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Sunday Times Magazine October 4th 2009
Did you know? – The sexual message and eerie omen lurking in Farrah Fawcett’s hairdo; how Ian Fleming’s Bond characters are rooted in Kent; the bearded unknown who was transformed into Superman
Relative Values – Alex Stobbs, a Cambridge scholar who has cystic fibrosis, and his brother and fellow student, Patrick
Open Minds – Iranians have demonstrated that the violent Islamic regime won’t suppress their desire to live freely and fairly, says the writer Azar Nafisi
Short Story – Three decades after The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy first aired, an extract from the sequel tells of a farcical encounter between 105-year-old Trillian Astra and her newlywed daughter
A Life in the Day 0f Dominic West, tough guy from TV’s The Wire, who is a soft touch with his four demanding children
Twelve pages of extraordinary images from around the world. This week: a humpback whale takes the plunge in the Turks and Caicos; the persecution of Zimbabweans, scarred for life by Mugabe’s regime; a mental-health awareness campaign featuring Vivienne Westwood, Christian Slater, Sophie Dahl and Andrew Lloyd Webber
COVER – The Cheryl factor – After surviving public maulings and a rocky marriage, everything’s starting to go right for Cheryl Cole. So why does she feel more comfortable when it’s all going wrong?
Rank outsider – MI6 has a new chief: a high-profile diplomat who was exposed on Facebook in his swimming trunks. He’s got the contacts, he’s got the charm, but has Sir John Sawers got the secret background to be Britain’s top spook?
Selling art by the shedload – Damien Hirst has made his most radical career change and started painting again. In the shack at the bottom of his garden, he explains why everything he has done until now has been leading to this
Cause celeb Stars have always been attracted to charities. Now the agents who match them to good causes have become America’s biggest power players – and are even shaping political agendas
76 pages. All our magazines are first day issues. This issue is in very good condition for age
