Tessa Ditner examines Portsmouth’s credentials as the historic corsetry capital of the world. Corsets. A frivolous topic isn’t it? It’s like writing about the politics of Dairy Milks. Yet corsetry from the point of view [… read more ]
James Bicheno takes an affectionate look at the local lingo. If you are a visitor to this lovely island city of ours you could well overhear certain words and phrases you might find curious, baffling [… read more ]
This is the first in a series of features in which local author and publisher Matt Wingett explores Portsmouth’s relationship to a long line of writers dating back to the Victorian era. In this issue, [… read more ]
In this regular feature, we select ten stories about Portsmouth taken from the national media. Huffington Post, ‘History is Now’ at Hayward Gallery searches for British identity Portsmouth journalist, Christine Lord, and her campaign for [… read more ]
Tom Sykes has compiled quotes about Portsmouth that date back over two centuries. Some are complimentary, others not so much. ‘Portsmouth … is one of the world’s most astonishing natural harbours, rivalling even Valletta in [… read more ]
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