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 challenge for Nato
Trump’s declaration
THE WEEK
The Week
A tainted World Cup?
Spirit of the age
Poll watch
Europe at a glance
The world at a glance
People
Viewpoint: Let there be doubt
Farewell
The Brothers of Italy • Giorgia Meloni, Italy’s new prime minister, is the country’s most far-right leader since Mussolini
The March on Rome
Best articles: Britain
IT MUST BE TRUE… I read it in the tabloids
Best of the American columnists
A reprieve for the Democrats… but maybe not for Biden
Best articles: International
Half-a-million dead: has peace come at last to Ethiopia?
What the scientists are saying…
The earliest known sentence
New breast cancer drug
Pick of the week’s Gossip
Bullying MPs: exit Gavin Williamson
Opera: does it need levelling up?
Nurses on strike: a profession in crisis
Matt Hancock: doing penance in the jungle
Wit & Wisdom
Statistics of the week
Cricket: World Cup glory for Buttler’s men in Melbourne
Rugby: the Red Roses come agonisingly close in New Zealand
Russell comes of age in São Paulo
Sporting headlines
Pick of the week’s correspondence
The caring face of capitalism
The Philosophy of Modern Song
When McKinsey Comes to Town
Molly & the Captain
Theatre: A Christmas Carol • Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon (rsc.org.uk). Until 1 January Running time: 2hrs 35mins
Podcasts… a gripping new drama and two real-life tales
Film
Mammals: Jez Butterworth’s new comedy-drama for Amazon Prime
Exhibition of the week Strange Clay: Ceramics in Contemporary Art • Hayward Gallery, London SE1 (020-3879 9555, southbankcentre.co.uk). Until 8 January
Where to buy… • The Week reviews an exhibition in a private gallery
The biggest art sale in history
Best books… Robert Hardman • The royal biographer picks his favourite books. He will discuss his newly updated Queen of Our Times: The Life of Elizabeth II (Macmillan £20) at the Hay Festival Winter Weekend on 25 November (hayfestival.com)
The Week’s guide to what’s worth seeing
The Archers: what happened last week
Television
New to Netflix
Rural retreats for £650,000 or less
What the experts say
Hot anchovy and garlic sauce, roasted broccoli and walnuts • Good anchovies are essential for this version of bagna càuda sauce, says Angela Clutton: my favourite brand is Ortiz from Brindisa in Borough Market, but they are also available elsewhere. Anchovies are a wonderful partner for broccoli, and are especially delicious with the purple sprouting variety. This dish works as a side, as a starter, piled on toast for lunch, or even tossed through
New cars: what the critics say
The best… slow cookers
Tips of the week… how to keep clothes pristine
And for those who have everything…
Where to find… underground adventures
This week’s dream: a horseback safari by the Maasai Mara
Hotel of the week
Getting the flavour of…
Last-minute offers from top travel companies
Comic actor who specialised in playing lecherous cads
The psephologist who...