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Losing My Virginity: How I Survived, Had Fun, and Made a Fortune Doing Business My Way

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by Richard Branson


  Grameen Bank 484

  Graves, Robert 62–3

  Great Rock And Roll Swindle, The 158, 166

  Green, Chris 349

  Green, Derek 144

  Green, Paul 288

  Gregory, Martyn 368, 374, 465

  Grey, Boyden 490

  Grundy, Bill 142

  GTECH 451, 452, 453, 454–5

  Gulf War:

  First 275, 278–94, 295, 307, 314, 315–16, 331, 442

  Second 457–62

  Gurassa, Charles 552

  Haji-Ioannou, Stelios 448

  Hales Trophy 213–14, 218

  Hales, Harold 213, 214

  Hansen, Dr Tim 497–8, 531

  Hanson, Lord 351, 352

  Harbottle and Lewis 324, 454

  Harris, Jordan 332

  Harris, Sir Phil 230, 252, 254–5

  Harrison, John 528

  Haslegrave, Marianne 481

  Hatfield and the North 123, 137, 141

  Hawking, Professor Stephen 498, 515, 516–17, 550, 566

  Health Education Council 73

  Heath, Edward 64, 65, 286, 291, 423, 459

  Heathrow 321, 322, 326–33, 340, 343, 449–50

  Heaven 17, 176, 187, 211, 319, 351, 352

  Helm, Toby 347

  Hergest Ridge 134

  Hermann, Frank 336

  Hessey, Frank 283, 284, 290, 291–2

  Hessey, Maureen 283, 291–2

  Hill, Leslie 141–2, 143

  Hillage, Steve 123

  HIV/AIDS 432, 460, 478, 479, 482, 483, 504–14, 522, 549, 568

  HMV 145, 256

  Hoare, Claire (aunt) 26, 27, 28

  Hobley, John 346, 365, 367

  Hockney, David 64

  Holland, Cathy 339

  Holland-Gems, Jonathan 36

  Howard, Steve 491, 492, 529

  Howes, Colin 196, 454

  Hughes, Howard 472, 473, 474

  Human League, The 132–3, 165, 173, 176, 183, 184, 187, 194, 228, 232, 261

  Hurricane Katrina 489

  Hussein of Jordan, King 279, 280, 282, 283–4, 285–6, 292, 297, 416, 417

  Hussein, Saddam 278, 280, 283, 285, 286, 294, 314, 459, 460, 489

  Hutchins, Chris 351, 352, 354, 369, 389

  Hyde, David 390

  Ian Johnson Associates 390

  IATA 364

  Imbruglia, Natalie 481–2

  Inman, Mike 263, 264, 266

  IPC Magazines 78, 400

  Iraq War 457–62, 475, 518

  Island Records 116, 119, 128, 129, 134, 167

  IT 62

  ITV 552, 553

  Jackson, Janet 319, 332, 333–4, 342, 364, 381

  Jackson, John 451, 453, 454, 455

  Jackson, Michael 332, 334

  Jackson, Tom 80

  Jagger, Mick 52, 53, 65, 133, 156

  Jamaica 127, 154, 155–6, 157, 159, 173

  Japan 182, 187

  JetStar 445

  John, Elton 431

  Jones, Steve 142

  Junior Gavin Maxwell Prize 36

  Kammen, Dan 525–6

  Kane, Frank 339–40, 351

  Kao, Ken 526

  Karkow, John 471

  ‘Karma Chameleon’ 186

  Kass, Ron 54

  Kelly, Max 463

  Kendrick, Mike 7, 267, 302, 307, 308, 428

  Kennedy, Sir Francis 359

  Kerner, Jacques 167, 168, 169, 170

  Key, Trevor 202

  Khalifa, Sadig 384, 385, 395

  King, Lord 281, 292, 294, 319, 320, 322, 323–5, 328–9, 339, 340, 341, 343, 349–50, 358, 370, 374, 385, 386, 389, 393, 394

  Kingfisher 259

  Kinsley, Professor James 148, 149

  Kissing To Be Clever 185, 186

  Kroll Associates 324

  Kruger Park 555

  Kyle, James 438

  Kyte & Company 202

  Kyte, Ray 202

  Laing, RD 56

  Laker Airlines 190, 194–5, 315, 329–30, 359, 360, 363, 370, 378, 379, 395

  Laker, Sir Freddie 190, 194–5, 315, 329–30, 359, 360, 363, 369, 378–9, 383

  Laren, Raymond 112

  Last Exit 158

  Lawes, Steve 223

  LBC 349

  Le Carré, John 64

  Leach, Anne 454

  Leahy, Ronnie 151, 152, 153, 160

  Leary, Timothy 58

  Legalize It 154

  Lennon, John 52, 53, 54, 55

  Levison, Charles 55

  Lightship Group 504

  Limpopo Transfrontier Conservation Area (TFCA) 555

  Lindstrand, Helen 313

  Lindstrand, Per 3–4, 5, 6, 7–9, 10, 11, 12, 235–7, 238, 239–40, 241, 242, 243, 247, 248, 266–9, 271, 272, 273, 279, 295, 297–8, 299, 300, 301, 302, 303, 304, 305, 306, 308, 310, 311, 312, 313, 427

  Lloyds Bank 315, 318, 333, 335, 346, 363, 364, 365, 367, 377, 408

  Loewenstein, Prince Rupert 135–6

  Long Walk to Freedom 485

  Longitude (Sobel) 528

  Loomba Trust 506

  Lottery Commission 455

  Louis, Arthur 114

  Lovelock, James 488, 493, 529

  Lutnick, Gary 438

  Lutnick, Howard 438

  Lydon, John 156, 157, 158

  Machel, Graça 503, 504, 519, 523–4, 570

  Madonna, Julia 389

  Magazine 165

  Maiden Voyager 202, 203, 204, 205, 206–7, 240, 278, 568

  Major, John 314

  Makhubele, Donald 506–12, 548

  MAM 210, 335

  Mandela, Nelson 416, 448, 458–9, 460, 479, 485, 503, 519, 520–1, 523–4, 569, 570–1

  Manor, The 85–8, 90, 93–4, 103, 106, 108, 113, 115, 118, 120, 128, 130, 138, 165, 172, 174, 366

  Manyon, Julian 61

  Marks & Spencer 559

  Marley, Bob 127, 154, 157

  Marshall, Sir Colin 320, 324, 361, 362, 372, 374–5, 385, 386, 389, 390, 393, 449–50

  Marui 264, 265, 266

  Masai 556, 564

  Masson, Margaret 542, 543

  Mastertronic 335, 336

  Mattel 336

  Maudling, Reginald 74

  Maxwell, Gavin 36, 63

  Mbeki, Thabo 459

  MCA 365

  McCall, Patrick 439, 443

  McCallum, Gordon 463, 551

  McCarthy, Rory 2–3, 9

  McCartney, Paul 103

  McLaren, Malcolm 143, 144, 145, 146, 155, 156, 158, 166

  McNerney, Jim 562

  McQuillan, Jackie 461, 560

  Mellor, Tony 58, 102, 106

  Melody Maker 81, 84

  Menzies, John 80

  MGM 204, 411

  Microsoft 432, 454, 467

  Milgate, Les 288

  Mineseeker Foundation 503

  Montagu, Samuel 234

  Moore, Dudley 52, 64

  Mortimer, John 72, 73–4, 148, 149

  Moskito 495, 525–7, 568

  Moss, Chris 220, 326, 330

  Mountleigh 234, 235, 252

  Mowlam, Mo 433

  Murdoch, James 553

  Murdoch, Rupert 552–3, 567

  Murphy, Stephen 468

  Music Movement 482

  Narita Airport, Japan 321, 322, 324, 326, 328, 329

  NASA 469, 493, 497, 531, 550

  Natal Radio 105

  National Lottery 451–3, 454–5

  Ndlovu Medical Centre 513

  Necker Island 161–3, 211, 266, 344, 429–30, 434, 455, 464, 477, 495, 515, 519, 525, 526, 566, 568

  Network Rail 539, 540, 543, 544

  Never Mind The Bollocks, Here’s The Sex Pistols 147–8, 157, 158

  New Musical Express 84, 120–1, 175

  New, Geoff 288, 289

  Newell, Phil 88

  Newman, Tom 85–6, 88, 90, 91, 108, 114, 115, 119, 130

  1984 197

  Nintendo 335, 336, 337

  Niwa, Fumio 295, 296–7, 309

  Northern Irelan
d 432–3, 434

  Norwich Union 405

  Now That’s What I Call Music 151

  NTL/Telewest 550–1

  O’Connell, Sandy 104

  Oelwang, Jean 481, 482, 483, 520–1, 524

  Oldfield, Mike 103, 114–15, 116–17, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124–6, 127, 128, 129, 130–1, 132, 134, 136–7, 138, 139, 140, 144, 157–8, 160, 163–5, 166, 168, 170, 171, 172, 187, 231, 250, 260, 376, 381, 396, 411

  Oldfield, Sally 103, 114

  Ommadawn 136

  Ono, Yoko 53, 54, 55

  OPEC 489

  ‘Open Skies’ 449, 450

  Operation Covent Garden 389, 390

  Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark 165, 171

  Osmonds, The 110, 113

  Our Price 437

  Oz 62, 72

  Palace Pictures 178

  PanAm 330, 369–70

  Parsons, Yvonne 371–2, 395

  Peace Parks 555, 564

  Peel, John 121, 122, 123, 131

  Pencer, Gerry 401

  Pennington, Syd 339

  People Express 191–2

  People’s Lottery 454

  Pepsi 401, 403

  Phaedra 136

  Pierson, Jean 399

  Pike, Dag 227

  PiL 156

  Pink Floyd 58, 107, 120, 131, 134, 137

  Pitt, Brad 478, 479, 503, 504

  Podesta, John 490

  PolyGram 111, 167, 168, 169

  Pop In 112

  Porter, Erin 427

  Powell, Nik 24, 25, 28–9, 37, 45, 66–7, 74, 77, 79–80, 82, 83, 84, 88, 97, 102, 106, 108, 109, 111, 112, 118–19, 137, 138, 165, 166, 172–3, 174, 175, 176–8, 179, 187, 194, 209, 256

  Powell, Tim 225–6

  Price, Charles 359

  Primrose, Nigel 287

  Prince Far I 156

  Puttnam, David 209

  Qaddafi, Colonel 416–18, 459

  Queen Noor of Jordan 279, 280, 282, 283, 284, 416, 503

  Railtrack 442, 534

  Rashbrook, Chris 204, 207

  Rastig, Eckie 222, 224, 225, 226, 227

  Redgrave, Vanessa 50, 62

  Reed, Frank 447–8

  Reid, Fred 465–6, 501, 502, 503, 560, 561

  Reid, Jamie 147

  Retail Price Management Agreement 77

  Rice, Bob 238, 239, 270, 295, 303, 307, 414, 419–20, 428

  Richards, Viv 206

  Ridgway, Steve 217, 220, 221, 225, 226, 439

  Riet, Professor Willem Van 555

  Rifkind, Malcolm 322, 326, 327–8, 329

  Riley, Jane-Ann 289

  Ritchie, Alex ix, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11–12, 414

  Ritchie, Alistair 414

  Ritchie, Duncan 414

  Rolling Stones, The 58, 85, 117, 122, 123, 133, 134–5, 136, 147, 156, 188, 376, 381

  Rolls Royce 560

  Rongji, Premier Zhu 423

  Roof Gardens, Kensington 176, 178, 211, 474

  Rufford, Nick 355

  Rupert, Dr Anton 554

  Rutan, Burt 467, 468–70, 497, 515, 528

  RV2 222

  Sabena 441

  Sainsbury, David 281

  Salomon Brothers 320, 363

  Samuelson, Robert 463

  SARS 457

  Scaffold, The 118

  Scaitcliffe Preparatory School 29–33

  Scaled Composites 471

  Scarfe, Gerald 47, 52

  Scott, Reverend Cuthbert 71

  Seelig, Roger 230, 336

  Sega 261, 266, 316, 335, 336, 337, 338

  Seibu-Saison 261, 266

  Selassie, Emperor Haile 156

  Sex Pistols, The 141–9, 155, 156–9, 160, 165–6, 184, 187, 250, 381, 404, 574

  Shakarchy, Lucy 460–1

  Shaw, Sidney 315, 317

  SHEF 514

  Shovelton, Dame Helena 455, 456

  Shreeve, Rob 189, 190

  Simms, Ron 316

  Simple Minds 182, 184, 187, 232, 261, 376

  Singapore Airlines 436, 443–4

  Skids, The 165, 182

  Sky 552, 553

  Snowden, Gary 451–2, 453

  Sole of Africa 503

  South Africa 410, 475, 476–80, 511, 519, 548, 554, 555, 565

  Southgate, Sir Colin 233–4, 387

  SpaceShipOne 466–7, 468, 529

  SpaceShipTwo 529

  Spandau Ballet 185

  Sprint 404–5, 437, 438

  SS Normandie 213

  SS United States 213–14

  Stanshall, Viv 123–4

  Starck, Phillipe 500

  Starfish 504, 505

  Steer, Jim 348–9

  Steger, Will 557

  Stenham, Cob 230, 252, 254–5

  Stevens, Cat 103, 127

  Sting 158, 229

  Stirling, David 19–20

  Stowe School 35–45, 49, 60

  Strategic Rail Authority 442, 443

  Student 42–7, 48, 49, 50–77, 78–9, 81, 83, 105, 106, 121, 125, 127, 128, 174, 400

  Student Advisory Centre 68–9, 71–3, 77, 83, 90, 97, 147, 176, 473

  Stylianou, Chris 102, 111, 154

  Such, Peter 423

  Sunday Times Fast Track initiative 484

  Sweet, The 110, 120

  Tait, David 14, 196, 199, 198, 200, 205, 287

  Tangerine Dream 113, 136,

  141, 165, 168

  Taupin, Bernie 423

  Taylor, Derek 53–4, 55

  Taylor, Mick 123

  Templeman, Dr Hugo 513, 548, 549

  10cc 134, 398

  Thames Television 323, 326, 367–70, 374

  Thatcher, Carol 339

  Thatcher, Margaret 170, 229–30, 276, 284

  Thin Lizzy 84

  This Week 368, 369, 370, 372, 373

  Thomas, Ronnie 356–7, 362, 369

  Thompson, Diane 455

  Thorn EMI 233, 234–5, 250, 251, 253, 254, 365, 367, 376–7, 378, 380, 381

  Thornton, John 365, 376, 379, 382

  Ticketron 200

  Tickell, Sir Crispin 531

  Today 455, 515

  Toleman, Ted 214–15, 218, 219, 220

 

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