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

Special needs reform

THE WEEK

The Week

Politics

Spirit of the age

Good week for:

Bad week for:

Ministerial probe

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 journalist and editor Roula Khalaf

Viewpoint: Down with facts

Farewell

The row over student loans • Millions of graduates have been left with hefty student loans, at high interest rates, and they’re not happy. Is the system unfair?

The solution: a graduate tax?

Best articles: Britain

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

Best of the American columnists

Bombing Iran: will Trump go to war?

Best articles: International

Death in Lyon: the growing violence in French politics

What the scientists are saying…

Why Arctic rivers are turning orange

Chikungunya in Europe

Mountbatten-Windsor: “author of his own misfortunes”

Pick of the week’s Gossip

The Chagos deal: should Starmer U-turn?

Youth unemployment: a lost generation?

Wit & Wisdom

Statistics of the week

Winter Olympics: a Games full of incident and controversy

Six Nations: England go from world-beaters to whipping boys

Can Tottenham’s new coach revive their fortunes?

Sporting headlines

Pick of the week’s correspondence

Is AI up to the job?

Review of reviews: Books

Novel of the week

THE WEEK BOOKSHOP

Theatre: Dracula • Noël Coward Theatre, London WC2 (0344-482 5151). Until 30 May Running time: 1hr 50mins

Albums of the week: three new releases

Film & TV

How to Get to Heaven from Belfast: a worthy follow-up to Derry Girls

Exhibition of the week Lucian Freud: Drawing into Painting • National Portrait Gallery, London WC2 (020-7306 0055, npg.org.uk). Until 4 May

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

The first ever YouTube video

The week’s guide to what’s worth seeing

Best books… Alex Preston • The prize-winning author, journalist and co-founder of the Corfu Literary Festival chooses his five favourite books. His latest novel, A Stranger in Corfu (Canongate £18.99), is out now in hardback

Television

New to streaming TV

Best properties on the market • Properties with splendid roof terraces

MONEYWEEK

Food & Drink

Recipe of the week: aloha pineapple kimchi with teriyaki salmon

Consumer

The best… wheelbarrows

Tips of the week… to maintain weight loss

And for those who have everything…

Where to find… the most iconic metros in the world

This week’s dream: the weird and wonderful wildlife of Ghana

Getting the flavour of…

Hotel of the week

Charismatic civil rights leader who ran for the presidency

CITY • Companies in the news …and how they were assessed

Seven days in the Square Mile

Grind culture

Issue of the week: the return of tariff turmoil • The Supreme Court decision is a vindication for the rule of law, but opens up a welter of new uncertainties

Crypto winter 2.0: what the experts think

AI scare trade

Commentators

City profile

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