This week in The Week
20 September 2025
- Main stories Recognising Palestine
- Controversy The presidential visit
- People Why Spike Lee is no sell-out
- Briefing The price of electricity
- Best British article Do our leaders know where they’re going?
- Best American article Free speech in the US: is it under threat? (Cover story)
- Best International article The UN and Israel: a question of “genocide”
- Health & Science Insights into the “age of feasting”
- Talking Points How Fergie supped with the devil
- Theatre The Lady from the Sea
- Obituary Robert Redford (1936-2025): Hollywood’s elusive golden boy
- The Last Word Whole lotta love: polyamory in New England
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