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

Orbán ousted

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Politics

Spirit of the age

Good week for:

Bad week for:

Southport Inquiry

Poll watch

Europe at a glance

The world at a glance

People

Viewpoint: Keeping up the grind

Farewell

Drill, baby, drill? • With energy prices volatile due to the conflict in the Middle East, many are calling for North Sea oil resources to be fully exploited

Jackdaw and Rosebank

Best articles: Britain

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

Best of the American columnists

Hegseth’s “purge”: turmoil at the Pentagon

Best articles: International

A war hero in the dock: the case against Ben Roberts-Smith

What the scientists are saying…

How octopuses mate at arm’s length

Vitamin D and dementia

The war in Iran: is America facing a “strategic defeat”?

Pick of the week’s Gossip

Kanye West: was it right to ban him?

Israel vs. Hezbollah: a barrier to peace

Wit & Wisdom

Statistics of the week

The Masters: McIlroy enters the pantheon of greats

The Grand National: perhaps not “too soft” after all

A last-minute twist to the title race

Sporting headlines

Pick of the week’s correspondence

A giant leap for mankind?

Review of reviews: Books

Novel of the week

THE WEEK Bookshop

Musical: Kiss of the Spider Woman • Curve Theatre, Leicester (0116-242 3595). Until 23 April, then Bristol Old Vic and on Run time: 2hrs 30mins

Podcasts… the history of music, and miscarriages of justice

Film & TV

The Testaments: a young adult sequel to The Handmaid’s Tale

Exhibition of the week David Hockney • Serpentine North, London W2 (020-7402 6075, serpentine.org). Until 23 August

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

The row over Guernica

The week’s guide to what’s worth seeing

Best books… Adam Rutherford • The geneticist, writer and broadcaster picks five great, recently published books. He will be talking about the tenth anniversary edition of his A Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived (Orion £12.99) at the Stratford Literary Festival (stratlitfest.co.uk) on 8 May

Television

New to streaming

Best properties on the market

Food & Drink

Recipe of the week: Amma’s aubergine poriyal • There’s always one person in a family that makes the best version of a particular dish, says Brin Pirathapan: and in my family, everyone knows that my mum’s fried aubergine is the best aubergine dish around. There would be a full-on revolt if anyone turned up to a party at our family home and there wasn’t a vat of it waiting to be demolished. Mum passed on the recipe to me, but there’s an element of intuition that can’t be written down. None of us can fully live up to her famous dish, but we can try.

New cars: what the critics say

The best… chefs’ tools for the perfect roast

Tips… expert tips on learning a new language

And for those who have everything…

Where to buy… comfortable footwear

This week’s dream: the ancient rock art deep in the Sahara

Getting the flavour of…

Hotel of the week

Former policeman who became an action star

Fifties cover star who modelled for Barbara Hepworth

Companies in the news …and how they were assessed

Seven days in the Square...