Take the kids to … the Mary Rose Museum, Portsmouth
The Tudor warship that sank in the Solent in 1545 is beautifully presented within its revamped setting and comes with fantastic artefacts and hands-on activities
August 2015
Take the kids to …
Take the kids to … HMS Victory, Portsmouth
A history-filled and fun day out exploring the story behind one of the nation’s greatest ships plus a trip around the harbour at Portsmouth Historic Dockyard
May 2015
Let's go to
Let’s go to ... Portsmouth
It’s home to Ben Ainslie’s new sailing HQ and will host the America’s Cup in July but the city isn’t just about sailing, there are some great festivals on the horizon
June 2013
Neil Gaiman novel inspires Portsmouth street name
The Ocean at the End of the Lane to become a road as well as a read, as Portsmouth City Council honour homegrown novelist
February 2013
Portsmouth travel tips: hear the best living-room gigs on the planet
Gabrielle Aplin, Jimmy Carr, Mumford & Sons … Portsmouth's Cellars puts some big names in front of a tiny crowd
February 2012
Charles Dickens at 200
The Guardian Dickens walk five: Charles Dickens Birthplace Museum
Follow a tour around the house where Charles Dickens was born in Portsmouth 200 years ago
September 2011
HMS Victory and the ship that almost sank Lord Nelson
British ironclad named and shamed in exhibition at Portsmouth Historic Dockyard alongside relics from restoration work
July 2010
Ruling the waves: flotilla holidays in Britain
The launch of Sunsail's first flotilla holiday in the UK shows just how much fun you can have in a force 8 gale, with all your wet-weather clothes on
October 2009
Mike's big British bike adventure
Mike's big British bike adventure
Passing through Dorset on his round-Britain ride, Mike Carter finds the busy A35 and an MoD firing range really keep him on his toes – or toe
September 2009
To the seaside for 99p
National Express has 10,000 seats on its new services from London to the south coast for less than a pound
August 2009
Shipped off
News blog
Get your kicks on the A3? Greyhound buses launch in UK
March 2009
Experts' and readers' tips
Expert's and reader's tips: Forts
Expert Richard Hobbs recommends Segedunum Roman Fort, Wallsend and a reader tips Fort Nelson, Portsmouth
April 2007
In praise of ... Portsmouth
Leader: When a chubby Etonian tours a far-from-flush city in a £340,000 limousine, he should hardly expect the warmest of welcomes.
March 2007
Slow traveller
The slow traveller
Ed Gillespie will spend the next year travelling the world by land and sea. In the first of a series of fortnightly dispatches, Ed and girlfriend Fi board the ferry from Portsmouth for a bumpy start to their adventure ...
July 2003
School's out
If your kids find ferry crossings boring, take them on the Portsmouth-Bilbao run where whales and dolphins provide the entertainment. Juliet Rix reports.
March 2003
A port in a storm
Leader
Leader: The debate rages: is Umm Qasr more like Southampton or Portsmouth?
