The Week UK

The Week covers the Best of the British and Foreign Media. With its non partisan reporting, The Week gives the reader an insight into all the the news, people, arts, drama, property, books and how the international media has reported it. This concise guide allows the reader to be up to date and have a wealth of knowledge to allow them to discuss all these key topics with their friends and peers.

It wasn’t all bad

Crumbling schools

Sunak’s mini reshuffle

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New Labour returns

Spirit of the age

Good week for:

Bad week for:

Birmingham Council

Windfarm rules relaxed

Poll watch

Europe at a glance

The world at a glance

People

Viewpoint: Strawberry Rain

Farewell

The Anthropocene epoch • Scientists are increasingly convinced that the Earth has entered its first major new geological phase in 11,700 years

Dating creation

Best articles: Britain

IT MUST BE TRUE… I read it in the tabloids

Best of the American columnists

The shocking degree of power wielded by an erratic billionaire

Best articles: International

Protests in Syria: could they bring down the Assad regime?

What the scientists are saying…

Live worm found in woman’s brain

Patients dying awaiting care

Pick of the week’s Gossip

Sino-British relations: time for a reset?

Ulez: the rebellion in the suburbs

The Ukraine War: signs of a breakthrough?

National service: the return of an old idea

Wit & Wisdom

Statistics of the week

Football: the looming threat from Saudi Arabia

Rugby union: why are England in such disarray?

Not quite a fairy tale in New York

Sporting headlines

Pick of the week’s correspondence

Slavery: should we feel guilty?

Anansi’s Gold: The Man who Swindled the World

Sleepless

Prophet Song

Podcasts… a likeable thief, and the great Seamus Heaney

Albums of the week: three new releases

Film

Starstruck: another series of the delightful BBC Three romcom

Exhibition of the week Black Venus • Somerset House, London WC2 (020-7845 4600, somersethouse.org.uk). Until 24 September

Where to buy… • The Week reviews an exhibition in a private gallery

The Brick Lane protest wall

Best books… Julian Barnes • The Booker Prize-winning novelist chooses his favourite books. He will be in conversation at London’s Queen Elizabeth Hall on 20 September for Julian Barnes: A Life in Writing (tickets from southbankcentre.co.uk)

The Week’s guide to what’s worth seeing

The Archers: what happened last week

Television

New to subscription TV

Fairy-tale properties

What the experts recommend

Recipe of the week: harissa fennel rigatoni

New cars: what the critics say

The best… rechargeable table lamps

Tips… how to keep track of a student budget

And for those who have everything…

Where to find… the best free autumn food festivals

This week’s dream: hiking and riding in southern Tuscany

Hotel of the week

Getting the flavour of…

Last-minute offers from top travel companies

The ebullient entrepreneur who acquired Harrods

Companies in the news …and how they were assessed

Seven days in the Square Mile

Return to the office: all present and correct?

Issue of the week: the Wegovy boom • The miracle diet drug is generating vast profits – and transforming the Danish economy

Savings rates: what the experts think

Pretflation

Commentators

City profile

Who’s tipping what

Market...