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.

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Europe swelters

The public sector pay deal

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The public interest

Spirit of the age

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Migration bill passes

A303 tunnel approved

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 England footballer turned TV pundit Jill Scott

Viewpoint: Biden’s outbursts

Farewell

Vaping: a dangerous addiction? • Is the dramatic rise of e-cigarette use in Britain a threat to public health?

America’s Evali outbreak

Non-aligned no longer: Sweden embraces Nato

The Dutch master: a “boring” man calls it a day

Best articles: International

China’s “sluggish” economy: squeezing the middle classes

What the scientists are saying…

The “heartbreak” at Long Nanny

Rising cancer deaths

Pick of the week’s Gossip

Alzheimer’s drugs: hope at last

China: a “breathtaking” infiltration

Inheritance tax: the Tories’ trump card?

Barbie: why Hollywood turned pink

Wit & Wisdom

Statistics of the week

Wimbledon: a brilliant 20-year-old seizes the crown

The exemplary courage of a once-great footballer

Sporting headlines

Pick of the week’s correspondence

Is it time to reform “The Blob”?

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

Musical: Miss Saigon • Crucible, Sheffield (0114-249 6000). Until 19 August Running time: 2hrs 45mins

Albums of the week: three new releases

Film

The Great: season three of the raucous comedy-drama set in imperial Russia

Exhibition of the week A World in Common • Tate Modern, London SE1 (020-7887 8888, tate.org.uk). Until 14 January 2024

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

Venus of the Rags: up in flames

Best books… Shaparak Khorsandi • The comedian and writer chooses her favourite books. Her new book, Scatter Brain, a memoir told through the lens of undiagnosed ADHD, has just been published by Ebury at £16.99

The Week’s guide to what’s worth seeing

The Archers: what happened last week

Television

New to subscription TV

Residences with tennis courts

What the experts recommend

Recipe of the week: muhammara • It’s best to use romano (long) peppers for this traditional dip, as the skins aren’t as tough as on bell peppers, says Imad Alarnab. But if bell peppers are all you have available, you can simply use the method below to remove the skins.

The best… children’s books for summer

Tips of the week… simple ways to cut fuel costs

And for those who have everything…

Apps… free apps for nature lovers

This week’s dream: cycling through Turkey’s Taurus Mountains

Hotel of the week

Getting the flavour of…

Last-minute offers from top travel companies

Singer and actress who became a national treasure in France

The modest scientist whose work powers the modern world

Companies in the news …and how they were assessed

Seven days in the Square Mile

UK exporters:...