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.

It wasn’t all bad

Then there were two

The 40°C heatwave

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Putin’s ruthless strategy

Spirit of the age

Good week for:

Bad week for:

Wedding shake-up

Post strike looms

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 Kate Ewart-Biggs, deputy CEO of the British Council

Viewpoint: Democracy’s talent deficit

Farewell

The war on second homes • Across Britain, local governments and authorities are taking steps to curb the growing number of second homes

Britain’s second-home hotspots

Best articles: Britain

IT MUST BE TRUE… I read it in the tabloids

Best of the American columnists

Biden in Saudi Arabia: a “mortifying” climbdown?

Best articles: International

Germany’s gas crisis: a test of “European solidarity”

What the scientists are saying…

Grey squirrels are going on the pill

Soaring child-vaping rates

Pick of the week’s Gossip

James Webb: images of the early universe

Online safety: back to the drawing board

The Tories: diversity at the top

Mo Farah: an Olympian’s shocking story

Wit & Wisdom

Statistics of the week

Golf: McIlroy denied by the “man with the mullet”

Rugby union: England scrap while Ireland dazzle

Vengeance is mine: Beth Mead’s goal spree

Sporting headlines

Pick of the week’s correspondence

Black GIs in Britain

Review of reviews: Books • The best newly published holiday reads, based on summer round-ups in the press

Theatre: Jack Absolute Flies Again • Olivier, National Theatre, London SE1 (nationaltheatre.org.uk). Until 3 September Running time: 2hrs 30mins

Podcasts… on corruption, stalkers and child abuse

Film

The Control Room: a “hooky” BBC thriller set in Glasgow

Exhibition of the week Milton Avery: American Colourist • Royal Academy, London W1 (020-7300 8090, royalacademy.org.uk). Until 16 October

News from the art world

Best books… Abi Morgan • The playwright and screenwriter chooses her favourite books. Her book, This is Not a Pity Memoir (John Murray £14.99), is out now, and she will speak at Suffolk’s Primadonna Festival on 30 July (primadonnafestival.com)

The Week’s guide to what’s worth seeing

The Archers: what happened last week

Television

New to subscription TV

Lovely properties by the sea

What the experts say

Recipe of the week: harissa, tomato and lemon yoghurt rigatoni

New cars: what the critics say

The best… hiking gear

Tips of the week… how to avoid heatstroke in dogs

And for those who have everything…

The internet… the best online record shops

This week’s dream: a glorious walk across the Apennines

Hotel of the week

Getting the flavour of…

Last-minute offers from top travel companies

Hot-tempered actor who starred in The Godfather

The glitzy former model who helped create Donald Trump

Companies in the news …and how they were assessed

GSK/Haleon: a dose of scepticism following historic split

Seven days in the Square Mile

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