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

The data breaches

“Small boats week”

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The end of the line?

Spirit of the age

Good week for:

Bad week for:

“Russian spies” exposed

Junior doctors’ strike

Poll watch

Europe at a glance

The world at a glance

People

Viewpoint: The generation gap

Farewell

Funding the monarchy • The monarchy’s main source of cash is the Crown Estate, a vast property portfolio that is racking up big profits from windfarms

The King’s personal wealth

Best articles: Britain

IT MUST BE TRUE… I read it in the tabloids

Best of the American columnists

The GOP: becoming “the party of Trump toadies”?

Best articles: International

Tackling climate change: is China laggard or pioneer?

What the scientists are saying…

Urban foxes are not that smart

The warming oceans

Wildfires in Hawaii: the destruction of Lahaina

Pick of the week’s Gossip

The Crooked House: a local landmark razed

Veganism: has fake meat peaked?

Wit & Wisdom

Statistics of the week

Football: Harry Kane seals his move to Munich

Rugby league: a fairy-tale triumph for Leigh

The Lionesses roar into the World Cup final

Sporting headlines

Pick of the week’s correspondence

The UK and the ECHR

Wifedom

Party Lines

Caret

Musical: La Cage aux Folles • Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre, London NW1 (0333-400 3562). Until 16 September Run time: 2hrs 30mins

Podcasts… bad science, celebrity holidays, and TV reviews

Film

Painkiller: pacy six-part Netflix drama about the opioid crisis

Exhibition of the week Paula Rego: Crivelli’s Garden • National Gallery, London WC2 (020-7747 2885, nationalgallery.org.uk). Until 29 October. Free entry

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

A creator of the punk aesthetic

Best books… Chris Bryant • The Labour MP and former Anglican priest shares his favourite books. His new book, Code of Conduct: Why We Need to Fix Parliament – and How to Do It (Bloomsbury £14.99), is out this week

The Week’s guide to what’s worth seeing

The Archers: what happened last week

Television

Coming up for auction

Beachside boltholes

What the experts recommend

Recipe of the week: flourless hazelnut chocolate cake

New cars: what the critics say

The best… ice cream makers

Tips… how to predict the weather

And for those who have everything…

Where to find: reliable refurbished tech

This week’s dream: alligators and sugar-white sands in Alabama

Hotel of the week

Getting the flavour of…

Last-minute offers from top travel companies

Companies in the news …and how they were assessed

Seven days in the Square Mile

Wilko: the biggest retail casualty since Debenhams

Issue of the week: is China a “ticking time bomb”? • Beijing’s distinctive response to a ballooning economic crisis is to deny it’s happening at all

UK inflation: what the experts think

Equities in August

Commentators

City profiles

Who’s tipping what

Market summary

The Yahoo boys:...