Harriet Marsden, The Week UK
Harriet Marsden is a senior staff writer and podcast panellist for The Week, mostly covering world news and writing the weekly Global Digest newsletter. Before joining the site in 2023, she was a freelance journalist for seven years, working for The Guardian, The Times and The Independent among others, and regularly appearing on BBC Radio London and Times Radio. She has a particular interest in gender equality and attended the 67th Commission on the Status of Women as a UN Women UK delegate.
In 2021, Harriet was awarded the “journalist-at-large” fellowship by the Local Trust charity, and spent a year travelling independently to some of England’s most deprived areas to write about local culture and community activism. She has a master’s in international journalism from City University, and an undergraduate degree in languages from the University of Cambridge, specialising in Latin American studies. She has also worked as a journalist in Bolivia, Colombia and Spain.
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Tylney Hall Hotel and Gardens: Jane Austen grandeur in rural HampshireThe Week Recommends Grade II-listed Victorian-era mansion boasts a spa, swimming pools and award-winning restaurant, but feels like a historic country home
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Will US-Iran deal bring peace to Lebanon?Today’s Big Question Tehran wants peace deal to include end to Israel’s war on Hezbollah but Israel vows to ‘crush’ Iran-backed group
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Iran deal: is Trump the loser?Today’s Big Question Critics believe mooted ‘memorandum of understanding’ leaves ‘radicalised‘ Tehran in stronger position than before US assault
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The US, Raul Castro and regime change in CubaThe Explainer Charges against former president, relating to downing of two civilian planes by Cuban military in 1996, seen as aggressive escalation of tensions with Havana
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How worrying is the Ebola outbreak?Today’s Big Question Rare Bundibugyo strain of infectious virus, detected in DR Congo and Uganda, has no approved vaccine or treatment
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What does China want from Putin?Today’s Big Question Russian leader arrives in Beijing for meeting with Xi Jinping, amid deepening cooperation – and asymmetric power balance
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Southampton and the latest case of spying in footballIn the Spotlight ‘Spygate’, in which Middlesbrough claim a Southampton analyst observed their training, evokes previous scandals by Leeds United and Canada women
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Is Manchesterism really the cure for Britain’s ills?Today's Big Question Andy Burnham’s political philosophy has been dismissed as ‘mostly vibes and boosterism’
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Does the Green Party have an antisemitism problem?Today's Big Question Zack Polanski is preparing for a successful day at the polls but questions over the party’s commitment to rooting out racism continue
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The rising separatist movement in AlbertaUnder the Radar Minority in resource-rich province support independence from Canada, blaming federal government for blocking oil production
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The NHS and female sterilisationThe Explainer Health ombudsman rules that using ‘risk of regret’ to refuse funding for procedure, while routinely funding vasectomies, is ‘unfair to women’
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A passage to India for Colombia’s ‘cocaine hippos’?In the Spotlight Son of Indian billionaire offers sanctuary to feral herd, descendants of animals owned by Pablo Escobar
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Is UAE departure the death blow for Opec?Today's Big Question Loss of third-biggest oil producer and one of longest-serving members could be existential threat to alliance, as other countries ‘chafe’ under production quotas
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Italy’s controversial off-grid ‘forest family’In the Spotlight Political backlash over court order to take couple’s young children into care
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The rise in single fathers by choiceIn the Spotlight Increase in single men applying to become parents via surrogacy or adoption reflects wider societal shifts, but scepticism and stigma remain
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What does the Mandelson row mean for Starmer?Today's Big Question PM argues that Foreign Office didn’t inform No. 10 of concerns over peer’s security vetting, but his lack of leadership and ‘incurious’ nature put credibility on the line
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Should the government help with energy bills?Today's Big Question Ofgem’s new price cap resets in June, with forecasters predicting huge rise, but Labour hints support will be means-tested amid struggling economy
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India’s ‘reversal’ of transgender rightsUnder the Radar Government seeks to narrow legal definition of transgender people and remove right to self-identify
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How the UK’s transplant system deterioratedThe Explainer Once ‘world leader’, NHS now lags behind European countries thanks to lack of investment and resources, outdated technology, and failure of ‘opt-out’ law
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Is Matt Brittin the man to save the BBC?Talking Point Former regional boss of Google and GB rowing bronze medallist chosen as new director general, but lack of journalism experience ruffles feathers
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Could Iran strike the UK?Today's Big Question Attempted missile attack on Diego Garcia suggests Tehran has weapons with range to reach Europe
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Pakistan and Afghanistan: the next all-out war?The Explainer Islamabad accuses neighbouring Taliban regime of harbouring militants and allowing them ‘safe havens’ from which to attack, with ‘shaky truce’ set to expire
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China’s role in the US-Israeli war on IranThe Explainer Beijing has long been Iran’s key financial backer and oil buyer, but projection of stability and relations with the US ahead of Xi-Trump summit take precedence
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Should King Charles postpone his US state visit?Today's Big Question Fears UK monarch would hand Donald Trump a diplomatic coup against backdrop of US attacks on Iran
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