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
Battle for No. 10
The grain deal
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Holiday hell at Dover
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 the model Kate Moss
Viewpoint: Spikes and bad apples
The battle of Bamber Bridge • The new Railway Children film draws on a forgotten wartime episode: a skirmish between black and white US soldiers in Lancashire
The Detroit riots
Best of the American columnists
A warming planet, a stubborn senate, a frustrated president
Best articles: International
Draghi steps down: another Italian government self-destructs
What the scientists are saying…
Why woodpeckers don’t get concussion
Vapes are a waste issue
Pick of the week’s Gossip
Liz Truss: a political shapeshifter?
Monkeypox: a global emergency
Rishi Sunak: “the no-change candidate”
TikTok: shaking up the news
Wit & Wisdom
Football: the Lionesses roar to victory
The Tour de France: a classic one-on-one contest
Commentary box
Sporting headlines
Pick of the week’s correspondence
Who should choose our leaders?
Review of reviews: Books
Theatre: Crazy for You • Chichester Festival Theatre, West Sussex (01243-781312). Until 4 September Running time: 2hrs 45mins
Albums of the week: three new releases
Film
The Newsreader: a “charmingly mellow” newsroom drama
Exhibition of the week Between the Sheets: Turner’s Nudes • Turner’s House, Twickenham TW1 (020-8892 5485, turnershouse.org). Until 30 October
Where to buy… • The Week reviews an exhibition in a private gallery
Europe’s tallest mural
Best books… Viv Groskop • The writer and comedian chooses her favourite books for summer. The author of How to Own the Room: Women and the Art of Brilliant Speaking will host a live podcast recording at Primadonna Festival on 30 July
The Week’s guide to what’s worth seeing
The Archers: what happened last week
Television
New to subscription TV
Best properties on the market
What the experts recommend
Recipe of the week: American buckwheat pancakes
New cars: what the critics say
The best… fans
Tips of the week… houseplants and holidays
And for those who have everything…
Where to find… the pick of the proms this summer
Three sailing adventures from British shores
An idyllic escape from Bangkok
Hotel of the week
Obituaries
Companies in the news …and how they were assessed
S4 Capital: the collapse of a “great adventure”
Seven days in the Square Mile
Issue of the week: Rishinomics vs. Trussonomics • Sunak’s tax policy is under fire, but can the country afford a dose of Trussonomics?
Global recession?: what the experts think
Interesting times
Commentators
City profile
Who’s tipping what: the week’s best buys… …and some to hold, avoid or sell
The making of Putin: from the streets of Leningrad to the KGB • Vladimir Putin was a cosseted child from a working-class neighbourhood in Leningrad who approached the KGB...