The Times Magazine - UK (2020-09-05)

The Times Magazine 5

EDITOR NICOLA JEAL DEPUTY EDITOR LOUISE FRANCE ART DIRECTOR CHRIS HITCHCOCK ASSOCIATE EDITOR SIMON HILLS ASSISTANT EDITOR TONY TURNBULL FEATURES EDITOR MONIQUE RIVALLAND CHIEF SUB-EDITOR AMANDA LINFOOT

DEPUTY ART DIRECTOR JO PLENT DEPUTY CHIEF SUB-EDITOR CHRIS RILEY PICTURE EDITOR ANNA BASSETT ACTING PICTURE EDITORS LUCY DALEY, EITHNE STAUNTON CONTRIBUTING EDITOR BRIDGET HARRISON EDITORIAL ASSISTANT GEORGINA ROBERTS

7 Spinal column: Melanie Reid I have a new lease of life. 8 Cover

story The brains behind Netflix The streaming giant’s CEO, Reed

Hastings, on tearing up the corporate rulebook and beating

Hollywood at its own game. 16 The good shepherd Caitlin Moran

finds out how James Rebanks is planning a revolution by turning

away from modern agricultural methods. 20 A not so special

relationship Donald Trump lashed out at Sir Kim Darroch, the

British ambassador, after his damning comments about the

president were leaked. A year after resigning, he’s ready to talk.

05.09.

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COVER: AUSTIN HARGRAVE/NETFLIX. THIS PAGE: MARK HARRISON

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27 Eat! Thirty-minute vegan meals from the Bosh! boys.

36 Rose Tremain The celebrated novelist tells Louise Carpenter

about living with pancreatic cancer and where she stands on

“cultural appropriation”. 42 Justice for Syria Anthony Loyd meets

Hamish de Bretton-Gordon, who is pressing for action over the

use of chemical weapons in the ongoing civil war. 51 Shop! Time

for a new coat, says Hilary Rose. 53 Beauty How to get a glow in

middle age. 58 Beta male: Robert Crampton I am on a fitness kick.

Giles Coren is away

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