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

Return of the Nasty Party?

Two years of war

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Chaos in the Commons

Spirit of the age

Good week for:

Bad week for:

Money for potholes

Energy price cap

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 costume designer Sandy Powell

Viewpoint: A career in politics

Farewell

Trouble at the Royal Mail • The UK’s postal system is struggling to make deliveries on time, and wants to cut its services radically

A postal history

Best articles: Britain

IT MUST BE TRUE… I read it in the tabloids

Best of the American columnists

Ukraine: how Trump turned the Republicans against Kyiv

Best articles: International

Russia’s “grey zone” tactics in Finland’s snowy forests

What the scientists are saying…

An eco-friendly wooden satellite

Alzheimer’s drug warning

Pick of the week’s Gossip

Trident: the weapon that “plopped”

Menopause guidance: a boost for women?

MPs: facing a rising tide of hate

Shamima Begum: no way home

Wit & Wisdom

Statistics of the week

Rugby union: Scotland win for a fourth time in a row

Football: Klopp triumphs by putting faith in youth

Commentary box

Sporting headlines

Pick of the week’s correspondence

Should the Speaker resign?

Keir Starmer: The Biography

James and John

Leaving

Theatre: An Enemy of the People • Duke of York’s Theatre, London WC2 (0844-871 7615). Until 13 April Running time: 2hrs 15mins

Podcasts… on the internet, humour and the law

Film

Inseparable Sisters: uplifting BBC documentary about conjoined twins

Exhibition of the week Sargent and Fashion • Tate Britain, London SW1 (020-7887 8888, tate.org.uk). Until 7 July

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

How to dust David

Best books… Gyles Brandreth • The author, broadcaster and host of the interview podcast Rosebud picks his favourites. He has compiled and written the introduction to Lewis Carroll’s Guide for Insomniacs (Notting Hill Editions £12.99), out now

The Week’s guide to what’s worth seeing

The Archers: what happened last week

Television

Coming up for sale

Houses with church connections

Food & Drink

Chicken thighs with mustard & leeks (pollo con senape e porri)

New cars: what the critics say

The best… kit for growing seeds

Tips… how to keep food fresher for longer

And for those who have everything…

Where to find… the best places to buy antiques

This week’s dream: diving in a tropical Pacific paradise

Getting the flavour of…

Hotel of the week

French lawyer who abolished the death penalty

Director at the vanguard of the satire boom

Companies in the news …and how they were assessed

Seven days in the Square Mile

Nvidia: the most powerful player in tech?

Issue of the week: tackling the housing crisis • Are the black arts of developers really to blame for the UK’s chronic undersupply?

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