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

Russell Brand accused

Starmer’s charm offensive

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An axis of evil

Spirit of the age

Good week for:

Bad week for:

New strike laws

Wales drops speed limit

Poll watch

Europe at a glance

The world at a glance

People

Castaway of the week • This week’s edition of Radio 4’s Desert Island Discs featured the comedian, actor and writer Adrian Edmondson

Viewpoint: Train speak

Farewell

Pinochet’s coup • It is 50 years since General Pinochet seized power in Chile, ushering in more than 16 years of military dictatorship

The CIA’s “covert action” in Chile

Best articles: Britain

IT MUST BE TRUE… I read it in the tabloids

Best of the American columnists

Gunning for the president’s son: a case of special treatment?

Best articles: International

France’s secular code: keeping religion out of school

What the scientists are saying…

The ability to see faces in toast

AI boosts IVF success rates

Libya: the “tsunami” that washed away a city

Pick of the week’s Gossip

Pensions: time to retire the triple lock?

Shoplifting: an “epidemic” on the high street

Wit & Wisdom

Statistics of the week

Rugby World Cup: England “win ugly” against Japan

Cricket: England drop “fearless” Jason Roy for World Cup

Two doping scandals

Sporting headlines

Pick of the week’s correspondence

Life at 20 miles per hour

Elon Musk

The Nirvana Express

Beasts of England

Theatre: Private Lives • Ambassadors Theatre, London WC2 (theambassadorstheatre.co.uk). Until 25 November Running time: 2hrs

Podcasts: on audacious criminals, money and economics

Film

Wilderness: a soapy drama set in the American southwest

Exhibition of the week Black Atlantic: Power, People, Resistance • Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge (01223-332900, fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk). Until 7 January 2024

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

A van Gogh returned

Best books… Sara Pascoe • The stand-up comedian, actress and writer chooses her favourite books. She is the author of the Sunday Times bestseller Sex Power Money, and her debut novel, Weirdo, is out now, published by Faber at £14.99

The Week’s guide to what’s worth seeing

The Archers: what happened last week

Television

New to streaming

Riverside retreats

Food & Drink

Recipe of the week: beef and broccoli noodles

New cars: what the critics say

The best… student laptops

Tips… medicinal plants to grow at home

And for those who have everything…

Where to find… online stores for vintage clothing

This week’s dream: volcanoes, lakes and jungle ruins in Guatemala

Holiday let of the week

Getting the flavour of…

Last-minute offers from top travel companies

The divisive Zulu leader who founded Inkatha

The impressionist who entertained millions in the 1970s

Companies in the news …and how they were assessed

Seven days in the Square Mile

Arm/Instacart/Imagination: New York chip storm

Issue of the week: an unhappy anniversary • A year...