Writer and S&C social media manager for Instagram, Beth Lewingdon, revisits Besieged, a historical play by local writer, actor and PhD researcher Vin Adams, based on contemporary accounts of a surprising moment in Portsmouth’s history. [… read more ]
The Byline Festival describes itself as ‘the only festival trying to change the world’ and is organised by independent news website and newspaper, Byline, in partnership with the Frontline Club for journalists. Now in its [… read more ]
Pompey’s favourite party political podcast returns to discuss the issue of private rental housing provision in the city. Hosts Ian ‘Tiny’ Morris and Simon Sansbury are joined by Cllr Cal Corkery who talks about his attempt to bring [… read more ]
A University of Portsmouth project aiming to improve skills and employment opportunities for local women will be running a series of 12 workshops for 18-35 year old women in the city. S&C Community Reporter Andrew [… read more ]
On 9 July, Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam declared that a widely unpopular extradition bill, which had already been suspended by the Hong Kong government, was ‘dead’ – albeit not formally withdrawn, as most [… read more ]
S&C contributor and Portsmouth social entrepreneur, Sally Callow, is looking for volunteers for her social enterprise, Stripy Lightbulb CIC, which provides training to professionals about ME/CFS. Stripy Lightbulb CIC is a Portsmouth-based social enterprise on [… read more ]
In 2016, Hampshire and Isle of Wight NHS Services announced its Sustainability and Transformation Plan (STP) to generate savings across NHS spend in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. Documents published in November 2016 set [… read more ]
Community Reporter Rosy Bremer speaks to Connie Fenner, one of the organisers of the Package Free Larder, about their crowdfunding campaign to open Portsmouth’s first plastic-free shop. Good news; genuine, honest, plastic-free good news. The [… read more ]
Local station That’s Solent TV has earned up to £300,000 of funding from BBC licence fee payers, but now wants to be based outside of the Solent area. A source close to That’s TV employees [… read more ]
What do we really know about our elected representatives in Portsmouth? What are their interests, activities, attitudes and intentions? How are they accountable to voters? What connections do they have to external organisations? What connections [… read more ]
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