When my novella Missing Words was published by Fairlight Books eighteen months ago, local author Loree Westron thought she could sit back and let the marketing folks do their business, watching the reviews roll in and [… read more ]
Publishing, writing and reading in Portsmouth have been boosted this year with a new funding award for storytelling at Central Library, the inclusion of a new literacy focus at Victorious Festival, and the launch of [… read more ]
Local poet, actor and spoken word performer Vin Adams will be appearing at A Word In Your Ear, a Labour Party fundraising event at 7.15pm on Thursday 27th September at the Hunter Gatherer café, Albert [… read more ]
Part photo essay and part review, local author Julia Davey writes about a series of performances from the over 55s New Theatre Royal Players (NTR Players) and New Theatre Royal Dancers (NTR Dancers) on their [… read more ]
To celebrate the one-year anniversary of her popular Southsea Food Tour, Emily Priest lists her top 10 must-visit eateries in the city and reflects on why she started reviewing food in the first place. A [… read more ]
If you’re into the creative vibe in Portsmouth, you might already attend spoken word events. But there’s a new group emerging, more or less fully formed, who are trying to do things differently. One of [… read more ]
In partnership with the Centre for Investigative Journalism, Star & Crescent presents an evening of discussion and debate exploring the current state and importance of news media in Portsmouth, and it’s FREE. 5th March 2018, [… read more ]
Brighton-based dance company Tick Tock Bridget are taking their latest show Rejoining Jane on tour this October. The play premiered at Brighton Fringe Festival and will be at Southsea’s Hunter Gatherer café on the 22nd [… read more ]
Food critic and local reporter, Emily Priest, finds several of her interests colliding at this new pop-up shop. Hunter Gatherer, a coffee shop located on Highland Road, always has interesting pop-up shops. From Venezuelan food to [… read more ]
Emily Priest finds a vegan and vegetarian sanctuary on Highland Road in the latest stop on her Southsea Food Tour. The top of Albert Road, that gradually becomes Highland Road, is quieter than its other [… read more ]
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