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Coping with COVID: Helping Disadvantaged Local Women Through Tough Times

6th May 2020

Large numbers of women in the UK lack the practical skills that allow them to earn a living in the modern, digital economy. Headquartered at the University of Portsmouth, PONToon (Partnership Opportunities using New Technologies [… read more ]

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GE2019: 5 Questions for Steven George

5th December 2019

Steven George, Independent candidate 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 ]

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Words That Work: Using Poetry to Work With People

5th December 2019

 Maggie Sawkins writes about her experience of using poetry to work with a local group open to anyone battling with substance misuse, mental ill health and/or homelessness, which runs on Saturdays at Central Library. Biblio-Poetry [… read more ]

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GE2019: 5 Questions for George Madgwick

4th December 2019

George Madgwick, Independent candidate for Portsmouth North 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 ]

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GE2019: 5 Questions for John Kennedy

4th December 2019

John Kennedy, Brexit Party candidate 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 [… read more ]

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GE2019: 5 Questions for Donna Jones

4th December 2019

Donna Jones, Conservative candidate for Portsmouth South, gives her 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 ]

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GE2019: 5 Questions for Gerald Vernon-Jackson

4th December 2019

Gerald Vernon-Jackson, Liberal Democrat candidate 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 [… read more ]

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GE2019: 5 Questions for Stephen Morgan

4th December 2019

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 ]

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GE2019: 5 Questions for Antonia Harrison

4th December 2019

Antonia Harrison, Liberal Democrat candidate for Portsmouth North, gives her 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 [… read more ]

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GE2019: 5 Questions for Lloyd Day

4th December 2019

Lloyd Day, Green Party candidate for Portsmouth North, 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 [… read more ]

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Planetbuilding Blues: Science Fiction Special

11th May 2026

Writer and planetary modeller David Angus reminisces about science fiction (SF) conventions over the years and his friendship with SF icon Brian Aldiss. During Easter I was in Birmingham Exhibition Centre at a science fiction convention. [… read more ]

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The People’s Emergency Briefing: How to Combat Climate Change in Portsmouth

8th May 2026

Climate change is undeniably one of the biggest, if not the biggest, existential threat facing humanity. It is, however, quite difficult to grasp, and understand the impacts it currently has, and will have, not only [… read more ]

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Planetbuilding Blues: Space and Time Projects

9th April 2026

  Writer and planetary modeller David Angus details his latest projects, including Time Travel (and Dinosaurs) in Gosport. I’ve worked a lot on Jupiter’s moons, as you do. Callisto has already been mentioned in earlier [… read more ]

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Pompey Climate Choir Protests Outside Barclays Bank

27th March 2026

Portsmouth Climate Choir performed their song ‘We’re Gonna Switch Our Bank’ outside Barclays in Portsmouth in collaboration with PSC and Trans Pride Portsmouth. Viola Langley reports. Members of Portsmouth Climate Choir sang a rousing rendition [… read more ]

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Portsmouth Event Unites Community on the Climate Emergency

27th March 2026

Inflation. High food and energy bills. Food banks. War. Genocide. We live in dark times, but a glimmer of hope can be found through spirit and community. On a chilly but sublime Thursday evening in [… read more ]

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