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.

A double defeat

The Russian advance

It wasn’t all bad

THE WEEK

The Week

The fall of Roe v. Wade

Spirit of the age

Good week for:

Bad week for:

Referendum ruling

Barristers go on strike

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 singer, songwriter and U2 frontman Bono

Holidays, now and then

Farewell

Rwanda: a safe haven? • The Government plans to send asylum seekers to Rwanda, which it describes as “one of the safest nations on Earth”

The asylum plan

Best articles: Britain

I read it in the tabloids

Best of the American columnists

A sunshine state of mind: the mass exodus to Florida

Best articles: International

Jupiter humbled: Macron loses his majority

What the scientists are saying…

An Anglo-Saxon cemetery for the rich

NHS breast cancer drug

Pick of the week’s Gossip

Pay demands: a summer of discontent

The new Bill of Rights: eroding liberties?

Polio: is the old scourge returning?

Tactical voting: a threat to the Tories

Wit & Wisdom

Cricket: another spectacular win for England

Wimbledon: the need to be colourful

Upcoming sporting highlights

Pick of the week’s correspondence

Pathways to peace in Ukraine

The Case Against the Sexual Revolution

An Immense World

The Seaplane on Final Approach

Theatre: The Southbury Child • Bridge Theatre, London SE1 (0333-320 0052). Until 27 August Running time: 2hrs 30mins

Albums of the week: three new releases

Film

Man vs. Bee: Rowan Atkinson’s glossy new Netflix show is no Mr. Bean

Exhibition of the week Summer Exhibition 2022 • Royal Academy of Arts, London W1 (020-7300 8090, royalacademy.org.uk). Until 21 August

News from the art world

Best books… Chris Patten • The peer and former Conservative Party chairman chooses his favourite books. His new book, The Hong Kong Diaries (Allen Lane £30), describes his experiences as the last governor of Hong Kong

The Week’s guide to what’s worth seeing

The Archers: what happened last week

Television

New to subscription TV

Grade II properties for £500,000 or less

What the experts say

Recipe of the week: tomato and chipotle chilli soup • Adding tomatoes to this bean soup brings a velvety, fruity acidity to the creamy weight of the black beans, says Claire Thomson. My serving suggestion creates a bit of extra work, but in my mind it is absolutely worth it. The dollop of hot sauce is a particularly good addition.

New cars: what the critics say

The best… sewing machines

Tips of the week… how to treat blisters

And for those who have everything…

Where to find… the best treehouse stays in the UK

This week’s dream: the timeless charm of Lower Silesia

Hotel of the week

Getting the flavour of…

Last-minute offers from top travel companies

High street retailer who helped liberate Belsen

Actor who became a legend of the French new wave

Companies in the news …and how they were assessed

Seven days in the Square...