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

Gaza’s reconstruction

THE WEEK

The Week

Politics

Spirit of the age

Good week for:

Bad week for:

EU border checks

Faulty insulation

Poll watch

Europe at a glance

The world at a glance

People

Castaway of the week

Viewpoint: Let me be absolutely clear

Farewell

The two-child benefit cap • Labour MPs have long disliked the policy of limiting benefits for families with more than two children. Should it be changed?

Britain’s welfare budget

Best articles: Britain

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

Best of the American columnists

President Trump: “waging war” on Chicago

Best articles: International

Syria goes to the polls: sham election or “democratic reset”?

What the scientists are saying…

Unravelling the myths of Endurance

Should sunbeds be banned?

Pick of the week’s Gossip

France: another crisis for Macron

Badenoch: a speech to rally the faithful

Handsworth: a failure of integration?

AI: is the bubble about to burst?

Wit & Wisdom

Statistic of the week

Football: England stroll into World Cup finals

Rugby league: the Robins fly to the top

A fairy-tale victory in Shanghai

Sporting headlines

Pick of the week’s correspondence

Our “moral cowardice” on China

Review of reviews: Books

László Krasznahorkai wins the Nobel

Theatre: Cyrano de Bergerac • Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon (01789-331111). Until 15 November. Running time: 2hrs 45mins

Podcasts… about art, trains and life’s accumulations

Film & TV

Victoria Beckham: three-part Netflix documentary about the former Spice Girl

Exhibition of the week Gilbert & George: 21st Century Pictures • Hayward Gallery, London SE1 (020-3879 9555, southbankcentre.co.uk). Until 11 January

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

The museum of looting

Best books… Jonathan Dimbleby • The historian and broadcaster chooses his favourite books. He is talking about his book, Endgame 1944: How Stalin Won the War (Penguin £10.99), at the Stratford Literary Festival, 30 October-2 November (stratlitfest.co.uk)

The Week’s guide to what’s worth seeing

The Archers: what happened last week

Television

New to streaming TV

Best properties on the market

Food & Drink

Recipe of the week: Anzac muscovado custard pie

New cars: what the critics say

The best… bird feeders

Tips of the week… how to be a good grandparent • Psychotherapist and grandmother Julia Samuel shares some advice

And for those who have everything…

Where to find… Europe’s best adults-only hotels

This week’s dream: a little-visited Indian Ocean archipelago

Getting the flavour of…

Hotel of the week

The Oscar-winning star of Annie Hall

Left-wing poet and playwright who caused a stir with V

Companies in the news …and how they were assessed

Seven days in the Square Mile

First Brands: car-parts contagion spooks Wall Street

Issue of the week: the rare-earths panic • Amid acute nervousness on Wall Street, the US-China trade war has come roaring back to life

The crypto sell-off: what the experts think

Silver scramble • Silver shot to an all-time high of $53...