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 royals and racism
Spirit of the age
Good week for
Bad week for
Beveridge for children
“Rape culture” at school
Poll watch
The UK at a glance
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 cross-bench peer Dame Louise Casey
Viewpoint: Embracing the average
Farewell
Exploring the red planet • A new wave of missions aim to unlock the secrets of Mars
The myths of Mars
Best articles: Britain
IT MUST BE TRUE… • I read it in the tabloids
Best articles: Europe
The AstraZeneca vaccine: why Europe turned against it
Best articles: International
After Fukushima: can Japan live with nuclear power?
What the scientists are saying…
A skin test for Parkinson’s
A camera you swallow
The death of Sarah Everard: a catalyst for change?
Gossip
Test and Trace: a £37bn failure?
Brexit: the slump in trade
Wit & Wisdom
Statistics of the week
British cycling: a scandal with “a whiff of the Del Boy”
Rugby union: England restore some pride
Federer’s return
Pick of the week’s correspondence
A question of judgement
Review of reviews: Books
Book of the week
Novel of the week
ARTS • Podcasts... armchair travel, science and royal scandal
Albums of the week: three new releases
Films to stream
Film & TV
The Flight Attendant: a mile-high murder mystery
Art • Artist of the week: Yayoi Kusama
News from the art world
The List
The Week’s guide to what’s worth watching
The Archers: what happened last week
Dance online
Best properties on the market
Food & Drink
Recipe of the week: Liverpool tart • Taken from Chefs at Home: Delicious Family Recipes from the UK’s Leading Locked Down Chefs, published by Jon Croft Editions at £26. To buy from The Week Bookshop for £20.99, call 020-3176 3835 or visit theweekbookshop.co.uk.
Consumer
New cars: what the critics say
The best… gaming consoles
Obituaries • Advertising executive who became the voice of motorsport
The “art detective” who recovered The Scream
Companies in the news • ...and how they were assessed
Seven days in the Square Mile
Chocolate soldier
Issue of the week: the Biden blitz • The huge US stimulus is a domestic sea change whose effects – good or bad – will be felt globally
Making money: what the experts think
The nation’s shopping basket
Commentators
City profile
Shares
The tyranny of passwords • Computer passwords are the elusive, infuriating gatekeepers that rule our lives, says Sirin Kale. They are easy to crack but hard to remember, and forgetting them can be pricey