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:

EU vaccine row

High-risk occupations

Poll watch

The UK at a glance

Europe at a glance

The world at a glance

The world at a glance

People

Castaway of the week

Exit the bear

Farewell

How Tesla made it to the top • Tesla is the most valuable car-maker in the world: it has transformed the industry and made Elon Musk the richest man on the planet

Elon Musk: the real-life Iron Man

Best articles: Britain

IT MUST BE TRUE… I read it in the tabloids

Best articles: Europe • Taking on the “tsar”: the courage of Putin’s fiercest critic

Best articles: International • Kamala Harris: “the last voice in the room”

Modi’s farm reforms: a route out of Indian poverty?

Health & Science • What the scientists are saying…

Monkeys make clever thieves

In defence of rapid tests

Gossip

Talking points

Wit & Wisdom

Statistic of the week

Sport

England’s new golfing star

Sporting headlines

HOW TO TALK TO YOUR 58-YEAR-OLD DADA ABHOUT MILK.

LETTERS • Pick of the week’s correspondence

The BBC: too much pain?

Review of reviews: Books

Podcasts... missing people, identity and nuclear war

Albums of the week: three new releases

Films to stream

Film and TV

It’s a Sin: Russell T. Davies’s moving new Aids drama

Artist of the week: Paula Rego

News from the art world

Best books… Tim Harford • The economist and broadcaster chooses his favourite books. His Cautionary Tales podcast starts a new season on 26 February; his latest book, How to Make the World Add Up, is published by The Bridge Street Press (£20)

The Week’s guide to what’s worth watching

The Archers: what happened last week

Online concerts

Houses rarely on the market

Food & Drink

Recipe of the week • This super-healthy winter soup makes a fulfilling light meal on its own, says Jane Mason. It’s usually made with black beans, but any bean will work.

Lockdown cocktails

Consumer

Obituaries

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

Seven days in the Square Mile

AstraZeneca: the battle for jabs in Europe

Issue of the week: Britain’s high streets • Online pioneers are winning the great retail carve-up – but at what cost to our town and city centres?

Chinese fintech: what the experts think

Runaway markets?

Commentators

City profile

Who’s tipping what

Directors’ dealings

The private diary of an MP’s wife • In an extract from her bestselling diary, Sasha Swire – the wife of Hugo Swire, the former MP for East Devon and Northern Ireland minister in David Cameron’s coalition government – describes some memorable moments at the Tory top table