Poetry
A Capital Stooge
By Amanda Garrie Oh dear, oh dear, treacherous Keir you favour the bosses over job losses. You’re not the right ilk, in your cap, gown and silk; your attempt at a joke has you covered [… read more ]
UK government
Memoir
Eat Out to Burn Out: Rishi’s Restaurant Risks Remembered
A little over a year ago, the government announced the Eat Out to Help Out scheme to encourage the British public to spend more money in restaurants after the first pandemic lockdown. Unfortunately, the programme [… read more ]
Social Issues
Something for the Weekend: It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Xmas
In the latest of his weekly columns, Ian Morris gives his take on anti-vaxxers, the Government guidance for Christmas and his family’s plans for the festive season. They say a week is a long time [… read more ]
News
Milton Community Centre and Covid-19: ‘Most of Our Customers Are Older People’
How has the pandemic affected the local voluntary sector? In a two part series, Covid-19 Community Reporter Paris Ali-Pilling interviews Allison Udy, Centre Manager for Milton Village Community Association. In part two, Allison talks about the challenging [… read more ]
Memoir
‘Britain is Shooting Itself in the Foot’: Brexit, the NHS and Covid-19
In the last part of a three part interview, Dianna Djokey interviews German migrant and doctor Lisa, about Brexit, how councils have fared in the pandemic, and the experience of being a migrant worker in [… read more ]
Memoir
Public Health, British Citizenship and Covid-19
In the second of a three part interview Dianna Djokey interviews German migrant and doctor Lisa about the pandemic, becoming a British citizen, and working in the NHS. Lisa’s name was changed at her request. [… read more ]
Social Issues
Something for the Weekend: On Greg Clarke, Inclusion, and What’s In A Word?
Ian Morris returns with his weekly column and this week, he responds to Greg Clarke’s recent resignation and explores the issue of inclusive language. I love words, and possibly the more obscure the word, the [… read more ]
Politics
Pompey Politics Podcast: Nine and a Half Hours
Pompey’s favourite party political podcast returns with hosts Ian ‘Tiny’ Morris and Simon Sansbury. In this week’s episode, Ian and Simon review what happened at the nine and a half hour full council meeting. One of the things discussed [… read more ]
Politics
Pompey Politics Podcast: Don’t Panic!
Pompey’s favourite party political podcast returns with hosts Ian ‘Tiny’ Morris and Simon Sansbury. In this week’s episode, they discuss the upcoming US election, the European Court of Human Rights investigation into Labour and if the Government have [… read more ]
News
Supply Teaching in Portsmouth During Covid-19
In the second of a two-part series, Dianna Djokey interviews local resident Adam about his experience of being a migrant, and supply teaching, during the pandemic. Adam’s real name was changed at his request. Dianna [… read more ]