The Week covers the Best of the British and Foreign Media. With its non partisan reporting, The Week gives the reader an insight into all the the news, people, arts, drama, property, books and how the international media has reported it. This concise guide allows the reader to be up to date and have a wealth of knowledge to allow them to discuss all these key topics with their friends and peers.

The main stories… …and how they were covered

THE WEEK

The Week

Controversy of the week • Free speech and big tech

Spirit of the age

Good week for

Bad week for

Chinese imports curbed

Local election delays

Poll watch

The UK at a glance

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 historian and broadcaster David Olusoga

Viewpoint: Flouting the rules

Farewell

The new deal with Europe • The Brexit trade deal was agreed on Christmas Eve and passed through the Commons in just one day. What has been agreed?

The border in the Irish Sea

Best articles: Britain

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

Best of the American columnists

Democrats triumph in Georgia: a huge boost for Biden

Best articles: International

Europe: falling behind in the race to vaccinate

What the scientists are saying…

Archaeologists uncover remarkable traces of the Plastic Age

Why clean energy is not fully “green”

The storming of the Capitol: America’s day of shame

Gossip

Policing the lockdown: has it gone too far?

Schools: a “catastrophic ten months”

Wit & Wisdom

Statistics of the week

Football: looking for a miracle in the FA Cup

Cricket: a thrilling test overshadowed by racism

Tennis: not such a “happy” Australian Open

Sporting headlines

Pick of the week’s correspondence

Covid: lessons from Taiwan

Review of reviews: Books

Podcasts... pop culture, food, and Harry and Meghan

Albums of the week: three new releases

Films to stream

Film and TV

Bridgerton: where Jane Austen meets Dallas

Artist of the week: Francis Bacon

News from the art world

The List

The Week’s guide to what’s worth watching

The Archers: what happened last week

Coming up online

Riverside properties

What the experts recommend

Recipe of the week: Asian hot pot • This delicious and very filling vegan stew is the perfect dish for a cold winter’s day, says Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall. The mushrooms are fried “hard” to start with, creating a lovely caramelised exterior that really adds to the flavour of the dish. The miso paste is optional, but it does give the hot pot a boost of savoury, “umami” character.

Consumer

New cars: what the critics say

The best... robot vacuum cleaners

Obituaries

Companies in the news • ...and how they were assessed

Seven days in the Square Mile

Dr. Martens: a well-heeled flotation for a footwear favourite

Issue of the week: the cost of control • For many companies, the transition to post-Brexit trade is not going smoothly. And it’s not all down to teething problems

Stock markets: what the experts think

Soaring bitcoin

Commentators

City profiles

Who’s tipping what

Market summary

Directors’ dealings

Form guide

Market view

“Families expand like ripples in a pond” • The Haitian-American novelist Edwidge Danticat’s family is anything but nuclear. It comprises the aunt, uncle and cousins who helped...