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 LA crackdown

THE WEEK

The Week

Politics

Spirit of the age

Good week for:

Bad week for:

Sizewell C investment

Anti-migrant riots

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 emergency planner Professor Lucy Easthope

Viewpoint: Period drama in decline

Farewell

Britain’s cocaine habit • Use of the drug is surging in the UK – with alarming consequences

From Colombia to the doorstep

Best articles: Britain

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

Best of the American columnists

The AI apocalypse: will it hit us in 2027?

Best articles: International

Can the “Bernie Sanders of South Korea” heal his nation?

What the scientists are saying…

Factories in orbit… the new frontier

Millions have ADHD

Musk and Trump: the bromance comes to an end

Pick of the week’s Gossip

Hamilton by-election: a blow to the SNP

The ECHR: time for the UK to quit?

Wit & Wisdom

Statistics of the week

Tennis: a “duel for the ages” in the French Open

Football: Ronaldo bests Yamal in “battle of generations”

Sporting headlines

Pick of the week’s correspondence

Growing up poor

Review of reviews: Books

Theatre: A Midsummer Night’s Dream • Bridge Theatre, London SE1 (0333-320 0051). Until 20 August Running time: 2hrs 40mins

Podcasts…music, and 1,600 interviews

Film & TV

What It Feels Like for a Girl: trans coming-of-age drama

Exhibition of the week Heiress: Sargent’s American Portraits • Kenwood House, London NW3 (020-8348 1286, english-heritage.org.uk). Until 5 October

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

The 200-year-old condom

Best books… Gordon Corera • The journalist and podcaster chooses his top spy novels by spies. He will be speaking at the Chalke History Festival on 27 June about his new book, The Spy in the Archive: How One Man Tried to Kill the KGB (William Collins £25)

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: courgette, feta and broad bean quiche • This quiche is a thing of beauty, says Paul Hollywood: courgette ribbons are spiralled in the pastry case and interspersed with broad beans and feta, then baked in a creamy egg custard. Don’t over-bake it – you want the filling to still have a slight wobble in the middle.

New cars: what the critics say

The best… camping mattresses

Tips of the week… clever ways to use up leftovers • Raymond Blanc’s top tips to cut food waste

And for those who have everything…

Where to find… the best affordable UK glampsites

This week’s dream: exploring Georgia’s southern highlands

Getting the flavour of…

Some of the best music and singing holidays in 2025 • Sociable music breaks in lovely locations are sure to lift the spirits, says Stuart Kenny in The Guardian

Acclaimed chronicler of gay life in postwar America

French-Jewish spy who went undercover in Nazi Germany

Companies in the news …and how they were assessed

Tesla/SpaceX/Starlink: after the...