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

The crackdown on Grok

THE WEEK

The Week

Politics

Spirit of the age

Good week for:

Bad week for:

U-turn on digital ID

Northern Powerhouse

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 writer Jesse Armstrong

Viewpoint: Team politics

Farewell

Russia’s shadow fleet • The seizure of a Russian tanker in the Atlantic last week has drawn attention to the country’s clandestine shipping network

Flags of convenience

Best articles: Britain

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

Best of the American columnists

Death in Minneapolis: a shooting dividing the US

Best articles: International

The rise of the spymaster: a “tectonic shift” in Ukraine’s politics

What the scientists are saying…

Should we fear the parakeet takeover?

Vaccines for chickenpox

Pick of the week’s Gossip

Venezuela: a strange kind of regime change

Ukraine: will British troops be deployed?

Pub rates: another U-turn for Labour

Zahawi: a Tory “big beast” defects

Wit & Wisdom

Statistic of the week

Football: Macclesfield pull off greatest-ever FA Cup upset

Cricket: post-mortem on an Ashes that delivered “little”

The retirement of Britain’s quiet cycling great

Sporting headlines

Pick of the week’s correspondence

Exchange of the week Humans vs. robots

THE WEEK Bookshop

Review of reviews: Books

Theatre: Woman in Mind • Duke of York’s Theatre, London WC2, then touring (womaninmindplay.com) Running time: 2hrs 30mins

Albums of the week: three new releases

Hamnet • Heartbreaking adaptation of Maggie O’Farrell’s bestselling novel Dir: Chloé Zhao 2hrs 5mins (12A)

Giant • 1990s-set boxing biopic starring Pierce Brosnan Dir: Rowan Athale 2hrs (15)

Can You Keep a Secret?: Dawn French returns as a West Country fraudster

Exhibition of the week Marie Antoinette Style • V&A, London SW7 (020-7942 2000, vam.ac.uk). Until 22 March

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

Found: a Celtic war trumpet

Best books… Kathy Reichs • The bestselling thriller author and forensic anthropologist chooses five favourites. Her new novel, Evil Bones (Simon & Schuster £20), the latest in the Temperance Brennan series, is published this week

The Week’s guide to what’s worth seeing

The Archers: what happened last week

Television

Coming up for sale

Best properties on the market

Food & Drink

Recipe of the week: ultimate pasta alla Norma • Once you realise that tomato sauces are enhanced by the addition of miso, you won’t be able to grab a can of tomatoes from your cupboard without a jar of miso coming out too, says Bonnie Chung. This is the best veggie pasta ever, and my favourite when I’m feeling lazy. All you need is an aubergine and some store-cupboard essentials.

New cars: what the critics say

The best… juicers

Tips of the week… which food to keep in the fridge

And for those who have everything…

Where to find… outdoor adventures in Scotland

Exploring ancient forests on three continents

A guesthouse worth praying for in Paris

A Korean winter wonderland

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