diff --git a/app/item/models.py b/app/item/models.py
index de681d0..d514aca 100644
--- a/app/item/models.py
+++ b/app/item/models.py
@@ -57,8 +57,9 @@ class Item(models.Model):
         return json.dumps(comments)
 
     @classmethod
-    def public(cls):
-        now = timezone.now()
+    def public(cls, now=None):
+        if now is None:
+            now = timezone.now()
         qs = cls.objects.exclude(published=None).filter(published__lte=now).order_by('-published')
         cal = now.date().isocalendar()
         monday = now.date() - timedelta(days=now.date().isocalendar().weekday - 1)
diff --git a/app/item/views.py b/app/item/views.py
index 0e03575..26988b6 100644
--- a/app/item/views.py
+++ b/app/item/views.py
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 import xml.etree.ElementTree as ET
 
-from datetime import date, datetime, timedelta
 import json
 
 from django.utils import timezone
+from django.utils.timezone import datetime, timedelta
 from django.shortcuts import render
 from django.db.models import Q
 from django.utils.html import mark_safe
@@ -16,12 +16,25 @@ from ..signalbot.rpc import send_reaction
 from .utils import render_to_json
 from ..utils import default_context
 
+TS_FORMAT = "%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S"
+
 
 def index(request):
     context = default_context(request)
-    week, archive = models.Item.public()
+    now = request.GET.get("now")
+    if request.user.is_staff and now:
+        now = datetime.strptime(now, TS_FORMAT)
+    elif request.user.is_staff:
+        now = datetime.now()
+    else:
+        now = None
+    week, archive = models.Item.public(now)
     context['items'] = week
     context['archive'] = archive.exists()
+    if now:
+        context['now'] = now
+        context['previous_week'] = (now - timedelta(days=7)).strftime(TS_FORMAT)
+        context['next_week'] = (now + timedelta(days=7)).strftime(TS_FORMAT)
     return render(request, 'index.html', context)
 
 
diff --git a/app/static/css/site.scss b/app/static/css/site.scss
index 87a0227..49fceb3 100644
--- a/app/static/css/site.scss
+++ b/app/static/css/site.scss
@@ -98,3 +98,10 @@ nav.overlay {
         padding-bottom: 8px;
     }
 }
+
+.now {
+    background: lightyellow;
+    color: black;
+    padding: 8px;
+    opacity: 0.8;
+}
diff --git a/app/templates/base.html b/app/templates/base.html
index 4e18837..771aa3b 100644
--- a/app/templates/base.html
+++ b/app/templates/base.html
@@ -40,6 +40,13 @@
     <div class="about">
         {{ overlay.content | safe }}
     </div>
+    {% if now %}
+    <div class="now">
+        <a href="?now={{ previous_week }}">previous week</a>
+        {{ now }}
+        <a href="?now={{ next_week }}">next week</a>
+    </div>
+    {% endif %}
     <div class="user">
     {% if request.user.is_authenticated %}
     <div>You are logged in as {{ request.user.username }}</div>