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Content includes folklore stories tied to specific locations such as Gloucester, Oxford, London, and Bath, alongside magazine departments covering health, driving, dining and recipes, plus interviews and personal essays. Editorial pages emphasize popular media coverage, family and career perspectives, and selected reading recommendations across a broad weekend audience.","July 12 2026  \nADVERTISEMENT  \nYour regular copy of The Sunday Times Magazine is inside  \nADVENTURES START HERE  \nTHE LINE  \nTO  \nLEGEND LAND  \nThe Ghost of  \nGloucester Cathedral  \nWithin Gloucester Cathedral’s ancient stones lingers Billy, a mischievous apprentice’s spirit trapped after a fatal fall. Legend has it that he dwells within the cathedral’s pillar and still appears to visitors on the off-chance they will play a game with him.  \nNearest station: Gloucester  \nExplore legendary places with GWR. Find out more [at gwr.com/legends](at gwr.com/legends)  \nADVENTURES START HERE  \nThe White Horse of Uffington  \nThe White Horse of Uffington is one of Britain’s oldest folklore symbols. According to legend, the horse caused nightly disturbances that ceased only when Wayland, a blacksmith, removed a branch that had been lodged in its hoof.  \nNearest station: Oxford  \nThe Ravens of the Tower  \nThe Tower of London’s ravens hold the kingdom’s fate in their wings. A prophecy states that at least six ravens must remain in the Tower at all times. This ancient tradition is still upheld today. Nearest station: London Paddington  \nPrince Bladud & the Hot Springs of Bath  \nAfter being exiled for contracting a skin disease, Prince Bladud became a swineherd. On seeing his pigs thrive in the thermal mud bath, Bladud immersed himself as well. Within weeks, his disease was cured.  \nBladud later built a grand city at the site. 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I’ve got kids to feed  \n6 Relative Values  \nMick Jagger’s daughters Lizzy and Georgia May  \n9 That’s My Job  \nA thatcher on using reeds from China and keeping mice out  \n10 Interview: Chris Hoy  \nThe cyclist tells Decca Aitkenhead why his cancer diagnosis hasn’t stopped him pushing himself to the limits  \n18 I was an Isis bride  \nTareena Shakil left Birmingham for Syria to join Islamic State, then was jailed on her return to the UK. Now an influencer on TikTok, she tells her story to Madeleine Spence  \n26 1966 and all that  \nFrom fêtes to dodgy aerials, the historian David Kynaston captures British life on the day England won the World Cup  \n32 COVER: Simon Pegg The actor is mates with Chris Martin and Tom Cruise but still prefers the home counties to Hollywood. 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