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
A dangerous escalation
Sexism in the Commons
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The energy war
Spirit of the age
Good week for:
Bad week for:
Cancer referrals record
Refugee legal action
Poll watch
Europe at a glance
The world at a glance
People
The Ukrainian effect
Farewell
The battle for the Falklands • Forty years ago, British servicemen fought Argentina over a remote archipelago in the South Atlantic
The sinking of the Belgrano
Best articles: Britain
IT MUST BE TRUE… I read it in the tabloids
Best articles: Europe
Transnistria: the breakaway republic in the Kremlin’s sights
Best articles: International
Family politics in the Philippines: the return of the Marcos clan
What the scientists are saying…
Male spiders spring away after sex
Hepatitis surge in children
Pick of the week’s Gossip
HRT: the politics of the menopause
Care home deaths: a “seismic verdict”
China: the zero-Covid policy backfires
Boris Becker: the fall of tennis’s golden boy
Wit & Wisdom
Snooker: “the Rocket” fires himself into the record books
Boxing: the “greatest” women’s fight in history
Everton fight to avoid the “abyss”
Sporting headlines
Pick of the week’s correspondence
Exchange of the week • The nature of Russian aggression… and how to respond to it
In Love
Circus of Dreams
Trespasses
Theatre: Prima Facie • Harold Pinter Theatre, London SW1 (0333-009 6690). Until 18 June Running time: 1hr 40mins
Theatre: Jerusalem • Apollo Theatre, London W1 (0330-333 4809). Until 7 August Running time: 3hrs (with two intervals)
Film
Ten Percent: the British remake of Call My Agent!
Exhibition of the week Venice Biennale • Various locations, Venice (labiennale.org/en). Until 27 November
News from the art world
Best books… Theo Fennell • The jewellery designer chooses his favourite books. His memoir, I Fear for This Boy (Mensch Publishing £25) – a picaresque retelling of the highs and lows of his colourful life and career – is out now
The Week’s guide to what’s worth seeing
The Archers: what happened last week
Television
New to subscription TV
Architecturally significant properties
What the experts say
Recipe of the week: doughnuts • Our doughnuts have a twist, say Al and Kitty Tait, of the Orange Bakery in Watlington, Oxfordshire. We wrap the dough around a chunk of chocolate, giving it a gorgeous gooey centre. There’s a whole world of possibility – Terry’s Chocolate Orange, the entire cast of Celebrations, Snickers Bites. The choice is yours.
New cars: what the critics say
The best… adult scooters
Where to find… alternatives to kennels
And for those who have everything…
Apps… to be aware of on your teenager’s phone
This week’s dream: the languid charm of summers in Puglia
Hotel of the week
Getting the flavour of…
Last-minute offers from top travel companies
The last of the “headscarf revolutionaries”
The Belgian singer who “invented the discotheque”
Companies in the news …and how they were assessed
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