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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The rise and rise of home-schooling
The Explainer Why more parents in the US and UK are choosing to educate their children at home
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Cigarette-style warning labels on meat could cut consumption, say scientists
Speed Read The UK's national food strategy aims to cut meat consumption by 30% by 2032
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Why the UK and EU are fighting over bananas
In the Spotlight Brexit means Britain can drive the cost of the 'unsustainably' cheap fruit down even further
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Bankers' bonus cap axing: lighting the touch paper for another crash?
Talking Point UK's cap is being lifted from 31 October in bid to shore up London's position as international financial hub
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Rishi Sunak's first year as PM: is he safe?
In the Spotlight The Conservative Party has continued to trail behind Labour in the polls under Sunak's leadership
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Manhunt under way in Maine after mass shooting
Speed Read Police name suspect as at least 16 people are feared to have been killed and dozens injured
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Labour's Gaza policy: can Starmer keep party together?
Talking Point There is growing backbench dissent over the party's position on the Israel-Hamas war
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Will Labour win a majority at the general election?
Today's Big Question By-election victories in Tamworth and Mid Bedfordshire both saw swings of 20%-plus to Labour
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The 100-year-old railway Mexico hopes will rival the Panama Canal
Under the radar The route will run across Mexico's narrowest point, connecting the Gulf of Mexico and the Pacific Ocean
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Marina Wheeler's big move to Labour
In the Spotlight Boris Johnson's ex-wife will advise Labour on new protections for women in the workplace
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Does Humza Yousaf's new independence strategy stand a chance?
Talking Point SNP will claim mandate for new referendum negotiations if the party wins a majority of Westminster seats in Scotland
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Quiz of The Week: 7-13 October
Puzzles and Quizzes Have you been paying attention to The Week's news?
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Will the Israel-Hamas conflict sap support for Ukraine in the West?
Today's Big Question Russia could exploit Middle East violence to claim Western backing for Kyiv is waning
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Israel-Hamas: which countries might be dragged into conflict?
Today's Big Question Experts fear a broader cross-border conflict in the region
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The new research changing what we know about the first Americans
Under the radar Humans may have reached the Americas thousands of years earlier than previously thought
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Make political slogans great again: harder than it looks?
Talking point 'Get Brexit done' was 'genius' but 2023 has not been a great year for the political catchphrase
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Rachel Reeves unveils Labour's plan to fast-track UK infrastructure
Speed Read Shadow chancellor vows to 'get Britain building again' to boost economic growth and net zero hopes
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Quiz of The Week: 30 September - 6 October
Puzzles and Quizzes Have you been paying attention to The Week's news?
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Will Ukraine join the EU?
Today's Big Question Enlargement would require the European Union to undertake significant and 'painful' reforms
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The building of Barcelona's Sagrada Familia
In Pictures The iconic Barcelona cathedral is nearing completion after over 140 years of construction
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Larry the cat: how chief mouser 'won the nation's hearts'
In the Spotlight Downing Street says resident pet is 'healthy' despite reports of contingency plans for his death
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Higher taxes ‘may be permanent’
Speed read UK households facing £3,500-a-year tax hike, says think tank
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Astronauts return after circling Earth thousands of times while stuck in space
Speed read The astronauts were stranded on the International Space Station after their return capsule was hit by space junk
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What's the point of party conferences?
Talking Point The annual gatherings have quirky rituals and eccentric attendees but also act as 'important way-markers for our politics'
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