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

Hostilities resume

THE WEEK

The Week

Politics

Spirit of the age

Good week for:

Bad week for:

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 charity leader Paul Farmer

Viewpoint: The establishment

Farewell

Cuba under siege • The Trump administration wants regime change in Cuba by the end of the year. Will it get it?

Cuban migrants: in Trump’s sights

Best articles: Britain

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

Best of the American columnists

The Platner affair: “vibes”, sexting and a Nazi tattoo

Best articles: International

Marine Le Pen: a convicted criminal for president?

What the scientists are saying…

An “extreme” marine heatwave

Statin success story

Pick of the week’s Gossip

Russia’s war: is it running out of gas?

Pip benefits: “not fit for purpose”

Ann Widdecombe: a political murder?

Ruth Ellis: pardoned, 70 years on

Wit & Wisdom

Statistics of the week

World Cup: England is now the “Jude Bellingham show”

Wimbledon: another Czech champion at SW19

McCullum sacked as England’s Test coach

Sporting headlines

Pick of the week’s correspondence

Wasting water

Review of reviews: Books

Novel of the week

Musical: Jesus Christ Superstar • London Palladium (020-3925 2998), until 5 Sep; Theatre Royal Drury Lane, 16 Oct-9 Jan 2027 Run time: 2hrs

Albums of the week: three new releases

Film & TV

How To Get Filthy Rich: Gary Stevenson’s tax crusade

Exhibition of the week Ai Weiwei: Button Up! • Aviva Studios, Manchester (0333-322 8679). Until 6 September

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

The King’s pictures

The week’s guide to what’s worth seeing

Best books… Alan Moore

Television

New to streaming

Best properties on the market

Food & Drink

Recipe of the week: ray wings with black butter

New cars: what the critics say

The best… wine coolers

Tips… to keep your house cool without air-con

And for those who have everything…

Where to find… a lovely coastal hotel in Britain

This week’s dream: the varied delights of a safari in Malawi

Getting the flavour of…

Hotel of the week

Redoubtable Tory politician turned TV personality

Welsh superstar who sang Total Eclipse of the Heart

Companies in the news …and how they were assessed

Seven days in the Square Mile

Mexican rave?

Issue of the week: re-escalation in the Middle East • The rising oil price has worrying implications for investors – and for Andy Burnham

Super Tuesday: what the experts think

How the World Cup is moving markets

Commentators

City profile

Who’s tipping what

The dictator’s father-in-law: alone and disgraced in Acton • Fawaz Akhras, a former cardiologist and the father-in-law of Bashar al-Assad, is living out his old age in a modest house in west London. As Martin Fletcher reports, he assisted the brutal al-Assad regime, and enriched himself personally

Crossword

Read less, know more • Catch up on everything you need to know in one balanced and entertaining read.