Andrew Larder enjoys a madcap mishmash of puppetry, music, drag, vulgarity and hilarity. ‘Don’t dream it, be it,’ is the mantra sung towards the end of the Rocky Horror Picture Show. Drag queen Fanny Quivers [… read more ]
‘Every attempt to fit in resulted in me being more weird and more isolated from normal people.’ ― Fern Brady, Strong Female Character Andrew Larder recently enjoyed stand-up comedian Fern Brady’s Portsmouth show as part of her [… read more ]
The Pretenders recently played Portsmouth Guildhall, 46 years after their first and eponymous album was released. Writer Andrew Larder was there. Dressed in a pink satin jacket and biker boots, singer and founder Chrissie Hynde [… read more ]
S&C Community Reporter Andrew Larder heads down to a recent gig by local band, The Glorias, and speaks to bassist Andy Cornish about their lasting appeal. Photographs by Sally Cornish. American journalist Lester Bangs described [… read more ]
S&C Community Reporter Andrew Larder muses on the state of nature in Portsmouth during lockdown. Sometimes I wish my neighbour Frank had never mentioned the underground stream that runs by my house. Frank and his [… read more ]
Community reporter Andrew Larder reports on the 100th gig by Ken Brown’s Squareroot Promotions, an incredible night with the Track Dogs. Something special was required for Ken Brown’s Squareroot Promotions 100th gig. Trying to describe [… read more ]
In the final article in his three part series on PONToon, the University of Portsmouth’s digital training project for women aged 18 – 35 years, Community Reporter Andrew Larder interviews Joan Farrer, who leads the [… read more ]
In the second piece of his three part series on the University of Portsmouth’s local technology training project for women, PONToon, Community Reporter Andrew Larder speaks to the team about the project, its progress and [… 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 ]
Community reporter Andrew Larder interviews Dr Ahmad Terkawi, whose family was almost killed as they fled from Syria to Greece. Dr Terkawi is also the co-founder of the Organisation for Migrant Safety (previously the Maritime [… read more ]
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