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The History of the Times

Page 97

by Graham Stewart


  Editing and Design (Harold Evans) 49

  Education Act (1988) 318–319

  Edwards, Eddie ‘the Eagle’ 329

  Edworthy, Sarah 183

  EETPU (Electrical, Electronic, Telecommunications and Plumbing Union) 156–157, 228, 231–232, 237, 240, 244, 248, 261, 287, 293

  Egypt 152, 597

  Ekberg, Peter 98

  Eliot, T.S. 183–184

  Elizabeth II, Queen 112, 209–210, 627, 634

  Ellis, Terry 236

  Elton, John 455

  Emerson, Sally 417, 418

  Emery, Fred 55, 66, 77, 81, 94, 95, 102–103, 105, 111, 127, 131, 136, 195

  Emin, Tracy 459, 460

  Employment Act (1980) 156, 226

  Enders, Thomas 122, 126

  The English Patient (dir. Anthony Minghella) 465

  English, Shirley 501

  English Culture and the Decline of the Industrial Spirit (Martin Wiener) 49

  English National Opera 447

  Eno, Brian 461

  ERM (Exchange Rate Mechanism) 320, 344, 379–381, 472, 481

  Euro-sceptics 344, 404, 473–475, 476, 485, 490, 493, 495

  European Community 343, 358, 380, 403, 620 see also European Union

  European Convention of Human Rights 517, 520

  European Monetary System 69 see also ERM

  European monetary union (EMU) 344, 358, 380–381, 403–404

  European Union 475, 489–490, 498, 570 see also European Community

  Evans, Harold

  background 47–51

  Active Newsroom 49

  Editing and Design 49

  Good Times, Bad Times 112–113, 117, 188–9, 217

  and Israel 149

  marriage 64

  and the Mussolini hoax 168

  negotiations for The Times purchase 31, 32, 34

  in New York 116

  and Poland 145–146

  and Sunday Times 17, 18, 21–24

  Murdoch’s influence 95–99, 101, 113–115, 118, 644

  thalidomide campaign 48–49

  supports Murdoch’s Wapping action 260

  as Times editor

  appointment 52

  assessment of editorship 102, 104, 106–108, 111, 113–118

  budget allocation 94–95

  cold composition 87–88

  Denis Thatcher’s planning application 113

  dirty tricks 107

  downfall 116–118

  and Gerald Long 83–4, 96–98

  growth strategy 52–53

  incurring Thatcher’s displeasure 113–114

  in the Law Courts 52–53

  lead in petrol campaign 105, 539

  leader column battles 103–105

  leadership 44, 53–4, 58–9, 92–94, 102, 106–108, 140

  ‘maximum irritation’ theory 53, 118

  Parliamentary Privileges 308–309

  Portfolio 189–190

  personal attacks and allegations 101–102

  political position 64–69, 77, 79

  redesigning the layout 59–61

  royal wedding 62–63

  staff changes 54–57, 109–115, 416, 418

  transfer of TNL titles 98–100

  ‘vertical journalism’ theory 53, 117–118 see also the full listing for The Times

  Evans, Michael 390, 392, 589, 603, 647

  Evans, Reg 62

  Evans, Richard 203, 308–309, 325

  Evening Standard 20, 24, 135, 475

  Express Newspapers 26 see also Daily Express; United Newspapers

  Eyre, Richard 464

  F

  Faber Book of Reportage (John Carey) 154

  Fair Trade Act (1973) 27

  Faith and Power (Edward Mortimer) 149

  Falklands War 79, 114, 118, 119–141, 152, 155, 205, 391

  Fallon, Ivan 234, 298

  Fantoni, Barry 200

  Farrell, Stephen 585

  Fat Boy Slim 456

  Fayed, Dodi 504

  Fayed, Mohammed 481

  Feldman, Erik 190

  Felton, David 258, 303

  Fenton, James 182

  Fieldhouse, Admiral Sir John 130

  Financial Times 12, 18–19, 90, 91, 96, 128, 162, 163, 181, 192, 214, 220–221, 240, 273, 298, 306–307, 316, 322, 358, 380–381, 408, 410, 422, 426, 429

  FT.com 471, 642

  Finch, Hilary 449

  Fischer, August 402, 432

  Fish, Jonathan 328

  Fisk, Robert 124, 150–155, 176, 333–338

  Fitzgerald, Dr Garret 72

  Fitzpatrick, Barry 98

  Fleet, Kenneth 323–325

  Fletcher, Martin 390

  Flynn, David 432

  Fletcher, Duncan 440

  Follett, Toby 538–539, 541, 544

  Foot, Michael 2, 33, 66, 76, 80–81, 114, 147, 163–165, 181, 314

  Foot, Paul 142

  Forbes, Brian 261

  Ford, Richard 345, 373

  Foster, Brendan 441

  Foster, Jodie 59

  Four Weddings and a Funeral (dir. Richard Curtis) 465

  Fowler, Lord (Norman) 477

  Fox, Norman 201–202, 325–326

  Fox film and television 229, 297, 360, 399, 430

  Franks, Alan 201

  Franks Report 138

  Fraser, Hugh 31

  Frayn, Michael 463

  Freedom Forum 531–532

  Friedman, Milton 75

  Frost, Bill 572

  Fuchs, Vivian 121

  Fukuyama, Francis 356, 559

  The Full Monty (dir. Peter Cattaneo) 465

  Fuller, Simon 455

  G

  Gaddafi, Colonel Muammar 334

  Gallagher, Noel 455

  Galliano, John 466

  Gallipoli (dir. Peter Weir) 35–36

  Galloway, George 317

  Galtieri, General Leopoldo 121–122, 133 see also Argentina; Falklands War

  Gang of Four see SDP

  Garrick Club 57

  Gascoigne, Paul 442

  GCHQ Cheltenham 158

  Geddes, Diana 76

  Gemayel, Bashir 153

  General Belgrano 131–133

  General elections

  (1979) 14

  (1983) 162–164, 405

  (1987) 312–318, 405

  (1992) 346, 404–409

  (1997) 487–493

  (2001) 554–556

  Genocide see Iraq; Kosovo; Rwanda; Serbia; Srebrenica massacre

  Geraghty, Sean 156

  Germany 350, 569 see also East Germany; Kohl, Helmut

  Gibbs, Frances 373, 647

  Giles, Frank 50, 54, 96, 98–99, 114, 128, 164, 173–175, 178

  Giles (Sunday Express cartoonist) 270

  Gillespie, Bill 231, 248

  Gilligan, Andrew 521

  Gilmour, Sir Ian 309

  Giscard d’Estaing, Válery 69–70

  Glasgow Herald 31

  Gledhill, Ruth 647

  Glendinning, Victoria 183

  Glover, Stephen 240, 300–301, 411, 417, 432, 614

  Glyndebourne 452

  Goldsmith, Sir James 2, 17, 65, 488–489, 493

  Gooch, Graham 326

  Good Times, Bad Times (Harold Evans) 112–113, 117, 188–189, 217

  Goodbody, John 325, 328, 330, 440–441

  Goodwin, Noel 449

  Goose Green 135–136

  Gorbachev, Mikhail 147, 216, 318, 347–348, 351–352, 354, 357, 394, 567–568 see also Cold War; Gulf War; Reagan, Ronald; Russia; Soviet Union; Thatcher, Margaret

  Gordon, Angela 199, 255, 258, 302

  Gormley, Antony 462

  Gould, Philip 553

  Gove, Michael 485–487, 489–490, 501, 540, 547, 550–552, 565, 566–567

  GPMU (Graphical, Paper and Media Union) 293

  Graham, Katharine (Kay) 5–6, 230–231

  Grainger, Percy 199

  Grant, Hugh 465

  Grant, John 94, 105, 195, 512, 639

>   Graves, David 123

  Gray, John 356

  Gray’s Inn Road

  closure threat 35

  demarcation rules 89, 294–295

  Murdoch offers freehold to print unions 276–278, 281–282

  new site talks 5, 223

  poor morale 85, 102

  print capacity 249

  property assets 25

  sold to ITN 297

  TNL papers 19, 33, 52 see also Good Times, Bad Times; Print unions, industrial action/strikes

  The Greatest Newspaper in the World! 208

  Greene, Lord (Sidney) 23, 50, 100

  Greenoak, Francesca 359

  Griffin, Charles 56

  Griffith-Joyner, Florence 331

  Griffiths, Paul 449–450

  Grigg, John 315, 339–340, 611, 632–633

  Grimond, Lord (Jo) 30, 315

  Gross, Michael 468

  Grunwick dispute 226

  Guardian 12, 18, 26, 51, 60, 61, 78, 79, 98, 101, 128, 140–141, 163, 191–192, 239, 273, 276, 305–306, 312, 370, 390, 410, 426, 429, 433, 531, 642

  Guardian Unlimited 469, 471

  Gulf War 388–398 see also Iraq

  Gullikson, Tom 204

  H

  Haddad, Major Saad 154

  Hague, William 494–495, 535, 537, 538, 540, 542–543, 545, 550–551, 556, 557

  Hahn, Frank 66

  Haig, Alexander 126, 129

  Haley, Sir William 104, 239

  Halliwell, Geri 456

  Hama, Syria 150–151

  Hamas 561

  Hames, Tim 485, 540–541, 551, 556, 586, 648

  Hamilton, Adrian 55, 81, 116, 162

  Hamilton, Alan 260, 507

  Hamilton, Neil 481, 491, 543

  Hamilton, Sir Denis 7–8, 17, 19–20, 21–23, 28, 84, 87, 99, 116

  choosing a Times editor 45–46, 48, 50

  Wapping move 260

  Hamlyn, Michael 372, 560

  Hammond, Eric 231–232, 240, 244, 248, 261–262, 283, 293

  Hammond, Professor Norman 262, 637

  Hands, David 201, 327

  Hanrahan, Brian 135

  Happy Mondays 454

  Hard Labour (Robert Kilroy-Silk) 339

  Hardy, Bert 222–223, 255

  Hare, David 115, 183, 463

  Hargrove, Charles 69

  Harrison, George 456

  Harmsworth, Vere see Rothermere, 3rd Viscount

  HarperCollins 182, 530

  Harpers & Queen 101

  Harris, Derek 616

  Harris, Gillian 501

  Harris, Robert 178

  Harrow School 190

  Hart, Gary 601

  Hartwell, Lord (Michael Berry) 240–241, 300, 306

  Harvey, Andrew 373

  Harvey, Marcus 458

  Hastings, Sir Max 135, 137, 140, 273, 300, 306, 339, 431, 477, 485

  Hastings, Michael 183

  Haughey, Charles 72

  Havel, Vaclav 353, 357

  Haviland, Julian 124, 162, 164, 311

  Hawkes, Nigel 373, 468

  Heald, Tim 183

  Healey, Denis 82, 314

  Healy, Pat 157, 164, 258, 260

  Heath, Edward 31, 75, 78, 208, 528

  Heath, Michael 100

  Heidemann, Gerd 168–170, 172, 176, 180

  Henderson, Sir Nicholas 176

  Hendrie, Michael J. 637

  Henman, Tim 441

  Hennessy, John 203

  Hennessy, Peter 4, 92, 108

  Hensmann, Jan 170

  Herald and Weekly Times Group 36, 38

  Heren, Louis 3, 45–46, 51, 55, 105, 108, 618

  Heseltine, Michael 222, 309–310, 379, 382–385, 489, 493–494

  Heseltine, William 627

  Hetherington, Alastair 166

  Hick, Graeme 439

  Hickey, Owen 46, 93, 96, 103–104, 339, 648

  Hickey, William (Michael Leapman) 92, 101

  Higgins, John 91, 198, 447, 449, 453, 632, 634

  Higgins, Stuart 564

  Hill, George 314

  Hillier, Bevis 91

  Hilton, Anthony 161

  Hinckley, John 59

  Hinton, Les 432, 527, 548, 598–599, 647

  Hirst, Damien 459, 460

  Hitler, Adolf 553–554

  Hitler Diaries 167–180, 641

  Hitler’s Speeches and Proclamations (Max Domarus) 167

  Hoddle, Glen 521

  Hogg, Sarah 303–304, 476

  Hoggart, Paul 460

  Hoggart, Simon 481

  Holden, Anthony 55, 56, 60, 64, 81, 92, 102, 105, 107, 112, 117, 118, 418

  Holmes, Richard 183

  Holroyd, Michael 178

  Holt, Oliver 443

  Homosexuality 633–634

  Honecker, Erich 346, 351

  Hong Kong 503–504, 523, 525–529, 532–533

  Hopkins, Michael 451

  Hopkirk, Peter 145

  Hornsby, Michael 355

  Horton, Brian 55, 92, 94

  Howard, Anthony 632–633, 635–636, 639–640

  Howard, Michael 142, 488, 495, 518

  Howard, Philip 92, 118, 181–183, 257, 261, 365, 371, 628

  Howe, Darcus 74

  Howe, Sir Geoffrey 65, 96, 319, 345, 381–382, 385–386, 528

  Howson, Peter 574

  Hoy, Mike 235, 246, 285, 303, 304, 360

  Huckerby, Martin 73, 258–259

  Hughes, Rob 443

  Hughes, Simon 491

  Hughes, Ted 462

  Human Rights Act (1998) 517, 520

  Hume, Cardinal Archbishop Basil 369

  Hume, John 564

  Humphries, Barry 178

  Hungary 355 see also Eastern Europe

  Hunnicutt, Gayle 369

  Hunt, Rex 122

  Hurd, Douglas 383, 384–385, 386, 525, 572

  Hussain, Nasser 440

  Hussein, Saddam 149, 386–390, 396–398, 561, 597 see also Gulf War; Iraq; Kuwait

  Hussein, King of Jordan 125

  Hussey, Lord (Marmaduke) 13–14, 50, 86, 89, 107, 283

  I

  Imperial War Museum 574

  Independent 238, 240, 298, 300–304, 305–307, 312, 316, 333, 337, 357, 359, 363, 365, 370, 410, 411, 420–424, 427, 429–430, 433–434, 453, 607, 632, 643

  Industrial action 1, 3, 5, 10–14, 48, 60, 81, 83, 85, 89, 152, 155–158, 163, 187, 219–220, 223–225 see also Murdoch; NGA; NUJ; SOGAT; The Times; Wapping

  Ingham, Bernard 123, 310, 312, 318, 552

  Ingrams, Richard 102

  An Inspector Calls (Stephen Daldry) 463–4

  Institute for Economic Affairs 65

  Institute of Fiscal Studies 405

  Institute of Journalists 155, 283

  International Criminal Court 591, 595

  Internet 468–471, 642–643

  IPC (International Press Corporation) 40

  IRA (Irish Republican Army) 70–72, 338, 499, 563–566 see also Adams, Gerry

  Iran 387, 597–598

  Iraq 149, 386–397, 481, 597 see also Gulf War

  Ireland see Northern Ireland

  Irvine, Derry (later Lord Chancellor) 255

  Irving, David 168, 174, 177, 179

  Isaacs, Jeremey 185

  Isaacs, Tony 224, 231

  Islam 150–151, 155

  Intifada 560

  fundamentalism 595–598, 604 see also al-Qaeda; bin Laden, Osama

  Islamic Jihad 335, 561

  Israel 149, 150–155, 334, 560–563 see also Middle East

  Ivens, Martin 343, 394, 476, 485

  Izetbegovic, Alija 568, 578

  Izvestia 147

  J

  Jackson, General Sir Mike 589

  Jacobs, Eric 28

  Jacobson, Philip 390–391, 395

  Jagger, Sir Mick 453

  Jakobovits, Chief Rabbi Immanuel 177

  James, Cathy 11

  James, Edward 205

  Jaruzelski, General Wojciech 145

  Jay, Peter 6
8

  Jenkins, Clive 56

  Jenkins, David 330

  Jenkins, Peter 128

  Jenkins, Roy (Lord Jenkins of Hillhead) 76, 78, 79, 317

  Jenkins, Simon

  editor-in-waiting 364, 366

  as Times columnist 471, 473, 476, 493, 571, 575, 601–604, 648

  as Times editor

  analysis of The Times 368–371, 374, 417, 418

  assessment of editorship 413–415, 416

  background 367–368

  leader writers 374–375

  Murdoch’s influence 645

  obituaries 634

  ‘paper of choice’ 369–372

  paper’s finances 363, 401–402

  party for Michael Seely 203

  sceptical Tory paper 374–375

  standard of English 371–372, 435

  three-year contract 411–415, 607 see also the full listing for The Times

  Jiang Zemin 527–528, 532

  JIC (Joint Intelligence Committee) 122

  John Paul II, Pope 136, 146

  Johnson, Ben 329–330

  Johnson, Boris 341

  Johnson, Daniel 353, 357, 375, 419, 421, 462, 476, 485–486

  Johnson, Frank 56, 59, 65, 79, 91, 117, 118, 164–165, 339

  Johnson, Paul 17, 65, 96, 213, 254, 477

  Jones, Colonel ‘H’ 135

  Jones, Richard 451

  Jones, Stuart 205–206

  Jones, Tim 72

  Jones, Wyn 279

  Joseph, Lord (Keith) 65

  Journalists of The Times (JOTT) 4, 111

  Junor, Sir John 113, 366

  K

  Kabila, Laurent 583

  Kahan Commission 154

  Kaletsky, Anatole 373, 381, 404–405, 408, 415, 423, 473, 486, 489, 492, 499, 604

  Kapoor, Anish 462

  Karadzic, Radovan 575

  Karzai, Hamid 605

  Kasparov, Garry 421

  Kaufman, Gerald 37, 163

  Kavanagh, Professor Dennis 316

  Keating, Harry 183

  Keating, John 231, 242

  Keays, Sarah 165

  Kee, Robert 141

  Keene, Raymond 421, 638

  Kellner, Peter 133, 263

  Kelly, David 521

  Kelly, Rachel 481

  Kelner, Simon 643

  Kemsley, Lord (James Gomer Berry) 19

  Kennedy, Dominic 537

  Kennedy, John F. 58

  Kennedy, Edward 204

  Kenny, Dr Anthony 144, 208

  Kent, Monsignor Bruce 148

  Kervin, Alison 444

  Keys, Bill 33

  Khomeini, Ayatolah 597

  Kiley, Sam 579–583, 585

  Kilroy-Silk, Robert 338–339

  Kingston, Miles 56, 117, 261, 303, 629

  Kinnock, Glenys 165, 315

  Kinnock, Neil 165, 213, 262, 265, 277, 290, 314, 315, 317, 364, 376, 394, 405–408

  Kirkpatrick, Jeane 126

  Kissinger, Henry 64

  Knight, Andrew 241, 247, 299, 306, 363–364, 367, 401–402, 412, 424, 432, 435

  Knightley, Philip 173

 

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