Fiction
A Corrupting Influence Part II
By Laszlo Dumitrescu. Now I am a member of the club, I send driver to Southsea to fetch a case of vodka. We drink shots, and because he is a special friend I make Sir [… read more ]
Fiction
Fiction
The Siege of Somerstown Part III
The Siege of Somerstown: Being a Portion of the Records of a General of the Fifth Hants Involuntary Air Rifles Concerning an Infantry Sortie on Behalf of the Crown and Portsmouth City Council’s Department of [… read more ]
Fiction
Station Left Dirty in Hope it Will Become Work of Modern Art
By Scott Daly The roof of Portsmouth and Southsea railway station is to be left in its current filthy state, in the hope that its dirtiness will establish it as an ironic work of modern [… read more ]
Culture
Pens, Project Management and Portsmouth Plugged In
Charlotte Comley reports on her recent experiences as the Project Manager for Portsmouth Plugged In, a collaboration between writers and filmmakers. The theme of this year’s Portsmouth Festivities was Electricity, and for ten days the [… read more ]
Fiction
A Tale of Portsea Basin
By Christine Lawrence. It was just before dawn on a damp November night. Joe walked home after a most difficult night shift. Normally he loved the walk home in the dark. It gave him a [… read more ]
Fiction
A Corrupting Influence Part I
Laszlo Dumitrescu returns, and he’s made some interesting and powerful friends. In my first month I have made many friends in the business and rotary circles of Portsmouth. On my desk there is photograph [… read more ]
Fiction
Portsmouth Writers’ Season: William Sutton
An excerpt from Lawless and the Flowers of Sin, William Sutton’s second Victorian mystery, published by Titan Books and launching on 12th July 2016. Sergeant Lawless explores the nightlife of Soho in his role as [… read more ]
Fiction
Portsmouth Leader Confirms Massive Boost After Brexit
Jon O’Pompi rakes the muck on Portsmouth’s post-Brexit shenanigans. In a public statement designed to alleviate concern over public finances post-Brexit, Portsmouth City Council leader, Penguin McBarrel-On-Sticks revealed trade negotiations between Portsmouth and unnamed financial backers were [… read more ]
Fiction
Brexit Doesn’t Go Far Enough
We present an almost considered opinion about the EU referendum from our columnist Sir Eugene Nicks QC, KBE, Policy Advisor to the All-Portsea Conservative, Regressive and Imperial Association (established 1799). I trust all Star & Crescent readers [… read more ]
Fiction
Opposition to Albert Road Strip Club Dries Up As Council Gives Site to Starbucks
Local activists are reeling following news that Portsmouth City Council have given permission for Starbucks to open a new branch on the site of a proposed strip club. S&C’s guest satirist Claire Denise Udy reports. [… read more ]