Dianna Djokey is a young migrant woman living and working in Portsmouth. So much of the current election campaign is based on discussions about people like Dianna, but her story and her experiences as a [… read more ]
Tom Sykes explores the ethical problems with Portsmouth University’s ongoing involvement with the international arms trade. In 1969, Professor Noam Chomsky joined a commission to investigate the financing of his university, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology [… read more ]
JS Adams imagines a dystopian future for Portsmouth and its iconic landmarks, which may not be as far off as we might have hoped… “…In a decaying society, art if it is truthful, Must also [… read more ]
In this second excerpt from his book Read Rees, Gareth Rees relates the daily challenges of cleaning out HM Naval Base, Portsmouth. Having written a letter to protest ‘village fascism masquerading as robust management’, Gareth is dreading [… read more ]
Kinnan Zaloom recently stepped down as an editor of The Galleon, Portsmouth University’s student newspaper. In this provocative and revealing op-ed, he recalls the troubling events that led him to his decision. I’ve always hated [… read more ]
Veteran educator Dr Dave Allen recalls the thrilling moment when he introduced the radical new discipline of media studies to his Portsmouth school – and the rearguard action against it. Almost exactly thirty years ago, as Easter [… read more ]
Portsmouth University senior lecturer Sophia Wood dissects the relationship between social class and political affiliation – nationally and locally. Class is playing an extraordinary role in the seemingly endless run-up to the 2015 general election [… read more ]
Tom Sykes reviews the true story of fellow journalist Christine Lord’s terrifying and tragic ordeal, the loss of her son Andrew, diagnosed with variant CJD, or human BSE. Losing a child is every mother’s worst [… read more ]
We asked local writers and residents to give their thoughts on voting in the General Election on 7th May. Matt Wingett was born in Portsmouth and is a local writer, currently working on a book [… read more ]
S&C’s culture correspondent sees signs of God in Southsea and gets pondering…. I am trying to find that in-between space, somewhere between Richard Dawkins and Isis; between Page 3 and the niqab. But all [… read more ]
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