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
Galloway returns
The push for a ceasefire
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Extremism in the UK
Spirit of the age
Good week for:
Bad week for:
Hunt’s election Budget
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 lawyer and judge, Rita Rae (Lady Rae)
Viewpoint: The case for potholes
Farewell
The plight of the River Wye • Chicken farms are wreaking havoc along one of Britain’s best-loved rivers
Agriculture’s toll on waterways
Best articles: Britain
IT MUST BE TRUE… I read it in the tabloids
Best of the American columnists
Google’s AI blunder: redrawing history
Best articles: International
Russia takes a match to a Balkan tinderbox
What the scientists are saying…
A simulated Mars mission in Texas
The benefits of your own GP
Pick of the week’s Gossip
Sarah Everard’s murder: a damning report
Ukraine War: Europe’s “bungled” response
Black-only theatre nights: a bad idea?
Millennials: set to “inherit the Earth”
Wit & Wisdom
Statistics of the week
F1: the Horner scandal overshadows the Grand Prix
Athletics: a Cornishwoman jumps her way to glory
Britain’s new tennis star
Sporting headlines
Pick of the week’s correspondence
Lessons from Rochdale
Maurice and Maralyn
The Rejects
The Lodgers
Musical: Standing at the Sky’s Edge • Gillian Lynne Theatre, London WC2 (020-3925 2998). Until 3 August Running time: 2hrs 50mins
Albums of the week: three new releases
Film
The Jury: Murder Trial – disquieting Channel 4 series about group dynamics
Exhibition of the week William Blake’s Universe • Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge (01223-332900, fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk). Until 19 May
Where to buy… • The Week reviews an exhibition in a private gallery
A herd of giant puppets
Best books… Nick Wallis • The journalist picks his favourites. He will be appearing at the Oxford Literary Festival on 22 March to talk about his book The Great Post Office Scandal (Bath Publishing £25); details at oxfordliteraryfestival.org
The Week’s guide to what’s worth seeing
The Archers: what happened last week
Television
New to streaming
Flats in impressive buildings
What the experts recommend
Recipe of the week: pistachio, lemon and coriander seed cake
New cars: what the critics say
The best… hair-removal devices
Tips… flower arranging on a budget
And for those who have everything…
Where to find… active retreats in the UK
This week’s dream: an island paradise off the west coast of Africa
Getting the flavour of…
Hotel of the week
Financier and towering figure in the art world
Stand-up comic who starred in Curb Your Enthusiasm
Companies in the news …and how they were assessed
Seven days in the Square Mile
On a (sausage) roll
Issue of the week: the Budget backdrop • Jeremy Hunt is playing a cautious long game – but it may not help Tory chances
The Budget’s main measures: what the experts think...