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Keeping Up With the Gardening
JS Adams imagines a dystopian future for Portsmouth and its iconic landmarks, which may not be as far off as we might have hoped… “…In a decaying society, art if it is truthful, Must also [… read more ]
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Portsmouth: an English Venice?
Guy Walker imagines the future of Portsmouth if the city modelled itself on Venice. A flat, wide lagoon reflects dazzling light. The saline waters seem still, almost stagnant. A smudge on the distant skyline shimmers [… read more ]
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Keeping the Dream Alive: LGBT Pride Returns to Portsmouth
Sarah Cheverton meets Dave Lee-Baxtable and finds out how a small group of local people came together to bring LGBT Pride back to Portsmouth after more than fifteen years. I meet Dave Lee-Baxtable in a [… read more ]
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Why I Left The Galleon
Kinnan Zaloom recently stepped down as an editor of The Galleon, Portsmouth University’s student newspaper. In this provocative and revealing op-ed, he recalls the troubling events that led him to his decision. I’ve always hated [… read more ]
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Class and the Career Politician
Portsmouth University senior lecturer Sophia Wood dissects the relationship between social class and political affiliation – nationally and locally. Class is playing an extraordinary role in the seemingly endless run-up to the 2015 general election [… read more ]
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A Brief Walk Around God, Ignorance and Southsea
S&C’s culture correspondent sees signs of God in Southsea and gets pondering…. I am trying to find that in-between space, somewhere between Richard Dawkins and Isis; between Page 3 and the niqab. But all [… read more ]
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Throwing Water at the Ocean
Journalist and editor Sam Ward ponders the meaning and purpose of writing in the internet age. Like a deep winter, which started with a light icing sugar frost on the leaves before becoming a blanket [… read more ]
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What Black Shores Are These
A brand new work of narrative non-fiction by author and educator Conor Patrick I come from a small town in the shadow of a dead volcano on a pine-choked plateau in what is widely considered to [… read more ]
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Is Islamophobia a Problem in Portsmouth?
Local students talk to Abigail Lofthouse about their experiences of Islamophobia as she explores the rise of anti-Muslim attitudes in the UK. Islamophobia is a growing issue in the UK. With a rise in EDL [… read more ]
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Gracious, Humble and Talented: Rae Morris at the Wedgewood Rooms
Daniel Malice enjoys feeling a little out of place as he heads along to review Rae Morris at the Wedgewood Rooms. It’s 8 o’clock pm, 11th February 2015. I’m on my way to the Wedgewood [… read more ]