The Amber Moon Part 1 – Star & Crescent

Portsmouth Writers’ Season: Tom Harris

4th August 2017

S&C presents an excerpt from Portsmouth author Tom Harris‘ new novel, The Amber Moon, Part 1: Of Shadows & Dragons, the third book in his Wings, Wands and Weird Worlds series for young adults. The [… read more ]

News

The Future of Journalism in a Festival: S&C at Byline Festival 2019

11th September 2019

S&C recently appeared at the Byline Festival – described as ‘the only festival trying to change the world’ – organised by independent news platform and newspaper, Byline, in partnership with the Frontline Club for journalists. [… read more ]

News

An American in Pompey: Hopping Aboard Britain’s Railway System

9th September 2019

Writer and music blogger Doug Hamilton was born and raised in America, moved to Canada in the early 2000s, and recently relocated again with his British-born spouse to Portsmouth. This is part seven of his ongoing series exploring [… read more ]

Events

‘Heroes with Dirty Faces’: The Firefighters’ Story Comes to Portsmouth

3rd September 2019

‘The Firefighters’ Story’ documentary comes to Portsmouth Historic Dockyard’s Auditorium on Friday the 27th of September 2019, marking the first centenary of the Fire Brigade’s Union. S&C Contributing Editor, Paris Ali-Pilling, reports. It has been [… read more ]

News

‘Besieged’: Revisiting the Siege of Portsmouth

21st August 2019

Writer and S&C social media manager for Instagram, Beth Lewingdon, revisits Besieged, a historical play by local writer, actor and PhD researcher Vin Adams, based on contemporary accounts of a surprising moment in Portsmouth’s history. [… read more ]

Events

S&C Appears at Byline Festival: ‘A Riot of Independent Journalism’

16th August 2019

The Byline Festival describes itself as ‘the only festival trying to change the world’ and is organised by independent news website and newspaper, Byline, in partnership with the Frontline Club for journalists. Now in its [… read more ]