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
Crumbling schools
Sunak’s mini reshuffle
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New Labour returns
Spirit of the age
Good week for:
Bad week for:
Birmingham Council
Windfarm rules relaxed
Poll watch
Europe at a glance
The world at a glance
People
Viewpoint: Strawberry Rain
Farewell
The Anthropocene epoch • Scientists are increasingly convinced that the Earth has entered its first major new geological phase in 11,700 years
Dating creation
Best articles: Britain
IT MUST BE TRUE… I read it in the tabloids
Best of the American columnists
The shocking degree of power wielded by an erratic billionaire
Best articles: International
Protests in Syria: could they bring down the Assad regime?
What the scientists are saying…
Live worm found in woman’s brain
Patients dying awaiting care
Pick of the week’s Gossip
Sino-British relations: time for a reset?
Ulez: the rebellion in the suburbs
The Ukraine War: signs of a breakthrough?
National service: the return of an old idea
Wit & Wisdom
Statistics of the week
Football: the looming threat from Saudi Arabia
Rugby union: why are England in such disarray?
Not quite a fairy tale in New York
Sporting headlines
Pick of the week’s correspondence
Slavery: should we feel guilty?
Anansi’s Gold: The Man who Swindled the World
Sleepless
Prophet Song
Podcasts… a likeable thief, and the great Seamus Heaney
Albums of the week: three new releases
Film
Starstruck: another series of the delightful BBC Three romcom
Exhibition of the week Black Venus • Somerset House, London WC2 (020-7845 4600, somersethouse.org.uk). Until 24 September
Where to buy… • The Week reviews an exhibition in a private gallery
The Brick Lane protest wall
Best books… Julian Barnes • The Booker Prize-winning novelist chooses his favourite books. He will be in conversation at London’s Queen Elizabeth Hall on 20 September for Julian Barnes: A Life in Writing (tickets from southbankcentre.co.uk)
The Week’s guide to what’s worth seeing
The Archers: what happened last week
Television
New to subscription TV
Fairy-tale properties
What the experts recommend
Recipe of the week: harissa fennel rigatoni
New cars: what the critics say
The best… rechargeable table lamps
Tips… how to keep track of a student budget
And for those who have everything…
Where to find… the best free autumn food festivals
This week’s dream: hiking and riding in southern Tuscany
Hotel of the week
Getting the flavour of…
Last-minute offers from top travel companies
The ebullient entrepreneur who acquired Harrods
Companies in the news …and how they were assessed
Seven days in the Square Mile
Return to the office: all present and correct?
Issue of the week: the Wegovy boom • The miracle diet drug is generating vast profits – and transforming the Danish economy
Savings rates: what the experts think
Pretflation
Commentators
City profile
Who’s tipping what
Market...