Katie Strick

Senior Feature Writer & Editor

ABOUT

Katie Strick is Senior Feature Writer & Editor at The Standard. She writes and commissions in-depth and long-lead lifestyle and news-review features covering politics, social issues and cultural analysis as well as arts, fitness, travel and lifestyle. She has interviewed everyone from Andy Murray to Hadley Freeman and her long-reads on a day in the life of an ambulance crew and the disappearance of Tatler It-girl Constance Marten have been website-topping. Her new podcast London Love Stories with Katie Strick launches soon.... MORE

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Katie Strick is Senior Feature Writer & Editor at The Standard. She writes and commissions in-depth and long-lead lifestyle and news-review features covering politics, social issues and cultural analysis as well as arts, fitness, travel and lifestyle. She has interviewed everyone from Andy Murray to Hadley Freeman and her long-reads on a day in the life of an ambulance crew and the disappearance of Tatler It-girl Constance Marten have been website-topping. Her new podcast London Love Stories with Katie Strick launches soon.

<p>Katie Strick accompanies prison officer Jenny Warren at HMP Pentonville in north London</p>
Lifestyle

Rats, overcrowding and riot warnings — my day inside a London jail

Britain’s prisons are “on the precipice of failure”, with warnings that jails could run out of space within days. As Keir Starmer announces special measures to fix the crisis, Katie Strick spends a day on the frontline

12 Jul 2024
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Travel

Club Med Magna Marbella: a Spanish sporting paradise for padel fans

The four-star resort boasts six high-spec padel courts and a luxe Cinq Mondes spa for soaking those aching muscles afterwards. Katie Strick checks in

6 Jul 2024
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Lifestyle

Victoria Starmer: Britain's 'reluctant' new first lady

Sir Keir Starmer’s wife of 17 years has been largely absent from the campaign trial and isn’t at all keen on moving into No10. From her political roots to their unlikely meeting, Katie Strick charts the life of the PM’s fiercely private other half

5 Jul 2024
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Travel

El Fuerte, Marbella: old-world glamour redefining the Costa del Sol

The five-star hotel is the latest in a string of elegant new properties helping to redefine the Golden Mile’s Brits-abroad stereotype thanks to a £30m makeover. Katie Strick checks in

1 Jul 2024
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Travel

Monastero Santa Rosa: tranquillity in the middle of the Amalfi Coast

The 17th-century-monastery-turned-luxury hotel consistently ranks among the best hotels in Italy — and indeed the world. Katie Strick checks in

30 Jun 2024
<p>Sustainable choice: the Littlewine club </p>
Food + Drink

15 of the best wine subscription boxes

Team ES round up the vino you can get delivered straight to your door for summer 2024

21 Jun 2024
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Celebrity

10 juiciest revelations from Tom Bower's explosive Beckham book

Tom Bower has skewered everyone from Boris to the royals — now he’s turned his lens on Posh and Becks. So how juicy is it really? Katie Strick has the download

19 Jun 2024
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Lifestyle

How Holly Valance went from teen soap star to darling of the far-right

The former singer and Neighbours star has become an unlikely ally to Nigel Farage and Donald Trump in recent years. Emma Loffhagen and Katie Strick chart the singer’s surprising political trajectory

12 Jun 2024
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Lifestyle

Trump's London inner circle: from Nigel Farage to Holly Valance

Nigel Farage, Woody Johnson and Holly Valance are among those expected to attend a glitzy Trump fundraiser in London tonight — so who else has made it into the former POTUS’ UK power base? Katie Strick reports

12 Jun 2024
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Lifestyle

Michael Mosley's best quotes, from diet tricks to his father's death

As tributes pour in for Britain’s most popular TV doctor, Katie Strick picks the highlights from his 25-year broadcast career

10 Jun 2024
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UK

Michael Mosley: Doctor pushed his body to extreme lengths for science

The 67-year-old broadcaster went missing in Greece on Wednesday. From pioneering the 5:2 diet to injecting himself with tapeworms, Katie Strick and Naomi Clarke on how he became Britain’s most famous medic

7 Jun 2024
<p>Katie Strick tries Friday Night Lights, a new running club billed as London’s healthiest night out </p>
Lifestyle

Sound systems and singles nights — how running clubs got cool

From high-octane nights out to the new 5k for singles, London’s latest running clubs are all about chasing highs over PBs. Katie Strick reports

5 Jun 2024
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Fashion

Inside Shein, from 'sinister surveillance' to its mystery founder

As ministers woo the Chinese fashion brand to make the most contentious London stock market listing in recent years, Katie Strick reports on how the hyper-fast clothing megalith went stratospheric

5 Jun 2024
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Lifestyle

The truth about Nigel Farage's very complicated love life

Insiders say the former UKIP leader’s French partner Laure Ferrari dreams of a life with him in Westminster and may even be his secret weapon in this summer’s general election — so who is she and how did he manage to keep her a secret for so long? Katie Strick reports

4 Jun 2024
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Lifestyle

Stormy Daniels: the porn star who took down Donald Trump

Trump just became the first American president to be convicted of a crime in a historic trial over ‘hush money’ he allegedly paid to Daniels in 2016. So how did the fierce former stripper come to be the unlikely thorn in the former POTUS’ side? Katie Strick reports

31 May 2024
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Film

The best films set in London, from Notting Hill to Blow Up

The capital’s cobbled back streets, historic buildings and exquisite parks have long attracted the world’s best filmmakers

21 May 2024
<p>Katie Strick, who was diagnosed with an underactive thyroid four years ago </p>
Lifestyle

Brain fog, weight gain, stomach issues: why did no-one listen?

One in eight women will develop a thyroid condition in their lifetime. Ahead of World Thyroid Day this weekend, Katie Strick opens up about her own six-year rollercoaster with the disorder

21 May 2024
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UK Holidays

The five-star Regency-era retreat in Bath for Bridgerton fans

Just a 90-minute train ride from London Paddington, Katie Strick discovers a cosy way of life on Bath's famous crescent

16 May 2024
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Dating

Butt plugs, jealousy and falling in love: the truth about polyamory

Molly Roden Winter’s hit book about her open marriage has caused uproar. She tells Katie Strick about sex, jealousy and breaking the news to her sons

14 May 2024