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

Middle East on the brink

Labour’s double victory

THE WEEK

The Week

A new antisemitism?

Spirit of the age

Good week for:

Bad week for:

Storm Babet devastation

Migrant hotels to close

Europe at a glance

People

Castaway of the week • This week’s edition of Radio 4’s Desert Island Discs featured the fashion designer and broadcaster Patrick Grant

Viewpoint: The new rationing

Farewell

The invasion of the Asian hornet • A newly arrived predator from the East poses a threat to British insects

The rise of invasive species

IT MUST BE TRUE… I read it in the tabloids

Best articles: Britain

Best of the American columnists

The judge, the ex-president and the limits of free speech

Best articles: International

The drying rainforest: a drought that affects the world

What the scientists are saying…

The rapid decline of the chicken frog

A potentially life-saving cap

War on Hamas: the perils of a ground invasion

Pick of the week’s Gossip

The Tories: running out of options?

Victoria’s Secret: the return to “sexy”

Wit & Wisdom

Statistics of the week

Rugby World Cup: heartbreak for England in the semi-final

Football: the staggering talent of Jude Bellingham

England’s cricketers given a “shellacking” in Mumbai

Sporting headlines

Pick of the week’s correspondence

The Hamas leadership

Going Infinite

Withnail and I

The Pole and Other Stories

Theatre: Choir Boy

Albums of the week: three new releases

Killers of the Flower Moon

The Pigeon Tunnel

Foe

Exhibition of the week Rubens & Women • Dulwich Picture Gallery, London SE21 (020-8693 5254, dulwichpicturegallery.org.uk). Until 28 January

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

Was Duchamp a fraud?

Best books… Richard Armitage • The actor and writer chooses his six favourite books. His debut novel Geneva – a thriller about a Nobel Prize-winning scientist – is out now, published by Faber at £16.99

The Week’s guide to what’s worth seeing

The Archers: what happened last week

Television

New to streaming

French country houses for less than £1m

Keep abreast of current affairs

Food & Drink

Recipe of the week: spiced cowboy beans

New cars: what the critics say

The best… fitness trackers • The Apple Watch Series 8 is a great fitness tracker for diehard iPhone users, and Android fans will find that the Samsung Galaxy Watch 4 is the best smartwatch on the market. Here are the best of the rest…

Tips… how to tackle midlife insomnia

And for those who have everything…

Where to find… Britain’s best light trails • English Heritage, National Trust, Kew and the Royal Horticultural Society all host light shows. Here are four other notable ones…

This week’s dream: beautiful, beguiling Puerto Rico

Five Acre Barn Suffolk

Getting the flavour of…

Last-minute offers from top travel companies

Old-fashioned sporting hero who won the World Cup

Companies in the news …and how they were assessed

Seven days in the Square...