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

Jamie Laing Sophie Habboo wedding outfits

Made in Chelsea to Love Island: The best-dressed guests at Sophie and Jamie’s Spanish wedding

Proudlock’s wife looked UNREAL

Made in Chelsea to Love Island: The best-dressed guests at Sophie and Jamie’s Spanish wedding

Proudlock’s wife looked UNREAL

Jamie Laing Sophie Habboo wedding

£10k dress to all-night after party: Inside Jamie and Habbs’ stunning Spanish wedding

This is my royal wedding

£10k dress to all-night after party: Inside Jamie and Habbs’ stunning Spanish wedding

This is my royal wedding

when does Love Island start?

Brace yourselves, Love Island is back in TWO WEEKS and there’ve been some big changes

Maya Jama is ready to slay

Brace yourselves, Love Island is back in TWO WEEKS and there’ve been some big changes

Maya Jama is ready to slay

international students ban

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’

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’

Sophie Habboo Jamie Laing wedding Spain

Every celebrity in southern Spain for Jamie Laing and Sophie Habboo’s second wedding

Riddle me why Jack Whitehall is invited

Every celebrity in southern Spain for Jamie Laing and Sophie Habboo’s second wedding

Riddle me why Jack Whitehall is invited

Sunday Times Rich List under 35

These are the top 20 richest Brits under 35, according to The Sunday Times Rich List

Number one is a billionaire Newcastle Uni grad

These are the top 20 richest Brits under 35, according to The Sunday Times Rich List

Number one is a billionaire Newcastle Uni grad

Beyonce mum

‘She’s a symbol’: How Beyoncé’s mum Tina Knowles wound up in the Renaissance tour mosh pit

She loves getting involved

‘She’s a symbol’: How Beyoncé’s mum Tina Knowles wound up in the Renaissance tour mosh pit

She loves getting involved

Beyoncé injury foot surgery

‘She doesn’t seem her usual self’: We asked a podiatrist to examine Beyonce’s foot injury

Fans think she’s wearing chunkier heels to help her dance

‘She doesn’t seem her usual self’: We asked a podiatrist to examine Beyonce’s foot injury

Fans think she’s wearing chunkier heels to help her dance

Sophie Habboo Jamie Laing

Friends to fiancés: A full timeline of Jamie Laing and Sophie Habboo’s drama-filled romance

They’re getting married in Spain this week!

Friends to fiancés: A full timeline of Jamie Laing and Sophie Habboo’s drama-filled romance

They’re getting married in Spain this week!

Anna Nicole Smith J Howard Marshall

Inside Anna Nicole Smith’s confusing marriage to 89-year-old J.Howard Marshall

She always denied marrying him for money

Inside Anna Nicole Smith’s confusing marriage to 89-year-old J.Howard Marshall

She always denied marrying him for money

Anna Nicole Smith The Mask

Anna Nicole Smith ‘never got over’ turning down a role in The Mask with Jim Carrey

She was replaced by Cameron Diaz

Anna Nicole Smith ‘never got over’ turning down a role in The Mask with Jim Carrey

She was replaced by Cameron Diaz

Beyonce tour earnings

Fans think Renaissance is Beyoncé’s goodbye tour – here’s the evidence she’s calling it quits

Surely this isn’t the end?!

Fans think Renaissance is Beyoncé’s goodbye tour – here’s the evidence she’s calling it quits

Surely this isn’t the end?!

Dannielynn Birkhead Anna Nicole Smith daughter

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

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

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

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

Made in Chelsea unfollows Instagram

All the OG Made in Chelsea cast who’ve unfollowed each other since leaving the show

The drama lives on

All the OG Made in Chelsea cast who’ve unfollowed each other since leaving the show

The drama lives on

Eurovision banned items

Live animals and CDs: All the bizarre items banned from the Eurovision Song Contest 2023

Leave your umbrellas at home!

Live animals and CDs: All the bizarre items banned from the Eurovision Song Contest 2023

Leave your umbrellas at home!

Beyonce foot surgery

What’s going on with Beyoncé’s foot? Inside the mystery surgery stopping her dance on tour

Fans are literally going into meltdown

What’s going on with Beyoncé’s foot? Inside the mystery surgery stopping her dance on tour

Fans are literally going into meltdown

Big Four grad scheme what's it like

Overworked and underpaid: Why grads are ditching jobs at the Big Four

‘I was just crying all the time’

Overworked and underpaid: Why grads are ditching jobs at the Big Four

‘I was just crying all the time’

Hot Rich Girl Era

Rich hot girl era: The toxic TikTok trend ripping joy away from everyone one treat at a time

‘What about happiness?’

Rich hot girl era: The toxic TikTok trend ripping joy away from everyone one treat at a time

‘What about happiness?’

The Diplomat filming locations Netflix

The Diplomat: Surprising filming locations from Netflix’s new political thriller series

The set is seriously stunning

The Diplomat: Surprising filming locations from Netflix’s new political thriller series

The set is seriously stunning

Tom love island football

Love Island’s Tom Clare quits his football career after only two months back on the pitch

He’s entering his influencer era

Love Island’s Tom Clare quits his football career after only two months back on the pitch

He’s entering his influencer era

King Charles' coronation cost

Right, how much has King Charles’ coronation actually cost all of us?

Seems like money well spent

Right, how much has King Charles’ coronation actually cost all of us?

Seems like money well spent

weirdest coronation behaviour

Help, Britain has officially lost the plot and this unhinged coronation behaviour proves it

Coronation chicken vape, anyone?

Help, Britain has officially lost the plot and this unhinged coronation behaviour proves it

Coronation chicken vape, anyone?

hot royals coronation arthur catto

The hottest young royals to look out for this coronation this weekend

Prepare to get obsessed with the Chatto brothers again

The hottest young royals to look out for this coronation this weekend

Prepare to get obsessed with the Chatto brothers again

TikTok sprinkle sprinkle

Okay so what does ‘sprinkle sprinkle’ actually mean, and why is everyone on TikTok saying it?

The girlies love this phrase rn

Okay so what does ‘sprinkle sprinkle’ actually mean, and why is everyone on TikTok saying it?

The girlies love this phrase rn