Scientists from the University of Portsmouth and local volunteers have taken part in the UK’s largest ever citizen science project to understand how our coastline is changing in the face of climate change and species [… read more ]
The University of Portsmouth has launched two short courses for Portsmouth people to explore painting and drawing with local expert artists. PAINTING WITH ACRYLICS: A SHORT COURSE In October, a new evening course will start [… read more ]
Alfred Drury’s impressive statue of Queen Victoria has graced Portsmouth Guildhall Square since 1903. But a student from the University of Portsmouth claims that the statue recently told him it is unhappy in its current [… read more ]
Reclaim the News team member Rosy Bremer reflects on the commercialisation of higher education as she interviews Eleanor Martin of Khayaal Theatre following a recent symposium at the University of Portsmouth. A woman with very [… read more ]
Husband and wife team Brian Murphy and Linda Regan return to Portsmouth as part of Mystery Fest, which was delayed back in March. Portsmouth Mystery Fest organiser Carol Westron reports. Anyone who remembers vintage classics [… read more ]
S&C co-founder and features editor Tom Sykes reports on our upcoming book, Pompey Writes, an anthology of the best writing and visual art to have appeared on the website plus brand new material from some [… read more ]
The Conflict and Culture research group at the University of Portsmouth’s Faculty of Creative and Cultural Industries will be holding a topical and satirical multimedia event on 26th April 2018. Since Brexit and the election [… read more ]
In my innovation hub I Innovate with my hub I Redesign designs I Rebrand brands I Generate smart content and have smart lunches with smart people I Influence the influencers I Promote, advertise, personalise I [… read more ]
University of Portsmouth student Phoebe Hedges finds a new mystery in a very familiar train journey. It was the end of my first year at university and I travelled home for the summer. Yet each [… read more ]
Portsmouth-based author, publisher and S&C regular, Matt Wingett, argues that last week’s closure of Blackwell’s bookshop bears the mark of a wider malady: the corporatisation of art, culture and higher education in our time. Sadly, [… read more ]
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