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Something for the Weekend: What’s Your Beef, Pompey?

2nd October 2020

This week Ian Morris ruminates on the price of fine dining, as a shock to his wallet at Gunwharf leads him to on a quest to find the best – and most reasonably priced – [… read more ]

Politics

Pompey Politics Podcast: Mind Your Own Business

14th July 2020

Pompey’s favourite party political podcast returns with hosts Ian ‘Tiny’ Morris and Simon Sansbury. In this week’s episode, Ian & Simon welcome two local business owners onto the show to ask them how they’ve found trading as the lockdown [… read more ]

Memoir

89 Not Out: Day 42, Friday Night is Quiz Night

27th April 2020

S&C contributor and Pompey Politics Podcast host Ian Morris shares his experience of the lockdown, as someone with diabetes. It’s Day 42, and the Friday Night Quiz was a wild affair, which Ian’s tastebuds and [… read more ]

News

Community Orchards: Planting Trees and Inspirational People

16th March 2020

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. This week Helen Salsbury digs [… read more ]

Social Issues

Young People’s Voices: Portsmouth City and The Coven of Chavs

9th July 2019

Continuing our new series of stories from our Young People’s Voice project – funded by Victorious Festival and supported by the University of Portsmouth – student at Havant and South Downs College, Evie West gives [… read more ]

Memoir

Arguing with Mormons in North End

10th December 2018

Portsmouth writer Howard Hoggarth gets into an unexpected debate about religion on his way home from work and reflects upon how best to conduct oneself in an argument – offline or online.  It can be [… read more ]

Poetry

STAR POems: On Leaving Portsmouth

15th September 2017

Gridlocked isle of my defence  you sheltered me   from French-based threats,  but by the Solent, not your ships;  great hulks of grey  with glorious names:  Invincible and Sir Galahad,  moored in time-lines,  a fine line  between naval [… read more ]

Poetry

STAR POem: New Road – a la Kelly’s Directory, 1972

3rd March 2017

By John Pearson   New Road, place of the Doll’s Hospital with Jack Grant Racing to Parham and Sons furniture removals shifting towards Marriott’s, upholsterers, lino and carpet dealers.   Mile End School of Motoring [… read more ]

Social Issues

The Extraordinary People of Portsmouth: Martina

29th July 2016

Christine Lawrence has been going out onto the streets of Portsmouth to meet the extraordinary people who live and work here. Trying to explore areas that are often neglected by those promoting the city, she has discovered [… read more ]

Culture

Book Review: Heartless Too by Janella

16th February 2015

Christine Lawrence journeys to North End and discovers a compelling and powerful autobiography from local author, Steven George. It’s a wet January morning, I’m sat in Café Nut in North End, planning to write about [… read more ]

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Planetbuilding Blues: Science Fiction Special

11th May 2026

Writer and planetary modeller David Angus reminisces about science fiction (SF) conventions over the years and his friendship with SF icon Brian Aldiss. During Easter I was in Birmingham Exhibition Centre at a science fiction convention. [… read more ]

News

The People’s Emergency Briefing: How to Combat Climate Change in Portsmouth

8th May 2026

Climate change is undeniably one of the biggest, if not the biggest, existential threat facing humanity. It is, however, quite difficult to grasp, and understand the impacts it currently has, and will have, not only [… read more ]

News

Planetbuilding Blues: Space and Time Projects

9th April 2026

  Writer and planetary modeller David Angus details his latest projects, including Time Travel (and Dinosaurs) in Gosport. I’ve worked a lot on Jupiter’s moons, as you do. Callisto has already been mentioned in earlier [… read more ]

News

Pompey Climate Choir Protests Outside Barclays Bank

27th March 2026

Portsmouth Climate Choir performed their song ‘We’re Gonna Switch Our Bank’ outside Barclays in Portsmouth in collaboration with PSC and Trans Pride Portsmouth. Viola Langley reports. Members of Portsmouth Climate Choir sang a rousing rendition [… read more ]

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Portsmouth Event Unites Community on the Climate Emergency

27th March 2026

Inflation. High food and energy bills. Food banks. War. Genocide. We live in dark times, but a glimmer of hope can be found through spirit and community. On a chilly but sublime Thursday evening in [… read more ]

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