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.

It wasn’t all bad

A Tory drubbing

The Rafah offensive

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The Week

Scotland’s new leader

Spirit of the age

Good week for:

Bad week for:

MoD data breach

Oil and gas licences

Poll watch

Europe at a glance

The world at a glance

People

Viewpoint: Righteous appropriation

Farewell

Access to the countryside • A battle is being fought over access to England’s green spaces

The Kinder Scout trespass

Best articles: Britain

IT MUST BE TRUE… I read it in the tabloids

Best of the American columnists

The politics of puppy killing: what was Kristi Noem thinking?

Best articles: International

Georgia at a crossroads: is it heading for dictatorship?

What the scientists are saying…

The spiders heading our way

Underage drinking

Campus unrest: are the protests backfiring?

Pick of the week’s Gossip

Metro mayors: an experiment in democracy

Slavery: did it make us rich?

Wit & Wisdom

Statistic of the week

Formula 1: victory at last for a rising British talent

Snooker: a new “grandmaster of the baize” at the Crucible

A joyous return to the top for the “Tractor Boys”

Sporting headlines

Pick of the week’s correspondence

A question of identification

All That Glitters

Magic Pill

The Ministry of Time

Theatre: The Buddha of Suburbia • Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon (01789-331111). Until 1 June Running time: 2hrs 50mins

Albums of the week: three new releases

Film

Shardlake: adaptation of C.J. Sansom’s first Tudor mystery novel

Exhibition of the week Expressionists • Tate Modern, London SE1 (020-7887 8888, tate.org.uk). Until 20 October

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

The fugitive’s Auerbach

Best books… Jackie Kay • The poet and former Makar of Scotland chooses her favourite books. Her new collection, May Day (Picador £10.99), is out now. She will be appearing at the Charleston Festival on Thursday 16 May (charleston.org.uk)

The Week’s guide to what’s worth seeing

The Archers: what happened last week

Television

New to streaming TV

Houses mentioned by Nikolaus Pevsner

What the experts recommend

Recipe of the week: cauliflower caponata

New cars: what the critics say

The best… handheld vacuum cleaners

Tips… spring cleaning your home

And for those who have everything…

Where to find… the best soundbars for your TV

This week’s dream: an elegant mountain resort in Japan

Getting the flavour of…

Hotel of the week

Writer known as the “dean of American postmodernists”

Guitarist for whom “the twang was the thang”

Companies in the news …and how they were assessed

Seven days in the Square Mile

Driverless cars: Wayve scoops Europe’s biggest AI investment

Issue of the week: all eyes on the Bank • The timing of rate cuts has political implications, but the market impact will be greater

Making money: what the experts think

British biotech • The UK is an international leader in biotech, said Kate Burgess in the FT. How best to ride the...