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 Greens fall flat

THE WEEK

The Week

Politics

Spirit of the age

Good week for:

Bad week for:

Burnham’s EU plans

Reform UK: ban asylum

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 Ann Patchett

Viewpoint: Pessimism fatigue

Farewell

Israel’s crucial election • In a closely fought general election that will take place on 27 October, Benjamin Netanyahu could finally lose his grip on power

What did Netanyahu know?

Best articles: Britain

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

Best of the American columnists

Livestreaming an execution: death as entertainment

Best articles: International

Plague in Siberia: the case of the broken test tube

What the scientists are saying…

How AI can read our minds

Sea ice warning

Pick of the week’s Gossip

Saudi Arabia: an escalating crisis

Mental illness: why is it on the rise?

Burnham: is the PM’s luck running out?

Germany’s spy scandal: a shocking episode

Wit & Wisdom

Statistic of the week

Football: City, unfazed by guilty verdicts, brush aside Liverpool

Formula 1: a “monster reawakens” in Singapore

Commentary box

Sporting headlines

Pick of the week’s correspondence

Zionism: ideology vs. reality

Review of reviews: Books

Anne Carson: a “compulsively readable” Nobel winner

THE WEEK Bookshop

Theatre: The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie •  Lyceum, Edinburgh, to 18 Oct, then touring Scotland to 7 Nov (nationaltheatrescotland.com) Run time: 3hrs

Podcasts… on a giant hoax, big questions and great books

Film & TV

The Party: juicy saga based on Elizabeth Day’s bestseller

Exhibition of the week Renoir and Love • National Gallery, London WC2 (020-7747 2885, nationalgallery.org.uk). Until 31 January

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

Stolen: Dalí’s 150kg book cover

The week’s guide to what’s worth seeing

Best books… Mary Portas • The broadcaster and champion of the high street, who transformed the fortunes of Harvey Nichols, picks her favourites. She is talking about her latest book, I Shop, Therefore I Am (Canongate £10.99) at Stratford Literary Festival on 1 November

Television

New to streaming

Best properties on the market

Food & Drink

Recipe of the week: one-pan Greek lemon chicken

New cars: what the critics say

The best… instant cameras

Tips… the lessons Monty Don taught us

And for those who have everything…

Where to find… the best flower-delivery services

This week’s dream: a family “coolcation” in Arctic Sweden

Getting the flavour of…

Hotel of the week

Politician and novelist who was jailed for perjury

Companies in the news …and how they were assessed

Seven days in the Square Mile

Human interface

Issue of the week: the economy and the Budget • Key measures are moving in the right direction, but the Chancellor will still have to strike a delicate balance

The Tories’ IHT gambit: what the pundits say

Nobel primer

Commentators

City profile

Who’s tipping what

Lured into Putin’s...