For my mum, it was really important to teach me and my brothers, so it came more from her to be honest than anything else. She made sure that we just read loads of books about slavery, about black culture,… — Vick Hope Copy Share Image
I'm from Newcastle and went to Cambridge University and I worried whether I'd fit in; I'm mixed race, so my mum grew up in Nigeria and my dad grew up in England, and I'd sometimes wonder which culture I felt… — Vick Hope Copy Share Image
I talk about a lot is how black women are so often referred to as feisty or sassy or aggressive or difficult just for… — Vick Hope Copy Share Image
I find children amazing and so interesting, intelligent and insightful - their curiosity is something I can relate to. And I feel they deserve… — Vick Hope Copy Share Image
I've felt too stupid and inadequate amongst my ultra-intelligent course-mates, yet too geeky and opinionated for commercial radio. — Vick Hope Copy Share Image
I did not feel beautiful. I didn't know anyone who looked like me. I remember asking my mum to wash the brown off me… — Vick Hope Copy Share Image
I have to get up about half four every morning for the 'Breakfast' show. — Vick Hope Copy Share Image
Malorie Blackman's 'Noughts & Crosses' was my favourite as a kid - it was the first time I'd heard of interracial courtship outside of… — Vick Hope Copy Share Image
I did some modelling when I was 16 and was told I was a 'palatable kind of brown.' That hit me quite hard. You're… — Vick Hope Copy Share Image
It sounds like I literally stand outside of the offices of ITV shouting, 'Give me another spin-off.' But I do love them, I love… — Vick Hope Copy Share Image
Of all the people I've ever met that I got a bit tongue-tied around was Chris Moyles. And it was just down the corridor… — Vick Hope Copy Share Image
I use skincare by REN mainly. Twice a day double cleanse, serum, moisturiser, and a lovely Mimi Luzon facial oil packed with vitamins and… — Vick Hope Copy Share Image
