When I was growing up, I thought quicksand was going to be a much bigger fear to contend with on a day‑to-day basis. It hasn’t proved to be a bother yet, but there’s still time.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 6 August 2022 source ↗
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Vick Hope
British television and radio presenter
United Kingdom · b. 1989
Born in Newcastle, Vick Hope, 32, studied at Cambridge University. She spent a year at the Argentina Independent newspaper in Buenos Aires, before joining Radio 1, where she currently has three shows a week: Going Home With Vick and Jordan; Life Hacks; and The Official Chart: First Look. She is the author of two children’s books, presents the Women’s Prize for Fiction Podcast, and hosted Vick Hope’s Breakfast Show, available on the ITV Hub. She lives in London and is engaged to the Scottish DJ Calvin Harris.
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I can’t say no. I am a people-pleaser, and it means that I burn myself out because I take on too much.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 6 August 2022 source ↗
I don’t like it when people manipulate your words, which sometimes happens in the tabloids.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 6 August 2022 source ↗
My younger self. I told myself so often that I was not good enough, that I was not smart enough, that I was not interesting enough, that I was boring and ugly. I wasn’t kind to my body, and I did and said things to myself that I would never do or say to a friend.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 6 August 2022 source ↗
As someone who had a laugh.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 6 August 2022 source ↗
This sounds so silly, but I cry with happiness all the time. I cry when my flowers open!
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 6 August 2022 source ↗
J-Lo, a foreign correspondent and, at uni, I assumed that someone would tap me on the shoulder and ask me to be in MI6, but it never happened.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 6 August 2022 source ↗
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