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INDEX
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A
The Absence of War (David Hare) 463
Abu Jihad 337
ACAS (Advisory Conciliation and Arbitration Service) 89–90
Ackroyd, Peter 182, 185
Active Newsroom 49 see also Evans, Harold
Adams, Gerry 491, 564 see also Sinn Fein
Adams, James 234
Adams, John 450
AEU (Amalgamated Engineering Union) 282
Afghanistan 348, 591, 598, 600–603
Africa 581 see also Apartheid; Congo; Rwanda; Sierra Leone; Somalia; South Africa, Sudan
Aga Khan 17
Aidid, General Muhammad Farrah 580–581
Aitken, Jonathan 30–32, 48, 101, 496, 519, 542
al-Assad, Hafez 151
al-Qaeda 579, 598, 601, 604–605
Alberge, Dalya 461
Algeria 598
Allardyce, Jason 501
Allison, John 449
Almond, Mark 354, 357
Amiel, Barbara 315, 341
Amis, Kingsley 614
ANC (African Congress Party) 560
Ancram, Michael 538, 539, 541
Anderson, Bruce 475
Anderson, Terry 334–336
Andropov, Yuri 147, 216
Anglo-Irish Agreement 563
Annan, Kofi 149
Annan, Noel 339
Anson, Charles 634
Antelope, HMS 134
Apartheid 124 see also South Africa
Appleyard, Christina 548
Arab League 150
Arafat, Yasser 561–563
Arcadia (Tom Stoppard) 463
Archer of Weston-super-Mare, Lord (Jeffery) 540, 543, 550
Ardent, HMS 134
Argentina 119–121, 125–126, 129, 133 see also Falklands War; Galtieri, General Leopoldo
Arlott, John 207
Armide (C.W. Gluck) 451
Armstrong, Lisa 466–468, 624
Arnett, Peter 398
Ashcroft, Michael 536–546, 609
Ashdown, Paddy 317, 407
Ashford, Nicholas 124, 131
Ashworth, Anne 622, 624
Ashworth, Jon 322
ASLEF (Associated Society of Locomotive Steam Engineers and Firemen) 83, 250
Associated Newspapers 20, 30, 31, 32, 101, 239, 272–273, 298
Associated Press 152, 334–335
Astor family 17, 18–19
Astor, David 40
Astor, Gavin (later Lord) 8, 19, 24, 63
Astor, Lord (John Jacob) 23
Atex computers 231, 233–234, 236, 247, 258
Atherton, Michael 440
Atlantic Richfield 30, 31, 40
AUEW (Amalgamated Union of Engineering Workers) 158, 236, 288
Austin, Tim 11, 60, 93, 102, 180, 235–236, 246, 256, 261, 372, 435, 609
The Australian 22, 39, 41, 646
Australian Financial Review 90
Aylard, Richard 130
B
Bad Times at The Times 188
Baker, James 560
Baldwin, Tom 535–536, 538–540, 545, 552
Baltic States 567
Bank of New York 517
Banks, David 235
Barak, Ehud 562, 600
Baring, Sir Evelyn 143
Barings Bank 4
Barlow, Frank 298
Barnes, Ivan 212, 311, 626
Barnes, Julian 369
Barnes, Rosie 317
Barnes, Simon 201–202, 326, 330–331, 421, 442, 444–445
Barnes, Thomas 51, 53, 103
Barnetson, Lord (William) 5
Bassett, Philip 373
BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation) 186, 529–530
Beattie, Ken 90
Beck, Ernest 353
Beckham, David 444
Beckett, Margaret 434, 487
Beeston, Richard 387, 390, 392–393, 398, 571–572, 592, 600, 640
Begin, Menachem 149, 152, 154
Belgrano see General Belgrano
Belize 537–539, 541, 544
Bell, John 325
Bell, Lord (Tim) 541
Bell, Mary 515–516
Bell, Steve 482
Bellamy, Rex 204, 441
Beloff, Max 553–554
Benaud, Richie 440
Benn, Tony 78, 80–83, 114, 164, 265, 271, 279, 309
Bennett, Alan 178, 183
Bennett, Vanora 593
Berlins, Marcel 92, 108, 183
Berry, Don 48
Berthoud, Roger 92, 108
Bevins, Anthony 162, 303, 310–311
Bhutto, Benazir 597
Bicentenary of The Times 206–210
Biffen, John 27–29, 31, 32, 99–100, 104, 265, 305, 308
‘Big Bang’ 323–324
Bild Zeitung 174
Biko, Steve 183
bin Laden, Osama 389, 596, 598, 600–602, 605
Binney, Marcus 373, 415, 638
Binyon, Michael 145, 146, 171–173, 177, 180, 208, 352, 404, 486, 600
Birtwistle, Harrison 450
Bishop, Patrick 138, 140
Bissell, Frances 359
Black, Conrad (Lord Black of Crossharbour) 9, 241, 306, 343, 431, 485
Black, Captain Jeremy 130
Black Monday 324–325
Black Wednesday 474, 476–477
Blackmore, Keith 439, 469
Blair, Tony
ascendancy 482–483
and Bush 601
constitutional reform 487, 499, 553–554
devolution 499
general election
(1997) 491–493
(2001) 555–557
Kosovo 588
Mary Bell furore 515
Millennium Dome 503
New Labour 455, 488
As Prime Minister 493, 497
Sierra Leone success 583–584
Tony’s cronies 535
The Blair Witch Project (dirs Daniel Myrick and Eduardo Sánchez) 464
Blake, David 66
Blake, Lord (Robert) 379
Bluff Cove 136–137, 139
Blum, Léon 70
Blundy, Anna 64
Blur 454–455
Bokassa, Emperor Jean-Bedal 70
Bone, James 517, 519, 599–600
Borrie, Sir Gordon 363
Bosnian War 568–573, 574–578, 579, 584 590 see also Dayton Accord; Kosovo; NATO; Serbia
Botham, Ian 204, 440
Bottomley, Peter 31, 429
Boutros Ghali, Boutros 580
Bouverie Street 222�
�226, 229–230, 249, 255, 297 see also The Sun; The News of the World
Boxer, Mark (Marc) 199
Boyes, Roger 145–146, 346, 619
Boyle, Danny 465
Bradlee, Ben 64
Bradley, Ian 77
Bradley, Peter 539
Bradshaw, Dr Tim 419
Brady, Reg 11, 87–88
Bragg, Melvyn 188
Brassed Off (dir. Mark Herman) 465
Brata, Sasthi 73
Brearley, Mike 204, 207
Bremner, Charles 324, 619
Brenton, Howard 115, 183
Brett, Alastair 520
Brewerton, David 325
Brezhnev, Leonaid 147, 216, 350–351, 357
Bridgeman, John 434
Bridges, George 540
Briggs, Asa 37
British Press Awards 147
British Rail 83, 156, 232–233
British Satellite Broadcasting 401
Britoil 162
Brittan, Leon 310
Brittan, Samuel 68
Britten, Benjamin 450
Britton, Tony 231
Brock, George 198, 404, 417, 437, 499, 529, 534, 608
Brogan, Hugh 92
Brook, Peter 183
Brookes, Peter 200, 482, 486–487, 557, 601
Brown, Craig 315
Brown, Geoff 401, 449, 464–465
Brown, Lord George 80
Brown, Glenn 461
Brown, Gordon 488, 497, 554
Brown, Peter 254
Brown, Tina 64, 112, 113, 116, 417, 418
Bruce-Gardyne, Jock 166
Brunskill, Ian 635
Brunton, Sir Gordon 7, 17–18, 20–25, 28, 31
Bryant, John 235, 304, 372, 413, 415, 436, 476, 482, 508, 541, 546–547, 608
Bryson, Bill 33, 88, 253
Brzezinski, Zbigniew 388
Buckley, Christine 616
Burchill, Julie 235
Bush, George 388, 389, 395, 560, 579, 581
Bush, George W. 563, 599, 601
Butler, David 315, 316
Butler, Rab 108, 631, 633
Butt, Ronald 70
Butterworth, Jez 463
C
Calcutt QC, Sir David 512–513
Callaghan, Brigid 624
Callaghan, James 43, 68, 76, 80
Calman, Mel 56, 200, 382
Cameron, James 464
Campbell, Alastair 552
Canary Wharf 324
Cannon, Tom 480
Capes, Geoff 441
Cappi, Tony 236–237
Carey, John 154
Carlyle, Robert 465
Carman QC, George 539
Caro, Sir Anthony 460–461
Carr, E.H. 215
Carr family 30, 39
Carr, Sir William 99
Carrington, Lord (Peter) 125, 146
Cash, Bill 475
Cats (Andrew Lloyd Webber) 183–184
Catto, Lord (Thomas) 21
Cazalet, Edward 143
CBI (Confederation of British Industry) 380
CBS Broadcasting 395
Ceausescu, Nicolae 346, 354–356
Chancellor, Alexander 108, 359, 420
Channel 4 185
Chappell, David 439
Chapple, Frank 156
Chard, Ted 225–226
Chariots of Fire (dir. Hugh Hudson) 184
Charles, Prince of Wales, marriage 61–63
Chechnya 591–594
Chemical Brothers 456
Chernenko, Konstantin 147–148
Chernin, Peter 298
Cherwell 7, 37
Chicago Sun-Times 217, 235–236
China 187, 348–350, 356–357, 523–534 see also Hong Kong
Christie, Linford 331
The Church and the Bomb 148
Churchill, Sir Winston 11
Clare, John 318, 644
Clark, General Wesley 589
Clarke, Kenneth 265, 293, 475, 489, 493, 494–495, 558
Clarke, Tom 325–326, 330, 439
CLEAR (Campaign for Lead-Free Air) 105
Clement, Barry 258, 303
Cliff, Nigel 465
Clifford, Max 513
Clinton, Bill 468, 527, 561, 575, 581, 583, 585–586, 588–589, 601
Clwyd, Ann 429
CND (Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament) 148, 159, 310
CNN (Cable News Network) 391, 398
Coats, Peter 6334
Cobain, Ian 603
Cobain, Kurt 454
Cobbett, William 103
Coe, Peter 184
Coe, Sebastian 204
Cohen, Barbara 290
Cold War 160, 215, 357, 387, 405, 559, 567, 609
Cole, John 419
Coleridge, Nicholas 646
Collier, John 33–34, 88, 89, 98
Collins, Neil 430
Columbia space shuttle 73
Communism 144–146, 156, 215–216, 354–357, 522, 526, 527, 560, 591
Competition Bill 434
Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe 559, 567 see also OSCE
Congdon, Professor Tim 320
Congo, Democratic Republic of 583
Conroy, Harry 155, 244, 253–254, 263
Conservative Party 126, 162, 163–165, 219, 312–317, 318, 375, 550
Ashcroft affair 535–544
general elections 162–164, 312–316, 318, 346, 406–409, 488–493
higher education 479
hostility towards 481
internal markets 478
leadership challenges 483–484, 494, 557–558
local government strategy 376–377
membership 551
Poll Tax 377–382
The Times’s attitude toward 550
Conservative Philosophy Group 475
Cook, Matthew 489
Cooper, Sir Frank 134, 139
Cork, Richard 373, 415, 458–462
Cowley, John 231
Cowling, Maurice 79
Cowton, Rodney 105, 539
Craine, Debra 449
Crawford Poole, Shona 201, 359
Credit cards 321–322
Crick, Bernard 133
Cries Unheard (Gitta Sereny) 515–516
Croatia 569–570, 573, 577
Cruden Investments 38, 41
Cudlipp, Hugh 40, 41, 277
Cudlipp, Michael 52
Currie, Edwina 515
Curtis, Richard 465
Czechoslovakia 355 see also Eastern Europe
D
Dacre, Lord (Hugh Trevor-Roper) 23, 50, 100, 168–180, 352, 627
Dacre, Paul 412–413, 416, 429
Daldry, Stephen 463
Daily Express 38, 40, 101, 143, 163, 188, 189, 307, 429, 516
Daily Mail 20, 189, 190–191, 209, 262, 272, 295, 381, 413, 429, 477, 507, 623
Daily Mirror 39–40, 132, 166, 189, 227, 390, 399, 408, 514, 516
Daily Mirror (Sydney) 33
Daily News 95
Daily Star 26, 136, 189
Daily Telegraph 3, 15, 26, 44, 51, 106, 128, 141, 158, 160, 165–166, 191–192, 214, 220, 224, 240–241, 295, 298, 305–306, 358, 421, 425, 426, 429–431, 434, 469, 516, 530–533, 632, 642
Daley, Janet 321
Dalyell, Tom 491
D’Ancona, Matthew 419, 485, 564–565
Darby, George 62
Dardanelles campaign 35–36
Davenport, Peter 275
David Holden Prize 147
Davies, Ron 553
Davis, Clive 452
Davy, Richard 159–160, 216
Dawson, Geoffrey 52, 482
Dawson-Scott, Robert 502
Day, Corinne 467
Dayton Accord 578, 579, 584 see also Bosnian War; Kosovo; NATO
de Blowitz, Henri 618
de Cuellar, Perez 133
de Lisle, Tim 360–361
Dean, Brenda 232, 236–238, 241–242, 244–246, 248–249, 265–267, 270, 276, 278–281, 284, 288, 290–291, 293, 364
Dejevsky, Mary 160, 347–349, 568, 640
Delaney, Michael 288–289
Delors, Jacques 343–344
Deng Xiaoping 350, 523, 525, 527
Dettmer, Jamie 390–391
di Giovanni, Janine 586, 588, 594, 603, 605, 640
Diamond, John 438
Diana, Princess of Wales 61–63, 142, 504, 513
Dickinson, Matt 521
Distillers Ltd 48–49
Dobson, Frank 487, 553–554
Docklands 222, 272–273, 298, 306
Domarus, Max 167
Donne, John 125
Donoughue, Bernard 55, 65, 80–81, 102–104, 106–108, 114, 117, 118, 418
Double Century: 200 Years of Cricket in The Times (ed. Marcus Williams) 207
Double-key stroking 13–14, 34
Douglas-Home, Charles
background 46, 141–144
on CND (Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament) 148
editor-in-waiting 46, 50, 52, 54, 95, 102–103, 105–107
and Evans’s leadership 105–106, 108
Good Times, Bad Times 112–113
marriage 144
as Times editor 416, 418
appointment 107, 109–111
assessment of editorship 213, 214–215, 216–217, 416
and the BBC 186–187
bicentenary celebrations 208–9
cancer and death 195, 211–217
Falklands War 123, 124–127, 129, 138, 158
finding supportive staff 195–198, 418
Hitler Diaries 169–171, 173–177, 179
increase in sales 192–3
labour disputes 156–161
leader writing policy 159–60
Murdoch’s influence 114, 160
and newspaper layout 140
and Ronald Reagan 146, 158
Thatcherite 158
Wapping 231 see also full listing for The Times
Douglas-Home, Jessica 144, 213, 216
Douglas-Home, Robin 142
Douglas-Home, William 127
Dougray, Ginny 551
Drace-Francis, Charles 537, 544
Drexel Burnham Lambert Bank 399
Driver, David 372, 410
Drogheda, Lord 627
Drugs 329–331, 454, 538–539, 542, 551
Dubbins, Tony 237, 267–268, 276–277, 280–282, 292, 293
Dubcek, Alexander 353
Duncan Smith, Iain 558
Durrant, Sabine 183
Dux, John 432
Dyke, Greg 535, 609
E
East is East (dir. Damien O’Donnell ) 465
East Germany 346, 350–353, 355 see also Eastern Europe
East Midlands Allied Press 62
East and West (Chris Patten) 530–531
Eastern Europe 215–216, 340, 346, 350–357, 403, 559 see also Baltic States; Czechoslovakia; East Germany; Hungary; Poland; Romania
Ebor, Nandor 154n
Ecclestone, Bernie 535
Ecclestone, Jacob 15–16, 27, 28, 155, 187, 253
Eddy, Paul 176