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
Sunak’s green retreat
Crisis in the Caucasus
THE WEEK
The Week
A runaway train
Spirit of the age
Good week for:
Bad week for:
Lib Dem conference
Armed police protest
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 horse trainer Lucinda Russell
Viewpoint: In Our Time
Farewell
Britain’s gambling habit • The UK’s betting industry has become a multibillion-pound juggernaut. Are we dicing with serious damage?
New Labour’s roll of the dice
Best articles: Britain
IT MUST BE TRUE… I read it in the tabloids
Best of the American columnists
The senate dress code: “a crisis of political comportment”
Best articles: International
High noon in Beijing: China’s disappearing leaders
What the scientists are saying…
The beetle with a termite on its back
Migraine drug approved
Russell Brand: product of a nasty decade?
Pick of the week’s Gossip
Net zero: the looming “energy gap”
Rupert Murdoch: the boss steps back
Speed limits: is 20 plenty?
Wit & Wisdom
Statistics of the week
Rugby union: strong showings from the home nations
Athletics: the £400 record-breaking shoe
Commentary box
Sporting headlines
Pick of the week’s correspondence
Lessons from Rome
Doppelganger
Absolutely & Forever
Father and Son
Theatre: Boys from the Blackstuff • Liverpool’s Royal Court (0151-709 4321). Until 28 October
Albums of the week: three new releases
Film
Chris Packham: Is It Time to Break the Law?
Exhibition of the week Marina Abramovic • Royal Academy of Arts, London W1 (020-7300 8090, royalacademy.org.uk). Until 1 January 2024
Botero: artist of whimsical rotundity
Best books… Maureen Freely • The novelist and translator – of works by Nobel laureate Orhan Pamuk, among others – chooses her favourite books about Turkey. Her latest novel, My Blue Peninsula (Linen Press £13.99), is out this week
The Week’s guide to what’s worth seeing
The Archers: what happened last week
Television
Coming up for sale
European coastal escapes
Food & Drink
Chicken & ricotta meatballs in broth (with orzo, crème fraîche & dill)
Prodrive P25: “It’s an animal. It’s completely unhinged”
The best… torches
Tips… preparing children for university
And for those who have everything…
Apps… best therapy apps for good mental health
This week’s dream: a bohemian beach town in Brazil
Hotel of the week
Getting the flavour of…
Last-minute offers from top travel companies
Kenya-born folk singer who sold 60 million records
Acclaimed translator of Cervantes and Márquez
Companies in the news …and how they were assessed
News Corp/Fox: the never-ending succession drama
Seven days in the Square Mile
Issue of the week: crypto on trial • The implosion of FTX may go down as one of the biggest financial frauds in American history
Rosebank controversy: the punters...