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Tongues & Grooves Portsmouth #WritingChallenge4

6th May 2020

Maggie Sawkins, who leads local poetry and creative group Tongues & Grooves has unleashed a local #writingchallenge and they kindly let us publish the responses. This week’s challenge was – in Paul Klee’s words – to [… read more ]

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The Fascination of Trees

1st May 2020

Irene Strange.   The Life in trees live on for ever Their gallant Spirit leaves them, never. In the trunk and boughs and roots Its inner Spirit endlessly shoots.   Plundered and burned into the [… read more ]

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Tongues & Grooves Portsmouth #WritingChallenge3

23rd April 2020

Maggie Sawkins, who leads local poetry and creative group Tongues & Grooves has unleashed a local #writingchallenge and they kindly let us publish the responses. This week’s challenge is to write a poem of 14 lines in which [… read more ]

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Tongues & Grooves Portsmouth #WritingChallenge2

8th April 2020

Maggie Sawkins, who leads local poetry and creative group Tongues & Grooves has unleashed a local #writingchallenge and they kindly let us publish the responses. This week’s challenge is to write a Cinquain, a syllabic form invented [… read more ]

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Tongues & Grooves Portsmouth #WritingChallenge1

3rd April 2020

Last week, Maggie Sawkins, who leads local poetry and creative group Tongues & Grooves unleashed a local #writingchallenge and they kindly let us publish the responses. Make sure you get involved and give Tongues and Grooves [… read more ]

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The Plane Tree

27th March 2020

By Patricia J. Arnold.   There you stand majestic tree Branches spread high over me I wonder how long you have stood in this place And what are your thoughts of the human race.   [… read more ]

Poetry

The Weeping Ash Tree

19th March 2020

I love trees and tree hugging can be reassuring and spiritually uplifting. Trees matter to all of us, especially to we who live in cities, because they absorb atmospheric pollutants thus purifying the air we [… read more ]

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Temptation

14th February 2020

By Philip Wilson   Should I? The time is nigh To pop the question Because being a bastion Of fragility Has to change one day You may Find you like it… Being engulfed in a [… read more ]

Poetry

Chat over Chai: A Poem

16th January 2020

By Lynne, a volunteer for Chat over Chai   Chat over Chai, talk over tea, History, herstory, mystory, yourstory, Who am I? What am I? What is the difference? Roles and identities, doorways and pathways [… read more ]

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Dark Side Port Side: Pompey’s New Poetic-Historical Walking App

24th October 2019

Inspired by the darker side of our maritime history, Dark Side Port Side is a self-guided poetry film trail through an imagined 19th century Portsmouth. William Sutton tells of the genesis of this ground-breaking project, [… read more ]

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‘A Woman Who Made History Through Activism’: Rosy Bremer 1971-2025

5th April 2025

How do you tell the story of an incredible life in the brief and limited way an obituary requires? Born in Portsmouth on June 10th 1971, S&C Community Reporter (Emily) Rosy Bremer touched so many [… read more ]

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Struggling for an Endometriosis Diagnosis in Portsmouth

24th March 2025

The growing issue of waiting lists for gynaecological care in the UK is leaving many women in pain, with some enduring severe symptoms for years before they can see a specialist. The majority of women [… read more ]

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Tiny But Mighty Pompey Algae

12th February 2025

Portsmouth and the Isle of Wight are both iconic destinations in southern England, known for their beautiful coastlines, vibrant maritime history and geological significance. University of Portsmouth PhD student Meriam Chouar invites us into an [… read more ]

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The Grand Canyon of Evil

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A friend with whom Portsmouth-based writer and planetary modeller David Angus travelled around Europe wished to go to Auschwitz. This is David’s account of that troubling experience. Another Jewish friend, Ric, compared the Ian Brady/Myra [… read more ]

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8th April 2022

The local branch of charity Guide Dogs is urgently appealing for new volunteers to sign up as Fundraisers and My Sighted Guides. Volunteering Coordinator Pat Janecka reached out to S&C Editor Sarah Cheverton to tell [… read more ]

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