Tom PhillipsOn RizzWhy is 2023’s word of the year ‘Rizz’, when it should be Genocide? I’ve certainly heard it a lot on social media. And ‘ceasefire.’ And…Dec 9, 2023Dec 9, 2023
Tom PhillipsRejection Letter #A needlessly verbose response to a rejection letter.Jul 4, 2019Jul 4, 2019
Tom PhillipsThe “Long List”: A comic plateau on the long road to the Holy JobI write. And I’d like to do it more. And like so many others I am, however naively, looking for a job in which I might be able to do the…Nov 5, 2018Nov 5, 2018
Tom PhillipsMontmartre, Paris, Sunday morningPeople have brought their homes out on to the streets, turned their unwanted possessions over to those who might see something in them; I…Oct 8, 2018Oct 8, 2018
Tom PhillipsSoho, 16:55The outside tables of a bar. I’m at the end of the lot, within earshot of the piano/sax duo that are filling the silence inside; nice, but…Oct 8, 2018Oct 8, 2018
Tom PhillipsBlock Life: The Calm Underbelly of Cairo’s OutskirtsIn Cairo, everything happens at street level. The oppression of heat is mirrored in the oppressive complexity of the streets, in the…Oct 4, 2018Oct 4, 2018