Memoir
My Coming Out Story – Part II
In part 2 of a 3-part series, Susie Edmonds moves on from the long years of coming out to live with her girlfriend. Moving to Essex to live with my girlfriend was a really positive step. I [… read more ]
Articles by Tom Sykes
News
Campaigners Against Cuts Bring Portsmouth Budget Meeting to a Halt
National campaigners Sisters Uncut staged a protest in the public gallery of a Full Council meeting yesterday following a passionate plea from Chief Executive of charity Aurora New Dawn to protect local domestic violence services. By Sarah [… read more ]
History
The Junior Hooligan Chronicles Part 2: A Different Kind of Derby Match
In the 1980s, Aubrew McGurl was a junior member of the infamous 657 Crew of hooligans associated, once upon a time, with Portsmouth FC. Here he recounts a dangerous day in Derby… Note: names have been changed for [… read more ]
Events
Rallies Planned as Portsmouth Councillors Prepare for Budget Cuts Meeting
Following the launch of a petition this week that has quickly generated over 38,000 signatures in support of domestic violence and sexual health services, UP Antifascists release a statement calling for Portsmouth residents to protest the [… read more ]
Fiction
The Haunting of the Froddington Arms
By Christine Lawrence. It was a dark night and windy. I had walked across the marshes from Portsmouth town, keen to get away from the fevers, the evil humours from the effluence left by the King’s army. I’d spent [… read more ]
Editorials
Cuts To Domestic Abuse and Sexual Health Services Will Devastate Lives
A local resident with deep concerns about cuts to Portsmouth’s domestic abuse and sexual violence support services writes about the impact of proposed cuts from Portsmouth City Council on victims and survivors of violence in [… read more ]
Memoir
My Coming Out Story – Part I
In part I of a 3-part series, Susie Edmonds relates her experience of growing up as a young gay woman and the long journey to coming out. The story of coming out is part of [… read more ]
News
Portsmouth News’ Readers Respond Angrily as Columnist Tells Men to ‘Quit Moaning’
Columnist Clive Smith provoked debate on social media about male mental health, depression and suicide yesterday following a column that complained depression has “become like an epidemic of the modern era”. Clive Smith’s column in [… read more ]
Culture
Cultural Diversity and Portsmouth: A Video from CCITV
CCITV, the television station of the University of Portsmouth’s faculty of Creative and Cultural Industries (CCI) recently made a special programme about cultural diversity and activity in Portsmouth. One of Star and Crescent’s Editors-in-Chief, Tom [… read more ]
History
The Lives and Blood of Innocents: An Open Letter to Flick Drummond MP
Dear Flick Drummond, I write to ask you to vote against any Commons motion to sanction the extension of airstrikes into Syrian territory. I believe that I echo the voices of many people around the [… read more ]