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Nissan Micra: a rebadged Renault 5 with a few ‘refined’ tweaks
The Week Recommends ‘Nippy’ and ‘compact’ hatchback has different styling from the Renault 5, with new headlights and an upgraded interior
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Gilbert & George: ‘profoundly odd’ show feels ‘hectically of the moment’
The Week Recommends Exhibition at the Hayward Gallery showcases the pair’s ‘dazzling’ recent works
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Jonathan Dimbleby picks his favourite books
The Week Recommends The author shares works by Vasily Grossman, Jason Matthews and Patrick O’Brien
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What are grooming gangs? The UK scandal, explained
The Explainer National inquiry ‘stalled’ as senior jurists decline to lead it, while panel members disagree over scope of investigations
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Quiz of The Week: 11 – 17 October
Quiz Have you been paying attention to The Week’s news?
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The Week Unwrapped: Can bullfighting win over young Spaniards
Podcast Plus, is online fandom inherently unhealthy? And is Putin’s economy running out of gas?
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Properties of the week: fabulous farmhouses
The Week Recommends Featuring homes in Cornwall, Hampshire and Yorkshire
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Heirs and Graces: an ‘enthralling’ deep dive into the decline of nobility
The Week Recommends Eleanor Doughty explores the ‘bizarre fascination’ with the British aristocracy
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Gaza’s reconstruction: the steps to rebuilding
In The Spotlight Even the initial rubble clearing in Gaza is likely to be fraught with difficulty and very slow
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Cyrano de Bergerac: a ‘huge-hearted’ production
The Week Recommends This ‘playful’ and ‘poignant’ rendition brings new life to the ‘gilet-sporting, verse-spouting’ titular soldier
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The Chinese threat: No. 10’s evidence leads to more questions
Talking Point Keir Starmer is under pressure after collapsed spying trial
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I Swear: a ‘warm-hearted’ comedy-drama
The Week Recommends While ‘inescapably hilarious’, the drama also lifts the lid on John Davidson’s experiences with Tourette syndrome
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Victoria Beckham Netflix documentary feels like an ‘advert’
Talking Point Carefully controlled three-part show fails to answer the interesting questions it raises
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What to read by Nobel Prize in Literature winner László Krasznahorkai
In the Spotlight The Hungarian writer’s melodic prose is ‘quite unlike anyone else’s’
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Is Labour’s new attack on Brexit foolish or wise?
Today's Big Question Government shifts strategy to take on Nigel Farage’s central role in vote to leave the EU
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French finances: what’s behind country’s debt problem?
The Explainer Political paralysis has led to higher borrowing costs and blocked urgent deficit-reducing reforms to social protection
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The Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners being released
The Explainer Triumphant Donald Trump addresses the Israeli parliament as families on both sides of the Gaza war reunite with their loved ones
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The Baltic ‘bog belt’ plan to protect Europe from Russia
Under the Radar Reviving lost wetland on Nato’s eastern flank would fuse ‘two European priorities that increasingly compete for attention and funding: defence and climate’
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A spectacular rail tour of South Korea
The Week Recommends Busan, Seoul and Gangneung can all be explored via “luxurious” trains
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The quest to defy ageing
The Explainer Humanity has fantasised about finding the fountain of youth for millennia. How close are we now?
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Cherry tomato, anchovy and white bean gratin
The Week Recommends Sweet and salty flavours combine below a golden crust
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The ‘Iron Lady’: Japan braces for its first female PM
In the Spotlight Sanae Takaichi , Japan’s first female premier, comes with ‘old-fashioned’ views and pledges to ‘work, work, work and work’
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Remaking the military: the war on diversity and ‘fat generals’
Talking Point The US Secretary of War addressed military members on ‘warrior ethos’
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The delightful, smutty world of Jilly Cooper
In the Spotlight Millions mourn the ‘Mrs Kipling of sex’
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