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Best new biographies and memoirs to read in 2025
The Week Recommends Dive into some of the most compelling life stories – from Mark Twain to Bill Gates
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The best podcasts of 2025
The Week Recommends From celebrity gossip to gripping investigations, these are the most binge-worthy series
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The Week Unwrapped: Is Irish culture having a moment?
Podcast Plus, will NDAs become a thing of the past? And why does everyone want to be Irish all of a sudden?
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How many people are working illegally in the UK?
The Explainer Government vows 'nationwide blitz' on illicit workforce believed to number in the hundreds of thousands
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Exhibition of the week: Kiefer / Van Gogh
The Week Recommends Visit this 'heroic' and 'absurd' exhibition at the Royal Academy until 26 October
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Mark Billingham shares his favourite books
The Week Recommends The novelist and actor shares works by Mark Lewisohn, John Connolly and Gillian Flynn
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Properties of the week: grand rural residences
The Week Recommends Featuring homes in Wiltshire, Devon, and East Sussex
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Heads of State: 'a perfect summer movie'
The Week Recommends John Cena and Idris Elba have odd-couple chemistry as the US president and British prime minister
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Money dysmorphia: why people think they're poorer than they are
In The Spotlight The young are more likely to have distorted perceptions of their finances driven, in part, by social media
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The Red Brigades: a 'fascinating insight' into the 'most feared' extremist group of 1970s Italy
The Week Recommends A 'grimly absorbing' history of the group and their attempts to overthrow the Italian state
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Who is winning the war in Ukraine?
The Explainer Vladimir Putin continues to stall on ceasefire agreement, even as Russian advance slows
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Jurassic World Rebirth: enjoyable sequel hampered by plot holes
Talking Point The latest dinosaur reboot captures the essence of the original – but leans too heavily on 'CGI-heavy set pieces'
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Best new hotels and places to stay in 2025
The Week Recommends Featuring stylish five-star resorts, country escapes and chances to reconnect with nature
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Are we heading for World War Three?
In Depth Nato chief issues 'dire warning' of coordinated attacks by China and Russia
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Is it time the UK introduced mandatory ID?
Today's Big Question BritCard could curb illegal immigration and welfare fraud but 'opens the door to the more extensive erosion of privacy'
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A journey into the deep past on beautiful Arran
The Week Recommends New Unesco Global Geopark played a 'key role' in the birth of modern geological science
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Keir Starmer's first year: a catalogue of errors
Talking Point The Prime Minister cuts a dash on the international stage, but at home seems detached from his own administration
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China's London super-embassy
The Explainer The People's Republic wants to build a massive new embassy in central London, and a lot of people aren't happy about it
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Ajo blanco with roasted grapes recipe
The Week Recommends Creamy, flavoursome soup is perfectly emblematic of Spanish food heritage
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The mayor apparent: class warrior Zohran Mamdani triumphs in New York
Talking Point The victory of the 'unabashedly left-wing candidate' presents a threat for Republicans and a lesson for Democrats
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Jeff in Venice: a "triumph of tackiness"?
In the Spotlight Locals protest as Bezos uses the city as a 'private amusement park' for his wedding celebrations
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Ottawa Treaty: why are Russia's neighbours leaving anti-landmine agreement?
Today's Big Question Ukraine to follow Poland, Finland, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia as Nato looks to build a new ‘Iron Curtain' of millions of landmines
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Is this the worst summer ever to graduate?
Talking Point AI, higher employment costs, improved workers' rights and older staff sticking around for longer mean entry-level jobs are drying up
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The Week Unwrapped: Should women be conscripted?
Podcast Plus, are digital ID cards inevitable? And why do women get more ACL injuries?
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