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‘We All Have a Responsibility to Prevent Sexual Violence’: Combatting Rape Culture in Portsmouth with PARCS

7th February 2019

This week – from 4th to 10th February – is Sexual Abuse and Sexual Violence Awareness Week and Portsmouth student and S&C reporter Maia Cook interviewed Gemma Green from PARCS (Portsmouth Abuse and Rape Counselling Services) [… read more ]

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From Equal Pay to #MeToo: Women’s Activism in Portsmouth

18th October 2018

A new project investigating the history of women’s activism in Portsmouth is looking for volunteers and launches this Saturday 20th October. Dr Sue Bruley, Dr Laurel Forster and Dr Terese Jonsson at the University of [… read more ]

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Male Privilege: It’s Everybody’s Problem

14th September 2018

Lucy Schorn, local writer, activist and resident, explores male privilege, power and misogyny in her account of a train journey back to Portsmouth from Brighton Pride in August 2018. I just got home from a [… read more ]

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No Lap Dancing in Albert Road Thank You: A Councillor Speaks

2nd April 2018

Portsmouth Liberal Democrat councillor Suzy Horton never expected to spend several years owning a folder with ‘lap-dancing club’ written on it. Nor could she have predicted the twists and turns of the planning application process for [… read more ]

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Sexism and the City: Is Street Harassment a Problem in Portsmouth?

14th December 2017

Last year a YouGov poll commissioned by the End Violence Against Women coalition found that 64% of all women surveyed experienced unwanted sexual attention in public spaces. Rates for younger women were even higher. University [… read more ]

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Who are ‘The Grahams?’ Talking to My Sons About Brexit

18th February 2019

S&C regular, local writer and PhD researcher Maddie Wallace speaks to her sons – aged 11 and 12 years – about Brexit to discover what young people know – and don’t know – about the [… read more ]

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Peter Hitchens at Portsmouth University: ‘I’d rather dine with Dracula’

14th February 2019

Writer and Daily Mail journalist Peter Hitchens has struck back today at Portsmouth University’s Students’ Union following the recent controversy over the decision to delay a planned event at which he was to speak. Sarah [… read more ]

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Streets for People: A Path to Cleaner Air, Improved Health and Closer Communities?

13th December 2018

Community Reporter Helen Salsbury reports on ‘Streets for People’, a public meeting in October 2018 that explored ways of making Portsmouth’s streets vibrant, safe, and healthy places for local communities, businesses, residents and visitors to [… read more ]

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Obituary: Eileen Robertson (1941-2018)

11th December 2018

Eileen Robertson (1941-2018) We’re sorry to have to report that one of our friends and member of the Portsmouth writing community, Eileen Robertson, died on Tuesday 20th November. Eileen was proud of being a Yorkshire [… read more ]

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Portsmouth After Brexit: What Do We Know?

3rd December 2018

The subject of Brexit comes up in the media every day, but there’s very little information on how it will affect the city. Community reporter Rosy Bremer decided to find out. Additional reporting by Sarah [… read more ]

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