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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Avatar: The Way of Water divides the critics
The Week Recommends James Cameron sequel both slated as ‘Wet Smurfahontas stodgeathon’ and welcomed as awe-inspiring ‘gift’
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Tunisia’s low-turnout election ‘fiasco’
feature Historically low participation in national poll comes after President Saied’s suspension of the legislature last year
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Quiz of The Week: 10 - 16 December
Puzzles and Quizzes Have you been paying attention to The Week’s news?
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What is inflation and why is it so high?
feature Smaller petrol price increases mean inflation has dipped slightly – but it remains in double digits
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The EU accession dream in the Western Balkans
Talking Point Albania, Bosnia, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia and Serbia hope for a future in the European Union
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Elon Musk, ‘naked’ Hunter Biden and the Twitter files
Talking Point Release of internal documents by Twitter over claims of collusion with Democrats is dismissed as ‘a dud’
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Five things you may not know about Fleetwood Mac’s Christine McVie
Under the Radar The singer-songwriter, who penned some of the stand-out tracks on the classic album Rumours, has died aged 79
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Ghislaine Maxwell: from high society to decades behind bars
Why Everyone’s Talking About British socialite has already spent more than two years in prison accused of enabling Jeffrey Epstein
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China’s stringent crackdown on zero-Covid dissent
feature Beijing battles surging coronavirus cases and growing unrest as millions remain under severe lockdown restrictions
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Brits to be told how to save energy
Speed Read Have showers not baths, turn down radiators and lower boiler temperatures, the government will advise
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Qatar’s white elephant World Cup
Talking Point Tournament host facing ‘buyer’s remorse’ over ‘giant waste of money’
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Quiz of The Week: 12 - 19 November
Puzzles and Quizzes Have you been paying attention to The Week’s news?
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Will Poland missile change the course of Ukraine war?
Today's Big Question Deadly missile strike on Polish village stokes fears of a Nato escalation
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The liberation of Kherson: an opportunity for peace?
feature Retaking of southern port city would be a major strategic and symbolic win for Kyiv
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The ethics of watching the Qatar World Cup
Talking Point Run-up to the greatest show on earth has been mired in controversy over country’s poor record on LGBTQ+ and human rights
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The rise of fast furniture – and the environmental cost
feature Homeware sales boomed during the pandemic but as with fast fashion, our planet pays a price
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Quiz of The Week: 15 - 21 October
Puzzles and Quizzes Have you been paying attention to The Week’s news?
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Are UK pensions safe?
Today's Big Question Bank of England governor says its debt market support must end – but the multi-billion-pound scheme could be extended
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Why some people are offended by the Prince of Wales title
Talking Point Given to the heirs to the British throne, the title has a controversial history
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Could Vladimir Putin’s partial mobilisation lead to revolution in Russia?
Today's Big Question The Kremlin is facing increasing dissent over its first call-up of conscripts since Second World War
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‘Nuclear blackmail’: Putin’s address to Russia
feature President tells the West ‘I am not bluffing’ in rare televised speech
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Is this the end of Covid?
Talking Point WHO gives most upbeat assessment yet of the global battle against the virus
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Will Charles be the world’s first climate monarch?
Today's Big Question The King has long championed environmental issues but his new role is very different
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The five best anecdotes about the Queen
Under the Radar Monarch was known for her sense of humour as well as commitment to duty
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