The finest concert Paul Valentine has attended to date is Walton’s Viola Concerto and Second Symphony performed by the LSO and conducted by the late André Previn. Walton was in attendance looking on from the [… read more ]
As Remembrance Day approaches, Paris Ali-Pilling collates all the events (both free and ticketed) happening locally to honour armed forces members who have died in the line of duty. National Museum of the Royal Navy [… read more ]
John Callaway continues his love letter in photography to live music, after he recently attended the Wickham Festival. A minotaur? A non-thematic collection of oddities and outliers from the Wickham Festival. As Neil Innes once [… read more ]
John Callaway continues his love letter in photography to live music, after a recent gig at the end of South Parade Pier. Another public service announcement with guitars courtesy of Pompey Punk N’ Roll. Nothing [… read more ]
Covid 19 Community Reporter, Dianna Djokey, interviews Laura Rook, who works for Portsmouth City Council’s Mediation Service, about her personal experiences of the pandemic. In the second part of this interview, Laura explores how her [… read more ]
Covid 19 Community Reporter, Dianna Djokey, interviews local resident Laura Rook, who works for Portsmouth City Council’s Mediation Service, about her personal experiences of the pandemic, including managing home schooling while working from home, and [… read more ]
By Joan Farnell With a whirring of wings the pigeon took to the air, startled by the crunching of my feet on the gravel path. It was quiet here underneath the trees in Foxes Forest. [… read more ]
Ian Morris returns with his weekly column and this week shares a unique musical game the Morris’ have invented. It would be fair to say that the banter levels in our house are considerable, particularly [… read more ]
Local resident and photographer John Callaway explores the impact of the Covid-19 crisis on grassroots music venues, alongside some of his stunning photography. Every photograph in this post was taken in the past twelve months at a [… read more ]
S&C contributor and Pompey Politics Podcast host Ian Morris shares his experience of the lockdown, as someone with diabetes. It’s Day 87, there’s only two days until the end of the 89 Not Out series [… read more ]
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