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

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...