Poetry
STAR POems: The Ditty Box
Imaginary words written by a sailor on board HMS M33 – Gallipoli 1915 I lift the lid and find his whole life harboured here; things that he kept safe: a photo of his wife Mary [… read more ]
HM naval base
Politics
A Cleaner’s Diary Part III
In this final excerpt from his book Read Rees, author and musician Gareth Rees prepares to say goodbye to the Naval Base for good. Dec 31st An Oxford-educated bloke who reads the Financial Times and [… read more ]
History
A Cleaner’s Diary Part II
In this second excerpt from his book Read Rees, Gareth Rees relates the daily challenges of cleaning out HM Naval Base, Portsmouth. Having written a letter to protest ‘village fascism masquerading as robust management’, Gareth is dreading [… read more ]