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 main stories… …and how they were covered

Ceasefire in Gaza

It wasn’t all bad

THE WEEK

The Week

Trump’s world

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 lawyer Harriet Wistrich

“How did we do?”

Farewell

The grooming gangs • The Government has come under fire for refusing to hold a national inquiry into the abuse carried out by grooming gangs

Starmer’s role in the scandal

Best articles: Britain

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

LA in ruins: is it worth rebuilding in fire-prone areas?

Best of the American columnists

South Korea: “the politics of mutual annihilation”

Best articles: International

What the scientists are saying…

A spoon to cut salt, and an earbud that translates 51 languages

Iron Age women had real power

Ceasefire in Gaza: brokering a fragile truce

Pick of the week’s Gossip

Southport: are we being told the full truth?

Badenoch: sorry but not sorry

Wit & Wisdom

Statistic of the week

Football: a fond farewell to “the King of the Stretford End”

Tennis: Djokovic teaches Alcaraz a lesson in Melbourne

Sporting headlines

Pick of the week’s correspondence

Who should make the law?

Review of reviews: Books

Theatre: Kyoto • Sohoplace, London W1 (0330-333 5961, sohoplace.org). Until 3 May Running time: 2hrs 35mins

Podcasts… two on true crime, and one on great thinkers

Film & TV

Exhibition of the week Michelangelo, Leonardo, Raphael: Florence, c. 1504 • Royal Academy of Arts, London W1 (020-7300 8090, royalacademy.org.uk). Until 16 February

Where to buy…

Benetton’s photographer

Best books… Alex James • The Blur bassist, farmer and writer chooses his favourite books. His account of the band’s 2023 reunion tour, Over the Rainbow: Tales from an Unexpected Year (Particular Books £18.99), is out now

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: puntarelle with anchovy

New cars: what the critics say

The best… rice cookers

Tips of the week… to help your baby sleep at night

And for those who have everything…

Apps… to make your life a bit easier

This week’s dream: an island at the end of the world

Getting the flavour of…

Hotel of the week

Avant-garde director of Blue Velvet and Twin Peaks

Brilliant comedian who struggled with mental illness

Companies in the news …and how they were assessed

Seven days in the Square Mile

WFH revolt

Issue of the week: Trump and the markets • The new US president didn’t bring the volatility some feared – except in his own crypto product

Making money: what the experts think

Holiday cash

Commentators

City profile

Who’s tipping what

Will there ever be a Google Translate for pets? • The tech world is throwing its weight behind efforts to radically improve our ability to talk to our pets. Is communication with animals possible? And would they have anything interesting to say? Imogen West-Knights reports

Crossword

Big picture news,...