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Back to School in a Pandemic: A Portsmouth University Student’s View of Covid-19

21st October 2020

Portsmouth University student Jessica De Lord shares her hopes and concerns about returning to study in the ‘new normal’ of online learning, distanced classrooms and a somewhat restricted social life. It feels like a million [… read more ]

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‘Uneasy’ but ‘Hopeful’: Living with Limited Leave to Remain in the UK

20th October 2020

In the first of a two part series, Dianna Djokey interviews Portsmouth-based supply teacher Adam (not his real name) about his experience of being a migrant during the pandemic. Adam’s name was changed at his [… read more ]

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Why I Chose to Live in Portsmouth and Become a British Citizen

19th October 2020

In the first of a three part interview, Dianna Djokey interviews German migrant and doctor Lisa,  about the pandemic, becoming a British citizen, and the impact of Brexit on migrants in the UK. Lisa’s name [… read more ]

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‘It Makes You Feel Part of the Community’: Chat Over Chai Pt II

16th October 2020

How has the pandemic affected the local voluntary sector? In the second of a two part series, Covid-19 Community Reporter Paris Ali-Pilling interviews Sandra Hall, Chair of Chat Over Chai. Read part one here. Transcribed by Angela [… read more ]

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Chat Over Chai: ‘None of Us Expected Lockdown Would be This Long’ Pt I

15th October 2020

How has the pandemic affected the local voluntary sector? This is the first of a two part series where Covid-19 Community Reporter Paris Ali-Pilling interviews Sandra Hall, Chair of Chat Over Chai, a community group to support [… read more ]

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Reflecting on World Mental Health Day

15th October 2020

Carolyn Barber of Portsmouth’s Good Mental Health Cooperative, and local researcher and social entrepreneur, reflects on World Mental Health Day. The theme this year was ‘Mental Health For All’, and it couldn’t be more relevant at a [… read more ]

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Changing Careers and Delivering a Business Online During Covid-19

14th October 2020

Becky Lodge Founder of Little Kanga Ltd and StartUp Disruptors (a business club and community for start-ups and small business owners) interviews Claire Odd, the business owner of ‘Restoring Balance’ a wellness and rehabilitation specialist, [… read more ]

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‘I Sleep on the Floor’: Refugee Women and Covid-19

13th October 2020

Covid-19 Community Reporter Paris Ali-Pilling interviewed two refugee women, Abi (real name) and Ann (pseudonym) about their experiences of living in the UK during lockdown, alongside Samantha Hudson, Communications Manager at Women for Refugee Women who connected [… read more ]

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‘People are Dissociated from Collectivism’: Disabilities and Covid-19

9th October 2020

How has the pandemic affected working, social and political life for people with increased vulnerability to Covid-19 because of disabilities or long term health conditions? Our Covid-19 Community Reporter, Rosy Bremer talks to local resident [… read more ]

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‘Trying to do Everything’: A Female Entrepreneur and Covid-19

8th October 2020

Becky Lodge Founder of Little Kanga Ltd and StartUp Disruptors (a business club and community for start-ups and small business owners) interviews Ali Schillemore, owner of Ali Schillemore Graphic Design. This is the fifth article [… read more ]

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Green Open Homes Week: How Portsmouth Residents are Taking on the Energy Crisis

26th June 2026

Energy prices are a growing concern – but for some, getting ahead of the crisis has paid off. Local residents have been opening their doors to Nicholas Sebley of Portsmouth Climate Action to reveal how they [… read more ]

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Portsmouth UCU Branch Condemns Iran War and Calls for University Ethics Review

27th May 2026

The Portsmouth branch of the UCU (University and College Union) has passed a motion condemning the US and Israel’s illegal wars against Iran and Lebanon, and calling for an ethical review of the University of [… read more ]

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Planetbuilding Blues: Science Fiction Special

11th May 2026

Writer and planetary modeller David Angus reminisces about science fiction (SF) conventions over the years and his friendship with SF icon Brian Aldiss. During Easter I was in Birmingham Exhibition Centre at a science fiction convention. [… read more ]

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The People’s Emergency Briefing: How to Combat Climate Change in Portsmouth

8th May 2026

Climate change is undeniably one of the biggest, if not the biggest, existential threat facing humanity. It is, however, quite difficult to grasp, and understand the impacts it currently has, and will have, not only [… read more ]

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Planetbuilding Blues: Space and Time Projects

9th April 2026

  Writer and planetary modeller David Angus details his latest projects, including Time Travel (and Dinosaurs) in Gosport. I’ve worked a lot on Jupiter’s moons, as you do. Callisto has already been mentioned in earlier [… read more ]

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