The composite picture shows symmetrical spiral arms dotted with clusters of young, blue stars radiating from a central nucleus.

Extracts from diaries and letters written by these characters offer a composite picture of the author's final days, and are cut together with passages from his own writings.

The composite picture, inset, shows his hair-raising trajectory.

This was the first time that a composite picture was used in this way by a newspaper.

Through a combination of mirrors, four portraits, fed into the machine, produce one composite picture.