Star and Crescent: News for and by the people of Portsmouth
  • HOME
  • NEWS
  • POLITICS
    • WANTED: PORTSMOUTH SATIRISTS
  • SOCIAL ISSUES
  • CULTURE
    • REVIEWS
    • POETRY
      • POETRY SUBMISSIONS
    • FICTION
  • HISTORY
  • EVENTS
  • ABOUT US
    • Contributors
    • Privacy Policy
    • Terms and Conditions
    • Corrections and Complaints
    • Comments Policy
  • YOUNG PEOPLE’S VOICES
Latest
  • [ 5th February 2026 ] Planetary Blues: A Rubbish New Year – Literally Memoir
  • [ 5th February 2026 ] Two More Poems by Tina MacNaughton Poetry
  • [ 2nd February 2026 ] Portsmouth Climate Choir Rock QA Hospital Culture
  • [ 2nd February 2026 ] Portsmouth-based Palestinian Student and Family in Need of Financial Help News
  • [ 2nd February 2026 ] ‘We Were Having None of It!’ Activists Voice Concerns at Southern Water Meeting News
HomeEldon Building

Eldon Building

Events

Do We Have the Power to Change Portsmouth? Free Workshop for Local Residents

9th July 2024

Saturday 27th July, 1-5pm Eldon Building, University of Portsmouth As citizens many of us feel like we don’t have a voice and voting doesn’t bring the changes we’d like to see.  Locally the decisions of [… read more ]

Culture

Pompey Writes: Star & Crescent Anthology and Book Launch

21st May 2018

S&C co-founder and features editor Tom Sykes reports on our upcoming book, Pompey Writes, an anthology of the best writing and visual art to have appeared on the website plus brand new material from some [… read more ]

Events

Don’t Miss Portsmouth’s International Women’s Day Celebrations, 6-10 March

2nd March 2018

Portsmouth is celebrating International Women’s Day with a week of events around the city. Get the dates in your diary, get your tickets and get involved! Tuesday 6th March, 7:30pm, FREE, Eldon Building, Winston Churchill [… read more ]

Events

Unrest: Award-Winning Documentary About ME To Screen in Portsmouth

11th October 2017

Unrest, an award-winning documentary about ME (Myalgic Encephalomyelitis) is screening in Portsmouth on 16th November, organised by Sally Callow, founder of Portsmouth-based ME Foggy Dog, which raises funds and awareness for the ME Association. Sally [… read more ]

History

50 Years Ago, Today: A Personal Look Back at Portsmouth College of Art

10th October 2017

S&C contributor Andrew Larder takes a trip back in time with former alumni of Portsmouth College of Art, Sue and David Gibbons and reflects on whether life was better for students in the sixties, whilst [… read more ]

Events

Films Are Not Your Friends: A Multimedia Workshop on Movie Propaganda

11th July 2017

Do you ever wonder if films and TV shows are deliberately trying to make you think a certain way? Is anything “unsayable” on screen? And what happens if you do say it? In this 90-minute [… read more ]

Culture

You Say You Want a Revolution (Part II)

7th October 2016

In the second of a special series of articles, cultural historian Dr Dave Allen looks back at Portsmouth in the late 1960s, a heady scene of hippies, hallucinogens and high quality music. San Francisco, London [… read more ]

News

Are We Letting The NHS Fail to Justify Privatising It?

25th April 2016

As local junior doctors prepare to join their colleagues across the country for next week’s strike action, Dr V. Wagner is raising awareness of the government’s ongoing attack on our health service – collating the [… read more ]

Fiction

The Siege of Somerstown Part I

11th April 2016

The Siege of Somerstown: Being a Portion of the Records of a General of the Fifth Hants Involuntary Air Rifles Concerning an Infantry Sortie on Behalf of the Crown and Portsmouth City Council’s Department of [… read more ]

Culture

Portsmouth for Beginners: Part 1

3rd February 2016

Nica Tomasiello is an Italian award-winning short story author, novelist, comic book and film writer, interactive fiction storyteller, and freelance translator, currently studying at the University of Portsmouth. In this article, originally published on her [… read more ]

Latest News

News

Portsmouth-based Palestinian Student and Family in Need of Financial Help

2nd February 2026

Abedelraheem Hamad is a talented Chevening scholar who was evacuated from Gaza by the British government to study for a Masters in Crisis and Disaster Management at the University of Portsmouth in September 2025. Over [… read more ]

News

‘We Were Having None of It!’ Activists Voice Concerns at Southern Water Meeting

2nd February 2026

David Langley was one of a quintet activists who attended a meeting with Southern Water in Waterlooville on 30th January. Here he tells us what happened. I am pleased to report that we were well [… read more ]

News

Together is Stronger: Portsmouth Climate Choir at the Green Forum

2nd February 2026

Portsmouth Climate Choir is part of a national movement called the Climate Choir Movement, which was founded with the intention of using the power of music to draw attention to critical environmental issues and mobilise [… read more ]

News

Man Arrested At Protest Outside Stephen Morgan’s Office and Released Without Charge

2nd January 2026

A Portsmouth man was arrested yesterday outside the office of local MP and Labour Friends of Israel member, Stephen Morgan, under the Terrorism Act 2000. The man was holding a sign reading ‘Palestine Action are [… read more ]

News

Portsmouth Palestine Hunger Strike Protestors Step Up Pressure on Local MP

30th December 2025

For the second day this week, Portsmouth South constituents have demonstrated outside their MP Stephen Morgan’s office. George Hibberd reports. The protestors are demanding that Morgan, a member of Labour Friends of Israel and a recipient [… read more ]

Show Your Love!

Follow on Facebook

Stay connected

  • Twitter
  • Facebook
  • Instagram

About Star & Crescent

We are an independent news website written for and by the people of Portsmouth. We believe in journalism to create social change. Read more about us here.
Image show logo for Indie News Week, reading "Help Indie News Thrive: No news is bad news.
Pages
  • About Us
  • Contributors
  • Join the S&C Contributors
  • Be a Co-Editor
  • Wanted: Portsmouth Satirists
  • Poetry Submissions
  • Comments Policy
  • Donate
Categories
  • News
  • Politics
  • Social Issues
  • Editorials
  • Events
  • Culture
  • Reviews
  • Fiction
  • Poetry
  • Memoir
  • History
Popular on Star & Crescent
  • Is Austerity Bad For Portsmouth’s Mental Health?
    13th February 2017
  • Dear Anti-Abortion Protesters: An Open Letter to 40 Days For Life
    5th October 2017
  • The Rubbish State of Recycling in Portsmouth
    22nd February 2018
  • David Bowie: From South London to Heaven, Stopping at Southsea
    11th January 2016
  • Preventing Crime, Not Picking Up The Pieces: An Interview with Simon Hayes
    3rd May 2016
Find out how to report corrections and make a complaint here.
Star & Crescent is regulated by IMPRESS: The Independent Monitor for the Press CIC.

Copyright © 2017 - 2020 | Star & Crescent | All Rights Reserved