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Echo Valley: a 'twisty modern noir'
The Week Recommends This tense thriller about a mother and daughter is 'American cinema for grown ups'
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The Week Unwrapped: Could the Greens ape Reform UK?
Podcast Plus, are more people opting out of public services?
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Larry Lamb shares his favourite books
The Week Recommends The actor picks works by Neil Sheehan, Annie Proulx and Émile Zola
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Stereophonic: an 'extraordinary, electrifying odyssey'
The Week Recommends David Adjmi's Broadway hit about a 1970s rock band struggling to record their second album comes to the West End
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Shifty: a 'kaleidoscopic' portrait of late 20th-century Britain
The Week Recommends Adam Curtis' 'wickedly funny' documentary charts the country's decline using archive footage
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Lollipop: a single mother trapped in a 'hellish catch-22'
The Week Recommends Daisy May Hudson's moving debut feature is a gut puncher in the Ken Loach tradition
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How Not to Be a Political Wife: Sarah Vine offers 'ringside seat' to British government
The Week Recommends The former spouse of Michael Gove writes 'unsparingly and grippingly' about both personal and political issues
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How the Israel-Iran conflict broke out
The Explainer Israel's strike on Iran's nuclear and missile programmes was years in the planning
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What is the Chagos Island deal?
The Explainer UK agreement to cede archipelago to Mauritius in exchange for leasing Diego Garcia base criticised by UN panel, Tories and Chagossians
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The best true-crime podcasts of 2025: Pipeline to Sea of Lies
The Week Recommends From 'meaty' investigations to 'head-spinning' mysteries, you'll be listening from the edge of your seat
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The seven strangest historical discoveries made in 2025
The Explainer From prehistoric sunscreen to a brain that turned to glass, we've learned some surprising new facts about human history
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Best new biographies and memoirs to read in 2025
The Week Recommends Dive into some of the most compelling life stories – from Cher to Lou Reed
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Britain's grooming gangs scandal, explained
The Explainer Government makes an about-turn on a national inquiry into child sexual abuse carried out by gangs
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How does Israel's Iron Dome air defence system work?
The Explainer Israeli targets struck by Iranian missiles as its government fast-tracks new Iron Beam laser technology
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Is China preparing to invade Taiwan?
In Depth Increased military exercises are 'rehearsals' for forced unification, says top US commander
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Will 2027 be the year of the AI apocalypse?
A 'scary and vivid' new forecast predicts that artificial superintelligence is on the horizon A 'scary and vivid' new forecast predicts that artificial superintelligence is on the horizon
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Some of the best music and singing holidays in 2025
The Week Recommends From singing lessons in the Peak District to two-week courses at Chetham's Piano Summer School
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What is halal meat and is it cruel?
In Depth Islamic ritual slaughter has been attacked by animal welfare groups, but Muslim authorities say the method is humane
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Mar-a-Lago face: what's behind the Maga plastic surgery trend?
Under the Radar Trump supporters driven by 'desire to please' the President but phenomenon crosses party lines
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The Week Unwrapped: How did South Korea become a cultural powerhouse?
Podcast Plus, what does a vote on citizenship tell us about Italy? And is the future of football six-a-side?
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Heiress: Sargent's American Portraits – a 'revelatory' glimpse into the Belle Époque
The Week Recommends Kenwood exhibition shines a light on the American 'dollar princesses' who married into the English aristocracy
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Gordon Corera chooses his favourite spy novels
The Week Recommends The journalist picks works by James Wolff, Graham Greene and John le Carré
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Ballerina: 'a total creative power cut' for the John Wick creators
Talking Point Ana de Armas can't do much with her 'lethally dull' role
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Properties of the week: gorgeous Georgian houses
The Week Recommends Featuring homes in Norfolk, Suffolk and Kent
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