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.

The fall of Assad: how Syria deposed its dictator

A region in flux

The new government

THE WEEK

The Week

Promises, promises

Syrian asylum paused

Public sector pay

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 former England cricketer Ebony Rainford-Brent

Scented candles

Farewell

Peace for Ukraine? • Donald Trump has pledged to end Russia’s war in Ukraine within days of taking office. How might it be done?

Who will lose first?

Best articles: Britain

IT MUST BE TRUE… • I read it in the tabloids

Best of the American columnists

Diversity training: a victim of the “war on woke”

Best articles: International

Martial law: a political whirlwind in South Korea

What the scientists are saying…

“Fish hats” are back in vogue

A potential “quad-demic”

France: a great nation mired in “deep political crisis”

Gossip

Reform UK: on the road to power?

Dairy farming: the fuss over flatulent cows

Wit & Wisdom

Statistic of the week

Football: Chelsea state their title credentials

Cricket: England hand New Zealand a “drubbing”

McLaren’s “tortuous” wait for a title finally ends

Sporting headlines

Pick of the week’s correspondence

What the Nimbys really want

Review of reviews: Books

Theatre: Ballet Shoes • Olivier, National Theatre, London SE1 (020-3989 5455). Until 22 February Running time: 2hrs 40mins

Albums of the week: three new releases

Film & TV

Black Doves: pulpy but entertaining Netflix espionage thriller

Exhibition of the week Electric Dreams • Tate Modern, London SE1 (020-7887 8888, tate.org.uk). Until 1 June

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

Bryan Adams and the chimps

Best books… Joya Chatterji • The historian/writer chooses her favourite novels (and a memoir). Last week, she was crowned winner of the Wolfson History Prize 2024 for her book Shadows at Noon: The South Asian Twentieth Century (Vintage £14.99)

The Week’s guide to what’s worth seeing

The Archers: what happened last week

Television

New to streaming

Houses in need of renovation or modernisation

Food & Drink

Four of the best food books of 2024

The best… presents for young children

Tips… for feeding garden birds this winter • Small birds must find enough food each day to keep warm at night, which is hard when daylight hours are limited.

And for those who have everything…

Where to find… the best new winter attractions

This week’s dream: a motorbike ride in the mountains of Vietnam

Getting the flavour of…

Hotel of the week

Resistance fighter who took part in the liberation of Paris

Adolf Eichmann’s reluctant executioner

Companies in the news …and how they were assessed

Seven days in the Square Mile

Thames Water: the approaching end game

Issue of the week: the Murdoch succession • A court ruling has thrown the future leadership of News Corp and Fox wide open. What next?

Crypto’s golden age: what the experts think

Financial gifts: part I

Commentators

City profile

Who’s tipping what

Market summary

A world of...