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Portsmouth University Library: A Trove of Historical and Cultural Treasures

8th August 2017

Emily Priest reviews the first Special Collections event at the University of Portsmouth Library and finds a treasure trove of local history and culture that many local residents have yet to discover.  On the 25th [… read more ]

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Think You Know Gosport? This Summer, Think Again

1st August 2017

Portsmouth University student Eleanor O’Donnell believes Gosport gets a rough deal from locals and visitors alike. Here, she makes a passionate argument for giving our sister town across the water a second look. Now that [… read more ]

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STAR POems: The Hammock

17th March 2017

By John Pearson I am the man-length canvas pulled out of store, strung between grey bulkheads ready to still the pitch and roll of any ship. I am a solitary place a cocoon to relieve [… read more ]

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Re-Thinking Britain, Re-Thinking Portsmouth

31st December 2015

If there was ever a good time to think about what diversity and inclusion mean in Britain today, the time is now argues Dianna Djokey, as she examines the role of the city’s museums in [… read more ]

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Cultural Diversity and Portsmouth: A Video from CCITV

2nd December 2015

CCITV, the television station of the University of Portsmouth’s faculty of Creative and Cultural Industries (CCI) recently made a special programme about cultural diversity and activity in Portsmouth. One of Star and Crescent’s Editors-in-Chief, Tom [… read more ]

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Remembering Gallipoli: exhibition at the National Museum of the Royal Navy

25th November 2015

Dianna Djokey and Fiona Smythe from the National Museum of the Royal Navy in Portsmouth and Ahmet Baştürk join DJ Ritu on the A World in London radio series in a special broadcast on the [… read more ]

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Feeling Like a Monarch

17th November 2015

Writer and artist Gareth Rees sometimes feels alienated from his home town… until he makes his way to the delightful Rock Gardens and their language of fragrance. Population-wise Portsmouth is of course a city, but the [… read more ]

Culture

Portsmouth The Corsetry Capital: Feminist Force or Whiff of Desperation?

28th October 2015

Tessa Ditner examines Portsmouth’s credentials as the historic corsetry capital of the world. Corsets. A frivolous topic isn’t it? It’s like writing about the politics of Dairy Milks. Yet corsetry from the point of view [… read more ]

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Meet the Resistance: Changing the Climate of Mobile Gaming in Portsmouth

7th October 2015

Chad Wilkinson explores Ingress, a global augmented reality online role playing game with a keen following in Portsmouth. A mass of hooded figures form a convoy outside Portsmouth’s Guildhall. Heads and shoulders bowled forwards, shielding [… read more ]

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An Account of His Life in Riddle and Rhyme, By Thomas Pounde of Belmont

2nd October 2015

By Alison Habens Part II (Part I can be found here) This is a story of four thousand words. When Tripp and Crowley had moved on to torment another soul, I was able to read [… read more ]

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GE2019: 5 Questions for Steven George

5th December 2019

Steven George, Independent candidate for Portsmouth South, gives his answers to the five questions recently submitted by S&C readers to all local candidates in the 2019 election. We recently asked S&C readers and social media [… read more ]

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GE2019: Your Questions for Portsmouth Candidates Answered

5th December 2019

We recently asked S&C readers and social media followers what one question you would ask all the candidates in Portsmouth North and South in the General Election. From the many – and diverse – answers [… read more ]

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GE2019: 5 Questions for George Madgwick

4th December 2019

George Madgwick, Independent candidate for Portsmouth North gives his answers to the five questions recently submitted by S&C readers to all local candidates in the 2019 election. We recently asked S&C readers and social media [… read more ]

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GE2019: 5 Questions for John Kennedy

4th December 2019

John Kennedy, Brexit Party candidate for Portsmouth South, gives his answers to the five questions recently submitted by S&C readers to all local candidates in the 2019 election. We recently asked S&C readers and social [… read more ]

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GE2019: 5 Questions for Donna Jones

4th December 2019

Donna Jones, Conservative candidate for Portsmouth South, gives her answers to the five questions recently submitted by S&C readers to all local candidates in the 2019 election. We recently asked S&C readers and social media [… read more ]

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