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Something for the Weekend: On Greg Clarke, Inclusion, and What’s In A Word?

20th November 2020

Ian Morris returns with his weekly column and this week, he responds to Greg Clarke’s recent resignation and explores the issue of inclusive language. I love words, and possibly the more obscure the word, the [… read more ]

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Coronavirus: the Future of Women’s Football is Under Threat

17th August 2020

Beth Clarkson, Senior Lecturer in Sports Management, University of Portsmouth, joins academic researchers Alex Culvin, Keith Parry, and Stacey Pope to share their recently published research on how the pandemic is affecting men’s and women’s [… read more ]

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89 Not Out: Day 77, Return of the Sports

1st 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 77 and Ian looks at the return of sports behind closed doors now lockdown [… read more ]

Culture

Express FM: Interview with Pompey’s Christian Burgess

28th May 2020

Every week, Express FM runs a live show dedicated to news about the Coronavirus in Portsmouth, as Robbie James interviews a range of local people, including politicians, experts, residents and businesses. On 20th May, Robbie [… read more ]

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Express FM: Interview with Clare Martin of Pompey in the Community

27th May 2020

Every week, Express FM runs a live show dedicated to news about the Coronavirus in Portsmouth, as Robbie James interviews a range of local people, including politicians, experts, residents and businesses. On 20th May, Robbie [… read more ]

History

Buckets of Rain and a Flood of Goals: A Classic Pompey Match

7th August 2019

South coast derby matches are always keenly contested affairs but, in reality, when Pompey hosted Brighton and Hove Albion, in the spring of 1984, there was not too much at stake. Neither side were in [… read more ]

Culture

Young People’s Voices: The Passion That Brings Portsmouth Together

10th July 2019

Continuing our new series of stories from our Young People’s Voices project – funded by Victorious Festival and supported by the University of Portsmouth – student at Havant and South Downs College, Michael Christou explores [… read more ]

Culture

Portsmouth Writers’ Season: Alec Laverty

30th November 2018

Alec Laverty wrote this creative non-fiction short story after participating in a local writing project called Portsmouth, City of Stories, part of a wider 2 year festival of festival of stories, creative writing, storytelling and [… read more ]

Memoir

Male Privilege: It’s Everybody’s Problem

14th September 2018

Lucy Schorn, local writer, activist and resident, explores male privilege, power and misogyny in her account of a train journey back to Portsmouth from Brighton Pride in August 2018. I just got home from a [… read more ]

Politics

Russia, the World Cup and the Game of Equivalences

17th July 2018

As the World Cup in Russia ends, a Portsmouth writer who prefers to remain anonymous responds to issues raised by David Edwards’ article last week and argues that the West’s imperial crimes should not dissuade [… 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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Portsmouth UCU Branch Condemns Iran War and Calls for University Ethics Review

27th May 2026

The Portsmouth branch of the UCU (University and College Union) has passed a motion condemning the US and Israel’s illegal wars against Iran and Lebanon, and calling for an ethical review of the University of [… read more ]

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Planetbuilding Blues: Science Fiction Special

11th May 2026

Writer and planetary modeller David Angus reminisces about science fiction (SF) conventions over the years and his friendship with SF icon Brian Aldiss. During Easter I was in Birmingham Exhibition Centre at a science fiction convention. [… read more ]

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The People’s Emergency Briefing: How to Combat Climate Change in Portsmouth

8th May 2026

Climate change is undeniably one of the biggest, if not the biggest, existential threat facing humanity. It is, however, quite difficult to grasp, and understand the impacts it currently has, and will have, not only [… read more ]

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Planetbuilding Blues: Space and Time Projects

9th April 2026

  Writer and planetary modeller David Angus details his latest projects, including Time Travel (and Dinosaurs) in Gosport. I’ve worked a lot on Jupiter’s moons, as you do. Callisto has already been mentioned in earlier [… read more ]

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