The Sunday Times Magazine - UK (2020-11-08)

The Sunday Times Magazine • 3

NOVEMBER 8 2020

EXCLUSIVE: COVID BEHIND BARS

What’s it like to be a prisoner during a pandemic? David James Smith goes inside, page 8

6

RELATIVE VALUES

Former chat show king

Michael Parkinson and his

TV producer son, Mike

20

COVER: LIFE AFTER BORIS

Marina Wheeler, the ex-wife of

the PM, tells Christina Lamb

about her next chapter

32

PEAK MADNESS

He couldn’t fly or climb. Yet he

flew solo to Everest to scale it.

Ed Caesar on Maurice Wilson

28

THE LOCKDOWN MONSTER

How JK Rowling unearthed

the tale of The Ickabog — with

a little help from young artists

40

TRUE CRIME

The detective who tried to stop

Harold Shipman before his

killing spree. By Rosie Kinchen

44

CENTRAL ASIAN DELIGHTS

Caroline Eden reveals the

magical flavours of Tajik,

Uighur and Uzbek dishes

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