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.
The war in Ukraine: is there an end in sight?
Housing refugees
Back to the USSR?
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The oil shock
Spirit of the age
Poll watch
Europe at a glance
The world at a glance
People
Castaway of the week
Putin’s private army • The Wagner Group, a mercenary organisation closely linked to the Kremlin, is reported to be operating in Ukraine
The battle of Khasham
Best articles: Britain
IT MUST BE TRUE… • I read it in the tabloids
Best of the American columnists
Record petrol prices: who should carry the can?
Best articles: International
A “gutter fight”: South Korea’s election plumbs new depths
What the scientists are saying…
Learning the language of pigs
A rise in long-term illness
Pick of the week’s Gossip
Mariupol: a bloody bombardment
Oligarchs: the end of the affair
Soaring inflation: the cost-of-living crunch
The Endurance: a remarkable discovery
Wit & Wisdom
Chelsea’s oligarch: the ugly face of the beautiful game
Commentary box
Pick of the week’s correspondence
Review of reviews: Books
Theatre: Persuasion • Rose Theatre, Kingston, until 19 March, then tours until 14 May Running time: 2hrs 10mins
Albums of the week: three new releases
Film
The Ipcress File: entertaining TV drama with a hard act to follow
Exhibition of the week Postwar Modern: New Art in Britain, 1945-65 • Barbican Art Gallery, London EC2 (020-7638 4141, barbican.org.uk). Until 26 June
News from the art world
Best books… Jess Phillips • The Labour MP is talking about her book, Everything You Really Need to Know About Politics: My Life as an MP, at the Oxford Literary Festival on 3 April (oxfordliteraryfestival.org)
The Week’s guide to what’s worth seeing
The Archers: what happened last week
Television
Fine Edwardian properties
What the experts say
Recipe of the week: turmeric fish fingers with tartare sauce • This is a great recipe to make with kids, say Nicole Pisani and Joanna Weinberg. The turmeric adds a golden colour to the crumb and the oats provide an unusual, knobbly texture. They are quite delicate to work with, so take your time.
Consumer
Epic road trips in America, Australia and Europe
Living it up in southern Piedmont
The UK’s smallest spa
Obituaries
Companies in the news • …and how they were assessed
Tsingshan/London Metal Exchange: Big Shot’s bad bet
Seven days in the Square Mile
Issue of the week: Russia and China • While a Russian debt default is deemed manageable, the embroilment of China may not be
Commodities mayhem: the experts’ view
Collaring inflation
Commentators
City profiles
My escape from Saudi Arabia to freedom • Three years ago, Rahaf Mohammed al-Qunun became known as the “Saudi runaway”: the 18-year-old girl who fled from a family holiday in Kuwait to Bangkok, before eventually reaching Canada to start a new life. Here, she tells her story
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