Fiction
Portal Double Zero Part II
By Jon Crout Otto was allocated a bunk in a dormitory, and he only realised how much his aching body needed to rest once he was lying down. As he stretched out, he thought deeply [… read more ]
Articles by Tom Sykes
Culture
Social Cinema: Fast Flash Frenetic Film
Portsmouth University student Chloe Franks salutes an extraordinary new genre that is revolutionising the way we watch and judge films and television programmes. There’s a man stumbling along the middle of a deserted road, back [… read more ]
Memoir
What’s Happening in Syria Once Happened Here Too
New Star & Crescent Contributing Editor, Gareth Rees, takes a philosophical and psychological tour of Portsmouth’s own Cathedral of St Thomas. A guy from Dubai once told me that if, in his travels, he couldn’t [… read more ]
Fiction
Portal Double Zero Part I
By Jon Crout Otto staggered to the toilets, as much for shelter as to answer a call of nature. Those recently reformed, sing-along baldies were coming to the end of their over-familiar set, and he [… read more ]
Culture
Is Portsmouth the Birthplace of British Rock & Roll?
For this summer’s Portsmouth Festivities, our new Contributing Editor Dr Dave Allen was invited to give a talk on the topic ‘Portsmouth’s unique musical heritage’. His immediate response was that he didn’t think Portsmouth’s musical [… read more ]
Memoir
We Buried My Dad in the Woods
S&C Contributing Editor Christine Lawrence shares what happens when a loved one dies suddenly and you discover that they want a natural burial with no ‘fuss’. What followed was an interesting journey which brought her closer [… read more ]
Fiction
A Corrupting Influence Part II
By Laszlo Dumitrescu. Now I am a member of the club, I send driver to Southsea to fetch a case of vodka. We drink shots, and because he is a special friend I make Sir [… read more ]
Politics
Could Brexit Get Even Worse?
JS Adams fears that the Brexit fallout could threaten our civil liberties, our economic relationship with the rest of the world and even peace and stability across Europe. I have no evidence that Brexit could trigger another [… read more ]
Politics
JPEG Japes with Jack Caramac (III)
Jack Caramac, the Portsmouth-based JPEG jammer and visual satirist, turns his sights on finance, corruption and tax evasion. Images by Jack Caramac. You can follow him live and unleashed on Twitter.
Social Issues
From Student to Sugar Baby: Portsmouth Students Seek Arrangements
The University of Portsmouth has more students than any other university in Britain signed up to a controversial “Sugar Daddy” dating website. Andrea Smikle investigates. Online dating has evolved a lot since 1995 when Match.com was founded. [… read more ]