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Rejoining Jane: An Unusual Performance in a Portsmouth Cafe

3rd October 2017

Brighton-based dance company Tick Tock Bridget are taking their latest show Rejoining Jane on tour this October. The play premiered at Brighton Fringe Festival and will be at Southsea’s Hunter Gatherer café on the 22nd [… read more ]

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The Southsea Food Tour – Baffled Coffee

28th September 2017

Food critic Emily Priest visits the under-estimated Fawcett Road to find a cafe everyone’s talking about. Good value for money, unique flavours and a meal deal makes Baffled Coffee a must-see stop on The Southsea [… read more ]

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The Pride of Portsmouth 2017

26th September 2017

Emily Priest reviews Portsmouth Pride – her first Pride ever – after a new committee takes the reins and finds love, community and a little bit of bad singing.  Portsmouth Pride returned to the city [… read more ]

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Allegory: Portsmouth’s ‘Marmite’ Band

22nd September 2017

Emily Priest interviews local band Allegory following the release of their latest single. They talk to S&C about their influences, the future and how their style of music is not always the most popular.  Allegory, [… read more ]

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Texas Comes to Portsmouth in a Pop-Up Shop

21st September 2017

Food critic and local reporter, Emily Priest, finds several of her interests colliding at this new pop-up shop. Hunter Gatherer, a coffee shop located on Highland Road, always has interesting pop-up shops. From Venezuelan food to [… read more ]

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The Southsea Food Tour – The Country Pantry

14th September 2017

Continuing her Southsea Food Tour, Emily Priest finds a no-nonsense, traditional cafe offering good value for money.  The Country Pantry is tucked away on Highland Road, just opposite one of my favourite coffee shops, T [… read more ]

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The Metamorphosis of Cumberland House Natural History Museum

12th September 2017

S&C critic and community correspondent, Emily Priest visits the new butterfly exhibit in Portsmouth’s Natural History Museum and finds a new asset for seafront tourism. On 19th August, Cumberland House unveiled the result of a [… read more ]

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Victorious Festival 2017 Review: Part 3, The End

8th September 2017

The final part of Emily Priest’s three part Victorious review comes to a climax full of glitter and grit on a chaotic last day. Catch Part 1 and Part 2 to capture Emily’s full festival [… read more ]

Reviews

The Southsea Food Tour – Kassia

7th September 2017

Rapidly gaining weight each week so you don’t have to, food critic Emily Priest, brings you the best places to eat in Southsea on her weekly Food Tour. This week she finds an authentic, Indian establishment [… read more ]

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Victorious Festival 2017 Review: Part 2, The Middle

6th September 2017

Emily Priest watches more local bands and explores the rest of the Victorious festival in part two of her three part review. Read part 1 here. On the Saturday morning of Victorious festival, I groggily [… read more ]

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Out of the City of Culture, In With Portsmouth 100

23rd October 2026

Portsmouth may have missed out on making the shortlist for the UK City of Culture, but there’s also good news: from this Monday the city will be celebrating 100 years of history. Veteran journalist Peter [… read more ]

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Planetbuilding Blues: A Letter to My Dead Parents

24th September 2026

Writer and planetary modeller David Angus recalls recent global and personal events in a letter to his dead parents, from anti-vaxxers to flying a Spitfire. By now Jill Mole should be with you and Arthur [… read more ]

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Portsmouth Union Branch Calls on University to Address Pension Inequality

10th September 2026

The Portsmouth branch of the UCU (University and College Union) has passed a motion calling on the management of the University of Portsmouth (UoP) to address pension inequality. The Branch contends that UoP has been [… read more ]

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Portsmouth Constituents Urge Stephen Morgan to Protest Oil Drilling and Support Fair Energy Transition

21st August 2026

Portsmouth constituents have sent a clear message to their MP Stephen Morgan demanding urgent action to help bring our energy bills down and increase energy security for our communities. The UK government is set to [… 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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