Charlotte Lytton
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Charlotte Lytton
@charlottelytton.bsky.social
And in @thetimes.com today, on how ‘parasocial’ being the word of the year is a sign of a generation in crisis
www.thetimes.com/article/95f8...
This parasocial illusion blights my generation
The Cambridge Dictionary’s word of the year shows how far we’ve fallen in our obsession with social media
www.thetimes.com
November 19, 2025 at 9:10 AM
The truth about life as the world’s youngest prime minister… my interview with Sanna Marin, in Grazia
November 19, 2025 at 9:10 AM
What the Salt Path author told me about ‘honesty’… in @thetimes.com today

www.thetimes.com/article/6524...
July 8, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Wrote about the people keeping their weight loss jab use secret from their spouses, in today’s @thetimes.com
www.thetimes.com/article/48c1...
My husband doesn’t know I’m on Mounjaro
Why are some people keeping their weight-loss drugs secret, even from their partners?
www.thetimes.com
June 15, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Major weight loss triggers a higher divorce rate among couples - but what’s life like for daters on Ozempic? My piece for @TheCut.com www.thecut.com/article/how-...
What It’s Really Like to Date on Ozempic
“Men have the misconception that I don’t eat a lot because I’m putting on a demure act.”
www.thecut.com
May 26, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Animal testicles, a steroid scandal and a whole lot of bull: I wrote about the Liver King for TIME magazine time.com/7284988/unto...
'Untold: The Liver King' Lets the Disgraced Health Influencer Off Easy
A new documentary about the businessman and influencer who admitted to lying about steroid use dodges some big questions.
time.com
May 13, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Milkmaid dresses, tradwives and sex tips for married women only - I met the founders of Evie, the ‘conservative Cosmo’. In today’s @thetimes.com Magazine
www.thetimes.com/article/869d...
No sex before marriage! The model and the trad wife glossy
Brittany Hugoboom is the 33-year-old mother of two who founded Evie, a magazine dubbed the ‘conservative Cosmo’. Charlotte Lytton meets her
www.thetimes.com
April 19, 2025 at 10:59 AM
The new third party in millennial relationships? Spreadsheets. My piece on how software is saving romance (maybe), in Grazia
April 16, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Wrote about the revival of Jordan’s Camino de Egeria - inspired by a 4th century Spanish nun - for BBC Travel www.bbc.com/travel/artic...
The revival of Jordan's 1,600-year-old camino
In Jordan, a 50km pilgrimage trail follows the path of a 4th-Century nun who journeyed through the Holy Land – centuries before Spain's famed Camino de Santiago.
www.bbc.com
March 30, 2025 at 1:21 PM
And Graham Hornigold - who met his mum when he was 45. She then swindled him out of over £100k, taking his home, and young family. His story in Con Mum, now on Netflix www.telegraph.co.uk/money/met-mu...
‘I met my mum when I was 45. Then she swindled me out of £100k’
After losing his house and family, Graham Hornigold unpicks the intricate scam he fell victim to
www.telegraph.co.uk
March 25, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Spoke to Rohit Ghai, behind some of London’s biggest south Asian restaurant openings of the last 20 years, about how Indian food has changed London. And, how Indian food in London has changed. For @thetimes.com

www.thetimes.com/article/8508...
The Indian chef who changed the way London did curry
The capital’s foodies are now seeking out ever more regional food from the subcontinent — and Rohit Ghai has been in the kitchen to see London’s Indian food evolve
www.thetimes.com
March 25, 2025 at 11:52 AM
They’ve been touted as the healthiest places in the world, with residents living longer than anywhere else. But are Blue Zones real? My dispatch from Costa Rica in @telegraphnews.bsky.social www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/03...
Blue Zones are meant to help you live longer but are they real?
While the popular health hotspots start becoming victims of their own success, two men are feuding over the science driving the concept
www.telegraph.co.uk
March 16, 2025 at 7:39 PM
‘I was being groomed to rape’ - the young men lured into incel culture, and how they got out. My report in @telegraphnews.bsky.social today www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/02...
‘I was being groomed to rape’: The young men being taught to hate women
Online ‘bubbles of hate’ are weaponising the insecurities of frustrated young males to create violent misogynists with extremist potential
www.telegraph.co.uk
February 15, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Gary Sokolov’s father was ‘the Tattooist of Auschwitz’ - but it took his son five attempts to pass the death camp’s gates. Visiting was ‘the best thing I ever did,’ he told me in @telegraphnews.bsky.social www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/01...
‘My father was the Tattooist of Auschwitz – it took me five attempts to visit his prison home’
After 40 years of trying, Gary Sokolov finally saw the death camp where his parents met – he felt terror but also a sense of gratitude
www.telegraph.co.uk
January 28, 2025 at 10:05 AM
My interview with Clare Smyth on abuse in kitchens, the perils of Michelin success, and how restaurants will inevitably be clobbered by incoming budget changes - in @standard.co.uk www.standard.co.uk/going-out/re...
Clare Smyth: With the budget changes, restaurants will have to close
As Clare Smyth prepares for ‘the Olympics of cooking’, she sits down with Charlotte Lytton to discuss gender roles in kitchens, challenges in the restaurant industry, and what’s next
www.standard.co.uk
January 27, 2025 at 1:10 PM
In Berlin, Europe’s first cryonics firm offers a second chance at life - for the price of a sports car. Is it all just empty promises? My piece for BBC Future www.bbc.com/future/artic...
Is this the $200,000 ticket to cheating death?
A German cryonics start-up is offering a chance at a second life for the cost of a sports car. Is cryogenics within reach, or still an empty promise?
www.bbc.com
January 16, 2025 at 11:53 AM
The number of women using fertility apps for birth control - and then seeking abortions - is up almost sixfold. Why are influencers helping to peddle dodgy science that puts women’s health at risk? My column in today’s @thetimes.com

www.thetimes.com/article/fcd8...
Blame stars’ faulty fertility apps for rise in abortions
Influencers with millions of followers are pushing unreliable methods of contraception, leaving the health service to count the cost
www.thetimes.com
January 15, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Twelve years after I ended up in the audience of the Jerry Springer Show, and ahead of a new Netflix doc, I wrote about how the ‘pioneer of trash TV’ got made. In today’s @thetimes.com
www.thetimes.com/article/235b...
What really happened behind the scenes of The Jerry Springer Show?
The US talk-show changed TV for ever. But it was also out of control. How does the team that made it feel about it now, asks Charlotte Lytton
www.thetimes.com
January 5, 2025 at 11:11 AM
On @bbc5live.bsky.social talking about how pre-booking bores are ruining Christmas www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Radio 5 Live - Listen Live - BBC Sounds
Listen live to BBC Radio 5 Live on BBC Sounds
www.bbc.co.uk
December 11, 2024 at 7:56 AM