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 Gaza hostage truce
Record immigration
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The Week
“Live now, pay later”
Spirit of the age
Good week for:
Bad week for:
Antisemitism march
Swine flu detected
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 Dr Nicola Fox, the head of science at Nasa
Viewpoint: The missing Left
Farewell
Shakespeare’s First Folio • The first collected edition of William Shakespeare’s plays was published in London 400 years ago
Compositor E and the Hinman collator
Best articles: Britain
IT MUST BE TRUE… I read it in the tabloids
Best of the American columnists
The online X factor: promoting antisemitism?
Best articles: International
“Mozart” causes a political earthquake in the Netherlands
What the scientists are saying…
We’re heading to well beyond 1.5°C
Rise in eating disorders
Pick of the week’s Gossip
OpenAI: can it serve humanity?
Worklessness: a national “scandal”
Dublin riots: a blow to Ireland’s reputation
Farage in the jungle: next stop Westminster?
Wit & Wisdom
Statistics of the week
The irrepressible manager with a remarkable footballing brain
Tennis: how Jannik Sinner crashed the “top table”
Sporting headlines
Pick of the week’s correspondence
The vision of a two-state solution
Watford Forever
Toxic
Good Material
Musical: The Witches • Olivier, National Theatre, London SE1 (020-3989 5455). Until 27 January Running time: 2hrs 45mins
Albums of the week: three new releases
Film
Archie: Jason Isaacs stars in ITVX’s biopic of Cary Grant
Exhibition of the week Blavatnik Galleries • Imperial War Museum, London SE1 (020-7416 5000, iwm.org.uk). Now open (free entry)
Where to buy… • The Week reviews an exhibition in a private gallery
An Afghan memorial
Best books… Alison Balsom • The trumpet virtuoso picks her favourite books. She is taking part in Follow the Stars – Macmillan Carols at Christ Church Cathedral in Oxford on 8 December (followthestars-macmillancarols.com)
The Week’s guide to what’s worth seeing
The Archers: what happened last week
Television
New to streaming TV
Stunning houses for winter sun
Food & Drink
Recipe of the week: roast garlic mushrooms with parsley and eggs
The best… adult stocking fillers
Tips… the new rules of stretching
And for those who have everything…
Where to find… festive journeys by steam train
This week’s dream: a Neolithic marvel in southeast Turkey
Holiday let of the week
Getting the flavour of…
Last-minute offers from top travel companies
Acclaimed character actor whose family was hit by tragedy
Drama teacher who transformed thousands of lives
Companies in the news …and how they were assessed
Seven days in the Square Mile
Shein: the biggest Wall Street float of 2024?
Issue of the week: the drive to turbocharge investment • Wooing foreigners and “Telling Sid” won’t solve the timidity of our own...