Here's what's in this week's issue of The Week magazine
30 May 2025
- Main stories: Labour under pressure
- Controversy: The Connolly case
- People: Ashley Walters: “I was playing at being a gangsta rapper”
- Briefing: Deporting foreign criminals
- Best British article: A punctuation mark with a death sentence
- Best American article: The Biden cover-up: a “near-treasonous” conspiracy
- Best International article: Trump’s latest hit job: accusing South Africa of genocide
- Health & Science: Gulls are bolder in gangs
- Talking points: Rayner’s gambit: Is she pitching for the leadership?
- Obituary: Chris Garrett: Courageous explosives expert known as “Swampy”
- The Last Word: “The fifth emergency service”: the UK’s volunteer detectorists
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