Poetry
Ode to Pompey: A Poem
By Carole Carrell Born in Pompey was I, with the Luftwaffe on its way, Elm Grove it was, number 27A. There came bomb sites on which to play, full of butterflies, nettles and dens, [… read more ]
Elm Grove
Fiction
After the Storm
by ‘SC’ All Souls’ Day, approaching dusk. Park regulars nodded greetings as their dogs sniffed around each other. Claire would probably have recognised some of them, perhaps on smiling, chatting or patting terms. Maybe even [… read more ]
Reviews
Portsmouth’s New Writing Retreat: Fruitful or Fruitless?
Writers’ HQ launched their new writers’ retreat in Portsmouth at the end of July, and S&C’s Emily Priest went along with her developing novel to put it to the test. Writer’s HQ (WHQ) are the new kids on [… read more ]
Events
New Portsmouth Writers’ Retreat Offers ‘Anti-Procrastination Butt-Kick’
With one week to go before the launch of a new writers’ retreat programme for Portsmouth writers, freelance writer and organiser Poppy O’Neill gives us a whistlestop tour of the Writers’ HQ Writing Retreat. On [… read more ]
Reviews
The Southsea Food Tour: Huis
Southsea’s very own roving food critic Emily Priest gives a thumbs-up to the smooth vibes, multifarious beers and authentic, tastebud-tickling dishes of the Belgian-themed Huis bar on Elm Grove. I was saddened and shocked to hear in [… read more ]
Culture
The Southsea Food Tour: Umami Street Food
Continuing her quest to eat out at every Southsea eatery worth eating in, Emily Priest drops in to a delightful global fusion restaurant to sample ‘the fifth taste’. What is the fifth taste you may wonder? It’s meaty [… read more ]
Fiction
A Stitch in Scarlet
By Alison Habens He was not the bonniest doctor I’d ever seen, and I have been under a good number of medical men. He didn’t have the buttresses of Dr Watson, in his sick bay on [… read more ]