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.

The leadership race

Sri Lanka in crisis

It wasn’t all bad

THE WEEK

The Week

Johnson’s downfall

Spirit of the age

Good week for:

Bad week for:

SAS “death squad”claims

Train drivers to strike

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 tailor Andrew Ramroop OBE

Through the keyhole

Farewell

The gene-editing revolution • The Government wants genetically edited foods to be grown in England. Why?

A taste of things to come

Best articles: Britain

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

Best of the American columnists

Newsom vs. DeSantis: a taste of the 2024 election?

Best articles: International

Russia uses hunger as a weapon of war in Ukraine

What the scientists are saying…

The ancient trees hiding in plain sight

Drones to deliver drugs

Boris Johnson: the battle over his legacy

Pick of the week’s Gossip

Shinzo Abe: a “devastating” assassination

“Beergate”: no case to answer

Wit & Wisdom

Statistic of the week

Tennis: the “ruthless warrior” overcomes Kyrgios

Rugby union: “fiery” England hit back against the Wallabies

Sporting headlines

Pick of the week’s correspondence

Choosing the next PM

Original Sins: A Memoir

The Hong Kong Diaries

Joan

Theatre: The Seagull • The Harold Pinter Theatre, London SW1. Until 10 September

Albums of the week: three new releases

Film

Black Bird: a queasily absorbing true crime drama from Apple TV+

Exhibition of the week In the Black Fantastic • Hayward Gallery, London SE1 (020-3879 9555, southbankcentre.co.uk). Until 18 September

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

A sticky problem for galleries

Best books… Dan Saladino • The presenter on BBC Radio 4’s The Food Programme picks his favourite books. His award-winning book, Eating to Extinction: The World’s Rarest Foods and Why We Need to Save Them, is published by Jonathan Cape at £25

The Week’s guide to what’s worth seeing

The Archers: what happened last week

Television

New to subscription TV

Houses in villages

What the experts recommend

Recipe of the week: steamed cabbage with sunflower-seed dressing • I first tried something similar to this at a small restaurant in east London, says Olia Hercules. Though Japanese, its toasted-seed flavour took me back to Ukraine and I reimagined the recipe with an extra injection of home and used sunflower seeds instead of sesame. It is one of the most delicious dressings and would work on many other steamed or roasted vegetables.

New cars: what the critics say

The best… toasters

Tips of the week… how to speak at a conference

And for those who have everything…

Where to find… lampshades online

This week’s dream: the ancient wonders of Bahrain

Hotel of the week

Getting the flavour of…

Last-minute offers from top travel companies

Giant of 20th-century theatre, with a restless curiosity

Polarising Japanese politician who promoted...