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.
It wasn’t all bad
The petrol panic
Starmer’s power struggle
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Merkel’s long goodbye
Spirit of the age
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 actor and comedian Tracey Ullman
Viewpoint: Diplomatic franglais
Farewell
A rough guide to Cop26 • The UN climate summit is being held from 31 October in Glasgow. Boris Johnson wants it to be a “turning point for humanity”
The UK: leading by example?
The UK at a glance
Best articles: Britain
IT MUST BE TRUE… • I read it in the tabloids
Best of the American columnists
Brutality at the border: the Haitian refugee crisis
Best articles: International
Russia’s elections: a triumph for stage-managed “democracy”
What the scientists are saying…
Giant pandas can be too happy
One in ten drugs pointless
Gossip • Pick of the week’s
Sabina Nessa: why are women still not safe?
The energy crisis: a wake-up call
Tory “scum”: Rayner fires up the base
Insulate Britain: fair point, badly made?
Wit & Wisdom
Statistics of the week
Golf: a rousing Ryder Cup victory for “boorish” US
Boxing: Joshua’s inglorious defeat
F1: for Hamilton, 100 proves a lucky number
Sporting headlines
Pick of the week’s correspondence
Identity charades
Review of reviews: Books
Podcasts… political power and sibling relationships
Albums of the week: three new releases
Films to stream
New releases
Alma’s Not Normal: Bolton-set comedy with a big heart
The early bird gets THE WEEK
Exhibition of the week Frans Hals: The Male Portrait • Wallace Collection, London W1 (020-7563 9500, wallacecollection.org). Until 30 January 2022
News from the art world
Best books… Sarfraz Manzoor • The journalist, broadcaster and screenwriter picks his favourite books. His latest book, They: What Muslims and Non-Muslims Get Wrong About Each Other is published by Wildfire at £20
The Week’s guide to what’s worth seeing
The Archers: what happened last week
Television
Coming up for sale
Houses without stairways
What the experts say
Recipe of the week: mozzarella in carrozza, by Pamela Yung • A snack food for the masses in much of southern Italy, mozzarella in carrozza is traditionally made with leftovers – dried slices of bread; yesterday’s mozzarella; the breadcrumbs that make a cameo in nearly every dish in cucina povera. I make my own version at my London restaurant Flor, says Pamela Yung, with the cheeky addition of incredibly delicious ’nduja.
New cars: what the critics say
The best… saucepan set
How to… write a personal statement for university
And for those who have everything…
Where to find… river, beach and trail clean-ups
Byronic aristocrat who served as Thatcher’s arts minister • Grey Ruthven, Lord Gowrie 1939-2021
Harpist who worked with the Beatles and the Bee Gees • Sheila Bromberg 1928-2021
Companies in the news …and how they were assessed
Seven days in the Square Mile
Energy winners: Octopus, Drax...