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Over the summer, American comedian Bo Burnham released a Netflix special that spoke to many – including University of Portsmouth student Lucy Nother – about the pandemic, mental illness and the challenges of the digital [… read more ]
Southsea resident, Tony Brown, joined his neighbours to protest the opening of a nightclub in a residential area. Together, this unlikely community group took on the nightclub industry to fight for their neighbourhood, and won. [… read more ]
The Cantando Female Voice Community Choir has recorded a version of Something Inside So Strong to raise money for Portsmouth-based charity for victims and survivors of domestic abuse, Aurora New Dawn. Sarah Cheverton reports. The [… read more ]
