Poetry
Heroism
By Philip Jeremy Wilson It comes in many a form There is no norm Mine is when someone gives their life for another Others smother Praise on FA Cup Final day And say That [… read more ]
Lockdown
Memoir
Lockdown With My Family in Southsea: Day 38, Home-Schooling and Makeovers
Local parent, researcher and writer, Maddie Wallace, continues her daily diary describing the experience first, of self-isolating, and now of being in lockdown with her children in Southsea. It’s day 38, promises haven’t been kept, home schooling isn’t [… read more ]
Memoir
89 Not Out: Day 39, What Do You Crave Most in Lockdown?
S&C contributor and Pompey Politics Podcast host Ian Morris shares his experience of the lockdown, as someone with diabetes. It’s Day 39 and Ian is overtaken by a constant craving. Thursday 23rd April, Day 39 of 89 Craving [… read more ]
Memoir
Lockdown With My Family in Southsea: Day 37, Back to Home School
Local parent, researcher and writer, Maddie Wallace, continues her daily diary describing the experience first, of self-isolating, and now of being in lockdown with her children in Southsea. It’s day 37, and Maddie negotiates a home-schooling [… read more ]
Culture
89 Not Out: Day 37, Missing Pompey’s Small Performance Venues
S&C contributor and Pompey Politics Podcast host Ian Morris shares his experience of the lockdown, as someone with diabetes. It’s Day 37 and Ian sadly checks his calendar and realises you really don’t know what you’ve [… read more ]
Social Issues
Coronavirus Double Take: Wildlife Springs into Action
While out for a bike ride, Mariella Seek, age 11, came across a fox reclaiming the city during lockdown. This got her thinking about the abundance of animals reclaiming the city. With Earth Day happening [… read more ]
Social Issues
Anxiety: Friend or Foe during Covid 19?
Carolyn Barber of Portsmouth’s Good Mental Health Cooperative, and local researcher and social entrepreneur, shares advice and resources on how to manage your mental health in lockdown. In 2015 some French researchers looked at how an anxious [… read more ]
Memoir
Lockdown With My Family in Southsea: Day 36, No One Left Bee-hind
Local parent, researcher and writer, Maddie Wallace, continues her daily diary describing the experience first, of self-isolating, and now of being in lockdown with her children in Southsea. It’s days 36, the kids have adopted a [… read more ]
Memoir
89 Not Out: Day 36, Enid Blyton Goes Missing
S&C contributor and Pompey Politics Podcast host Ian Morris shares his experience of the lockdown, as someone with diabetes. It’s Day 36, and one of the household hasn’t come home, despite the, ahem, clear government guidelines [… read more ]
Culture
Channelling Beardsley in Terrifying Times
‘This work is a spontaneous response to missing the Aubrey Beardsley exhibition at Tate Britain due to the dreadful pandemic.’ Trudy Barber Star & Crescent is Portsmouth’s only independent community news outlet. We don’t [… read more ]