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.

Ceasefire talks

It wasn’t all bad

The main stories… …and how they were covered

Report on a scandal

THE WEEK

The Week

Politics

Spirit of the age

Good week for:

Bad week for

President Macron’s visit

Jury trial report

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 and gardener Carol Klein

Viewpoint: AI brain

Farewell

The battle over the next Dalai Lama • Tibet’s exiled spiritual leader has just turned 90, and he has been clarifying his reincarnation plans

Tibet under Chinese rule

Best articles: Britain

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

Best of the American columnists

Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill: a demonstration of “raw power”

Best articles: International

Europe’s heatwave: the new front line of climate change

What the scientists are saying…

A visitor from another solar system

Toxic air warning

Pick of the week’s Gossip

Oasis reunited: definitely maybe a triumph

Schools: the soaring cost of special needs

Corbynism returns: a new party on the Left

The Salt Path: were readers conned?

Wit & Wisdom

Statistics of the week

Tennis: Norrie loses, but a good Wimbledon for Britain

Football: the “impossibly sad” death of Diogo Jota

A first home victory for Lando Norris

Sporting headlines

Pick of the week’s correspondence

The future of the NHS

Review of reviews: Books

Musical: Evita • London Palladium, London W1 (020-3925 2998, evitathemusical.com) Running time: 2hrs 10mins

Podcasts… from people smuggling to film design

Film

Exhibition of the week Kiefer / Van Gogh • Royal Academy, London W1 (020-7300 8090, royalacademy.org.uk). Until 26 October

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

A record Canaletto

Best books… Mark Billingham • The actor and crime writer will be talking about his latest novel, What the Night Brings (Sphere £22), at the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival in Harrogate (17-20 July; harrogateinternationalfestivals.com)

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: lemon and courgette carbonara

New cars: what the critics say

The best… air coolers

Tips of the week… for blended families • Psychotherapist Katherine Walker’s advice for raising children in a blended family

And for those who have everything…

Apps… for improving your productivity

This week’s dream: a wilderness reborn in Mozambique

Getting the flavour of…

Hotel of the week

ITN newsreader who reported on the fall of Saigon

Hellfire televangelist brought low by sex scandals

Companies in the news …and how they were assessed

Seven days in the Square Mile

M&S: battle-hardened and in reset mode

Issue of the week: renewed tariff turmoil • Markets still think Trump’s bark is worse than his bite, but there’s deep unease in boardrooms

Britain’s gilt trip: what the experts think

Holiday money • Jetting off? Here’s how to take the heat off your holiday spending, says Rupert Jones in The...