Poetry
MAKE LOVE TO ME
By Philip Wilson Strip me naked Ravish every inch of my body Let me do the same to you with my fingers and tongue Let me discover your soul And share our mutual love with [… read more ]
Year: 2020
Fiction
A Brexit Timeline
By an anonymous contributor. Jul 2016: Britain holds a referendum, the result of which is to tell the EU to sod off. Dec 2020: Britain leaves the EU without a deal. Downing Street accuses the [… read more ]
News
Are Council Regulations Stopping Fair Competition for Private Hire Drivers?
Uber drivers will ask Portsmouth City Council today for the removal of ‘unnecessary and overly burdensome’ signage on private hire vehicles, a move opposed by local council officers. Sarah Cheverton reports. Three representatives of Uber [… read more ]
Politics
Pompey Politics Podcast: Dennis didn’t Menace
Pompey’s favourite party political podcast returns with hosts Ian ‘Tiny’ Morris and Simon Sansbury. Cabinet Member for Health, Wellbeing & Social Care Matthew Winnington joins them by telephone to talk about the issue of retaining GP provision in [… read more ]
Poetry
Temptation
By Philip Wilson Should I? The time is nigh To pop the question Because being a bastion Of fragility Has to change one day You may Find you like it… Being engulfed in a [… read more ]
Memoir
Tenuous in the Face of Nature
S&C regular Paul Valentine meditates on the rejuvenating effects of visiting ‘the highest attraction in Europe’. I am in the Void. Above me pure azure sky. Below, nothing for thousands of metres and then virgin [… read more ]
Culture
An American in Pompey: Tucking into Britain’s Traditional Sunday Feast
Writer and music blogger Doug Hamilton was born and raised in America, moved to Canada in the early 2000s, and recently relocated again with his British-born spouse to Portsmouth. This is part fifteen of his ongoing series, in [… read more ]
Politics
Pompey Politics Podcast: Live! means Live!
Pompey’s favourite party political podcast returns with hosts Ian ‘Tiny’ Morris and Simon Sansbury. With the minor operator error of Simon forgetting to hit ‘record’ at the start, Portsmouth’s very own political podcast completed its first live show [… read more ]
News
First Buses Respond to Price Concerns: Our Pricing Rewards Repeat Use
First Bus respond to concerns raised by local residents about the higher cost for bus travel in Portsmouth than Southampton. Reporting by Esti Chivite, Paris Ali-Pilling, and Sarah Cheverton. Last week S&C reported on local [… read more ]
News
Why Does the Bus Cost More in Portsmouth than Southampton?
Local residents and a local councillor recently highlighted the difference in price for bus fares in Portsmouth and Southampton, raising the issue of local public transport fast becoming unaffordable. The national picture is no better. [… read more ]