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The Week was created in 1995 by Founding Editors Jeremy O’Grady and Jon Connell. In those days (long before the advent of the internet) most people got their news from one or two favourite papers, missing out on the rich variety of opinion and debate out there.
Noticing a vital gap in the market, Jeremy and Jon got to work. Based in Paddington (from an ex-garage so small that editorial meetings were held on the street) they trawled every news outlet available, stitching together rival sides of the biggest news stories with a small team of journalists.
Despite initial scepticism from critics in the industry, The Week grew in popularity because it gave readers a truly unbiased view of current affairs - something just as valuable today as it was back then.
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