~Introduction~ About a year or so ago I subscribed to a special offer of 6 free issues of this magazine. It was through one of those cash back sites; Greasypalm or Rpoints I'm not sure which. I cancelled my subscription after about 4 issues to make sure that I didn't end up paying for a magazine that I didn't really want. I'd heard stories of others being ripped off when trying to cancel their subscription after the sixth issue. If you go to their website you can still take advantage of the free issue offer (I think it's only 4 free issues now), but be weary and make sure you cancel early if you want to avoid paying the subscription fee. In the shops a single copy ...  Read the complete review

---Overview--- THE WEEK is a weekly magazine which provides you with a useful overview of the important current affairs stories of the preceding seven days through the best bits of various national and international publications. I find it a great way of keeping up-to-date with the current goings on in the world and particularly like to buy it in order to brief myself on events when I have been out of touch with the news for a while. Since contributions from a wide variety of sources are included, the result to me seems to provide a very intelligent and well rounded summary of the major news stories, yet is all bundled together in one handy source without any ...  Read the complete review

The tag line of "all you need to know about everything that matters" seems rather at odds with a caricature of Gordon Brown as the Incredible Hulk on the cover. Is Gordon Browns temper really the most significant event of the week in the world at large? Call me cynical but I expect a current affairs magazine to feature on current affairs and not tabloid gossip. At 50 pages long its £2.50 a week price tag seems rather expensive, particularly considering that a whopping 17 pages are taken up with adverts with a further 3 advertising leaflets included. The Week features a broad spectrum of news snippets from around the globe although it ...  Read the complete review

There is something remarkably bold about a magazine whose tagline promises to give you "All you need to know about everything that matters". As a man who likes to feel informed and updated about a vast spectrum of subjects this claim provoked a surge of scepticism in me when the first 55 page issue arrived in my post box. The Week have a perpetual offer of free magazines for new customers to sample, and out of nothing more than a healthy curiousity I decided to succumb to their promotion. Before any magazines had been deliver I was sent a complimentary book entitled "Short and to the point" which contained a pick of The Week's editorial ...  Read the complete review

The Week's slogan is "All you need to know about everything that matters". And I am compelled to agree with them. If you- like me- don't want to be in the dark when it come to the news, and want to read good-quality articles (because lets face it- you really don't care what Jordan was up to last night) but can't give up time every day to read newspapers, then this magazine is for you. 'The Week is a current affairs magazine, which picks the best articles and the biggest stories from the best papers over the course of 7 days. It's great for those with hectic lifestyles, or people who don't want to spend a lot of time reading a newspaper ...  Read the complete review