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The Week Recommends Investigation into the mysterious death of a teenage boy shines a light on the capital’s ‘sinister, exploitative, money-driven underbelly’

By The Week UK Published 30 April 26

Feature Shining the spotlight on young labor activists and Lena Dunham names names

By The Week US Published 28 April 26

Good News Plus: a jaguar emerges from a Honduran cloud forest in the first spotting of this rare creature in exactly a decade

By Catherine Garcia, The Week US Published 28 April 26

The Week Recommends Katherine Harvey’s fascinating history of health in the Middle Ages

By The Week UK Published 23 April 26

Feature A journalist digs into a London true-crime mystery, and understanding Texas’ most famous novelist

By The Week US Published 21 April 26

The Week Recommends Sara Wheeler paints a ‘masterly’ portrait of the complex trans pioneer

By The Week UK Published 16 April 26

Feature A fictional take on how cell phones have changed us all and the ways self-focus can lead to a happier existence

By The Week US Published 15 April 26

The Week Recommends Dive into these compelling life stories – from Margaret Atwood to Cher

By The Week UK Last updated 15 April 26

In the Spotlight Startling similarities have emerged between author’s novel Flesh and Stanley Kubrick’s film Barry Lyndon – but the writer is playing down the parallels

By Irenie Forshaw, The Week UK Published 15 April 26

the week recommends A remarkable Southeast Asian travelogue

By Scott Hocker, The Week US Published 14 April 26

The Week Recommends This year’s line-up is as enticing as ever, with Ian McEwan, Maggie O'Farrell, Bernardine Evaristo, Val McDermid – and more

By The Week UK Last updated 13 April 26

The Week Recommends The 91-year-old ponders mortality and loss in his fourth instalment

By The Week UK Published 9 April 26