Flic Everett
Flic Everett is a freelance columnist and broadcaster whose work at The Independent uses relationships and personal dynamics to illuminate politics, celebrity and public life. She writes opinion-led pieces that treat marriages, divorces and romantic narratives as a way to understand power, status and gender in contemporary society. Her coverage sits at the intersection of politics, culture and relationships, drawing on a long career writing for national newspapers and magazines.
Power, marriage and political couples
Everett’s politics-adjacent columns focus less on policy detail and more on how intimate relationships shape public reputations and leadership. In her piece on Nicola Sturgeon, she dissects the public presentation of the former First Minister’s marriage, treating its increasingly unusual optics as a case study in how political partnerships are scrutinised. She applies the same lens to Cristiano Ronaldo’s highly publicised wedding, presenting it as a lesson for couples, including other high-profile pairings such as Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce.
Across these articles she uses specific stories to explore themes of trust, image management and the gap between romantic narrative and lived experience.
Royals, celebrity culture and public behaviour
Everett regularly writes about the royal family and television personalities, again through the prism of behaviour and relationships rather than constitutional mechanics or industry news. Her royal pieces include examinations of Prince Andrew’s role as a landlord and his last Christmas at Royal Lodge, both framed around questions of entitlement, accountability and a changing sense of what is acceptable for figures with public funding and privilege. In entertainment-focused columns she assesses Claudia Winkleman’s chat show against the legacy of Mrs Merton and analyses Hugh Jackman’s former partner’s search for ‘closure’ when confronting his new relationship, using these stories to discuss emotional realism and the limits of televised authenticity.
She also critiques celebrity activism, as in her article arguing that Claire Foy’s comments highlight the value of practical philanthropy over earnest public speeches.
Relationships, midlife divorce and financial strain
Beyond individual personalities, Everett writes more broadly about shifting relationship patterns, especially among women in midlife. Her column on “walkaway wives” positions them as leading a wave of midlife divorce, drawing out themes of emotional labour, resentment and long-deferred autonomy. She pairs this relational focus with pieces on personal finance, including a detailed account of paying off £30,000 of debt and practical steps for people facing rising bills, rooted in everyday tactics such as careful supermarket strategies.
These stories emphasise how economic pressure intersects with relationship stress, and they showcase her ability to turn personal experience into structured, service-oriented commentary.
Experienced columnist across national media
Everett brings more than two decades of column-writing and feature work to her role at The Independent. She has written for a wide range of national newspapers and magazines and has held regular columns and editorial roles across lifestyle, relationships and culture. Alongside journalism she is an author of both fiction and non-fiction, including a novel and a cosy crime series, and she founded the travel platform Road, Rail and Sea focused on overland and sea journeys.
This combination of long-term newsroom experience, book writing and entrepreneurial projects underpins a voice that is confident, direct and grounded in everyday life.
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