Angus Geddes of the Portsmouth & South Downs Palestine Solidarity Campaign calls for an end to Portsmouth’s ties with a corporation that is complicit in crimes against humanity. On 27th March 2015, Britain called on Israel to [… read more ]
By Richard Williams The FA Cup 1939 – 2008 We drink in the presence of greatness. A glorious bird of paradise that fills the room with life. Wanderers to Portsmouth all roads between, a [… read more ]
Rebecca Shaw draws on her own experiences and speaks to the people who make a living selling cannabis, asking is it high time for us to follow the example of the USA and legalise the [… read more ]
James Bicheno takes an affectionate look at the local lingo. If you are a visitor to this lovely island city of ours you could well overhear certain words and phrases you might find curious, baffling [… read more ]
Dianna Djokey is a young migrant woman living and working in Portsmouth. So much of the current election campaign is based on discussions about people like Dianna, but her story and her experiences as a [… read more ]
By Richard Williams And nothing much has really changed: before spinnakers both concrete and canvas, before outlet shopping centres all these restaurant chains with make-believe authenticity from China, India, Italy, Americas and everywhere in [… read more ]
Richard Warburton asks how our independent cinemas are faring in the battle to stay afloat, and Chris Martin gives a potted history of Portsmouth Film Society, a local champion of independent cinema. Another predictable Oscars [… read more ]
Local novelist William Sutton reports on some exciting developments in Portsmouth’s small but perfectly formed literary scene. Portsmouth Writers’ Hub is about to appoint a new coordinator. (Hmm: doesn’t sound that sexy. Consider a rewrite? [… read more ]
The music industry has changed – and continues to change – beyond recognition. So how has the Cellars at Eastney, one of Portsmouth’s great independent venues, fared in the new environment? In the first of [… read more ]
Portsmouth University student and committed Christian Sophie Bramley asks why so many young people are turning away from religion and what churches in Portsmouth might do to attract them back. Last February, an interviewer for [… read more ]
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