Here's what's in this week's issue of The Week magazine
16th January 2021
- Main stories: The Covid emergency
- Controversy: Trump silenced: Twitter bans the president
- People: Eddie Izzard: “I knew I was going to get abuse”
- Best British article: Failing to learn the lessons of Grenfell Tower
- Best International article: Europe: falling behind in the race to vaccinate
- Health & Science: Plastic found in human placentas
- Talking points: The storming of the US capitol
- Obituaries: Pierre Cardin: Katharine Whitehorn: A pioneer of postwar Fleet Street
- The Last Word: “Families expand like ripples in a pond”
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