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
Xi’s visit to Putin
The rot inside the Met
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A Budget for hard times
Spirit of the age
Good week for:
Bad week for:
Braverman in Rwanda
Brexit deal passes
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 actress and activist Liz Carr
Viewpoint: Twisted hot cross buns
Farewell
The tragedy of the Iraq War • It is 20 years since America and a coalition of British, Australian and Polish forces invaded Saddam Hussein’s Iraq
The neocons and the new world order
Best articles: Britain
IT MUST BE TRUE… I read it in the tabloids
Best of the American columnists
The Republicans: are they going soft on Ukraine?
Best articles: International
The kiss-and-make-up deal in the Middle East
What the scientists are saying…
The orca seen caring for a sick calf
Cold remedies withdrawn
Pick of the week’s Gossip
The SNP: on the verge of collapse?
Free childcare: Hunt’s welcome giveaway
Climate change: the Earth at a crossroads
NHS strikes: is the end in sight?
Wit & Wisdom
Statistics of the week
Rugby union: Ireland win their “greatest” Grand Slam
Football: a head coach’s “extraordinary” attack on his players
The tennis player who “can do everything”
Sporting headlines
Pick of the week’s correspondence
The true cost of the slave trade
Masquerade: The Lives of Noël Coward
Tudor Children
Dr. No
Musical: Guys and Dolls • Bridge Theatre, London SE1 (0333-320 0050). Until 2 September Running time: 2hrs 40mins
Albums of the week: three new releases
Film
Challenge Anneka is back, and it’s as heartwarming as ever
Exhibition of the week Peter Doig • The Courtauld Gallery, London WC2 (020-3947 7777, courtauld.ac.uk). Until 29 May
Where to buy… • The Week reviews an exhibition in a private gallery
The largest art fraud in history?
Best books… Gary Younge • The author, broadcaster and journalist chooses his favourite books. His new book, Dispatches from the Diaspora: From Nelson Mandela to Black Lives Matter, is out now (Faber £14.99)
The Week’s guide to what’s worth seeing
The Archers: what happened last week
Television
New to subscription TV
Fabulous French châteaux
What the experts say
Recipe of the week: hake and soft tomatoes with chilli butter • If you ate the tomatoes on their own, they’d make for an oddly elegant dinner, says Eleanor Steafel. But with the fish and the chilli butter, they turn into something really special. You can easily adjust the ingredients for the tomatoes to make a batch; leftovers can be blitzed for a sweet, fresh tomato sauce, or spread on bread with anchovies for pan con tomate.
New cars: what the critics say
The best… sparkling water makers
Tips of the week… how to clean a mattress
And for those who have everything…
Where to find… music festivals in Europe
Iraq: the cultural resilience of a war-ravaged country
Hotel of the week
Getting the flavour...