The Fifth Hants Volunteer Arms – or the Fifth Hants as it is frequently referred to – stands tall in the landscape, and whilst not dominating the street, it is surely synonymous with it. It [… read more ]
On a cold and quiet Monday evening, Paul Beresford found himself in Portsmouth’s iconic Wedgewood Rooms, watching Open Ya Mouth, an open-mic event hosted by local creative group Trash Arts. He spoke with Omar Mahmood [… read more ]
A recently launched local campaign – Pompey Street Space – formed by a coalition of Portsmouth environmental and community groups is calling on Portsmouth City Council to work in partnership with them, to enable more [… read more ]
Every week, Express FM runs a live show dedicated to news about the Coronavirus in Portsmouth including interviews with a range of politicians, experts, residents and businesses. On 27th May, Mason Jordan (standing in this [… read more ]
Portsmouth City Council recently proposed a reduced Clean Air Zone to improve air quality in the city. Local air quality campaigner for Let Pompey Breathe, Tim Sheerman-Chase, explores the proposal and questions whether the plan [… read more ]
Local poet, actor and spoken word performer Vin Adams will be appearing at A Word In Your Ear, a Labour Party fundraising event at 7.15pm on Thursday 27th September at the Hunter Gatherer café, Albert [… read more ]
Writer and actor John Bartlett remembers an iconic Portsmouth pub and some shambolic yet hilarious musical goings-on within. The Sir Robert Peel was built in 1967 and demolished some forty years later. It had little [… read more ]
Portsmouth Liberal Democrat councillor Suzy Horton never expected to spend several years owning a folder with ‘lap-dancing club’ written on it. Nor could she have predicted the twists and turns of the planning application process for [… read more ]
S&C’s food critic Emily Priest finds her new favourite restaurant amid the colour and chaos of Albert Road. Sakura, situated on Albert Road, was established in 2009 as the first Japanese restaurant in Portsmouth. Now, in [… read more ]
Continuing his trip down the memory lane of Portsmouth pubs, John Oke Bartlett reminisces over his time at the Fifth Hants on Albert Road, and the local characters he met there. Read Part I here. [… read more ]
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