Police forces across Hampshire have been ‘pushed to their limits’ following a 65-hour stand-off with a posse of music-loving birds at Canoe Lake, Southsea. Gavin Dollery reports. Following a noise complaint, officers arrived on the [… read more ]
Community reporter, Paul Valentine, reviews the recent Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra (BSO) performance, Spirit of England, conducted by David Hill. I was looking forward to this concert, not so much for the programme – I lost touch with [… read more ]
When you’ve nothing left to lose, what else can you give? Access Denied by David E. Gates is a deeply personal and heart-wrenching account of a man who becomes a father only to discover several [… read more ]
Last year, writer Rick Haynes’ life took a major turn for the worse when he was diagnosed with a debilitating illness. He reflects frankly on how his sense of humour and his wife’s loving care [… read more ]
S&C Community Reporter Helen Salsbury reports on how it felt to be one in a million (or so) on the ‘Put It to the People’ march that took place in London on March 23rd, 2019. [… read more ]
Portsmouth University Visiting Lecturer Mike Manson’s effervescent new novel Down in Demerara concerns Felix Radstock, a British consultant sent to humid and chaotic Guyana to gather data on its economy. The problem is, he doesn’t [… read more ]
A new documentary featuring Portsmouth journalist and campaigner Christine Lord was released on 31st March 2019, investigating how BSE-infected material entered the human food chain and its devastating consequences for families across the UK. Sarah [… read more ]
The first of That’s TV‘s local stations, That’s Solent, has left Highbury College, leaving audiences uncertain if the station is still located within the community it claims to serve. Journalist and former That’s Solent video [… read more ]
Freelance writer and S&C contributor Phoebe Hedges reviews the first of two Pompey quarter-finals in the Isle of Wight New Blood competition. As someone who spent their formative years in bars and basements, with her [… read more ]
Gin and tonic. Gin and lemonade. Gin and juice. However you drink yours, the juniper-based spirit was the tipple of choice at The Great British Gin Festival at the Pyramids on 9th March 2019. S&C’s [… read more ]
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