Fiction
Sky Food
By Sue Harper After the Great Blizzard, Portsmouth looked like the North Pole. Snow was six feet high in the streets, deeper where it had drifted, and little narrow walkways were excavated where people could [… read more ]
Year: 2020
Poetry
The Plane Tree
By Patricia J. Arnold. There you stand majestic tree Branches spread high over me I wonder how long you have stood in this place And what are your thoughts of the human race. [… read more ]
Memoir
Self-Isolating My Family in Southsea: Day 11, Home-Schooling
Local parent, researcher and writer, Maddie Wallace, continues her daily diary describing the experience of self-isolating with her children in Southsea. Today, Maddie gets creative with homeschooling and jackfruit (masquerading as pork) for dinner. All that [… read more ]
Memoir
89 Not Out: Day 10, The Streets Empty
S&C contributor and Pompey Politics Podcast host Ian Morris shares his experience of self-isolation as someone with diabetes. It’s Day 10 and oh, so quiet… Wednesday 25th March, Day 10 of 89 Double digit day! In cricketing terms – [… read more ]
Fiction
Planting Nature – A Walk In The Woods
By Bruce Parry It’s when I went off track across a wild bit that I found a full size walnut tree…just on its own, not with others, just on its own…just there in the middle…on [… read more ]
Memoir
Self Isolating My Family in Southsea: Day 10, Time for a Sunset
Local parent, researcher and writer, Maddie Wallace, continues her daily diary describing the experience of self-isolating with her children in Southsea. It’s Day 10, and Maddie and the kids decide (somewhat reluctantly) to tackle the garden. [… read more ]
Memoir
89 Not Out: Day 9, I Scream, You Scream…
S&C contributor and Pompey Politics Podcast host Ian Morris shares his experience of self-isolation as someone with diabetes. It’s Day 9, and Ian says goodbye to some social media friends in a disagreement over an ice [… read more ]
Fiction
A Sliver of Life
By Sue Shipp We’d just sat down from our labours when Old Roy appeared on the grass path running between the allotments, eating a nectarine, the other hand hidden behind his back. He slopped along [… read more ]
Memoir
Self-Isolating My Family in Southsea: Day 9,000 (Or Does it Just Feel That Way?)
Local parent, researcher and writer, Maddie Wallace, continues her daily diary describing the experience of self-isolating with her children in Southsea. It’s Day 9, and the household is adjusting to a new rhythm – but is [… read more ]
Memoir
89 Not Out: Day 8, Is It Green or Slimy?
S&C contributor and Pompey Politics Podcast host Ian Morris shares his experience of self-isolation as someone with diabetes. It’s Day 8, and Ian muses over whether we’re all about to get a little bit less fussy [… read more ]