Lydia Spencer-Elliott

Lydia headed out to Ibiza to review the Gran Hotel (no actual grans observed), here's how she got on…

Lydia Spencer-Elliott When I think about what makes me feel good, it isn't fantasy or escapism; it's justice, morality and triumph – sizing

Lydia Spencer-Elliott How tight can trousers get before they start cutting off the blood supply to your brain?

As images of the manosphere influencer in cuffs wearing skin-tight black capris and a silky purple blouse spawn a thousand memes, Lydia Spencer-Elliott unpacks the contents of the self-proclaimed alpha male’s curious wardrobe

As Andy Burnham enters office promising more power to the North, he mustn’t forget rural Britain, where workers are seven times more likely to be killed than those on construction sites and around 8,000 farm workers are injured annually. Lydia Spencer-Elliott investigates how farming became Britain's most dangerous job, and hears the alarming stories of those left injured and bereaved

It had been a normal working day for Callum Lindsay, farming on the wet and blustery hills of the Isle of Arran, until he was projected over the

How tight can trousers get before they start cutting off the blood supply to your brain?

It's almost impossible not to groan in pleasure at the relief of unclipping and wriggling free from a constricting bra after eight hours at the

People’s spending has contracted in the ongoing cost of living crisis, but now clothes are shrinking too? Lydia Spencer-Elliott is among the growing number of shoppers who are heading to the kids’ section to find clothes that cost half of the identical adult equivalent

The first time I wore a girl's 10-11 years gingham Primark dress to the pub, I was, frankly, scared. Could you tell I was wearing children's clothing?