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 sacking of Zahawi
Kyiv calls for fighter jets
THE WEEK
The Week
Economic gloom
Spirit of the age
Good week for:
Bad week for:
Army falling behind
Mass walkouts
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 climate scientist Professor Corinne Le Quéré
Viewpoint: Tilting to the left
Farewell
Stalingrad • Eighty years after it ended, the Battle of Stalingrad remains a byword for the horror of modern warfare
The cult of the Great Patriotic War
Best articles: Britain
IT MUST BE TRUE… I read it in the tabloids
Best of the American columnists
Gun violence: is there any way to stop the shootings?
A stink of corruption: the bad smell coming out of Kyiv
Muzzling the BBC: what does India’s PM have to hide?
What the scientists are saying…
Ants can sniff out cancer
Missing patients
Pick of the week’s Gossip
Trans prisoners: a “conflict of rights”
Menopause: a matter for the law?
Police brutality: the killing in Memphis
Slapps: a threat to free speech
Wit & Wisdom
Statistic of the week
Tennis: Djokovic claims his “biggest victory”
Cricket: the continuing woes of England’s white-ballers
Reds suffer another “shattering” loss
Sporting headlines
Pick of the week’s correspondence
Legal representation for all?
Tough Guy
On Savage Shores
The Birthday Party
Theatre: Noises Off • Phoenix Theatre, London WC2 (0333-009 6690). Until 11 March Running time: 2hrs 15mins
Podcasts… on history, online scammers and cinema
The Fabelmans • Steven Spielberg’s semi-autobiographical coming-of-age drama 2hrs 31mins (12A)
Shotgun Wedding • Surprisingly sharp romcom starring Jennifer Lopez 1hr 40mins (15)
Plane • Entertaining action drama starring Gerard Butler as a former RAF pilot 1hr 47mins (15)
Exhibition of the week Giorgio Morandi • Estorick Collection, London N1 (020-7704 9522, estorickcollection.com). Until 30 April
Kenneth Noland • The Week reviews an exhibition in a private gallery
Tate Britain’s “inclusive” rehang
Best books… Skye McAlpine • The cookery writer and Sunday Times columnist picks her favourite books. Her latest, A Table Full of Love: Recipes to Comfort, Seduce, Celebrate and Everything Else in Between (Bloomsbury £26), is out this week
The Week’s guide to what’s worth seeing
The Archers: what happened last week
Television
New to subscription TV
Splendid Georgian and Queen Anne properties
What the experts recommend
Recipe of the week: carrot fritters with herby yoghurt
New cars: what the critics say
The best… kitchen weighing scales
Tips of the week… selling your house in winter
And for those who have everything…
The internet… classical concerts to stream
This week’s dream: taking it slowly in the land of the sloth
Kea Retreat Greece
Getting the flavour of…
Last-minute offers from top travel companies
Folk-rock pioneer who became a star twice...