S&C’s roving reviewer Emily Priest visits Boathouse 4 for their Summer Festival and finds a ship that has already sailed. Aiming to celebrate traditional and heritage crafts, Boathouse 4 welcomed the public into the Historic Dockyard, [… read more ]
Emily Priest reviews the annual Castle Road Summer Fayre and finds not only music and drink but a celebration of local culture too. On the first weekend of August, I travelled down to Castle Road [… read more ]
A recent study from Love My Vouchers compares data on noise complaints from local authorities across the UK, and despite our reputation, Portsmouth may not be as loud as you think. Emily Priest reports. The [… read more ]
Our food critic Emily Priest hits a bump in the road on her Southsea Food Tour series as she finds a new cafe that doesn’t quite hit the spot. The last weekend of July was the [… read more ]
Emily Priest reviews the first Special Collections event at the University of Portsmouth Library and finds a treasure trove of local history and culture that many local residents have yet to discover. On the 25th [… read more ]
Writers’ HQ launched their new writers’ retreat in Portsmouth at the end of July, and S&C’s Emily Priest went along with her developing novel to put it to the test. Writer’s HQ (WHQ) are the new kids on [… read more ]
Emily Priest defies negative views this week on her most recent stop of the Southsea Food Tour. Gorging herself on French cuisine, she proves that sometimes you have to make your mind up yourself. I [… read more ]
Emily Priest finds a vegan and vegetarian sanctuary on Highland Road in the latest stop on her Southsea Food Tour. The top of Albert Road, that gradually becomes Highland Road, is quieter than its other [… read more ]
Emily Priest reports on newly released research from MoneySuperMarket exploring the increasing difficulty of saving enough money to buy a house in Portsmouth. Additional reporting by Sarah Cheverton. New research from MoneySuperMarket this week revealed that it would [… read more ]
Emily Priest reviews and reports on the 11th Southsea Food Festival, which ran on the weekend of 15th July, where she finds plenty to talk about as well as to eat. It was my first [… read more ]
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