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

Andrew banished

THE WEEK

The Week

Politics

Spirit of the age

Good week for

Bad week for

“Inactivity crisis”

Academic freedom case

Curriculum overhaul

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 broadcaster Lorraine Kelly

Viewpoint: Phone etiquette

Farewell

A “golden age” of nuclear power • The Government is promising to “fire up nuclear power”. Why, and how?

How safe is nuclear?

Best articles: Britain

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

Best of the American columnists

Trump’s favour bank: the pardoning of a crypto criminal

Massacre in Darfur: the world looked the other way

The far-right in retreat: a new leader for the Netherlands

What the scientists are saying…

The killer fevers in Napoleon’s army

A warning about ultra-HD

Pick of the week’s Gossip

Trump’s trade war: has China won?

Rachel Reeves: tripped up by red tape

The train stabbings: horror on the railway

Zack Polanski: growing the Greens

Wit & Wisdom

Statistics of the week

Rugby union: England go from “chokers” to “closers”

Football: the devastating talent of “a Norwegian goal machine”

World Cup glory at long last for India’s women

Sporting headlines

Pick of the week’s correspondence

The fallout from a royal scandal

Review of reviews: Books

Novel of the week

Opera: Dead Man Walking • Coliseum, London WC2 (020-7845 9300). Until 18 November Running time: 2hrs 50mins

Albums of the week: three new releases

Film & TV

Down Cemetery Road: dramatisation of Mick Herron’s twisty thriller

Exhibition of the week Peter Doig: House of Music • Serpentine South Gallery, London SW7 (020-7402 6075, serpentinegalleries.org). Until 8 February

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

Buy a share in a golden cube

Best books… Jeremy Hunt • The politician chooses five favourites. He will be speaking about his book Can We Be Great Again? (Swift Press £25) at the St Andrew’s Book Festival in London on 25 November (standrewsbookfestival.org)

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

The joys of sherry

New cars: what the critics say

The best… epilators

Tips of the week… how to look after your bicycle

And for those who have everything…

Where to find… the best Italian delis in the UK

This week’s dream: a wild Canary Island’s creative wave

Getting the flavour of…

Four of the leading spas and wellness retreats in Europe • The continent’s wellness scene can calm your soul – and stretch your credulity, says Susan d’Arcy in The Sunday Times

Classically trained actress who starred in Fawlty Towers

Visionary whose anti-nuclear film shocked the nation

Companies in the news …and how they were assessed

Eurostar/Virgin: smashing the Chunnel monopoly

Seven days in the Square Mile

Issue of the week: Nvidia at $5trn • The chipmaker has redefined the meaning of “Big Tech”. But worries are mounting about its...