A LIFE IN THE DAY
Vick Hope: ‘For years I damped down the fact that I was academic’
The Radio 1 DJ on her love of literature and life with her fiancé, Calvin Harris
SOFI ADAMS
The Sunday Times
Hope was born in Newcastle upon Tyne and studied modern languages at Cambridge University. She speaks Portuguese, French and Spanish and began her journalism career in Buenos Aires, where she worked at the Argentina Independent. She presented the breakfast show on Capital FM with Roman Kemp for three years and now hosts three shows on BBC Radio 1, including the afternoon show with Jordan North. She has also presented TV shows such as Britain’s Best Young Artist, The Voice and Vick Hope’s Breakfast Show. Hope is a human rights activist and in 2020 became an ambassador for Amnesty International UK. She lives in north London with her fiancé, the Scottish DJ and music producer Calvin Harris.
I’m usually up by 6.30am, but if
