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.
Reforming the Protocol
The expanding alliance
It wasn’t all bad
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The housing crisis
Spirit of the age
Good week for:
Bad week for:
“Apocalyptic” price rises
Reconciliation bill
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 the presenter and actor Bradley Walsh
The agony of choice
Farewell
Nato’s renaissance • The world’s most powerful military alliance has taken centre stage since the invasion of Ukraine
A Nato state of mind
Best articles: Britain
I read it in the tabloids
Best of the American columnists
Curtailing abortion rights: will Republicans rue their victory?
Best articles: International
The Taliban: rolling back the freedoms of the past 20 years
What the scientists are saying…
The bats that buzz like hornets
1.5ºC warming risk “50/50”
Pick of the week’s Gossip
Wagatha Christie: a case without winners
Civil servants: facing a jobs cull
Ukraine: Russian forces in retreat
Eurovision: a double victory
Wit & Wisdom
Statistics of the week
The FA Cup final: victory for the “mentality monsters”
Golf: the downfall of America’s “apple pie” champion
Australia mourns another lost icon
Sporting headlines
Pick of the week’s correspondence
Exchange of the week • A question of protocol
The Premonitions Bureau
In Search of One Last Song
You Have a Friend in 10A
Podcasts: war reporters, hard news and big interviews
Albums of the week: three new releases
Film
Conversations with Friends: a disappointing adaptation of Sally Rooney’s novel
Exhibition of the week Inspiring Walt Disney • Wallace Collection, London W1 (020-7563 9500, wallacecollection.org). Until 16 October
Where to buy… • The Week reviews an exhibition in a private gallery
Warhol’s record-breaker
Best books… Emma Kennedy • The author, screenwriter and broadcaster chooses her six favourite books. Her new memoir, Letters from Brenda (Hodder £16.99) – a bittersweet exploration of her relationship with her mother – is out now
The Week’s guide to what’s worth seeing
The Archers: what happened last week
Television
Coming up for auction
Dreamy Italian properties under €1m
Food-themed festivals to visit this summer
Recipe of the week: sweet scones • Good food is key to diplomacy: it helps smooth the path to the resolution of conflict, says Ameer Kotecha. And its role is celebrated in The Platinum Jubilee Cookbook, a collection of recipes from Britain’s diplomatic outposts. These are the scones served at Wilton Park in Sussex, an agency of the UK Foreign Office which is used to host summits and other diplomatic events.
The best… jubilee paraphernalia
Tips of the week… how to grow ginger at home
And for those who have everything…
Apps… to help master a musical instrument
This week’s dream: at home on a ranch in Costa Rica
Holiday let of the week
Getting the flavour of…
Last-minute offers from top travel companines
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