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
The Christmas strikes
Labour’s radical plan
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“Where are you from?”
Spirit of the age
Good week for:
Bad week for:
Strep A warning
Homeless refugees
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 Vogue editor Edward Enninful
Viewpoint: The joy of puns
Farewell
Exploring The Waste Land • It is one hundred years since the publication of T. S. Eliot’s modern epic
T.S. Eliot, Vivien and the hyacinth girl
Best articles: Britain
IT MUST BE TRUE… I read it in the tabloids
Best of the American columnists
Robot cops: banished from the streets of San Francisco
Best articles: International
Sleaze at the Élysée? Macron faced with corruption charges
What the scientists are saying…
The “megatsunami” on Mars
Caution over dementia drug
Pick of the week’s Gossip
Labour: waging war on private schools?
The UK workforce: the missing millions
Hancock’s diary: fundamentally dishonest?
The census: is Britain losing its faith?
Wit & Wisdom
Statistic of the week
World cup football: the sparkle in Southgate’s side
Cricket: a nail-biting victory in Rawalpindi
Sporting headlines
Pick of the week’s correspondence
Original sins
The Madness
Personality and Power
The Singularities
Theatre: Othello • Lyttelton, National Theatre, London SE1 (020-3989 5455). Until 21 January Running time: 3hrs
Podcasts… on conspiracy theories and economic affairs
Film
Slow Horses: the spy drama returns for a “solid” second season
Exhibition of the week Making Modernism • Royal Academy, London W1 (020-7300 8090, royalacademy.org.uk). Until 12 February
Where to buy… • The Week reviews an exhibition in a private gallery
The return of the carbuncle?
Best books… Martin O’Neill • The one-time footballer and former manager of Leicester City and Celtic picks his best books. His autobiography, On Days Like These (Macmillan £22), describing his 50 years in the beautiful game, is out now
The Week’s guide to what’s worth seeing
The Archers: what happened last week
Television
New to subscription TV
Winter sun retreats around the world
Checking it twice? • Get the gift on everyone's Christmas list
Christmas gifts for home cooks and food lovers
Two drinks for festive parties
The best… Christmas presents for adults
Tips of the week… how to buy a timeless suit
And for those who have everything…
Apps… to reduce waste and save money
This week’s dream: the quieter side of South Korea
Parador 44 Cardiff
Getting the flavour of…
Last-minute Christmas markets across Europe
Former leader who helped turn China into a superpower
Vocalist, keyboard player and hit maker for Fleetwood Mac
Companies in the news …and how they were assessed
Seven days in the Square Mile
Vodafone: a great British corporate decline
Issue of the week: the hard winter ahead • The risk of...