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The Week Unwrapped: Why is country music top of the pops?Podcast Plus, should everyone have to vote? And what can we learn from the Aquiry civilisation?
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Spider-Man: Brand New Day – ‘entertaining spectacle’The Week Recommends Tom Holland and his Zendaya return for reboot
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How worried should we be about rogue AI agents?Today's Big Question As frontier models commit their ‘first felony’, fears mount about AI’s ‘unchecked proliferation’
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The case for a written constitution in the UKTalking Point Formal codification of centuries-old laws and customs could address ‘a crisis of trust between citizens and state’
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The crisis of Europe’s disappearing riversIn the Spotlight Energy, shipping, and tourism hit by record low water levels across continent
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‘Bra doping’ at the women’s Tour de FranceUnder the Radar Practice known as ‘chest fairing’ can reduce drag and save crucial seconds
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Will Andy Burnham call an early election?Today's Big Question The ‘strategic logic’ behind a snap vote ‘seems unassailable if the polls continue to trend up’
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The deepening chip rout downwards as stocks take a diveIn The Spotlight Shares in chipmakers globally have plunged, prompting fresh doubts about the AI trade
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Rogue AI: a step closer to doomsday?In The Spotlight New hacking attack revealed to be an OpenAI AI agent test ‘gone badly wrong’
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An epic run in the African bushThe Week Recommends Plus ancient and new attractions on Lewis, and inspiring design in the Arizona desert
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The Bayeux Tapestry: more than a work of artIn Depth Nearly 1,000 years old, evocative, rich and ambiguous, the Bayeux Tapestry will soon be on show in the British Museum
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Prisoner releases: a dilemma for Andy BurnhamTalking Point A number of victims of crimes including rape and child sex abuse have been informed that their attackers were to be freed earlier than anticipated
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Sun, sea and sophistication on the Costa BravaThe Week Recommends The ‘British holiday favourite’ has had a ‘vibe shift’ with a wave of stylish new restaurants, hotels and attractions
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Quiz of The Week: 25 – 31 JulyQuiz Have you been paying attention to The Week’s news?
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The Week Unwrapped: Do we need another Ali G movie?Podcast Plus, is Palantir’s NHS work actually doing any good? And is the AI singularity already here?
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Richard Dadd: Beyond Bedlam – a weird but ‘compelling’ exhibitionRoyal Academy show sensitively revisits the work of the troubled artist who spent 42 years in an asylum
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Julia Samuel shares books that changed how she understands griefThe Week Recommends The psychotherapist shares works by Joan Didion, Kathryn Mannix and Mary-Frances O’Connor
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The Cherry Orchard: Kenneth Branagh takes centre stage in ‘star-studded’ productionTalking Point Laura Wade’s staging looks ‘beguiling’ but fails to mine the play’s ‘heartbreaking depth’
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On the Sea: a ‘yearningly tender’ filmThe Week Recommends Helen Walsh’s ‘sensitively portrayed’ tale of forbidden gay love
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Ask E. Jean: a ‘solid, unshowy’ portrait of the woman who stood up to TrumpThe Week Recommends Documentary profile of the journalist who took on ‘one of the most powerful men in the world – twice’
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A Sudden Flicker of Light: a ‘rhapsodic celebration’ of cinemaThe Week Recommends David Thomson’s history of the movies from ‘Psycho’ to ‘Pretty Woman’
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Who will replace Andy Burnham as Manchester mayor?The Explainer Despite early predictions of a close battle with Reform, Labour on course to win first electoral test for new PM
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The actors fighting the Paramount-Warner Bros mergerIn the Spotlight Hollywood stars on both sides of the Atlantic unite to warn of media consolidation and harm to public interest
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Is Fifa selling football’s soul?Today's Big Question Plans to sell stake in World Cup to private investors ‘crosses a line that football’s governing institutions should never cross’
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