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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How to get your finances in order for 2024
The Explainer Start the new year with a fresh look at your savings and budgets
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A Christmas present for Putin: are things looking up for Russian leader?
In Depth As US Congress fails to back emergency support for Ukraine, the tide could be turning in the ongoing war
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US driver 'flees' UK after Herefordshire car crash
Speed Read 'Mystery surrounds' true identity of Isaac Calderon who failed to attend court hearing
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Rise of the right: big gains predicted for Eurosceptics in EU elections
Under the Radar Far-right support may be propelled by a rejection of the 'Brussels bureaucracy' and 'precarious' lives
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Dominica's journey to climate resilience
Under the Radar The island nation is hoping to use Cop28 as a unique opportunity for climate assistance
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The floundering Forest City
Under the Radar Critics argue the $100 billion project has not turned out to be the paradise it was marketed as
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'Chilestinian' resistance: how Chile became home to half a million Palestinians
Under the Radar Chileans are taking to the streets to call for Palestine's liberation
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China and Taiwan's espionage shadow war
Under the Radar The US fears heightened tensions between the island nation and China may spill over
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Island hopping in the Caribbean
The Week Recommends Barbados and Grenada offer different perspectives on paradise
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Guyana: the epicentre of oil 'arms race'
Under the Radar The Stabroek oil block is growing the nation's economy - but is hotly contested
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'This is all nonsense': Robert De Niro testifies in workplace abuse case
Speed Read The veteran Oscar winner has denied claims that he harassed and overworked his former assistant
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Cuba's exodus: why a record number of Cubans have left for the US
Under the Radar US sanctions and a relentless Communist government are being viewed as responsible
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When will consumers feel the impact of falling inflation?
feature Prices for foods and other goods and services remain high despite drop in the top-line inflation rate
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Five latest scams and how to avoid them
The Explainer Fraudsters are deploying increasingly convincing techniques to dupe unsuspecting people
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Japan's bid to dissolve the Moonies church
Under the Radar Controversy has snowballed since the death of Shinzo Abe
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Could AI find alien life before us?
Today's Big Question New machine-learning system could tell the origin of samples found on Earth and elsewhere
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Panda-monium: China vs. the West
Under the Radar The end of panda diplomacy has been viewed as a consequence of increasingly frosty China-US relations
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'Orwellian nightmare’: passport database to be used to catch thieves
Talking Point Policing minister wants to use personal data to crack down on shoplifting crime wave
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Nuclear drills: Putin urged to test atomic bomb
Speed Reads Russian rescue workers practise evacuating citizens as nuclear expert urges 'show of force'
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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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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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