The Sunday Times - UK (2022-02-06)

l Nigel Farage has a very

specific type. He “has a

penchant for the

Rubensesque woman,

amply bottomed”, an old

City pal is quoted saying in

a new biography of the

politician. “He always said

he would choose Hattie

Jacques over Kate Moss.”

Books, p20

l In the Stasi’s poetry club,

the officers’ verses were

supposed to uphold

socialist principles, but that

wasn’t always the case.

“Want you/ to be mine/

just mine/ and hope never/

to be nationalised,” wrote

one amorous young officer

in a love poem.

Books, p21

CONTENTS 06.02.2022

ARTS

4
Cover story
The best foreign-language
dramas to watch now — as
chosen by our expert panel

8
Books
Anthony Horowitz tells Bryan
Appleyard about the greatest
threat facing writers today

12
Television
Does a sex tape saga make
good TV? Camilla Long finds
out with Pam & Tommy

15
Interview
Jim Broadbent on his raucous
early days and the incredible
true story behind his new film

16
Opera
A bold take on Handel

BOOKS

20

Lead review

One of the most influential

politicians of the past 50

years? A biography of Nigel

Farage makes the case

22

Memoir

Justin Webb on his surprising

and traumatic childhood

24

History

Max Hastings on Britain’s

shameful treatment of

wartime Jewish refugees

28

Thrillers

A blistering psychological

debut, and a new take on a

favourite le Carré location

24

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TV & RADIO

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TV & Radio
The best guide to the
week’s programmes

Cover Subtitled dramas
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Oliver and Grant Tucker also

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Elizabeth McGovern about

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Hollywood through the lens of

the 1950s starlet Ava Gardner.

And Culture’s Jonathan Dean

gives his take on the latest

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our website or on The Sunday

Times’s YouTube channel.

Van Gogh’s self-portraits show him in a

different light at a brave new exhibition

Art, page 10

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