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 Queen’s funeral: a farewell for the ages
The Queue
Inside the Abbey
THE WEEK
The Week
Going for growth
Spirit of the age
Good week for:
Bad week for:
Disorder in Leicester
Border checks freeze
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 TV presenter and former tennis player Sue Barker
Viewpoint: Cosmopolitanism
Farewell
A criminal justice system in crisis • Barristers are on strike in England and Wales, and the entire court system is facing deep difficulties
The decline and fall of legal aid
Best articles: Britain
IT MUST BE TRUE…
Best of the American columnists
“An appalling stunt”: flying migrants to Martha’s Vineyard
Best articles: International
Not so liberal, after all: Sweden’s lurch to the right
What the scientists are saying…
Soothing a baby the scientific way
ME study seeks volunteers
Putin’s dilemma: can he turn the tide in Ukraine?
Pick of the week’s Gossip
The Met: back under the spotlight
The Oxford comma: a political priority?
Wit & Wisdom
Statistic of the week
Tennis: the end of Roger Federer’s “magical era”
Funeral week: navigating the sorrow and uncertainty
Sporting headlines
LETTERS • Pick of the week’s correspondence
King Andrew or President Clarkson?
ARTS • Review of reviews: Books
Theatre: Handbagged
Albums of the week: three new releases
Film
Frozen Planet II: a “spectacular” return to the world’s cold places
Exhibition of the week Winslow Homer: Force of Nature • National Gallery, London WC2 (020-7747 2885, nationalgallery.org.uk). Until 8 January 2023
William Klein: photographer of city life
Best books… Kamila Shamsie • The award-winning author of Home Fire chooses her six favourite books. Her new novel, Best of Friends, is published this week by Bloomsbury, at £16.99
The Week’s guide to what’s worth seeing
The Archers: what happened last week
Television
New to subscription TV
Best properties on the market • Homes in magnificent buildings
What the experts say
Recipe of the week: porotos granados
Consumer • Maeving’s e-motorbike: classically cool and “undeniably impressive”
The best… baby monitors
Tips of the week… save energy while cooking
And for those who have everything…
Where to find… a wildlife reserve you can stay in
This week’s dream: walking America’s railroads, from coast to coast
Hotel of the week
Getting the flavour of…
Last-minute offers from top travel companies
The film director who redefined what cinema could be
Companies in the news …and how they were assessed
Seven days in the Square Mile
Center Parcs et al: a right royal PR fiasco
Issue of the week: a dose of economic shock therapy? • The new Government wants a complete financial reset. Will the markets weather it?
Bankers’ bonuses: what the pundits say
Energy lifeline
Commentators
City profile
Who’s tipping what
Market...