University of Portsmouth student Paul Beresford imagines a grim future for Portsmouth’s music venues, as he shows how the city’s independent and smaller venues are struggling to survive in an increasingly competitive commercial landscape. The year [… 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 ]
S&C Editor in Chief, Sarah Cheverton reports on the local crewing and deployment of ALPs – vehicles designed to tackle high rise fires – as lessons for Portsmouth continue to emerge from the Grenfell Tower [… read more ]
Last week, Liberal Democrat councillors called a special meeting of local authority councillors and fire officers following repeated concerns about the impact of budget cuts on Portsmouth’s fire service, particularly in relation to fires in [… read more ]
Local activists are reeling following news that Portsmouth City Council have given permission for Starbucks to open a new branch on the site of a proposed strip club. S&C’s guest satirist Claire Denise Udy reports. [… read more ]
The music industry has changed – and continues to change – beyond recognition. So how has the Cellars at Eastney, one of Portsmouth’s great independent venues, fared in the new environment? In the first of [… read more ]
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