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
The Queen’s Speech
Cracks cause rail chaos
The UK at a glance
Europe at a glance
The world 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 actress and singer Billie Piper
Viewpoint: A department store life
Farewell
Napoleon’s contested legacy • Two hundred years after the death of Napoleon Bonaparte, a bitter debate is still raging in France over his place in its history
The emperor’s last battle: St Helena
Best articles: Britain
IT MUST BE TRUE… • I read it in the tabloids
Best of the American columnists
Facebook vs. Trump: “an exhausting game of hot potato”
Best articles: International
South China Sea: “the most dangerous place on Earth”
What the scientists are saying…
Wasps are under-appreciated
China is the biggest polluter
Pick of the week’s Gossip
The Jersey fish fight: gunboat diplomacy
Covid vaccines: should patents be waived?
Northern Ireland: time for an amnesty?
Easing lockdown: the path to normality
Wit & Wisdom
Statistic of the week
Sport
Women’s football: Chelsea’s “winning machine”
Sporting headlines
Pick of the week’s correspondence
Does the PM deserve a pay hike?
Review of reviews: Books
Podcasts... on crime and punishment
Albums of the week: three new releases
Films to stream
New releases
The Pursuit of Love: a glorious re-imagining
Exhibition of the week Jean Dubuffet: Brutal Beauty • Barbican Centre, London EC2 (barbican.org.uk). From 17 May to 22 August
News from the art world
The List
The Week’s guide to what’s worth seeing and reading
The Archers: what happened last week
Television
New to subscription TV
Houses with granny annexes
Food & Drink • What the experts recommend
Recipe of the week
Rosé beyond Provence
Consumer
New cars: what the critics say
The best… camping gear
The model who popularised Levi’s 501s
Irish peer who dated Marianne Faithfull
Star of stage and screen
Companies in the news • ...and how they were assessed
Seven days in the Square Mile
Provident Financial: farewell, my unlovely
Talking points
Commentators
City profiles
Shares
The clockwork universe: is free will an illusion? • A growing chorus of scientists and philosophers argue that free will does not exist. Could they be right, asks Oliver Burkeman