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Pompey Politics Podcast: Is Portsmouth’s Art Suffering?

2nd June 2020

Pompey’s favourite party political podcast returns with hosts Ian ‘Tiny’ Morris and Simon Sansbury. In this week’s episode, Ian and Simon welcome Geoff Priestley, General Manager of The Wedgewood Rooms and Richard Stride, founder of Groundlings Theatre Company, [… read more ]

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Portsmouth Festivities Twenty Love: Turning Poetry into Film

11th July 2019

The closing event of this year’s Portsmouth Festivities was themed around Pablo Neruda’s Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair. The event showcased a series of new interpretations of Neruda’s work from leading poets, [… read more ]

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Portsmouth Writers’ Season: Richard Williams

17th September 2018

S&C regular and admired local poet Richard Williams will be launching his new collection, Landings, at the Square Tower, Old Portsmouth on Thursday 20th September at 7.30pm. S&C poetry editor and Ted Hughes Prize winner [… read more ]

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Risqué and Restful: The PHAS Annual Art Exhibition

7th August 2018

It’s late afternoon, summer light fills Portsmouth Cathedral, choral song sounds through the air and the Portsmouth and Hampshire Art Society’s (PHAS) annual exhibition is in full swing. Lucy Brown reports on this enchanting and [… read more ]

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The Art of Circus: A Review of the Netherlands National Circus

6th April 2018

S&C regular Matt Wingett takes a trip to the big top for a night at the Netherlands National Circus. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, there are only three true art forms. [… read more ]

Culture

The Price of Blackwell’s and the Value of Nothing

6th March 2018

Portsmouth-based author, publisher and S&C regular, Matt Wingett, argues that last week’s closure of Blackwell’s bookshop bears the mark of a wider malady: the corporatisation of art, culture and higher education in our time. Sadly, [… read more ]

Culture

Could You Fill the Boarhunt 4th Plinth?

1st November 2017

An outdoor artist space in Fareham is running an open call for artists to submit proposals for a new public art space, the Boarhunt 4th Plinth. Sarah Cheverton talks to co-organiser and Portsmouth-based artist Adrian [… read more ]

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Portsmouth City of Culture: Could the Dream Come True?

3rd December 2025

It could be the biggest boost Portsmouth has ever had – but don’t speak too soon, writes veteran journalist Peter Gruner. Look what happened to nearby Southampton. However, let’s all hope for the best and [… read more ]

News

Portsmouth North MP Speaks Out on Challenges Facing Men

24th November 2025

Portsmouth North MP Amanda Martin celebrated the ‘boys and men’ of her family during a passionate debate in the House of Commons about the struggles of today’s males. Veteran journalist Peter Gruner reports. Former local [… read more ]

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Portsmouth UCU Branch Challenges Justification for University ‘Reset’ and Redundancies

14th November 2025

The Portsmouth branch of the UCU (University and College Union) has passed a motion questioning the arguments made in this recent article published in the Telegraph. The article claims that last year’s ‘Academic Reset’ at [… read more ]

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UCU Branch Calls on the University of Portsmouth to Condemn Far-Right Attacks

13th November 2025

The Portsmouth branch of the UCU (University and College Union) has voted to call on the University of Portsmouth (UoP) to make a public statement about the recent incidents of hate and violence that have [… read more ]

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Families in Portsmouth to Join National SEND Awareness Event at Guildhall

31st October 2025

On Monday 3rd November 2025, families will gather outside Portsmouth City Council’s Civic Offices in Guildhall Square from 10:30 am to 1 pm as part of the national Every Pair Tells a Story movement.   [… read more ]

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