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

Reform’s money troubles

THE WEEK

The Week

Politics

Spirit of the age

Good week for:

Bad week for:

Chaos at UK airports

Pisa school rankings

Poll watch

Europe at a glance

The world at a glance

People

Viewpoint: Great, weird leaders

Farewell

The fall of Imran Khan • How did Pakistan’s cricketing-great-turned-politician end up behind bars?

Khan and his healer

Best articles: Britain

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

Best of the American columnists

Trump’s deportation drive: a victim of its own success?

Best articles: International

“To the victor the spoils”: Trump’s Venezuelan oil grab

What the scientists are saying…

The supervolcano under the Wash

New telescope blasts off

Pick of the week’s Gossip

The Falklands: Milei stakes a claim

Russia’s hybrid war: testing Nato’s resolve

Victory for the AfD: a “seismic” result

Zack Polanski: an electoral gamble

Wit & Wisdom

Statistic of the week

Football: Gunners prevail in first big test of the season

Tennis: are influencers ruining the US Open?

A “remarkable” comeback at Monza

Sporting headlines

Pick of the week’s correspondence

The legacy of the slave trade

Review of reviews: Books

Novel of the week

Theatre: Present Laughter • Festival Theatre, Malvern (01684-892277), then touring until 28 November Running time: 2hrs 30mins

Albums of the week: three new releases

Film & TV

The Gentlemen: series two of the daft toff-turned-gangster romp

Exhibition of the week The Bayeux Tapestry • British Museum, London WC1 (020-7323 8181, britishmuseum.org). Until 11 July 2027

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

George Lucas’s $1bn museum

The week’s guide to what’s worth seeing

Best books… Sara Wheeler • The travel writer and biographer – known for the bestselling Terra Incognita: Travels in Antarctica – recommends biographies of travel writers. She will be talking about her book Jan Morris: A Life, on 3 October at the FlipSide festival in Framlingham, Suffolk

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… laptops for students

Tips of the week… securing an internship

And for those who have everything…

Where to find…England’s old-fashioned foot ferries

This week’s dream: the timeless beauty of the Charente islands

Getting the flavour of…

Hotel of the week

Influential feminist who co-founded Ms. magazine

Diffident actor behind the outrageous Frank-N-Furter

Companies in the news …and how they were assessed

Seven days in the Square Mile

Volkswagen: a turnaround stuck in first gear?

Issue of the week: Labour gets to work • John Healey has begun to set out his stall as Chancellor. But can the UK Government overcome bond market jitters?

Bond turmoil: threat and opportunity

Neds wanted

Commentators

City profile

Who’s tipping what

Doubly divine: the preacher who created a digital twin • Justin Lester, a Baptist pastor in Vallejo, California, wanted to give more of himself to his congregation than...