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Rana Dasgupta shares his favourite books
The Week Recommends The novelist and essayist chooses books that illuminated his research for his forthcoming book, 'After Nations'
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Ancient India: living traditions – 'ethereal and sensual' exhibition
The Week Recommends Hinduism, Jainism and Buddhism are explored in show that remains 'remarkably compact'
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Hotel Giardino Ascona: a glorious garden retreat on Lake Maggiore
The Week Recommends Skip over the border from Lake Como for a boutique stay on the shores of Switzerland's less-crowded alternative
By Alex Moore Published
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Things in Nature Merely Grow: memoir of 'harsh beauty' after loss
The Week Recommends Chinese-American novelist Yiyun Li's 'devastating' memoir explores the deaths of her two sons
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Sirens: entertaining satire on the lives of the ultra-wealthy stars Julianne Moore
The Week Recommends This 'blackly comic affair' unfurls at a 'breakneck speed'
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Why Irish traditional music is having a moment
In The Spotlight Frustrations with isolation and technology credited for reviving 'auld' trad tunes
By Chas Newkey-Burden, The Week UK Published
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Mrs Warren's Profession: 'tour-de-force' from Imelda Staunton and daughter Bessie Carter
The Week Recommends Mother-daughter duo bring new life to George Bernard Shaw's morality play
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'Less is more' in The Fifth Step
The Week Recommends Jack Lowden from Slow Horses is 'staggeringly good' in this new production at London's @sohoplace
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TV to watch in June, including 'Stick' and 'Ironheart'
the week recommends The next great sports comedy, a young Marvel heroine and the conclusion of 'Squid Game'
By Anya Jaremko-Greenwold, The Week US Published
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Top UK restaurants 2025
The Week Recommends Featuring a classic bistro, a country pub and a celebrity hot spot
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The top period dramas to stream now
The Week Recommends Heaving bosoms and billowing shirts are standard fare in these historical TV classics
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Punting near Magdalene Bridge in Cambridge
Feature Southeast England remains the costliest place to live in the UK, but housing inflation is rising elsewhere too
By Tess Foley-Cox Last updated
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America's favorite fast food restaurants
The Explainer There are different ways of thinking about how Americans define how they most like to spend their money on burgers, tacos and fried chicken
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3 varied alternatives to X for when you simply cannot with the new iteration of Twitter
The Explainer These competing microblogging sites have struggled to catch up to Elon Musk's market behemoth
By David Faris Published
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