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Advice from a Portsmouth Author: How to Write

3rd December 2024

In the second of local author and Emeritus Professor Sue Harper‘s ruminations on the writer’s craft, she examines pleasure, novelty, influences and structure. That title seems a little presumptuous: after all, one might say, ‘what [… read more ]

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Advice from a Portsmouth Author: Writing from the Edge

21st November 2024

Sue Harper, local author and Emeritus Professor of Film History at the University of Portsmouth, presents a series of short essays about writing – how to do it, how it feels, what it means. To [… read more ]

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The Energy of a Pop Concert, the Excitement of a Book Launch: Wild Seas, Wilder Cities Launch Review

14th November 2024

Pens of the Earth’s book Wild Seas, Wilder Cities launched on 21st October 2024 at the Portsmouth Guildhall’s Lens Studio. Jackie Green reports. Environmental events can be a hard sell but Pens of the Earth’s [… read more ]

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Holmes Fest 2024: A Portsmouth Creative Extravaganza

7th November 2024

Does Holmes Fest ring any bells? Some of you might recall the successful festival from pre-pandemic days, when local writer Matt Wingett launched a celebration of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and his most famous character, [… read more ]

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Blood and Coal by Sue Harper

15th October 2024

A University of Portsmouth Emeritus Professor who came from a poor Midlands background has dedicated her newly published memoir to her mother, who inspired her love of art. Veteran journalist Peter Gruner tells us more. [… read more ]

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Litter Art at the Wild Seas, Wilder Cities Book Launch

7th October 2024

There are many reasons to attend Pens of the Earth’s Wild Seas, Wilder Cities book launch on 21st October, at Portsmouth Guildhall. It will be an event-packed evening, offering a joyful glimpse inside Wild Seas, [… read more ]

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Wild Seas, Wilder Cities: An Environment-Themed Book Launch

6th October 2024

On 21st October, a very special book is being launched. Wild Seas, Wilder Cities is a collection of stories, poems and articles, written by local poets and authors and beautifully illustrated by local artists. Its [… read more ]

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Emily: A New Novel from Hampshire Author Christine Lawrence

25th May 2023

Local writer Christine Lawrence introduces her latest novel, Emily, and shares the opportunity to meet the author at Fareham Library on 1st June 2023. Eleven years ago I launched my first novel Caught in the [… read more ]

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Mighty Brahms Review: Portsmouth Guildhall

26th April 2023

S&C’s classical music commentator Paul Valentine shares his experience of an evening with Weber, Prokofiev and Brahms at Portsmouth Guildhall on 30th March 2023. When I saw the size of tonight’s orchestra and reminisced about [… read more ]

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Book Review: The Hollow Sea by Annie Kirby

19th December 2022

Jackie Green recently picked up a book called The Hollow Sea to study its gorgeous gold lettering and turquoise blue cover that seemed to shimmer with an almost hypnotic life of its own. Turns out [… read more ]

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What’s Missing from Local News in Portsmouth? And How do we Fix it?

11th June 2025

S&C Editor Dr Sarah Cheverton shares insights from her PhD research on the local news crisis in her second article for Indie News Week (9th-16th June 2025). Building on her first article about the local [… read more ]

Indie News Week 9th-16th June 2025. No news is bad news.
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What’s Happened to Local News in the UK and What Does it Mean for Portsmouth?

8th June 2025

This week, to mark Indie News Week 2025, S&C Editor Dr Sarah Cheverton is drawing from her recent PhD research on the local news crisis to talk about the dramatic changes to local news over [… read more ]

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Local News Crisis, Portsmouth: Sign the Petition to Help Regenerate Independent News

8th June 2025

This week – 9th-16th June – is Indie News Week, showcasing the importance of funding community-based journalism across the UK. The campaign’s organisers, the Public Interest News Foundation, has launched a petition calling on the government to support independent local news publishers and even up the playing field between independent local publishers and the large news corporations that own most of the UK’s local news titles.  [… read more ]

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Record Breaking £11 Billion is Still Not Enough to End the Special Educational Needs Crisis

17th May 2025

Parents and teachers left ‘overwhelmed’ by the failing SEN system in England’s schools, reports University of Portsmouth journalism student Ivana Domozetska. ‘I will do everything and anything for my daughter to get the support she [… read more ]

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Portsmouth City Council Plans £7.5 Million Boost in SEND for New Special School

17th May 2025

Portsmouth City Council (PCC) is planning to invest £7.5 million in the Omega Arts Centre in Southsea to convert it into a special needs school. University of Portsmouth journalism student Ivana Domozetska reports. This will cover [… read more ]

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