Poetry
Heaven’s Light Our Guide
By Tess Foley All I did was fall straight down and out of love. Could be when you maimed the lanes, more likely when I Noticed upright sentries, every road with every turn, On [… read more ]
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Politics
Ten Reasons Women Should Vote on May 7th
Portsmouth writer and S&C Editor in Chief Sarah Cheverton explains why she’s passionate about women voting in GE2015. 1. For the same reason humans climb mountains – because you can. However, many women across the [… read more ]
Culture
Beyond the Village
Gareth Rees explores the dangerous streets of the city centre as he wanders beyond his usual stomping ground of Southsea village. Are cities too big to comprehend in the round? Is it human nature to [… read more ]
Social Issues
Life in Somerstown
Sarah Cheverton interviews Robert, a resident of Somerstown, about the challenges he has faced since he moved there with his wife in 1992. Robert asked to remain anonymous. His name, and the names of others [… read more ]
Poetry
Bird in Hand
By Richard Williams The FA Cup 1939 – 2008 We drink in the presence of greatness. A glorious bird of paradise that fills the room with life. Wanderers to Portsmouth all roads between, a [… read more ]
Poetry
Spice Island Looking Back
By Richard Williams And nothing much has really changed: before spinnakers both concrete and canvas, before outlet shopping centres all these restaurant chains with make-believe authenticity from China, India, Italy, Americas and everywhere in [… read more ]
Culture
The Necessity of Connection: A Q&A with Steve Pitt of the Cellars at Eastney
The music industry has changed – and continues to change – beyond recognition. So how has the Cellars at Eastney, one of Portsmouth’s great independent venues, fared in the new environment? In the first of [… read more ]
Poetry
Seasonal Tides
By Helen Elliott Pastel palette beach huts Sun-bleached on the Solent, pebbled sands, Awaiting summer’s curtain call The closing of her seasonal demands. On the morrow, they stand weary To greet autumn aurora with [… read more ]
Social Issues
What the Meredith Kercher Case Means for Women’s Justice in Portsmouth
Chief Executive of Aurora New Dawn, Shonagh Dillon, talks to Sarah Cheverton about the tragic murder of Meredith Kercher and what it reveals about attitudes to female victims of violent crime in Portsmouth and Hampshire. [… read more ]
Culture
Conan Doyle and the Southsea Spirits
Matt Wingett recounts spiritualism in Southsea as experienced by one of Portsmouth’s most famous former residents, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. One night in a darkened hotel room in Southsea, a group of convinced Spiritualists joined [… read more ]