The Observer magazine - 9 November 1986

The Observer magazine - 9 November 1986
Good condition for age - discolouration to page edges - some light wear

THE PRINCE AND THE PANDA - After the controversy of the royal tour of China, Prince Philip returned as head of the World Wildlife Fund to look at the pandas. At the Wolong research centre, one of his duties was to name three-month-old Lam Tian, the first baby to be born there. Our environment correspondent Geoffrey Lean and photographer Julian Calder were the only journalists to accompany the Prince on his 3,000-mile mission
4 pages

JONATHAN PRYCE - With a much acclaimed Hamlet to his credit, Jonathan Pryce is bringing his formidable talent to the role of Macbeth. Lesley Thornton quizzed him on his attitude to the part and the play, which opens at Stratford on Tuesday
2 pages

JAMES FITTON - "Looking Sharp"
William Feaver looks at his work
4 page photo feature

SAY CHEERS - Lea Valley cheerleaders, the British champions, joined the experts in Tennessee. Katie Neville met them
2 pages

FASHION - "Leather Forecast"
Fashion is into black lace-ups this season (and we don't mean sensible shoes!)
5 page fashion photos

FLIGHTS OF FANCY IN BALHAM - After 'The Company Of Wolves' Angela Carter has now adapted her novel 'The Magic Toyshop' for television. Moira Paterson watched the filming and met the author
3 pages

TO THE MANOR BID - This week some 120 lordships of the manor go under the hammer at London auctions. Anyone can bid, but they'll have to beat oreigners and property speculators prepared to pay more than £6,000 for a feudal title that may confer status but has few practical benefits
Five and a half pages

LOVE MATCH - Love and (arranged) marriage is the subject of a new BBC play. Lesley Thornton meets its star Shaheen Khan
1 page

GEORGE DAVIES (CHIEF EXECUTIVE, NEXT) - "A room of my own"
2 pages

Magazine also includes pull-out "Woolworths Christmas Gift Catalogue 1986"
(48 pages - printed on good-quality paper)