diff --git a/news/templates/_nav.html b/news/templates/_nav.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6f0304e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/news/templates/_nav.html
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+{#- Shared navigation. `current` marks the active page. -#}
+<nav class="sitenav">
+  <a href="/"        class="{{ 'here' if current == 'triage' }}">Triage</a>
+  <a href="/digest"  class="{{ 'here' if current == 'digest' }}">Digest</a>
+  <a href="/tune"    class="{{ 'here' if current == 'tune' }}">Tune</a>
+  <a href="/config"  class="{{ 'here' if current == 'config' }}">Config</a>
+</nav>
diff --git a/news/templates/config.html b/news/templates/config.html
index 17bf42c..700babe 100644
--- a/news/templates/config.html
+++ b/news/templates/config.html
@@ -47,14 +47,21 @@
   .nearmiss { border-left:2px solid var(--warn); padding-left:.7rem; margin-top:.6rem; }
   .ok { color:var(--pos); } .err { color:var(--neg); }
   .gate { color:var(--warn); }
+  .sitenav { display:flex; gap:.15rem; flex-wrap:wrap; }
+  .sitenav a { color:var(--muted); text-decoration:none; font-size:.85rem;
+               padding:.2rem .6rem; border-radius:6px; border:1px solid transparent; }
+  .sitenav a:hover { color:var(--fg); background:var(--rule); }
+  .sitenav a.here { color:var(--accent); border-color:var(--rule); font-weight:600; }
+
 </style>
 <main>
   <header>
     <h1>Config</h1>
-    <div class="note"><a href="/">triage</a> · <a href="/tune">tune</a> ·
-      <a href="/digest">digest</a> · {{ clusters }} clusters scored</div>
+    {% include "_nav.html" %}
   </header>
 
+  <p class="note" style="margin:-.5rem 0 1rem">{{ clusters }} clusters scored</p>
+
   <h2>Try a filter</h2>
   <div class="probe">
     <p class="note" style="margin-top:0">
diff --git a/news/templates/digest.html b/news/templates/digest.html
index bec5ea6..2b9f29f 100644
--- a/news/templates/digest.html
+++ b/news/templates/digest.html
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@
          BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", system-ui, sans-serif;
          -webkit-text-size-adjust:100%; }
   main { max-width:38rem; margin:0 auto; padding:1.5rem 1.15rem 4rem; }
-  header { border-bottom:1px solid var(--rule); padding-bottom:.75rem; margin-bottom:1.5rem; }
+  header { border-bottom:1px solid var(--rule); padding-bottom:.75rem; margin-bottom:1.5rem;
+           display:flex; gap:1rem; flex-wrap:wrap; align-items:baseline;
+           justify-content:space-between; }
   h1 { font-size:1.3rem; margin:0 0 .15rem; letter-spacing:-.01em; }
   .date { color:var(--muted); font-size:.85rem; }
   .briefing p { margin:0 0 1rem; }
@@ -30,11 +32,20 @@
   nav { display:flex; justify-content:space-between; margin-top:2rem; font-size:.9rem; }
   nav a { color:var(--accent); text-decoration:none; }
   .empty { color:var(--muted); font-style:italic; }
+  .sitenav { display:flex; gap:.15rem; flex-wrap:wrap; }
+  .sitenav a { color:var(--muted); text-decoration:none; font-size:.85rem;
+               padding:.2rem .6rem; border-radius:6px; border:1px solid transparent; }
+  .sitenav a:hover { color:var(--fg); background:var(--rule); }
+  .sitenav a.here { color:var(--accent); border-color:var(--rule); font-weight:600; }
+
 </style>
 <main>
   <header>
-    <h1>Daily briefing</h1>
-    <div class="date">{{ day.strftime('%A, %-d %B %Y') }}</div>
+    <div>
+      <h1>Daily briefing</h1>
+      <div class="date">{{ day.strftime('%A, %-d %B %Y') }}</div>
+    </div>
+    {% include "_nav.html" %}
   </header>
 
   {% if briefing %}
diff --git a/news/templates/triage.html b/news/templates/triage.html
index 5a3ee4e..9c427f3 100644
--- a/news/templates/triage.html
+++ b/news/templates/triage.html
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@
   h1 { font-size:1.15rem; margin:0; letter-spacing:-.01em; }
   .stats, .filters { color:var(--muted); font-size:.83rem; }
   .filters a { color:var(--accent); text-decoration:none; margin-left:.6rem; }
+  .subbar { display:flex; gap:1rem; flex-wrap:wrap; justify-content:space-between;
+            margin:-.4rem 0 1rem; }
   .filters a.on { text-decoration:underline; }
 
   article { background:var(--card); border:1px solid var(--rule); border-radius:9px;
@@ -54,18 +56,26 @@
           border-top:1px solid var(--rule); padding:.45rem 1rem; font-size:.78rem;
           color:var(--muted); display:flex; gap:1rem; justify-content:center; }
   .empty { color:var(--muted); font-style:italic; padding:2rem 0; }
+  .sitenav { display:flex; gap:.15rem; flex-wrap:wrap; }
+  .sitenav a { color:var(--muted); text-decoration:none; font-size:.85rem;
+               padding:.2rem .6rem; border-radius:6px; border:1px solid transparent; }
+  .sitenav a:hover { color:var(--fg); background:var(--rule); }
+  .sitenav a.here { color:var(--accent); border-color:var(--rule); font-weight:600; }
+
   @media (max-width:34rem) { .help { display:none; } }
 </style>
 <main>
   <header>
     <h1>Triage</h1>
-    <div class="stats">{{ rows|length }} shown · {{ labelled }} labelled · {{ total }} clusters</div>
-    <div class="filters">show
+    {% include "_nav.html" %}
+  </header>
+  <div class="subbar">
+    <span class="stats">{{ rows|length }} shown · {{ labelled }} labelled · {{ total }} clusters</span>
+    <span class="filters">show
       <a class="{{ 'on' if show == 'unlabelled' }}" href="?show=unlabelled">unlabelled</a>
       <a class="{{ 'on' if show == 'all' }}" href="?show=all">all</a>
-      · <a href="/digest">digest</a>
-    </div>
-  </header>
+    </span>
+  </div>
 
   {% for r in rows %}
     <article id="c{{ loop.index0 }}" data-id="{{ r.id }}"
diff --git a/news/templates/tune.html b/news/templates/tune.html
index 25ac122..171d4d7 100644
--- a/news/templates/tune.html
+++ b/news/templates/tune.html
@@ -39,11 +39,17 @@
           letter-spacing:.04em; min-width:5.5rem; }
   .lane.imp { color:var(--neg); }
   .note { color:var(--muted); font-size:.82rem; }
+  .sitenav { display:flex; gap:.15rem; flex-wrap:wrap; }
+  .sitenav a { color:var(--muted); text-decoration:none; font-size:.85rem;
+               padding:.2rem .6rem; border-radius:6px; border:1px solid transparent; }
+  .sitenav a:hover { color:var(--fg); background:var(--rule); }
+  .sitenav a.here { color:var(--accent); border-color:var(--rule); font-weight:600; }
+
 </style>
 <main>
   <header>
     <h1>Tune</h1>
-    <div class="note"><a href="/">triage</a> · <a href="/digest">digest</a></div>
+    {% include "_nav.html" %}
   </header>
 
   <form method="get">
diff --git a/news/web.py b/news/web.py
index 64d241d..4ec81c8 100644
--- a/news/web.py
+++ b/news/web.py
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ async def triage(request):
     return TEMPLATES.TemplateResponse(
         request, "triage.html",
         {"rows": rows, "show": show, "total": len(scores), "labelled": len(labelled),
-         "signed": bool(secret)})
+         "signed": bool(secret), "current": "triage"})
 
 
 async def tune(request):
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ async def tune(request):
         request, "tune.html",
         {"routing": routing, "counts": counts, "alerts": alerts, "digest": digest,
          "per_day": (counts[IMPORTANT] + counts[INTEREST]) / days, "days": days,
-         "defaults": cfg.routing})
+         "defaults": cfg.routing, "current": "tune"})
 
 
 def _centroids(con):
@@ -254,7 +254,8 @@ async def config_page(request):
         {"interests": summarise("interest", "___", 0.60),
          "vetoes": summarise("veto", "threshold", 0.60),
          "demotes": summarise("demote", "___", 0.55),
-         "clusters": len(rows), "scoring": cfg.scoring, "routing": cfg.routing})
+         "clusters": len(rows), "scoring": cfg.scoring, "routing": cfg.routing,
+         "current": "config"})
 
 
 async def config_preview(request):
@@ -383,7 +384,8 @@ async def digest_page(request):
         request, "digest.html",
         {"day": when, "stories": stories,
          "briefing": prose["briefing"] if prose else None,
-         "prev": when - timedelta(days=1), "next": when + timedelta(days=1)},
+         "prev": when - timedelta(days=1), "next": when + timedelta(days=1),
+         "current": "digest"},
     )
 
 
diff --git a/tests/test_delivery.py b/tests/test_delivery.py
index ba7feb7..d4e4148 100644
--- a/tests/test_delivery.py
+++ b/tests/test_delivery.py
@@ -232,3 +232,14 @@ def test_labelling_is_disabled_when_no_secret_is_configured(tmp_path, monkeypatc
     from news import web
     web._VECTORS = None
     assert "labelling is disabled" in TestClient(web.app).get("/").text
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("path,active", [
+    ("/", "Triage"), ("/tune", "Tune"), ("/config", "Config"), ("/digest", "Digest")])
+def test_every_page_carries_the_nav(client, path, active):
+    """Navigation must not require knowing the URLs."""
+    c, _ = client
+    html = c.get(path).text
+    for target in ("/tune", "/config", "/digest"):
+        assert f'href="{target}"' in html, f"{path} is missing a link to {target}"
+    assert f'class="here">{active}<' in html, f"{path} does not mark itself active"