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Sunday Times Magazine May 24th 2009
DID YOU KNOW? The crackpot cabinet maker who inspired the Mad Hatter; the man who breathed life into the Daleks; and are natural blondes becoming extinct?
RELATIVE VALUES – Vince Cable, Liberal Democrat Treasury spokesman and MP, and his formidable, feisty” barrister daughter, Aida
OPEN MINDS – We should learn to live with doubts, discomfort and insecurity-it’s intrinsic to adynamic existence, says Tim Lott
ONE YEAR ON – With the death of its beloved host, Humphrey Lyttleton, it looked like Radio 4’s l’m Sorry I Haven’t a Clue would die with him. But now a trio of new chairmen is giving the cult show a renewed lease of life
SHORT STORY – What’s the real cost of falling in love? In Alaa Al Aswany’s tale, two very different women-one hard to get, the other ready and willing – come at a very high price
A LIFE IN THE DAY – Neil Oliver, ponytailed presenter of BBC’s Coast, on tea toast and Marmite, and historical heroes
SPECTRUM
A 10-page feature devoted to the world’s most stunning photojournalism, including: diamond- diggers in Sierra Leone: the battered FA Cup trophy gets some tender loving care; death defying climbing in the North York Moors; and Bolivia’s long-skirted female wrestlers
CHEMICAL ATTRACTION – Internet-dating companies are going one step further. To prove that love really does come down to chemistry, they’re asking for our DNA samples to help us sniff out the perfect mate
SELLS LIKE TEEN SPIRIT – Groups of young teenagers were each given £10 to put their business ideas into practice – and proved they were savvy and skilful entrepreneurs
DEATH OF A PIN-UP – In 1975 the bunny girl Eve Stratford was brutally and suspiciously murdered. Did someone in her glamorous underworld knife her to death? Nearly 34 years later, the police may be closing in on her killer
COVER: LONE STAR – Still indefinable at 68, Bob Dylan talks about his sense of not belonging, his childhood in Minnesota, and his place in the line-up of rock’n’roll legends
64 pages This issue is in very good condition throughout.
