Joe Evans
Joe Evans is the world news editor at TheWeek.co.uk. He joined the team in 2019 and held roles including deputy news editor and acting news editor before moving into his current position in early 2021. He is a regular panellist on The Week Unwrapped podcast, discussing politics and foreign affairs.
Before joining The Week, he worked as a freelance journalist covering the UK and Ireland for German newspapers and magazines. A series of features on Brexit and the Irish border got him nominated for the Hostwriter Prize in 2019. Prior to settling down in London, he lived and worked in Cambodia, where he ran communications for a non-governmental organisation and worked as a journalist covering Southeast Asia. He has a master’s degree in journalism from City, University of London, and before that studied English Literature at the University of Manchester.
Latest articles by Joe Evans
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Package holidays explained in 60 seconds
In Depth Pre-paid breaks sent Brits abroad in droves and sent the Chinese packing
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Heliocentrism explained in 60 seconds: ideas that changed the world
In Depth The discovery that Earth revolves around the Sun laid the foundations for modern physics
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International sport explained in 60 seconds
In Depth From the Olympic Games to the World Cup, sport brings the world closer together
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Ready meals explained in 60 seconds: ideas that changed the world
In Depth The rise of so-called TV dinners has revolutionised our culinary habits
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Divorce in 60 seconds: ideas that changed the world
In Depth From Henry VIII to the modern day, divorce has reshaped our notion of marriage
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One year on: how the world reported the Capitol Hill riot
feature Joe Biden blames Donald Trump for ‘carnage’ on anniversary of deadly protest
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Four key moments from police officers’ Capitol Hill riot testimonies
In Depth Cop tells inquiry he thought he was ‘going to die’ during deadly demonstration
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India’s true Covid deaths ‘in the millions rather than hundreds of thousands’
In Depth New study findings fuel claims that government is deliberately under-reporting pandemic fatalities
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Inside the plan to end the track-and-trace epidemic
Under the Radar Number of health workers in self-isolation now ‘significantly impacting’ patient care, NHS chief warns
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Is Ethiopia’s civil war at ‘turning point’ as Tigray rebels retake key cities?
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Taliban seizes cities as Afghan military collapses
feature More than 1,000 soldiers flee across border as others hand over weapons to insurgents
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Taliban seizes cities as Afghan military collapses
feature More than 1,000 soldiers flee across border as others hand over weapons to insurgents
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‘Call for freedom’: what has sparked Cuba’s anti-government protests?
In Depth High prices and food shortages trigger biggest demonstrations in decades
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Lebanon on brink of breakdown as financial crisis escalates
In Depth Hyperinflation has triggered ‘disastrous’ shortages of medicines and fuel
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Why Myanmar may be heading for a full-scale civil war
feature Civilian death toll rises as military battles anti-coup resistance groups
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Why the EU is facing a far-right fightback
feature Parties from 15 member states combine to challenge Brussels ‘superstate’
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Discovery of unmarked First Nation graves turns spotlight on Canada’s colonial legacy
In Depth Human remains unearthed at former residential school in British Columbia adds to growing tally found across the country
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‘Scum and treachery’: four things we know about Michael Wolff’s third Donald Trump expose
feature Former president spoke to journalist while ‘seething with resentment’ at White House exit
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How Viktor Orban’s anti-LGBTQ+ laws made the EU more hawkish on Hungary
In Depth European leaders vow to bring the nation ‘to its knees’ over civil rights crackdown
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Will 100,000 coronavirus deaths sink Boris Johnson?
Today's Big Question UK among highest Covid death rates in the world - but vaccinations could save the PM
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Should the EU reset its relationship with Vladimir Putin?
feature Angela Merkel and Emmanuel Macron leading push to reset EU relations with Moscow
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‘Delta plus’: what we know so far about India’s new Covid ‘variant of concern’
feature Strain feared to be more infectious than original Delta variant has reached UK
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Will pardoning Catalan leaders calm Spanish tensions?
In Depth Spanish PM hoping to create ‘spirit of dialogue’ as separatist leaders vow to fight on
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Why Boris Johnson fears flu may become bigger threat than Covid
feature Government advisers predict influenza virus will ‘come back to bite us’ after being suppressed by social distancing
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