Fiction
A Stitch in Scarlet
By Alison Habens He was not the bonniest doctor I’d ever seen, and I have been under a good number of medical men. He didn’t have the buttresses of Dr Watson, in his sick bay on [… read more ]
portsmouth
History
Portsmouth Writers’ Season: Michael Underwood
For this next post in our Portsmouth Writers’ Season, we turn to the author and architect Michael Underwood and his new book Gunwharf Quays Portsmouth. Spanning almost 500 years the book (available here) examines the history, architecture, conservation and development [… read more ]
Culture
Portsmouth for Beginners: Part II
In the second part of her Beginners’ Guide to Portsmouth – originally published on her blog – Nica Tomasiello introduces newcomers to Portsmouth’s unique climate and cultural scene. #5: How do you find the general [… read more ]
Memoir
Time to Let You Go
Sindy Prankard tells a moving and very personal story of illness, motherhood and manipulation. We are on our way to see Disney on Ice because my son’s girlfriend, for whom he bought the tickets, brutally dumped him just [… read more ]
Memoir
Portsmouth Writers’ Season: David E Gates
We continue our series showcasing Portsmouth writers with the following excerpts from David E Gates’ Access Denied, winner of third prize in the AuthorsDB 2015 Cover Contest. When his girlfriend Meg gives birth, David is ecstatic about becoming [… read more ]
News
City Solicitor: Council Does Not Have “Any Powers” to Address Tory Smear Plan
Responding to one of the local residents named in the recent Tory smear plan, City Solicitor and Deputy Chief Executive of Portsmouth City Council, Michael Lawther, says councillors were “acting in a private capacity and not as a councillor.” [… read more ]
Poetry
Things to Do Around Southsea
By Maggie Sawkins Sit where Steve Tebb, Drainman of Portsmouth, sat, watch the dancing sea. Reminisce the Wild Mouse, the Wall of Death, Uncle Charlie’s tattoos. Get married for the third time. Launch a [… read more ]
Fiction
Portsmouth Writers’ Season: Roz Ryszka-Onions
In our continuing season showcasing Portsmouth’s literary talent, we present a snippet from Roz Ryszka-Onions’ latest novel When Love Dies (available here in full). After unhinged and power-hungry data broker Val posts revenge porn photos of his [… read more ]
Culture
Portsmouth for Beginners: Part 1
Nica Tomasiello is an Italian award-winning short story author, novelist, comic book and film writer, interactive fiction storyteller, and freelance translator, currently studying at the University of Portsmouth. In this article, originally published on her [… read more ]
Fiction
Portsmouth Writers’ Season: Christine Hammacott
In the first of a season of posts celebrating local literary talent, we present a compelling sample from Christine Hammacott‘s psychological crime novel The Taste of Ash, which is set in Portsmouth and Lee-on-Solent. The full book [… read more ]