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Guardian Weekly

Jan 28 2022
Magazine

The Guardian Weekly magazine is a round-up of the world news, opinion and long reads that have shaped the week. Inside, the past seven days' most memorable stories are reframed with striking photography and insightful companion pieces, all handpicked from The Guardian and The Observer.

Eyewitness The Netherlands

Ukraine on the brink, China’s Covid fear and No 10 holds its breath

Global report • Headlines from the last seven days

Global report United Kingdom

The cold front ‘We are ready for whatever happens’ • In Chonhar, a blue and yellow flag marks the de facto border as Russian forces amass across a shimmering expanse of water

On the precipice Why Russia is so keen to flex its military muscles

Vladimir Putin is a ‘rogue male’ whose wild rampaging must be stopped

Zeroing in Could Covid burst the Olympic bubble?

Message control The TikTokers spinning a snow-white Winter Games

Danger time Partygate report adds to Johnson’s jeopardy • PM braced for findings on lockdown breaches, as MPs, ministers and No 10 staff weigh up whether to back him

Had cake, ate it As the PM celebrated on his birthday, millions held off

Eyewitness Peru

From MLK to Silicon Valley Farewell to the ‘father of mindfulness’

Tick, tick… boom? Why we’re closer to midnight than ever

Fish pills: the hidden catch • The market in this prized commodity is worth billions – but are the supposed health benefits worth the cost to global ecosystems?

Crypto ban leaves miners counting their losses

‘I thought I was going to be a millionaire’ • Fears rise that the wild promotion of unregulated crypto assets is creating a new generation of addicts

Hard knocks Women fight for their right to play cricket

Omicron lays waste to the $50bn wedding season

Why virtual reality may soon beat the real thing • VR is clunky now – but it will quickly leave the physical world behind and we should embrace it, says a leading philosopher

All guns blazing Microsoft thinks Call of Duty may hold the key to the metaverse

Ordinary Joe Biden faces hard truth at anniversary conference

Are the walls finally closing in on Donald Trump?

Up, up and away • When inventor David Mayman took to the skies with a jetpack, it seemed he had fulf illed an age-old longing for flight. Yet no one batted an eyelid

THE KILLING OF A GOD • The naval explorer Captain James Cook was worshipped as a deity in the 18th century. Now his statues are being defaced in the lands he visited as his myth is re-examined.

Science has defanged Covid – so let’s learn to get on with our lives

Where are the inspiring female leaders? Not where you might think

The social media mob and cowardice have done away with nuance

Controls on fertility are not the answer to China’s demographic problems

Opinion Letters

Word Of Honor • After her acclaimed debut in The Souvenir, the actor returns in its sequel, starring alongside her mother, Tilda, and playing a version of her godmother. All good material for her psychology degree, she says …

The shape of things to come • Senegal cast off western influences after gaining independence in 1960, but though its new African style is neglected, Dakar’s buildings still dazzle

Out of the frying pan • Spats, KGB threats, dodgy plumbing … a London gallerist’s darkly funny account of trying to exhibit behind the iron curtain

Kindred spirit • A Native American rebuilds her life after a prison sentence in this topical novel from the Pulitzer winner

Rested development • This helpful history and guide reveals that the sometimes slow, difficult process of healing is part of what makes us human

Our three-yearold son says...


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The Guardian Weekly magazine is a round-up of the world news, opinion and long reads that have shaped the week. Inside, the past seven days' most memorable stories are reframed with striking photography and insightful companion pieces, all handpicked from The Guardian and The Observer.

Eyewitness The Netherlands

Ukraine on the brink, China’s Covid fear and No 10 holds its breath

Global report • Headlines from the last seven days

Global report United Kingdom

The cold front ‘We are ready for whatever happens’ • In Chonhar, a blue and yellow flag marks the de facto border as Russian forces amass across a shimmering expanse of water

On the precipice Why Russia is so keen to flex its military muscles

Vladimir Putin is a ‘rogue male’ whose wild rampaging must be stopped

Zeroing in Could Covid burst the Olympic bubble?

Message control The TikTokers spinning a snow-white Winter Games

Danger time Partygate report adds to Johnson’s jeopardy • PM braced for findings on lockdown breaches, as MPs, ministers and No 10 staff weigh up whether to back him

Had cake, ate it As the PM celebrated on his birthday, millions held off

Eyewitness Peru

From MLK to Silicon Valley Farewell to the ‘father of mindfulness’

Tick, tick… boom? Why we’re closer to midnight than ever

Fish pills: the hidden catch • The market in this prized commodity is worth billions – but are the supposed health benefits worth the cost to global ecosystems?

Crypto ban leaves miners counting their losses

‘I thought I was going to be a millionaire’ • Fears rise that the wild promotion of unregulated crypto assets is creating a new generation of addicts

Hard knocks Women fight for their right to play cricket

Omicron lays waste to the $50bn wedding season

Why virtual reality may soon beat the real thing • VR is clunky now – but it will quickly leave the physical world behind and we should embrace it, says a leading philosopher

All guns blazing Microsoft thinks Call of Duty may hold the key to the metaverse

Ordinary Joe Biden faces hard truth at anniversary conference

Are the walls finally closing in on Donald Trump?

Up, up and away • When inventor David Mayman took to the skies with a jetpack, it seemed he had fulf illed an age-old longing for flight. Yet no one batted an eyelid

THE KILLING OF A GOD • The naval explorer Captain James Cook was worshipped as a deity in the 18th century. Now his statues are being defaced in the lands he visited as his myth is re-examined.

Science has defanged Covid – so let’s learn to get on with our lives

Where are the inspiring female leaders? Not where you might think

The social media mob and cowardice have done away with nuance

Controls on fertility are not the answer to China’s demographic problems

Opinion Letters

Word Of Honor • After her acclaimed debut in The Souvenir, the actor returns in its sequel, starring alongside her mother, Tilda, and playing a version of her godmother. All good material for her psychology degree, she says …

The shape of things to come • Senegal cast off western influences after gaining independence in 1960, but though its new African style is neglected, Dakar’s buildings still dazzle

Out of the frying pan • Spats, KGB threats, dodgy plumbing … a London gallerist’s darkly funny account of trying to exhibit behind the iron curtain

Kindred spirit • A Native American rebuilds her life after a prison sentence in this topical novel from the Pulitzer winner

Rested development • This helpful history and guide reveals that the sometimes slow, difficult process of healing is part of what makes us human

Our three-yearold son says...


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