The pandemic has been a game-changer for local businesses, and when Covid-19 hit, local entrepreneur and founder of StartUp Disruptors, Becky Lodge, was galvanised into action. Here she explains why she wanted to get involved [… read more ]
While serving as a soldier in Afghanistan, Joe Glenton grew disillusioned with British military adventurism and became an anti-war activist. He has since written a book about his experiences, Soldier Box, and is now a [… read more ]
Ian Morris and his family head out to try the government’s new Eat Out to Help Out (EOHO) scheme to support the economy, but it doesn’t go quite to plan. I am not pigging out, [… 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. The Coop is running a mental wealth programme through July [… read more ]
Dianna Djokey shares why she’s reporting on the impact of Covid-19 on people of colour (POC), migrants, and asylum seekers and refugees in Portsmouth. Connection and togetherness seem more important to me during the current [… read more ]
Local resident and founder of Stripy Lightbulb CIC, Sally Callow, shares her experience of ‘long Covid’ as someone living with M.E and explains growing concerns that for many, Covid-19 may trigger M.E. As a M.E [… read more ]
Local Liberal Democrat party member, Simon Sansbury, who also stood for the party in the last local council elections, explores the party’s ongoing leadership contest and weighs up who should get his vote. The starting [… read more ]
S&C has recently launched a new project to capture the impact of Covid-19 on different communities and sectors in Portsmouth. Paris Ali-Pilling explains how his experience of working with S&C over the past year has [… read more ]
Local resident and photographer John Callaway gives us a glimpse into Portsmouth’s hidden places with his stunning photography. This week, John is meditating on the colour blue as he heads down to the coast near Milton Locks. Everywhere [… read more ]
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