The Week UK

The best of the media in one magazine. Each issue stitches together news and views from more than 200 global news sources into an utterly enjoyable, informative read.

A risky escalation

Farmers in revolt

It wasn’t all bad

THE WEEK

The Week

Abuse in the Church

Spirit of the age

Good week for:

Bad week for:

League tables are back

Inflation rises sharply

Poll watch

Europe at a glance

The world at a glance

People

Viewpoint: The joy of clichés

Farewell

Universities in crisis • Britain’s seats of learning seem to be on the brink of running out of money

A raw deal for students?

Best articles: Britain

IT MUST BE TRUE… I read it in the tabloids

Matt Gaetz: Trump’s “vengeance” appointment

The Democrats: time for wholesale reform?

Best articles: International

The Spanish cop, 20 million euros and 13 tonnes of cocaine

What the scientists are saying…

Sharks are deterred by LED lights

A pill to quit smoking

Trump’s dream team: a rum bunch

Pick of the week’s Gossip

Assisted dying: a dangerous bill?

Hate speech: are the police too zealous?

Wit & Wisdom

Statistics of the week

Football: how Lee Carsley made England “stronger”

Boxing: Tyson beaten in a “farcical” mismatch in Texas

GB waste golden opportunity in Billie Jean King Cup

Sporting headlines

Pick of the week’s correspondence

Keeping the farm in the family

Her Lotus Year

Killing Time

Booker triumph

Drama: The Red Shoes • Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon (01789-331111). Until 19 January

Podcasts…on Maga supporters and surviving

Film & TV

Say Nothing: dramatisation of Patrick Radden Keefe’s bestselling book

Exhibition of the week The Great Mughals • V&A, London SW7 (020-7942 2000, vam.ac.uk). Until 5 May

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

Operation Night Watch

Best books… Damian Barr • The writer and broadcaster picks four of his favourites. He will speak at the St Andrew’s Book Festival in London on 28 November. His next novel, The Two Roberts, will be published by Canongate in September 2025

The Week’s guide to what’s worth seeing

The Archers: what happened last week

Television

New to streaming TV

Smallholdings and hobby farms

Food & Drink

Recipe of the week: lamb and spinach curry

Aston Martin Vanquish: “the best Aston Martin full stop”?

The best… bean-to-cup coffee machines

Tips of the week… how to parent adult children

And for those who have everything…

Where to find… farm shops with a difference

This week’s dream: long summer days in Iceland’s highlands

Getting the flavour of…

Hotel of the week

German-born painter who depicted bomb-damaged London

Actor with an unswerving commitment to British theatre

Companies in the news …and how they were assessed

Seven days in the Square Mile

Vistry: the rise and fall of a gung-ho housebuilder

Issue of the week: the future of X/Twitter • Trump’s ascendancy is reviving the platform’s coffers, whether or not a merger is on the cards

Pension megafunds: what the experts think

American Dream

Commentators

City profiles

Shares

The tragedy of a Palestinian journalist • After his wife and two of his children were killed in Gaza, Al Jazeera journalist Wael al-Dahdouh became famous around the world for his decision to keep reporting. But this was just the start of his...