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:
Long queues at Dover
Transgender law shelved
Poll watch
The UK at a glance
Europe at a glance
The world at a glance
People
Castaway of the week
Viewpoint: The power of pop
Farewell
The rise and fall of the tank • The tank was the archetypal 20th century land weapon. But is its 100-year dominance coming to an end?
Should we scrap our tanks?
Best articles: Britain
IT MUST BE TRUE… • I read it in the tabloids
Best of the American columnists
American football: a suitable arena for racial justice?
Best articles: International
Israel: making peace with the Arab world?
What the scientists are saying…
Signs of life in the hell of Venus
Women’s drinking recorded
Boris Johnson: where’s the fun and the fizz?
Pick of the week’s Gossip
The Swire diaries: an inside job
Testing: a predictable failure?
Wit & Wisdom
Statistics of the week
Golf: the “mad scientist” triumphs at the US Open
Tour de France: a young Slovenian steals the show
Bale’s return to Tottenham: folly or masterstroke?
Sporting headlines
Pick of the week’s correspondence
Time to honour “the Many”
Review of reviews: Books
Podcasts... fun factoids, bad films and spoof crimes
Albums of the week: three new releases
German cinema
New releases
Des: a “phenomenal” portrait of a serial killer
Exhibition of the week Love, Art, Loss: The Wives of Stanley Spencer • Stanley Spencer Gallery, Cookham (01628-531092, stanleyspencer.org.uk). Until Summer 2021
Stories from the art world
Best books… Kate Clanchy • The poet and teacher picks her six favourite books. Her book, Some Kids I Taught and What They Taught Me (Picador £9.99) won the 2020 Orwell Prize, and she is speaking at the Cheltenham Literature Festival on 5 October
The Week’s guide to what’s worth watching
The Archers: what happened last week
Book now
Best properties on the market • Arts and Crafts properties
What the experts recommend
Recipe of the week: Goan green chicken
New cars: what the critics say
The best... portable projectors
Tips of the week... how to clean your mattress
And for those who have everything...
Where to find... gardening courses
Obituaries
Companies in the news ...and how they were assessed
Seven days in the Square Mile
The FinCEN banking scandal: more dirty secrets?
Issue of the week: hitting the buffers • An unworkable model for rail franchising has finally been ditched. Will the new one be any better?
Making money: what the experts think
Fee advice
Commentators
City profile
Who’s tipping what
Market summary
Directors’ dealings
Form guide • Shares tipped 12 weeks ago
Market view
Barbara Amiel’s memoirs: a tale of sex, spite and high society • For years, Barbara Amiel lived the high life as the wife of Conrad Black. But her world came tumbling down when the media tycoon was imprisoned...