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Quiz of The Week: 11 – 17 AprilQuiz Have you been paying attention to The Week’s news?
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The Week Unwrapped: How did Pakistan become the Middle East mediator?Podcast Plus, has Northern Ireland struck gold? And why does the Queen of Country unite Americans?
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David Hockney at Serpentine North: a ‘moving, magical’ exhibitionThe Week Recommends Featuring a 90-metre-long frieze of changing seasons, the show proves the 88-year-old veteran artist’s ‘powers haven’t deserted him’
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Mercedes-Benz GLC electric: a ‘plush and comfortable all-rounder’The Week Recommends ‘Packed with kit’, the reinvented GLC blends tech with ‘wafting comfort’
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California Schemin’: James McAvoy’s ‘assured’ directing debut is a ‘blast’The Week Recommends Samuel Bottomley and Séamus McLean Ross star as ‘tremendously likeable’ Scottish rappers who pose as Americans to secure a record deal
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The Stranger: a ‘spellbindingly sleek’ adaptation of Albert Camus’ novellaThe Week Recommends François Ozon’s ‘icily compelling’ film has a ‘subtle revisionist slant’
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Jan Morris: A Life – an ‘enthralling’ biographyThe Week Recommends Sara Wheeler paints a ‘masterly’ portrait of the complex trans pioneer
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Kiss of the Spider Woman: ‘a triumph all round’The Week Recommends Paul Foster’s revival of John Kander and Fred Ebb’s hit musical is ‘exceptional’
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Best biographies and memoirs to add to your reading listThe Week Recommends Dive into these compelling life stories – from Margaret Atwood to Cher
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The best podcasts to keep you entertainedThe Week Recommends From celebrity gossip to history deep dives, these are the most binge-worthy series
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What to see and do at Hay FestivalThe Week Recommends This year’s line-up is as enticing as ever, with Ian McEwan, Maggie O'Farrell, Bernardine Evaristo, Val McDermid – and more
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Pig-butchering: Southeast Asia’s scam hubsThe Explainer To feed the online fraud trade, Chinese crime syndicates have set up ‘factories’ using forced labour across Southeast Asia
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Rape, paralysis and euthanasia: the case convulsing SpainIn the Spotlight Noelia Castillo, the 25-year-old who was granted assisted death after a prolonged legal battle, has become a symbol of social failure
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Stranded in Iran: how the US pulled off a daring rescueIn the Spotlight Two US airmen were successfully recovered after their fighter jet was shot down over Iran
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The end of Nato?Talking Point Donald Trump’s threats to pull the US out of the alliance would be almost impossible to put into action, but they draw attention to a ‘staggering’ imbalance
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Quiz of The Week: 4 – 10 AprilQuiz Have you been paying attention to The Week’s news?
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The Week Unwrapped: Is Viktor Orban about to lose power?Podcast Plus, why are stalking offences on the rise? And would you choose to be dissolved after death?
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Romeo & Juliet: an ‘outlandishly joyful’ take on the Shakespearean classicThe Week Recommends Sadie Sink and Noah Jupe dazzle in Robert Icke’s ‘richly emotional, brilliantly intelligent’ West End production
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The Drama: ‘compulsively watchable’ romcom with a dark twistThe Week Recommends Zendaya and Robert Pattinson star in ‘provocative’ wedding movie
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Enough Said: latest volume of Alan Bennett’s ‘punctiliously kept’ diariesThe Week Recommends The 91-year-old ponders mortality and loss in his fourth instalment
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The rise of culturally specific dating appsUnder the Radar Japan, Iceland and China take individual approaches to matchmaking
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The Illuminati: what is it, who are its members, and what do they believe?In Depth Belief that a ‘corrupt elite is secretly running the world’ is one of the longest-running and most widespread conspiracy theories of our time
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What are the rules of war?The Explainer Strict protocols governing violations of international humanitarian law are not always enforceable – or enforced
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Hungary’s illiberal democracyThe Explainer Viktor Orbán has led Hungary since 2010, and has remade its political institutions. But elections this month pose a major challenge
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