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

A new plan for defence

THE WEEK

The Week

Politics

Spirit of the age

Good week for:

Bad week for:

Resident doctors’ deal

Schools inquiry

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 DJ and musician Norman Cook

Viewpoint: The missing protagonists

Farewell

The Declaration of Independence • On 4 July, 250 years ago this week, America declared itself free from British colonial rule

Thomas Jefferson: tainted hero

Best articles: Britain

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

“Wild-eyed radicals”: the Democrats veer left

Dead ducks and peeling sealant: Trump’s Reflecting Pool

Best articles: International

Spain’s embattled PM: the stench of corruption

What the scientists are saying…

A spider’s spring-loaded trap

New drug for diabetes

Heatwave: Europe buckles under record temperatures

Pick of the week’s Gossip

Venezuela: tragedy in an ill-fated nation

Ed Miliband: should he be chancellor?

Wit & Wisdom

Statistic of the week

Cricket: a great England captain’s last hurrah

World Cup: Germany lose to Paraguay on penalties

Commentary box

Sporting headlines

Pick of the week’s correspondence

Repurposing Buckingham Palace

Review of reviews: Books

Novel of the week

THE WORK Bookshop

Theatre: The Truth • Apollo Theatre, London W1 (0330-333 4809). Until 12 September Running time: 1hr 30mins

Albums of the week: three new releases

Film & TV

The American Experiment: a star-studded history lesson

Exhibition of the week Frida: The Making of an Icon • Tate Modern, London SE1 (020-7887 8888, tate.org.uk). Until 3 January 2027

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

Joe Lewis’s £306m art sale

The week’s guide to what’s worth seeing

Best books… Graydon Carter

Television

New to streaming

Best properties on the market

Food & Drink

Recipe of the week: Neapolitan ragù

New cars: what the critics say

The best… pressure washers

Tips of the week… living with grown-up children

And for those who have everything…

Apps… best free apps for astronomy and stargazing

This week’s dream: a family adventure in the wilds of Colombia

Getting the flavour of…

Hotel of the week

Music industry titan who signed Whitney Houston

Formidable Cold War-era spy turned Labour politician

Companies in the news …and how they were assessed

Seven days in the Square Mile

Smash hit

Issue of the week: VW’s brutal job cuts • The carmaker is a barometer of Germany’s industrial decline at a politically perilous time

Burnham and your money

More summer reading

Commentators

City profiles

Who’s tipping what

The volunteers cracking cold cases the police can’t solve • More than 100 unidentified bodies are found in the UK every year. With police resources too stretched to investigate all such cases properly, the task of solving them often falls to a missing persons charity made up of hobbyist sleuths. Simon Usborne reports

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