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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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...