Ian Morris bids farewell to 2020 in his last column of the year. What does he remember most about this year, for good and bad? It’s the last column of 2020, a year that began [… read more ]
Ian Morris continues with his festive theme in this week’s column as he turns to one of the most important parts of the holidays: the food. It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas, and [… read more ]
In the latest of his weekly columns, Ian Morris gives his take on anti-vaxxers, the Government guidance for Christmas and his family’s plans for the festive season. They say a week is a long time [… read more ]
In a new series, John Callaway explores his family history after discovering boxes of old photographs and documents which belonged to his parents. ‘They represent a view to a bygone age,’ said John, ‘and although [… read more ]
Pompey’s favourite party political podcast returns with hosts Ian ‘Tiny’ Morris and Simon Sansbury. In this week’s episode, Ian & Simon tackle two vital subjects: The government imposed Clean Air Zone (CAZ) in Portsmouth, and the Prime Minister’s ‘Out of [… read more ]
By Helen Salsbury ‘This Christmas,’ his daughter Keira said, ‘we want to get you something special. Not just socks.’ Outside, blood-red leaves were gathering in the concrete corners of the courtyard, swept off early in [… read more ]
By Bruce Parry Wind and rain push the branches of horse-chestnut to scatter childhood across the land, green shells break open to reveal the promising brown shine, tiny wellingtons jump and squash them apart for [… read more ]
S&C Community Reporter Rosy Bremer reviews Ben Aitken’s book A Chip Shop In Poznan: My Unlikely Year In Poland, which explores Ben’s experiences in Poland, from working in a chip shop to trying to keep order [… read more ]
In a S&C Christmas exclusive, actor, playwright and S&C Contributing Editor John Bartlett recalls the Christmas customs of his childhood. Some of these customs remain with us, others now seem alien or eccentric. In 1956, [… read more ]
By Maggie Sawkins, Star & Crescent’s Poetry Editor. The fir cone I picked from a Corsican forest, carried across an ocean nestled between balls of socks, has fallen from the grate and rests where it [… read more ]
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