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The Week Junior is a<br />
weekly news magazine<br />
aimed mainly at<br />
children and young<br />
people but anyone<br />
can read it. It has pages of<br />
home news and a double page<br />
spread on world news.<br />
Jon Snow says: “The Week<br />
Junior is the best thing since<br />
Rubik invented his cube.”<br />
David Baddiel says The Week<br />
Junior has “all the news,<br />
without the boring bits. Or at<br />
least with the boring bits made<br />
not boring.”<br />
It always has a Big Debate<br />
in it on subjects like ‘Should<br />
old buildings be preserved?’,<br />
‘Is it cruel to keep pets?’,<br />
‘Should famous people keep<br />
their children’s lives private?’,<br />
‘Should voting be made<br />
compulsory?’, ‘Should snacks<br />
be banned in cinemas?’ and<br />
‘Are ghosts fact or fi ction?’. They<br />
give information and reasons for<br />
and against, you can vote yes or<br />
no online and they publish the<br />
results the following week.<br />
They also have a feature<br />
called ‘They said it’ in which a<br />
famous person says something<br />
about things they’ve done. For<br />
example, Venus Williams talking<br />
about her childhood training<br />
regime, said: “I just went out and<br />
practised, did what I was told<br />
and didn’t think about the next<br />
day.” JK Rowling said: “Harry is<br />
done now.” Artist Helen Marten<br />
on winning the Turner prize said<br />
“I really hope it won’t change my<br />
life and that things will continue<br />
as they are.” The Queen fi nds<br />
her solar-powered statue really<br />
annoying. She said: “The sun<br />
comes out and I see myself<br />
waving to me!”<br />
There’s always sport. Once<br />
they had a feature on ‘Team GB’s<br />
bright young stars’. Usually they<br />
list the week’s winners and the<br />
week’s losers.<br />
They have a puzzles page and<br />
a page of amazing photos and a<br />
quiz about the week’s news, and<br />
they print people’s photos and<br />
comments.<br />
I like the page called ‘That’s<br />
unbelievable!’ which has strange<br />
things in it like a Winnie-the-<br />
Pooh-shaped cloud, and a ‘real<br />
or rubbish?’ feature where you<br />
have to decide whether the<br />
thing in it is true or a prank. For<br />
example, a cat called Moon Unit<br />
went missing for eight years<br />
when it travelled to France from<br />
London. It really happened.<br />
She had a microchip and some<br />
volunteers from an animal shelter<br />
were able to trace her owner.<br />
Lydia Hole<br />
The Week Junior<br />
St Chad’s Church, Linden Avenue, Woodseats<br />
Church Offi ce: Linden Avenue, Sheffi eld S8 0GA<br />
Tel: (0114) 274 5086<br />
Page 11<br />
email: offi ce@stchads.org<br />
website: www.stchads.org
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