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

King Charles coronation

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

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

Love Island coronation party

Erm, King Charles has invited a Love Island contestant to his big coronation party

Well, that was unexpected

Erm, King Charles has invited a Love Island contestant to his big coronation party

Well, that was unexpected

uk festival 2023

Right, this is what your choice of UK festival says about your exact vibe

It’s time for a warm can of Red Stripe

Right, this is what your choice of UK festival says about your exact vibe

It’s time for a warm can of Red Stripe

Love Island teetotal contestants

Surprising Love Island contestants who’ve ditched drinking to try teetotal living

Paige Thorne is over six months sober

Surprising Love Island contestants who’ve ditched drinking to try teetotal living

Paige Thorne is over six months sober

Met Gala best dressed British Bill Nighy

Ranking the Brits who attended the Met Gala by how hard their outfits slayed

Michaela Coel ate and left no crumbs

Ranking the Brits who attended the Met Gala by how hard their outfits slayed

Michaela Coel ate and left no crumbs

Met Gala Bella Hadid

Bella Hadid, Beyoncé, Blake Lively: Celebs who didn’t attend the Met Gala and why

The best dressed stayed home

Bella Hadid, Beyoncé, Blake Lively: Celebs who didn’t attend the Met Gala and why

The best dressed stayed home

Bella Hadid, Beyoncé, Blake Lively: Celebs who didn’t attend the Met Gala and why

The best dressed stayed home

Doja Cat Met Gala

Purr, inside the wild life of Choupette: The supermodel cat behind Doja’s Met Gala look

Karl Lagerfeld’s pet lives a better life than me

Purr, inside the wild life of Choupette: The supermodel cat behind Doja’s Met Gala look

Karl Lagerfeld’s pet lives a better life than me

Purr, inside the wild life of Choupette: The supermodel cat behind Doja’s Met Gala look

Karl Lagerfeld’s pet lives a better life than me

The Nurse: Where are Pernille Kurzman and Christina Aistrup Hansen now?

‘All nurses from the ER at that time have moved on’

The Nurse: Where are Pernille Kurzman and Christina Aistrup Hansen now?

‘All nurses from the ER at that time have moved on’

Omg, Ron has revealed he’s planning to buy a house with Lana after months of long distance

Guess they weren’t the fakest couple in the villa after all

Omg, Ron has revealed he’s planning to buy a house with Lana after months of long distance

Guess they weren’t the fakest couple in the villa after all

Jessie and Will Love Island engaged

Inside Jessie and Will’s adorable trip to Paris which sparked engagement rumours

They’re SO cute

Inside Jessie and Will’s adorable trip to Paris which sparked engagement rumours

They’re SO cute

Tanyel reveals she’s found her ‘soulmate’ two months after leaving the Love Island villa

They’re loving life in Dubai

Tanyel reveals she’s found her ‘soulmate’ two months after leaving the Love Island villa

They’re loving life in Dubai

Met Gala invite list

These are the surprising celebrities who’ll never be invited to the Met Gala again

Miss Gwyneth Paltrow?!

These are the surprising celebrities who’ll never be invited to the Met Gala again

Miss Gwyneth Paltrow?!

fashionable love island contestants

No ifs, no buts: These are the chicest Love Island contestants of all time

Get Anna Wintour on the phone NOW

No ifs, no buts: These are the chicest Love Island contestants of all time

Get Anna Wintour on the phone NOW

Marks and Spencer TikTok

Marks & Spencer food hauls are the latest Tory flex taking over TikTok’s FYP

My Tesco Clubcard is shaking

Marks & Spencer food hauls are the latest Tory flex taking over TikTok’s FYP

My Tesco Clubcard is shaking

What is going on in Sudan

Here’s everything going on in Sudan explained as simply as we can

Military violence has broken out across the country

Here’s everything going on in Sudan explained as simply as we can

Military violence has broken out across the country

quiet luxury brands

Sorry TikTok, quiet luxury is the last fashion trend we need right now

There’s nothing subtle about a £14,000 handbag

Sorry TikTok, quiet luxury is the last fashion trend we need right now

There’s nothing subtle about a £14,000 handbag

posh girl birthday

You can only call yourself a posh girl if you do all of these 13 things on your birthday

This isn’t a birthday it’s a birth MONTH

You can only call yourself a posh girl if you do all of these 13 things on your birthday

This isn’t a birthday it’s a birth MONTH

Spencer Matthews Jamie Laing wedding not invited

‘I f**ked up’: Jamie Laing admits why Spencer Matthews wasn’t invited to his wedding

Spencer was NOT impressed

‘I f**ked up’: Jamie Laing admits why Spencer Matthews wasn’t invited to his wedding

Spencer was NOT impressed

Tommy Fury Maura Higgins Zara McDermott

Iconic Love Island contestants who want absolutely nothing to do with the show now

SCRUBBED from their CVs

Iconic Love Island contestants who want absolutely nothing to do with the show now

SCRUBBED from their CVs

James Corden carpool karaoke

James Corden’s Carpool Karaoke moments, ranked by level of ick

RIP to a truly cursed pop culture era

James Corden’s Carpool Karaoke moments, ranked by level of ick

RIP to a truly cursed pop culture era

Gigi Paris Glen Powell age Sydney Sweeney

Meet Glen Powell’s ex-girlfriend GiGi Paris who just unfollowed Sydney Sweeney on Insta

She’s so done

Meet Glen Powell’s ex-girlfriend GiGi Paris who just unfollowed Sydney Sweeney on Insta

She’s so done

Funda Made in Chelsea

Wait, what ever happened to Spencer’s girlfriend Funda from Made in Chelsea?

She married Caggie’s ex boyfriend!

Wait, what ever happened to Spencer’s girlfriend Funda from Made in Chelsea?

She married Caggie’s ex boyfriend!

Things about British festivals that would send a Coachella influencer into a coma

2. Mud

Things about British festivals that would send a Coachella influencer into a coma

2. Mud