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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‘Türkiye not Turkey’: the countries that rebranded
feature Eurasian country changing name to better reflect ‘culture, civilisation and values’, President Erdogan says
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The arguments for and against free Covid-19 testing
Pros and Cons Free lateral flow and PCR tests could be scrapped in England by March
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Will Transport for London’s financial ‘black hole’ lead to Tube closures?
Today's Big Question A lack of funding could see services and safety repair works put on hold
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What does Vladimir Putin want from Ukraine?
feature Moscow accused of dangling threat of war in Europe to extract guarantees over Nato expansion
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The most popular British royals in 2023
In Depth Prince Harry’s favorability rating drops to a new low
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Inside the world of Prince Andrew
Why Everyone’s Talking About Once a Falklands war hero, the Duke of York’s associations with Jeffrey Epstein may have damaged his reputation beyond repair
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What will happen in 2022? Predictions and events for this year
In Depth The new year brings a controversial World Cup in Qatar, the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee, and more hybrid working
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Quiz of The Week: 11 - 17 December
Puzzles and Quizzes Have you been paying attention to The Week’s news?
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The risk of being infected with Delta and Omicron at the same time
feature Co-infection could result in more severe illness and trigger ‘recombination events’
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Why has the booster roll-out taken so long?
Today's Big Question Under-40s still waiting to book booster vaccination jabs on the NHS website
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What has the UK learned about Omicron from South Africa?
Today's Big Question Early data suggests the new Covid-19 variant may be milder with fewer hospitalised patients requiring oxygen
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Is Europe’s fourth wave of Covid-19 going to hit the UK?
Today's Big Question Restrictions have returned in several European countries as high infection rate sweeps the continent
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When will Covid self-isolation rules end?
feature ‘Operation Rampdown’ could close key parts of the government’s Covid response by April
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Will younger children receive a Covid vaccine?
feature US regulators have advised Pfizer jab rollout for five to 11-year-olds
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‘Let the poker game begin’: who will lead Germany?
Today's Big Question Social Democrats claim narrow election victory over Angela Merkel’s Christian Democratic Union
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What does ethical travel look like now?
Why Everyone’s Talking About Travel for the double-jabbed may become easier - but is it possible to travel ethically during a pandemic?
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How much Covid disruption will schools face this year?
In Depth Lessons could be delayed by at least a week to allow all pupils to be fully tested
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‘Not Greggs too’: can the government fix food shortages before Christmas?
Today's Big Question Supply-chain issues leave supermarkets and restaurants unable to serve up favourite goods
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Charlie Watts: five anecdotes about the Rolling Stones star
Why Everyone’s Talking About The famously mild-mannered rock star has died aged 80
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Why Russia’s Covid death toll is spiking a year after vaccine approval
In Depth Russians shunning jabs despite rapid spread of Delta variant
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Holidays saved – but do Covid rules price out all but the richest travellers?
feature Price of quarantine hotels rising from £1,750 to £2,285 for solo travellers
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Green-list countries: which destinations will be added next?
feature Government ditches controversial plan for ‘amber travel watch-list’
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Quiz of The Week: 10 - 16 July
Puzzles and Quizzes Have you been paying attention to The Week’s news?
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Why is the vaccine rollout slowing down?
Today's Big Question Younger people are proving more reluctant to receive the jab after initial surge in demand
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