The Week
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The Week, styled as THE WEEK, is a weekly news magazine.
by Jolyon Connell
in 1995. In April 2001, the magazine began publishing an American
edition; an Australia
n edition followed in October 2008. Dennis Publishing
publishes the U.K. and Australian editions and The Week Publications publishes the U.S. edition.
, Robert Shrum, Will Wilkinson
and Brad DeLong.
in Canada
and two other weekly news magazines founded in the U.K. These publications are not connected with the current magazines.
; journalist and novelist Sara Jeannette Duncan
; and political critic and intellectual Goldwin Smith
.
launched the first British publication known as The Week as a newsletter
in the spring of 1933, after he had returned from reporting on Germany
. It focused on the rise of fascism
, in a style that anticipated Private Eye
and won a wide readership, according to Cockburn's son. Jessica Mitford
attributed the journal's influence to its use of undercover sources. It ceased publication in 1941.
and Pat Jordan
refounded The Week some time before 1965. They were Marxist members of the British Labour Party connected to the New Left Review
, to which Cockburn occasionally contributed. Their version of The Week provided a socialist critique of Harold Wilson
's government, notably over its failure to oppose the Vietnam War
. Jordan edited the paper until 1968, when he cooperated with Tariq Ali
in launching The Black Dwarf. At that time The Week became a monthly magazine called International, which was published by the International Marxist Group
.
History
It was founded in the United KingdomUnited Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
by Jolyon Connell
Jolyon Connell
Jolyon Connell is a former Sunday Telegraph and Sunday Times journalist who left Fleet Street to found The Week in 1995, the highly successful news digest magazine which is now owned by his mentor and guide, the publishing mogul and poet Felix Dennis...
in 1995. In April 2001, the magazine began publishing an American
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
edition; an Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n edition followed in October 2008. Dennis Publishing
Dennis Publishing
Dennis Publishing Ltd. is an independent publisher. It was founded in 1974.As of April 2010 the company publishes 31 magazine or online titles, predominately in the UK....
publishes the U.K. and Australian editions and The Week Publications publishes the U.S. edition.
Content
The various editions of the magazine provide a conservative leaning view of the week's news and editorial commentary from global media to provide readers with multiple political viewpoints. In addition to news and opinion, the magazine also covers science, business and the arts.Website
In September 2007, the magazine's U.S. edition launched a daily website. While the daily website carries the mission of the print magazine to the internet, it also publishes original commentary from writers including David FrumDavid Frum
David J. Frum is a Canadian American journalist active in both the United States and Canadian political arenas. A former economic speechwriter for President George W. Bush, he is also the author of the first "insider" book about the Bush presidency...
, Robert Shrum, Will Wilkinson
Will Wilkinson
Will Wilkinson is a Canadian American libertarian writer. Until August 2010, he was a research fellow at the Cato Institute where he worked on a variety of issues including Social Security reform and, most notably, the policy implications of happiness research. He is currently working on a paper...
and Brad DeLong.
Defunct magazines also known as The Week
The Week has been the title of a seminal literary magazineLiterary magazine
A literary magazine is a periodical devoted to literature in a broad sense. Literary magazines usually publish short stories, poetry and essays along with literary criticism, book reviews, biographical profiles of authors, interviews and letters...
in Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
and two other weekly news magazines founded in the U.K. These publications are not connected with the current magazines.
The Week (1883–1896)
This publication was "Canada's leading political and literary periodical". Prominent contributors included poet Charles G.D. RobertsCharles G.D. Roberts
Sir Charles George Douglas Roberts, was a Canadian poet and prose writer who is known as the Father of Canadian Poetry. He was "almost the first Canadian author to obtain worldwide reputation and influence; he was also a tireless promoter and encourager of Canadian literature......
; journalist and novelist Sara Jeannette Duncan
Sara Jeannette Duncan
Sara Jeannette Duncan, , was a Canadian author and journalist. She was the daughter of Charles Duncan of Brantford, Ontario. She was born in Brantford, Ontario in 1862. She was educated at the Collegiate Institute in Brantford, Ontario...
; and political critic and intellectual Goldwin Smith
Goldwin Smith
Goldwin Smith was a British-Canadian historian and journalist.- Early years :He was born at Reading, Berkshire. He was educated at Eton College and Magdalen College, Oxford, and after a brilliant undergraduate career he was elected to a fellowship at University College, Oxford...
.
The Week (1933–1941)
Marxist journalist Claud CockburnClaud Cockburn
Francis Claud Cockburn was a British journalist. He was well known proponent of communism. His saying, "believe nothing until it has been officially denied" is widely quoted in journalistic studies.He was the second cousin of novelist Evelyn Waugh....
launched the first British publication known as The Week as a newsletter
Newsletter
A newsletter is a regularly distributed publication generally about one main topic that is of interest to its subscribers. Newspapers and leaflets are types of newsletters. Additionally, newsletters delivered electronically via email have gained rapid acceptance for the same reasons email in...
in the spring of 1933, after he had returned from reporting on Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
. It focused on the rise of fascism
Fascism
Fascism is a radical authoritarian nationalist political ideology. Fascists seek to rejuvenate their nation based on commitment to the national community as an organic entity, in which individuals are bound together in national identity by suprapersonal connections of ancestry, culture, and blood...
, in a style that anticipated Private Eye
Private Eye
Private Eye is a fortnightly British satirical and current affairs magazine, edited by Ian Hislop.Since its first publication in 1961, Private Eye has been a prominent critic and lampooner of public figures and entities that it deemed guilty of any of the sins of incompetence, inefficiency,...
and won a wide readership, according to Cockburn's son. Jessica Mitford
Jessica Mitford
Jessica Lucy Freeman-Mitford was an English author, journalist and political campaigner, who was one of the Mitford sisters...
attributed the journal's influence to its use of undercover sources. It ceased publication in 1941.
The Week (pre 1965–1968)
Ken CoatesKen Coates
Kenneth Sidney Coates was a British politician and writer. He chaired the Bertrand Russell Peace Foundation and edited The Spokesman, the BRPF magazine launched in March 1970. He was a Labour Party Member of the European Parliament from 1989 to 1999...
and Pat Jordan
Pat Jordan
Pat Jordan was a British Trotskyist who was central to founding the International Marxist Group. He had been a full time organiser of the Communist Party of Great Britain in Nottingham who had left the party with Ken Coates after the 1956 Soviet invasion of Hungary...
refounded The Week some time before 1965. They were Marxist members of the British Labour Party connected to the New Left Review
New Left Review
New Left Review is a 160-page journal, published every two months from London, devoted to world politics, economy and culture. Often compared to the French-language Les Temps modernes, it is associated with Verso Books , and regularly features the essays of authorities on contemporary social...
, to which Cockburn occasionally contributed. Their version of The Week provided a socialist critique of Harold Wilson
Harold Wilson
James Harold Wilson, Baron Wilson of Rievaulx, KG, OBE, FRS, FSS, PC was a British Labour Member of Parliament, Leader of the Labour Party. He was twice Prime Minister of the United Kingdom during the 1960s and 1970s, winning four general elections, including a minority government after the...
's government, notably over its failure to oppose the Vietnam War
Vietnam War
The Vietnam War was a Cold War-era military conflict that occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975. This war followed the First Indochina War and was fought between North Vietnam, supported by its communist allies, and the government of...
. Jordan edited the paper until 1968, when he cooperated with Tariq Ali
Tariq Ali
Tariq Ali , , is a British Pakistani military historian, novelist, journalist, filmmaker, public intellectual, political campaigner, activist, and commentator...
in launching The Black Dwarf. At that time The Week became a monthly magazine called International, which was published by the International Marxist Group
International Marxist Group
The International Marxist Group was a Trotskyist group in Britain between 1968 and 1982. It was the British Section of the Fourth International. It and its youth organisation had had around 1,000 members and supporters in the late 1970s...
.
External links
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