The Times Magazine 3EDITOR NICOLA JEAL DEPUTY EDITOR LOUISE FRANCE ART DIRECTOR CHRIS HITCHCOCK ASSOCIATE EDITOR JANE MULKERRINS 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 DEPUTY PICTURE EDITOR LUCY DALEY CONTRIBUTING EDITOR BRIDGET HARRISON EDITORIAL ASSISTANT GEORGINA ROBERTS5 Caitlin Moran What I see when I look in the mirror. 7 What I’ve learnt Actor Rupert Grint on “auntie” JK Rowling. 9 Spinal column:
Melanie Reid In praise of teenage girls. 10 Move over, Selling Sunset The brash young British estate agents shaking up the luxury housing
market. 16 Cover story When war comes home Why have so many British soldiers taken their own lives after serving in Afghanistan?
Anthony Loyd investigates. 28 ‘He brainwashed me’ A new documentary tells the story of a conman who claimed to be an MI5 agent.
31 Eat! Make soup the main event. 44 Kiefer Sutherland The actor talks about his hellraising past and new singing career. 50 A family
forged in tragedy The climber who survived an avalanche that killed his best friend – and then took his place as husband and father.
56 Oh no, thongs are back Harriet Walker on the return of the whale tail. Plus: time to audit your wardrobe. 60 Giles Coren reviews
Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen, London. 66 Beta male: Robert Crampton TV is not what it used to be. Just as well.15.01.
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