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

China’s show of strength

THE WEEK

The Week

Politics

Spirit of the age

Good week for:

Bad week for:

Childhood vaccinations

New Green party leader

Poll watch

Europe at a glance

The world at a glance

People

Viewpoint: Gentle parenting

Farewell

The Epstein files • Six years after his death, conspiracy theories still swirl around the financier and sex offender. Why?

Shadowy elites and loose ends

Best articles: Britain

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

Best of the American columnists

Trolling Trump: California’s governor fights back

Best articles: International

The PM’s gamble: saving France from “catastrophe”?

What the scientists are saying…

A cow’s long journey to Stonehenge

A test for ovarian cancer

Pick of the week’s Gossip

AI chatbots: are they dangerous friends?

The ECHR: should Britain withdraw?

Angela Rayner: the missing stamp duty

Taylor Swift: making marriage great again

Wit & Wisdom

Statistics of the week

Football: Liverpool make early statement in title race

Cricket: has the Hundred finally come of age?

Tempers fray at the US Open

Sporting headlines

Pick of the week’s correspondence

Do we need digital ID cards?

Review of reviews: Books

Podcasts… from Caligula to the counter-culture

Albums of the week: three new releases

Film & TV

The Great Art Fraud: a “riveting” tale of a disgraced art dealer

Exhibition of the week Between Sleeping and Waking • Bethlem Museum of the Mind, Beckenham (020-3228 4227, museumofthemind.org.uk). Until 22 November

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

Portrait of a Lady vanishes

Best books… Clare Balding • The broadcaster and author chooses her favourites. Her first novel for adults, Pastures New (HarperCollins £20) is out this week, and she will be at a series of events and signings at bookshops nationwide (clarebalding.co.uk)

The Week’s guide to what’s worth seeing

The Archers: what happened last week

Television

New to streaming

Best properties on the market

Food & Drink

Recipe of the week: rigatoni with “no-vodka sauce”

New cars: what the critics say

The best… headphones

Tips of the week… to cope with driving test nerves

And for those who have everything…

Where to stay… on top walking routes in the UK

This week’s dream: the nostalgic charm of Bermuda

Getting the flavour of…

Rental of the week

The penultimate survivor of the famous Dionne quints

Former child refugee who founded a pioneering tech firm

Companies in the news …and how they were assessed

Seven days in the Square Mile

Nvidia: unstoppable force, or powering down?

Issue of the week: trouble in the gilt markets • UK borrowing costs have hit a 27-year high, prompting fears of a fiscal “doom-loop”. What’s going on?

Long-term investing: what the experts think

Ask the family

Commentators

City profiles

Who’s tipping what

Into the paranormal: a sceptic’s journey • Ben Machell never believed in the supernatural. But when he started to investigate the work of a renowned parapsychologist, he found himself drawn into a strange new...