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

Russia retaliates

Truss’s charm offensive

THE WEEK

The Week

Blackout Britain

Spirit of the age

Good week for:

Bad week for:

Barristers end strike

Macron’s summit

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 Kevin Sinfield, rugby player

Viewpoint: A surfeit of news

Farewell

Nuclear blackmail • Is President Putin likely to use nuclear weapons in Ukraine? And what would happen if he did?

Tactical vs. strategic weapons

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

Best articles: Britain

The right to satire: is making fun of the police really a crime?

Best articles: International

Denmark’s royal family: a “Game of Thrones” drama

What the scientists are saying…

Beaming solar energy to Earth

Licences for North Sea oil

Iran: a new generation makes itself heard

Pick of the week’s Gossip

Truss: the opponents she will not name

Childcare costs: the drain on families

Wit & Wisdom

Statistics of the week

Liverpool: weakened by the manager’s “seven-year itch”?

Formula 1: Verstappen’s “Wagnerian” victory

A thrilling T20 victory for England

Sporting headlines

Pick of the week’s correspondence

Exchange of the week • Spelling out the limits to economic growth

Three Times a Countess

Ernaux wins the Nobel

Lucy by the Sea

Ballet: Mayerling • Royal Opera House, London WC2 (020-7304 4000). Until 30 November

Podcasts… Alan Partridge, conspiracy theorists, and Xi

Film

Ralph & Katie: comedy-drama about a couple with Down’s syndrome

Exhibition of the week Cézanne • Tate Modern, London SE1 (020-7887 8888, tate.org.uk). Until 12 March 2023

News from the art world

Best books… Hugh Bonneville • The actor and star of Downton Abbey, W1A and Paddington chooses his favourite books. His new memoir, Playing Under the Piano: From Downton to Darkest Peru, is published this week by Abacus, at £22

The Week’s guide to what’s worth seeing

The Archers: what happened last week

Television

New to subscription TV

Fine properties in the north of England

What the experts say

Kohlrabi gratin with smoked bacon and garlic crumb • This creamy gratin with flavours of cabbage, smoked bacon and crunchy garlic crumble will really shine at suppertime and is perfect for family dinners, as children tend to love it, says Fred Foster. I add potatoes to give a little texture to the kohlrabi. I love Alsace bacon: it’s smoky with a stunning flavour. But if you can’t find it, you can use any good-quality bacon; or pancetta, if you prefer.

The best new hybrid cars for fuel economy

Tips… how to build the perfect fire

And for those who have everything…

Where to find… National Trust autumn gardens

This week’s dream: reef, rainforest and ancient ruins in Belize

Hotel of the week

Getting the flavour of…

Last-minute offers from top travel companies

Country musician who became a voice of female defiance

Dutch missionary known as “God’s...