Julia Davey – Star & Crescent

MysteryFest 2019: Fun, Facts and Frolics in Crime Fiction

23rd April 2019

MysteryFest 2019, the key crime and mystery literature event of this year’s Portsmouth Bookfest – in collaboration with Mystery People – took place at Portsmouth Central Library on Saturday 9 March. S&C contributor Julia Davey reports. [… read more ]

‘Hats Off’ to the New Theatre Royal Tea Set Tour

19th July 2018

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 ]

News

Who Has All the KerPOWer in Pompey Politics? Free Workshop

8th July 2019

What do we really know about our elected representatives in Portsmouth? What are their interests, activities, attitudes and intentions? How are they accountable to voters? What connections do they have to external organisations? What connections [… read more ]

News

Pompey Politics Podcast: The Drugs Don’t Work They Just Make It Worse

20th June 2019

Pompey’s favourite party political podcast is back with hosts Ian ‘Tiny’ Morris and Simon Sansbury. This week, the Portsmouth pundits share their opinions about the Peterborough By-Election, the Tory and Liberal Democrat leadership races, and shout out [… read more ]

Culture

Portsmouth Refugee Week: Time to Come Together

18th June 2019

Hampshire’s Artreach team explores a week of local events, exhibitions and poetry for Refugee Week, delivered in partnership with Journeys Festival International, Portsmouth. Refugee Week is a nationwide programme of arts, cultural and educational events [… read more ]

News

Burglars Share Their Tricks with the University of Portsmouth

10th June 2019

The expertise of experienced burglars puts them streets ahead of householders, and even well ahead of other criminals, according to a new study. Dr Claire Nee, of the University of Portsmouth, leading a team of [… read more ]

News

From Mick’s Burgers to the Spinnaker Tower: The Big Lunch in Portsmouth

7th June 2019

The Big Lunch is an annual event run by the Eden Project and funded by the National Lottery, which aims to bring millions of people across the country together to share food and get to [… read more ]