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Viktoria Cowley The babies airlifted out of Saigon
Viktoria Cowley was just a toddler when she was airlifted out of Vietnam, one of 99 children plucked from the war-torn country by the Daily Mail. Now she is trying to reunite the scattered evacuees.

Man speaking Say what?
Talking is uniquely human, but how do we speak?

Products on shelves Sell-by buys
Thriving trade in best-before foods that still taste fine


Leaders' scrawls
How does Brown's writing fare against other leaders'?

Loaf and behold
How did Greggs the baker get to be so huge?

Case dismissed
Who can get away with breaking the speed limit?

Reality check
Can drug-taking be stopped, asks Clive James


Other Magazine stories

Risky business
How do you work out if something is dangerous or not?

Sticks and stones
When did autism start becoming a term of abuse?

7 days quiz
Who's the most unlikely fan of 'Jedward'?

Naming Rights FC
Why do fans get upset about corporate names?

The grouch
Why did Britain fall out of love with Sesame Street?

Flexitarian
Can you eat fish and still be a veggie?

Growing older
How do they know Madeleine now looks like this?


Fantasy and farms
Lesser-reported characters who died this month

Ticket quiz
7 questions on expensive means of transport


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Blissfully unaware
I was playing Trivial Pursuit when the Wall came down

Autumn's colours
Vivid images of the season courtesy of our readers



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