The Observer magazine - Pope John Paul II cover (21 October 1979)

The Observer magazine - Pope John Paul II cover (21 October 1979)
Good condition for age - light wear throughout - very small piece of paper missing at bottom of pages 25-26

THE POPE, THE SAINT AND THE GREEN FIELDS OF IRELAND - 4 page photos

TROTSKY: THE LOST LEADER - Mark Frankland reassesses the historic role and legendary significance of the great Russian revolutionary
Five and a half pages

A VILLAGE GENIUS - Flora Thompson's world
5 pages

FASHION - "The Autumn Angle"
2 page fashion

ART'S GREATEST MYSTERY - THE MISSING WOMEN
In these extracts from her new book 'The Obstacle Race', Germaine Greer puts forward a challenging revaluation of the achievements of women painters
7 pages

LORD MOUNTBATTEN - "Uncle Dickie"
Lord Mountbatten, as his family knew him
3 page photos

THE RAIN IT RAINETH ALMOST EVERY DAY - And, as William Wordsworth said, it 'comes down heartily' in Seathwaite, Cumbria. Ena Kendall reports from the wettest inhabited place in England.
3 pages

GABRIELE ANNAN ON EFFI BRIEST - (by Theodor Fontane)
1 page

BACK TO THE DEEP SOUTH - In his latest novel, James Baldwin returns to the revivalist scene of his first great book. We met him at his home near Nice.
One and a quarter pages

THE BRAN MAN - Dr Denis Burkitt is the self-appointed fibre missionary of the West. We listen to his message.
One and a quarter pages