The Week UK

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

Propping up the NHS

The storming of Brasília

THE WEEK

The Week

Sunak vs. Starmer

Spirit of the age

Good week for:

Bad week for:

Channel 4 sale scrapped

Plastic ban in England

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 retailer and co-founder of Iceland, Sir Malcolm Walker

Viewpoint: Media nostalgia

Farewell

The future of sport? • Esports – competitive video gaming – have created a new breed of professional athlete

Life as a pro-gamer

Best articles: Britain

IT MUST BE TRUE… I read it in the tabloids

Best of the American columnists

Chaos in congress: the “arsonists” on the Republican Right

Best articles: International

Saving the rainforest: the pledge of Brazil’s new president

What the scientists are saying…

European cave art decoded

The hottest year

The royal memoir: Prince Harry tells all

Pick of the week’s Gossip

Andrew Tate: the fall of a toxic influencer

Maths: does the PM’s plan add up?

Wit & Wisdom

Statistics of the week

Football: Chelsea’s disintegrating season

Snooker: a truly “frightening” match-fixing scandal

Commentary box

Sporting headlines

Pick of the week’s correspondence

Pathways to health reform

The Waste Land: A Biography of a Poem

Age of Vice

An Admirable Point

Podcasts… true crime and strange disappearances

Albums of the week: three new releases

Film

Stonehouse: fun drama about the MP who faked his own death

Exhibition of the week Horror in the Modernist Block • Ikon Gallery, Birmingham (0121-248 0708, ikon-gallery.org). Until 1 May. Free entry

Where to buy… • The Week reviews an exhibition in a private gallery

Returning the Elgin Marbles

Best books… Alice Farnham • One of Britain’s leading female conductors, Alice Farnham is the author of In Good Hands: The Making of a Modern Conductor (Faber £16.99), which is published this week

The Week’s guide to what’s worth seeing

The Archers: what happened last week

Television

New to subscription TV

Delightful properties in the west of England

What the experts recommend

Recipe of the week • This is an easy, versatile recipe that packs in a lot of flavour, says Chris Leach. It can be served warm or at room temperature, and can be made with whatever fruit is available: rhubarb, cherries and pears all work well.

Trends for 2023

New cars: what the critics say

The best… flip smartphones

How to… prevent black mould

And for those who have everything…

Where to find… new European rail routes

This week’s dream: winter sun in wild Arizona

Hotel of the week

Getting the flavour of…

Last-minute offers from top travel companies

The bestselling writer who “bottled” women’s rage

The designer behind the Chopper bike and the Popemobile

Companies in the news …and how they were assessed

Seven days in the Square Mile

Salad distressing

Issue of the week: the end of energy...