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The Week UK

V. 1343
Magazine

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

Scotland’s Covid rules

Impact of Delta variant

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 lawyer Nazir Afzal

Viewpoint: Olympic parents

Farewell

The state of England’s rivers • How bad is the problem of pollution in our waterways? And what is being done about it?

The rise of the wild swimmer

The UK at a glance

Best of the American columnists

Fires, floods and storms: “the permanent emergency has begun”

Best articles: International

Crackdown in Tunisia: the death of a young democracy?

What the scientists are saying…

Britain is becoming wetter and warmer

The case for booster jabs

Pick of the week’s Gossip

Simone Biles: was she courageous to quit?

The X Factor : farewell to the talent circus

Climate change: hot air and empty rhetoric

The Marble Arch Mound: a £2m folly

Wit & Wisdom

Statistic of the week

The rocky road to Olympic glory • More remarkable than most performances at the Games so far have been the personalities who achieved them

Pick of the week’s correspondence

Doing away with statues

Review of reviews: Books

Drama & Podcasts

Films to stream

Film & TV

The Sparks Brothers: a joyous new rock doc

Exhibition of the week Bernardo Bellotto • National Gallery, London WC2 (020-7747 2885, nationalgallery.org.uk). Until 31 October. Free entry

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

Fairy-tale properties

Food & Drink • What the experts recommend

Charcoal sardines in saffron vinegar and almond oil

Consumer

New cars: what the critics say

The best… paddleboards

Obituaries

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

Seven days in the Square Mile

Meggitt: worth defending in the national interest?

Issue of the week: Robinhood’s market debut • The disruptive app has hit the public markets it seeks to democratise. It could be a wild ride

Investing in wine: what the experts think

Meta-versity challenge

Commentators

City profile

Who’s tipping what

Market summary

Directors’ dealings

Form guide • Shares tipped 12 weeks ago

Market view

How private schools lost their grip on Oxbridge • As state-school admissions rise at elite universities, some parents who shelled out for private education have come to regret it. Brooke Masters reports


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Frequency: Weekly Pages: 52 Publisher: Future Publishing Ltd Edition: V. 1343

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  • Release date: August 6, 2021

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News & Politics

Languages

English

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

Scotland’s Covid rules

Impact of Delta variant

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 lawyer Nazir Afzal

Viewpoint: Olympic parents

Farewell

The state of England’s rivers • How bad is the problem of pollution in our waterways? And what is being done about it?

The rise of the wild swimmer

The UK at a glance

Best of the American columnists

Fires, floods and storms: “the permanent emergency has begun”

Best articles: International

Crackdown in Tunisia: the death of a young democracy?

What the scientists are saying…

Britain is becoming wetter and warmer

The case for booster jabs

Pick of the week’s Gossip

Simone Biles: was she courageous to quit?

The X Factor : farewell to the talent circus

Climate change: hot air and empty rhetoric

The Marble Arch Mound: a £2m folly

Wit & Wisdom

Statistic of the week

The rocky road to Olympic glory • More remarkable than most performances at the Games so far have been the personalities who achieved them

Pick of the week’s correspondence

Doing away with statues

Review of reviews: Books

Drama & Podcasts

Films to stream

Film & TV

The Sparks Brothers: a joyous new rock doc

Exhibition of the week Bernardo Bellotto • National Gallery, London WC2 (020-7747 2885, nationalgallery.org.uk). Until 31 October. Free entry

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

Fairy-tale properties

Food & Drink • What the experts recommend

Charcoal sardines in saffron vinegar and almond oil

Consumer

New cars: what the critics say

The best… paddleboards

Obituaries

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

Seven days in the Square Mile

Meggitt: worth defending in the national interest?

Issue of the week: Robinhood’s market debut • The disruptive app has hit the public markets it seeks to democratise. It could be a wild ride

Investing in wine: what the experts think

Meta-versity challenge

Commentators

City profile

Who’s tipping what

Market summary

Directors’ dealings

Form guide • Shares tipped 12 weeks ago

Market view

How private schools lost their grip on Oxbridge • As state-school admissions rise at elite universities, some parents who shelled out for private education have come to regret it. Brooke Masters reports


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