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.

Labour’s Budget

The final week

It wasn’t all bad

THE WEEK

The Week

The call for reparations

Spirit of the age

Good week for:

Bad week for:

Labour MP suspended

Armed Forces warning

Poll watch

Europe at a glance

The world at a glance

People

Viewpoint: Siestas at work

Farewell

The mystery of Lord Lucan • Fifty years ago this week, on 7 November 1974, Lord Lucan disappeared following a murder at his estranged wife’s home

An elusive peer

Best articles: Britain

IT MUST BE TRUE… I read it in the tabloids

Best of the American columnists

Trump’s politics: is it right to use the “F word”?

Best articles: International

Collaboration in Kazan: the birth of a new world order?

What the scientists are saying…

Why you should talk to your cat

Soaring drug deaths

Pick of the week’s Gossip

Israel attacks Iran: a “limited” retaliation

Special educational needs: a system in crisis

Chris Kaba: a victim of racial injustice?

Labour: meddling in US elections?

Wit & Wisdom

Statistics of the week

Football: Manchester United finally lose patience with ten Hag

Cricket: “Bazball” undone by Pakistan’s spin

The rising star of British tennis

Sporting headlines

Pick of the week’s correspondence

Defining fascism

Reagan

Revenge of the Tipping Point

The Party

Theatre: The Forsyte Saga (Parts I and II) • Park Theatre, London N4 (020-7870 6876). Until 7 December

Albums of the week: three new releases

Film & TV

The Franchise: satire that sends up cinema’s comic-book craze

Exhibition of the week Vanessa Bell: A World of Form and Colour • MK Gallery, Milton Keynes (01908-676900, mkgallery.org). Until 23 February

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

Pompeii’s erotic frescoes

Best books… Kate Summerscale • The writer of the No. 1 bestseller The Suspicions of Mr Whicher chooses her favourite true crime works. Her acclaimed new book, The Peepshow: The Murders at 10 Rillington Place, is out now (Bloomsbury Circus £22)

The Week’s guide to what’s worth seeing

The Archers: what happened last week

Television

New to streaming TV

Energy-efficient houses

Food & Drink

Recipe of the week

Wine choice

New cars: what the critics say

The best… slow cookers

Tips of the week… how to get teens to read more

And for those who have everything…

Apps… the best apps to help with budgeting • Check the app is compatible with your bank, and does what you need, before signing up

This week’s dream: a tour of Ireland’s newest national park

Getting the flavour of…

Hotel of the week

Shot-putter who became The World’s Strongest Man

Auschwitz survivor who spread her message on TikTok

Companies in the news …and how they were assessed

Seven days in the Square Mile

Thames Water: bridge over troubled water?

Issue of the week: trading Trump 2.0 • Speculators are piling in on the Trump trade. A Harris victory would come as a surprise

The Budget: the main points

Startup Britain • Health tech companies featured prominently in Bloomberg’s annual list of the Top 25 UK Startups to Watch for 2024. Here are four of its picks:

Commentators

City profile

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