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
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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...