Memoir
Stream
S&C Community Reporter Andrew Larder muses on the state of nature in Portsmouth during lockdown. Sometimes I wish my neighbour Frank had never mentioned the underground stream that runs by my house. Frank and his [… read more ]
Natural environment
Memoir
A Borrowed Arboretum
Novelist and short story writer Wendy Metcalfe finds an unexpected haven in which to get some work done. One of my quests during lockdown has been to find beautiful quiet places to sit and write [… read more ]
Culture
Hidden Places Around Portsmouth: Sturnus Vulgaris
Local resident and photographer John Callaway gives us a glimpse into Portsmouth’s hidden places with his stunning photography. This week, he heads down to The Hard and despite his best intentions, can’t help but find deeper meaning in [… read more ]
Culture
Hidden Places Around Portsmouth: Coastal Sequence
Local resident and photographer John Callaway gives us a glimpse into Portsmouth’s hidden places with his stunning photography. This week, John takes us with him as he makes the ferry crossing across Langstone Harbour to Hayling Island. An [… read more ]
Culture
Hidden Places Around Portsmouth: Fox Territory
Local resident and photographer John Callaway gives us a glimpse into Portsmouth’s hidden places with his stunning photography. This week, John’s photos come from his own garden, as he turns his lens to the foxes that live there, [… read more ]
Culture
Hidden Places Around Portsmouth: Seize the Infinite Blue
Local resident and photographer John Callaway gives us a glimpse into Portsmouth’s hidden places with his stunning photography. This week, John is meditating on the colour blue as he heads down to the coast near Milton Locks. Everywhere [… 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 ]
Fiction
Pens of the Earth: Portsmouth 2030
By Chris Walsh ‘It would have to happen to me, wouldn’t it?’ she sighed, plonking her smartphone on the table, its display cracked completely. ‘Vicki, careful!’ replied her mother. ‘You’ll scratch the varnish!’ ‘It’s Victoria, [… read more ]
Fiction
Pens of the Earth: The Future of Fashion
By Linda L. Hillborne Jacinta flicked through the clothes rail in the unconventional little boutique, which stood on the corner of Osborne Road in Southsea. A memory blinked across her mind. ‘Make do and mend,’ [… read more ]
Fiction
Pens of the Earth: 2028 Conversation
By Clare Seek I’m Chloe, I’m 11 years old and I’ve always lived in Portsmouth. I hadn’t realised so much had changed in my neighbourhood in the past 10 years until I started researching a [… read more ]