Fiction
The Entertaining Angel
By Sue Harper Sarah kept seeing something out of the corner of her eye. It was almost there when she looked aslant, and then it disappeared when she tried to look at it head-on. It [… read more ]
privacy
News
Coronavirus: Researchers No Longer Need Consent to Access Your Medical Records
Simon Kolstoe, Senior Lecturer in Evidence Based Healthcare and University Ethics Advisor, at the University of Portsmouth explains how your NHS data is being used by universities, government and private companies. You may not know [… read more ]
Politics
COVID-1984: Fear, Surveillance and Authoritarianism in the Time of the Virus
Six weeks ago, the UK went into lockdown to reduce the spread of COVID-19. While the strategy seems to be saving lives, it has come at a huge cost to our civil liberties and human [… read more ]
News
‘An Unprecedented Level of Data Gathering’: The NHS Contact-Tracing App
Sarah Cheverton interviews Henry Pearce, senior lecturer in Law at the University of Portsmouth and Deputy Editor for Computer Law & Security, about the new NHS contact tracing app currently being trialled on the Isle [… read more ]
Politics
Pompey Politics Podcast: Catch Up on Two Episodes
Pompey’s favourite party political podcast has released two episodes since we last featured them on S&C, so there’s twice as much local politics to catch up on. Hosts Ian ‘Tiny’ Morris and Simon Sansbury are joined by local [… read more ]