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Sylvia Hikins
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Theatre review / 26 April 2026
26 April 2026

SYLVIA HIKINS recommends a fascinating, revealing, superbly acted evening of theatre

TO EACH ACCORDING TO THEIR NEEDS: San Andres neighbourhood of Mondragon with the Anboto mountain visible in the background ' Pic: Marisol Murua/CC
Book Review / 19 April 2026
19 April 2026

SYLVIA HIKINS welcomes a survey of successful contemporary worker co-operatives and economy-based co-operative systems

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Theatre Review / 23 March 2026
23 March 2026

SYLVIA HIKINS twists and shouts, and recommends an outstanding homage to Lennon and McCartney

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Book Review / 12 March 2026
12 March 2026

SYLVIA HIKINS celebrates the chance that a new memoir offers to explore Frieda Brewster’s remarkable life story

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Books / 6 March 2026
6 March 2026

SYLVIA HIKINS is compelled by a travel writer’s personal exploration of his native Lancashire, by the Morning Star’s own Chris Moss

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Books / 16 February 2026
16 February 2026

SYLVIA HIKINS relishes Jeanette Winterson’s brilliant hijack of 1001 Nights to push aside the boundaries set by others

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Theatre review / 8 December 2025
8 December 2025

SYLVIA HIKINS enjoys a varied Scouse alternative to traditional pantomimes

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Theatre review / 22 September 2025
22 September 2025

SYLVIA HIKINS relishes a comedy that dives deep into Liverpool’s divided loyalties

ADMIRABLE ADAPTABILITY: A Tuareg family The Tuareg in Menaka, in the south of northern Mali. Tuaregs controlled the central Sahara and its trade / Pic: Emilia Tjernstrom/flickr/CC
Book Review / 24 August 2025
24 August 2025

SYLVIA HIKINS recommends a sweeping survey of the world's biggest desert and the people who live there

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Liverpool Biennale 2025 / 17 June 2025
17 June 2025

SYLVIA HIKINS casts an eye across the contemporary art brought to a city founded on colonialism and empire

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Theatre review / 6 June 2025
6 June 2025

SYLVIA HIKINS is bowled over by a wonderful show that both entertains and educates

Iman Aoun and Edward Muallem in Oranges and Stones
Best of 2024 / 3 December 2024
3 December 2024
A manifesto for change, feminism in the digital age and a wordless play by Palestinians