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.
It wasn’t all bad
Arms to Ukraine
A fight for France’s future
THE WEEK
The Week
Sunak’s non-dom woes
Spirit of the age
Poll watch
Europe at a glance
The world at a glance
People
Viewpoint: Wine o’clock
Farewell
The global food shortage • Russia’s war on Ukraine has sent food prices rocketing, and the effects are being felt around the world
The breadbasket of Europe
Best articles: Britain
IT MUST BE TRUE… • I read it in the tabloids
Disney vs. conservatives: the war on “woke”
Best of the American columnists
Hungary’s decision: bad for Brussels, good for Putin
Best articles: International
What the scientists are saying…
The human genome is finally complete
The “holy grail” of diabetes
“A landscape of atrocities”: Russia’s crimes in Ukraine
Gossip
Channel 4: a victim of Tory spite?
The energy strategy: a missed opportunity?
Wit & Wisdom
“A fairy tale, a fantasy”: the 2022 Grand National
Victory at the Masters: the dawn of a new golf era?
The Premiership: Man City fail to land a hammer blow
Sporting headlines
Pick of the week’s correspondence
Calorie-counts on menus
The Age of the Strongman
The Slow Road to Tehran
Companion Piece
Podcasts… and radio
Albums of the week: three new releases
Film
“Miaow, miaow, miaow”: inside the house of Maxwell
Exhibition of the week Hockney’s Eye • Fitzwilliam Museum and Downing College, Cambridge (01223-332900, fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk). Until 29 August (free)
News from the art world
Best books… James Runcie • The writer and film-maker, known for The Grantchester Mysteries, chooses his favourite books about music. His new novel, The Great Passion, (Bloomsbury £16.99) about Johann Sebastian Bach, is out now (see page 37)
The Week’s guide to what’s worth seeing
The Archers: what happened last week
Television
Houses with mature gardens
What the experts say
Recipe of the week: skewered lamb kebabs • While in Srinagar, I ate sheekh kebab at a few places, says Romy Gill – it is a popular appetiser and I am a huge fan. This recipe has a perfect balance of flavours and is super easy to make at home.
New cars: what the critics say
The best… fitness trackers
Tips of the week… spring-cleaning hacks
And for those who have everything…
The internet… inspiring artists’ studios
This week’s dream: in search of J.S. Bach in Leipzig
Artist Residence Bristol
Getting the flavour of…
Last-minute offers from top travel companies
The writer and illustrator who created Mr Benn and Elmer
The shy teenager who became the Queen of Punk
Companies in the news …and how they were assessed
Seven days in the Square Mile
UK builders: drawing a line under the cladding crisis?
Issue of the week: Elon Musk’s Twitter dance • Twitter’s mercurial new shareholder is, for now, still outside the tent, tweeting in. It could get sticky
Making money: what the experts think
The Le Pen effect
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Commentators
City profile
Who’s tipping what
Market...