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.
The main stories… …and how they were covered
THE WEEK
The Week
Politics
Spirit of the age
Good week for:
Bad week for:
Migrant crossings
Covid contract “unlawful”
Poll watch
The UK at a glance
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 former judge and crossbench peer Heather Hallett
Viewpoint: The elusive centrist voter
Farewell
China’s space race • It has landed craft on Mars and on the dark side of the Moon, and it is building a space station. What are China’s ambitions in space?
Landing on the red planet
Best articles: Britain
IT MUST BE TRUE… • I read it in the tabloids
Best of the American columnists
The Tulsa massacre: facing up to a bloody legacy
Israel’s new coalition: end of the line for Netanyahu?
Crisis in Tigray: Ethiopia’s brutal civil war
What the scientists are saying…
The monkeys that change their accents
Climate change deaths
Pick of the week’s Gossip
The holiday debacle: an avoidable U-turn
Covid: how to vaccinate the world
Overseas aid: a backbench rebellion
Stonewall: champion or bully?
Wit & Wisdom
Statistic of the week
Sport
Athletics: super fast times with “super spikes”
Sporting headlines
Pick of the week’s correspondence
Inviting wasps to a picnic
Book of the week
Novel of the week
Drama & Podcasts
Films to stream
New releases
Anne Boleyn: countdown to an execution
Exhibition of the week Nero: the man behind the myth • British Museum, London WC1 (020-7323 8299, britishmuseum.org). Until 24 October
News from the art world
Best books… Lorraine Candy • The former editor of The Sunday Times Style Magazine and podcaster chooses her favourite books. Her book “Mum, What’s Wrong With You?!” (4th Estate £14.99), a guide to raising teenage girls, is out this week
The Week’s guide to what’s worth seeing and reading
The Archers: what happened last week
Television
Coming up for sale
Delightful mill houses
What the experts think
Recipe of the week
Wine choice
New cars: what the critics say
The best… garden lighting
Tips of the week… how to master textspeak
And for those who have everything…
Where to find… secondhand wedding dresses
Obituaries
Companies in the news ...and how they were assessed
Seven days in the Square Mile
Etsy/Depop: the rise of the “pre-loved” economy
Issue of the week: the sausage war • The UK Government’s latest fight with Brussels would be farcical if it wasn’t potentially so dangerous
Making money: what the experts think
Staycation Britain • The fact that most of us are grounded again this summer means a further boost to the domestic economy. Who’s cleaning up?
Commentators
City profiles
Who’s tipping what
Market summary
Directors’ dealings
Form guide
Market view
How Marbella became the drugs capital of the world • With hashish coming in from Morocco, cocaine from South...