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.

It wasn’t all bad

The main stories… …and how they were covered

Badenoch makes her pitch

THE WEEK

The Week

Politics

Spirit of the age

Good week for:

Bad week for:

China spying case

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 Angela Harding

Viewpoint: Just Taking

Farewell

The quest to defy ageing • Humanity has fantasised about finding the fountain of youth for millennia. How close are we now?

Don’t Die: Bryan Johnson vs. death

Best articles: Britain

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

Best of the American columnists

Remaking the military: the war on diversity and “fat generals”

Best articles: International

The “Iron Lady”: Japan braces for its first female PM

What the scientists are saying…

Dinosaur that may have died mid-meal

Mammograms matter

Pick of the week’s Gossip

The new Archbishop: a challenging intray

Gaza: can Trump’s peace plan work?

Jilly Cooper: mourning a national treasure

AI actors: will they storm Hollywood?

Wit & Wisdom

Statistics of the week

Football: a “deliciously imperfect” start to the season

Formula 1: Norris and Piastri clash in Singapore

A “desperate” diagnosis for Lewis Moody

Sporting headlines

Pick of the week’s correspondence

The oldest hatred

Turmoil, Tariffs and Trump 2.0

Review of reviews: Books

Theatre: Hamlet • Lyttelton, National Theatre, London SE1 (020-3989 5455). Until 22 November Running time: 2hrs 50mins

Albums of the week: three new releases

Film

Exhibition of the week Lee Miller • Tate Britain, London SW1 (020-7887 8888, tate.org.uk). Until 15 February

The star architect who designed the MI6 building

Best books… Ben Elton • The writer and comedian chooses his favourite biographies and memoirs. His new book, What Have I Done? My Autobiography (Macmillan £25) is out now; he’ll be speaking at Edinburgh’s Assembly Rooms on 13 October

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

Cherry tomato, anchovy and white bean gratin

New cars: what the critics say

The best… clever kit for safe cycling

Tips of the week… how to stay happily married

And for those who have everything…

Where to find… Britain’s best outdoor art trails

This week’s dream: a spectacular rail tour of South Korea

Getting the flavour of…

Hotel of the week

Conservationist who spent decades studying wild chimps

Companies in the news …and how they were assessed

Seven days in the Square Mile

Bear cheek

Issue of the week: the great gold run • A new Wall Street trade is powering gold and hitting currencies. It may not end well

London prospects: what the experts think

NFTs: then and now

Commentators

City profile

Who’s tipping what

The stain savant: my life as an extreme cleaner • In his long career running one of Britain’s most successful specialist cleaning companies, Ben Giles has had to deal with every kind of mess: blood-spattered murder scenes, caked-on snot, even decomposing whales. He shares his secrets with Tom...