With claims for Universal Credit totalling 1 million as a result of the Coronavirus crisis, Luke Penston remembers his past experience of the benefits system years ago, which started off badly but soon improved thanks [… read more ]
Local parent, researcher and writer, Maddie Wallace, continues her daily diary describing the experience first, of self-isolating, and now of being in lockdown with her children in Southsea. It’s day 25, Maddie has had some alone [… read more ]
S&C regular and Socialist Party of Great Britain (SPGB) member Stephen Harper reflects on some of the hypocrisy, sensationalism and inaccuracy of the UK media’s coverage of the Coronavirus pandemic. Perhaps I’m not the best [… read more ]
S&C contributor and Pompey Politics Podcast host Ian Morris shares his experience of the lockdown, as someone with diabetes. It’s Day 29, and Ian is trying to control his guide dog, Millsey, who appears to have [… read more ]
Pompey’s favourite party political podcast returns with hosts Ian ‘Tiny’ Morris and Simon Sansbury. In this week’s episode, Ian and Simon invite Deputy Leader of Portsmouth City Council, Steve Pitt, to talk about the changes needed in Portsmouth [… read more ]
Local parent, researcher and writer, Maddie Wallace, continues her daily diary describing the experience first, of self-isolating, and now of being in lockdown with her children in Southsea. It’s day 24 and the kids are at their [… read more ]
S&C contributor and Pompey Politics Podcast host Ian Morris shares his experience of the lockdown, as someone with diabetes. It’s Day 25, and big plans to celebrate two major milestones need to be reviewed. Thursday 9th April, [… read more ]
Carolyn Barber of Portsmouth’s Good Mental Health Cooperative, and local researcher and social entrepreneur, shares advice and resources on how to manage your mental health in lockdown. We’ve all had to cope with dramatic changes [… read more ]
Local parent, researcher and writer, Maddie Wallace, continues her daily diary describing the experience first, of self-isolating, and now of being in lockdown with her children in Southsea. It’s day 23 and Maddie has been trying [… read more ]
Maggie Sawkins, who leads local poetry and creative group Tongues & Grooves has unleashed a local #writingchallenge and they kindly let us publish the responses. This week’s challenge is to write a Cinquain, a syllabic form invented [… read more ]
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