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The Ukraine crisis: Putin makes his move
It wasn’t all bad
The response
“Old man in the bunker”
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A perfect storm
Spirit of the age
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 writer Anne Tyler
Ukraine’s contested history • The present-day crisis in Ukraine is part of a long argument about the region’s history, and about Russia’s origins
Nato’s threat to Russia
IT MUST BE TRUE… • I read it in the tabloids
Best articles: Britain
Victims of gun violence: a small victory over the gunmakers
France’s presidential race: a “rancid”, illiberal campaign
What the scientists are saying…
We trust AI faces more than real ones
Jabs halve long Covid risk
Pick of the week’s Gossip
Post Office scandal: a staggering injustice
Classrooms: a new political battleground?
Nick Clegg: failing upwards?
Storm Eunice: a calamity foretold
Wit & Wisdom
Football: Kane’s brilliance blows the title race wide open
Winter Olympics: a Games of “dystopian horror”
Commentary box
Pick of the week’s correspondence
Review of reviews: Books
Podcasts… from a gripping siege to Chinese insights
Albums of the week: three new releases
Film
Inventing Anna: Netflix’s frothy scammer drama
Exhibition of the week The world of Stonehenge • British Museum, London WC1 (020-7323 8000, britishmuseum.org). Until 17 July
News from the art world
Best books… Justin Webb • The journalist and longest-serving presenter of Radio 4’s Today programme chooses his favourite books. His memoir The Gift of a Radio: My Childhood and other Train Wrecks (Doubleday £16.99) is out now
The Week’s guide to what’s worth seeing
The Archers: what happened last week
Television
Best properties on the market
What the experts recommend: fine food on a budget
Recipe of the week: salted honey, pear and chocolate tarte tatin • Salty caramel, roasted pear, crisp pastry and walnuts fuse into something completely delicious in this tarte tatin, says Sue Quinn. The chocolate surreptitiously enriches the caramel without shouting about it.
Consumer
This week’s dream: skiing by the sea in Pelion
Hotel of the week
Getting the flavour of…
Last-minute offers from top travel companies
Obituaries
Companies in the news • …and how they were assessed
Credit Suisse: dirty secrets in Zurich
Seven days in the Square Mile
Issue of the week: a post-Brexit Big Bang? • Insurance regulations are “ripe for reform”, but there are dangers in rushing changes through
Markets and Ukraine: experts’ thoughts
Bonus bonanza
Commentators
City profiles
Shares
The mysterious “Hum” blighting lives all over the world • Around the world, people are being tormented by a persistent humming sound. But is it even real? Imogen West-Knights reports
Crossword
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