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Vintage Sunday Times Magazine April 27th 1986
COVER STORY – Why me, I kept asking – One man, Bob Geldof, touched the conscience of the world over the plight of the Ethiopians and then with Band Aid and Live Aid, goaded us into giving money on an unprecedented scale. Today we start an exclusive two-part serialisation of Geldof’s autobiography, in which he tells how he did it.
Tackling an age old problem – Eight-mile runs and raw vegetables – or a facelift? Shirley Lowe examines the different approaches of two beautiful women to growing old gracefully.
The art of thinking big – Apart from a paint brush, pop artist Roy Lichtenstein needed some scaffolding when he created his 68ft mural for the new Equitable Life tower in Manhattan. Carter Ratcliff charts its progress and in the detail on the left Lichtenstein is seen at work painting a finger nail.
The boys’ Own army – The lad in the scarlet jacket is not playing soldiers – Kazungu is a soldier, a member of an elite group of boys in Uganda’s National Resistance Army.
Vainly unfolding his tale? – Profile of Professor Alan Peacock who was appointed – controversially – to be chairman of the inquiry into the future of the BBC’s finances
East Side story – Meriel McCooey talks to Joe Casely-Hayford, the designer who is strongly influenced by the young look he encounters in London’s East end
76 pages. This issue is in very good condition throughout. There is a minor tear on one of the staples
