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.

It wasn’t all bad

The main stories… …and how they were covered

Trump vs. Ukraine

THE WEEK

The Week

Politics

Spirit of the age

Good week for:

Bad week for:

Jackdaw gas field

Covid care homes report

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 doctor and writer Dr Miriam Stoppard

Viewpoint: Becoming a ghoul

Farewell

The Aberfan disaster • Sixty years ago this week, a colliery tip collapsed onto a South Wales mining village, killing 116 children and 28 adults

The “indispensable” Lord Robens

Best articles: Britain

IT MUST BE TRUE… • I read it in the tabloids

Best of the American columnists

Corruption in Trump-world: the downfall of Kimberly Guilfoyle

Best articles: International

The fridge-freezer meltdown: hackers wreak havoc in France

What the scientists are saying…

Franklin and the double helix

A space “binman”

Pick of the week’s Gossip

Sally Rooney: standing up for a just cause?

Public speaking: the case for teaching oracy

Reform UK: racism in the ranks

Katie Zacharia: a doomed appointment

Wit & Wisdom

Statistics of the week

Manchester United: the perma-crisis continues

Sonay Kartal: a boon for British tennis

Commentary box

Sporting headlines

Pick of the week’s correspondence

Too many bishops?

Review of reviews: Books

Novel of the week

Theatre: The Cherry Orchard • Harold Pinter Theatre, London SW1 (0333-009 6690). Until 9 January Running time: 2hrs 30mins

Albums of the week: three new releases

Film & TV

Time: the acclaimed prison drama returns for a devastating third series

Exhibition of the week The 90s: Art and Fashion • Tate Britain, London SW1 (020-7887 8888, tate.org.uk). Until 14 February

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

It’s raining musical instruments

The week’s guide to what’s worth seeing

Best books… Dr Xand van Tulleken • The doctor, TV presenter and broadcaster, who co-presents BBC Radio 4’s What’s Up Docs?, picks his favourite books. He is talking about his latest book, Make Me Well (Cornerstone £22), at the Stratford Literary Festival on 30 October

Television

Coming up for auction

Best properties on the market

Food & Drink

Recipe of the week: boozy blackcurrant & lemon verbena meringues

Jaguar Type 01: “the last-chance saloon” for the marque

The best… DAB radios

Tips… luring teens out of bedrooms and off phones

And for those who have everything…

Where to find… good Etsy stores for interiors

This week’s dream: a voyage into yachting’s golden age

Getting the flavour of…

Hotel of the week

Televangelist who was jailed for wire fraud

Actress who won an Oscar for her first movie performance

Companies in the news …and how they were assessed

Seven days in the Square Mile

UK banks: pleas, threats and taxes

Issue of the week: Made in Europe • Should Britain join the EU’s crusade to avoid being engulfed by Chinese imports?

Data centre panic: what the experts think

One-hit wonders • Investment experts always advise having a diversified portfolio, said Holly Mead in The Times. Still, everyone hopes “to find that one...