Jabberwocky opens in, 377, 378–9, 387
MP guest host on Saturday Night Live, 453–62, 551–3
The Life of Brian marketing trip, 558
Royal 10th Anniversary of Python celebration, 558
The Life of Brian opens in, 571, 573, 576–7
New York Experience, 306
New York Post, 271, 379, 571, 577
New York Sunday Times, 194
The New York Times, 13, 219, 230, 251, 312
Monty Python court case against ABC, 271
reviews Monty Python stage show, 306
reviews Jabberwocky, 378–9
MP writes for, 547, 550
and The Life of Brian 569, 571
The New Yorker, 223, 271, 304, 319, 601
Newman, Laraine, 457 and n, 462, 529
News of the World, 11
and Monty Python and the Holy Grail, 176, 227
reviews Jabberwocky, 376
interviews MP, 586
Newsweek, 176
Nicholas, Paul, 390
Nicholl, Mark deVere, 582
Nicholson, Jack, 455n, 480, 497
Nicolson, Harold, 65, 438
Nilsson, Harry, 248 and n, 311, 556
1900 (film), 415
1941 (film), 530
Nixon, Richard, 96, 120, 142, 186, 187, 216, 295, 336 and n, 438n, 567
Noble, Peter, 371, 415
Noiret, Philippe, 151n
Nontas Greek restaurant, Camden Town, 443
Norden, Denis, 17–18 and n, 146, 262n, 282, 403
Norfolk Gardens Hotel, Bradford, 147
Norman, Barry, 337 and n, 415
Norman Conquests (play), 423
North Africa, filming The Life of Brian in Tunisia, 390, 393–4, 402, 445, 484–509, 510, 519
North Sea oil, 148, 192
Northern Ireland, 92
Bloody Sunday (1972), 68–9 and n, 70–1, 74
see also IRA
Norwich, 119, 241
Nottingham University, 69–70
Le nozze di Figaro (opera), 329
Nunn, Trevor, 541
O
O Lucky Man! (film), 102, 103–4, 425
Oak Village, London, 64, 76
Gospel Oak redevelopment, 14 and n, 92–3
burglary, 91–2
croissant delivery service, 350–1
Michael Foot gets lost in, 408
snowfall, 519
Residents’Association, 591–2
see also Gospel Oak
Oats, Skipton, 542
O’Brien, Denis, 510, 563, 566–8, 572
The Life of Brian budget, 462 and n, 464
The Life of Brian distribution problems, 543–4
Los Angeles marketing trip, 554, 556–7, 558
and the Pythons’ tax liability, 562–3
The Life of Brian publicity, 573
and Pythons’ fourth film, 575, 578–9, 584
and success of The Life of Brian, 576, 579–80, 582, 597
advises MP on Redwood, 584–5
improves MP’s percentage on Jabberwocky; 585
The Life of Brian slows in US, 588–9
working relationship with Anne Henshaw breaks down, 591
and Time Bandits, 594
O’Brien, Edmund, 120
O’Brien, Inge, 568, 583
The Observer, 37, 116, 404, 541
reviews Drury Lane stage show, 157
reviews fourth series of Monty Python, 196
reviews Monty Python and the Holy Grail, 224, 227
reviews Jabberwocky, 376
reviews Ripping Yarns, 468, 584
reviews The Life of Brian, 597
O’Connor, Des, 432
O’Connor, John, 219, 271
Odd Job (film), 319, 410, 432 and n, 440, 443, 447, 448, 571
Oddie, Bill, xiii, 14n, 15, 300, 365
Monty Python football match, 83
T-shirts, 100
Chelsea season ticket, 135
kite flying, 281
Amnesty International show, 301
at BBC annual party, 356
BBC rejects Goodies scripts, 399
Oddie, Bonnie, 354
Oddie, Jean, 138
Odeon Kensington, 65
Odin’s restaurant, London, 290–1, 373, 398, 576, 598
Official Secrets Act, 449
Ogilvy, Ian, 253, 256, 259, 262, 374
Ogley, Lulu, 68
Oh! Calcutta (stage show), 42, 141
‘Oh Hampstead’ (charity show), 29
Oh What a Lovely War (film), 591
oil crisis (1973), 145 and n, 147–8, 149, 150
OlafV, King of Norway, 349
Old Bailey, London, 62n, 110, 320
The Old Country (Bennett), 462, 463
Old King’s Arms Hotel, Pembroke, 338, 340, 341
Old Ship Hotel, Brighton, 441
Old Vic, London, 292–3, 415
Oldfield, Mike, 397
‘Don Alfonso’, 213
Oliver (musical film), 330 and n, 344, 426, 562
Olivier, Laurence, 338, 540
Olliver, Paul, 411, 475
Olrich, April, 349 and n
Olympia Press, 236
Omnibus (television series), 159, 442
On the Margin (television series), 92 and n
On the Waterfront (film), 448
Ono, Yoko, 575
Open-air Pop Festival, Lincoln, 79–81
Open Space Theatre, London, 41–2, 293
Orange County, California, 572
Orion Pictures, 556
O’Rourke, Steve, 234
Orr, Chris, 297 and n, 299, 318, 331, 422–3, 442
Arthur, 470, 479–80 and n, 516
Orwell, George, 156
Osborne, John, 224n, 592
Osborne Hotel, Torquay, 25
Oscars (Academy Awards), 455, 456, 460
Osgood, Peter, 135
Osterberg, Robert, 272–4, 289, 370 and n, 375, 456
O’Sullivan, Gilbert, 86
O’Sullivan, Richard, 508n
Oswald, Lee Harvey, 222
O’Toole, Peter, 321
Ott, Eke, xiv, 86 and n, 88, 97, 191
Ott, Max, 86n
Ottawa, ‘First Farewell Tour’, 121–2
Ovey, Rachel (MP’s grandmother), 7 and n
Owen, Mr (chiropodist), 598–9
Owen, Wilfred, 168
Owl Bookshop, Kentish Town, 442
Oxford, 65, 81
Oxford Bar, Edinburgh, 514
Oxford Experimental Theatre, 139n
The Oxford Line, 269n
Oxford Revue, 349n, 426
Oxford Union, 552, 602–3
MP takes part in debate, 352–3, 356
Oxford University, 36 and n, 413–14
Oz magazine, 62 and n, 63
P
Paganini, Niccolo, 441
Page, Jimmy (Led Zeppelin), 226, 232
Pakenham-Walsh, Joan, 499
Palestine, 86, 199
Palin, Angela (MP’s sister) see Herbert, Angela
Palin, Brita (MP’s great-grandmother), 97, 408–9
Palin, Edward (MP’s great-grandfather), 97, 408–9
Palin, Edward (Ted, MP’s father), xii
in India, 165 and n
MP’s relationship with, 8, 144
Parkinson’s disease, 8, 54, 62, 107, 144
in Southwold, 8, 15–16, 38
sees The Go-Between, 77
erects windbreak with axe, 83
wedding anniversary, 109
sees ‘First Farewell Tour’, 119
Cambridge reunion dinner, 128–9
stays with MP in London, 129–30
in Westminster Abbey, 148–9
in hospital, 159, 160–1, 162, 164–5, 166, 181, 186–7, 352
stops taking L-Dopa, 180–1
hallucinations return, 184, 186–7
condition deteriorates, 225, 327
day out with MP, 233
sees Monty P
ython and the Holy Grail, 241
seventy-fifth birthday, 243–4
in hospital after falls, 264, 337, 343
eating problems, 289
in Southwold Cottage Hospital, 297
76th birthday, 321–2
in Blythburgh Hospital, 357–8, 360, 361
and his sisters death, 357
death, 381–4
Palin, Helen (MP’s wife), xii
first meets MP, 8, 171, 206–7, 573n
holidays in France, 30–4
second pregnancy, 30, 42
William’s birth, 45–6
pottery classes, 74
wedding anniversaries, 76, 165, 307, 547–8
and the Guedallas’ burglary, 91–2
and ‘First Farewell Tour’, 112
and the Pythons’American tour, 121, 122, 123
wants another child, 130 and n
days out with MP, 133–4
third pregnancy, 178, 181, 199
visits MP in Scodand, 178, 180
Rachel’s birth, 204–5
demise of Monty Python, 210
and Fegg film proposal, 287
in New York, 307, 311
at BBC annual party, 355–6
holiday in Tobago, 360
visits Amsterdam, 366
buys next door but one house, 386–7
reads MP’s novel, 409
visits MP in Tunisia, 497, 501–3
and MP’s birthday, 551
bicycle, 560
Palin, Mary (MP’s mother), xii
childhood visit to Friar Park, 259, 512 and n
retires to Southwold, 8
in Monty Python, 9
and her husband’s illness, 54, 77, 107, 144
sees And Now For Something Completely Different, 65
wedding anniversary, 109
sees ‘First Farewell Tour’, 119
at Angela’s 40th birthday party, 130
70th birthday, 152
husband admitted to hospital, 159, 160
strain of caring for Edward, 184
husband’s condition deteriorates, 225, 337
stays with MP in London, 297–8, 554
ageing, 327
and husband’s death, 381–2, 384
sees Jabberwocky, 381
and Royal Variety Performance, 399
wonders whether to move, 403
MP visits in Southwold, 442, 536
visits MP in London, 518–19
worried about reactions to The Life of Brian, 594, 596
sees The Life of Brian, 600
Palin, Michael
childhood diary, ix
starts his adult diary, x–xi
stops smoking, x, 213 and n
dental treatment, 3–4, 10, 48, 82–3, 263, 324, 370, 466–7
writing partnership with Terry Jones, 6, 7–8
writing with John Cleese, 6–7
first meets Helen, 8, 171, 206–7, 575n
love of cricket, 11–12
visits exhibitions, 13–14, 133, 196–7, 298
in Southwold, 15–16, 38–9, 40, 54, 62, 70, 77, 83, 107, 144, 164–5, 181, 184, 206–7, 225, 233, 264, 289–90, 321–2, 327, 343, 352, 403, 442, 536
commercials and voice-overs, 16–17, 45, 55, 91, 105–6, 132, 197, 225, 254, 328, 463–4
offered film work in Rome, 17–18, 22
work for Labour Party, 22, 29
birthdays, 24, 114, 115–16, 170–1, 313, 384–5, 465, 551
garden, 24
1970 general election, 27, 28
holiday in France, 30–4
car problems in France, 32, 33–4
charity shows, 35–6
Williams birth, 45–7
miners’ strike, 47, 48, 71–3
new car, 49–50, 82
revisits Shrewsbury School, 53
Williams christening, 55–6
cabaret engagements, 57–9 and n, 61, 69–70, 79–81
fatherhood, 59–60
writes for The Two Ronnies, 59, 97
loses diary notebook, 63
buys primitive painting, 64
fancy-dress squash match, 64
on modern technology, 66
on public meeting places, 66
schoolgirl fans, 68
first trip to America, 76–7 and n
house in Oak Village, 76, 368
wedding anniversaries, 76, 111, 165, 307, 547–8
at London Zoo, 77–8
judges May Queen contest, 78
cricket match in Bordon, 83–4
Monty Python football match, 83
bowel problems, 89, 110
at BBC annual parties, 100–1, 355–6, 424, 425
given a can of Devon cream, 100
promotional film for O Lucky Man, 101–2, 103
medical check-ups, 103–4, 292, 478
Italian holidays, 128, 249
wants another child, 130 and n
at Chelsea football match, 135
memories of school, 138
extends house, 145, 154, 155, 202
February 1974 election, 155–6, 157, 158, 192
voice problems, 157, 158, 308, 312–13
visits his father in hospital, 159–66, 357–8, 360, 361
Italian lessons, 182, 183
in Abbotsley, 187–8, 214, 385–6, 581
October 1974 election, 192–3
time off in Dorset, 199–200
Rachel’s birth, 204–5
plans future projects with Terry Jones, 213, 263, 268, 285–7
his fathers seventy-fifth birthday, 243–4
sinus problems, 268
charity football match, 281–2
sees throat specialist, 291
finances, 294–5, 448
voice training, 294, 295, 306
Neal’s Yard property deal, 296 and n, 314, 320, 364
funds Chris Orr’s John Ruskin, 297, 299 and n, 318
horse-riding lessons, 332
holiday in Tobago, 360
fan letters, 362
directorship of Shepperton Studios, 368–9, 376, 405–6, 415–16, 573, 581
drafts will, 370
and his father’s death, 381–4
buys next door but one house, 386–7, 399, 448
charity football matches, 390–1, 412–13
at Berlin Film Festival, 391–3
at San Sebastian Film Festival, 404–5
first novel, 404, 405, 407, 409, 411, 412, 413, 414, 416 and n, 418–20, 505
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