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No Trumpets for Donald Trump: Portsmouth Residents Speak Out About the D-Day Visit

4th June 2019

Amanda Garrie, Poet in Residence at Portsmouth City Council Thinking ‘I must go down to the sea again,’ I did. I found the front -including the promenade, castle and common grounds – entirely closed off [… read more ]

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Portsmouth One of the ‘Worst Performing’ Councils in South East for Recycling

30th May 2019

Although the South East is home to some of the top-performing councils for recycling, Portsmouth is currently the third worst performing in the region, according to a new recycling rate map based on data from [… read more ]

Culture

Review: ‘Outstanding’ Czech Mates with the BSO

28th May 2019

Paul Valentine reviews the recent performance of Czech Mates by the BSO, conducted by Kiril Karabits, piano by Sunwook Kim, and Amyn Merchant, Leader. The performance comprised Suk Scherzo, Fantastique and Dvorak’s Piano Concerto and Symphony [… read more ]

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Pompey Politics Podcast: Winners and Grinners Special

21st May 2019

The third episode of Portsmouth’s favourite party-political podcast – hosted by Ian ‘Tiny’ Morris and Simon Sansbury – sees our hosts welcome three guests: Dave Ashmore (Liberal Democrats), Cal Corkery (Labour), and Scott Payter-Harris (Conservative). [… read more ]

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Pompey Politics Podcast: The Evening After The Morning After The Election The Day Before

16th May 2019

Simon Sansbury got to bed in ‘the wee small hours’ following the declaration of the final vote of the local elections on 2nd May 2019, and Ian ‘Tiny’ Morris was up at the crack of [… read more ]

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No Taxation without Representation: European Elections and the Right to Vote

14th May 2019

Veronika Wagner, local resident and candidate in the recent local elections representing the NHA Party in Cosham, shares her concerns about the short amount of time given to residents to organize postal and proxy voting [… read more ]

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‘Part of our DNA’: Portsmouth and the D-Day Story

8th May 2019

James Daly – a local historian, author and Portsmouth City Council Cultural Services Assistant – gives a behind-the-scenes exclusive on redeveloping the city’s D-Day Museum to tell the story to a new audience. Other places [… read more ]

Politics

Blue and Yellow Till We Die: Launch of New Pompey Politics Podcast

25th April 2019

A new podcast launched this week with the first episode focused on the upcoming council elections on 2nd May. There’s no shortage of politics podcasts out there, but this is a podcast with a difference [… read more ]

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Portsmouth’s Air Quality: ‘A Track Record of Failure’

18th April 2019

Tim Sheerman-Chase, the Green Party candidate for Fratton ward, local air quality campaigner and author of the #LetPompeyBreathe blog, argues for the introduction of Clean Air Zones in Portsmouth. Clean air campaigners in Portsmouth welcome [… read more ]

Culture

Review: BSO Exceeds All Expectation

11th April 2019

Community reporter, Paul Valentine, reviews the recent Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra (BSO) performance, Spirit of England, conducted by David Hill. I was looking forward to this concert, not so much for the programme – I lost touch with [… read more ]

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Green Open Homes Week: How Portsmouth Residents are Taking on the Energy Crisis

26th June 2026

Energy prices are a growing concern – but for some, getting ahead of the crisis has paid off. Local residents have been opening their doors to Nicholas Sebley of Portsmouth Climate Action to reveal how they [… 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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