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
Charles III crowned
A drubbing for the Tories
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AI versus humanity
Spirit of the age
Good week for:
Bad week for:
Healthcare reforms
Labour’s housing plans
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 historian Professor Peter Hennessy
Viewpoint: Being normal
Farewell
The long wait for HS2 • High Speed 2, Europe’s biggest infrastructure project, is facing long delays and ever-rising costs
How to spend £100bn
Best articles: Britain
IT MUST BE TRUE… I read it in the tabloids
Best of the American columnists
Screenwriters on strike: Hollywood grinds to a halt
Best articles: International
Under the melting ice: the race for the Arctic’s riches
What the scientists are saying…
Conifer plantations: is Scotland repeating the mistakes of the past?
A second drug to combat Alzheimer’s
The King’s coronation: bizarre, stirring, irresistible
Pick of the week’s Gossip
Anti-royal protests: did the Met overreact?
The Kremlin attack: a mystery in Moscow
Wit & Wisdom
Statistics of the week
Tennis: Emma Raducanu’s well-earned break
Football: Napoli win first league title since Maradona’s days
England look shaky ahead of the Ashes
Sporting headlines
Pick of the week’s correspondence
Happy and glorious?
Johnson at 10
Friendaholic
Soldier Sailor
Theatre: The Motive and the Cue • Lyttelton, National Theatre, London SE1 (020-3989 5455). Until 15 July Running time: 2hrs 40mins
Podcasts… from The King to the history of timekeeping
Film
The Mysterious Mr Lagerfeld: an entertaining look at the enigmatic designer
Exhibition of the week Luxury and power: Persia to Greece • British Museum, London WC1 (020-7323 8000, britishmuseum.org). Until 13 August
Where to buy… • The Week reviews an exhibition in a private gallery
Mona Lisa’s bridge
Best books… Jeremy Deller • The Turner Prize-winning artist chooses his favourite books. His new book, Art is Magic (Cheerio Publishing £30), about his life, art and the pop culture that inspired much of his work, is out now
The Week’s guide to what’s worth seeing
The Archers: what happened last week
Television
New to subscription TV
Houses close to the Scottish and Welsh borders
What the experts recommend
Recipe of the week
Spring whites
New cars: what the critics say
The best… suitcases
Tips… making the most of your make-up
And for those who have everything…
Where to find… the best bakeries in the UK
This week’s dream: discovering Picasso’s roots in Andalusia
Hotel of the week
Getting the flavour of…
Last-minute offers from top travel companies
Campaigning lawyer whose first case was at Nuremberg
Talented singer-songwriter who performed with David Bowie
Companies in the news …and how they were assessed
Seven days in the Square Mile
John Lewis: crunch vote for the partnership’s future
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