The Week UK

The best of the media in one magazine. Each issue stitches together news and views from more than 200 global news sources into an utterly enjoyable, informative read.

Ceasefire in Lebanon

Labour’s medicine

It wasn’t all bad

THE WEEK

The Week

Nuclear threats

Spirit of the age

Good week for:

Bad week for:

Cop29 agreement

Storm Bert damage

Europe at a glance

The world at a glance

People

Viewpoint: Rachel Reeves’s CV

Farewell

The people smuggling gangs • The Government has promised to “smash” the gangs that smuggle migrants across the Channel. Who are they and how do they work?

The Kurdish connection

Best articles: Britain

IT MUST BE TRUE… I read it in the tabloids

Best of the American columnists

The Doge: Musk’s plan to end big government

Best articles: International

Cutting cables: the war being waged under the sea

What the scientists are saying…

Rats can drive, and love driving

The £268bn cost of poor diets

Pick of the week’s Gossip

The Armed Forces: “woefully unprepared”

Assisted dying: a momentous decision

Netanyahu: should he be prosecuted?

Captain Tom: a tarnished legacy

Wit & Wisdom

Statistics of the week

Football: a reality check for Manchester United’s new coach

Sporting headlines

F1: Verstappen secures fourth title

Commentary box

Pick of the week’s correspondence

Whose life is it anyway?

V13

In the Blood

The Proof of My Innocence

Musical: Michael Morpurgo’s Pinocchio • The Watermill Theatre, Bagnor, Newbury (01635-46044). Until 5 January Running time: 1hr 55mins

Albums of the week: three new releases

Film & TV

A Man on the Inside: Netflix comedy starring Ted Danson

Exhibition of the week The 80s: Photographing Britain • Tate Britain, London SW1 (020-7887 8888, tate.org.uk). Until 5 May

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

The $6.2m banana

Best books… Jason Isaacs • The actor picks his favourite books. He will be reading at the Follow the Stars Carol Concert for Macmillan Cancer Support on 6 December, at Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford (ticketsoxford.com)

The Week’s guide to what’s worth seeing

The Archers: what happened last week

Television

New to streaming TV

Fabulous French châteaux

Food & Drink

Recipe of the week: Anna Jones’s turmeric dhal poached eggs

New cars: what the critics say

The best… all-in-one pans

Tips of the week… how to avoid decorating faux pas

And for those who have everything…

Where to find… the best renovated foodie inns

This week’s dream: a luxurious lodge in the Julian Alps

Getting the flavour of…

Hotel of the week

Formidable politician who held New Labour together

Companies in the news …and how they were assessed

Seven days in the Square Mile

Jaguar: defanged, declawed and desperate?

Issue of the week: a dark day for Luton • The Vauxhall plant closure is a measure of the pain ahead as the green transition bites

Tariffs and markets: what the experts think

Christmas books

Commentators

City profiles

Who’s tipping what

Market summary

“It wasn’t sexual in any way!”: 50 years of streaking • Streaking became a craze in the early 1970s, and has been happening ever since. Why do people do it? And do they have any regrets? Simon Hattenstone reports

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