diff --git a/recipes/sunday_times_magazine.recipe b/recipes/sunday_times_magazine.recipe
index a5f9276e8d..6410df2c49 100644
--- a/recipes/sunday_times_magazine.recipe
+++ b/recipes/sunday_times_magazine.recipe
@@ -39,6 +39,11 @@ class TimesOnline(BasicNewsRecipe):
         'publisher': publisher,
         'language': language}
 
+    def classes(classes):
+        q = frozenset(classes.split(' '))
+        return dict(attrs={
+          'class': lambda x: x and frozenset(x.split()).intersection(q)})
+
     def get_browser(self):
         br = BasicNewsRecipe.get_browser(self)
         br.open('http://www.thetimes.co.uk/')
@@ -74,9 +79,9 @@ class TimesOnline(BasicNewsRecipe):
             cover = None
         return cover
 
-    remove_tags = [{
-        'attrs': {'class': lambda x: x and 'is-hidden' in x.split()},
-        'name': ['object', 'link', 'iframe', 'base', 'meta', 'script']}, {
+    remove_tags = [
+        classes('Topics is-hidden Tooltip Toolbar Comments RelatedLinks'),
+        {'name': ['object', 'link', 'iframe', 'base', 'meta', 'script']}, {
             'attrs': {
                 'class': [
                     'tools comments-parent', 'u-hide', 'Tooltip',