The Sunday Times - UK (2022-05-01)

l Boris Johnson has been

dogged by accusations of

dodgy practices for months,

but that’s hardly new. His

tutor at Oxford, Jonathan

Barnes, recalls telling

Johnson off for copying a

translation from a textbook.

Johnson reputedly replied:

“I’ve been so busy I just

didn’t have time to put in

the mistakes.” Books, p22

l Some medieval pilgrims

were more focused on

earthly pleasures than

heavenly ones, according

to the historian Eleanor

Janega. They even wore

badges to attract sexual

attention: one featured a

woman wheeling a penis in

a wheelbarrow. Radio, p15

CONTENTS 01.05.2022

ARTS

4
Cover story
Abba on their comeback —
as avatars — revolutionising
music as we know it

8
Books
The Dirty Dancing star
Jennifer Grey on the nose job
that changed her life, twice

10
Film
Gloss, gleam and withering
bon mots — but is Downton
Abbey: A New Era any good?

14
Television
Camilla Long on Ten Percent

16
Music
Meet Jacob Collier, the
Grammy-winner without a hit

BOOKS

22

Politics

Johnson, Cameron, Gove,

Rees-Mogg and the tiny

Oxford clique that runs

the country

24

Biography

This life of the Wide Sargasso

Sea author Jean Rhys is almost

a masterpiece

26

Philosophy

Are children the deepest

thinkers of us all?

27

Fiction

A talented young writer who

has echoes of Zadie Smith

and Bernardine Evaristo

24

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AB+DM

TV & RADIO

29
TV & Radio
The best guide to the
week’s programmes

Cover Abba Voyage’s Bjorn
Ulvaeus, Agnetha Faltskog,
Anni-Frid Lyngstad and Benny
Andersson. Image ©ABBA GETTY IMAGES

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THINGS WE’VE

LEARNT THIS ISSUE

NO HOLDING BACK

Downton Abbey is the most

successful costume drama

series since Brideshead

Revisited. Its creator, Julian

Fellowes, and star Michelle

Dockery talk to The Sunday

Times Culture Show about

reuniting with the original

cast for a second spin-off

movie. Also on the weekly

show, Culture’s art critic,

Waldemar Januszczak, takes

us inside the 59th Venice

Biennale — picking the best art

on display and the artists to

watch. Catch up on our

website or on The Sunday

Times’s YouTube channel.

The Hollywood star Viola Davis tells the

hard-hitting story of her childhood

Books, page 20

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