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 return of the Sussexes

THE WEEK

The Week

Politics

Spirit of the age

Good week for:

Bad week for:

Social-housing drive

Energy price hikes

Poll watch

Europe at a glance

The world at a glance

People

Viewpoint: Resurrected clichés

Farewell

The rise of GB News • GB News, founded just over five years ago, now claims to be “Britain’s No. 1 news channel”

The investors

Best articles: Britain

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

Best of the American columnists

Natalie Harp: Trump’s doting aide and “human printer”

What the scientists are saying…

The threat to Jodrell Bank

Salmonella outbreak

Pick of the week’s Gossip

Asylum guidance: a “PR disaster”

Rough sleeping: Burnham’s promise

The Ebola outbreak: “a perfect storm”

Joyriding deaths: is social media to blame?

Wit & Wisdom

Statistic of the week

Football: a “fitting” tribute to Kevin Keegan at St James’ Park

Cricket: more disciplinary trouble for England’s Test team

Commentary box

Sporting headlines

Pick of the week’s correspondence

The marvel of the human hand

Review of reviews: Books

Novel of the week

Theatre: Abigail’s Party • Harold Pinter Theatre, London SW1 (0333-009 6690). Until 19 September Running time: 2hrs

Albums of the week: three new releases

Film & TV

Ludwig: the cosy crime saga returns for series two

Exhibition of the week Hull Maritime Museum • Queen Victoria Square, Hull (01482-300300, hullmuseums.co.uk). Now open to the public

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

Roy Keane’s red cards

The week’s guide to what’s worth seeing

Best books… Chris Riddell • The children’s author, illustrator and political cartoonist is a National Year of Reading ambassador, supporting the Go All In campaign to encourage reading (goallin.org.uk). His latest book, A Mermaid’s Rescue, is published by Macmillan at £12.99

Television

New to streaming

Best properties on the market

Food & Drink

Recipe of the week

Wine choice

New cars: what the critics say

The best… compact home exercise kit

Tips of the week… the new plug-in solar panels

And for those who have everything…

Where to find… truck stops worthy of a detour

This week’s dream: on the trail of dinosaurs in Utah

Getting the flavour of…

Hotel of the week

“Dotty” character actress who founded a theatrical dynasty

Businessman, explorer and philanthropist

Companies in the news …and how they were assessed

Seven days in the Square Mile

Moderna: a major leap in personalised oncology?

Issue of the week: Trump’s reignited trade wars • Waging economic warfare is a high-risk strategy given bond market weakness back home

Making money: what the experts think

Populist scams

Commentators

City profile

Who’s tipping what

How the Bayeux Tapestry was brought home • The Bayeux Tapestry exhibition, which opens on 7 September, is set to be the British Museum’s show of the century. Here, those who helped make it happen describe the delicate negotiations involved, and the mysteries that hang over the artefact. Alice Thomson reports

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