It is widely known that Mahatma Gandhi, leader of India’s struggle for independence, studied law in London in the late 1880s and early 1890s. It isn’t so widely known that he visited Portsmouth during this time. [… read more ]
Before she became an addiction recovery worker, Jane Muir was an alcoholic. Here she shares some of her darkest experiences… and that moment of clarity that made her sober up. When I was drinking I didn’t [… read more ]
The Gosport to Portsmouth ferry is a busy, popular and long-standing service. Let Lewis Baglow help you to look at it in brand new ways. As a child, in the seventies, I would have nightmares about going [… read more ]
Jane Muir offers us a rare look-in to the important work she does with the Recovery Café on Kingston Road, a vital meeting place for Portsmouth’s recovering addicts and alcoholics. I wake up when the alarm goes off at [… read more ]
Cal Corkery, a Portsmouth Homelessness Support Worker working with disadvantaged and vulnerable young people, has given Star and Crescent permission to publish his deputation to councillors at last week’s Portsmouth City Council meeting to decide the [… read more ]
JS Adams vividly imagines Portsmouth in the throes of eco-apocalypse in the second part of his serialised story. Just a typical morning stroll with the family and their dog along Southsea seafront promenade would soon [… read more ]
In part 2 of a 3-part series, Susie Edmonds moves on from the long years of coming out to live with her girlfriend. Moving to Essex to live with my girlfriend was a really positive step. I [… read more ]
National campaigners Sisters Uncut staged a protest in the public gallery of a Full Council meeting yesterday following a passionate plea from Chief Executive of charity Aurora New Dawn to protect local domestic violence services. By Sarah [… read more ]
A local resident with deep concerns about cuts to Portsmouth’s domestic abuse and sexual violence support services writes about the impact of proposed cuts from Portsmouth City Council on victims and survivors of violence in [… read more ]
In part I of a 3-part series, Susie Edmonds relates her experience of growing up as a young gay woman and the long journey to coming out. The story of coming out is part of [… read more ]
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