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
Russia retaliates
Truss’s charm offensive
THE WEEK
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Blackout Britain
Spirit of the age
Good week for:
Bad week for:
Barristers end strike
Macron’s summit
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 Kevin Sinfield, rugby player
Viewpoint: A surfeit of news
Farewell
Nuclear blackmail • Is President Putin likely to use nuclear weapons in Ukraine? And what would happen if he did?
Tactical vs. strategic weapons
IT MUST BE TRUE… • I read it in the tabloids
Best articles: Britain
The right to satire: is making fun of the police really a crime?
Best articles: International
Denmark’s royal family: a “Game of Thrones” drama
What the scientists are saying…
Beaming solar energy to Earth
Licences for North Sea oil
Iran: a new generation makes itself heard
Pick of the week’s Gossip
Truss: the opponents she will not name
Childcare costs: the drain on families
Wit & Wisdom
Statistics of the week
Liverpool: weakened by the manager’s “seven-year itch”?
Formula 1: Verstappen’s “Wagnerian” victory
A thrilling T20 victory for England
Sporting headlines
Pick of the week’s correspondence
Exchange of the week • Spelling out the limits to economic growth
Three Times a Countess
Ernaux wins the Nobel
Lucy by the Sea
Ballet: Mayerling • Royal Opera House, London WC2 (020-7304 4000). Until 30 November
Podcasts… Alan Partridge, conspiracy theorists, and Xi
Film
Ralph & Katie: comedy-drama about a couple with Down’s syndrome
Exhibition of the week Cézanne • Tate Modern, London SE1 (020-7887 8888, tate.org.uk). Until 12 March 2023
News from the art world
Best books… Hugh Bonneville • The actor and star of Downton Abbey, W1A and Paddington chooses his favourite books. His new memoir, Playing Under the Piano: From Downton to Darkest Peru, is published this week by Abacus, at £22
The Week’s guide to what’s worth seeing
The Archers: what happened last week
Television
New to subscription TV
Fine properties in the north of England
What the experts say
Kohlrabi gratin with smoked bacon and garlic crumb • This creamy gratin with flavours of cabbage, smoked bacon and crunchy garlic crumble will really shine at suppertime and is perfect for family dinners, as children tend to love it, says Fred Foster. I add potatoes to give a little texture to the kohlrabi. I love Alsace bacon: it’s smoky with a stunning flavour. But if you can’t find it, you can use any good-quality bacon; or pancetta, if you prefer.
The best new hybrid cars for fuel economy
Tips… how to build the perfect fire
And for those who have everything…
Where to find… National Trust autumn gardens
This week’s dream: reef, rainforest and ancient ruins in Belize
Hotel of the week
Getting the flavour of…
Last-minute offers from top travel companies
Country musician who became a voice of female defiance
Dutch missionary known as “God’s...