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Sunday Times Magazine August 9th 2009
DID YOU KNOW? – The uplifting true story of the Red Arrows’ first female pilot; how Elvis stole his sartorial style from a superhero; and did astronauts have sex in space for science?
RELATIVE VALUES – The violinist Daniel Hope and his father, Christopher, the acclaimed writer and anti-apartheid activist
OPEN MINDS – We need fewer gasps and more grit, says Natalie Haynes, lamenting the deluge of melodramatic female film roles
SHORT STORY – From Michael Morpurgo comes the first of a two-part tale in which an old man regrets his years as a teenage tearaway Malorie Blackman’s short story It’s Not What You Think will now be appearing at a later date
A LIFE IN THE DAY – The petite pop star and X Factor judge Dannii Minogue, on being blokey, getting spoilt and loving her big sister
Ten pages of stunning photography from around the world. This week: the striking stars and gruesome garb of Nigeria’s cinema industry, Nollywood; heavily armed police officers guarding captured drug dealers in Mexico; awe-inspiring aerial images of sand and water; a satirical look at modern-day Iran; and poverty-stricken refugees from Burma eking out a living in India
COVER – DESTINY’S CHILDREN How Jay-Z and Beyoncé, king and queen of rap and R&B, got the White House dancing to their tune
CLOUD CONTROL – With all electronic data moving into cyberspace or “the cloud”, we could soon be free from old-fashioned PCs. But painfully shy around women be suffering from will our privacy disappear into thin air, too?
LOVESICK – Could men who are a debilitating psychological disorder?
24 SNIGGERING AND DANCING – Pigs’ bladders, penny whistles and grown men running around in ribbons: we venture into the riotous and ridiculed world of morris dancing
BESLAN’S STOLEN SOUL – Five years after the horrific massacre in which 186 children were killed, the Russian town is still riven by anguish, bitterness and recriminations
64 pages. All our magazines are first day issues. This issue is in very good condition for age
