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.
Celebrity Gogglebox is a real box of delights
TV

Celebrity Gogglebox is a real box of delights

A crafty way to get through isolation
Opinion

A crafty way to get through isolation

Talking Pictures TV is the channel getting me through lockdown
Film

Talking Pictures TV is the channel getting me through lockdown

Lockdown telly is like a choose your own adventure
TV

Lockdown telly is like a choose your own adventure

The great, cross-generational bonding power of The Office
TV

The great, cross-generational bonding power of The Office

“It is what it is”: there’s no denying Love Island
TV

“It is what it is”: there’s no denying Love Island

The Goes Wrong Show: why not laugh as the wheels come off?
TV

The Goes Wrong Show: why not laugh as the wheels come off?

“OH MY GOD, THERE ARE TWO PAUL RUDDS”
Film

“OH MY GOD, THERE ARE TWO PAUL RUDDS”

Aisling Bea’s This Way Up is the way forward
TV

Aisling Bea’s This Way Up is the way forward

Remarkable Places to Eat is hard to digest
TV

Remarkable Places to Eat is hard to digest

What is it about Laurence of Suburbia that makes it so entertaining?
TV

What is it about Laurence of Suburbia that makes it so entertaining?

What/If review: So truly, hilariously, joyfully bad that it’s kind of good
Film

What/If review: So truly, hilariously, joyfully bad that it’s kind of good