Somerstown resident Kelly Turner doesn’t think the area’s council-owned houses and flat complexes are very pretty, but this doesn’t mean it’s a bad or dangerous place to live. Somerstown began life as a working-class residential [… read more ]
Claire Udy is an occasional satirist for S&C. She thought joining Labour in 2015 after Corbyn was elected would be a hobby for her to learn about politics. Instead it changed her life. In that [… read more ]
In a letter to the Leader published exclusively on S&C, contributor Rosie Bremer takes a tongue in cheek look at the reduction in funding facility time passed by Portsmouth City Council on 14th February. Dear Mrs [… read more ]
S&C Contributing Editor, Maddie Wallace, reports on the impact of austerity on mental health services in Portsmouth and across the country. In 2012, amidst much media fanfare, David Cameron set out his vision for ‘Parity [… read more ]
At his death in 1909, Portsmouth-born George Meredith was one of the most famous writers of fiction in England. But his relatives were quite intriguing too. The late historian Tim Backhouse decided to research the Meredith family back in [… read more ]
In a city where political opinion can be so diverse – and yet so related to where you live (yes, Drayton & Farlington, you Tory heartland, we’re looking at you) – how does turnout affect [… read more ]
Recent graduate Daniel Malice presents a brief justification for staying indoors with one’s own company. It’s the end of September and I should be starting university again. Shouldn’t I? No, I don’t want to do [… read more ]
A brand new work of narrative non-fiction by author and educator Conor Patrick I come from a small town in the shadow of a dead volcano on a pine-choked plateau in what is widely considered to [… read more ]
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