Lydia Spencer-Elliott

Chief Features Writer

Lydia Spencer-Elliott
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Location
London
Education
Exeter University
Expertise

Pop culture, politics, entertainment, trends, opinion, dating, real-life stories, guides, The Tab's Do Better Campaign, The Tab's You Matter Campaign

  • Lydia has interviewed everyone from the women who brought down Harvey Weinstein to Love Island's Ekin-Su.
  • Her expertise in pop culture has seen her appear in a documentary about Harry Styles and go viral on TikTok explaining the infamous Wagatha Christie trial.
  • Lydia pioneered The Tab's coverage of the Women's World Cup and wouldn't rest until her Mary Earp's profile was the most read story of the tournament.

Experience

Lydia Spencer-Elliott joined The Tab in 2022, currently working as the Chief Features Writer. She has previously freelanced for VICE, The Guardian, The Independent, Cosmopolitan and was Grazia's Senior Features Writer before joining the team.

Education

Lydia graduated from the University of Exeter with a BA Honours in English Literature and Film Studies. After she graduated, she completed an MA in Magazine Journalism at City University, London and freelanced throughout her post grad.

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Posts

Take this quiz to see if Ireland would adopt you like they’ve adopted Ayo Edebiri

Who wouldn’t want to be the honorary people’s princess of Ireland?

Ok, here’s the eerie ending of Expats fully explained

What even happened to Margaret, Hilary and Mercy?

You can now go to prison for cyberflashing, deepfakes and revenge porn

New punishments include jail time, fines and being added to the sex offenders register

Kanye West accused of ‘humiliation kink’ after more distressing photos of his wife emerge

‘He hates Kim so much for leaving him so he publicly humiliates her lookalike’

Ha, Andrew Tate can’t make money from YouTube anymore

A lawyer called his videos ‘the digital equivalent of grooming’

How lip-reading became the glue of Hollywood’s award season

Selena will never want to gossip with her girls again

Government criticised for Windrush and Grenfell as Post Office convictions quashed

‘Look how quickly politicians can change things if they actually want to’

Saltburn’s weirdest sex scenes, ranked by how scream-worthy they are

I will NEVER recover from Oliver getting intimate with a grave

Shut up! Here’s what the Mean Girls cast look like 20 years on from the film’s release

From the 2004 Mean Girls premiere to the 2024 Mean Girls Musical pink carpet

Here’s what Saltburn’s director has to say about THAT shocking grave scene

Members of the crew were asked to leave the set while it was filmed

All Mary Earps has achieved since securing icon status at the Women’s World Cup

Yet Piers Morgan claims she doesn’t deserve to win Sports Personality of the Year

We asked men with navy bed sheets how they sleep at night

Do they pull? And how often do they put a wash on? The boys have finally spoken up

All of the Tory MPs embroiled in sexual misconduct scandals in the past year

Members of the party have denied there’s a ‘cultural issue’

Liza Drake: Is Emily Blunt’s character in Pain Hustlers real?

She’s like the Jordan Belfort of prescription medicine

Matthew Perry detailed how he wanted to be remembered a year before his death

‘I don’t want Friends to be the first thing that’s mentioned’

Co-star romances and age-gap relationships: All of Paul Hollywood’s biggest controversies

He’s back handing out handshakes on another series of The Great British Bake Off

Jorja Smith being called ‘fat’ shows how warped our body standards still are

She can’t perform without her weight being relentlessly trolled online

It’s David’s Netflix doc but Victoria is the most iconic Beckham and these moments prove it

I will simply never get over her asking for her drivers license to be photoshopped

Lizzo sued by another ex-employee on the same day she receives humanitarian award

The lawsuit alleges an environment of bullying, harassment and racial discrimination

Postcards and quizzes: How Russell Group unis are protecting Freshers from sexual assault

Sexual violence is one of the biggest problems on campus but prevention strategies seem paper thin

The twinning effect: Why we start dressing like men we want to date

Kylie Jenner is fully in her soft girl Timothee Chalamet era

Tech bros and divorce: Inside Ashton Kutcher’s anti-child-trafficking charity Thorn

Mila Kunis seemingly referenced the project in their recent apology video

Blaming Joe Jonas and Sophie Turner’s divorce on her ‘party’ lifestyle is totally unfair

‘This is just a bad attempt at framing Sophie to be some careless mother’

RIP Wilko: An ode to the best shop on the high street

WHERE will we buy our reasonably priced bits and bobs now

Omg, Made In Chelsea is back and the new season looks absolutely unhinged

We haven’t seen drama like this since Spencer Matthews’ antics

Lol, Spencer Matthews built an 18ft man cave and his neighbour wants it torn down

He didn’t get planning permission for the addition to his £7m Jersey pad

Jonah Hill’s ‘boundaries’ texts prove we should all beware of therapised men

He allegedly banned his girlfriend from ‘surfing with men’ despite her being a professional surfer

Graduates may lose job offer at KPMG as a result of marking boycott

The big four firm said it was reviewing on a ‘case by case basis’

Farming and picking fruit: Is this the end for regional work gap years in Australia?

The Tab asked backpackers how they felt about the big change to Visa requirements

What to know about the five passengers on board the missing Titanic sub

The OceanGate CEO is married to a woman whose family were on the original Titanic

International students aren’t causing immigration problems – they’re solving them

‘We make a lot of money for universities, so to now say we don’t have the right to enter is a bit absurd’

Ok, what actually happened to Anna Nicole Smith’s daughter?

Dannielynn Birkhead is nowhere to be seen in the new Netflix documentary

King Charles, your coronation is the last thing the UK wants or needs right now

A multimillionaire riding through the streets in a golden carriage is tone deaf in the cost of living crisis

Drake, Ariana, Michael Jackson: TikTok’s most popular AI generated song covers, ranked

Kanye singing Made You Look by Meghan Trainor will haunt me on my death bed

Ariana Grande doesn’t owe the internet an explanation of her weight loss

She was forced to make a statement after ‘concerned fans’ caused headlines

How the cost of living crisis is secretly fuelling an eating disorder epidemic

For young people with eating disorders, this economic climate means more suffering

Inside Gwyneth Paltrow’s hectic ski accident trial that has taken over the internet

‘Is this a practical joke, is someone playing a practical joke?’

RIP winter Love Island, you were a big waste of time

Every episode I watch feels like I’m clocking in for work

‘I thought I’d end up dead’: Cara Delevingne addresses those airport pictures six months on

She had her first public appearance since going sober at the Oscars on Sunday

This is what all the Love Island 2023 contestants do, according to their LinkedIns

Casey has been endorsed for communication but I’m not sure Claudia would agree x

Where has the talent gone from the Love Island talent show? Last night was a flop

Things have gone seriously downhill since Cara breathed fire in season two

You don’t have to support Hailey Bieber to know this endless online abuse is too much

‘If I was Hailey Bieber and I logged onto TikTok right now I would have a mental breakdown’

Molly-Mae is being ridiculed for going to the gym and the comments are totally ridiculous

People have claimed she should be cuddling her new baby instead of exercising

This isn’t the first time Jessie has been betrayed by Casa Amor on Love Island

Will is about to give her some serious deja vu from the Australia series

I went on a night out in London with £5 and this is how far I got

There were desperate times and some very desperate measures

‘Who do we report to when the rapists are police?’: Protestors gather outside David Carrick’s sentencing

More than 1,000 Met Police officers are still working despite being accused of sexual or domestic abuse

So, when exactly is Casa Amor starting?

It’s nearly time for the most chaotic week of the series

Inside Matty Healy’s surprisingly beige £1.2 million London home

It’s where he has all his deep and depressing thoughts x

Every single time Tom Clare warned us he’d be the true villain of Love Island 2023

Just because he doesn’t like drama doesn’t mean he’s not causing it x

It’s already harder than it should be to get an abortion in the UK – and it’s getting worse

A woman has just been sentenced to 28 months in prison for ending her pregnancy

All of the feeble excuses the Met police has made for having serial rapist David Carrick in its ranks

‘I can’t promise women reporting crimes won’t be speaking to a sex offender officer’

Meet Yesly Dimate: The TikTok star behind the ‘rubber band’ dance everyone’s obsessed with

You be the cash, I’ll be the rubber band. You be the match, I’ll be a fuse, boom!

All of the most chaotic Golden Globes moments from The White Lotus cast

Inevitably most of these viral clips involve Jennifer Coolidge

I was assaulted on the train – this is what I wish people around me had done to help

‘Don’t be completely passive – there’s always something you can do’

So, it turns out having icks is now the biggest ick of all

Picking apart the way other people behave might only make you unattractive

How Evri became the most hated delivery company in Britain

Even Indiyah from Love Island has been calling them out on Twitter

All the reasons why the OG Made in Chelsea cast members finally quit the show

Even Jamie Laing left and he’s been on it for an actual decade

It’s seriously time to stop using the Idaho murders case for TikTok clout

One uni lecturer has already sued an online detective for incorrectly linking her to the case

Why being cringe is the coolest thing you can do in 2023

This is your in-depth guide on how to embrace embarrassment x