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

The Bondi massacre

THE WEEK

The Week

Politics

Spirit of the age

Good week for:

Bad week for:

Rising unemployment

Ending the petrol car ban

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 writer Lee Child

Viewpoint: Christmas lists

Farewell

Nick Fuentes and the Groypers • White supremacism has a new face in the US: a clean-cut 27-year-old with a vast social media following

The making of an extremist

Best articles: Britain

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

Somali-Americans: a fraud scandal draws Trump’s fire

Best of the American columnists

“Deactivation Day”: Australia’s messy social media ban

Best articles: International

What the scientists are saying…

The oldest human-made fire

A&E “under siege”

The Christmas quiz • Test your grasp of current affairs and general knowledge with our quiz

Football: Aston Villa’s “remarkable turnaround”

Cricket: why England need Harry Brook to produce his magic

Commentary box

Sporting headlines

Pick of the week’s correspondence

Should we engage with Russia?

Books of the year • The critics’ top eight choices based on Christmas selections in national newspapers, The London Standard, the TLS, The Spectator and The New Statesman

Theatre: A Christmas Carol (or two) • Leeds Playhouse, Sheffield Crucible, London’s Alexandra Palace Theatre & The Old Vic

Theatre: Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo • Young Vic, London SE1 (020-7922 2922). Until 31 January Running time: 2hrs 30mins

Other opening

Film & TV

Man vs Baby: Rowan Atkinson stars in an accidental adoption comedy

Keep abreast of current affairs

Exhibition of the week Turner Prize 2025 • Cartwright Hall Art Gallery, Bradford (01274-431212, bradfordmuseums.org). Until 22 February

Martin Parr (1952-2025): chronicler of British life

Best books… Hannah Durkin • The historian and recent winner of The Wolfson History Prize 2025 for her book Survivors: The Lost Stories of the Last Captives of the Atlantic Slave Trade (William Collins £22) picks five books that have inspired her

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

The best… presents for younger children

Tips of the week… to not be scammed at Christmas

And for those who have everything…

Where to find… presents that don’t need wrapping

This week’s dream: a luxury walking tour in Western Australia

Getting the flavour of…

Hotel of the week

The “starchitect” responsible for the Guggenheim Bilbao

Novelist who had a No. 1 bestseller with The Rector’s Wife

Companies in the news …and how they were assessed

Seven days in the Square Mile

iRobot/Tesla: a rough ride for US robots

Issue of the week: the AI bubble of 2025 • Uneasy investors have begun hedging against potential defaults, amid fears of a meltdown

Financial gifts: what the experts think

Words of the year

Commentators

City profile

Who’s tipping what

The snail farm don: Britain’s most brazen tax avoider •...