The Week - 2016-12-24

• An “exhilarati­ng” new Star Wars spin-off
• The evacuation of Aleppo
• Terror in Berlin
• What the commentato­rs said
• What the commentato­rs said
• The hacked election
• IT MUST BE TRUE…
• It was the year the UK got its second female prime minister, a reality TV star won the US presidency, Prince Harry found a girlfriend, and Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie split up. Here we take a look at some of the people who made the headlines in 2016
• Spirit of the age
• The way we live now: a world of “safe spaces” and “consent workshops”
• The way we were in 2016
• It must be true… the best tabloid stories of 2016 The staff at a Burger King in Minneapoli­s smashed all of its windows, after a prank caller
• Pick of the week’s correspond­ence
• Exchange of the week Toying with girls’ futures
• Some of the things they said were good for us… …and some the scientists said might do uwshhatane­rxmt?
• From compressib­le cockroache­s to plastic pollution... …a selection of scientific theories and discoverie­s from 2016
• Test your grasp of current affairs and general knowledge with our quiz
• Foreign language
• Documentar­y
• Snakes, saints and brothels: the truth about Christmas
• Dreamgirls
• The Red Shoes
• At-a-glance guide to the best holiday television
• Best books… Simon Callow
• The Archers: what happened last week
• An Alpine skiing odyssey
• Salads for a Scandinavi­an Christmas
• The best sparkling wines for the festive season
• City profiles
• The winners and losers of 2016
• Trends: the good, the bad and the ugly
• It was a year of shrugged-off shocks, which saw the Murdochs return and Sir Philip Green’s £1 BHS deal come back to haunt him
• Among those who died in 2016…
• THE WEEK CROSSWORD 1036

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