The Sunday Times Magazine 26 March 1978

The Turin Shroud: could the claims be true? 
This Easter Sunday a large section of the Magazine is given to a subject 
which throughout the year will be fascinating and dividing the Christian 
world. The Holy Shroud is only rarely produced for public inspection. 
But on this, the 400th anniversary of its arrival in Turin, it is not only to 
be displayed but a special Congress is to be called which may at last 


settle the question: could the shadowy image on the Shroud in fact be 
that of Jesus? Author Ian Wilson has been a student of the Shroud for 
12 years and has written a new book and film about it. His article reviews 
recent scholarship and advances a new theory about its history. And for 
the first time pictures of the Shroud are reproduced in colour. Page 20 

MAIN FEATURES 
Back to ballet The Turning Point 
is an acclaimed American film that 
opens in London this week. It stars 
Shirley MacLaine, who returns to 
the screen after five years, as a 
woman who gave up ballet stardom 
to start a Family. 
Page 42
 
Rum for our money will Red Rum 
win the National this week? Form 
guide straight from the horse's 
mouth, by Jeffrey Bernard. Page 48 

The Docs of War a new breed of 
mercenary the medics who are 
risking their lives in the bitter war 
in Chad, in Central Africa Page 54 

A Life in the day of Marshall 
McLuhan the author of the 
Medium is the Massage tells how 
he spends a typical day. Page 94 

LIFESPAN 
Enjoy your butterflies the leading 
expert shows how. 71

The scraps of Henry Cooper portfolio of a pugilist Page 72

Women in print? Kaye Webb, chief of editorial at Puffin
publishes her 1000th book Page 75

Bring on the dancing girls: Texan 
lovelies come to Britain. Page 77 

The Marionette Mecca: puppets, 
monster puppets, and the man who makes them
Page 79 

Do we waste our waste? What could 
be done to make it pay. Page 79 

Historic Barns of Britain: how they 
were made, where to find them, 
Page 80 

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