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.

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The main stories… …and how they were covered

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THE WEEK

The Week

Politics

Spirit of the age

Good week for

Bad week for

Leadership “plots”

Unemployment rises

Poll watch

Europe at a glance

The world at a glance

People

Viewpoint: Poppy shaming

Farewell

The asylum hotels • Using hotels to house asylum seekers has proved extremely unpopular. Why, and what can the Government do about it?

A Channel migrant’s journey

Best articles: Britain

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

Best of the American columnists

Mamdani’s victory: a socialist mayor for New York

Shein in Paris: has the fashion capital surrendered its soul?

Massacre in the favela: Rio’s police take on the gangs

What the scientists are saying…

Secrets of the bowhead whale

Winter flu SOS

Pick of the week’s Gossip

Asylum: should we copy Denmark?

Sick note culture: a ticking time bomb

Budget plans: a “whiff of incoherence”

The John Lewis ad: touching, or just weird?

Wit & Wisdom

Statistics of the week

Football: how Sunderland shook up the Premier League

Formula 1: a “dream weekend” for Lando Norris

England “exorcise their demons” against Fiji

Sporting headlines

Pick of the week’s correspondence

The game of thrones

Review of reviews: Books

Theatre: Othello • Theatre Royal Haymarket, London SW1 (020-7930 8800). Until 17 January Running time: 2hrs 45mins

Podcasts… celebrity interviews, and a father’s secret

Film & TV

All’s Fair: shockingly poor legal drama with Kim Kardashian

Exhibition of the week Wright of Derby: From the Shadows • National Gallery, London WC2 (020-7747 2885, nationalgallery.org.uk). Until 10 May

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

The Louvre’s failures

Best books… Hannah French • The BBC Radio 3 presenter and baroque-music specialist picks her five favourites. Her new book, The Rolling Year: Listening to the Seasons with Vivaldi (Faber £20), is out now

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: spiced, butter-roasted carrots with walnuts

New cars: what the critics say

The best… fitness trackers

Tips… the experts’ guide to buying inexpensive art

And for those who have everything…

Where to find… the best letterbox gifts

This week’s dream: the vast horizons of the Puna de Atacama

Getting the flavour of…

Hotel of the week

“The most powerful vice-president in US history”

Actress who found global fame in Shirley Valentine

Companies in the news …and how they were assessed

ITV/Sky/Comcast: transatlantic acquisition drama

Seven days in the Square Mile

Issue of the week: Musk’s $1trn pay deal • Tesla approved a record pay package for Elon Musk at the company’s annual meeting. Is he worth it?

Betting on Britain: what the experts think

A cool trillion

Commentators

City profile

Who’s tipping what

The fearful autocrat: how Putin became Russia’s King Lear • For a leader who has always been essentially cautious, Vladimir Putin’s decision to invade Ukraine seemed an...