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