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Author Archives: Ellie Thompson

Ellie is a student at the Ruskin School of Art, who spends most of her time sewing or knitting really ugly scarves.

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A View from the Bridge at the Oxford Playhouse: Reviewed

Ellie Thompson Nov 7, 2025 7 min read
A View from the Bridge at the Oxford Playhouse: Reviewed

“As the play nears its calamitous final moments, even this meagre display gets stripped down, pared away into a blank space: by privileging sparsity, the…

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