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What we know about the Titan sub’s likely implosion

Families of the five people on board the Titan sub have expressed “profound grief” after the US Coast Guard confirmed the crew died following a “catastrophic implosion”.

The Week · Jun 23, 2023

The Week Unwrapped: EU vs. Apple, lab-made embryos and power naps

Olly Mann and The Week delve behind the headlines and debate what really matters from the past seven days. With Rory Reid, Rebekah Evans and Suchandrika Chakrabarti.

The Week · Jun 23, 2023

Glenda Jackson obituary: Oscar winner who spent 23 years as a Labour MP

Fearless, sharply intelligent and sometimes caustic, Glenda Jackson, who has died aged 87, “had a career unmatched by any of her contemporaries”, said Michael Billington in The Guardian. From 1957, she enjoyed huge success on film (she won two Oscars) and on stage; then, in 1992, she gave it all…

The Week · Jun 23, 2023

Will interest rates come down again?

The Bank of England has increased its base interest rate from 4.5% to 5% in a bid to tame inflation. It is the 13th hike in row and the highest the rate has been for 15 years. 

The Week · Jun 22, 2023

Meghan and Harry: the end of their $20m Spotify deal

“When the Duke and Duchess of Sussex announced their $20m, multi-year deal with Spotify in 2020, it was hailed as the centrepiece of the couple’s growing business empire,” said Nadia Khomami in The Guardian. 

The Week · Jun 22, 2023

Robert F. Kennedy Jr: conspiracy theorist and Democrat challenger

The nephew of assassinated US president John F. Kennedy appears to be gaining ground on Joe Biden after entering the crowded race for the Democratic nomination for president in 2024.

The Week · Jun 22, 2023

The green arms race explained

The Biden administration’s Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), which came into effect last August, is sending shockwaves through not just the green technology industry, but through the entire global economic order.

The Week · Jun 22, 2023

Cormac McCarthy obituary: a novelist of the ‘apocalyptic sublime’

The American writer Cormac McCarthy, who died on 13 June aged 89, was a novelist “utterly wedded to the apocalyptic sublime”, said Rob Doyle in The Guardian. Over a career that produced 12 novels and two plays – and spawned some excellent film adaptations, notably the Coen brothers’ “No Country…

The Week · Jun 22, 2023

How to cut your airport parking costs

Airport parking costs have soared, adding even more expense for holidaymakers jetting off for a well deserved break. 

The Week · Jun 22, 2023

Labour’s Green Prosperity Plan: ‘no such thing as a free lunch’

Edinburgh was “a brave choice as the venue for the launch of Keir Starmer’s new energy and climate policy”, said Fiona Harvey and Severin Carrell in The Guardian. It “showed a willingness to face head-on Labour’s energy dilemma”: how to move the UK to a low carbon footing, without destroying…

The Week · Jun 22, 2023