Vick Hope : (6)

" It was called ‘The Surgery’ at the time, but the ‘Life Hacks’ show was a very important place for me when I was growing up. I remember so many things that I didn’t know how to talk to my teachers or my parents about; those hard questions that I had, they were answered on that show. " - Vick Hope

" Exploring my racial identity, my blackness and my whiteness as living, breathing, moving parts; confronting race as an issue head-on, learning about it, talking about it, celebrating the beauty of my cultures, being honest about the ugly parts of our history, and consolidating my sense of self has been liberating in so many ways. " - Vick Hope

" I was strong willed and my parents instilled this notion of hard graft. That’s how you’ve got to get by – nothing is given to you. " - Vick Hope

" I’d always been fairly sporty. At school I got involved in everything: netball, hockey, cross-country, athletics and I competed in the north east championships. I did a lot of gymnastics when I was younger and then got into my dancing. " - Vick Hope

" I want little black girls, little black boys to know that they can be themselves because they do belong for who that they are. " - Vick Hope

" 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 at Radio X. I grew up listening to him, in the car on the way to school, and that voice, you feel like you wake up with him. " - Vick Hope