The Week UK

The Week covers the Best of the British and Foreign Media. With its non partisan reporting, The Week gives the reader an insight into all the the news, people, arts, drama, property, books and how the international media has reported it. This concise guide allows the reader to be up to date and have a wealth of knowledge to allow them to discuss all these key topics with their friends and peers.

Russia’s invasion shocks the world

A nuclear threat

The new refugee crisis

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Putin’s ambitions

Spirit of the age

Poll watch

Europe at a glance

The world at a glance

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

Student loans: a degree just got dearer

Sunak’s cunning plan: next stop No. 10?

Londongrad • London has long been the Western city of choice for Russia’s new class of super-rich – but at what cost?

Kleptocracy tours

People

Castaway of the week • This week’s edition of Radio 4’s Desert Island Discs featured Nick Webborn, Chair of the British Paralympic Association

Viewpoint: Pottering

Farewell

Best of the American columnists

“I’m with Vlad”: the US conservatives praising Putin

Best articles: International

France’s withdrawal from Mali: a victory for the Kremlin?

What the scientists are saying…

The crocodile that ate a dinosaur

Vaccine roll-out “good value”

Putin’s war: Russian might meets Ukrainian defiance

A mismatched battle

The mood in Russia: has Putin gone too far?

President Zelensky: the man of the hour

Wit & Wisdom

Chelsea defeated: is this the end of the “Roman Empire”?

Rugby union: England’s narrow victory

Sporting headlines

Pick of the week’s correspondence

The penalty for provoking Putin?

Review of reviews: Books

Theatre: Animal Farm

Albums of the week: three new releases

Film

Peaky Blinders: the drama that transformed the image of Birmingham

Exhibition of the week Pissarro: Father of Impressionism • Ashmolean Museum, Oxford (01865-278000, ashmolean.org). Until 12 June

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

An explosive artwork

Best books… Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall • The chef, food writer and activist picks five books he’s recently enjoyed. He will speak at the Budleigh Salterton Literary Festival on 11 March (budlitfest.org.uk); his latest book is Eat Better Forever (Bloomsbury £26)

The Week’s guide to what’s worth seeing

The Archers: what happened last week

Television

Best properties on the market • Properties available for the first time in years

What the experts say

Trini split pea dhal with spinach and okra

New cars: what the critics say

The best… cordless vacuum cleaners

Apps… to help make travel easier

And for those who have everything…

Where to find… an oldschool spa in England

This week’s dream: walking in the wilds of Kenya

Hotel of the week

Getting the flavour of…

Last-minute offers from top travel companies

Musician who wrote the anthem for the Summer of Love • Gary Brooker 1945-2022

The Candy Bomber who helped mend postwar relations • Gail Halvorsen 1920-2022

Companies in the news …and how they were assessed

BP/Shell: Big Oil walks out of Russia

Seven days in the Square Mile

Issue of the week: the impact of economic war • Russia has been severed from the global financial system. Prepare for shocks to come

Ukraine and markets: the backlash

Winners and losers • News of the invasion meant a...