The Week UK

The best of the media in one magazine. Each issue stitches together news and views from more than 200 global news sources into an utterly enjoyable, informative read.

It wasn’t all bad

The main stories… …and how they were covered

Hamas seeks a deal

THE WEEK

The Week

The “most hated” tax

Spirit of the age

Good week for:

Bad week for:

The asylum hotel ruling

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 rugby player turned broadcaster Maggie Alphonsi

Viewpoint: The Great Introspection

Farewell

Best articles: Britain

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

Best of the American columnists

Trump’s Washington takeover: a justified intervention?

Best articles: International

Settling the West Bank: death knell for a Palestinian state?

What the scientists are saying…

Life in Pompeii after Vesuvius

Amazon is listening

Pick of the week’s Gossip

J.D. Vance: “crusading” in the Cotswolds

Suspects’ ethnicity: should it be revealed?

University: a waste of time and money?

The Beckhams: trouble in paradise

Wit & Wisdom

Statistics of the week

Football: familiar flaws as Arsenal scrape past Man Utd

Women’s Rugby World Cup: England’s to lose?

Boxing: a new heavyweight superstar?

Sporting headlines

Pick of the week’s correspondence

How to end the war in Ukraine

Review of reviews: Books

Ballet: Mary, Queen of Scots

Podcasts… from 1990s rave culture to war in the Pacific

Film & TV

Alien: Earth – a prequel to the space horror classic

Exhibition of the week The World of King James VI & I • Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh (0131-624 6200, nationalgalleries.org). Until 14 September

Where to buy… • The Week reviews an exhibition in a private gallery

Big Mermaid must go

Best books… Anthony Cheetham • The publisher and author’s latest book, The Life and Death of Richard III (Apollo £30), with an introduction by Dan Jones, is out now. It follows his recent memoir, A Life in Fifty Books (Apollo £25)

The Week’s guide to what’s worth seeing

The Archers: what happened last week

Television

New to streaming

Best properties on the market

Food & Drink

Recipe of the week: mini cheese scones • Perfect for junior chefs, these are the easiest, cheesiest scones you could hope to make, say Jolene and Lily Mae Cox. They are a delicious addition to any lunch box, and after your first batch, you’ll wonder why people ever buy scones in the shops.

New cars: what the critics say

The best… ice cream makers

Tips of the week… how to not get scammed

And for those who have everything…

Where to find… UK kayak or paddleboard trips

This week’s dream: fine restaurants in the Spanish Pyrenees

Getting the flavour of…

Hotel of the week

The commander of the ill-fated Apollo 13 mission

Producer who turned Blue Peter into a national institution

Companies in the news …and how they were assessed

Seven days in the Square Mile

Intel: Trump bets on a struggling chipmaker

Issue of the week: the battle for weight-loss dominance • Can Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly regain their former stock market glory? A lot is riding on next year’s pills

Making money: what the experts think

Political trades

Commentators

City profiles

Who’s tipping what

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