently the third worst performing in the region, according to a new recycling rate map based on data from [… read more ]
A documentary on the BSE crisis and its ongoing devastating consequences, featuring Portsmouth journalist and campaigner Christine Lord, has been released on Amazon Prime. Sarah Cheverton reports. Cows, Cash and Cover-ups? is by Partickular Films, is narrated [… read more ]
Groundlings Theatre is taking Shakespeare on tour, bringing two classic Shakespeare plays to the gardens of Stansted House in July. Both plays will be performed in classic dress, with Romeo & Juliet starring an all-male [… read more ]
Paul Valentine reviews the recent performance of Czech Mates by the BSO, conducted by Kiril Karabits, piano by Sunwook Kim, and Amyn Merchant, Leader. The performance comprised Suk Scherzo, Fantastique and Dvorak’s Piano Concerto and Symphony [… read more ]
For Emily and Tim All this time you have been unspooling your lives, like those summer afternoons when we watched your small feet slipping on wet grass, your hands feeling the pull [… read more ]
The Groundlings Theatre will build a replica of The Rose Playhouse, where Romeo & Juliet was first performed, for a special Shakespeare Festival this summer. Sarah Cheverton reports. Audiences will be invited to ‘step back [… read more ]
Writer and music blogger Doug Hamilton was born and raised in America, moved to Canada in the early 2000s, and recently relocated again with his British-born spouse to Portsmouth. Since he arrived, Doug has been [… read more ]
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