Here's what's in this week's issue of The Week magazine
10 May 2025
- Main stories: Farage’s breakthrough: The end of two-party politics?
- Controversy: The end of the Tories?
- People: Tina Knowles on her experience of segregation in Louisiana
- Briefing: The fall of Saigon
- Best British article: We’ll rue the day we lost the ghastly howl
- Best American article: Trump’s dream of an American baby boom
- Best International article: Australia: the “Trump effect” strikes again
- Health & Science: E. coli may be driving bowel cancer
- Talking points: The backlash against Kneecap
- Obituary: Jane Gardam: Acclaimed novelist known for her Old Filth trilogy
- The Last Word: I was a teenager spy for the KGB
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