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

A “cycle of retaliation”

THE WEEK

The Week

Politics

Spirit of the age

Good week for:

Bad week for:

Violence in Belfast

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 and glassblower Peter Layton

Viewpoint: Handling the hatred

Farewell

Making money in the White House • US ethics watchdogs argue that no other president has exploited his position for gain as extensively as Donald Trump

Moving markets

Best articles: Britain

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

Best of the American columnists

America’s 250th birthday: has Trump ruined it?

Best articles: International

The Ebola outbreak: is it spinning out of control?

What the scientists are saying…

The colossal wrens on St Kilda

New ovarian cancer drug

Pick of the week’s Gossip

Putin’s war: advantage Ukraine?

The royals: are they paying enough rent?

The World Cup: “angst” in the USA

David Sullivan: a scandal at West Ham

Wit & Wisdom

Statistic of the week

Cricket: the second-shortest test in Lord’s history

French Open: Zverev finally breaks Grand Slam duck

Commentary box

Sporting headlines

Pick of the week’s correspondence

Blaming the police

Review of reviews: Books

Novel of the week

THE WEEK Bookshop

Musical: High Society • Barbican, London EC2 (020-7870 2500), until 11 July; touring until 14 November Run time: 2hrs 30mins

Theatre: War Horse • National Theatre, London SE1 (020-3989 5455). Until 30 July Run time: 2hrs 40mins

Film & TV

Tip Toe: state-of-the-nation TV from Russell T. Davies

Exhibition of the week British Landscapes: A Sense of Place • Pallant House Gallery, Chichester (01243-774557, pallant.org.uk). Until 1 November

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

The painting Freud disowned

The week’s guide to what’s worth seeing

Best books… Sabine Durrant

Television

Coming up for auction

Best properties on the market

Food & Drink

Recipe of the week: cannellini beans and courgettes on toast

New cars: what the critics say

The best… Bluetooth speakers

Tips of the week… how to spring clean your spices

And for those who have everything…

Where to find… the best hotels with outdoor pools

This week’s dream: glorious walking in the heart of Australia

Getting the flavour of…

Hotel of the week

Dedicated public servant who spent six years as “C”

Former lady-in-waiting to Queen Elizabeth II

Companies in the news …and how they were assessed

Seven days in the Square Mile

OpenAI: third player lucky as the race gets under way?

Issue of the week: Brexit ten years on • Bregrets, we’ve had a few… But could Britain realistically return to the fold of the EU?

SpaceX and markets: what the experts think

Snoozefest

Commentators

City profiles

Who’s tipping what

The “little refugee girl”: a Holocaust survivor’s story • For years, Deborah Cole polished the brass plaques in front of her Berlin apartment, which were dedicated to a Jewish mother and daughter murdered by the...