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

The Trump shooting

The King’s Speech

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Releasing criminals

Spirit of the age

Good week for:

Bad week for:

Gething resigns

Water bills to rise

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 composer Errollyn Wallen

Viewpoint: Southgate’s legacy

Farewell

A brief history of the modern Olympics • Paris 2024 will be the 30th instalment of the summer Games

The winner’s curse

Best articles: Britain

IT MUST BE TRUE… I read it in the tabloids

Best of the American columnists

The Biden question: if he stands down, who could replace him?

Best articles: International

The Iranian election: does it mark a turning point?

What the scientists are saying…

Hippos can become airborne

Ozempic linked to vision loss

Southgate’s England: a bittersweet swan song

Pick of the week’s Gossip

The Tories: a new round of infighting

Defence: the crisis in the Armed Forces

Wit & Wisdom

Statistic of the week

Tennis: Alcaraz demolishes Djokovic at Wimbledon

Euros: the secrets of Spain’s success (and England’s failure)

Sporting headlines

Pick of the week’s correspondence

Making peace with Putin

Review of reviews: summer books • The best newly published holiday reads, based on summer round-ups in the press

Theatre: Slave Play • Noël Coward Theatre, London WC2 (0344-482 5151). Until 21 September Running time: 2hrs

Podcasts… on festivals, toxic chemicals, and cocaine gangs

Film

Exhibition of the week Francis Alÿs: Ricochets • Barbican Art Gallery, London EC1 (020-7870 2500, barbican.org.uk). Until 1 September

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

A rare “artist’s widow”

Best books… Mishal Husain • The journalist, newsreader and presenter of BBC Radio 4’s Today chooses her six favourite books. Her new memoir, Broken Threads: My Family From Empire to Independence (Fourth Estate £18.99), is out now

The Week’s guide to what’s worth seeing

The Archers: what happened last week

Television

New to streaming TV

Elegant listed buildings

Food & Drink

Recipe of the week: Ci Ci’s pancakes

New cars: what the critics say

The best… chimineas

Tips… travel hacks to save money or time

And for those who have everything…

Where to find… the best wine subscription boxes

This week’s dream: across Andalusia on horseback

Getting the flavour of…

Hotel of the week

Actress best known for her performance in The Shining

Publicity loving criminal who stole The Scream

Companies in the news …and how they were assessed

Seven days in the Square Mile

Burberry: CEO checks out as shares plummet

Issue of the week: tackling Britain’s water companies • Ofwat has published its interim verdict on suppliers’ five-year business plans. Is it a cop out?

New listings regime: what the experts think

Advice gap

Commentators

City profiles

Who’s tipping what

Market...