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

Trump’s fury

THE WEEK

The Week

Politics

Spirit of the age

Good week for:

Bad week for:

Horror in Liverpool

Net migration drop

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 Abdulrazak Gurnah

Viewpoint: The lanyard class

Farewell

Deporting foreign criminals • Is human rights law making it too hard to deport foreign nationals who have committed serious crimes?

The ECHR and the Strasbourg Court

Best articles: Britain

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

Best of the American columnists

The Biden cover-up: a “near-treasonous” conspiracy

Best articles: International

Trump’s latest hit job: accusing South Africa of genocide

What the scientists are saying…

The people who hardly need to sleep

A two-hour test for tumours

Pick of the week’s Gossip

Angela Rayner: angling to be PM?

Prison reform: a radical shake-up

The Chagos Islands: Starmer’s “lousy deal”

The King: a warm welcome in Canada

Wit & Wisdom

Statistic of the week

Football: Arsenal triumph in the Champions League…

…and Sunderland return to the top flight

Norris triumphs on the streets of Monte Carlo

Sporting headlines

Pick of the week’s correspondence

The U-turn on winter fuel

Review of reviews: Books

Theatre: Mrs. Warren’s Profession • The Garrick Theatre, London WC2 (0330-333 4811). Until 16 August Running time: 1hr 45mins

Podcasts… on Jerry Springer, science and Donald Trump

Film & TV

Sirens: an entertaining satire on the lives of the ultra-wealthy

Exhibition of the week Ancient India: living traditions • British Museum, London WC1 (020-7323 8000, britishmuseum.org). Until 19 October

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

Marina Abramović’s erotic epic

Best books… Rana Dasgupta • The novelist and essayist chooses books that illuminated his research for his forthcoming book, After Nations (out in 2026, William Collins). He is a recipient of one of this year’s Windham Campbell Prizes for non-fiction

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 • This salad is a great way of getting your greens in, says Saskia Sidey – when else would you happily eat a whole head of cabbage in a sitting? Adding avocado to the dressing makes it deliciously creamy, while tarragon gives it an aniseed flavour that will make people ask what your secret ingredient is.

Wine choice

New cars: what the critics say

The best… gardening shoes

Tips of the week… to protect from hackers

And for those who have everything…

Where to find… the best summer food festivals

This week’s dream: a city of culture in the high Andes

Getting the flavour of…

Let of the week

Artist and writer who was at the heart of Swinging London

Courageous explosives expert known as “Swampy”

Companies in the news …and how they were assessed

Seven days in the Square Mile

Telegraph Media Group: RedBird returns to take ownership

Issue of the week: a global fiscal...