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.

The Israeli offensive: ground troops enter Gaza

It wasn’t all bad

A 1914 moment?

The plight of the hostages

THE WEEK

The Week

Covid chaos at No. 10

Spirit of the age

Good week for:

Bad week for:

Labour’s division on Gaza

Tory MPs suspended

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 Women’s Health Ambassador for England, Professor Dame Lesley Regan

Viewpoint: Literary oblivion

Farewell

America’s opioid epidemic • For the past 20 years, the US has been battling a devastating public health crisis caused by powerful painkillers

The Sacklers’ empire of pain

Best articles: Britain

IT MUST BE TRUE… I read it in the tabloids

Best of the American columnists

At last, a new Speaker: “Maga Mike” Johnson

Best articles: International

The battle for Avdiivka: Bakhmut revisited?

What the scientists are saying…

Dingoes: once man’s best friend?

Dementia on the rise

Israel and Palestine: how the conflict is dividing Britain

Pick of the week’s Gossip

Advanced AI: a summit at Bletchley Park

Rachel Reeves: did she write her own book?

Wit & Wisdom

Statistics of the week

Cricket: England suffer their most “miserable” World Cup

Boxing: Tyson Fury pushed all the way in Riyadh

South Africa win fourth Rugby World Cup

Sporting headlines

Pick of the week’s correspondence

How to fix our political system

One Fine Day

You May Never See Us Again

Julia

Theatre: Lyonesse • Harold Pinter Theatre, London SW1 (0844-871 7627). Until 23 December Running time: 2hrs 50mins

Podcasts… Israel and Gaza, globetrotters and Disney

Film

Milli Vanilli: a feature documentary about “the biggest fraud in pop history”

Exhibition of the week Spies, Lies and Deception • Imperial War Museum, London SE1 (020-7416 5000, iwm.org.uk). Until 14 April

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

The search for “ghost signs”

Best books… Rick Stein • The chef, writer and restaurateur picks his favourites. He will be talking about his new book, Rick Stein’s Simple Suppers (BBC Books £28), at the Cambridge Literary Festival on 18 November (cambridgeliteraryfestival.com)

The Week’s guide to what’s worth seeing

The Archers: what happened last week

Television

New to streaming

Idyllic houses in the North of England

What the experts recommend

Chicken with beaujolais, prunes, shallots and thyme

New cars: what the critics say

The best… casserole dishes

Tips… easy house plants to keep alive

And for those who have everything…

Where to find… UK hotels with cookery schools

This week’s dream: a visit to the Northwest Passage

Hotel of the week

Getting the flavour of…

Last-minute offers from top travel companies

Gifted comic actor who struggled with severe addiction

Ebullient impresario who was chairman of Everton FC

Companies in the news …and how they were assessed

Seven days in the Square...