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

Ireland’s imperfect peace

The SNP in crisis

THE WEEK

The Week

Junior doctors on strike

Spirit of the age

Good week for:

Bad week for:

UK forces “in Ukraine”

GCHQ’s new director

Poll watch

Europe at a glance

The world at a glance

People

Viewpoint: Stevenage Woman

Farewell

Stealing Ukraine’s children • Vladimir Putin has been charged with war crimes for abducting thousands of Ukrainian children

Putin’s cuddly child-snatcher

Best articles: Britain

IT MUST BE TRUE… I read it in the tabloids

Best of the American columnists

Donald Trump: does the case against him stack up?

Best articles: International

Young, British and drunk: facing a red light from Amsterdam

What the scientists are saying…

Deepest fish are caught on camera

Methane blockers for cows

Pick of the week’s Gossip

China: Macron pays court to Xi Jinping

Sewage: can we turn the tide?

Slavery: time for a royal reckoning

Labour: embracing gutter politics?

Wit & Wisdom

Statistics of the week

Golf: an incident-packed Masters ends in Spanish triumph

Football: an “opportunity wasted” for Arsenal at Anfield

A chastening European defeat for Saracens

Sporting headlines

Pick of the week’s correspondence

Striking doctors

Homelands

Empress of the Nile

Shy

Theatre: A Little Life • Harold Pinter Theatre until 18 Jun, then Savoy Theatre 4 Jul-5 Aug (alittlelifeplay.com) Run time: 3hrs 40mins

Podcasts… from a harrowing documentary to a spy caper

Film

Rain Dogs: a grimy comedy-drama starring Daisy May Cooper

Exhibition of the week Portraits of Dogs: From Gainsborough to Hockney • Wallace Collection, London W1 (020-7563 9500, wallacecollection.org). Until 15 October

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

A gift from Gilbert & George

Best books… Philip Hensher • The author and literary critic chooses his favourite books. His latest novel, To Battersea Park – a four-part exploration of life during lockdown – is out now, published by Fourth Estate at £16.99

The Week’s guide to what’s worth seeing

The Archers: what happened last week

Television

New to subscription TV

Rural retreats under £750,000

What the experts recommend: fine food on a budget

Recipe of the week: oxtail soup (Sup Buntut)

The best… coronation memorabilia

Tips of the week… buying an e-bike

And for those who have everything…

Where to find… family friendly festivals

This week’s dream: the glories of Trieste, then and now

The Bear Inn Hodnet, Shropshire

Getting the flavour of…

Last-minute offers from top travel companies

Radical Tory chancellor who oversaw the City’s Big Bang

Companies in the news …and how they were assessed

Seven days in the Square Mile

Tupperware trauma

Issue of the week: the disgraced CBI • A once august institution, laid low by scandal, needs detoxifying. But should it be put out of its misery?

Making money: what the experts think

Reading the runes: the IMF’s...