Local parent, researcher and writer, Maddie Wallace, continues her daily diary describing the experience first, self-isolating, and now being in lockdown with her children in Southsea. It’s the weekend (day 19 and 20), and Maddie is [… read more ]
Local parent, researcher and writer, Maddie Wallace, continues her daily diary describing the experience of self-isolating with her children in Southsea. It’s Day 17 and Maddie is negotiating anxiety, the endless patience required for parenting, and [… read more ]
Local parent, researcher and writer, Maddie Wallace, continues her daily diary describing the experience of self-isolating with her children in Southsea. It’s Day 15, and Maddie finds inspiration in human kindness at the supermarket, as she [… read more ]
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. If you said that you planned to run [… read more ]
Local parent, researcher and writer, Maddie Wallace, continues her daily diary describing the experience of self-isolating with her children in Southsea. It’s Day 5, Maddie is worried about Z’s mental health, Z is worried about not [… read more ]
By Philip Wilson Insecurity Maturity Are one and the same They play the same game Insecurity gives you the belief everyone is against you True But also weirdly the strength to find an answer To [… read more ]
Inspired by the many fabulous environmental initiatives taking place in Portsmouth, Pens of the Earth was set up to encourage writers to celebrate existing projects, and to imagine what might be. For the next three [… read more ]
By Philip Wilson Should I? The time is nigh To pop the question Because being a bastion Of fragility Has to change one day You may Find you like it… Being engulfed in a [… read more ]
A local group aiming to reduce social isolation and bring people together has created a welcoming community for people from all backgrounds. Chat over Chai volunteer and committee member, Lynne, reports. The Thursday Chat over [… read more ]
Julia Davey reports on a recent literary evening to raise funds for mental health charity, Havant and East Hampshire Mind and to raise awareness about the importance of mental health. Havant and East Hampshire Mind [… read more ]
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