The Sunday Times Magazine • 3
DECEMBER 12 2021
COVER: CHARLIE SURBEY FOR THE SUNDAY TIMES MAGAZINE. THIS PAGE: BACKGRID© Times Newspapers Ltd, 2021. Published and licensed by Times Newspapers Ltd, 1 London Bridge Street, London SE1 9GF (020 7782 5000). Printed by Prinovis UK Ltd, Liverpool. Not to be sold separately
Plus P5 Matt Rudd^ | P44 Irina Linovich’s vegan Christmas recipes^ | P48 Table Talk^ | P50 Jeremy Clarkson blows up French cars^
CALL YOURSELF A WINE BUFF?
Quaff your way to being a real connoisseur with our unlikely
new pairing — Miquita Oliver and Will Lyons. Page 38
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RELATIVE VALUES
The comedian Bill Bailey and
his son, Dax, on being just
the right amount of famous
8
COVER STORY: PAW PATROL
James Palmer meets the sniffer
dogs foiling high-tech criminals
with their superior snouts
32
DEATH OF A SUPERSTAR DJ
Avicii’s suicide shocked the
music world. His father tells
Emily Dixon about his shy son
16
ESCAPE FROM AFGHANISTAN
How 148 female students, below,
made a desperate bid for freedom
as Kabul fell. By Catherine Philp
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THE TREES OF LIFE
Africa’s ancient baobabs are in
peril. Photographer Beth Moon
captures their bulbous majesty
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A LIFE IN THE DAY
Red Bull’s Christian Horner
on the F1 title fight and his
marriage to Ginger Spice