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Best biographies and memoirs to add to your reading list
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The best podcasts to keep you entertained
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Magazine crossword: 1511
Puzzles The weekly crossword from The Week
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What to see and do at Hay Festival
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
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The harsh beauty of El Hierro
The Week Recommends The smallest of the main Canary Islands makes for ‘bleakly fascinating’ hiking
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Pig-butchering: Southeast Asia’s scam hubs
The Explainer To feed the online fraud trade, Chinese crime syndicates have set up ‘factories’ using forced labour across Southeast Asia
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’Nduja and fennel seed udon recipe
The Week Recommends This five-minute dish tastes like pizza in noodle form
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Rape, paralysis and euthanasia: the case convulsing Spain
In the Spotlight Noelia Castillo, the 25-year-old who was granted assisted death after a prolonged legal battle, has become a symbol of social failure
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Stranded in Iran: how the US pulled off a daring rescue
In the Spotlight Two US airmen were successfully recovered after their fighter jet was shot down over Iran
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The end of Nato?
Talking Point Donald Trump’s threats to pull the US out of the alliance would be almost impossible to put into action, but they draw attention to a ‘staggering’ imbalance
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Quiz of The Week: 4 – 10 April
Quiz Have you been paying attention to The Week’s news?
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The Week Unwrapped: Is Viktor Orban about to lose power?
Podcast Plus, why are stalking offences on the rise? And would you choose to be dissolved after death?
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Properties of the week: rural retreats
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Renault 5 E-Tech: ‘as terrific as it looks’
The Week Recommends Driving this ‘remarkably quiet’ electric supermini is a ‘joyous experience’
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Michaelina Wautier: a ‘compelling’ and revealing exhibition
The Week Recommends Royal Academy showcases ‘virtuoso talent’ of little-known artist whose quality is ‘apparent at first glance’
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Babies: ‘very special’ miscarriage drama
The Week Recommends Heartbreakingly realistic BBC drama about fertility struggles
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Romeo & Juliet: an ‘outlandishly joyful’ take on the Shakespearean classic
The Week Recommends Sadie Sink and Noah Jupe dazzle in Robert Icke’s ‘richly emotional, brilliantly intelligent’ West End production
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The Drama: ‘compulsively watchable’ romcom with a dark twist
The Week Recommends Zendaya and Robert Pattinson star in ‘provocative’ wedding movie
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Enough Said: latest volume of Alan Bennett’s ‘punctiliously kept’ diaries
The Week Recommends The 91-year-old ponders mortality and loss in his fourth instalment
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The rise of culturally specific dating apps
Under the Radar Japan, Iceland and China take individual approaches to matchmaking
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The Illuminati: what is it, who are its members, and what do they believe?
In Depth Belief that a ‘corrupt elite is secretly running the world’ is one of the longest-running and most widespread conspiracy theories of our time
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What are the rules of war?
The Explainer Strict protocols governing violations of international humanitarian law are not always enforceable – or enforced
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Has shoplifting got out of hand?
Today's Big Question Retailers call for police to do more to tackle growing epidemic of ‘brazen’ thefts
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Hungary’s illiberal democracy
The Explainer Viktor Orbán has led Hungary since 2010, and has remade its political institutions. But elections this month pose a major challenge
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