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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Putin’s ruthless strategy
Spirit of the age
Good week for:
Bad week for:
Wedding shake-up
Post strike looms
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 Kate Ewart-Biggs, deputy CEO of the British Council
Viewpoint: Democracy’s talent deficit
Farewell
The war on second homes • Across Britain, local governments and authorities are taking steps to curb the growing number of second homes
Britain’s second-home hotspots
Best articles: Britain
IT MUST BE TRUE… I read it in the tabloids
Best of the American columnists
Biden in Saudi Arabia: a “mortifying” climbdown?
Best articles: International
Germany’s gas crisis: a test of “European solidarity”
What the scientists are saying…
Grey squirrels are going on the pill
Soaring child-vaping rates
Pick of the week’s Gossip
James Webb: images of the early universe
Online safety: back to the drawing board
The Tories: diversity at the top
Mo Farah: an Olympian’s shocking story
Wit & Wisdom
Statistics of the week
Golf: McIlroy denied by the “man with the mullet”
Rugby union: England scrap while Ireland dazzle
Vengeance is mine: Beth Mead’s goal spree
Sporting headlines
Pick of the week’s correspondence
Black GIs in Britain
Review of reviews: Books • The best newly published holiday reads, based on summer round-ups in the press
Theatre: Jack Absolute Flies Again • Olivier, National Theatre, London SE1 (nationaltheatre.org.uk). Until 3 September Running time: 2hrs 30mins
Podcasts… on corruption, stalkers and child abuse
Film
The Control Room: a “hooky” BBC thriller set in Glasgow
Exhibition of the week Milton Avery: American Colourist • Royal Academy, London W1 (020-7300 8090, royalacademy.org.uk). Until 16 October
News from the art world
Best books… Abi Morgan • The playwright and screenwriter chooses her favourite books. Her book, This is Not a Pity Memoir (John Murray £14.99), is out now, and she will speak at Suffolk’s Primadonna Festival on 30 July (primadonnafestival.com)
The Week’s guide to what’s worth seeing
The Archers: what happened last week
Television
New to subscription TV
Lovely properties by the sea
What the experts say
Recipe of the week: harissa, tomato and lemon yoghurt rigatoni
New cars: what the critics say
The best… hiking gear
Tips of the week… how to avoid heatstroke in dogs
And for those who have everything…
The internet… the best online record shops
This week’s dream: a glorious walk across the Apennines
Hotel of the week
Getting the flavour of…
Last-minute offers from top travel companies
Hot-tempered actor who starred in The Godfather
The glitzy former model who helped create Donald Trump
Companies in the news …and how they were assessed
GSK/Haleon: a dose of scepticism following historic split
Seven days in the Square Mile
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