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Something for the Weekend: The Virtual Interview (My Pets Took Over)

13th November 2020

This week Ian Morris describes his first virtual interview for a job, but it doesn’t go quite to plan when his pets get involved. ‘Can you tell us about a time…’ the classic opener to [… read more ]

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How I Used Lockdown to Expand My Doggy Daycare Business

16th September 2020

Becky Lodge Founder of Little Kanga Ltd and StartUp Disruptors (a business club and community for start-ups and small business owners) interviews Jarvis Clothier owner of local startup Jarvis Dog Boarding and Training providing luxury [… read more ]

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Something for the Weekend: Sir Arthur Strikes Again

4th September 2020

In this week’s column, Ian Morris begins to doubt the wisdom of appointing Sir Arthur Kitten Doyle to a senior role in the Morris household’s working-from-home office. Who do you complain to if the Director [… read more ]

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Lockdown With My Family in Southsea: Day 122, Where Do We Go From Here?

16th July 2020

Local parent, researcher and writer, Maddie Wallace, closes her daily diary as she reflects on her own experience of lockdown with her children in Southsea, including illness, home-schooling, and thinking critically about the government’s response to [… read more ]

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89 Not Out: Day 88, The Loves and Loathes of Lockdown

12th June 2020

S&C contributor and Pompey Politics Podcast host Ian Morris shares his experience of the lockdown, as someone with diabetes. It’s Day 88 and with only one day to go before the end of the series, [… read more ]

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Your Mental Health and the Power of Pets

4th June 2020

Sandy Walker writes for Portsmouth’s Good Mental Health Cooperative, about how our pets benefit our mental health, while Carolyn Barber provides an update on a new project the Coop will be starting, following funding from [… read more ]

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Lockdown With My Family in Southsea: Day 74, When a Toddler Complains

29th May 2020

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. We’re at Day 74, and A Maddie’s youngest has initiated a [… read more ]

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Lockdown With My Family in Southsea: Day 73, What’s Non Violent Resistance?

28th May 2020

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. We’re at Day 73, and Maddie goes back [… read more ]

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89 Not Out: Day 73, A Long Day In Lockdown

28th May 2020

S&C contributor and Pompey Politics Podcast host Ian Morris shares his experience of the lockdown, as someone with diabetes. It’s Day 73, and Ian hits a stressful day with work, can a free run with [… read more ]

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Lockdown With My Family in Southsea: Day 65, The Circle of Life

20th May 2020

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. We’re at Day 65, Maddie has to teach [… read more ]

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Portsmouth UCU Branch Condemns Iran War and Calls for University Ethics Review

27th May 2026

The Portsmouth branch of the UCU (University and College Union) has passed a motion condemning the US and Israel’s illegal wars against Iran and Lebanon, and calling for an ethical review of the University of [… 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 ]

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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 ]

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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 ]

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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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