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

AI vs. humanity

THE WEEK

The Week

Politics

Spirit of the age

Good week for:

Bad week for:

Assisted dying bill fails

The Thirlwall Inquiry

Europe at a glance

The world at a glance

People

Viewpoint: “Warm handovers”

Farewell

The great local government shake-up • Last week, plans to overhaul England’s system of county councils and local authorities were abruptly paused. What’s going on?

Surrey divided, Middlesex reborn

Best articles: Britain

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

Best of the American columnists

Trump’s $5,000 pledge to voters: a “desperate gimmick”

Best articles: International

The scandal rocking Malta: getting away with murder?

What the scientists are saying…

Yellow fever mozzie found in the UK

A landmark Alzheimer’s trial

9/11: the day that changed the world

Pick of the week’s Gossip

The Houthis: a new threat to oil supplies

Paycation: England’s new tourist tax

Wit & Wisdom

Statistics of the week

US Open: the new “standard-bearer” of women’s tennis

Football: Hull City’s remarkable start to the season

Cricket’s new era of “wobble-seam”

Sporting headlines

Pick of the week’s correspondence

Assisted dying: voted down again

Review of reviews: Books

Novel of the week

Theatre: Bloodsport: After Helen of Troy • Theatre Royal Stratford East, London (020-8534 0310). Until 10 October Running time: 2hrs

Musical: Kimberly Akimbo • Hampstead Theatre, London NW3 (020-7722 9301). Until 7 November Running time: 2hrs 45mins

Film & TV

Slow Horses: MI5’s outcast spies return for series six

Exhibition of the week Trent Park: House of Secrets • Enfield, London (020-4524 0419, trentparkhouse.org.uk). Now open to the public

Blockbuster shows in Europe • The Week selects the best art exhibitions to see across the continent this autumn

The week’s guide to what’s worth seeing

Best books… Ben Okri

Television

Coming up for sale

Best properties on the market

Food & Drink

Baked aubergines with tomatoes, tarragon and crème fraîche

New cars: what the critics say

The best… induction pans

Tips of the week… student finances

And for those who have everything…

Where to find… the best British birdwatching apps

This week’s dream: a family train trip across China

Getting the flavour of…

Rental of the week

Zoologist and first chair of English Nature

Comedy actor who starred in Man About the House

Companies in the news …and how they were assessed

Seven days in the Square Mile

The AI freakout: an “Oppenheimer moment”?

Issue of the week: the future of the state pension • The triple lock is ruinously expensive and a barrier to reform. But would abolition be political suicide?

The Revolut scam: a bank’s nightmare

Bad behaviour

Commentators

City profile

Who’s tipping what

“The love of my life”: Mary Austin’s 20 years with Freddie Mercury • Mary Austin spent four years as the Queen singer’s girlfriend until they both realised that he preferred men. But he continued to trust her more than anybody, and left her half his fortune. Thirty-five years after his death, she speaks to Simon...