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As a historic port city with Global, Regional and Local Networks and connections, Portsmouth is a rich textile of spaces, places and narratives. Part of a seafaring tradition, spanning centuries the city sees potential at the edge of a map and as a point of arrival and departure, the city of defences or sanctuary.

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