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Sunday Times Culture Magazine August 3rd 2008
Cover story – ‘The thing that makes me laugh is when a character isn’t aware he’s in a comedy.’ Steve Carell, America’s Peter Sellers, talks to Stephen Armstrong
Architecture – Oil-rich Gulf sheikhs are investing billions in landmark museums by celebrated architects. Can culture and cultural tourism be bought, asks John Arlidge
Books – The writers who self-publish without being damned
Edinburgh – From Valery Gergiev to Britt Ekland: our critics’ top 20
Music – Comment Mark Edwards on how seriously funny songwriters, from Randy Newman to Lily Allen, blend gravity and jokes
Feature Sheffield popsters the Human League, ABC and Heaven 17 are back. By Paul Lester
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