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Mary Portas picks her favourite booksThe Week Recommends The retail consultant and broadcaster selects works by Rainer Maria Rilke, Edith Wharton and Laurie Lee
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The Lost Children of Tuam: a ‘painful, devastating film’The Week Recommends Monica Dolan excels in the true-life drama of a Galway baby home scandal
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Quiz of The Week: 10 - 16 OctoberQuiz Have you been paying attention to The Week’s news?
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The Week Unwrapped: Is it time to close Everest?Podcast Plus, do we need a new way of measuring time? Are we losing the battle against bed bugs?
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Blockers: Michael Lewis’ ‘rollercoaster’ exposé of Elon Musk’s DogeThe Week Recommends ‘Essential record’ of a dismal episode in US history
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A pilgrims’ trail on Mount FujiThe Week Recommends Plus, the charm of Croatia’s little Tuscany, and a week at Nadal’s school of padel
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The savage beauty of St HelenaThe Week Recommends ‘Magic’ island with an abundance of variety is ‘hard to define’
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How other nations pay for careThe Explainer Germany and Australia among the nations who could offer inspiration for bolstering England’s ‘threadbare’ care system
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University moong recipeThe Week Recommends Wholesome mung beans are warmed with flavoursome spices
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Flydubai 1073: a major disaster avertedTalking Point Heroism of crew and passengers who thwarted attempted terror attack cannot mask underlying security failures
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Quiz of The Week: 3 - 9 OctoberQuiz Have you been paying attention to The Week’s news?
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The Week Unwrapped: Is there such a thing as ‘ethical’ gold mining?Podcast Plus, what does a new start-up tell us about the state of AI? And why are K-pop acts boycotting the Grammys?
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Turner Prize 2026: ‘one of the strongest’ in recent memoryThe Week Recommends The exhibition now in Middlesbrough has some ‘solid showings’ – but is the art too conventional?
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Bentley Torcal: ‘the most powerful and torquey Bentley ever’The Week Recommends The EV model comes with the ‘material plushness’ customers would expect, but can also reach top speeds of 162mph
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Holding Lightning: new biography makes the case for Whitney Houston’s ‘genius’The Week Recommends Emily Lordi’s book refuses to reduce the singer’s story to the usual ‘good girl gone bad’ narrative
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Is the UK safe from Iran?Today's Big Question Tehran has warned that US allies are a ‘legitimate target’, but defence experts doubt the regime could pull off a major attack
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A timeline of GrenfellIn Depth As manslaughter, fraud and misconduct charges filed, we look at the key events in the nine-year wait for justice
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‘Zionism is racism’: is the new Greens policy too radical?Talking Point Conference vote a ‘threat to British Jews’ says Chief Rabbi, as former party leader calls it ‘divisive’
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Team Kemistry: are the Tories making a comeback?Today's Big Question Conservative leader’s favourability rating surges but analysts say it’s ‘too early to talk about a Kemi-naissance’
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The unsung glories of Brazil’s biggest cityThe Week Recommends ‘Concrete jungle’ of São Paulo has ‘endless’ riches on offer to visitors
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The welfare bill: is spending on benefits really out of control?The Explainer Critics claim that ‘spiralling’ costs are unsustainable, but Keir Starmer’s attempts prove reforming the system is no small feat
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Diesel price hikes: a ‘missile’ heading for Trump votersTalking Point A proposed export ban could drive down prices in the short term, but at the risk of damaging long-term production
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The political walking dead: Germany’s zombie chancellorIn the Spotlight A string of poor election results has left Friedrich Merz with unprecedentedly low approval ratings
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Quiz of The Week: 26 September - 2 OctoberQuiz Have you been paying attention to The Week’s news?
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