We present the second and final part of Portsmouth journalism student Emil Hallqvist’s deep dive into the Dune phenomenon. Part III: Comparisons, Improvements and Differences Where in this vast thematic desert do our hunter-seekers find Dune: [… read more ]
In the first of two articles, University of Portsmouth journalism student Emil Hallqvist reflects on last year’s Dune: Part 2 and its part in the legacy of the classic science fiction novels. Introduction Frank Herbert’s [… read more ]
Author, S&C Literary Editor and Emeritus Professor of Film History, Sue Harper, shares some thoughts on writing historical fiction. This is a thorny issue, and it is probably foolhardy to undertake it. I suppose, to [… read more ]
If you frequent any social media, especially those run by Meta, you are probably aware of recent developments in the name of ‘free expression’ – though exactly what the Meta megalomaniac means by this is [… read more ]
Andrew Larder enjoys a madcap mishmash of puppetry, music, drag, vulgarity and hilarity. ‘Don’t dream it, be it,’ is the mantra sung towards the end of the Rocky Horror Picture Show. Drag queen Fanny Quivers [… read more ]
The big issue in fiction is subjectivity, argues Sue Harper, fiction writer and Emeritus Professor of Film History at the University of Portsmouth. And it is the most tricky. You can, of course, write about [… read more ]
‘Every attempt to fit in resulted in me being more weird and more isolated from normal people.’ ― Fern Brady, Strong Female Character Andrew Larder recently enjoyed stand-up comedian Fern Brady’s Portsmouth show as part of her [… read more ]
Local writer Tom Sykes presented his new book about our deteriorating seaside communities at Southsea Library. Peter Gruner reports. Coast of Teeth: Travels to English Seaside Towns in an Age of Anxiety, with drawings by [… read more ]
Artist Donna Holmes, whose extraordinary display of creatures created in fabric has put a smile on the faces of visitors to Southsea Library, says she was inspired by a difficult childhood. Peter Gruner reports. Her [… read more ]
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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