We posed a challenge to our readers recently to come up with captions to a range of pictures. Here’s our first response to the Southsea seagulls from Jodie Cole. Bird one: “I’m well hard.” Bird [… read more ]
JS Adams vividly imagines Portsmouth in the throes of eco-apocalypse in the third part of his serialised story. There are estimated to be around 20,000 to 25,000 polar bears left living in the wild. That’s [… read more ]
JS Adams vividly imagines Portsmouth in the throes of eco-apocalypse in the second part of his serialised story. Just a typical morning stroll with the family and their dog along Southsea seafront promenade would soon [… read more ]
Star & Crescent is proud to present an exclusive excerpt from Turn the Tides Gently, local author Matt Wingett’s Portsmouth-based tale of mystery and imagination. At first the hallucinations come to him in silence, as they always do. [… read more ]
Sindy Prankard tells the poignant tale of her struggle to raise a teenager suffering from mental ill health – and how, despite everything, she is prouder of him than ever. When the first glow of [… read more ]
In this charming memoir, writer and actor John Bartlett describes how the Southsea we know today has changed so dramatically from the Southsea he used to visit as a boy. When I was small, I [… read more ]
Christine Lawrence tracks down an exciting new pub venture in Fratton created by two men with a passion for good ale. Walking north from Fratton Station, along Fratton Road just past St. Mary’s Church, stands The [… read more ]
Writer and artist Gareth Rees sometimes feels alienated from his home town… until he makes his way to the delightful Rock Gardens and their language of fragrance. Population-wise Portsmouth is of course a city, but the [… read more ]
In the first part of a serialised story, JS Adams vividly imagines Portsmouth in the throes of eco-apocalypse. The first sighting of the icebergs was on February 19th. It would not have been unusual if [… read more ]
How big does a band have to be to give away their drumsticks? From Pie & Vinyl to the Wedge, Will Sutton goes on the trail of Pompey music heroes Kassassin St. Castle Road Festival, [… read more ]
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