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 Rwanda plan
A blow to British steel
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The prayer ban
Spirit of the age
Good week for:
Bad week for:
Childcare policy “issues”
Royal Mail reforms
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 cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason
Viewpoint: Elite banality
Farewell
Why your local council may be going bust • Across England, local councils are suffering from grave financial problems
The decline of local democracy
Best articles: Britain
IT MUST BE TRUE… I read it in the tabloids
Best of the American columnists
The chosen one: how Trump won over the Christian Right
Best articles: International
Missiles, mullahs and anger in Islamabad
What the scientists are saying…
What doomed the mighty giganto?
AI crimebusting
Pick of the week’s Gossip
Bronson Battersby: a toddler’s tragic death
The Armed Forces: dangerously depleted?
The two-state solution: can it be revived?
Measles: a worrying resurgence
Wit & Wisdom
Statistics of the week
Football: the state of play with Financial Fair Play (FFP) • Why are so many Premier League clubs – from Nottingham Forest to Manchester City – accused of breaching the regulations?
Commentary box
Sporting headlines
Pick of the week’s correspondence
The Rwanda distraction
Judgement at Tokyo
The Fatal Alliance: A Century of War on Film
Wild Houses
Ballet: Manon • Royal Opera House, London WC2 (020-7304 4000). Until 8 March Running time: 2hrs 45mins
Podcasts… on mental illness, early life and culture wars
Film
The Artful Dodger: breezy Disney+ series about Dickens’s antihero
Exhibition of the week Pauline Boty: A Portrait • Gazelli Art House, London W1 (020-7491 8816, gazelliarthouse.com). Until 24 February
Where to buy… • The Week reviews an exhibition in a private gallery
Picasso and Chagall recovered
Best books… Rowan Williams • The former Archbishop of Canterbury chooses his favourites. His latest book, Passions of the Soul (Bloomsbury £11.99) – about how the Eastern Christian tradition can help us understand the modern world – is out now
The Week’s guide to what’s worth seeing
The Archers: what happened last week
Television
New to streaming TV
Scottish hideaways
Food & Drink
Recipe of the week: potato & leek soup with garlic croutons • My mother used to make soup on a Tuesday and serve it with cheese and pickle on a crusty baguette for dipping, says Ian Bursnall in his new book of delicious recipes for cooks on a tight budget. This one is just the thing to warm you up on a cold winter’s day.
New cars: what the critics say
The best… vacuum cleaners
Tips… how to get cheaper car insurance
And for those who have everything…
Where to find… letterbox flower delivery services
This week’s dream: an unspoiled island in the Bahamas
Hotel of the week
Getting the flavour of…
Last-minute offers from top travel companies
The Israeli spy...