15+ hour, 32+ min ago   (203+ words) Though it is not the industry titan it once was, the company’s fall could ‘cause a whole ecosystem to collapse’ Compared with the likes of BMW (which sold more than 2.5 million cars last year), JLR is a “minnow”, said…...

1+ day, 16+ hour ago   (284+ words) Patriot Platform protests disrupted the UK’s biggest ferry port for hours, and tried to prevent lifeboats from rescuing asylum seekers “Sadly, we’ve become used to far-right protests in recent years,” said Joe Mulhall in The Guardian There…...

3+ day, 11+ hour ago   (532+ words) Will Barker joined The Week team as a staff writer in 2025, covering UK and global news and politics. He previously worked at the Financial Times and The Sun, contributing to the arts and world news desks, respectively. Before that, he…...

3+ day, 12+ hour ago   (387+ words) Self-styled ‘shadow home secretary’ is a ‘slowly ticking timebomb’ who could scupper his party’s chance of power, say critics “Zia Yusuf is a brilliant man, and he’s a genius actually, and he’s an incredible communicator,” Tory defector and Reform member…...

3+ day, 22+ hour ago   (513+ words) Former prisoner George Desmond Kamurasi in line to be new king of Tooro but will he accept crown? A non-league footballer who “revs up teammates with F-bombs in a thick London accent” has become the “unlikely successor to the throne…...

4+ day, 7+ hour ago   (335+ words) Peter has worked as a news and culture writer and editor at The Week since the site's launch in 2008. He covers politics, world affairs, religion and cultural currents. His journalism career began as a copy editor at a financial newswire…...

4+ day, 13+ hour ago   (332+ words) ‘Absorbing and informative’ biography reveals another side to Stephen Hawking “What a challenge”, said Liz Else in New Scientist. Penning the “first major biography” of Stephen Hawking with the theoretical physicist’s estate and the “whole scientific world” all “watching closely…...

5+ day, 1+ hour ago   (289+ words) Regent expected to veto citizens’ initiative legalising abortion as he consolidates dynasty’s power over tiny Alpine nation Prince Alois of Liechtenstein is expected to veto an initiative passed by the country’s parliament that would legalise abortion during the first 12 weeks…...

5+ day, 8+ hour ago   (243+ words) Royal will have ‘uncle’ and ‘timelord’ to guide him through first weeks at historic boarding school Founded in 1440 by King Henry VI, Eton College is a “rarefied bubble of educational privilege” that will have taught the country’s next two kings,…...

6+ day, 8+ hour ago   (569+ words) Chancellor tries to present a vision for growth that ‘commands the confidence of markets’ – and a sceptical public John Healey has said Britain’s economy is finally “turning a corner” as he set out his mission to “make Great Britain growth…...