S&C Community Reporter Andrew Larder heads down to a recent gig by local band, The Glorias, and speaks to bassist Andy Cornish about their lasting appeal. Photographs by Sally Cornish. American journalist Lester Bangs described [… read more ]
Local resident and photographer John Callaway explores the impact of the Covid-19 crisis on grassroots music venues, alongside some of his stunning photography. Every photograph in this post was taken in the past twelve months at a [… read more ]
S&C contributor and Pompey Politics Podcast host Ian Morris shares his experience of the lockdown, as someone with diabetes. It’s Day 86, and Ian chooses the next three songs as part of his short series, [… read more ]
Pompey’s favourite party political podcast returns with hosts Ian ‘Tiny’ Morris and Simon Sansbury. In this week’s episode, Ian and Simon welcome Geoff Priestley, General Manager of The Wedgewood Rooms and Richard Stride, founder of Groundlings Theatre Company, [… read more ]
Contributing Editor and reporter Paris Ali-Pilling picks out a top 10 of local organisations and individuals who are crowdfunding during lockdown. Additional reporting by Sarah Cheverton. Voices from the NHS frontline, Lean on Me [… read more ]
S&C contributor and Pompey Politics Podcast host Ian Morris shares his experience of the lockdown, as someone with diabetes. It’s Day 37 and Ian sadly checks his calendar and realises you really don’t know what you’ve [… read more ]
Catherine Jackson, organiser of annual festival The Whiskey Affair, tells us why she and team are bringing the festival back to Pompey for a third year. We return to the city for our third year [… read more ]
Freelance writer and S&C contributor Phoebe Hedges reviews the first of two Pompey quarter-finals in the Isle of Wight New Blood competition. As someone who spent their formative years in bars and basements, with her [… read more ]
Emily Priest reviews Portsmouth Pride – her first Pride ever – after a new committee takes the reins and finds love, community and a little bit of bad singing. Portsmouth Pride returned to the city [… read more ]
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