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Something for the Weekend: Bigger is Better (Or Is It?)

4th December 2020

Ian Morris continues with his festive theme in this week’s column as he turns to one of the most important parts of the holidays: the food. It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas, and [… read more ]

Poetry

The Unlock Dress Code

10th November 2020

By Sue Spiers Monday’s mask bears buttercups, saffron buttons under launderette-fog glasses.   Beetroot stains her Tuesday mouth like rose lipstick. No one sees her smile.   To the bank on Wednesday with leaf-green tree [… read more ]

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Your Beautiful Eyes

6th November 2020

By Christine Lawrence The first thing I noticed about him was his eyes. One eye was a vivid blue and the other a strange shade of brown flecked with gold. I tried to look away [… read more ]

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89 Not Out: Day 88, The Loves and Loathes of Lockdown

12th June 2020

S&C contributor and Pompey Politics Podcast host Ian Morris shares his experience of the lockdown, as someone with diabetes. It’s Day 88 and with only one day to go before the end of the series, [… read more ]

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89 Not Out: Day 84, Really? Twelve Weeks Already?

8th June 2020

S&C contributor and Pompey Politics Podcast host Ian Morris shares his experience of the lockdown, as someone with diabetes. It’s Day 84, and today marks twelve weeks since Ian – and many others deemed more [… read more ]

Memoir

89 Not Out: Day 80, Professional Praise and Takeaways

4th June 2020

S&C contributor and Pompey Politics Podcast host Ian Morris shares his experience of the lockdown, as someone with diabetes. It’s Day 80 and Ian’s eldest gets a surprise from his boss that benefits the whole [… read more ]

Memoir

89 Not Out: Day 57, Relish Each Moment

12th May 2020

S&C contributor and Pompey Politics Podcast host Ian Morris shares his experience of the lockdown, as someone with diabetes. It’s Day 57 and Ian leaves the controversial world of left vs right politics to tackle [… read more ]

Memoir

89 Not Out: Day 39, What Do You Crave Most in Lockdown?

23rd April 2020

S&C contributor and Pompey Politics Podcast host Ian Morris shares his experience of the lockdown, as someone with diabetes. It’s Day 39 and Ian is overtaken by a constant craving. Thursday 23rd April, Day 39 of 89  Craving [… read more ]

Memoir

Lockdown With My Family in Southsea: Day 32, DEFCON 5 Averted

17th April 2020

Local parent, researcher and writer, Maddie Wallace, continues her daily diary describing the experience first, of self-isolating, and now of being in lockdown with her children in Southsea. It’s day 32, Maddie has been continuing her [… read more ]

Memoir

Self-Isolating My Family in Southsea: Day 11, Home-Schooling

26th March 2020

Local parent, researcher and writer, Maddie Wallace, continues her daily diary describing the experience of self-isolating with her children in Southsea. Today, Maddie gets creative with homeschooling and jackfruit (masquerading as pork) for dinner. All that [… read more ]

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Pompey Politics Podcast: Sowing the Seeds of Love and Tiers for Fears

4th December 2020

Hosts Ian Morris and Simon Sansbury return this week after a technical glitch at the weekend. This week Revd Amy Webb talks about a new community food initiative for Cosham, Wymering and Paulsgrove and our [… read more ]

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Citizens Advice in the Community: ‘I Call it the Power of Portsmouth’

27th November 2020

How has the pandemic affected the local voluntary sector? In a three part series, Covid-19 Community Reporter Paris Ali-Pilling interviews Citizens Advice Portsmouth’s Chief Officer, Sandy O’Neill to find out how the pandemic and lockdown has affected [… read more ]

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‘We Are A Lot More Isolated’: Covid and Portsmouth’s Bangladeshi Community

27th November 2020

Covid-19 Community Reporter, Dianna Djokey, interviews father and local restaurant business owner, Mohammad Miah, on how Covid has affected the Bangladeshi community and local businesses, alongside the impact of isolation and home-schooling.  Dianna Djokey: How [… read more ]

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Milton Community Centre and Covid-19: ‘Most of Our Customers Are Older People’

26th November 2020

How has the pandemic affected the local voluntary sector? In a two part series, Covid-19 Community Reporter Paris Ali-Pilling interviews Allison Udy, Centre Manager for Milton Village Community Association. In part two, Allison talks about the challenging [… read more ]

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Citizens Advice in the Community: ‘People Trust Citizens Advice, and They Should’

25th November 2020

How has the pandemic affected the local voluntary sector? In a three part series, Covid-19 Community Reporter Paris Ali-Pilling interviews Citizens Advice Portsmouth’s Chief Officer, Sandy O’Neill to find out how the pandemic and lockdown has affected [… read more ]

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