Here's what's in this week's issue of The Week magazine
22 March 2025
- Main stories: Putin rejects ceasefire
- Controversy: Slashing the state: Starmer takes on Whitehall
- People: Lady Gaga: my creativity is my armour
- Briefing: Killer asteroids
- Best British article: Europe is fooling itself on defence
- Best American article: Is McCarthyism returning to the US?
- Best International article: Duterte’s arrest: a case of “white man’s justice”?
- Health & Science: Fishfingers make children kinder
- Talking points: NHS England: the end of a mega-quango
- Obituary: Rose Girone: The world’s oldest known Holocaust survivor
- The Last Word: Can tiny Moldova show the world how to stand up to Putin?
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