Antonia Harrison, Liberal Democrat candidate for Portsmouth North, gives her answers to the five questions recently submitted by S&C readers to all local candidates in the 2019 election. We recently asked S&C readers and social [… read more ]
Pompey’s favourite party political podcast returns with hosts Ian ‘Tiny’ Morris and Simon Sansbury for the third of what they hope to be six General Election 2019 special episodes. Each guest will be invited to introduce themselves, share [… read more ]
Born in Portsmouth but brought up above what later became the Granita restaurant in Islington, Marcus Median was one of the architects of New Labour. Elected as MP for Milton Park South-North-West in 1997, he [… read more ]
Portsmouth-based writer Joan Farnell recalls an eventful trip she took from East to West during which the former blended with the latter in curious and eye-opening ways. ‘I think these people must do this every [… read more ]
Paris Ali-Pilling reports on his experience of narrowly avoiding a scam HMRC call demanding the immediate payment of £1000. It was an average Saturday morning. I’d run a bath and was putting on some music [… read more ]
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. In part twelve of his ongoing series, [… read more ]
Pompey’s favourite party political podcast returns with hosts Ian ‘Tiny’ Morris and Simon Sansbury discussing the start of the general election campaigns. Also under review are the two constituencies in Portsmouth, with one needing a close eye as a [… read more ]
S&C Community Reporter Rosy Bremer reviews Ben Aitken’s book A Chip Shop In Poznan: My Unlikely Year In Poland, which explores Ben’s experiences in Poland, from working in a chip shop to trying to keep order [… read more ]
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 eleven of his ongoing series, in [… read more ]
A new public art installation – The ChatterBox Pavilion – celebrating Portsmouth’s diversity and local culture was unveiled at the end of the Guildhall Walk in September 2019. Paris Ali-Pilling reports. The installation celebrates diversity [… read more ]
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