In what may be their last episode before Christmas, our intrepid hosts Ian ‘Tiny’ Morris and Simon Sansbury discuss how things went locally and nationally in Thursday’s General Election, with Stephen Morgan bucking the disastrous [… read more ]
Local writer Richard Williams explains how he decided who to vote for in this election, and how lying politicians are undermining our democracy. It’s easy to forget amongst the noise of an election campaign that [… read more ]
We recently asked S&C readers and social media followers what one question you would ask all the candidates in Portsmouth North and South in the General Election. From the many – and diverse – answers [… read more ]
Stephen Morgan, Labour MP for Portsmouth South, gives his answers to the five questions recently submitted by S&C readers to all local candidates in the 2019 election. We recently asked S&C readers and social media [… read more ]
In the first of a two-part interview, Helen Salsbury talks with Michael Woolley, the Chair of Friends Without Borders (FWB), a Portsmouth-based charity providing support and advice to asylum seekers. How did you first get [… read more ]
If you’re into the creative vibe in Portsmouth, you might already attend spoken word events. But there’s a new group emerging, more or less fully formed, who are trying to do things differently. One of [… read more ]
On Thursday 29th March, Owen Jones, author, columnist and Labour Party campaigner, is coming to Portsmouth for a mass-canvassing session open to all, followed by a Q and A session. Cal Corkery, Chair of Portsmouth [… read more ]
Reviewer and student Emily Priest investigates the recent announcement that Blackwell and the University of Portsmouth have decided to shut Blackwell’s Portsmouth. Additional reporting by Sarah Cheverton. Following a period of commercial struggle, the University [… read more ]
S&C’s resident reviewer and reporter Emily Priest gives her verdict on the first ever Portsea Carnival, organised by the local community. Portsea has never had its own carnival before but on the 12th August this changed, thanks [… read more ]
Our food critic Emily Priest hits a bump in the road on her Southsea Food Tour series as she finds a new cafe that doesn’t quite hit the spot. The last weekend of July was the [… read more ]
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