I. L. Literate, who in their own words is ‘a soulless, derivate, mercenary hack absolutely in step with the neoliberal cultural climate of soporific pastiche, commodified nostalgia, artistic risk aversion and insipid liberal identity politics [… read more ]
By an anonymous contributor. Jul 2016: Britain holds a referendum, the result of which is to tell the EU to sod off. Dec 2020: Britain leaves the EU without a deal. Downing Street accuses the [… read more ]
Continuing our new series of stories from our Young People’s Voices project – funded by Victorious Festival and supported by the University of Portsmouth – student at Havant and South Downs College, Katelyn Barnard shares [… read more ]
Continuing our new series of stories from our Young People’s Voices project – funded by Victorious Festival and supported by the University of Portsmouth – student at Havant and South Downs College, Zoe Ingram, explores [… read more ]
Donald Trump’s visit to Portsmouth tomorrow is shrouded in secrecy and corrupted by controversy. Local author and publisher Matt Wingett thinks the people of Portsmouth deserve some explanations. There’s a long tradition in Portsmouth of [… read more ]
The West’s claim to moral superiority and its assumption of the role of ‘world’s policeman’ are largely derived from a classical approach to liberalism. In short, the argument is that our societies are more liberal [… read more ]
Portsmouth writer and S&C regular JS Adams recalls a frightening episode in his music career when he found himself stranded in Austin, Texas amid some dangerous characters, with only a hat and glasses to his name. [… read more ]
Having left Portsmouth for the United States and then come back to Pompey in later life, Gareth Rees ponders the meaning of travel and the definition of home. It’s hardly uplifting hearing folk running down [… read more ]
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