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Sunday Times Magazine June 13th 2010
Waugh Zone – When novelists are thrust into the spotlight, why do they always lose the plot, asks our columnist
Relative Values – Rebecca Adlington Olympic-gold-medallist swimmer, and her sister Laura, training to be a PE teacher
Chat Room – Jarvis Cocker witters on about Sarkozy, riots and “being a mess”: Debbie Harry the cabbie: our philosopher asks, is the world getting better or worse?
Short Story – Two quirky mother-and-daughter tales by Sara Lenzen involving a woman acting like a serial killer, an estranged father, and a stolen painting
A Life in the Day – Cozmo Jenks. high-society milliner, on living in a Dorset rectory, a dog called Elvis, and mad hats
Spectrum
No way to turn back the tide Ten pages of the world’s most extraordinary photography. This week: the sinking of India’s Sundarbans islands that left hundreds dead and thousands homeless; the Detroit man shacked up with a £4,000 silicone doll; underwater nudes; revellers caught up in pyrotechnic displays in Cuba
COVER: I am still so lucky – After her battle against cancer, Kylie is determined to live and love in the moment. She talks openly about boyfriends, Botox and the side effects of her treatment
My mother’s savage mountain – In 1995, Alison Hargreaves died climbing K2, the world’s second-highest peak. Now her son is tackling the same summit in the most dangerous style, alone and without oxygen. This is his extraordinary story
The box that changed Britain – Seeing the three party leaders slug it out on TV became a campaign phenomenon But it’s what went on behind the scenes that really shaped the electoral outcome
64 pages This issue is in very good condition throughout.
