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.

Trump victorious

The Budget backlash

It wasn’t all bad

THE WEEK

The Week

Betting on Badenoch

Spirit of the age

Good week for:

Bad week for:

Tuition fees to rise

Disposable vapes banned

Poll watch

Europe at a glance

The world at a glance

People

Viewpoint: Hurrah for the 1980s

Farewell

The right to die • Assisted dying could soon be legalised in England and Wales. What can we learn from the law in other countries?

Best articles: Britain

IT MUST BE TRUE… I read it in the tabloids

Best of the American columnists

Jeff Bezos: did he muzzle The Washington Post?

Floods in Spain: the devastation of Valencia

Volkswagen on the ropes: a crisis of its own making

What the scientists are saying…

The threat to the hedgehog

Dementia news

Pick of the week’s Gossip

The Budget: will it kill the family farm?

Israel: a crackdown on UN aid

The King’s fiefdoms: royal money-spinners

Saoirse Ronan: how the actress went viral

Wit & Wisdom

Statistics of the week

Rugby union: England fall agonisingly short against All Blacks

Formula 1: a comeback for the ages in Brazil

Commentary box

Sporting headlines

Pick of the week’s correspondence

The true cost of reparations

Shattered

The Scapegoat

Juice

Theatre: Dr. Strangelove • Noël Coward Theatre, London WC2 (0344-482 5151). Until 25 January

Podcasts… kill lists, Joni Mitchell, and spooky goings-on

Film

Exhibition of the week The World of Tim Burton • Design Museum, London W8 (020-3862 5937, designmuseum.org). Until 21 April

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

Arts education and the mantis

Best books… Edmund de Waal • The artist, writer and chair of the 2024 Booker Prize panel describes this year’s shortlist: the six best novels of the year published in English, in the judges’ view. The winner will be announced on 12 November

The Week’s guide to what’s worth seeing

The Archers: what happened last week

Television

New to streaming TV

Enchanting country houses

Food & Drink

Griddled salmon and vegetables with miso and melted butter

New cars: what the critics say

The best… Wellington boots

Tips of the week… hacks to help ease back pain

And for those who have everything…

Where to find… forest escapes in the UK

This week’s dream: exploring a timeless corner of Spain by bike

Getting the flavour of…

Hotel of the week

Economist known as “the cleverest young man in England”

Teacher who was one of the Little Rock Nine

Companies in the news …and how they were assessed

Seven days in the Square Mile

AI buzzkill

Issue of the week: Labour and the debt markets • The bond market mini-tantrum was a warning to the Chancellor – and the BoE

Trump’s victory: how markets reacted

Carry me home

Commentators

City profiles

Shares

Pickpocket! Hunting for thieves with a Dutch vigilante • Jaime van Gastel has become an online sensation in the Netherlands for catching pickpockets and filming their reactions. Harry Wallop takes him around London’s tourist hotspots to see him at work

How to pick a pocket or two

Crossword

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