Lucy Sweet
Lucy Sweet
TV critic Lucy Sweet is a journalist, advertising copywriter, cartoonist and occasional singer. Her work has appeared in the Big Issue, GLAMOUR, The Guardian, The Pool and the Sunday Express, amongst many others. She is also the author of two novels, a book called WTF Knits and a very rude comic called Unskinny about large, loud women who don’t behave themselves.
Disabled nurse ‘feels guilty being alive’ as her family struggles with devastating cost of living
Cost of living crisis

Disabled nurse ‘feels guilty being alive’ as her family struggles with devastating cost of living

Long-time Big Issue Supporter is Taking Action Against Food Poverty
Behind the scenes

Long-time Big Issue Supporter is Taking Action Against Food Poverty

Launching the Sell a Sub challenge!
News

Launching the Sell a Sub challenge!

Why I love The Apprentice and its enduring incompetence
Lucy Sweet

Why I love The Apprentice and its enduring incompetence

High Potential is high-octane, fast-talking nonsense that will hit you right in the Columbos
Lucy Sweet

High Potential is high-octane, fast-talking nonsense that will hit you right in the Columbos

Amandaland skewers parenting with uncanny accuracy – it should come with a trigger warning
Lucy Sweet

Amandaland skewers parenting with uncanny accuracy – it should come with a trigger warning

How ‘winter madness’ made The Traitors the defining cultural event of the year
Lucy Sweet

How ‘winter madness’ made The Traitors the defining cultural event of the year

From The Traitors to White Lotus: Here’s 6 dystopian TV predictions that could come true in 2025
Lucy Sweet

From The Traitors to White Lotus: Here’s 6 dystopian TV predictions that could come true in 2025

New Martha Stewart documentary shows fragility beneath the Darth Vader persona
TV

New Martha Stewart documentary shows fragility beneath the Darth Vader persona

What makes Disney’s Rivals such a triumph? It has more pumping buttocks than the Grand National
Lucy Sweet

What makes Disney’s Rivals such a triumph? It has more pumping buttocks than the Grand National

Why Netflix romcom Nobody Wants This should be compulsory viewing for teenage boys
TV

Why Netflix romcom Nobody Wants This should be compulsory viewing for teenage boys

Couples Therapy is watch-through-your-fingers TV at its best – it’s impossible to look away
Lucy Sweet

Couples Therapy is watch-through-your-fingers TV at its best – it’s impossible to look away

Relax! Murder, She Wrote will always be there for us
Lucy Sweet

Relax! Murder, She Wrote will always be there for us

When I’m in Paris with Emily, nothing can go wrong. If only I could be more like her
Lucy Sweet

When I’m in Paris with Emily, nothing can go wrong. If only I could be more like her

Alan Titchmarsh makes the Calm app look like a house party thrown by Super Hans
Lucy Sweet

Alan Titchmarsh makes the Calm app look like a house party thrown by Super Hans