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

Netanyahu under pressure

Victory for the far-right

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The Week

Starmer on tour

Spirit of the age

Good week for:

Bad week for:

The Grenfell report

Europe at a glance

The world at a glance

People

Viewpoint: Breakfast in Lanzarote

Farewell

The data centres that power the internet • They are absolutely central to modern life, but data centres are increasingly proving a cause for concern

Ireland’s data boom

Best articles: Britain

IT MUST BE TRUE… I read it in the tabloids

Best of the American columnists

Trump vs. Harris: the television showdown

Best articles: International

Telegram on trial: a test case for free speech?

What the scientists are saying…

Ice Age hunters used planted pikes

Pharmacies in crisis

Pick of the week’s Gossip

Oasis reunite: joy and frustration

The Ukraine War: a “pivotal” moment

Smoking ban: the return of the nanny state?

The Tory race: will Badenoch prevail?

Wit & Wisdom

Statistics of the week

Football: Slot triumphs over ten Hag in battle of Dutch bosses

Cricket: England’s greatest batsman?

Golds galore for Paralympics GB

Sporting headlines

Pick of the week’s correspondence

The crackdown on smoking

Billionaire, Nerd, Saviour, King

Munichs

The Bullet: A Memoir

Theatre: Death of England: Closing Time • Soho Place, London W1 (0330-333 5962). Until 28 September Running time: 1hr 20mins

Albums of the week: three new releases

Film

Kaos: Jeff Goldblum plays Zeus in a witty reimagining of the Greek gods

Exhibition of the week Peter Kennard: Archive of Dissent • Whitechapel Gallery, London E1 (020-7522 7888, whitechapelgallery.org). Until 19 January 2025

The ongoing mystery of the missing Salvator Mundi

Best books… Jay Rayner • The writer and broadcaster chooses his top five food books. His first cookbook, Nights Out At Home (Fig Tree £22) – with recipes for favourite dishes collected over his 25 years as a restaurant critic – is out this week

The Week’s guide to what’s worth seeing

The Archers: what happened last week

Television

Coming up for auction

Properties in city centres

Food & Drink

Recipe of the week: chicken with Steph’s spice

Aston Martin Valour: “a glorious throwback”

The best… Bluetooth speakers

Tips of the week… to keep your bones strong

And for those who have everything…

Where to find… the UK’s most impressive mazes

This week’s dream: a peaceful seaside village in Turkey

Getting the flavour of…

Hotel of the week

Courtly Swede who managed England’s “golden generation”

Companies in the news …and how they were assessed

Seven days in the Square Mile

Rightmove: in the Murdochs’ sights

Issue of the week: trouble in the North Sea • Labour’s tax plans are whipping up a storm. Are the worries of opponents justified?

Making money: what the experts think

Big asks • The one thing busy managers “reliably lack” is time for reflection, says The Economist. Here are four “prompts”…

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