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The Conan Doyle Collection
La collection Conan Doyle (French translations provided by the students of Translation Studies at the University of Brest). You may not...
ectwinningcommitte
Apr 21, 20243 min read
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Alice Hume - Local Artisane
This blog post is written to introduce one of Portsmouth's many talented local artisans based at the Hotwalls Studios in the historic...
ectwinningcommitte
Apr 21, 20244 min read
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Good Bye Lenin! Movie Showing, Thursday, October 19th.
The twinning association in partnerships with the Southsea Cinema and Arts Centre, 1-3 Palmerston Road, Southsea is proud to present the...
ectwinningcommitte
Sep 22, 20231 min read
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The Great South Run 2023
We took a small group of runners to Caen at the beginning of June for their run "Les Courants de la Liberté". See here for the blog post...
ectwinningcommitte
Jul 5, 20231 min read
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An English master saddler in Duisburg-Ruhrort
A saddler's workshop was founded in Ruhrort in 1840 and still exists today as Duisburg's upholstery workshop. World history in...
Harald Küst
Dec 11, 20223 min read
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Conan Doyle and belief in ghosts
By Harald Küst [An article about one of Portsmouth's more famous citizens from our twin city in Germany of Duisburg] Literature lovers in...
Harald Küst
Oct 22, 20223 min read
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A Duisburg negotiator on a difficult mission
By Harald Küst When the IRA terror came to Duisburg. The Duisburg notary Spieker mediated in top secret between the hostile Northern...
Harald Küst
Oct 22, 20222 min read
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Become a Summer Tour Guide In Caen
This job requires at least B1 level capabilities in French, but is for an English language tour guide in the City of Caen. Share this job...
ectwinningcommitte
Apr 30, 20221 min read
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The Festival of Cultures at The University of Portsmouth
This took place on Monday, March 7th 2022 online - The collection of materials here is to complement this presentation and to be a place...
ectwinningcommitte
Mar 8, 20222 min read
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Duisburg - Germany 1950-
In 1950 Duisburg was first twinned with Portsmouth. In this blog post we will start with the 'now' and we will go back in time too. I...
ectwinningcommitte
Jan 17, 20221 min read
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"The Germans learned soccer from us".
"The Germans learned soccer from us". A look at history: Duisburg and English soccer. The standardisation of the rules raised the profile...
Harald Küst
Jan 17, 20224 min read
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Merry Christmas - A historical article from Duisburg
Merry Christmas Duisburg is Portsmouth’s twin city. A Christmas story about the fraternisation in 1914 during World War I. For one great...
Harald Küst
Dec 12, 20212 min read
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Design a Postcard Competition
Former Portsmouth City Councillor Steve Pitt has arranged a prize of £500 to the person who designs us the winning design for a postcard...
ectwinningcommitte
Oct 27, 20212 min read
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Duisburg Portsmouth Promo Video
The Portsmouthfreunde in Duisburg have produced this promotional video for their twin city of Portsmouth and its attractions. There is an...
ectwinningcommitte
Jul 23, 20211 min read
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Do you play Bridge?
In Caen, there is a group of avid Bridge players, who would love the opportunity to join with Portsmouth Bridge players and play...
Andrew Starr
Jul 23, 20211 min read
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Portsmouth Kite Festival
On Saturday 7th and Sunday 8th August, there will be a stand for Portsmouth European Cities Twinning Committee at the Kite Festival on...
Andrew Starr
Jul 23, 20212 min read
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Sailing Twinning Opportunity
An opportunity for young people from Portsmouth, Caen and Duisburg to join forces at the end of September and learn how to work together...
Andrew Starr & Wing Chan
Jul 14, 20211 min read
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Welcome
Welcome to the new blog for Portsmouth City Partnerships with Caen and Duisburg our twin cities. (tinyurl.com/pompinter) There is already...
ectwinningcommitte
Jul 8, 20211 min read
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