Here's what's in this week's issue of The Week magazine
1st July 2025
- Main stories: Labour’s pains
- Controversy: Filling the coffers: Will Reeves target the rich?
- People: Zak Starkey on not wanting to be as famous as his father, Ringo Starr
- Briefing: The Dalai Lama’s plan for life after death
- Best British article: The Terrorism Act was not meant for this
- Best American article: Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill: a demonstration of “raw power”
- Best International article: Europe’s heatwave: the new front line of climate change
- Health & Science: Aggressive ant lands in the UK
- Talking points: The murky truth about an uplifting story
- Obituary: Sandy Gall: ITN newsreader who reported on the fall of Saigon
- The Last Word: 7 July attack: memories of an atrocity
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