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
Ireland’s imperfect peace
The SNP in crisis
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Junior doctors on strike
Spirit of the age
Good week for:
Bad week for:
UK forces “in Ukraine”
GCHQ’s new director
Poll watch
Europe at a glance
The world at a glance
People
Viewpoint: Stevenage Woman
Farewell
Stealing Ukraine’s children • Vladimir Putin has been charged with war crimes for abducting thousands of Ukrainian children
Putin’s cuddly child-snatcher
Best articles: Britain
IT MUST BE TRUE… I read it in the tabloids
Best of the American columnists
Donald Trump: does the case against him stack up?
Best articles: International
Young, British and drunk: facing a red light from Amsterdam
What the scientists are saying…
Deepest fish are caught on camera
Methane blockers for cows
Pick of the week’s Gossip
China: Macron pays court to Xi Jinping
Sewage: can we turn the tide?
Slavery: time for a royal reckoning
Labour: embracing gutter politics?
Wit & Wisdom
Statistics of the week
Golf: an incident-packed Masters ends in Spanish triumph
Football: an “opportunity wasted” for Arsenal at Anfield
A chastening European defeat for Saracens
Sporting headlines
Pick of the week’s correspondence
Striking doctors
Homelands
Empress of the Nile
Shy
Theatre: A Little Life • Harold Pinter Theatre until 18 Jun, then Savoy Theatre 4 Jul-5 Aug (alittlelifeplay.com) Run time: 3hrs 40mins
Podcasts… from a harrowing documentary to a spy caper
Film
Rain Dogs: a grimy comedy-drama starring Daisy May Cooper
Exhibition of the week Portraits of Dogs: From Gainsborough to Hockney • Wallace Collection, London W1 (020-7563 9500, wallacecollection.org). Until 15 October
Where to buy… • The Week reviews an exhibition in a private gallery
A gift from Gilbert & George
Best books… Philip Hensher • The author and literary critic chooses his favourite books. His latest novel, To Battersea Park – a four-part exploration of life during lockdown – is out now, published by Fourth Estate at £16.99
The Week’s guide to what’s worth seeing
The Archers: what happened last week
Television
New to subscription TV
Rural retreats under £750,000
What the experts recommend: fine food on a budget
Recipe of the week: oxtail soup (Sup Buntut)
The best… coronation memorabilia
Tips of the week… buying an e-bike
And for those who have everything…
Where to find… family friendly festivals
This week’s dream: the glories of Trieste, then and now
The Bear Inn Hodnet, Shropshire
Getting the flavour of…
Last-minute offers from top travel companies
Radical Tory chancellor who oversaw the City’s Big Bang
Companies in the news …and how they were assessed
Seven days in the Square Mile
Tupperware trauma
Issue of the week: the disgraced CBI • A once august institution, laid low by scandal, needs detoxifying. But should it be put out of its misery?
Making money: what the experts think
Reading the runes: the IMF’s...