Vicky Jessop

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Vicky Jessop is a Commissioning Editor and Culture Writer at The Standard. She writes and commissions pieces on TV, covers gaming and (when she has time) also contributes to music, features, film, tech and travel.

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Vicky Jessop is a Commissioning Editor and Culture Writer at The Standard. She writes and commissions pieces on TV, covers gaming and (when she has time) also contributes to music, features, film, tech and travel.

Fashion

Pride 2025: what to wear to look fabulous and chic

From the iconic Protect the Dolls T-shirt to piles of sequins, here’s how to look fabulous this Pride

4 Jul 2025
Music

Kneecap at Wide Awake review: a two-fingered salute to the haters

Despite almost having their gig pulled, the band isn’t going anywhere

24 May 2025
TV

Doctor Who: who might take over from Ncuti Gatwa?

With rumours flying that Gatwa is on the way out, we list some of the actors we’d like to see take control of the Tardis

23 May 2025
TV

Ncuti Gatwa’s leaving Doctor Who? We shouldn’t really be shocked

Doctor Who might need Gatwa’s sprinkling of stardust, but he doesn’t need it

23 May 2025
TV

Budget issues, falling viewership: is Doctor Who getting cancelled?

The show is a national treasure, but it has started to struggle

23 May 2025
Music

When will Kneecap play Wide Awake?

After a week of headlines, the band’s headline slot is still set to go ahead

23 May 2025
Virgin Media Club Rewind At Ministry of Sound
Travel

Ibiza all day, all night long: how to party like Pete Tong

From the hottest restaurants to the coolest clubs and dreamiest spas, the DJ and White Island institution takes us for a spin through his Ibiza classics

23 May 2025
Music

Will Kneecap play Wide Awake and Glastonbury? Here's what we know

The saga rumbles on, but they’re already making new music

22 May 2025
Exhibitions

Unsilenced at the IWM: 'in war, rape is cheaper than a bullet'

This exhibition about sexual violence used as a weapon of war is the first of its kind in the UK

22 May 2025
Carl Barat of The Libertines photoshoot in the Albion Rooms, Cliftonville, Margate, UK - 05 Mar 2024
Lifestyle

Carl Barât's guide to London: shopping at Cecil Court and mudlarking

The Libertines member on his perfect way to spend a day in the capital

22 May 2025
TV

Clarkson’s Farm Season 4 on Prime Video: starting to wear thin

It’s very much business as usual on Diddly Squat Farm: for better or worse

22 May 2025
TV

Rain, chaos and humping pigs: how Clarkson’s Farm became a stealth hit

A show hosted by an inept former Top Gear presenter has become Prime Video’s biggest original series ever

22 May 2025
TV

Virgin Island: what to know about Channel 4’s eye-popping new show

Banana-eating, group massages and discussions about masturbation: it’s all in there

20 May 2025
TV

Code of Silence: who’s in the cast for the ITV thriller?

ITV’s latest thriller casts Rose Ayling-Ellis as a deaf woman thrust into a police investigation

19 May 2025
TV

Code of Silence on ITV review: eminently silly fun

This police thriller is a breakneck journey through the murky world of modern crime

18 May 2025
Lifestyle

Everything we know about Lauren Sanchez’s bachelorette party

The future wife of Amazon’s Jeff Bezos is living it large in Paris

17 May 2025
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TV

Eurovision 2025: who are KAJ, the Swedish favourites to win?

Their catchy sauna number is a long way from ABBA

16 May 2025
The Lakes with Simon Reeve
Travel

Simon Reeve: 'This is my favourite place in the world to visit'

Spectacular, overwhelming, spiritual and home to seriously good street food — why India’s holiest city has stolen the TV presenter’s heart

16 May 2025
TV

Who are British Eurovision act Remember Monday?

The girl band from the UK have had numerous shots at the big time

16 May 2025
TV

Eurovision 2025: when is it on and how can I watch?

The most joyous time of year is here once more

16 May 2025
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