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Sunday Times Magazine August 16th 2009
DID YOU KNOW? Included this week: how Paris Hilton took pity on alcoholic elephants in India; and the world’s most persistent pianist
SHORT STORY In the second part of Michael Morpurgo’s nostalgic narrative. a troubled teenager fears for his future until a mounted soldier gives him an intriguing idea
RELATIVE VALUES – Jean-Christophe Novelli, the celebrated chef, and his daughter, Christina, 22, singer-songwriter, on the trauma of being estranged and making up for lost time
A LIFE IN THE DAY – Deborah Meaden, the fiery female star of Dragons’ Den, on her passion for practicality, pets and piano-playing
OPEN MINDS – Sir lsaac Newton may have been a mathematical genius, says Thomas Levenson, but, when it came to money and credit, did he make a few miscalculations?
Spectrum – Twelve pages of awe-inspiring photography from around the world. This week: rarely seen images of the style icon Brigitte Bardot, taken by famous paparazzi photographers of the 1960s
GRAND DESIGNS – Katie Grand has it all: the respect of the world’s top designers, a flock of famous friends and a rocker for a husband. But, as the stylist tells us, she’s no material girl
COVER: APPLE’S CORE He’s a Zen Buddhist renowned for his tantrums, a hero of capitalism who dropped out of college and took LSD. We examine the paradoxical personality of Steve Jobs, Apple’s notoriously secretive boss
WORLDS APART For autistic children, life is fraught with confusion and fear, but they have the safety net of home and family, Then they grow up and, neglected by the system, many face a life with no friends, no work and no hope
COME HAIL AND HIGH WATER – The increasing threat of flooding in Britain has led to a deluge of solutions, from waterproof homes to those that float. But are we out of our depth?
68 pages. All our magazines are first day issues. This issue is in very good condition for age.
