One of the most urgent issues of our day is the degradation of the environment caused by human activity. A project by University of Portsmouth students is using interactive installations to provoke visitors to think [… read more ]
Writers and S&C Cultural Editors Sue Harper and Paul Valentine present two poems both entitled ‘Gaza’. Sue Harper Yahweh knocks on your door there is blood in his hair his teeth are [… read more ]
Can you learn how to be a good writer? Yes and no. You can learn the skill, but you can’t learn the creativity. A good writer has creativity, thoughts, feelings, passion. A good writer has [… read more ]
There are ten days to go before the Portsmouth Performers for Palestine event and tickets are still available. In advance of the event, which is brought to you in association with Star & Crescent, the [… read more ]
In advance of the Portsmouth Performers for Palestine event, brought to you in association with Star & Crescent, the University of Portsmouth, the Universities of Sanctuary and Unite the Union, we present a poem by writer and academic [… read more ]
In advance of the Portsmouth Performers for Palestine event, brought to you in association with Star & Crescent, staff and students at the University of Portsmouth, the Universities of Sanctuary and Unite the Union, we present a poem [… read more ]
Penhale Road when I was a girl we played in that street skipped along pavements hopscotched chalky squares trickled shiny, coloured marbles along broken slabs when I was a girl we zigzagged around the occasional [… read more ]
Requiem for a Genius* Your mind so quick And slick Faster than a speeding bullet But unable to let Good reason Not become treason Surely I must be the best…. Your mind could not rest [… read more ]
By Jackie Green Quips that slip from pompous lip, Wide eyed lies that slide like flies From piles of dung, publicly flung At the tufty hair and vacant stare, Of our PM from number [… read more ]
We are thrilled to announce that we have appointed two Literary Editors to the team, Prof Sue Harper and long-time contributor to the site, Paul Valentine. Sue and Paul are keen to read work submitted [… read more ]
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