O’Hanlon, Redmond
Old Hall School
BC’s schooldays at
BC’s letters from
‘The Seventh Day’ based on BC’s time at
Olympic Peninsula
Onassis, Jacquelineand nand n
On the Black Hill
BC starts work on
BC gathers material for
process of writing
BC shows manuscript to Elisabeth Sifton
BC writes to Deborah Rogers about
BC explains basis of people and places in
response of Penelope Betjeman to
publication accompanied by television programme
wins Whitbread Prize
reviewsand n
published in Germany
published in Sweden and Finland
Finnish title
stage adaptation by Charles Wayand n and nand n
Channel 4 film ofand n
BBC radio play adaptationand n
brief references
Oppedette, BC writes from
Oppen, George and Maryand n
Oregon, BC in
Orgolos
Orissa
Orthodox Church/Christianity
Ortiz, George (‘Mr T’)and n and nand n
letters to
Ortiz, Graziellaand n
Ortiz collection
Orwell, Sonia
Otto III,
Ouidah
BC writes from
Ouranoupolis
Ourika valley
Oxford
Churchill Hospital
Radcliffe Memorial Foundation
see also Oxford University
Oxford University
Bodleian
Campion Hall
Merton College
Oxford Team for Research into Infectious Tropical Diseases
Pitt-Rivers Museum
St Catherine’s College
Oxmanton, Alison
as Lady Rosse
letters to
Oxmanton, Brendan
as Earl of Rosseand n
Oxus, River
Oxus Plain
Ozleworth
Ozleworth Park
Pachacamac
Paeonia clusii
Pakistan
Palazzo Manchagon
Palmer, Samueland n
Pamiat
Panarea, postcard from
Paris
BC catalogues Helena Rubinstein collection in
BC writes to Gertrude Chanler from
BC meets Eileen Gray in
BC stays at Ritz as judge for International Ritz-Hemingway Award
BC writes to Derek Hill from
BC attends conference for dissidents in
brief references
see also Louvre; Musée de L’Homme; Musée
see also Louvre; Musée de L’Homme; Musée d’Orsay
Parke Bernet
Parladé, Janettaand n
Parsons, Brendan and Alisonand n see Oxmonton
Pasadena
Pascaland n
Pascal, Blaiseand n
Passmore, Johnand n
Patagonia
BC writes from
Patagonia Revisitedand n
Patmos
BC writes from
Patricia, SS
Pawson, Caiusand n
Pawson, John
letters to
Peabody Museum
Peking Man, Cave of
Peregrine, Edward
letters to
Pereira Marinho, Joaquim
Pernambuco
Persia
Perth
Festival
Peru
BC writes from
Peshawar
Phaestos
Phildadelphia
Philadelphia University Museum
Philips, Joe (Joe the Barn)
Phillips, Magoucheand n
Phipps, Dianaand n
Pianhy
Picasso, Jacquelineand n
Picasso, Pablo
Piers Hilland n
Piggott, Professor Stuart, and n
Pinkerton Detective Agency
Pir-Sar
Pitres
Pitt, Mount
Pitt-Rivers, General Augustus
Pitt-Rivers collection
Pitt-Rivers Museum, Oxford
Plato: Dialogues
Plesl, Emiliaand n
Plesl, Evzenand n
Plimpton, Georgeand n
Plugge, Captain
Poe, Edgar Allan
Poggio al Pozzo, Siena
BC writes from
Poland, BC writes from
Pollen, Peregrine (P.P.)and n
Pondicherry
Poole, Mr
Porras, Dianaand n
Port Headland
Porto Ercole
Portugal
Port Wakefield
POSA
Pound, Ezraand n
Powell, Anthony
Powell, Tristram
Prado, Madrid
Prague
BC writes from
Church of St Ignatz
Prejevalsky, Lt-Col
Prescott: History of the Conquest of Peru
Pressburger, Emeric
Pretoria
Price, Keith Nicholsonand n
Price, Lyndaand n
Princetonand n
Prior, Matthew: ‘A Better Answer to Chloe Jealous’
Pritchett, V.Sand n
Prizeman, Johnand n
Prokosch, Frederick: The Asiaticsand n
Proust, Marcel
Puerto Deseado
Puerto Montt
Puerto Novo
BC writes from
Puget Sound
Punta Arenas
BC writes from
Pushkin, Alexander: Journey to Erzerum
Puthli, Ashaand n
Pye, Mr
Python Fetish
Queen Elizabeth
Queen Elizabeth II
Queensland
Racine, Jean
Bajazetand n
RADA
Radcliffe laboratory
Radcliffe Medical Foundation
Radcliffe Memorial Trust
Radnor Hills
Radzwill, Leeand n
Rakia
Ranakpur
Rauma, River
Ravlich, Robyn
letter to
Rawlinson & Hunterand n
Reading
Recife
Redditchand n
Redman (tenant farmer)and n
Red Sea Hills
Reformation
Rewald, Jonand n
Rezzori, Beatrice vonand n BC’s entry in visitor’s book of
Rezzori, Gregor (Grisha) vonand nand n
BC’s entry in visitor’s book of
Writings:
Anecdotage
Memoirs of An Anti-Semite
Rhodesand n
postcard from
Ribera, José deand n
Ricciardi, Mirellaand n
Richard of Cornwall, sceptre of
Richards, Donaldand n and n
Richards, Jack
Richardson, John
Richardson, Maurice
Rillaton Cupand n
Rimbaud, Arthur
Rio de Janeiro
Rio Gallegos
Rio Sao Francisco, BC writes from
Ritchie, Donald
Robbe-Grillet, Alainand n
Roberts, Tegai
letter to
Roberts, Tom: The Breakaway, postcard of
Roché, Henri-Pierreand n
Jules et Jimand n
Roché, Jean Claudeand n
Rochester
Rock, Joseph
The Ancient Na-khi Kingdom of Southwest Chinaand n
Rockefeller, John D.and n
Rockefeller, Mrs
Roerich, Nicholas: Overseas Guests,
postcard of
Rogers, Deborah
letters to
Rohet, BC in fort at
Rolling Stone
Roman Empire
Rome
Ronda
BC writes from
Rose, Kenneth
letters to
Rosen, Charlesand n
Rosse, Lady see Oxmanton, Alison
Rosse, Lord see Oxmanton, Brendan
Rothschild, Jacoband n
Rothschild, Miranda and n
Rougemont, Louis de
Round-the-Island race
Rousseau, Henriand n
Royal Geographical Society
Royal Ontario museum, Toronto
Rubinstein, Helenaand n
Rudenko (archaeologist)
Rudolf, Emperor
Rumania
Rundle, Chris
Rushdie, Salman
on BC’s sense of humour
BC discusses his unhappiness with
in Australia with BC
relationship with Robyn Davidsonand n
article in Tatler about Adelaide Festival and n
changes his literary agent
The Satanic Verses shortlisted for Booker Prize
brief referencesand nand n
Russell, Johnand n
Russell, Lady Sarah
Russia
Ryle, John
Safani, Edwardand n
Sahara
Sainsbury, Simonand n
St Catherine’s College, Oxford
St George’s Gallery
St Julien
St Maarten
BC writes from
St Mary Church of Grace, Apsall
St Thomas’s Hospital
St Tropez
Salamanca
Sale, Lady Florentiaand n
Salonika
Salvador de Bahia, BC writes from
Samos
Sandoe, Johnand n
San Francisco
San Luis de Marañón
Santa Sophia, Greek Orthodox Cathedral of, Bayswater
Sarabhai, Mani, house ofand n
Saratoga Springs: Yaddo see Yaddo
Sardinia
Sassani
Sassanian dishesand n
Satta, Salvator: The Day of Judgementand n
Saunders, Joanand n
Saunders, Millicent Jane
letter to
Saunders, Peterand n
Sawenko, Anatolyand n
Scethrog
BC writes from
Schatzkammer, Aix
Schatzkammer, Vienna
Schlesinger, Peter
Schwartzenberg, Bessie
Scotland
Scott, Pauland n
Scythians
Seattle
Sebald, W.G.
Seiferheld, Helene C.and n
Seillans, Chateau de
BC writes from
BC spends his last months at
Seljuk architecture
Semple, Johnand n
Senegal
Sestrière
Sethi, Sunil
letters to
Seville
Shah, Mr
Shakers
Shakespeare, Nicholas
letters to
Shalamov, Varlam: Kolyma Talesand n
Shamanism
Shamdev the Wolf Boy, article about (‘The Quest for the Wolf Children’)and n
Shawn, Williamand n
Sheffield: Shearwood Road Nursing Home
Sheridan, Richard Brinsley: The School for Scandal
Sherrard, Philipand n
Shetlands
Siberia
Sicily
Siena
BC writes from
Sifton, Elisabethand n
letters to
Sikkim
Silberman, Jim
letter to
Silbury Hill
Silk Route
Simla
Simon & Schuster
Simpson, George Gaylord: Attending Marvels
Simson, Elizabeth
Sinan, Mimarand n
Singh, Charanand n
Singh, Kranti
Singh, Manvendra
Sinkiang
Sinyavsky, Andreiand n
Sivas
60 Minutes (TV programme)
Skelton, Robertand n
Smetacek, Fredand n
Smetacek, Peter
Smythsons (stationers)and n
Smyrna
Snow, Edgar
Society for the Suppression of Vice
Sofia
Songlines, The
research for
process of writing
BC sends pages to Elisabeth Sifton
Sifton excited by the manuscript
completion of
BC and Sifton work together on
BC suggests cover for
BC works with copy-editor from Cape on
proofs ready
BC names people to receive copies of
BC wants to be out of England at time of publication
BC receives finished copy of
BC sends copy to Lane Fox
reaches Number 1 on Sunday Times bestseller listand n
question of option clause in contract for
nominated for Thomas Cook Travel Award, but BC asks to be withdrawn from shortlist
BC makes new friends through
brief references
Sontag, Susan
letters to
Sotheby ’s