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

Jury trials curtailed

THE WEEK

The week

Politics

Spirit of the age

Good week for:

Bad week for:

Sexual crimes inquiry

Hillsborough report

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 cameraman and presenter Gordon Buchanan

Viewpoint: Leave me alone, AI

Farewell

The Office for Budget Responsibility • Even before it accidentally published the Budget ahead of time last week, the OBR had become a lightning rod for criticism. Why?

The “three wise men”

Best articles: Britain

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

Best of the American columnists

Trump’s poll collapse: can he stop the slide?

Best articles: International

Pakistan: Trump’s “favourite field marshal” takes charge

What the scientists are saying…

A heart transplant pioneer

Lung condition emergencies

Pick of the week’s Gossip

Workers’ rights: Starmer makes a U-turn

Prostate screening: should it be routine?

Your Party: a chaotic inaugural conference

Migration: are the young leaving in droves?

Wit & Wisdom

Statistics of the week

Formula 1: McLaren make another “colossal error”

Football: Liverpool’s “new boys” turn a corner

Commentary box

Sporting headlines

Pick of the week’s correspondence

Juries: the case for and against

Review of reviews: Books

Novel of the week

Musical: Paddington: The Musical • Savoy Theatre, London WC2 (0333-009 6690). Until 25 October Running time: 2hrs 45mins

Albums of the week: three new releases

Film & TV

Stranger Things: Netflix’s supernatural thriller builds to its finale

Exhibition of the week Turner & Constable: Rivals & Originals • Tate Britain, London SW1 (020-7887 8888, tate.org.uk). Until 12 April

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

Renoir’s son on sale

Best books… Elizabeth Gilbert • The author of the bestselling Eat, Pray, Love picks books about women overcoming difficulty. Her memoir, All the Way to the River (Bloomsbury £22), explores her relationship with a friend and lover who died in 2018

The Week’s guide to what’s worth seeing

The Archers: what happened last week

Television

New to streaming TV

Best properties on the market

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Food & Drink

Recipe of the week: piccalilli • You’ll find this piccalilli all over Lulu’s, says Lasse Petersen, executive chef of Lulu’s and Llewelyn’s restaurants in Herne Hill, south London. It’s sharp, bright and endlessly adaptable – the kind of thing that pulls any dish together.

The best… Christmas presents for £50 or under

Tips of the week… buying ski holiday insurance

And for those who have everything…

Where to find… Europe’s best Christmas markets

The Week, all wrapped up

This week’s dream: a little corner of Blighty in rural Flanders

Getting the flavour of…

Hotel of the week

Playwright of dazzling wit and complex ideas

Companies in the news …and how they were assessed

Seven days in the Square Mile

US-UK pharma deal: cui bono?

Issue of the week: a Budget for business? • The...