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
New state aid rules
Lorry driver crisis
Poll watch
Europe at a glance
The world at a glance
People
Castaway of the week
Political marriages
Farewell
The Chinese Communist Party • The world’s most powerful political party is celebrating its 100th anniversary
How to join the party
The UK at a glance
Best articles: Britain
IT MUST BE TRUE… I read it in the tabloids
Best of the American columnists
Critical race theory: America’s latest cultural battleground
Best articles: International
The end of free speech? Hong Kong loses its Apple
What the scientists are saying…
A 3,000-year-old shark attack
Test and Trace failings
Matt Hancock: a case of “staggering” hypocrisy
Pick of the week’s Gossip
Channel 4: ripe for privatisation?
Britney Spears: time to set her free?
Wit & Wisdom
Statistics of the week
Football: England rewrite history at Wembley
Rugby union: Harlequins’ miraculous turnaround
Tour de France: danger in the crowd
Sporting headlines
Pick of the week’s correspondence
Should HS2 be scrapped?
Review of reviews: Books
Book of the week
Novel of the week
New productions, indoors and out
Podcasts... on Knausgaard, music and the Raj
Films to stream
New releases
Philly DA: Breaking the Law
Exhibition of the week Epic Iran • V&A, London SW7 (020-7942 2000, vam.ac.uk). Until 12 September
News from the art world
Best books… Curtis Sittenfeld • The author of American Wife picks her favourite non-fiction books. She is a judge for this year’s Sunday Times Audible Short Story Prize, which will be announced on 8 July. Her novel Rodham is now out in paperback
The Week’s guide to what’s worth seeing
The Archers: what happened last week
Television
Coming up for auction
Boltholes under £500,000
Where to eat on the beach in Britain
Recipe of the week: potato and cauliflower biryani
New cars: what the critics say
The best… cooling fans
Tips of the week… how to spot ultra-processed food
And for those who have everything…
Where to find… UK hotels with good spa treatments
Renegade tech mogul who was implicated in a murder
Legendary athlete who ran for his life, and then for India
Companies in the news • ...and how they were assessed
Seven days in the Square Mile
Burberry: chequered exit prompts succession crisis
Issue of the week: the chip shortage • The global chip crunch is hurting industry and consumers. How fixable is it?
Housing update: what the experts think
Summer reading
Commentators
City profiles
Shares • Who’s tipping what
Market summary
Directors’ dealings
Form guide • Shares tipped 12 weeks ago
Market view
“If I get something wrong, does it mean I am a racist?” • As a war correspondent, Christina Lamb has spent years reporting on conflicts, despots and human rights abuses....