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.

The welfare overhaul

Putin rejects ceasefire

It wasn’t all bad

THE WEEK

The Week

Starmer vs. Whitehall

Spirit of the age

Good week for:

Bad week for:

Farming subsidies cut

Economy shrinks

Poll watch

Europe at a glance

The world at a glance

People

Castaway of the week

Viewpoint: Social media fanatics

Farewell

Killer asteroids • The threat posed to Earth by a newly discovered asteroid has been downgraded. But others could be headed our way

The Chicxulub impact

Best articles: Britain

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

Best of the American columnists

Canada: a strange choice of enemy

Best articles: International

Duterte’s arrest: a case of “white man’s justice”?

What the scientists are saying…

For tubby labradors, it’s all in the genes

A test for deadly strokes

Pick of the week’s Gossip

Facebook: an insider’s shocking exposé

NHS England: the end of a mega-quango

The Tories: abandoning net zero

Elon Musk: has he made Tesla toxic?

Wit & Wisdom

Statistics of the week

Football: Newcastle end 70 years of “purgatory”

Tennis: an Englishman “comes of age” in California

England throw off shackles in Cardiff

Sporting headlines

Pick of the week’s correspondence

Trump and Ukraine: the new reality

Review of reviews: Books

Musical: Clueless • Trafalgar Theatre, London SW1 (0333-009 6690). Until 27 September

Podcasts… on abusive relationships, scams and parenting

Film & TV

Adolescence: outstanding drama about a 13-year-old accused of murder

Exhibition of the week Turner: In Light and Shade • Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester (0161-275 7450, whitworth.manchester.ac.uk). Until 2 November

Where to buy…

The Madonna and the widow

Best books… Anne Sebba • The biographer and journalist chooses her favourite works about women in war. Her latest book is The Women’s Orchestra of Auschwitz: A Story of Survival (Weidenfeld & Nicolson £22), which is published this week

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

Food & Drink

Recipe of the week: Erica’s harira soup • This dish is a real winner, says Leon’s director of food, Erica Molyneaux. My version of a warming, gently spiced Moroccan soup-stew, finished with a swirl of harissa, it’s perfect for a simple weeknight supper or for when you have friends over.

The best… wild swimming kit

Tips… when and how to book your holiday

And for those who have everything…

The internet… glasses and contact lenses deals

This week’s dream: a horseback safari in the wilds of Zambia

Getting the flavour of…

Hotel of the week

Dissident playwright who shone a light on Apartheid

The world’s oldest known Holocaust survivor

Companies in the news …and how they were assessed

US legal firms: Trump’s chilling Big Law crackdown

Seven days in the Square Mile

Issue of the week: the Mar-a-Lago accord • A Maga economic blueprint proposes upending the global financial system. Could it fly?

China’s renaissance: what the experts think

Golden year

Commentators

City profile

Who’s tipping what

Can tiny Moldova show the world how to stand...