Local parent, researcher and writer, Maddie Wallace, closes her daily diary as she reflects on her own experience of lockdown with her children in Southsea, including illness, home-schooling, and thinking critically about the government’s response to [… read more ]
COVID-19’s arrival in Portsmouth feels like a long time ago. University of Portsmouth creative writing student, Morgan Turner, recounts that unnerving time – and how he dealt with the challenges that followed. With a Co-op [… read more ]
This is a response from Portsmouth Green Party representative, Tamara Groen, on social media posts by Councillor Linda Symes, the Conservative councillor for Eastney and Craneswater, as reported in The News, on June 3rd 2020. [… read more ]
S&C contributor and Pompey Politics Podcast host Ian Morris shares his experience of the lockdown, as someone with diabetes. It’s Day 78 and Ian isn’t too pleased with Zoom’s update, as he loses the one [… read more ]
How has the pandemic affected local services and charities, their staff and the communities they serve? Sarah Cheverton talks to Anna, Digital Media Investigations (DMI) Advocate at Aurora New Dawn, a Portsmouth-based charity working with [… read more ]
‘S&C contributor and Pompey Politics Podcast host Ian Morris shares his experience of the lockdown, as someone with diabetes. It’s Day 71, and Ian explains his view as to why Dominic Cummings did not break [… read more ]
S&C contributor and Pompey Politics Podcast host Ian Morris shares his experience of the lockdown, as someone with diabetes. It’s Day 58 and Ian turns to the controversial issue of the government’s much critiqued new [… read more ]
Every week, Express FM runs a live show dedicated to news about the Coronavirus in Portsmouth, as Robbie James interviews a range of local people, including politicians, experts, residents and businesses. On 6th May, Robbie [… read more ]
S&C contributor and Pompey Politics Podcast host Ian Morris shares his experience of the lockdown, as someone with diabetes. It’s Day 56 and Ian has a discussion with Billy Bragg, or at least with whoever [… read more ]
How has the pandemic affected funding for local charities, and how is the Portsmouth community responding? Sarah Cheverton interviews Aurora New Dawn’s CEO, Shonagh Dillon, in the latest of a weekly series examining the social [… read more ]
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