In a new book, Union Jackboot, Portsmouth University visiting lecturer Matt Alford interviews the Plymouth Institute for Peace Research’s TJ Coles, an oppositional political commentator and author of Britain’s Secret Wars, a critique of modern [… read more ]
JS Adams commends a new film that is at once a technically ingenious tribute to those who fought in World War I and a moving critique of their mistreatment in both the trenches and in [… read more ]
By Amanda Garrie We used to stand on street corners watching old men, fit for the slag heap, wondering if that were it: destined for the pit. We’d smoke our shag, curse everything and spit. [… read more ]
In a new book, Union Jackboot, Portsmouth University visiting lecturer Matt Alford interviews the Plymouth Institute for Peace Research’s TJ Coles, an oppositional political commentator and author of The Great Brexit Swindle. The following is [… read more ]
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) is 70 this year. The anniversary went off with a bang, as the UN Special Rapporteur on Racism, E. Tendayi Achiume, highlighted what she called the ‘structural racism’ [… read more ]
By Jon Crout Midnight. The chilling sea mist eased its way effortlessly over the gentle oil-black waves and wrapped itself purposefully around the castle. The time-worn fortification stood resolute in its coastal position. Defiantly planted [… read more ]
Landings, the new poetry collection by local writer and S&C regular Richard Williams, focuses on Portsmouth daily life and the memories that shape a city. Georgina Monk tells us more. Many of the poems in [… read more ]
Portsmouth’s annual festival of the macabre, DarkFest, has just kicked off and it features a number of S&C regulars including Christine Lawrence, Matt Wingett, William Sutton, Tom Sykes and Richard Peirce. Georgina Monk looks forward [… read more ]
As the most recent winner of the National Piers Society’s ‘Pier of the Year’ award in 2018, Portsmouth’s South Parade Pier has been enjoyed by residents and tourists alike since the structure was re-opened in [… read more ]
2018 is the Chinese Year of the Dog, perhaps the ideal time for Portsmouth to show some pride and address the topic of dog fouling. But one of the main obstacles to this, argues Sian [… read more ]
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