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

A long, hot summer

THE WEEK

The week

Politics

Spirit of the age

Good week for:

Bad week for:

Russia’s drone warning

New planning rules

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 singer and songwriter Chaka Khan

Viewpoint: Against silence

Farewell

Punk’s “year zero” • Fifty years ago, punk rock – noisy, anarchic, rude and dressed to shock – erupted onto Britain’s streets and stages

Bill Grundy meets the Sex Pistols

Best articles: Britain

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

Best of the American columnists

AOC: is she gearing up for a White House run?

Best articles: International

The Mecca accord: an Islamic Nato for the Middle East?

What the scientists are saying…

Dogs can read our facial expressions

Ibuprofen hastens sunburn

The tragedy of Jason Arday: was the media to blame?

Pick of the week’s Gossip

North Sea oil and gas: Burnham’s dilemma

Migration: the rise of the “mega-dinghy”

Wit & Wisdom

Statistics of the week

Athletics: Amy Hunt makes history in Birmingham

Community Shield: a statement victory for Arsenal

Novak Djokovic “wilts” in Cincinnati

Sporting headlines

Pick of the week’s correspondence

The value of a GP

Review of reviews: Books

Novel of the week

Theatre: How the Other Half Loves • The Old Vic, London SE1 (0344-871 7628). Until 19 September Running time: 2hrs 45mins

Podcasts… history of art, and a high-profile killing

Film & TV

My Brilliant Career: Australia’s answer to Pride and Prejudice

Exhibition of the week Portrait of a City • Dulwich Picture Gallery, London SE21 (020-8693 5254, dulwichpicturegallery.org.uk). Until 4 October

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

Banksy’s cost to the taxpayer

The week’s guide to what’s worth seeing

Best books… Sebastian Barry • The award-winning novelist, poet and playwright picks five of his favourites. He is talking about his new novel, The Newer World (published by Faber on 10 September), at the Queen’s Park Book Festival on 6 September (queensparkbookfestival.co.uk)

Television

New to streaming

Best properties on the market

Food & Drink

Recipe of the week

Canned cocktails

Rolls-Royce Spectre II: “Rolls’s most desirable car, made even more so”

The best… wireless earbuds

Tips of the week… how to eat healthily on a budget

And for those who have everything…

Where to find… Britain’s most interesting piers

This week’s dream: riding in the mountains of Kyrgyzstan

Getting the flavour of…

Hotel of the week

Companies in the news …and how they were assessed

Seven days in the Square Mile

Anthropic: the largest IPO ever?

Issue of the week: Burnham and business • The PM thinks “growth” is best handled in Manchester. That won’t solve all his problems

The bond slump: what the experts think

Advice to ignore? • In business, everybody’s got an opinion, says Kate Krader on Bloomberg. Here is some advice that successful CEOs are glad they didn’t take:

Commentators

City profiles

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