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.
It wasn’t all bad
A bruising election
The Victory Day parade
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Starmer’s gamble
Spirit of the age
Good week for:
Bad week for:
The Queen’s Speech
Poll watch
Europe at a glance
The world at a glance
People
Castaway of the week
The arc of history
Farewell
Scotland’s ferry fiasco • Delays in the delivery of two new CalMac passenger ferries have caused a major political scandal in Scotland
The legend of CalMac
Best articles: Britain
I read it in the tabloids
Best of the American columnists
The supreme court: curtailing the right to have an abortion
Best articles: International
India’s heatwave: pushing the limits of human endurance
What the scientists are saying…
Bees can distinguish odd from even
Britain’s dirty air
Northern Ireland: a historic moment for Sinn Féin
Pick of the week’s Gossip
Covid death rates: which country fared best?
MPs: too much screen time?
Wit & Wisdom
Statistics of the week
Cricket: England’s new captain sets out his stall
Football: Chelsea women’s history-making victory
Tennis: a teenager takes his seat at the “top table”
Sporting headlines
Pick of the week’s correspondence
Does Starmer need to dazzle?
The Palace Papers
Nazi Billionaires
Very Cold People
Musical: Oklahoma! • Young Vic, London SE1 (020-7922 2922). Until 25 June Running time: 3hrs
Albums of the week: three new releases
Film
The Staircase: Colin Firth stars in a dramatisation of the hit true-crime series
Exhibition of the week Walter Sickert • Tate Britain, London SW1 (020-7887 8888, tate.org.uk). Until 18 September
News from the art world
Best books… Stuart MacBride • The bestselling crime writer – and author of the Logan McRae series of thrillers, set in Aberdeen – chooses his five favourite books. His latest novel, No Less the Devil (Bantam Press £20) is out now
The Week’s guide to what’s worth seeing
The Archers: what happened last week
Television
New to streaming TV
Charming properties by rivers
What the experts recommend
Two sides for a spring barbecue
Aston Martin’s “leviathan”: the fastest production SUV on sale
The best… headphones
Tips of the week… help teens with exam stress
And for those who have everything…
Apps… alternatives to Wordle
This week’s dream: walking into the past on Hadrian’s Wall
Hotel of the week
Getting the flavour of…
Last-minute offers from top travel companies
Actor who starred in Minder and The Sweeney
Former “Weatherman” who spent 22 years in jail
Companies in the news …and how they were assessed
Seven days in the Square Mile
Roe v. Wade: the row no American company can avoid
Issue of the week: enter the bear • Investors are grappling with a nasty bear market. How long will the carnage last?
Art on a roll: what the experts think
Crumbling crypto
Commentators
City profiles
Who’s tipping what
Market summary
The “war-life balance”: living day to day in wartime Ukraine...