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Lydia Spencer-Elliott

Reporter · GB

Indexed articles, last 90 days
42
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Sep 28, 2026
Outlet visibility, for The Independent
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Jul 6, 2026

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  1. Article · Sep 28, 2026 · Lydia Spencer-Elliott

    We fell in love on Blind Date 34 years ago – will the show’s return ever be as good? (opens the original)

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    Want to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? Start your Independent Membership today. Alex Tatham was 23 and on the brink of taking his chartered accountancy exams when he got a call saying he’d been selected for the biggest TV show in Britain. It was 1988, and – at its peak – Cilla Black’s Blind Date was being watched by 18.2 million people. Still, Alex’s parents were appalled by his urge to flirt in front of the nation for fun. That is, until it be

  2. Article · Sep 24, 2026 · Lydia Spencer-Elliott

    Is it really unprofessional to bring an iced coffee to a job interview? - AOL (opens the original)

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    The Independent and Yahoo will earn a commission from purchases made via links in this article. Pricing and availability are subject to change. Every now and again, a trivial question pops up online that causes debate at both metaphorical and literal water coolers. Three years ago, it was how often (and why) men were thinking about the Roman Empire. The latest conundrum to get tongues wagging is a far more corporate query: would you take an iced coffee into a job interview? It might seem like an

  3. Article · Sep 10, 2026 · Lydia Spencer-Elliott

    Elon Musk has many enemies, but his daughter and ex are hitting hardest (opens the original)

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    There are few people as quietly vexed as a liberal daughter with a far right father – and one of Elon Musk’s 14 children, his 22-year-old transgender model daughter Vivian Jenna Wilson, has just won the war of furious nepo babies with a new anti-AI fashion campaign for Spanish brand Desigual, titled “Born to Disobey”. In the campaign, Wilson puts a humanoid – that’s markedly similar to Tesla’s Optimus model, created by Musk – to the test by using it as a golf tee, getting it to mow the lawn befo

  4. Article · Sep 8, 2026 · Lydia Spencer-Elliott

    Has M&S’s ‘hip boost’ bodysuit just confirmed that body shaming is back in fashion? (opens the original)

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    What about a hexagon?” is the sincere response that comes from Karen Brockman when her grandmother tells her a woman can be any size or shape she wants in the third season of Outnumbered. “Can they be a triangle?” As much as diet culture was alive and well in the 2010s, the family sitcom was, of course, joking. Cut to 2026 and it feels like it somewhat predicted the future. Last week, Marks & Spencer – a trusted brand for women to find hosiery and underwear – followed in the footsteps

  5. Article · Sep 8, 2026 · Lydia Spencer-Elliott

    From Erling Haaland to Connor Storrie: The vibe shift making men get buzzcuts (opens the original)

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    In 2014, a buzzcut was kind of a rubbish lad group gag; hoards of boys would go on holidays to Ayia Napa and return with one member vaguely resembling Shaun Fields from This is England’s after he joins a skinhead gang. Usually, they’d be grounded – and/or dumped for the dramatic transformation. But just over a decade later, buzzcuts are increasingly cool again. The big one is, of course, Erling Haaland. New season, new look. The Man City striker swapped his famously golden tresses for a markedly

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