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.

The main stories… …and how they were covered

Awful April

It wasn’t all bad

THE WEEK

The Week

Politics

Spirit of the age

Good week for:

Bad week for:

Birmingham bin strike

Sentencing guidelines

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 journalist and writer Lindsey Hilsum

Viewpoint: Soft furnishings

Farewell

The West Bank settlers • While all eyes are on Gaza, Israeli settlers are encroaching further onto Palestinian land in the West Bank

Israel’s claim to Judea and Samaria

Best articles: Britain

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

Best of the American columnists

Trump’s war on lawyers: trampling over the Constitution

Best articles: International

Vance in Greenland: Trump’s “reconnaissance mission”

What the scientists are saying…

A pill to make dogs live longer

AI speeds up cancer checks

Pick of the week’s Gossip

The Sentebale row: a blow for Prince Harry

School disputes: a police matter?

Earthquake in Myanmar: a nation in ruins

Just Stop Oil: mission accomplished?

Wit & Wisdom

Statistic of the week

Football: the English game enters a new era

Tennis: a Raducanu resurgence in Miami

Commentary box

Sporting headlines

Pick of the week’s correspondence

Schools, parents and the police

Review of reviews: Books

Theatre: North by Northwest • York Theatre Royal, then touring (wisechildrendigital.com)

Albums of the week: three new releases

Film & TV

The Studio: razor-sharp film-industry satire with Seth Rogen

Exhibition of the week Astonishing Things: The Drawings of Victor Hugo • Royal Academy, London W1 (020-7300 8090, royalacademy.org.uk). Until 29 June

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

Miró’s hidden mother

Best books… Diana Henry • The award-winning food writer chooses the books that have most affected her. Her audiobook, Around the Table, 52 Essays on Food and Life is on Audible and Spotify now, and published by Mitchell Beazley in October

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 • I always eat as much asparagus as I can during the short British season, which begins this month, says Xanthe Ross. Asparagus pairs well with the freshness of ricotta, and cutting the spears into rounds produces a satisfying delicacy.

Poland embraces wine

Consumer

The best… record players

Tips of the week… to save on streaming services

And for those who have everything…

Where to find… the best sustainable subscriptions

This week’s dream: the wild islands far south of New Zealand

Getting the flavour of…

Hotel of the week

Clean-cut actor known as the “king of the mini-series”

Socialite whose failed wedding captivated the media

Companies in the news …and how they were assessed

British Steel: weeks to save the furnaces

Seven days in the Square Mile

Issue of the week: “liberation day” tariffs • Trump’s big gamble on trade has exposed a widening divide in corporate America

Making money: what the...