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Showtime Launch Evening

Monday, June 6th, 2011. Published in Art, Craft & Design, Cultural & Exhibitions, Fashion & Clothing, Film & Cinematography, Photography by

Friday was the launch night of the University of Portsmouth’s Showtime 2011 event at the Eldon Building featuring work from foundation through to final year graduating students on creative courses including fashion, fine art, 3D, graphic design, illustration, tv production, computer game design, etc. The evening was very busy with people catching the two fashion show either live or via the live feed or wandering around between the different floors checking out the exhibitions of work. Particular personal favourites were the 3D computer games demos (amazing), the meat cushions in 3D, the (mockumentry?) music producer film in TV, dressage horse stills and a book about the Wedgewood Rooms in photography plus the store in illustration with loads of cool zines, badges, prints and more. Props to the tv production crew who had loads of ice cold beers and fan heaters too which made the hot evening even better.

Below are a random handful of photos from Friday but we’ll be highlighting some of the students and their work over the next couple of weeks…lots to be proud of when it comes to the amazing work and students from the University. If you have any photos from Showtime and want to contribute them to Strong Island get in touch.

P.S. Don’t forget you can still see the work yourself until the end of the week, check the link above for full details.






















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The 2nd Strong Island Ale – Dry Dock No. 1

Tuesday, May 8th, 2012. Published in Features, Food & Drink, Strong Island by

As you may know each year we run a home brew competition in February where the winning brew has the opportunity to be brewed by Irving & Co Brewing Co. and sold around the city in the summer. Last year’s brew, the Strong Island Hopper Ale, was hugely successful being one of Inving’s best selling ales and selling out so quickly it went through a second brew run. This year’s winning ale is Dry Dock No. 1, originally brewed by Lee Immins, went on sale in some of Portsmouth and Southsea’s pubs over the weekend.

We spoke to The Hole in The Wall in Southsea who said the new ale went down a storm with it being their best seller on Sunday and with almost two barrels empty by the end of the Bank Holiday weekend. Those guys at the Hole in The Wall and their regular ale drinkers know their stuff so for us this was amazing early news with the ale.

To officially launch Dry Dock No. 1 we are having a launch party with the lovely souls at The Belle Isle on Thursday evening. The ale will be on full flow, come down and try a pint or two. As well as being on sale all around the city the ale will also be available in Chichester’s Belle Isle too, so you can drink it away from home for the first time too.






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The Isle Of Wight Randonnee 2012 – Team Strong Island

Monday, May 7th, 2012. Published in Bikes & Cycling, Features by

Just over a year ago, a group of Strong Islanders were sat on the Isle of Wight ferry on our way to the yearly Randonnee cycling event; 60 miles around the island spread across 5 checkpoints. Whilst on the crossing we couldn’t help but admire various enthusiasts and their custom team jerseys. Fast forward a year and it is my great pleasure to unveil the Strong Island cycling jersey. Made as a one off for the event, the jersey is our way of representing this city and all the values that come with it. Thanks to the combined designing efforts of Chris Ballingall and Tristan Savage, we were able to produce this clean, retro looking jersey that 11 of Southsea’s finest could wear to conquer the island’s endless hills. Well done chaps.

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