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

A £22bn “black hole”

The Tory race begins

THE WEEK

The Week

“Kamalamania”

Spirit of the age

Good week for:

Bad week for:

Southport unrest

Cancel culture law

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 gardener and writer Sarah Raven

A cheery transition

Farewell

Project 2025: “a second American Revolution”? • A conservative plan for Donald Trump’s second term in office is making waves in the US

The think-tank ecosystem

Best articles: Britain

IT MUST BE TRUE… I read it in the tabloids

Best of the American columnists

The Secret Service: why did it fail to protect Trump?

Best articles: International

Turmoil in Bangladesh: the fury over a quota system

What the scientists are saying…

Bats are suffering in the wet summer

AI boosts cancer detection

Paris 2024: how the city became a stage

Gossip

GB Energy: an £8bn gamble

Copper coins: are they doomed?

Wit & Wisdom

Statistics of the week

The Olympics: a Games of “gulps and gasps”

F1: Hamilton wins thanks to “two loaves of bread”

Sporting headlines

Pick of the week’s correspondence

Eco-protesters and the law

Review of reviews: Books

Musical: Oliver! • Chichester Festival Theatre, until 7 Sep; Gielgud Theatre, London W1, from 14 Dec Run time: 2hrs 40mins

Podcasts… gripping series, and light relief for journeys

Film

Saucy!: an uproarious re-examination of the British sex comedy

Exhibition of the week Paris 1924: Sport, Art and the Body • Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge (01223-332900, fitzwilliam.cam.ac.uk). Until 3 November

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

How to see your art in the Tate

Best books… Alan Cumming • The award-winning actor picks his favourites. He and Forbes Masson are at the Edinburgh Book Festival on 10 August to celebrate their new book, Victor & Barry’s Kelvinside Compendium (404 Ink £12.99); edbookfest.co.uk

The Week’s guide to what’s worth seeing

The Archers: what happened last week

Television

New to streaming TV

One-of-a-kind houses

Food & Drink

Recipe of the week: homemade “Nutella” • Shop-bought Nutella can be perfectly acceptable, says Ruby Bhogal. But have you ever tried making it yourself? If not, you really should give it a go: the freshness and depth of flavour of homemade “Nutella” simply hits new levels of yum. And it’s super-easy – whether you make the dairy or plant-based version. Store in a jar in the fridge for up to two weeks once it’s ready, or keep it in a sealed jar in your cupboard for up to a month.

New cars: what the critics say

The best… blenders

Tips… how to make your lawn greener

And for those who have everything…

Where to find… kitchen knives favoured by chefs

This week’s dream: a lush island in the Bay of Naples

Getting the flavour of…

Hotel of the week

Designer of razors, cameras and the InterCity 125

Blues musician who mentored a generation of rock stars

Companies in the...