Poetry
STAR POems: Mark My Words
I will build a great, great wall on our southern border, and I will have Mexico pay for that wall. I will build a great, great wallaby on our southern bore, and I will have [… read more ]
Donald Trump
Culture
Jack Caramac on Brexit, Trump and Morrissey
S&C’s visual satirist Jack Caramac returns with another flurry of photo funnies.
Fiction
Pompey: No One Comes Near Our Greatness
In the interests of political balance, S&C has appointed a new columnist who tells it how it is and doesn’t care who he offends. Whatever you’re thinking he’s thinking but, unlike you, he has the [… read more ]
News
New Documentary Featuring Portsmouth Journalist Asks: Do We Know What’s in our Food?
As vCJD – the human form of Mad Cow Disease (BSE) – hits the headlines again, a forthcoming documentary featuring Portsmouth journalist and campaigner Christine Lord investigates how BSE-infected material entered the human food chain [… read more ]
Politics
Election ’17 Results: Jack Caramac Special II
After his popular Election ’17 Specials – check out Part I, Part II and Part III – Jack Caramac returns with some post-election responses to the media, and to our political leaders, at home and [… read more ]
Fiction
Troll-Eye Spam: Facebook Firebrand
What challenges do digital media pose to journalists and activists seeking the truth? What is the truth anyway and does anyone still care about it? Self-proclaimed ‘Facebook firebrand’ Troll-Eye Spam tries – and rather fails [… read more ]
Politics
Election ’17 Results: Jack Caramac Special 1
After his popular Election ’17 Specials – check out Part I, Part II and Part III – Jack Caramac returns with some post-election responses to the media, and to our political leaders, at home and [… read more ]
Politics
8 Reasons Why I Voted Labour for Portsmouth South
Local writer and commentator Matt Wingett captured many S&C readers’ attention when he changed his mind about tactically voting for the Liberal Democrats in Portsmouth South and voted Labour. Here he outlines just some of [… read more ]
Politics
Election ’17: The Death of Smarmy Robot Politics?
S&C Contributing Editor JS Adams wonders, amongst other things, whether this election offers alternatives to the usual slick, tightly-managed candidates we’ve been used to ever since the Blair days. Ask yourself this question: What sort [… read more ]
News
Election ’17: Jack Caramac Special Part III
It’s election week and S&C visual satirist Jack Caramac is back with the final part of his Election Special series, re-imagining political leaders from the UK and USA in ways you’ve never seen before.