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A politician’s open mouth
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Culture
Think Tank: The Podcast Part I
Back in April, stand up comedian Joe Wells wrote about what motivated him to create a new series of live political comedy shows called Think Tank. If you missed it, fear not, because Joe has kindly [… read more ]
Culture
Portsmouth Ranked in English Top 10 for Heritage and Culture
Portsmouth has been ranked 9th in a list of English cities rated on their heritage and cultural assets and activities reports Sarah Cheverton. The Heritage Index was compiled by the Royal Society for the encouragement of [… read more ]
Politics
A Cleaner’s Diary Part III
In this final excerpt from his book Read Rees, author and musician Gareth Rees prepares to say goodbye to the Naval Base for good. Dec 31st An Oxford-educated bloke who reads the Financial Times and [… read more ]
Politics
Local Charity Aurora New Dawn Scoops National Diversity Award for Gender
Aurora New Dawn, a Hampshire charity working with victims and survivors of domestic abuse and sexual violence have won a National Diversity Award in recognition of their contribution towards gender diversity and equality. The charity [… read more ]
Culture
A ‘Clash of Worlds’: Think Tank Puts the Laughs into Politics
Stand up comedian Joe Wells writes about his new project bringing together politicians and comics for themed political debate. If I have achieved just one thing in the past 5 years working as a stand [… read more ]
Politics
Ten Reasons Women Should Vote on May 7th
Portsmouth writer and S&C Editor in Chief Sarah Cheverton explains why she’s passionate about women voting in GE2015. 1. For the same reason humans climb mountains – because you can. However, many women across the [… read more ]
Politics
Names not Numbers: the Human Face of Asylum
Shelagh Simmons looks for the truth beyond the media and public hysteria and explores the reality of life for asylum seekers in Portsmouth. As someone with a bit of experience in the human rights field [… read more ]
Fiction
‘Pathetic and Scary at the Same Time’: Laszlo Dumitrescu on GE2015
Laszlo Dumitrescu is a businessman who emigrated from Bucharest to Southsea in 2015. Following on from his adventures in Issue 1, the wealth creator casts an eye over a General Election in which he is [… read more ]
Politics
Dump Veolia from Portsmouth
Angus Geddes of the Portsmouth & South Downs Palestine Solidarity Campaign calls for an end to Portsmouth’s ties with a corporation that is complicit in crimes against humanity. On 27th March 2015, Britain called on Israel to [… read more ]