A creative spark at just 11 At just 11 years old, Katie Ann Gunn found herself at local auction houses with her antique dealer mum. To keep her busy, her mum would hand her a tray of broken costume jewellery and ask her to make bracelets. “It didn’t take long before...

When Georgina Herbert first moved from Southwest London to Fareham in 2021, she never imagined that within a few years she would be running one of Gosport’s most unique attractions. A passionate sea swimmer, Georgina has always loved the benefits of cold-water dips –...

On a bright June morning, Stoke Road in Gosport welcomed a new splash of colour. Tucked among the independent shops, a new art store - ThirteenEight - opened its doors for the first time. Just three months later, I sit down with its owner, Tom, to talk about the...

For more than a decade, Victoria Llewelyn has dedicated her career to supporting young people and families through the charity Motiv8. After joining 11 years ago as a family support worker, she has taken on a variety of roles, from frontline community work to...

Gosport’s High Street is buzzing with life thanks to a wave of creative, independent businesses that are breathing new energy into the town centre. At the heart of this movement is Katie’s Vinyl Bar and Kitchen, which is a unique, family-run café bar that has become a...

When Gosport resident Ian Kingsbury spends his winters in Florida, he often discovers new hobbies and ideas. But one discovery has transformed local sport in Gosport - and that’s pickleball. “I first came across pickleball in the US, where it’s everywhere,” says Ian....

For most people, retirement is a time to slow down, but for 70-year-old Gosport resident Nigel Woodcock, it’s full speed ahead delivering furniture and household essentials to families in need through the local charity, Hub4Stuff. Nigel has been a volunteer driver...