Lucy Sweet
The Big Issue
United Kingdom
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The Apprentice is the very definition of a meeting that should have been an email
Despite the pandemic, capitalism carried on like a cockroach after a nuclear war. And as always, following close behind, is The Apprentice. → Read More
From Alison Hammond in the Bake Off tent to a Kardashian redemption arc – a wish list for TV in 2023
While the world edges ever closer to its demise, at least some good telly would cheer us up. That's certainly what Lucy Sweet hopes for. → Read More
Christmas adverts seem like a cry for help this year
Going by this year's Christmas adverts, Lucy Sweet says we'll be spending the festive season in the doldrums → Read More
Even Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen can’t save Changing Rooms
We’ve seen too many perfect Instagram interiors accounts – the new Changing Rooms doesn't work, says Lucy Sweet → Read More
Big Issue's Lucy Sweet sits down to watch I'll Get This and begins to dread society's return to dinner parties.
Big Issue's Lucy Sweet has been reminded of the mundaneness that comes with dinner parties by watching BBC's I'll Get This. → Read More
Naked Attraction: Crass, cringe and crude?
Naked Attraction might appear forward thinking at first glance, but does it encourage more backhand sniggers than body positivity? → Read More
Drawers Off: Not top draw but that makes it good lockdown fun
Channel 4's Drawers Off is a life-drawing contest of wannabe artists taking turns to strip and it's the kind of shambles you’d wish for → Read More
The great, cross-generational bonding power of The Office
In the American version of The Office, Lucy Sweet has found a perfect, soothing antidote to the pre-adolescent cultural desert → Read More
This Way Up is the way forward
Aisling Bea’s funny-but-troubled turn in her self-written comedy is remarkable, says Lucy Sweet. Just don’t mention the F word → Read More
Game of Thrones season 8? I'm out with a nasty case of Dragon Fatigue
The final season of Game of Thrones has been the most anticipated TV event of the year. But this time Lucy Sweet just isn’t biting → Read More
Undiluted, unpatronising and made by women – 'Killing Eve' is a revelation
Not only is it one of the best TV shows of the year, it thrillingly subverts conventions of the traditional female character. And it’s funny, too → Read More
Undiluted, unpatronising and made by women – 'Killing Eve' is a revelation
Not only is it one of the best TV shows of the year, it thrillingly subverts conventions of the traditional female character. And it’s funny, too → Read More
Queer Eye is a beacon of hope not just for straight men, but all humanity
It took her a while to appreciate the joy of Queer Eye, but Lucy Sweet reckons the show offers a soothing balm in these troubled times → Read More
Self-care for screen lovers with Flog It, Love Island and Antiques Road Trip
Self-care advisors often overlook how useful a tool television is for looking after yourself. Luckily Lucy Sweet is on hand to prescribe some feelgood bad TV. → Read More
The End Of The F***ing World – TV so good you'll swear by it
Channel 4 and Netflix's twisted teen road trip story is so f***ing good it makes Lucy Sweet want to don her f**k leggings again. Let her f***ing explain... → Read More
Celebrity Big Brother – reality TV has started to look worryingly real
Where once Celebrity Big Brother was a loony sideshow of lying, preening exhibitionists, now it’s just like ordinary life in the Brexit age → Read More
TV: Telly box-set binge? Give me Coronation Street over House of Cards
In the Netflix-frienzied world of BBQ Pitmasters, The OA, Riverdale, Black Mirror, and House of Cards, don't you just long for the comforting pleasure of Corrie? → Read More
TV review: How to Live Mortgage Free – Should have been eye-opening
In her new series for Channel 4, Sarah Beeny meets people who are managing to live the home-owning dream without having to pay a mortgage. Their stories seem a bit suspicious... → Read More
Sunday Brunch
"Sunday Brunch is a flat soufflé of dead air, befuddled guests and awkward links. Incredibly, it’s on its fifth series" → Read More
Den of Geek: The high-stakes game at the San Diego Comic-Con
Den of Geek's Simon Brew on why studios need to get it right at San Diego’s Comic-Con… or lose millions of dollars → Read More