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

The threat of war

Plotting against the PM

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The genocide trial

Spirit of the age

Good week for:

Bad week for:

DUP agreement

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 actor Jamie Dornan

Viewpoint: Semantic gentrification

Farewell

The push for net zero • Britain has committed to reaching net-zero carbon emissions by 2050. What will this involve?

Britain’s report card

Best articles: Britain

IT MUST BE TRUE… I read it in the tabloids

Best of the American columnists

Nikki Haley: has she reached the end of the road?

Best articles: International

The last nail hammered into the coffin of secular India

What the scientists are saying…

How the butterfly lost its spots

An epidemic of back pain

Pick of the week’s Gossip

The Nottingham killings: a litany of failure

Deepfake porn: a rising tide of misogyny

Conscription: does your country need you?

Disposable vapes: Sunak stubs them out

Wit & Wisdom

Statistics of the week

Football: the unexpected exit of a Liverpool legend

Cricket: a miraculous England victory in Hyderabad

The Italian conqueror of Melbourne

Sporting headlines

Pick of the week’s correspondence

Should schools have religion?

Cold Crematorium

Teddy Boys

Wellness

Theatre: Plaza Suite • Savoy Theatre, London WC2 (thesavoytheatre.com). Until 13 April Running time: 2hrs 20mins

Albums of the week: three new releases

Film

Masters of the Air: Apple TV’s $250m Second World War drama

Exhibition of the week Cute • Somerset House, London WC2 (0333-320 2836, somersethouse.org.uk). Until 14 April

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

The perils of performance art

Best books… Val McDermid • The renowned Scottish crime writer chooses her favourite books. Her latest novel, Past Lying (Sphere £9.99) – the seventh in her bestselling Karen Pirie series – is out this week in paperback

The Week’s guide to what’s worth seeing

The Archers: what happened last week

Television

New to streaming

Country cottages for less than £875,000

What the experts recommend

Recipe of the week: lime and chilli chicken salad with crispy noodles • This delicious and sprightly Thai-flavoured salad is reason enough to cook a chicken, says Sue Quinn. But it’s also the perfect way to use up any leftovers from a roast dinner. In terms of ingredients, it’s amazingly flexible: the ingredients list below is really just a guide. Only the dressing involves some forward planning and buying a couple of specialist items.

New cars: what the critics say

The best… changing robes

Tips… how to sell items safely online

And for those who have everything…

Where to find… the best subscription recipe boxes

This week’s dream: exploring the Himalayan vastness of Mustang

Hotel of the week

Getting the flavour of…

Last-minute offers from top travel companies

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