Iris Murdoch – Star & Crescent

An American in Pompey: British Rain is Legendary

9th August 2019

Writer and music blogger Doug Hamilton was born and raised in America, moved to Canada in the early 2000s, and recently relocated again with his British-born spouse to Portsmouth. This is part six of his ongoing series exploring [… read more ]

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Open Letter Asks PM to End ‘Minimum Income Requirement’

10th July 2020

Charity Reunite Families UK, which campaigns for ‘fair family immigration policy’ shares an open letter calling on Boris Johnson to bring an end to the ‘Minimum Income Requirement policy’ which they state ‘is causing devastation’ [… read more ]

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Portsmouth University English Literature Cuts: The Full Facts

9th July 2020

It is now clear that the University of Portsmouth is planning to reduce its English Literature department from 12 to five full-time staff – a massive 58% cut. The UoP English Literature team share the [… read more ]

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Campaign to #SaveIndependentNews: Write to Your Local MP

8th July 2020

Contributing Editor and community reporter, Paris Ali-Pilling reports about the ongoing campaign to #SaveIndependentNews, created by the Independent Community News Network in partnership with the Public Interest News Foundation. The Independent Community News Network (ICNN) [… read more ]

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Policing the Pandemic: New Research to Plan for a Future Crisis

6th July 2020

Hundreds of residents across Hampshire are to be asked how they think police officers have handled the challenge of enforcing new rules during the COVID-19 lockdown – with the results used to devise strategies for [… read more ]

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An Open Letter to Councillor Linda Symes

12th June 2020

This is a response from Portsmouth Green Party representative, Tamara Groen, on social media posts by Councillor Linda Symes, the Conservative councillor for Eastney and Craneswater, as reported in The News, on June 3rd 2020. [… read more ]