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
The battle of the borders
Spirit of the age
Good week for:
Bad week for:
China imposes sanctions
Sewage crackdown
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 psychiatrist Professor Sir Simon Wessely
Viewpoint: You look different
Farewell
Crossing the Irish Sea • The Government wants to build a bridge or a tunnel linking Great Britain to Northern Ireland – but is the plan remotely feasible?
The PM’s other “bunker projects”
Best articles: Britain
IT MUST BE TRUE… • I read it in the tabloids
Best of the American columnists
An “open wound”? Anti-Asian racism in the US
Best articles: International
Japan’s “cursed” Olympics: going ahead, after all
What the scientists are saying…
Cooling the Earth by dimming the Sun
Does Covid cause diabetes?
Gossip
Talking points
Wit & Wisdom
Statistics of the week
Sport
Racing: looking at it from the robot’s point of view
Sporting headlines
LETTERS Pick of the week’s correspondence
Reverence, respect and free speech
Review of reviews: Books
Podcasts... to entertain children in the holidays
Albums of the week: three new releases
Films to stream
Film & TV
Line of Duty: a slow start for the sixth series
Artist of the week: Gerhard Richter
News from the art world
The List
The Week’s guide to what’s worth watching
The Archers: what happened last week
Book now
Best properties on the market • Houses for birdwatchers
Food & Drink • What the experts recommend
Jersey Royal potatoes with peas, wild garlic and crème fraîche
New cars: what the critics say
The best... home security cameras
Tips of the week... how to help the hedgehogs
And for those who have everything...
Where to find... staycation cruises
SAS officer who helped free the Iranian embassy hostages
A “disobedient” civil servant at Downing Street
Companies in the news ...and how they were assessed
Seven days in the Square Mile
Deliveroo: tough gig for some investors
Issue of the week: Archegos chaos • A dramatic Wall Street blow-up raises thorny questions about bank lending and leverage
Making money: digital art
Builders’ tea time
Commentators
City profile
Who’s tipping what
Market summary
Directors’ dealings
Form guide • Shares tipped 12 weeks ago
Market view • “It’s crazy. It’s amateur hour on the Street.”
Did I give my patients Covid? • As a junior doctor on the Covid front line over the past year, Jane Smith – a pseudonym – watched her hospital make mistake after mistake. She describes the terror and confusion as underprepared young doctors faced the virus
“No. 10 was a plague pit”: how Covid took hold of Westminster