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 main stories… …and how they were covered
Los Angeles on fire
It wasn’t all bad
THE WEEK
The Week
The grooming gangs
Spirit of the age
Good week for
Bad week for
AI plan unveiled
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 artist Laurie Anderson
Branded goods
Farewell
Can the social care system be fixed? • The question of how to pay for adult social care is perhaps the greatest unresolved policy issue of our time
Baroness Casey’s challenge
Best articles: Britain
IT MUST BE TRUE… • I read it in the tabloids
Best of the American columnists
Silicon Valley: bending the knee to the president-elect
Trump’s treasure island: the lure of Greenland
Austria’s new government: poised to join Putin’s gang
What the scientists are saying…
The creation of a methane-efficient calf
Hospitals in crisis
Pick of the week’s Gossip
Musk: the “egomaniac” targeting Britain
Reeves in China: “operation kowtow”?
Tulip Siddiq: why she had to go
Truss’s legal threat: a gift to the PM
Wit & Wisdom
Statistics of the week
Football: how the FA has betrayed the smaller clubs
Sporting headlines
Tennis: coaches go courtside
Commentary box
Pick of the week’s correspondence
Of mice and men… and racial slurs
Review of reviews: Books
Letters
Novel of the week
Musical: Titaníque • Criterion Theatre, London W1 (0333-320 2895). Until 30 March Running time: 1hr 40mins
The week’s other opening
Albums of the week: three new releases
Film & TV
7/7: The London Bombings: BBC documentary about the 2005 terrorist attacks
Exhibition of the week Forbidden Territories • The Hepworth Wakefield, West Yorkshire (01924-247360, hepworthwakefield.org). Until 21 April
Where to buy… • The Week reviews an exhibition in a private gallery
Bradford, City of Culture
Best books… Jonathan Sumption • The medieval historian and former justice of the Supreme Court chooses his favourite books. The fifth and final volume of his history of the Hundred Years War, Triumph and Illusion (Faber £30), is out in paperback this week
The Week’s guide to what’s worth seeing
The Archers: what happened last week
Television
Coming up for sale
Best properties on the market
Food & Drink
Recipe of the week: smoked haddock soufflé
The best… new cars for 2025
Tips of the week… buying a waterproof coat
And for those who have everything…
Where to find… nonsubscription dog trackers
This week’s dream: a family tour of Rajasthan by train
Getting the flavour of…
Hotel of the week
The co-founder of the French National Front
Author and critic known for his satires of campus life
Companies in the news …and how they were assessed
TikTok: Elon Musk to the rescue?
Seven days in the Square Mile
Issue of the week: Britain’s AI revolution • The PM’s AI crusade could be a game-changer for the economy, but at what risk?
UK gilts turmoil: what the experts think
Seeing off Saba
Commentators
City profiles
Who’s tipping what
Behind the scenes of The Jerry Springer Show • The US talk show changed...