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

Starmer: “no Churchill”?

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Politics

Spirit of the age

Good week for:

Bad week for:

Maternity failings

“School wars”

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 explorer Dwayne Fields

Viewpoint: Luxury dogmatism

Farewell

Iran and the US: a history of enmity • The US and the Islamic Republic of Iran have been at each other’s throats for nearly half a century. Why?

From allies to arch-enemies

Best articles: Britain

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

Best of the American columnists

Data centres: the next political battleground

Best articles: International

The killing of “El Mencho”: a turning point for Mexico?

What the scientists are saying…

How chimps signal their desires

Unhealthy old age

Pick of the week’s Gossip

The Greens: a force to be reckoned with

Asylum: Labour’s radical reforms

Trump: will Maga support his war in Iran?

Tourette’s: the row at the Baftas

Wit & Wisdom

Statistics of the week

Football: make or break time for Arsenal and Chelsea

Formula 1: a new era begins in Melbourne

How good are Harry Brook’s England?

Sporting headlines

Pick of the week’s correspondence

Social media and under-16s

MONEY WEEK

Review of reviews: Books

Novel of the week

THE WEEK Bookshop

Musical: The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind

The week’s other opening

Podcasts… from books to pop-culture nostalgia

Film & TV

LS Lowry: The Unheard Tapes – a wonderful portrait of an artist and his times

Exhibition of the week Tracey Emin: A Second Life

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

The face of Anne Boleyn

The week’s guide to what’s worth seeing

Best books… Mike Gayle

Television

New to streaming

Best properties on the market

Food & Drink

Recipe of the week: lazy baked Alaska

New cars: what the critics say

The best… premium fishing gear

Tips of the week… avoid common skiing mistakes

And for those who have everything…

Where to find… islands for winter sun in spring

This week’s dream: the ancient marvels of Campi Flegrei

Getting the flavour of…

Hotel of the week

Character actor described as “America’s Laurence Olivier”

The writer who helped steer the Murdoch empire

Companies in the news …and how they were assessed

Seven days in the Square Mile

MFS/Blue Owl/Blackstone: private-credit blow-up

Issue of the week: the oil and gas shock • Traders are contemplating an energy crisis, but most still reckon the conflict in Iran will be relatively brief

War and your portfolio: what the experts say

The Halo trade

Commentators

City profiles

Shares

The “AI jobs apocalypse”: is the white-collar worker doomed? • Office workers were the winners of the age of the internet and globalisation. But over the next few years, millions will lose their jobs to AI, says Ryan Zickgraf. In the US, the process is already under way, and the ramifications are enormous

AI in the UK: how will jobs be affected?

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