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Vintage Sunday Times Magazine January 27th 1985
Cover: the Burtons at sea. Photograph by John David Morley.
Brief the encounter with the Burtons – Formerly private tutor to the children of Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor, John David Morley recalls in words and pictures the remarkable months during which he shared the domestic life of the famous couple. His account is a rare insight into their violent fluctuating moods- from Burton’s heavy drinking; confidences bizarrely imparted by Taylor in the secrecy of a storeroom; to the calmer joys of family life when Burton stayed off the booze
The new glittering prizes – Cambridge is not the place it once was. Sleek offices and computer professionalism have sprouted beside the playground of the Bright Young Things of the Sixties. Where once the university was dominant, high-tech industry has moved in to the tune of £l billion. Don Macpherson examines what a forthcoming report terms The Cambridge Phenomenon
The colour of Russia before it turned red – The Russian short-story writer and playwright, Leonid Nikolaevich Andreyev, was also a photographer – and, as such, a man before his time. When colour photography was in its infancy he achieved remarkable results with the autochrome process. We present some of his pictures, discovered in a Paris flat. Portrait of a couple in pre-Revolutionary Russia.
Miyake gives us the Bodyworks – Since Japanese women freed themselves from the traditional kimono they have been demanding clothes by Issey Miyake. But his highly original designs have been always coveted far beyond his homeland. We profile the pioneer of the Tokyo wrap-and-tie school of fashion, in which shops are treated more like art galleries Miyake’s highly controversial Bodyworks exhibition will be staged from next month at the Boilerhouse at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London
First sight – Loyd Grossman’s round- up: new tales from the Deep South and poetic sensibility by Ellen Gilchrist designer toys for the mentally handicapped .. the fabulous Wan sisters, vocalists extraordinaire why status beers now carry screw-tops.
Life in the Day – Dora Russell, the second wife of philosopher Bertrand Russell. At 90 she is now working on the third volume of her autobiography.
68 pages. All our magazines are first day issues. This issue is in very good condition for age.
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