The Sunday Times Magazine The Sunday Times Magazine The Sunday Times Magazine is a magazine included with "The Sunday Times". In 1962 it became the first colour supplement to be published as a supplement to a UK newspaper, and its arrival "broke the mould of weekend newspaper publishing". The magazine has in-depth journalism, high-quality photography and an extensive range of subject matter. It has had many famous contributors, including international authors, photographers and artists. The first edition of "The Sunday Times Colour Section" was published on 4 February 1962, and included some significant harbingers of the Swinging Sixties. These included 11 photographs on the
Today (UK newspaper) on equipment which had no facility for colour proofing, so the first view of the colour was on the finished product. However, it forced the conversion of all UK national newspapers to electronic production and colour printing. The newspaper's motto, hung in the newsroom, was "propa truth, not propaganda". Launched by regional newspaper entrepreneur Eddy Shah, it was bought by Tiny Rowland's Lonrho within four months. (Shah would launch the short-lived, unsuccessful national tabloid "The Post" in 1988.) Alastair Campbell was political editor and his long-term partner, Fiona Millar was news editor. Alongside the daily newspaper, a Sunday edition was