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Beyond the Village
Gareth Rees explores the dangerous streets of the city centre as he wanders beyond his usual stomping ground of Southsea village. Are cities too big to comprehend in the round? Is it human nature to [… read more ]
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Review: An Evening with Alexei Sayle
Tess Foley reviews a recent performance by alternative comedian, Alexei Sayle at Winchester Discovery Centre on 11th March 2015. ‘Who is that fat bastard?’. It was the rude word that made me pay attention it’s [… read more ]
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Playaway – A Tale of Two Playgrounds
PLAYAWAY is a film by Hannah Blackmore & Abigail Gilchrist, made in 2013 with the help of children, staff, volunteers and families at two adventure playgrounds: Somerstown Adventure Playground in Portsmouth and Somerville Adventure Playground [… read more ]
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High Time – Should We Be Legalising Marijuana In The UK?
Rebecca Shaw draws on her own experiences and speaks to the people who make a living selling cannabis, asking is it high time for us to follow the example of the USA and legalise the [… read more ]
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Things You Hear Around Portsmouth
James Bicheno takes an affectionate look at the local lingo. If you are a visitor to this lovely island city of ours you could well overhear certain words and phrases you might find curious, baffling [… read more ]
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Independents’ Day: the Alternative to the Multiplex Cinema
Richard Warburton asks how our independent cinemas are faring in the battle to stay afloat, and Chris Martin gives a potted history of Portsmouth Film Society, a local champion of independent cinema. Another predictable Oscars [… read more ]
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The Necessity of Connection: A Q&A with Steve Pitt of the Cellars at Eastney
The music industry has changed – and continues to change – beyond recognition. So how has the Cellars at Eastney, one of Portsmouth’s great independent venues, fared in the new environment? In the first of [… read more ]
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Penning Pompey
Local novelist William Sutton reports on some exciting developments in Portsmouth’s small but perfectly formed literary scene. Portsmouth Writers’ Hub is about to appoint a new coordinator. (Hmm: doesn’t sound that sexy. Consider a rewrite? [… read more ]
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Conan Doyle and the Southsea Spirits
Matt Wingett recounts spiritualism in Southsea as experienced by one of Portsmouth’s most famous former residents, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. One night in a darkened hotel room in Southsea, a group of convinced Spiritualists joined [… read more ]
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Pompey Street Finds II
Pompey Street Finds by Abigail Gilchrist and Jo Willoughby of Stair/Slide/Space.