The Week UK

The best of the media in one magazine. Each issue stitches together news and views from more than 200 global news sources into an utterly enjoyable, informative read.

It wasn’t all bad

The main stories… …and how they were covered

Trump’s plan for peace

THE WEEK

The Week

Politics

Spirit of the age

Good week for:

Bad week for:

Youth unemployment

Online booking for GPs

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 Michael Sheen

Viewpoint: What I love about Britain

Farewell

The Boriswave • Boris Johnson’s premiership saw the highest levels of migration in British history

What we really think about migration

Best articles: Britain

IT MUST BE TRUE… • I read it in the tabloids

Trump’s “revenge”: the indictment of James Comey

Best of the American columnists

Sarkozy behind bars: the conviction dividing France

Under siege: Argentina’s president drops his chainsaw

What the scientists are saying…

Secrets of a super centenarian

GPs should “think again”

Pick of the week’s Gossip

Andy Burnham: a failed uprising

Russia: already at war with Europe?

Kamala Harris: settling scores

Reform UK: on the path to power?

Wit & Wisdom

Statistic of the week

Rugby World Cup: the Red Roses triumph on the “biggest stage”

Golf: Europe prevail in a Ryder Cup marred by crowd ugliness

A record unbeaten run for Palace

Sporting headlines

Pick of the week’s correspondence

A question of identity

Review of reviews: Books

A Booker shortlist for grown-ups?

Theatre: The Harder They Come • Theatre Royal Stratford East, London E15 (020-8534 0310). Until 1 November Running time: 2hrs 30mins

Podcasts… Austen, riveting science, and life in Kabul

Film & TV

House of Guinness: period drama about the Dublin brewing dynasty

Exhibition of the week Theatre Picasso • Tate Modern, London SE1 (020-7887 8888, tate.org.uk). Until 12 April

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

A Picasso “rediscovered”

Best books… Susie Dent • Countdown’s lexicographer picks her favourites. She’ll be talking about her new book, The Roots We Share: 100 Words That Bring Us Together (Puffin £16.99), at Wimbledon BookFest on 25 October (wimbledonbookfest.org)

The Week’s guide to what’s worth seeing

The Archers: what happened last week

Television

New to Netflix

Best properties on the market

Food & Drink

Recipe of the week: mustardy beans and hazelnuts

New cars: what the critics say

The best… hair-styling tools

Tips of the week… getting the garden winter-ready

And for those who have everything…

Where to find… Britain’s fascinating Roman ruins

This week’s dream: the Waldorf Astoria glitters again

Getting the flavour of…

Four of the UK’s best vineyards with accommodation • These leading British wineries are perfect for a bucolic country break, says Sinéad Murdoch in Condé Nast Traveller

Cricket’s most famous, and beloved, umpire

Italian screen “goddess” who became a Unesco ambassador

Companies in the news …and how they were assessed

Seven days in the Square Mile

AstraZeneca/GSK: is UK pharma bowing to America First?

Issue of the week: Jaguar Land Rover’s cyber bailout • Should the Government do more to protect business from the “cyber shockwave” ripping through...