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

The blockade continues

It wasn’t all bad

THE WEEK

The Week

Politics

Spirit of the age

Good week for:

Bad week for:

Rapist convicted

Antisemitic attacks

Poll watch

Europe at a glance

The world at a glance

People

Viewpoint: Named and shamed

Farewell

Chernobyl, 40 years on • On 26 April 1986, a reactor at the Chernobyl nuclear power station in Ukraine exploded

Wartime in Chernobyl

Best articles: Britain

IT MUST BE TRUE… I read it in the tabloids

Best of the American columnists

“WEAK on Crime”: Trump takes on the Pope

Best articles: International

The rise of the machines: an all-robot victory in Ukraine

What the scientists are saying…

Atlantic current could soon collapse

Spider bite admissions

Pick of the week’s Gossip

The Sussexes on tour: a royal “hokey-cokey”

UK Armed Forces: desperately inadequate?

The SNP: heading for a loveless landslide

A “Summer of Sex”: Niblett’s big idea

Wit & Wisdom

Statistics of the week

Football: Coventry City return to the Premier League

Golf: an uncertain future for the Saudi-backed LIV tour

India’s 15-year-old cricketing phenomenon

Sporting headlines

Pick of the week’s correspondence

The Mandelson scandal

Review of reviews: Books

Novel of the week

THE WEEK Bookshop

Musical: Avenue Q • Shaftesbury Theatre, London WC2 (020-7379 5399 Until 29 August) Running time: 2hrs 15mins

Theatre: One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest • The Old Vic, London SE1 (0344-871 7628). Until 23 May Running time: 2hrs 40mins

Film & TV

Grayson Perry Has Seen the Future (and he doesn’t like it)

Exhibition of the week V&A East • Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, London E20 (020-7942 2000, van.ac.uk)

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

Art in the stratosphere

The week’s guide to what’s worth seeing

Best books… Slavoj Žižek • The Slovenian philosopher picks five novels about global catastrophe that changed his thinking. He will be speaking about the ideas in his new book – Liberal Fascisms (Bloomsbury £9.99) – in Bristol and London on 5 and 6 May (howtoacademy.com)

Television

Coming up for sale

Best properties on the market

Food & Drink

Recipe of the week: spring meatballs, pasta and peas • When it comes to family favourites and crowd-pleasers, you can’t go wrong with a meatball, says Georgina Hayden. Light, lemony and spring-like, this brothy recipe is both comforting and fresh – and a gorgeous way of getting greens into your dinner. My kids love it, especially when I roll the meatballs really small.

The best… children’s bikes

Tips of the week… to help with revising for exams

And for those who have everything…

Where to find… Britain’s finest Georgian buildings

This week’s dream: hiking in style in the Indian Himalayas

Getting the flavour of…

Hotel of the week

Trailblazing DJ who reported on the Rwanda genocide

The influential Italian designer behind Diesel jeans

Companies in the news …and how they were assessed

Associated British Foods/Primark: giant demerger unleashes Primark

Seven days in the Square Mile

Issue of the week: the battle for control of the Fed • Millions of Americans tuned into Kevin...