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 backlash over ICE

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Politics

Police reform plans

Pubs U-turn

Spirit of the age

Good week for:

Bad week for:

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 Leader of the Opposition, Kemi Badenoch

Viewpoint: Reflexive pronoun creep

Farewell

Reforming the House of Lords • Keir Starmer’s Government regards reform of the House of Lords as “long overdue and essential”. Why?

The Lords by numbers

Best articles: Britain

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

Best of the American columnists

The “mad king”: has Trump finally lost it?

Best articles: International

Syria’s Kurds: abandoned by their US ally

What the scientists are saying…

AI glasses to help dementia patients

Prostate drug extended

Trump’s new world order: how should Europe respond?

Pick of the week’s Gossip

The Beckhams: the feud dividing Britain

Reform UK: Braverman jumps ship

Wit & Wisdom

Statistic of the week

Football: “squeaky bum time” returns to the Emirates

Cricket: Harry Brook’s crazy innings in Colombo

A wretched Australian Open for Britain

Sporting headlines

Pick of the week’s correspondence

The wrong time to start a year?

Review of reviews: Books

The Elements of Power

Novel of the week

THE WEEK BookShop

Theatre: Our Town

Albums of the week: three new releases

Film & TV

Steal: glossy Amazon Prime thriller starring Sophie Turner

Exhibition of the week Anna Ancher: Painting Light • Dulwich Picture Gallery, London SE21 (020-8693 5254, dulwichpicturegallery.org.uk). Until 8 March

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

Ai Weiwei’s button project

Best books… Roy Foster • The emeritus professor of Irish history at Oxford and celebrated biographer was among the judges of the first Elizabeth Longford Brief Lives Essay Award, the winner of which is due to be announced this week (elhb.uk/brieflives)

The Week’s guide to what’s worth seeing

The Archers: what happened last week

Television

Coming up for auction

Best properties on the market

Food & Drink

Recipe of the week: addas soup (lentil soup) • This soup is made from basic store-cupboard ingredients, but always tastes like more than the sum of its parts, says Ilhan Mohamed Abdi. By the next day, it will have thickened beautifully, becoming almost like a daal. Then I’ll often serve it over rice, or gently loosen it on the stove with a splash of water.

New cars: what the critics say

The best… from the Consumer Electronics Show • CES takes place every January in Las Vegas, showcasing a range of the new technology on the horizon

Tips of the week… how to be a better public speaker

And for those who have everything…

Where to find… castles for a Traitors-style break

This week’s dream: a laid-back trip along the Sunshine Coast

Getting the flavour of…

Hotel of the week

Couturier who dressed Jackie Kennedy and Elizabeth Taylor

Controversial cartoonist behind Dilbert

Companies in the news …and how they were assessed

Seven days in the Square...