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.

The main stories……and how they were covered

THE WEEK

The Week

Politics

Spirit of the age

Good week for

Bad week for

Free school meals U-turn

Brexit defeat in Lords

Poll watch

The UK at a glance

Europe at a glance

The world at a glance

People

Viewpoint: Being a foreigner

Farewell

Joe Biden’s long game • The veteran Democrat has been elected the 46th president of the United States. But who is he – and how will he govern?

How tragedy shaped “Amtrak Joe”

Best articles: Britain

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

Best of the American columnists

Latino voters: why did so many vote for Trump?

Best articles: International

Terror in Vienna: Austria’s home-grown jihadists

What the scientists are saying...

Shaggy dogs were bred for their wool

A treatment for Alzheimer’s

Football: too many fixtures, too many injuries?

Sport in lockdown: taking joy out of the world

Depression: the touching honesty of a tennis star

Sporting headlines

Trump’s America: down but not out

Gossip

Biden’s election: a headache for No. 10?

The Diana interview: fraud at the BBC

Wit & Wisdom

Statistics of the week

LETTERS • Pick of the week’s correspondence

The cruelty of care home policy

Review of reviews: Books

Hatchet job: the savaging of Dolly Alderton

Podcasts... dirty elections and wartime derring-do

Albums of the week: three new releases

Trains on film

New releases to watch

The Mandalorian: delicious “high-octane popcorn”

Exhibition of the week Alfred Wallis Rediscovered • Kettle’s Yard, Cambridge (01223-748100, kettlesyard.co.uk). Temporarily on hold

News from the art world

Best books… Jim Moir • The comedian and artist – aka Vic Reeves – picks his favourite books. Vic Reeves Art Book (Unbound £25), a collection of his paintings, featuring 200 works and with a foreword by Grayson Perry, is out now

The Week’s guide to what’s worth watching

The Archers: what happened last week

Book now

Best properties on the market • Pretty cottages under £600,000

Food & Drink • What the experts recommend

Recipe of the week: Tomato, onion and cheddar tart

Consumer

New cars: what the critics say

The best... garden power tools

Brilliant actor-comedian who divided audiences

Conjurer and rationalist known as The Amazing Randi

Companies in the news ...and how they were assessed

Seven days in the Square Mile

UK retail: an unequal fight for survival

Issue of the week: an injection of hope • Markets around the world are betting that the Pfizer/BioNTech jab will be a game-changer. Are they right?

Bidenomics: what the experts think

Talking money

Commentators

City profile

Who’s tipping what • Shares tipped 12 weeks ago

How to play the university admissions game • It had been seven years since a pupil at Joshi Herrmann’s local comprehensive last won a place at Oxford or Cambridge. But could his offer to give its brightest pupils confidence and support bring better results?