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The Week UK

V. 1353
Magazine

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.

A damning verdict

It wasn’t all bad

The energy crisis bites

Overhauling the Protocol

THE WEEK

The Week

The “Boris cult”

Spirit of the age

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 mezzo-soprano Dame Sarah Connolly

Viewpoint: Conspiracies galore

Farewell

Welcome to the metaverse • The metaverse, a virtual reality-powered version of the internet, is Silicon Valley’s new obsession. Could it change the world?

NFTs in the metaworld

Best articles: Britain

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

Best articles: Europe

Sexual abuse: the disgrace of the French Catholic Church

Best articles: International

“Shock waves of alarm”: is China poised to invade Taiwan?

What the scientists are saying…

A meat-eating dinosaur the size of a chicken

Reducing the risk of dementia

Pick of the week’s Gossip

Newcastle United: a Saudi takeover

The Pandora Papers: the war on tax dodgers

Facebook: is this its Big Tobacco moment?

Franco-British relations: “turning ugly”

Wit& Wisdom

Statistics of the week

Sport

Cricket: a tough task for England down under

Sporting headlines

Pick of the week’s correspondence

Is Germany “saner” than Britain?

Review of reviews: Books

Gurnah wins the Nobel

Theatre: The Mirror and the Light • Gielgud Theatre, London W1 (0844-482 5151). Until 23 January 2022 Running time: 2hrs 30mins

Podcasts… from Alan Alda’s science to Tim Dowling’s dog

Film

Squid Game: a gory survival drama with a social message

Exhibition of the week Turner Prize 2021 • Herbert Art Gallery, Coventry (024-7623 7521, theherbert.org). Until 12 January 2022

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

The lost Picasso brought to life

The List

The Archers: what happened last week

Television

Properties with lovely gardens

Food & Drink • What the experts recommend

Karikari okoge no yakimeshi (fried rice with crispy bits) • Fried rice is a personal thing, says Tim Anderson: some people like it fluffy and relatively plain, others prefer it dense and highly seasoned. I like it in pretty much all its forms, but I especially like it when the rice is left to sizzle in the pan, untouched, so that it forms little crispy bits. This gives it a nice textural contrast as well as a lovely scorched-rice aroma.

Consumer

The best… exercise bikes

This week’s dream: whale-watching in the verdant Azores

Hotel of the week

Getting the flavour of…

Last-minute offers from top travel companies

The early bird gets THE WEEK

Mild-mannered mandarin behind the Chilcot Report

Affable minister who championed the Modern Slavery Act

Companies in the news …and how they were assessed

Seven days in the Square Mile

Keeping it weird

Issue of the week: the interest rate debate • Is the Bank of England’s apparent volte-face on inflation justified?

Making money: what the experts think

Market...


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Frequency: Weekly Pages: 64 Publisher: Future Publishing Ltd Edition: V. 1353

OverDrive Magazine

  • Release date: October 15, 2021

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OverDrive Magazine

subjects

News & Politics

Languages

English

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.

A damning verdict

It wasn’t all bad

The energy crisis bites

Overhauling the Protocol

THE WEEK

The Week

The “Boris cult”

Spirit of the age

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 mezzo-soprano Dame Sarah Connolly

Viewpoint: Conspiracies galore

Farewell

Welcome to the metaverse • The metaverse, a virtual reality-powered version of the internet, is Silicon Valley’s new obsession. Could it change the world?

NFTs in the metaworld

Best articles: Britain

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

Best articles: Europe

Sexual abuse: the disgrace of the French Catholic Church

Best articles: International

“Shock waves of alarm”: is China poised to invade Taiwan?

What the scientists are saying…

A meat-eating dinosaur the size of a chicken

Reducing the risk of dementia

Pick of the week’s Gossip

Newcastle United: a Saudi takeover

The Pandora Papers: the war on tax dodgers

Facebook: is this its Big Tobacco moment?

Franco-British relations: “turning ugly”

Wit& Wisdom

Statistics of the week

Sport

Cricket: a tough task for England down under

Sporting headlines

Pick of the week’s correspondence

Is Germany “saner” than Britain?

Review of reviews: Books

Gurnah wins the Nobel

Theatre: The Mirror and the Light • Gielgud Theatre, London W1 (0844-482 5151). Until 23 January 2022 Running time: 2hrs 30mins

Podcasts… from Alan Alda’s science to Tim Dowling’s dog

Film

Squid Game: a gory survival drama with a social message

Exhibition of the week Turner Prize 2021 • Herbert Art Gallery, Coventry (024-7623 7521, theherbert.org). Until 12 January 2022

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

The lost Picasso brought to life

The List

The Archers: what happened last week

Television

Properties with lovely gardens

Food & Drink • What the experts recommend

Karikari okoge no yakimeshi (fried rice with crispy bits) • Fried rice is a personal thing, says Tim Anderson: some people like it fluffy and relatively plain, others prefer it dense and highly seasoned. I like it in pretty much all its forms, but I especially like it when the rice is left to sizzle in the pan, untouched, so that it forms little crispy bits. This gives it a nice textural contrast as well as a lovely scorched-rice aroma.

Consumer

The best… exercise bikes

This week’s dream: whale-watching in the verdant Azores

Hotel of the week

Getting the flavour of…

Last-minute offers from top travel companies

The early bird gets THE WEEK

Mild-mannered mandarin behind the Chilcot Report

Affable minister who championed the Modern Slavery Act

Companies in the news …and how they were assessed

Seven days in the Square Mile

Keeping it weird

Issue of the week: the interest rate debate • Is the Bank of England’s apparent volte-face on inflation justified?

Making money: what the experts think

Market...


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