Lucy Sweet is a writer based in Glasgow, specialising in funny, sharp and highly readable copy and content. Has no self-control around taramasalata, Wotsits or Percy Pigs.
Freelance journalism
- 2019-: Features for Mail on Sunday YOU
- 2016 -: Monthly columnist for Candis
- 2014 -: TV reviewer for The Big Issue
- 2010 – 16: Freelance blogs and features for GLAMOUR/The Guardian/Mirror Online/Homemade by Sainsburys/Lifetime TV/Sabotage Times/Dame (US)/Lusso/The List/Bitterwallet/Parentdish/Viacom
- 2004-7: Daily Record weekly columnist
- 2002-6: Arts features for Sunday Times Ecosse section
- 1999 – 2001: TV reviewer for Sunday Express
- 1997-9: Columnist for the Daily Express
- 1996-7: Columnist for Punch magazine
- 1992-4: Music reviewer for Melody Maker
Copywriting
2016 – : In-house Copywriter at Arnold Clark, Glasgow – Working on UK-wide campaigns across all channels, SEO content, digital/UX copy, social posts, scripts, animations, proofing, internal and crisis communications.
2015: Content Editor/Writer – Nectar Savvy Shoppers website pilot for Sainsbury’s
2012-15: Freelance copywriter – Babcock Engineering/Glasgow Life/Department Store for the Mind/New Lanarkshire College/Soul Food Sisters/T-Mobile
2009-2012: Copywriter at The Gate agency, Edinburgh – Clients: Clydesdale Bank/Scottish Government/SSE/M&S Energy/The Scotsman
Published work
- 1997: Unskinny (anthology of my cartoons)
- 2005: Have Love Will Travel (novel)
- 2006: Coming Apart at the Seams (novel)
- 2009 and 2011: The Louis Vuitton Travel Guides
- 2014: WTF Knits (humour)
- 2019: The Inking Woman (comic anthology)
Lucy Sweet 
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