The pandemic has been a game-changer for local businesses, and when Covid-19 hit, local entrepreneur and founder of StartUp Disruptors, Becky Lodge, was galvanised into action. Here she explains why she wanted to get involved [… read more ]
Oliver Timberlake, writer, reveals his personal experience of being working-class at the University of Portsmouth. Since the 1980s, there’s been a dominant narrative about how class in Britain no longer really matters. For Margaret Thatcher, [… read more ]
At the time of writing, the YouTube videos of the recent debate between the academics Jordan B. Peterson and Slavoj Žižek have attracted well over two million views. Dr Stephen Harper reflects on their mixed [… read more ]
Teacher, poet and commentator Guy Walker offers an uncompromising personal opinion on the prospect of five more years of Conservative rule. Thinking about voting Tory in June? Do you consider yourself a decent person? What [… read more ]
Inspired by Dadaism, Jazz LP cover designs and the fiction of JG Ballard, Samuel H James (higgy_) talks us through some of his surrealistic ‘digi-collages’. ‘Cogs & Flues, Ostrich’ This piece has a vibrant [… read more ]
Portsmouth writer Margaret Jennings offers some home truths on class, obesity and body image. Let’s look at my qualifications. 16 and a half stone, five foot seven inches and a BMI of 33.5. Obese – [… read more ]
By Donna Jones Have i got cunt tattooed on my forehead? Mug on my curling breath? Don’t dis me cos i is 55. Don’t miss me, replace me, erase me or displace me Cos [… read more ]
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