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

The Christmas strikes

Labour’s radical plan

THE WEEK

The Week

“Where are you from?”

Spirit of the age

Good week for:

Bad week for:

Strep A warning

Homeless refugees

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 Vogue editor Edward Enninful

Viewpoint: The joy of puns

Farewell

Exploring The Waste Land • It is one hundred years since the publication of T. S. Eliot’s modern epic

T.S. Eliot, Vivien and the hyacinth girl

Best articles: Britain

IT MUST BE TRUE… I read it in the tabloids

Best of the American columnists

Robot cops: banished from the streets of San Francisco

Best articles: International

Sleaze at the Élysée? Macron faced with corruption charges

What the scientists are saying…

The “megatsunami” on Mars

Caution over dementia drug

Pick of the week’s Gossip

Labour: waging war on private schools?

The UK workforce: the missing millions

Hancock’s diary: fundamentally dishonest?

The census: is Britain losing its faith?

Wit & Wisdom

Statistic of the week

World cup football: the sparkle in Southgate’s side

Cricket: a nail-biting victory in Rawalpindi

Sporting headlines

Pick of the week’s correspondence

Original sins

The Madness

Personality and Power

The Singularities

Theatre: Othello • Lyttelton, National Theatre, London SE1 (020-3989 5455). Until 21 January Running time: 3hrs

Podcasts… on conspiracy theories and economic affairs

Film

Slow Horses: the spy drama returns for a “solid” second season

Exhibition of the week Making Modernism • Royal Academy, London W1 (020-7300 8090, royalacademy.org.uk). Until 12 February

Where to buy… • The Week reviews an exhibition in a private gallery

The return of the carbuncle?

Best books… Martin O’Neill • The one-time footballer and former manager of Leicester City and Celtic picks his best books. His autobiography, On Days Like These (Macmillan £22), describing his 50 years in the beautiful game, is out now

The Week’s guide to what’s worth seeing

The Archers: what happened last week

Television

New to subscription TV

Winter sun retreats around the world

Checking it twice? • Get the gift on everyone's Christmas list

Christmas gifts for home cooks and food lovers

Two drinks for festive parties

The best… Christmas presents for adults

Tips of the week… how to buy a timeless suit

And for those who have everything…

Apps… to reduce waste and save money

This week’s dream: the quieter side of South Korea

Parador 44 Cardiff

Getting the flavour of…

Last-minute Christmas markets across Europe

Former leader who helped turn China into a superpower

Vocalist, keyboard player and hit maker for Fleetwood Mac

Companies in the news …and how they were assessed

Seven days in the Square Mile

Vodafone: a great British corporate decline

Issue of the week: the hard winter ahead • The risk of...