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 French riots

Water industry in crisis

THE WEEK

The Week

An unhappy birthday

Spirit of the age

Good week for:

Bad week for:

Senior Tories censured

Hottest June on record

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 actor, director and writer Stanley Tucci

Viewpoint: Centrist rage

Farewell

The rise of ADHD • Diagnoses of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder have risen sharply in the UK. Why?

The fidgets and hyperkinetic reaction

Best articles: Britain

IT MUST BE TRUE… • I read it in the tabloids

Best of the American columnists

Affirmative action: the supreme court closes the door

Best articles: International

Enter the far-right: extremist winds blowing across Europe

What the scientists are saying…

Are orcas really attacking boats?

Lung cancer screening

Pick of the week’s Gossip

Rishi Sunak: a “flatlining” premiership

Cricket: rife with sexism and racism?

Rwanda: no place for asylum seekers?

Nigel Farage: “cancelled” by Coutts

Wit & Wisdom

Statistic of the week

Cricket: a Test match engulfed in controversy

Commentary box

Sporting headlines

Pick of the week’s correspondence

Assimilating asylum seekers

Review of reviews: Books

Theatre: As You Like It

Albums of the week: three new releases

Film

Champion: entertaining BBC rap drama set in south London

Exhibition of the week Banksy: Cut and Run • Gallery of Modern Art, Glasgow (cutandrun.co.uk). Until 28 August

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

The Pompeii pizza

Best books… Patrick deWitt • The bestselling author of The Sisters Brothers and French Exit chooses his favourite books. His latest novel, The Librarianist, is out this week, published by Bloomsbury at £18.99

The Week’s guide to what’s worth seeing

The Archers: what happened last week

Television

New to subscription TV

Properties off the beaten track

Food & Drink

Recipe of the week • This recipe is a great dish for summer, says Amelia Christie-Miller, founder of Bold Bean Co. You could serve it as a side at a barbecue, but it is tasty and hearty enough to hold its own as a lunch.

Refreshing summer reds

New cars: what the critics say

The best… food processors

Tips… how to negotiate house prices like a pro

And for those who have everything…

Where to find… summer events to book now

This week’s dream: a Buddhist pilgrimage route in Japan

Hotel of the week

Getting the flavour of…

Last-minute offers from top travel companies

Fearless journalist who reported from 70 countries

British actor with a taste for the idiosyncratic

Companies in the news • …and how they were assessed

Seven days in the Square Mile

Thames Water: a bucket of cold water for stakeholders

Issue of the week: holding the banks to account • Britain’s banks have been accused of “blatant profiteering”. Should they be...