The Week UK

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.

It wasn’t all bad

The deal in Glasgow

Crisis on the EU border

THE WEEK

The Week

The Tories’ sleaze crisis

Spirit of the age

The Liverpool bombing

Racism at Yorkshire

Poll watch

Europe at a glance

The world at aglance

People

Fighting the Big Light

Farewell

East Africa’s locust plagues • Over the past two years, locusts have ravaged swathes of East Africa. But the cure for the problem may also have dire consequences

The day of the locust

Best articles: Britain

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

Best of the American columnists

“Dormzilla”: the solution to California’s housing crisis?

Best articles: International

Ethiopia: on the brink of “irreversible state collapse”

What the scientists are saying…

The leaf that is as good as ibuprofen

Farming pollutes the air

Pick of the week’s Gossip

Royals in court: the Duchess’s apology

Migrants: the Channel crossing crisis

MPs’ second jobs: should they be banned?

Zaghari-Ratcliffe: held to a £400m ransom

Wit & Wisdom

Statistics of the week

Sport

Cricket: Australia defies the critics

Sporting headlines

Pick of the week’s correspondence

How much are MPs worth?

Beyond a Fringe

Slime: A Natural History

Lily: A Tale of Revenge

Podcasts… painting, catfish, and the Land of Nod

Albums of the week: three new releases

Film

Dopesick: a damning drama about America’s opioid epidemic

Exhibition of the week Beano: The Art of Breaking the Rules • Somerset House, London WC2 (020-7845 4600, somersethouse.org.uk). Until 6 March

The National Gallery and slavery: a complex legacy

Best books… Emerald Fennell • The actress and writer chooses her favourite books. Fennell, who won an Oscar for her screenplay for Promising Young Woman, will be speaking at the Hay Festival Winter Weekend on 28 November (hayfestival.com)

The Week’s guide to what’s worth seeing

The Archers: what happened last week

Television

Coming up for auction

Flats in remarkable buildings

What the experts say

Recipe of the week: Blueberry tart • This is a Nordic classic and quite unique in its flavours, says Matthew Jones – the rye flour brings a lovely nutty sweetness to the dough and the custard carries the tartness of the blueberry filling. Other berries can be used for this simple, foolproof recipe: cherries, blackberries or raspberries all work beautifully.

New cars: what the critics say

The best… smartwatches

Tips of the week… easy ways to be more green

And for those who have everything…

Where to find… a festive light display

This week’s dream: a Bohemian beach scene in Mexico

Getting the flavour of…

Four of the best hotels for a UK winter break • As the nights draw in, let a stay at a superb hotel lift your spirits, say Laura Fowler and Fiona Duncan in The Daily Telegraph

The South African president who released Nelson Mandela • F.W. de Klerk 1936-2021

Character actor who began his career as a child star • Dean Stockwell 1936-2021

Companies in the news …and how they were assessed

Seven days in the...