Post 101

Portsmouth Point blog has just passed what we hope will be the first of many important milestones. Mr Priory’s post on his romance with the sea was our 100^th blog post. Reaching this milestone would not have  been possible if it was not for the many contributors to the blog who have written such a wonderful range of articles, reviews and reflections.

For this 101st post, I thought I would highlight just a few of the editor's favorite articles from the blog's first century; it has been a tough choice:

Recently Michael Roderick has written an article about why the Government's policy on drinking is essentially hypocritical: http://portsmouthpoint.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/against-fanatics.html

During the Republican Presidential primary season Will Wallace wrote a politically obituary for Rick Santorum: 
http://portsmouthpoint.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/rick-santorum-political-obituary.html

Over Easter Madi Barker looked at different depictions of the scene after Jesus' resurrection in art: 
http://portsmouthpoint.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/noli-me-tangere.html

Zoe Dukoff-Gordon wrote about Jamie Oliver giving pupils a second chance:
http://portsmouthpoint.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/jamies-dream-school.html

Siena Hocking thought about the difference between cultures, while over The Channel:
http://portsmouthpoint.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/vive-la-france.html

Lucy Cole wrote on the breathtaking beauty of Granada:
http://portsmouthpoint.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/breathtaking-beauty-of-granada.html

Max Jewell wrote a series of posts on his 10 favorite films:
http://portsmouthpoint.blogspot.co.uk/2012/03/max-jewells-top-ten-films.html,

http://portsmouthpoint.blogspot.co.uk/2012/03/max-jewells-top-ten-films_24.html,

http://portsmouthpoint.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/max-jewells-all-time-number-one-film.html

George Hope and I debated the Governments plans to legalize same-sex marriage: 

George Hope for same-sex marriage: http://portsmouthpoint.blogspot.co.uk/2012/03/civil-partnerships-simply-not-good.html

Daniel Rollins against same-sex marriage: http://portsmouthpoint.blogspot.co.uk/2012/03/same-sex-marriage-undemocratic.html

Louisa Stark wrote an appreciation of the art of Lucian Freud:
http://portsmouthpoint.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/dawn-of-blockbuster-exhibition.html

Claire Stephens questioned the exam system: http://portsmouthpoint.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/what-is-point-of-exams.html

Special thanks to George Neame for his weekly album reviews and most recently his post on music and emotions: http://portsmouthpoint.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/mind-over-music.html and to George Laver for his biweekly commentaries at Portsmouth Point Poetry (the most recent being http://portsmouthpoint.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/commentary-on-valediction-forbidding.html)

Many thanks to all of our contributors and to all of our readers,

Daniel Rollins

Blog Editor