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

The push for peace

THE WEEK

The Week

Politics

Spirit of the age

Good week for:

Bad week for:

Trial by jury may end

Puberty blocker trial

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 writer Sir Salman Rushdie

Viewpoint: Advent calendars

Farewell

The death of Franco • General Francisco Franco, western Europe’s last dictator, died 50 years ago, leading to the restoration of the Bourbon monarchy

Generalissimo: a career in violence

Best articles: Britain

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

Best of the American columnists

The US-Saudi relationship: too big to fail?

Best articles: International

Franco’s ghost: haunting Spanish politics

50% OFF contact lenses for new easycare subscribers first three months

What the scientists are saying…

Could wildcats return to Devon?

The rise of superbugs

The Covid-19 Inquiry: the long search for answers

Pick of the week’s Gossip

Nigel Farage: was he a teenage racist?

Shabana Mahmood: Labour’s Iron Lady?

Wit & Wisdom

Statistic of the week

Cricket: England humiliated in Perth

F1: Norris loses his grip on the championship

A mixed autumn campaign for English rugby

Sporting headlines

Pick of the week’s correspondence

Private capital for public healthcare?

Review of reviews: Books

Novel of the week

Theatre: All My Sons • Wyndham’s Theatre, London WC2 (0344-482 5151). Until 7 March Running time: 2hrs 15mins

Podcasts… from an ill-fated adventure to AI’s takeover

Film & TV

Turner: The Secret Sketchbooks – fascinating insight into the great painter

Exhibition of the week Wes Anderson: The Archives • Design Museum, London W8 (020-3862 5937, designmuseum.org). Until 26 July

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

Kahlo’s record-breaking dream

Best books… Patrick Grant • The clothier and TV personality picks his top funny books. He is a judge of the Vintage Bollinger Prize – marking 25 years of the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for Comic Fiction – awarded on 1 December

The Week’s guide to what’s worth seeing

The Archers: what happened last week

Television

New to streaming TV

Best properties on the market

Food & Drink

Recipe of the week: coriander drumsticks (hariyali tangdi) • These tangdi, or chicken drumsticks (tangdi is Hindi for leg), are a classic Indian appetiser, says Suki Pantal. They’re very popular in restaurants in Delhi, where they always make a sizzling grand entrance, served with chutneys, lemon slices and an onion-ring salad.

New cars: what the critics say

The best… soup makers

Tips… key lessons for children about money

And for those who have everything…

Where to find… British factory tours

This week’s dream: wonder and melancholy in eastern Turkey

Getting the flavour of…

Hotel of the week

Jewish teenager who volunteered for the Dutch resistance

The “ordinary woman” who became Victims Commissioner

Companies in the news …and how they were assessed

Seven days in the Square Mile

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