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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Nord Stream mystery: who blew up the pipelines?
Today's Big Question A pro-Ukrainian group may have been behind the blasts, according to reports
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Junior doctors’ strike: can bitter row be solved?
Talking Point Longest period of NHS industrial action begins with doctors demanding a 35% pay rise
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Why is Bakhmut so important to Russia and Ukraine?
In Depth Both sides are suffering heavy losses in the attritional battle for the eastern Ukrainian city
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Rachel Reeves: Starmer’s new ‘de-facto’ deputy
In the Spotlight Child chess prodigy could be the UK’s first woman chancellor if Labour wins the next general election
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How safe is train travel?
feature The Week looks at the safety records of modern railways in Europe, the US and the UK
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Corporation tax rise: crippling investment or calculated risk?
Talking Point Rishi Sunak and Jeremy Hunt will go ahead with business levy hike, despite warnings from prominent backbenchers
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Will the Lockdown Files change Westminster’s WhatsApp ways?
Today's Big Question A leaked cache of Matt Hancock’s messages raises questions over how app is used in government
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Turnips vs. tomatoes: should salad crisis force UK shoppers back to their roots?
Talking Point Britons should eat more seasonally amid national salad shortage, suggests environment secretary
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Constance Marten: runaway aristocrat arrested
In Depth Heiress and boyfriend in police custody after 54-day search but hunt continues for missing babyr
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Cocaine Bear and other intoxicated critters: the ‘true-ish’ story behind US box-office hit
Under the Radar The ‘horror-comedy’ took $23m on its opening weekend despite being panned by critics
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The new Windsor framework: Rishi Sunak’s Brexit deal explained in five points
feature PM reaches agreement with EU over new Northern Ireland trading arrangements
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Quiz of The Week: 19 -25 February
Puzzles and Quizzes Have you been paying attention to The Week’s news?
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Brazil celebrates the return of Rio de Janeiro’s Carnival
In Pictures More than 46m people joined this year’s Carnival celebrations, the first to take place without restrictions since the pandemic
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Where does Belarus stand on the Ukraine war?
In Depth Leaked documents show Russian plan to absorb neighbouring state by 2030
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Tranq dope: the new horror drug on US streets
feature A dangerous mixture of animal sedative and fentanyl has flooded Philadelphia and beyond
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Kate Forbes: SNP frontrunner who could be ‘Scotland’s Jacinda Ardern’
In the Spotlight Nicola Sturgeon’s 32-year-old finance minister is favourite to become the next SNP leader and first minister
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Nicola Bulley: are armchair detectives and TikTok sleuths a help or hindrance?
Talking Point Police chiefs were forced to issue a dispersal order after amateur internet detectives searched the local area
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Does Rishi Sunak have a China problem?
Today's Big Question Mounting concerns over Chinese surveillance could prove to be a ‘crunch point’ for the prime minister
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Hogwarts Legacy and other boycott backlashes
Under the Radar Controversial Harry Potter video game is topping sales charts despite the J.K. Rowling controversy
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Quiz of The Week: 5 -11 February
Puzzles and Quizzes Have you been paying attention to The Week’s news?
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Pros and cons of gene-editing babies
Pros and Cons Controversial scientist says he feels “unease” about the future of children whose genes he edited as embryos
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Quiz of The Week: 28 January – 4 February
Puzzles and Quizzes Have you been paying attention to The Week’s news?
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MrBeast: benevolent YouTuber facing monster backlash
In the Spotlight YouTuber has courted controversy after paying to restore the sight of 1,000 people
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The issue of the Northern Ireland Protocol explained
feature The EU and UK may be close to reaching a breakthrough deal on fraught post-Brexit customs arrangements
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