Philippa Willitts
Contributor at Freelance
Editor at Now then Magazine
Writer, editor, journalist. Feminism, disability, LGBTQI+, professional northerner. Freelance & ed @GlobalComment. @[email protected]
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3 days ago |
globalcomment.com | Philippa Willitts
Every Monday on Global Comment, we share Something Special you don’t want to miss. To fit with the six core pillars of the magazine, these will alternate between the themes of watch / listen / read / see / taste / place. It will be something different every week, but it will always be about something worth seeing, hearing or watching, or a place worth visiting or a food worth tasting.
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1 week ago |
globalcomment.com | Philippa Willitts
As journalists, when we review a film, a book, food, or anything else, we have to write the review for the reader, removing any thoughts we have about the feelings of those who created it. Our responsibility is always, above all, to give the reader our authentic perspective, not to please or placate creators. Otherwise we’re part of their PR team, not objective reporters.
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1 week ago |
globalcomment.com | Philippa Willitts
Sometimes, when we have some thinky work to do, we open the laptop and we do it. Just like that. The work needs to be done, so we do it. Other times, we remember those days as if they happened to another person because, try as we might, we just can’t get our brains to co-operate. So what can we do when we need to think but we simply can’t get focused? Sometimes, we need silence for that. Sometimes, we need a change of scene. And sometimes, we simply need the perfect playlist.
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2 weeks ago |
globalcomment.com | Philippa Willitts
Tom Lehrer has such a distinctive satirical voice, yet many who would almost certainly love his work have never heard of him. Those of us who have, however, often get hooked and, like me, become an absolute Lehrer evangelist. So don’t be put off by the period in which he was writing and performing his comic songs, because many of them have a lasting legacy that is well worth revisiting.
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4 weeks ago |
globalcomment.com | Philippa Willitts
High on her own success as a criminal defence barrister, Tessa Jane Ensler has the arrogance of someone who excels in her role. Someone who has fought her way to success. Ensler rides the adrenaline high of winning case after case. So what if she defends the odd rapist who was actually guilty? It’s just how it goes. So what if her cross-examinations of victims and survivors occasionally veers towards the brutal? It’s all part of the game.
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“The exploration of power, gender and privilege in this play is handled with care”: Prima Facie review - Global Comment https://t.co/Ubttnj7t3T
The German word for defusing a bomb translates literally as "remove the spicyness". {M. Verdone @[email protected]} https://t.co/KxhoCmw0pi
[rape, sexual assault, legal system] I reviewed #PrimaFacie, with the ever-exceptional Jodie Comer https://t.co/Ubttnj7t3T https://t.co/SoF2g8mdhk