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
Johnson on the ropes
The Russian offensive
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The big spender
Spirit of the age
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 actor, writer and presenter David Harewood
Viewpoint: Corporate minimalism
Farewell
Halfway to boiling point • Climate change is bringing with it extreme heat, and conditions that are in some cases literally unsurvivable
The hottest city on Earth
Best articles: Britain
IT MUST BE TRUE… • I read it in the tabloids
The massacre at Uvalde: America’s paralysis over gun reform
Best of the American columnists
The Chinese gulag: closing our eyes to the horror
Send them back to Syria? Turkey’s refugee dilemma
What the scientists are saying…
Dolphins use coral to treat infections
An app for insomniacs
Gossip
Henry Kissinger: is he right about Ukraine?
Labour shortages: the brewing crisis
The Elgin marbles: should they go home?
Ricky Gervais: mocking trans people?
Wit & Wisdom
Statistics of the week
Racing: the remarkable career of “Old Stoneface”
A “dangerous shambles” at the Stade de France
Sporting headlines
Pick of the week’s correspondence
Exchange of the week • No, minister, it was your fault
Book of the week
Anna: The Biography
Novel of the week
Musical: Legally Blonde • Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre, London NW1 (0333-400 3562). Until 2 July Running time: 2hrs 20mins
Podcasts… from true crime to a true-crime drama
Film
Stranger Things: the series’ fourth season doesn’t disappoint
Exhibition of the week Radical Landscapes • Tate Liverpool, Royal Albert Dock (0151-7027400, tate.org.uk). Until 4 September
Where to buy… • The Week reviews an exhibition in a private gallery
Rembrandt’s Christ returns
Best books… Lady (Brenda) Hale • The judge and former president of the Supreme Court chooses her favourite books. Her memoir, Spider Woman, is out in paperback next month (Vintage £9.99). She appears at the Hay Festival on 4 and 5 June (hayfestival.com)
The Week’s guide to what’s worth seeing
The Archers: what happened last week
Television
Properties with royal connections
What the experts recommend
Recipe of the week • It’s an easy dish, this one, says Ella Risbridger – the kind you can throw together while you’re in the middle of making something else. It can make an exciting side dish for four people, or a feast for one person.
Eco-friendly spirits
New cars: what the critics say
The best… sleeping bags
Tips of the week… how to get rid of clothes moths
And for those who have everything…
Where to find… the best UK birdwatching breaks
This week’s dream: a journey into Jordan’s ancient past
Hotel of the week
Getting the flavour of…
Last-minute offers from top travel companies
Irish writer who travelled to India on a bicycle
The “nice guy” who starred in Goodfellas
Companies in the news …and how they were assessed
EY: plans for a...