When a storm strikes suddenly, S&C’s reporter and reviewer Emily Priest finds shelter from the rain in a little pocket of comfort on the shore. For so long I’d heard good things about the seaside eatery [… read more ]
Portsmouth is celebrating International Women’s Day with a week of events around the city. Get the dates in your diary, get your tickets and get involved! Tuesday 6th March, 7:30pm, FREE, Eldon Building, Winston Churchill [… read more ]
At 2 a.m. I saw her – She hung her body like meat in the entrance to the pier – that pleasure palace. She’s haloed by a streetlamp opposite Peggy Sue’s. She takes my [… read more ]
Food critic Emily Priest visits the under-estimated Fawcett Road to find a cafe everyone’s talking about. Good value for money, unique flavours and a meal deal makes Baffled Coffee a must-see stop on The Southsea [… read more ]
Liberal Democrat Councillor Steve Pitt attended a briefing for city councillors on Tuesday 25th July to outline the plans for the next stage of upgrading the city’s sea defences. Here, he outlines for residents the [… read more ]
Our resident gourmand Emily Priest returns with another review as part of her ongoing series on Southsea eateries. With the summer approaching, the Belle Isle has been getting busier and busier with people drinking and [… read more ]
By Helen Larham I have always loved him despite his neglect so when I stepped out onto the sea he bore my full weight, everything: All those times I had ventured in and they [… read more ]
By Jon Crout Otto staggered to the toilets, as much for shelter as to answer a call of nature. Those recently reformed, sing-along baldies were coming to the end of their over-familiar set, and he [… read more ]
Sue Stokes, founder of Southsea Greenhouse Community Co-operative, explores the social revolution at the heart of community groups and the challenges involved in keeping the dream of a caring, sharing Portsmouth alive. When I left [… read more ]
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