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DIVE INTO A WORLD OF WORDS
AROUND THE WORLD
A DAY FILLED WITH LOVE • PRINCESS ANNE’S SON PETER PHILLIPS MARRIED NURSE HARRIET SPERLING IN A QUAINT COUNTRY WEDDING
THE DAY WE’LL NEVER FORGET • He landed up in a grain cart and it took off his leg, but this plucky five-year-old is already looking forward to getting a ‘bionic’ one
CARING IS MY CALLING • The murder of her two young sons tore her life apart, but taking a job as a caregiver to the sick and dying helped her to find peace and purpose
AI GAVE ME back my voice • Cancer robbed her of her tongue and larynx but thanks to technology she’s able to speak again
THE PEOPLE’S DOCTOR • He runs a private practice but also started a side hustle selling kotas and uses some of his profit to fund medical care for patients who can’t afford it
THE SUICIDE SUPPLIER • He set up an online business selling lethal substances and targeted the most vulnerable, convincing himself he was doing ‘God’s work’
SWOON SQUAD • The world's biggest sporting event has kicked off and were not just watching for the football. These talented soccer players are decidedly easy on the eye
It’s all about the APPLE • This versatile FRUIT can be used in all sorts of DELICIOUS ways – both SWEET and savoury!
HIS KIND OF COOL • Father’s Day may be around the corner, but these looks are for every kind of guy – and perhaps the perfect gift too
7 THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT SEX • If your sex life is awkward, unenjoyable or simply non-existent, here are a sex therapist’s top tips to improve intimacy
ADVICE
ON OUR RADAR • The HOTTEST things in POP CULTURE and ENTERTAINMENT THIS WEEK
WHAT TO READ? • Hit a bit of a reading slump? These gripping new releases will help you break out of it
PUZZLES • 15 PAGES OFFUN& GAMES
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YOUR STARS
Archimedes • We learn more about this brilliant Greek thinker
THE ARCHIMEDES SCREW • The Archimedes screw is a clever ancient invention that helped people move water to farms and cities, and from ships. It uses a giant spiral to lift water upwards when it turns. Even though it was invented more than 2 000 years ago, people still use it today for farming, flood control, water-cleaning systems and even to generate clean electricity
News of the week
THE BABBELVERSE • The adventures of Palava and Palooka
Kids’ games & activities
THE BILLIONAIRES’ CLUB • IT’S HARD FOR ORDINARY PEOPLE TO WRAP THEIR HEADS AROUND THE IDEA OF HAVING SO MUCH MONEY, BUT FOR THE 3 000 OR SO PEOPLE WHO ARE MEMBERS OF THIS ELITE GROUP IT’S ALL JUST A NUMBERS GAME, ACCORDING TO THE AUTHORS OF A FASCINATING NEW BOOK THAT LOOKS AT THE HABITS OF THE SUPER-RICH
MAKING MAGIC HAPPEN • South African-born artist Ferdi Scheepers has spent decades crafting some of Pixar’s biggest animated movies
NOT ON MY WATCH •...