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Dirty Business: powerful docu-drama about the water scandal
The Week Recommends If Channel 4’s three-part show fails to move the needle about water pollution, ‘perhaps nothing will’
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Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man – ‘catnip to fans of the show’
The Week Recommends Cillian Murphy reprises his role as gangster Tommy Shelby in ‘stylish’ movie
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The Last Kings of Hollywood: a ‘superb’ profile of Coppola, Lucas and Spielberg
The Week Recommends Paul Fischer’s ‘closely researched’ book charts how the trio of directors went from ‘obscurity to cinematic immortality’
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The UK’s best restaurants
The Week Recommends Top-quality eating in settings as varied as a moonlit omakase counter and an old fish market
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The best true crime podcasts to binge now
The Week Recommends Electrifying investigations from Blood Memory to Wisecrack
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Ali Khamenei: The theocratic tyrant who made Iran a global menace
Feature The hardliner ignored calls for reform, instead spending decades repressing Iranians
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Oil prices surge as Iran lashes out
Feature Iran's latest move involves closing off the Strait of Hormuz
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The Week Independent Schools Guide, Spring/Summer 2026
In Depth Rising high: best of the best prep school special
By Amanda Constance Published
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Phones in schools: to ban or not to ban?
In Depth School leaders debate one of the most divisive issues facing education today
By Robert Harrison Published
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Rising to the challenge: the heavy cost of SEND in schools
In Depth How are schools coping with the huge increase in pupils diagnosed with special educational needs and disabilities?
By Elizabeth Ivens Published
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Decline and fall: the rumoured demise of English literature
In Depth There is anguish and confusion that the ‘prince of the humanities’ has fallen so far
By Amanda Constance Published
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The ancient marvels of Campi Flegrei
The Week Recommends Coastal towns west of Pompeii hold ‘fascinating’ legends
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The oil and gas shock: traders contemplate an energy crisis
Talking Point Most still reckon the conflict in Iran will be relatively brief
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Iran and the US: a history of enmity
The Explainer The US and the Islamic Republic of Iran have been at each other’s throats for nearly half a century
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