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

America turns 250

THE WEEK

The Week

Politics

Spirit of the age

Good week for:

Bad week for:

Harry’s case dismissed

Nato summit

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 glaciologist Professor Liz Morris

Viewpoint: An English grad in No. 10

Farewell

Britain’s first drug consumption room • The Thistle in Glasgow provides a safe, clean space for users to inject illegal drugs. Why?

HI7: needles and coffee

Best articles: Britain

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

Best of the American columnists

Birthright citizenship: Trump’s Supreme Court defeat

Best articles: International

Fleeing for their lives: racial hatred in the rainbow nation

What the scientists are saying…

Swifts are intensely loyal to their nests

Mental health referrals

Shabir Ahmed: why can’t he be deported?

Forced adoptions: the state apologises

Pick of the week’s Gossip

The red-card scandal: a threat to the game?

Taylor and Travis: America’s royal wedding

Wit & Wisdom

Statistics of the week

World Cup: a performance for the ages at the Azteca

Wimbledon: dream run for a “local boy”

T20 World Cup: England’s women fall at the final hurdle

Sporting headlines

LETTERS • Pick of the week’s correspondence

Exchange of the week

Review of reviews: summer books • The best newly published holiday reads, based on summer round-ups in the press

Musical: Summer Holiday • Crucible, Sheffield, until 18 July; The Grand Theatre, Blackpool, 29 July to 8 August Run time: 2hrs 15mins

Podcasts… comedy, and two compelling true stories

Film & TV

Elle: a Legally Blonde prequel without the candyfloss fizz of the film

Exhibition of the week Summer Exhibition 2026 • Royal Academy, London W1 (020-7300 8090, royalacademy.org.uk). Until 23 August

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

Rembrandt’s family

The week’s guide to what’s worth seeing

Best books… Dan Jones • The bestselling historian and broadcaster picks his favourite reads. The final novel in his Essex Dogs trilogy, Lion Hearts, is now out in paperback (Head of Zeus £9.99). He recently launched a podcast mini-series, History’s Greatest Fails, with Elizabeth Day

Television

New to streaming

Best properties on the market

Food & Drink

Recipe of the week: chakalaka

New cars: what the critics say

The best… family board games

Tips of the week… to reduce your screen time

And for those who have everything…

Where to find… four of Britain’s best lidos

This week’s dream: a cosmopolitan corner of southern Japan

Getting the flavour of…

Hotel of the week

Peerless actress who starred in two beloved sitcoms

Singer-songwriter for the Village People

Companies in the news …and how they were assessed

Seven days in the Square Mile

EasyJet: one-way ticket to Minneapolis

Issue of the week: Sky’s ITV takeover • Does the proposed broadcasting merger really mark the birth of a national champion?

Half-year report: what the experts think

How to sell your house

Commentators

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