The Week UK

The Week covers the Best of the British and Foreign Media. With its non partisan reporting, The Week gives the reader an insight into all the the news, people, arts, drama, property, books and how the international media has reported it. This concise guide allows the reader to be up to date and have a wealth of knowledge to allow them to discuss all these key topics with their friends and peers.

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THE WEEK

The Week

Politics

Spirit of the age

Good week for:

Bad week for:

“Cash for curtains”

Schools rescue plan

Poll watch

The UK at a glance

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 chief executive of Christian Aid, Amanda Khozi Mukwashi

Viewpoint: Don’t take our homework

Farewell

The great railway sell-off • It’s almost 30 years since Britain’s railways were privatised. Why is the system being torn up and rebuilt once again?

The pandemic: the end of commuting?

Best articles: Britain

IT MUST BE TRUE… I read it in the tabloids

George Floyd’s murder: a year on, has anything changed?

US abortion law: a revolution is coming

Best articles: International

Sedat Peker: the mob boss targeting Turkey’s political elite

What the scientists are saying…

New ways of capturing carbon

A “tsunami” of patients

Gossip

The culture wars: does anyone really care?

Targeting exiles: a disturbing new trend

Matt Hancock: did he fail care homes?

Bohemian rhapsody: the PM’s wedding

Wit & Wisdom

Statistics of the week

Sport

Cricket: why New Zealand punches above its weight

Sporting headlines

Pick of the week’s correspondence

The care home transfers

Book of the week

Novel of the week

Podcasts... pensioners, pubs and Hollywood’s underbelly

Albums of the week: three new releases

Films to stream

New releases

Friends: The Reunion

Exhibition of the week Eileen Agar: Angel of Anarchy • Whitechapel Gallery, London E1 (020-7522 7888, whitechapelgallery.org). Until 29 August

Yayoi Kusama: Infinity Mirror Rooms

Best books… Chibundu Onuzo • The novelist chooses her five favourite books. Her debut, The Spider King’s Daughter, won a Betty Trask Award. Her latest, Sankofa (Virago £16.99), about a British woman’s search for her African father, is out this week

The Week’s guide to what’s worth seeing and reading

The Archers: what happened last week

Television

New to subscription TV

Houses with separate home offices

What the experts recommend: fine food on a budget

Recipe of the week: potato samosas

New cars: what the critics say

The best… cameras for beginners

Tips of the week… how to take care of your teeth

And for those who have everything…

Where to find… stately homes with glamping

Obituaries

Companies in the news ...and how they were assessed

Seven days in the Square Mile

Saucy return

Issue of the week: a turning point for the energy industry? • Big Oil has been forced to listen on climate change. But what difference will it actually make?

Making money: what the experts think

Clean and green

Commentators

City profiles

Who’s tipping what

Market summary

Directors’ dealings

Form guide • Shares tipped 12 weeks ago

Market view

The strange thrill of the rubbish dump • Richard Godwin loves his...