This week we’re revisiting some of our best pieces from 2015. Today, we look at travel writing with features about the city and adventures from Pompey people in different parts of the world. (Click on [… read more ]
As everyone returns to the office in various states of unwillingness, this week we cling desperately to 2015 a little longer and revisit some of our favourite articles from our first year. First up – some of [… read more ]
Along with nine other hyperlocal news websites in the UK, Star & Crescent are working with Nesta as part of a Destination Local project to help sites like S&C to better understand and cater to our [… read more ]
A local resident with deep concerns about cuts to Portsmouth’s domestic abuse and sexual violence support services writes about the impact of proposed cuts from Portsmouth City Council on victims and survivors of violence in [… read more ]
Star & Crescent has been awarded Nesta funding and a place on a new action research project for hyperlocal news sites in the UK. ‘Hyperlocals’ are defined as news media (online or in print) that [… read more ]
The warmest of welcomes to issue 2 of Star & Crescent, a community news, culture and commentary site casting a critical eye over Portsmouth. It’s been an exciting, if busy, couple of months since issue 1 [… read more ]
Welcome to Star & Crescent, a brand new independent news, culture and commentary site with a Portsmouth focus. Our intention is to offer something different: timely, daring, investigative and well-researched writing as an antidote to [… read more ]
Hannah McKellar-Ricketts considers the rise of UKIP and questions the scapegoating of immigrants for wider social problems in our city. Excuse me, but if immigration is such a big problem in Portsmouth, then why am I enjoying [… read more ]
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