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Trump weighs putting boots on the ground in Iran
Feature With dwindling support from allies, his options are becoming limited
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6 perfectly hygge homes
Feature Featuring a historic stone cottage in Idaho and modern colonial in Maine
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A journey across time in eastern China
The Week Recommends From the bustle of Shanghai to ancient rural cities, lined with canals
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Iran’s Revolutionary Guard: why it is so important
The Explainer The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) is both the backbone of the theocratic regime, and a state within the Iranian state
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The Iran war: a gift to Vladimir Putin?
Talking Point Middle East conflict presents a host of economic and political opportunities for Moscow – but there are risks in the unknown
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Hip hop in the Himalayas: Balendra Shah, Nepal’s next prime minister
In the Spotlight Millennial ex-rapper has brought a ‘pugnacious’ energy to Nepal’s geriatric political establishment
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Donald Trump’s mistakes in Iran
Talking Point The US sought a ‘swift, painless victory from the air’ but regime’s resistance stirs fears of another Middle East 'forever war’
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MG4 Urban: a ‘modern’, family-friendly EV
The Week Recommends With a ‘whopping’ 557-litre boot and an impressive kit list, you get ‘a lot of car’ for the pricetag
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Ed Davey picks his favourite books
The Week Recommends The politician shares works by George Eliot, Ian McEwan and Umberto Eco
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The Holy Rosenbergs: a ‘knotty’ and ‘resonant’ political drama
The Week Recommends Starring Tracy-Ann Oberman, the play explores the presentation of Israel and Gaza, in a ‘collision of the political and personal’
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Louis Theroux: Inside the Manosphere – documentary leaves you ‘quivering behind the sofa’
Talking Point The filmmaker meets ‘extremely unpleasant’ content creators – but fails to call out ‘disgusting rhetoric’
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A Pale View of Hills: lacks ‘haunted spirit’ of Kazuo Ishiguro’s book
Talking Point Kei Ishikawa’s ‘moving’ film about Japanese family life lacks ‘narrative cohesion’
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Real estate: Will spring be a buyer’s market?
Feature The war in Iran could change things
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Art review: Whitney Biennial 2026
Feature Whitney Museum of American Art, New York City, through Aug. 23
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