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

Starmer’s first crisis

Israel raises the stakes

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The Week

The Edwards scandal

Ofwat issues fines

Strike law to be scrapped

Spirit of the age

Good week for:

Bad week for:

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 musician Mark Knopfler

Summer reading lists

Farewell

The great parakeet invasion • How did a parrot from the Himalayas become a common sight in southeast England?

Britain’s winged invaders

Best articles: Britain

IT MUST BE TRUE… I read it in the tabloids

Best of the American columnists

J.D. Vance: is Trump’s running mate a liability?

Best articles: International

Venezuela votes: “the mother of all stolen elections”

What the scientists are saying…

The truth about dock leaves

Soaring ADHD prescriptions

UK riots: how social media fanned the flames

Pick of the week’s Gossip

The prisoner swap: was it a bad deal?

GPs: the crisis in primary care

Wit & Wisdom

Statistic of the week

Triumph and tribulation at the 2024 Olympics • Paris has been the stage for the world’s fastest man and the greatest gymnast of all time

Boxing: the row over sexual differences

Pick of the week’s correspondence

The cost of winter warmth

Review of reviews: Books

Musical: A Chorus Line • Sadler’s Wells, London EC1 (until 25 Aug), then touring (achoruslinetour.com) Running time: 1hr 55mins

Albums of the week: three new releases

Film

Atomic People: harrowing BBC documentary about Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Exhibition of the week Discover Degas & Miss La La • National Gallery, London WC2 (020-7747 2885, nationalgallery.org.uk). Until 1 September. Free entry

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

Tatchell’s portrait

Best books… Peter Bradshaw • The writer and film critic chooses his favourites. He will discuss his latest short story collection, The Body in the Mobile Library (Lightning Books £9.99), at the Edinburgh Book Festival on 14 August (edbookfest.co.uk)

The Week’s guide to what’s worth seeing

The Archers: what happened last week

Television

New to streaming

Colourful houses

Food & Drink

Recipe of the week: pistachio cake with lemon cream and raspberries

Lotus Emeya: finally, a serious rival for Porsche’s Taycan

The best… new space-saving kitchen kit

Tips of the week… packing tips for holidays

And for those who have everything…

Apps… the best apps for a smooth holiday

This week’s dream: a remarkable road trip in Patagonia

Getting the flavour of…

Hotel of the week

Acclaimed Irish novelist who wrote The Country Girls

The only US soldier convicted over the My Lai massacre

Companies in the news …and how they were assessed

Seven days in the Square Mile

Google anti-trust ruling: a hammer blow for Big Tech

Issue of the week: global stock market meltdown • Markets suffered their worst day in years. Why did complacency turn to fear so...