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[ 15th March 2019 ] The Killing Fields of the Philippines: Opposing Duterte’s Tyranny from Portsmouth and the UK Politics
[ 14th March 2019 ] Time for Rebellion: Why I Support the Youth Strike 4 Climate in Portsmouth Politics
[ 14th March 2019 ] ‘Dedication, Determination and Talent’: Pompey TV Presenters in the Making News
[ 13th March 2019 ] ‘The Words That Work’: An Interview with Dr Alison Habens, Head of Creative Writing at the University of Portsmouth Culture
[ 12th March 2019 ] Stronger Together: An Interview with Friends Without Borders Social Issues

Portsmouth Launches Community Resilience Team to Help in Crisis Situations

21st October 2015

International emergency response team, Serve On, are starting a Community Resilience Team for Portsmouth to train local residents to support local emergency services in crisis and emergency situations. Serve On – which also provides international [… read more ]

Portsmouth Green Party Event Highlights Plight of Refugees

19th October 2015

The newly formed Portsmouth Green Party presents Journeys for peace, an evening with author and journalist Rory O’Keefe and peace activist and author Angie Zelter, at Friendship House on 26th October at 7pm. In the aftermath of [… read more ]

News

‘Dedication, Determination and Talent’: Pompey TV Presenters in the Making

14th March 2019

Musical theatre teacher Helen Wallis from the TADAA performing arts school in Portsmouth writes about five successful students learning the art of TV presenting. TADAA (The Alternative Dramatic Arts Academy) performing arts school is a [… read more ]

Culture

Creative Portsmouth: Building a Cultural Collective

22nd February 2019

The first Creative Portsmouth event took place on 31st January 2019 run by Portsmouth City Council. Local writer Maddie Wallace reports. Judging by the huge turnout at the city’s first Creative Portsmouth collaborative event at the [… read more ]

Culture

How to Write a Pompey Siege

20th February 2019

It’s 1642: George Goring is the Governor of Portsmouth. But can he govern his own impulses? Writer Vin Adams describes why and how he came to wrote a historical play on Portsmouth – in authentic [… read more ]

News

Who are ‘The Grahams?’ Talking to My Sons About Brexit

18th February 2019

S&C regular, local writer and PhD researcher Maddie Wallace speaks to her sons – aged 11 and 12 years – about Brexit to discover what young people know – and don’t know – about the [… read more ]

News

Peter Hitchens at Portsmouth University: ‘I’d rather dine with Dracula’

14th February 2019

Writer and Daily Mail journalist Peter Hitchens has struck back today at Portsmouth University’s Students’ Union following the recent controversy over the decision to delay a planned event at which he was to speak. Sarah [… read more ]