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The Sheep Detectives: ‘ludicrous’ cosy crime caperTalking Point Family-friendly film about a flock of sheep trying to solve a murder is an ‘odd viewing experience’
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The Black Death: a ‘horribly compelling’ global history of the plagueThe Week Recommends Thomas Asbridge’s ‘powerful portrait of a world that stared death in the face’
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Dyson PencilVac Fluffycones: a luxury vacuum ‘you’ll actually enjoy using’The Week Recommends One of the ‘most innovative’ Dyson products of the last year, it is a ‘fantastic option’ for hard floors
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How GPS jamming is playing havoc in the Middle EastIn the Spotlight Electronic interference in the region is ‘next-level’, affecting both commercial and military navigation systems
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Five moments it all went wrong for StarmerThe Explainer Winter fuel and welfare U-turns, national insurance hikes, Peter Mandelson’s appointment and disastrous local elections have brought PM to the brink
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A glorious trip through the Bergen islandsThe Week Recommends This gorgeous world of ‘picture-postcard’ seascapes and villages is worth exploring
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Why Palantir is fast becoming one of the world’s most notorious companiesThe Explainer CEO Alex Karp has recently called for universal conscription, encouraged the development of AI weapons, and condemned the West’s ‘vacant and hollow pluralism’
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Griddled olive, tomato & basil flatbreads recipeThe Week Recommends Warm, soft flatbreads are paired with salty olives
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Benjamin Netanyahu’s rivals unite to take him downIn the Spotlight An unlikely alliance has formed in the hopes of crowding out Israel's longest-serving prime minister
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Germany learns the cost of provoking TrumpTalking Point Friedrich Merz’s comments on ‘humiliated’ US have unleashed the president’s wrath
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Kimi Antonelli: the Italian teenager dominating F1In the Spotlight Mercedes wunderkind is proving a ‘mighty big thorn’ in the side of both his rivals and his British teammate, George Russell
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Quiz of The Week: 2 – 8 MayQuiz Have you been paying attention to The Week’s news?
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The Week Unwrapped: Has art fallen victim to politics in Venice?Podcast Plus, is Bucharest’s left-right coalition a sign of things to come? And should female sterilisation be as easy to access as vasectomies?
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In Bloom: How Plants Changed our World – a ‘consistently illuminating’ exhibitionThe Week Recommends The Ashmolean’s show presents a ‘mix of the wonderful, the weird and the downright wacky’ of the plant world
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A Midsummer Night’s Dream: an ‘effervescent’ new interpretationThe Week Recommends A ‘lively, progressive’ take in Birmingham has similar feel to Globe’s ‘effervescent comic performances’
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The Devil Wears Prada 2: ‘champagne-crisp’ sequel reunites old castThe Week Recommends Merry Streep returns as ‘silvery terror’ Miranda Priestly navigating the ‘choppy seas’ of magazine editing in the digital age
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What If Reform Wins: an ‘entertaining and downright terrifying’ bookThe Week Recommends Journalist Peter Chappell offers a speculative account of what might happen if Nigel Farage becomes PM
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The political controversy overshadowing the Venice BiennaleThe Explainer Protests, resignations and boycotts dominate opening of the ‘Art Olympics’
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Grooming gangs inquiry: UK scandal explainedThe Explainer Three-year statutory investigation will look into how gangs operated as well as alleged cover-ups by institutions such as the police and local authorities
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The best true crime podcasts to binge nowThe Week Recommends Electrifying investigations from Blood Memory to Wisecrack
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Can a peace deal be agreed between Iran and US?Today's Big Question Both sides want an end to the war but on their terms – and they remain far apart
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Restore Britain: is new far-right party a threat to Farage?The Explainer Rupert Lowe’s upstart outfit could cost Reform UK crucial votes or drag it even further to the right
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Will Thursday mark the end of the two-party system?Today's Big Question Fracturing of electorate ‘brings governability into question’ and ‘creates particular problems of democratic legitimacy’
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A trip on England’s most glorious railwayThe Week Recommends ‘Fiercely undulating’ 73-mile route through the Yorkshire Dales and Cumbria
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