Southsea Local
After successfully opening and developing a well-loved coffee shop on Osbourne Road for 10 years, the husband and wife duo of Southsea Coffee (Martyn and Tara), set their minds to…
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Inika At Budd’s Apothecary
Recently, there was a makeover day at Budd’s Apothecary on Albert Road with the make-up and skincare specialists Inika Organic and I popped along to see the clients have a…
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Battle Of The Beers
Want to learn how to taste beer like a pro, or just fancy trying six craft beers from some of the coolest breweries? There are some fantastic craft beers being…
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Record Store Day 2023
Record Store Day always brings a huge buzz to independent record stores and today sees a fab day to buy a vinyl and support your local record shop. The Pie…
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One Southsea One Love
The start of last weekend saw the reveal of a billboard project in Southsea. Named ‘One Southsea, One Love’ aims to send a message out to the independent and creative…
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April Highlights
April has been a funny old month, sometimes glorious sunshine and then torrential rain that kind of sets you back a little. The good news is that with so many…
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Who Ate All The Pies?
In 2010, Jane and Dave Endean were looking forward to semi-retirement in Worcestershire. But somehow that didn’t go quite to plan, and today they run their own business called Mad…
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Simon Whitcomb
Does anyone remember the very first issue of Southsea Folk I did by myself? It was Issue 3, where I introduced an artist to design the front cover. I fell…
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MDS Easter Hunt
A massive well done to a street artist that has put Portsmouth on the map and carried a longevity to his work. The world renowned street artist My Dog Sighs…
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My Safe Place Is You
I first met Midge when she was working in a local cafe. Producing a little notebook, Lou said she liked to draw and showed me her black and white sketches.…
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