Rebekah Evans, The Week UK
Rebekah Evans joined The Week as newsletter editor in 2023. She is a regular on The Week Unwrapped podcast, and has also written on subjects ranging from Ukraine and Afghanistan to fast fashion and "brotox". As newsletter editor, she writes The Week's Global Digital newsletter each week, examining pressing political, social and economic issues from around the world, and also curates the Prosper newsletter.
Rebekah started her career at Reach plc, where she cut her teeth on news, before pivoting into personal finance at the height of the pandemic and cost-of-living crisis. Social affairs is another of her passions, covering topics from Grenfell to the NHS and mental health. She has interviewed people from across the world and from all walks of life. Rebekah has also written for publications including The Guardian, The Week magazine, the Press Association and local newspapers. She decided to become a journalist while still at school. While reading English at King's College London, she juggled a role as editor-in-chief of the university newspaper, Roar News, with moonlighting as an executive producer for the university's flagship student political radio show. After graduating, she completed an NCTJ with the Press Association. Rebekah can be found on Twitter at @rebekah_ne.
Latest articles by Rebekah Evans, The Week UK
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The fight for Caribbean beaches
Under the Radar Colonial laws and new resorts could block residents from access
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The Liberal Democrat housing drama
In the Spotlight Ed Davey suffered a bruising defeat on the conference floor leading some to question his leadership
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Another coup for Guatemala?
Under the Radar Arévalo won a surprise landslide victory, but there have been efforts to stop him taking office
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Battle of the Sexes: 50 years on from Billie Jean King's landmark victory
In Pictures Beating Bobby Riggs proved a historic moment for tennis and for women's sport globally
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Chioma Nnadi: new 'head' of British Vogue at centre of power struggle
Edward Enninful 'shot for the moon and lost' as Anna Wintour promotes 'loyal ally'
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Russia and Ukraine face off in The Hague over genocide case
Kyiv is hoping court will rule Russia's actions illegal but Moscow wants the case dismissed
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Indigenous Voice referendum: is this Australia's 'Brexit moment'?
The referendum on Indigenous rights may be a moment of reckoning for the 'open wounds of nationhood'
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Inside the luxury bulletproof train taking Kim Jong Un to Russia
The Explainer The North Korean leader has continued the tradition of train travel established by his father
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What Mexico’s first female president might mean for the ‘femicide nation’
feature The Latin American country is grappling with misogynist crime amid a backdrop of progress for women in politics
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Venice Film Festival celebrates 80th year as A-listers hit the red carpet
In Pictures The event has been overshadowed by the ongoing actors’ strike and a smattering of protests
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The Pope, the ‘false prophet’, and the battle for Argentina
feature Opinion has been split on whether the pontiff's intervention into politics in his home nation is appropriate
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Notting Hill Carnival: London in a ‘blaze of colour’ as event marks 55th year
In Pictures The carnival also commemorated the Windrush generation and Grenfell fire victims
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What is the Wagner Group?
In the Spotlight Reported death of leader Yevgeny Prigozhin leaves future of Russian mercenary group in doubt
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Children trapped 900ft in the air in Pakistani cable car emergency
Speed Read A helicopter rescue effort has been launched to save the stranded group of eight
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Coober Pedy: inside the Australian town where people live underground
In Pictures Could subterranean homes be an answer to rising global temperatures and increasingly inhospitable conditions?
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Richcession: where have all the millionaires gone?
feature Global wealth has dropped for the first time since 2008 – but it may not be bad news for the economy
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Blind Side subject Michael Oher sues ‘adoptive parents’
Speed Read Former NFL star alleges story that became Hollywood blockbuster was all a lie
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What next for Ecuador after Fernando Villavicencio assassination?
feature The killing of a candidate ahead of this week’s elections follows years of crime and a rapidly increasing drugs trade
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The rise of Brotox: why more men are getting cosmetic surgery
feature Men who, like Barbie’s male sidekick, don’t feel ‘Kenough’ are increasingly getting cosmetic treatments
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State pension underpayments: are you getting the right amount?
feature Hundreds of thousands of women may have received less than they were owed
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Early retirement: what is the ‘FIRE’ movement?
feature Younger workers are aiming to quit the workforce early through extreme saving and investment
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The spiralling global rice crisis
feature India’s decision to ban exports is starting to have a domino effect around the world
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Sturgeon Moon: supermoon lights up night skies worldwide
In Pictures Photographers across the globe capture first of August’s two full Moons
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Ghana abolishes the death penalty
feature It joins a growing list of African countries which are turning away from capital punishment
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