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Author Archives: Kiaya Phillips

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The Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show is back, but can it ever truly be inclusive?

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The BookTok film we have all been waiting for: Review of ‘It Ends with Us’

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The new modern author: Coco Mellors – “characters that are as addictive as the substances that plague them.”

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The Magic Tower at the Burton Taylor Studio: Reviewed

Kiaya Phillips May 29, 2026 5 min read
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As the lights come on, the audience is greeted by the married couple of Jim (Henry Cane) laying centre-stage on a mattress, and Linda (Rowan…

The Crucible at the Michael Pilch Studio: Reviewed

Kiaya Phillips May 29, 2026 7 min read
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Arthur Miller’s The Crucible has always been far more than the anti-Red Scare parable it played as when it was first written in 1953. Its…

Cheers & Tears — English & Scottish football seasons come to an end

Kiaya Phillips May 29, 2026 9 min read
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Spying? In football? Yes, it’s been causing controversy. Meanwhile, the battle against relegation from the Premier League went to the final day, while a fairytale…

Flesh by David Szalay: Reviewed

Kiaya Phillips May 28, 2026 5 min read
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David Szalay’s Flesh is a rise-and-fall tragedy in the classical tradition, but it is also, in the vein of Illusions perdues andGreat Expectations, a novel…

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