Chris Broom Reporter
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Chris Broom is The News's entertainments editor, who oversees our weekly what's on supplement, The Guide. He covers music, comedy, musicals, plays - if it's on a stage (and even if it's not) he'll write about it. And that includes everything from major touring acts and festival headliners, through to grassroots acts and the am-dram scene.

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840 Articles
4 months ago
portsmouth.co.uk

The Wagamama chef from Whiteley on a mission to help street dogs in Sri Lanka with the charity Lu...

​Four years ago Tereza Oharkova first visited Sri Lanka with her best friend Ali Warburton to volunteer with a charit...

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4 months ago
portsmouth.co.uk

Meet the Portsmouth woman bringing yoga and poetry together as One Soul Yoga

​In our fast-paced, frantic lives, it can often be difficult to cut out the noise of the 21st century and just… relax.

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4 months ago
portsmouth.co.uk

Review | "It's been a wild 41-year ride... but it really is the end of an era": Pompey legends Em...

In the list of Pompey bands who woulda, coulda, shoulda, the name Emptifish stands out brighter than most.

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4 months ago
portsmouth.co.uk

'Thanks a school superhero' scheme is launched to recognise Portsmouth primary and secondary scho...

Families are being invited to “thank a school superhero” so that staff who go above and beyond can be properly recogn...

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4 months ago
portsmouth.co.uk

Former 'face' of The Kings Theatre Sandra Smith makes an emotional return visit to her former wor...

For more than 30 years Sandra Smith was “the queen of The Kings” – as their marketing manager, she was, to many, the ...

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4 months ago
portsmouth.co.uk

366 sunrises in 366 days - how Frances' Every Sunrise project is helping prevent suicide

​On January 1 2023 Frances Vigay woke up in darkness and made her way from her home in Fratton, Portsmouth, to climb ...

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4 months ago
portsmouth.co.uk

Legendary Pompey surf-punks Emptifish to bid farewell with one final gig at The Wedgewood Rooms i...

​The official line is that talismanic guitarist, Ian ‘Sonic’ Parmiter has gone off “in search of the last antique.”

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4 months ago
portsmouth.co.uk

Serco makes £10,000 donation to the National Museum of the Royal Navy as co-sonsor of its Stem pr...

A leading defence service provider has donated £10,000 to the National Museum of the Royal Navy (NMRN) as co-sponsors...

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4 months ago
portsmouth.co.uk

Visually-impaired artist Clarke Reynolds announced as new trustee for Aspex gallery in Portsmouth...

Internationally renowned visually-impaired artist Clarke Reynolds has been appointed to the board of trustees at Aspe...

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4 months ago
portsmouth.co.uk

Tens of thousands see The Pompey Panto, Hook, at The Kings Theatre during its run as CEO hails it...

A staggering 60,000 people watched the pantomime Hook at The Kings Theatre throughout December.

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4 months ago
portsmouth.co.uk

Head of Hampshire & Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust is made an MBE in the King's New Year Honours list

The chief executive of Hampshire & Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust (HIWWT) has received an MBE in the King’s New Year Ho...

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4 months ago
portsmouth.co.uk

University of Portsmouth scientists debunk "beer goggles" theory relating to facial symmetry

Scientists from the University of Portsmouth have debunked a theory that the “beer goggles” effect works by people fi...

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