Poetry
Two Poems for Gaza
Writers and S&C Cultural Editors Sue Harper and Paul Valentine present two poems both entitled ‘Gaza’. Sue Harper Yahweh knocks on your door there is blood in his hair his teeth are [… read more ]
Gaza
Culture
Island City Voices: Symbolic Phonecalls from Gaza
Filmmaker and journalist Habibur Rahman explains how a disconnected telephone is moving around Portsmouth as a symbolic tool for connecting people and as a means of documenting powerful local stories. Based on the principle [… read more ]
Politics
Protestors Picket Stephen Morgan’s Office After Vote to Proscribe Palestine Action as ‘Terrorists’
Residents of Portsmouth South and members of the Portsmouth Resistance Collective have picketed the office of Stephen Morgan MP, with placards reading ‘Don’t Proscribe Palestine Action’, ‘Stop the RAF Spy Flights for Israel’, and ‘We [… read more ]
Poetry
Portsmouth Performers for Palestine: ‘The Sorrows’ by Amanda Garrie
There are ten days to go before the Portsmouth Performers for Palestine event and tickets are still available. In advance of the event, which is brought to you in association with Star & Crescent, the [… read more ]
Poetry
Portsmouth Performers for Palestine: ‘Gaza’ by Paul Valentine
There are ten days to go before the Portsmouth Performers for Palestine event and tickets are still available. In advance of the event, which is brought to you in association with Star & Crescent, the [… read more ]
Poetry
Portsmouth Performers for Palestine: ‘Complicit’ by Deborah Shaw
In advance of the Portsmouth Performers for Palestine event, brought to you in association with Star & Crescent, the University of Portsmouth, the Universities of Sanctuary and Unite the Union, we present a poem by writer and academic [… read more ]
Poetry
Portsmouth Performers for Palestine: ‘Gaza’ by Sue Harper
In advance of the Portsmouth Performers for Palestine event, brought to you in association with Star & Crescent, staff and students at the University of Portsmouth, the Universities of Sanctuary and Unite the Union, we present a poem [… read more ]
Poetry
Portsmouth Performers for Palestine: ‘The Key’ by Richard Peirce
In advance of the Portsmouth Performers for Palestine event, brought to you in association with Star & Crescent, the University of Portsmouth, the Universities of Sanctuary and Unite the Union, we present a poem by [… read more ]
News
‘A Woman Who Made History Through Activism’: Rosy Bremer 1971-2025
How do you tell the story of an incredible life in the brief and limited way an obituary requires? Born in Portsmouth on June 10th 1971, S&C Community Reporter (Emily) Rosy Bremer touched so many [… read more ]
Events
Portsmouth Performers for Palestine Event on March 28th
On 28th March, Portsmouth-based poets, fiction writers, puppeteers and musicians will perform at an event to raise funds for Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP). Many of the performers have contributed to S&C over the years. [… read more ]