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 Iran deal

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Politics

Spirit of the age

Good week for:

Bad week for:

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 actress Anna Maxwell Martin

Viewpoint: Ministers on social media

Farewell

Gaza after the war • Since the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, the Gaza Strip has largely dropped out of the headlines. What’s happening there?

The Board of Peace

Best articles: Britain

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

Best of the American columnists

California’s elections: rigged, or just shockingly slow?

Best articles: International

The Indian PM’s nightmare: a plague of cockroaches

What the scientists are saying…

Octopuses are blooming in UK waters

“Mega-beam” radiotherapy

The Belfast riots: an anti-migrant “pogrom”

Pick of the week’s Gossip

Elon Musk: the making of a trillionaire

Russia’s shadow fleet: a raid in the Channel

Wit & Wisdom

Statistics of the week

Cricket: England’s captain in the doghouse

World Cup: a “landmark” win for Scotland?

Commentary box

Sporting headlines

Pick of the week’s correspondence

The morals of America’s tech bros

Review of reviews: Books

Novel of the week

THE WEEK Bookshop

Theatre: Under the Shadow • Almeida Theatre, London N1 (020-7359 4404). Until 4 July Running time: 2hrs 15mins

Albums of the week: three new releases

Film & TV

The Alien Autopsy Scandal: the truth is stranger than fiction

Exhibition of the week Marilyn Monroe: A Portrait • National Portrait Gallery, London WC2 (020-7306 0055, npg.org.uk). Until 6 September

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

AI: the art expert in your pocket

The week’s guide to what’s worth seeing

Best books… Anthony Horowitz

Television

New to Disney+

Best properties on the market

Food & Drink

Recipe of the week

Wine choice

Porsche Cayenne Turbo Electric: “here to blow our minds”

The best… steam irons

Tips… decoding body language at work

And for those who have everything…

Where to find… Britain’s most glorious oddities

This week’s dream: an ancient forest in the mountains of Bosnia

Getting the flavour of…

Hotel of the week

Titan of British art who never stopped seeing

Companies in the news …and how they were assessed

Seven days in the Square Mile

Thames Water: nationalise and be damned?

Issue of the week: Trump’s Anthropic ban • The White House has rammed home the vulnerability of other countries to a US AI “kill switch”

The SpaceX float: what the experts think

London stalling

Commentators

City profile

Who’s tipping what

Hordes on high: how climbing Everest has changed • Today, scaling Mount Everest is safer than it ever has been, and the Sherpas – at long last – are treated with proper respect. But the queues, trash and commodification have also robbed the experience of much of its meaning. By Jon Krakauer

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Read less, know more • Catch up on everything you need to know in one balanced and entertaining read.

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