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

Foreign aid vote

Whitehall reform

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 veterinary surgeon Professor Noel Fitzpatrick

Viewpoint: In search of boredom

Farewell

Govcoins: the coming revolution? • Governments are mulling over whether to introduce their own digital currencies, also known as govcoins

The evolution of money

Best articles: Britain

IT MUST BE TRUE… • I read it in the tabloids

Best of the American columnists

The Miami tower collapse: a tragedy in slow motion

Best articles: International

Haiti: the assassination of President Moïse

What the scientists are saying…

We’re hardwired to see faces

A hangover cure for women

Gossip

Afghanistan: “scuttling” for the exit

Pensions: time to end the triple lock?

The Everard murder: a national reckoning?

Lobsters: an end to “culinary barbarism”?

Wit & Wisdom

Statistics of the week

Tennis: a new Wimbledon champion

Cycling: Cavendish equals Eddy Merckx’s all-time record

England one-day team: wiped out by Covid

Sporting headlines

Pick of the week’s correspondence

Reforming Whitehall

Review of reviews: Books • The best newly published holiday reads, based on summer round-ups in the press

Theatre: three summer treats

Podcasts... slavery, Britney and the blues

Films to stream

Film & TV

Sex/Life: TV drama’s raunchy new direction

Exhibition of the week Paula Rego • Tate Britain, London SW1 (020-7887 8888, tate.org.uk). Until 24 October

News from the art world

The List

The Week’s guide to what’s worth seeing

The Archers: what happened last week

Television

New to subscription TV

Best properties on the market • Grade II properties under £1m

Food & Drink

Two recipes to make with children

Consumer

New cars: what the critics say

The best… beach tents

Obituaries

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

Seven days in the Square Mile

Chinese techlash: the “hit and run” on Didi

Issue of the week: the new space race • Richard Branson has declared space open for business. Is that still a pie in the sky?

Fintech: what the pundits say

Themes with legs • Covid has changed some of our behaviours profoundly, said Danielle Levy on Citywire. Which investment themes will outlast the pandemic?

Commentators

City profiles

Who’s tipping what

Market summary

Directors’ dealings

Form guide • Shares tipped 12 weeks ago

Market view

The search for the perfect pitch: Britain’s star groundsmen • British football pitches used to look like quagmires, ice rinks or dust bowls, depending on the time of year. But as big money entered the game, pristine surfaces became crucial to the sport’s image – and groundskeepers became international stars.