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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Trump in the dock

The Bibby Stockholm

THE WEEK

The Week

Fiddling on the roof • Controversy of the week

Care home deaths

Double data breach

Spirit of the age

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 folk singer Shirley Collins

Viewpoint: Self checkouts

Farewell

Best articles: Britain

IT MUST BE TRUE… I read it in the tabloids

Best of the American columnists

The hottest July: America’s Southwest boils in the heat

Best articles: International

Niger: the coup in Africa that has shaken the world

What the scientists are saying…

Searching cathedrals for cosmic dust

Diabetes drug running low

Pick of the week’s Gossip

Early retirees: should they get on their bikes?

Interest rates: more “trauma” for households

Television: the great British turn-off

Lizzo: has she betrayed the sisterhood?

Wit & Wisdom

Statistic of the week

Football: Lionesses survive almighty fright against Nigeria

Rugby: shock omissions from World Cup squad

Agony for Roses in the Netball World Cup final

Sporting headlines

LETTERS • Pick of the week’s correspondence

Choosy banks

Book of the week

Novel of the week

Musical: The Lord of the Rings • The Watermill Theatre, Bagnor, Berkshire (01635-46044). Until 15 October

Albums of the week: three new releases

Film

Wolf: gruesome BBC drama with Juliet Stevenson and Ukweli Roach

Exhibition of the week Herzog & de Meuron • Royal Academy, London W1 (020-7300 8090, royalacademy.org.uk). Until 15 October

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

David Hockney on Harry Styles

Best books… Ferdinand Mount • The political commentator and novelist has just published Big Caesars and Little Caesars: How They Rise and How They Fall – From Julius Caesar to Boris Johnson (Bloomsbury £20). He picks the books that inspired him

The Week’s guide to what’s worth seeing

The Archers: what happened last week

Television

New to subscription TV

Classic Edwardian houses

Food & Drink

Recipe of the week • Grilling fruit really helps to bring out its natural sugars, says David Carter. Here, peaches are paired with a rich stracciatella to produce a bright dish for a late-summer barbecue.

The case for riesling

New cars: what the critics say

The best… sandwich makers

Tips… how to make the most of time at the GP

And for those who have everything…

Streaming… cheaper alternatives to Spotify

This week’s dream: staying in the “Titanic of the mountains”

Hotel of the week

Getting the flavour of…

Last-minute offers from top travel companies

Actor and children’s entertainer who survived a scandal

Prolific composer who co-wrote the Liverpool Oratorio

Companies in the news • …and how they were assessed

Seven days in the Square Mile

Cash is King

Issue of the week: is Britain “dawdling” over decarbonisation? • The UK is backing new...