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 Rwanda bill
Gaza’s humanitarian crisis
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Tories at war
Spirit of the age
Good week for:
Bad week for:
Cop28 ends in a deal
Ruth Perry inquest
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 Shirley Ballas, head judge on Strictly Come Dancing
Viewpoint: Festive inflation
Farewell
The failure of the Middle East peace process • In the second of two briefings, we examine the Israel-Palestine conflict from the Six Day War of 1967 onwards
The Netanyahu doctrine
Best articles: Britain
IT MUST BE TRUE… • I read it in the tabloids
Best of the American columnists
Antisemitism on campus: free speech and double standards
The war in Ukraine: Kyiv loses its momentum
Land grab in Latin America: a dictator’s dream?
What the scientists are saying…
Penguins take 10,000 naps a day
A test of biological age
The Covid Inquiry: Boris Johnson’s defence
Pick of the week’s Gossip
Putin: heading for victory in Ukraine?
The UAE: a fit owner for the Telegraph?
Wit & Wisdom
Football: how Aston Villa became title contenders
Cricket: defeat for England, but grounds for hope
Commentary box
Sporting headlines
Pick of the week’s correspondence
Rules that break families
Books of the year • The critics’ top eight choices based on Christmas selections in national newspapers, the Evening Standard, The TLS, The Spectator and The New Statesman
Musical: Pacific Overtures • Menier Chocolate Factory, London SE1 (020-7378 1713) Running time: 1hr 45mins
Albums of the week: three new releases
Film
Exhibition of the week Turner Prize 2023 • Towner Gallery, Eastbourne, Sussex (01323-434670, townereastbourne.org.uk). Until 14 April
Where to buy… • The Week reviews an exhibition in a private gallery
The row over Hitler’s statue
Best books… Marion Turner • The writer and academic picks books about the Middle Ages. Her new book, Chaucer: Here and Now (Bodleian Library £30), ties in with an exhibition about the poet at the Bodleian Library, Oxford, until 28 April (visit.bodleian.ox.ac.uk)
The Week’s guide to what’s worth seeing
The Archers: what happened last week
Television
New to streaming
Best properties on the market • Art deco and Arts and Crafts houses
Food & Drink • Nine of the best food books from 2023
Consumer • The best… presents for adults
This week’s dream: the surprisingly unspoilt delights of Lamu
Getting the flavour of…
Four of the best hotels for a UK winter break • As we head into mid-winter, a stay at a cosy hotel might be a tonic, says Fiona Duncan at The Daily Telegraph
Trailblazing writer who “took poetry everywhere”
Love Story actor who had much to say sorry for
Companies in the news …and how they were assessed
Seven days in the Square Mile
Heathrow Airport Holdings: Saudi Arabia in the control tower?
Issue of the week: could Labour re-energise the City? • The Square Mile’s bigwigs are flocking to Labour....