Sorcha Bradley, The Week UK
Sorcha Bradley is a writer at The Week and a regular on The Week Unwrapped podcast. She worked at The Week magazine for a year and a half after joining in 2019 and then took up her current role with the digital team, where she mostly covers UK current affairs and politics. Before joining The Week, Sorcha worked at slow-news start-up Tortoise Media, where she covered topics ranging from artificial intelligence to the inner workings of tech giants such as Amazon. She has also written for Sky News, The Sunday Times, the London Evening Standard and Grazia magazine, among other publications.
She has a master’s in newspaper journalism from City, University of London, where she specialised in political journalism. For her undergraduate degree, she read English literature and classical studies at the University of Bristol. She caught the journalism bug while studying at Bristol, where she was news editor for the university paper, Epigram. Find her on Twitter @sorchabradley.
Latest articles by Sorcha Bradley, The Week UK
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Why Twitter changed its logo to the dogecoin dog
Speed Read Some have speculated the logo change is a late April Fool’s prank
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The Dalai Lama, reincarnation and China’s mounting Tibet problem
feature Mongolian-American boy unveiled as the third most important spiritual leader in Tibetan Buddhism
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Quiz of The Week: 18 -24 March
Puzzles and Quizzes Have you been paying attention to The Week’s news?
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Three years since lockdown began: how Britain changed
feature The economy, education and the NHS are yet to fully recover from the effects of UK lockdowns
By Sorcha Bradley Published
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New theory on Leonardo da Vinci’s mother divides experts
Speed Read Scholar says Renaissance pioneer may have been born to female slave from the Northern Caucasus
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Nord Stream mystery: who blew up the pipelines?
Today's Big Question A pro-Ukrainian group may have been behind the blasts, according to reports
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Why is Bakhmut so important to Russia and Ukraine?
In Depth Both sides are suffering heavy losses in the attritional battle for the eastern Ukrainian city
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How safe is train travel?
feature The Week looks at the safety records of modern railways in Europe, the US and the UK
By Sorcha Bradley Published
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Turnips vs. tomatoes: should salad crisis force UK shoppers back to their roots?
Talking Point Britons should eat more seasonally amid national salad shortage, suggests environment secretary
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Constance Marten: runaway aristocrat arrested
In Depth Heiress and boyfriend in police custody after 54-day search but hunt continues for missing babyr
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Cocaine Bear and other intoxicated critters: the ‘true-ish’ story behind US box-office hit
Under the Radar The ‘horror-comedy’ took $23m on its opening weekend despite being panned by critics
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Quiz of The Week: 19 -25 February
Puzzles and Quizzes Have you been paying attention to The Week’s news?
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Ukraine and a post-Western world: are we entering a new era in global politics?
Today's Big Question The war in Ukraine has revealed shifting power dynamics across the world
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Timeline of the Ukraine war
feature Russia invaded Ukraine on 24 February 2022
By Amrita Gill Last updated
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Brazil celebrates the return of Rio de Janeiro’s Carnival
In Pictures More than 46m people joined this year’s Carnival celebrations, the first to take place without restrictions since the pandemic
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Where does Belarus stand on the Ukraine war?
In Depth Leaked documents show Russian plan to absorb neighbouring state by 2030
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Tranq dope: the new horror drug on US streets
feature A dangerous mixture of animal sedative and fentanyl has flooded Philadelphia and beyond
By Sorcha Bradley Published
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Nicola Bulley: are armchair detectives and TikTok sleuths a help or hindrance?
Talking Point Police chiefs were forced to issue a dispersal order after amateur internet detectives searched the local area
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Hogwarts Legacy and other boycott backlashes
Under the Radar Controversial Harry Potter video game is topping sales charts despite the J.K. Rowling controversy
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Amsterdam bans cannabis smoking outside in red light district
Speed Read City council is introducing new rules to improve the quality of life for locals
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Quiz of The Week: 5 -11 February
Puzzles and Quizzes Have you been paying attention to The Week’s news?
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The latest violence in DR Congo
feature Tensions with Rwanda have escalated following recent attack on fighter jet
By Sorcha Bradley, The Week UK Published
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Pros and cons of gene-editing babies
Pros and Cons Controversial scientist says he feels “unease” about the future of children whose genes he edited as embryos
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Quiz of The Week: 28 January – 4 February
Puzzles and Quizzes Have you been paying attention to The Week’s news?
By Sorcha Bradley Published
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