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
Controversy of the week • The Australian deal
Spirit of the age
Good week for
Bad week for
Cummings testifies
Covid cases stable
Poll watch
The UK at a glance
Europe at a glance
The world at a glance
People
Castaway of the week
Viewpoint: Neo-pronouns
Farewell
The decline and fall of Europe’s centre-left • It’s not just Labour that’s in trouble: across the continent, once-mighty social democratic parties are in crisis
Labour: the way forward
Best articles: Britain
IT MUST BE TRUE… I read it in the tabloids
Best articles: Europe
Crisis in Ceuta: the migrants gathering on Spain’s doorstep
Best of the American columnists
UFOs and UAPs: is there anybody out there?
What the scientists are saying…
The source of most single-use plastic
Obesity admissions rising
Gossip
Diana: the impact of an explosive interview
Belarus: an “act of aviation piracy”
Great British Railways: a “third way”
Holidays: should I stay or should I go?
Wit & Wisdom
Statistic of the week
Sport
F1: Verstappen blows the season wide open
Sporting headlines
Pick of the week’s correspondence
How the Left can still win
Book of the week
Novel of the week
Podcasts... exploring books, the deep sea and Tom Waits
Albums of the week: three new releases
Films to stream
New releases
Halston: “trashy fun” biopic starring Ewan McGregor
Thomas Becket: murder and the making of a saint • British Museum, London WC1 (020-7323 8299, britishmuseum.org). Until 22 August
David Hockney: The Arrival of Spring, Normandy, 2020
Best books… Frances Wilson • The award-winning biographer and literary critic chooses her five favourite books. Her latest book, Burning Man, a re-evaluation of the life and legacy of D.H. Lawrence (Bloomsbury Circus £25), is out this week (see page 29)
The Week’s guide to what’s worth seeing and reading
The Archers: what happened last week
Television
Coming up online
Modest houses with generous grounds
Three granitas for summer
What the experts recommend
Cava ups its game
The best… electric bicycles
Tips of the week... hay fever-friendly gardens
And for those who have everything…
Where to find... cultural events in the UK
Obituaries
Companies in the news ...and how they were assessed
Seven days in the Square Mile
Daydream believer
Issue of the week: the inflation scare • The Bank of England insists rising prices are “transitory”. Is it right?
The housing boom: what the experts think
Rich List • “It is the most unsettling of booms,” said Robert Watts in The Sunday Times. In the year that “tens of thousands of us have buried loved ones” and millions have feared for their livelihoods, “more people became billionaires than at any point in British history”. Here are some highlights from this year’s Rich List:
Commentators
City profile
Who’s tipping what
Market summary
Directors’ dealings
Form guide
Market...