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, 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 Ireland 432–3, 434
No
rwich 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
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