Husband and wife team Brian Murphy and Linda Regan return to Portsmouth as part of Mystery Fest, which was delayed back in March. Portsmouth Mystery Fest organiser Carol Westron reports. Anyone who remembers vintage classics [… read more ]
Siobhan Coleman reviews the official launch of a new Portsmouth creative business, Paint Chill Co, and discovers the joys of mixing art with alcohol. At ten o’clock on Thursday evening, the official launch party for [… read more ]
The National Health Singers released a protest song about cuts to the NHS this week as the Service celebrates its birthday today, 5th July 2018. Dr Katy McDowall, an NHS Obstetrics and Gynaecology Registrar who [… read more ]
One of our #ReclaimTheNews team, Andrew Hurdle, showcases the Midweek Minis meetup at Port Solent in this exclusive piece of photo journalism for S&C. In 2014, Ashley Abraham and James Calder set up Midweek Minis, [… read more ]
The Mystery Fest conference of crime and mystery literature took place at Portsmouth Central Library on 2nd June 2018. Julia Davey gives a thumbs up to the day’s events and looks forward to next year’s in [… read more ]
Ian Parker has been a dinghy sailor for 50 years and a dinghy instructor for almost as long. In 2001 he spent some time in mental hospital and is a recovering alcoholic. Here, Ian reports [… read more ]
This week sees the return of Portsmouth’s annual Holmes Fest and organiser Matt Wingett reveals the real story of Arthur Conan Doyle in Pompey while challenging your knowledge of the famous author’s local life. The [… read more ]
Portsmouth’s first Colour Walk brought together individuals of all political affiliations in a fun, community-centred atmosphere and continues a long history of rebellious walking in the UK and beyond. Rosy Bremer, part of our #ReclaimTheNews [… read more ]
While recent political movements like #MeToo continue to make global headlines, Emily Priest reports on a Portsmouth business that uses fashion and body positivity to empower women, while raising money for female-centred charities and projects. [… read more ]
Christine Lawrence had always believed belly dancing was solely for the titillation of men, originating in female slavery. So when she was invited to a taster session with the Awakened Belly Dance group, she tried [… read more ]
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