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

Farage in the spotlight

THE WEEK

THE WEEK

Politics

Spirit of the age

Good week for:

Bad week for

“Stakeknife” report

Elections delayed

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 Margaret Atwood

Viewpoint: Christmas creep

Farewell

Is the jury out? • The Government is proposing to limit the use of juries in England and Wales. Is the plan justified?

Should the use of juries be reduced?

Best articles: Britain

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

The drug-boat strike: was it a war crime?

Best of the American columnists

The issue dividing Israel: ultra-Orthodox draft dodgers

Best articles: International

What the scientists are saying…

A vast Neolithic pit ring

The recovering ozone layer

Pick of the week’s Gossip

Starmer: are his days as PM numbered?

Mental health: a growing crisis

Facial recognition: a revolution in policing

Eurovision: has it met its Waterloo?

Wit & Wisdom

Statistics of the week

Formula 1: a first world title for Britain’s Lando Norris

Cricket: another “crushing” Ashes defeat in Australia

Has Mo Salah played his final game for Liverpool?

Sporting headlines

Pick of the week’s correspondence

Eurovision: a principled boycott?

Review of reviews: Books

Troublemaker

Novel of the week

Musical: The Sound of Music • Curve Theatre, Leicester (0116-242 3595). Until 17 January Running time: 2hrs 20mins

Musical: Singin’ in the Rain • Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester (0161-833 9833). Until 25 January Running time: 2hrs 45mins

Film

Exhibition of the week Bridget Riley: Learning to See • Turner Contemporary, Margate (01843-233000, turnercontemporary.org). Until 4 May

Where to buy…

Fabergé’s Winter Egg

Best books… Keith McNally • The London-born, New York restaurateur picks his favourite books with ambitious characters. His bestselling memoir, I Regret Almost Everything (Simon & Schuster £25), is out now

The Week’s guide to what’s worth seeing

The Archers: what happened last week

Television

New to Netflix

Best properties on the market

Food & Drink

Recipe of the week: chicken milanese with grapefruit and fennel salad

The best… gifts for teenagers

Tips… how to be a good party guest or host

And for those who have everything…

Where to find… festive days out in the UK

This week’s dream: heavenly spectacle in the wilds of Canada

Getting the flavour of…

Hotel of the week

Jamaican singer who helped bring reggae to the world

Influential Michelin-starred chef

Companies in the news …and how they were assessed

Seven days in the Square Mile

Nvidia: chips to China as Trump U-turns

Issue of the week: the fight for Warner Bros. • A Hollywood takeover war for the ages is officially on, and the outcome may depend on pleasing Trump

Japanese bonds: what the experts think

More Christmas books

Commentators

City profiles

Who’s tipping what

The longest boom: Poland’s economic miracle • Since emerging broken from communism, Poland has...