AN SOS NHS march and rally is being held in Southampton city centre on Saturday, January 28. A spokesperson said: “The NHS crisis is a crisis of government. The Tory government are quick to blame everyone and everything but themselves for the current crisis they have created in our...
Reader’s letter: NHS patients and staff are suffering – and the government are to blame
“The NHS is safe in our hands.” Remember that quote from David Cameron? Twelve years on and the current crisis in Emergency care is anything but safe. Seeing long lines of ambulances unable to deliver their patients to hospital is shocking. Harm is undoubtedly being caused to patients and...
Opinion: How I learnt to stop worrying about The X Factor
by Lewis MacLean. Recent English Eurovision contender and runner up Sam Ryder needs no introduction. He will go down in history as the closest we got (since Bucks Fizz) to winning what England generally condisers the most biased and contentious global competition of all. However, enthusiastic Sotonites who turned...
Southampton charity combating loneliness with intergenerational event
In an effort to combat loneliness and bring generations together, a Southampton charity is hosting intergenerational events, allowing people to expand their social contact and make new friends. Communicare is trialling an intergenerational event at St Mary’s Primary School on Ascupart Street from Monday, January 30 from 10am-12 noon,...
Short story: Automatic Zen Garden
by Damian Bemben. “One can accomplish something only so long as one cannot accomplish everything” – Stanislaw Lem, The Cyberiad swish swosh swash it felt at peace. the motor slowly turned. Methodically. Within the large garden next to the perfectly uniform bonsai trees, cut by the artificial gardener and...
Reader’s Letter: Levelling up – how about providing free school meals?
by Charlotte Ndupuechi. “Levelling up? What better way than to provide free school meals. With this week‘s big PR push from the government about the so-called levelling up agenda, this got me thinking. Child poverty continues to rise with 4.3 million children now living in poverty in the U.K....
Special event to mark Holocaust and Genocide Memorial Day in Southampton next week
Southampton is set to mark Holocaust and Genocide Memorial Day next week with a commemorative event organised by the Parkes Institute for the Study of Jewish/non-Jewish Relations, University of Southampton and hosted by Solent University. The in person and online event will take place in the Palmerston Lecture Theatre...
Reader’s Letter: we oppose far right group’s attempts to sow hatred and division in our communities
by Southampton Stand Up To Racism. “The far-right group Britain First is planning to hold a regional meeting in Southampton on February 7th. We oppose this attempt to sow hatred and division in our communities and stand united in defending our multicultural and diverse city. Britain First was founded...
Transgender Day of Visibility clothes swap to take place in Southampton
by Sally Churchward. People’s Pride Southampton is holding a clothes swap event to mark this year’s Transgender Day of Visibility. The event will be held on Saturday, 1st of April, the day following Transgender Day of Visibility, at Edmund Kell Unitarian Church. Event organiser Mabel Wellman said: “Reducing clothing...
Recipe: vegan Mexican-style lasagne
by Vie Portland. I’ve adapted this recipe so it’s not too spicy. Quantities of ingredients are to taste and availability. Ingredients: red onions mushrooms crushed garlic vegan chick*n piees passata tinned chopped tomatoes kidney beans seasoning (paprika/chilli powder/Cajun seasoning vegan tortillas vegan cheese, grated vegan sour cream or coconut...