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.

Trump’s peace talks: an egregious betrayal?

It wasn’t all bad

J.D. Vance’s tirade

A continent exposed

THE WEEK

The Week

The cost of security

Spirit of the age

Good week for:

Bad week for:

A blow to the Met

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 activist Mina Smallman

The decline of British soaps

Farewell

The assassination of Malcolm X • Sixty years ago this week, the radical African-American activist was gunned down in New York

The Nation of Islam

Best articles: Britain

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

Best of the American columnists

Trump vs. the judges: a constitutional crisis?

The AI arms race: dispensing with the guardrails

Best articles: International

What the scientists are saying…

Are you sick of your own face?

Record rates of diabetes

Pick of the week’s Gossip

Badenoch: has she let her party down?

Assisted dying bill: is it being rushed?

Hermer: too radical for government?

The Chancellor: another spot of bother

Wit & Wisdom

Statistics of the week

Tennis: an advantageously timed ban for the sport’s top player

Football: Bellingham’s foul language gets lost in translation

The retirement of a cycling great

Sporting headlines

Pick of the week’s correspondence

Ukraine: a defining moment

Review of reviews: Books

Theatre: The Years • Harold Pinter Theatre, London SW1 (0333-009 5399). Until 19 April Running time: 1hr 55mins

Podcasts… from existential threats to cyber-stalking

Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy • Helen Fielding’s heroine returns for a poignant final instalment Director: Michael Morris 2hrs 4mins (15)

Memoir of a Snail • Stop-motion animation aimed at adults, narrated by Sarah Snook Director: Adam Elliot 1hr 35mins (15)

The White Lotus: a delicious third helping of Mike White’s toxic feast

Exhibition of the week Anselm Kiefer: Early Works • Ashmolean Museum, Oxford (01865-278000, ashmolean.org). Until 15 June

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

The AI art backlash

Best books… Tash Aw

The Week’s guide to what’s worth seeing

The Archers: what happened last week

Television

New to streaming

Best properties on the market

Food & Drink

Recipe of the week: chicken pilaf with potatoes and garlic courgettes

New cars: what the critics say

The best… dumbphones

Tips of the week… parenting teenagers

And for those who have everything…

Where to find… the best online antique stores

This week’s dream: a road trip through Zimbabwe

Getting the flavour of…

Hotel of the week

Corrupt tycoon behind the Polly Peck scandal

Costume designer who won an Oscar for Doctor Zhivago

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Companies in the news …and how they were assessed

Seven days in the Square Mile

Seven-nil defeat

Issue of the week: stopping the rot at Thames Water • The vexed utility company staggers on – succoured by the Chancellor’s pro-growth agenda

Making money: what the experts think

AI-infused scams

Commentators

City profile

Who’s tipping what

The man with...