Knipe, Michael 390
Koch, Peter 170, 176
Kogan, David and Maurice 80
Kohl, Helmut 352, 403, 529
Kosovo 584–590 see also Bosnian War; Dayton Accord; Kosovo; NATO; Serbia
Kostunica, Vojislav 590
Krenz, Egon 351–352
Kujau, Konrad 168, 170, 180
Kuwait 386–389, 394–395, 560–561, 597 see also Gulf War; Hussein, Saddam; Iraq
L
Labour Party 2, 76, 78, 80–82, 148, 160, 162–164, 262–263, 290, 302, 338, 376, 379, 380, 382 see also Blair, Tony; Foot, Michael; Kinnock, Neil
Clause Four removal 483
funding arrangements 535
general elections
(1983) 162–164, 405
(1987) 312–8, 405–407
(1992) 404–409
(1997) 487–493
(2001) 554–556
Government and spin 552–553
euro decision deferred 498
New Deal 498
and The Times 552
Times endorsement 556
Lamb, Larry 43, 47
Lamont, Lord (Norman) 405, 472, 475
Landy, Michael 461
Lara, Brian 440
Laski, Harold 18
The Last Proconsul (Charles Douglas-Home) 143
Law, Peter 355
Lawrence, John 183
Lawrence, Stephen (Lawrence Inquiry) 75
Lawson, Dominic 380
Lawson, Nigel (Lord Lawson of Blaby) 67, 133, 162, 314, 319, 322, 344–346, 421
Lawson, Nigella 466
Le Page, John 123
Le Page, Robert 183
Leapman, Michael 6, 73, 92, 94
Lebanon 149, 150–155, 334–336, 597
Ledbetter, Diana 359
Lee, Alan 440
Lee Williams, Professor Geoffrey 571
Leiven, Anatole 592
Lennon, John 456
Lennon, Peter 185
Lester, Anthony 264
Levin, Bernard 57, 91, 144–145, 163, 166, 218, 260, 273, 274, 341–342, 357, 371, 454, 486, 507–508, 525, 533, 647
Levin, Jeremy 335
Lewin, Admiral Sir Terence 137
Lewis, Carl 330–331
Lewis, Derek 495
Liberal Democrats 317, 481, 488, 494
Liberal Party 78, 163, 317, 380 see also Liberal Democrats
Life in Russia (Michael Binyon) 147
Lilley, Peter 488, 495, 551
Linford, Dick 437
Linklater, Magnus 501
Lipsey, David 372
Lipsky, Seth 158–159
Lister, David 517, 519–520
Livingstone, Ken 55, 80, 376, 553–554
Lloyd, Cathie 280
Lloyd Webber, Andrew 183
London Daily News 307
London Post 230, 234–236, 242–243, 246
Long, Gerald 79, 83–84, 86, 94, 96–98, 100, 109, 110, 171
Longley, Clifford 258, 285–287, 363, 371, 375, 401, 418–419
Lonhro mining company 30, 31
Look Back in Anger (John Osborne) 463
Loutchansky, Grigori 517–521
Lownes, Frederick 636
Loyd, Anthony 572–574, 576–577, 586, 592–594, 603–605, 640
Lucas, Sarah 459
Luce, Richard 122, 264
Lumley, Joanna 201
Lurie, Ranan 56, 200
M
Maastricht 403, 472–475, 569
MacArthur, Brian 52, 55, 60, 78, 95, 105, 169, 175–177, 240, 273, 504, 534, 626
MacArthur, Jenny 444
MacBride, Sean 338
McCarthy, Michael 468
McDonagh, Martin 463
Macdonald, Donald 328
McElvoy, Anne 352–353, 357, 485
McEnroe, John 204–205
McGahey, Mick 188
McGee, Alan 455
McGregor, Ewan 465
McGregor, Lord (John) 513
Macgregor-Morris, Pamela 444
McIntosh, Andrew 80
Macintyre, Ben 599
McIntyre, Don 256, 258, 261, 263, 303
MacKenzie, Kelvin 132, 332
Mackilligin, David 538
MacLeod, Alasdair 426
MacLeod, Angus 501
MacManus, James 436–437
MacMillan, James 450
McNally, Lord (Tom) 434
Macpherson, Conor 463
McQueen, Alexander 466
MacQuitty, Jane 359, 622
McVicar, David 451
MAD (mutually assured destruction) 148
Madden, John 465
Maddock, David 443
Maddox, Bronwen 527, 620, 624, 648
Madonna 451
Mail on Sunday 20, 174, 301
Mair, John 501
Major, John 345, 380–381, 383, 384–385, 390, 398, 403–404 see also Conservative Party
Back to Basics campaign 481
and China 524, 526, 527
Citizen’s Charter 478
Edwina Currie affair 515
Downing Street peace accord 564–565
ERM (Exchange Rate Mechanism) 472–473
Euro-sceptics 475–476
general elections
(1992) 404–408
(1997) 488–493
IRA mortar bomb 563
leadership challenge 484–485
Maastricht treaty 474–475
and Thatcherism 477–478
unpopularity 475–477, 481–482
Mancroft, Lord (Benjamin) 208
Mandarin see Phillips, Michael
Mandela, Nelson 560, 567
Mandelson, Peter 262, 314, 406–407, 535
Marc see Boxer, Mark
Marber, Patrick 463
Marlowe, Lara 336
Marnham, Patrick 92
Marr, Andrew 365, 419
Marsh, Sir Richard 2
Martin-Jenkins, Christopher 440
Marxism Today 280
The Mask of Orpheus (Harrison Birtwistle) 450
Masters, Anthony 184
Mates, Michael 481
Mather, Ian 123
Matthews, Bruce 225, 228, 231–232, 236–237, 245, 247, 261, 278, 282–283, 292, 304
Matthews, Lord (Victor) 40
Maxwell, Robert 2, 17, 25, 33, 39–40, 115, 238, 239, 273, 365, 390, 535
May, Derwent 202, 638
Meades, Jonathan 359–360, 622
Media Week 433
Mellor, David 481, 513
Melvern, Linda 242
Menendez, General Mario 140
Mendes, Sam 464
Menkes, Suzy 201, 303, 361
Merchant-Ivory productions 465
Messenger Newspaper Group 227, 240
Metromedia 399
Meyer, Sir Christopher 564
Meyer, Sir Anthony 346
Michael, Alun 553–554
Middle East 333–337, 560 see also Egypt; Israel; Lebanon; Palestine; Saudi Arabia; Suez; Syria
Miles, Alice 624
Miles, Bill 237, 245, 290–291
Milken, Michael 399
Miller, David 201, 326–327, 329
Miller, Jonathan 183, 449
Millington, Barry 449
Milne, Alasdair 186
Milner, Clive 85
Milnes, Rodney 373, 415, 450–452
Milosevic, Slobodan 568–569, 575, 577–578, 584–585, 588–589
Miners’ strike 187–188, 209
Minford, Professor Patrick 67
Minghella, Anthony 465
Mirror Group 27, 238–239, 307, 365, 430 see also Daily Mirror
Mirsky, Jonathan 523–525, 527–529, 531–534, 607, 623
Mitterrand, François 69–70, 126, 403, 474
Mobutu, (Joseph) Mobutu Sese Seko 583
Modiano, Mario 82
Le Monde 4, 61
Monopolies and Mergers Commission 19, 24, 25, 27–30, 31–33, 104, 361, 429
Montgomery, David 385
Montgomery-Massingbe
rd, Hugh 632
Moore, Charles 485, 516, 531
Moore, General J.J. 140
Moorehead, Caroline 144
Moran, Caitlin 457
More 30
Morgan, John 438–439
Morgan, Rhodri 554
Morison, Stanley 60, 63, 410
Morning Star 156, 263, 264
Morrell, Frances 628
Morris, James (Jan) 154n
Morrison, Richard 373, 447–451
Moss, Kate 467
Mortimer, Edward 149, 152, 153, 159–160, 216
Morton, Andrew 462, 513
Motion, Andrew 462, 552
Muirhead Data Communications 12
Muldoon, Robert 126
Murdoch, Anna 115
Murdoch, Sir Keith 35–36, 38, 646 see also Northcliffe, Lord (Alfred)
Murdoch, (Keith) Rupert
background 36–42
media empire/purchases/shares
Adelaide TV channels 38
The Australian 22, 39, 41, 646
Chicago Sun-Times 217, 235–236
co-finances Gallipoli 35–36
Cruden Investments 38, 41
Fox film and television 229, 297, 360, 399, 430
Los Angeles Dodgers 531
News of the World 39
pan-China satellite TV empire 524, 529, 534, 644
Perth Sunday Times 38
Reuters shareholding 238–9
scale of international commitments 645
Sky television 186, 360–361, 399, 401, 411, 426, 427, 442–444
South China Morning Post 529, 646
Sydney Daily Mirror 33
Today 307, 381, 428
TNL purchase 1–2, 6–9, 17, 19–29, 32, 40, 100 see also News of the World; Sun; Sunday Times; The Times; Times Educational Supplement; Times Higher Education Supplement; Times Literary Supplement
transfer of TNL titles 99–100
TV sports deal 327 see also News Corporation; News International Ltd.; News Limited
and Israel 149
mastery of journalistic craft 26, 37, 39–40, 49
and the monarchy 7, 507
political orientation 21–23, 43, 164, 492, 644
and Reagan 146
profile 44
and the SDP 76–77
and Thatcher 28–29, 43, 113–114, 186
and The Times
Ashcroft affair 543, 546
bicentenary 207–210
choosing editors 45–47, 217–218, 368–369, 416, 607 see also The Times, editors: Douglas-Home, Charles; Evans, Harold; Rees-Mogg, William; Stothard, Peter; Wilson, Charles
Douglas-Home’s cancer 211, 213–214, 548
‘dumbing down’ 38, 40–42, 189, 531, 613–625
East and West (Chris Patten) 530–531
editorial influence 21, 26, 38–39, 41–44, 59, 83, 85, 96, 114–116, 186–187, 298, 337, 532, 534
and Evans showdown 101, 102–103, 105–112, 114, 116
Hitler Diaries 168, 170–173, 175, 178–180
nuts and bolts newspaperman 645
price cutting 422–430
purchase of The Times 1–2, 6–9, 17, 19–29, 32, 40, 100
reasons for saving The Times 646–647
Sherwood’s offer 99
Stothard’s cancer 548
and trade unions 35, 89, 90, 187–188, 276–278, 281–282 see also full listing for The Times
and Wapping
computer technology 231, 233–234, 236, 247, 258
distribution 233, 244, 250, 265–266, 278
first edition 256–257
increase in profitability 297–298
Innovation Special 248
London Post 230, 234–236, 242–243, 246
moving day 250–252
planning the move 228–230
conspirators 231–238, 246–248
praise for Murdoch 259–260, 273
price of victory 292–299
public opinion 270–276
siege/pickets/intimidation 255–260, 267–270, 274, 278–280, 282–287, 289–292, 301–302
subsequent fallout 301–304, 307
union negotiations 231–238, 242–246, 248–256, 276–288
Murmuring Judges (David Hare) 463
Murray, Ian 70
Murray, Len 35, 90
Muscat, Julian 441
Muslim brotherhood 597 see also Islam, fundamentalism
Muslim-Croat federation 574–575 see also Bosnian War
N
Nadir, Asil 481
NAPP Systems 236
National Council for Civil Liberties 280
National Lottery 446–447, 465
NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) 160, 352
Bosnian war 571, 575–576
Implementation Force (IFOR) 578
K-For 589–590
Kosovo 584–589
non-aggression treaty 559
Sarajevo bombing 574
NATSOPA (National Society of Operative Printers, Graphical and Media Personnel) 10, 33, 34, 88–89, 100
Neale, Greg 251, 253–254, 256, 258
Neil, Andrew 115, 228, 234, 248, 283, 289, 332, 627
Neill Committee 535, 541
Nellist, Dave 384
Netanyahu, Benjamin 562
New Order 453
New Society 629
New Statesman 47, 128, 133, 215, 270
New York Post 6, 21, 41–42, 44, 95
New Yorker 369
News Corporation
advertising market 606
East and West (Chris Patten) 530
financial difficulties 95, 360–361, 364, 366, 399–401, 413, 426
Hitler Diaries 167, 171–173, 178
profits 229, 246, 297–298, 426, 432
saving The Times 646–647
share value 41
and TNL 99
TV sports deal 327 see also News International Limited
News Group Newspapers (NGN) 25, 41, 231
News International Limited
ASLEF dispute 83
boycotts 263–265, 273–274
cover prices 193, 411, 423, 426–432
departure of journalists 302–303, 368
ex-gratia payments 278, 280–281
job cuts 33, 34–35, 297
market share of sales 27–29, 238
operating income 399
price versus quality 423–424
profits 95, 116, 219, 297–298, 362, 411, 426, 432
purchase of TNL 25, 48, 86
share value 41, 99, 297
transfer of TNL titles 98–99
Wapping 227–230, 232–235, 237, 243–246, 255, 261, 263, 267–269, 271, 285, 287–288, 290–291 see also Hitler Diaries; News Corporation
News Limited 38, 40
News on Sunday 277, 307
News of the World 9, 21, 25, 27, 39, 42, 85, 99, 219, 222, 229, 231, 235, 242, 244, 253, 255, 492 see also Bouverie Street
Newspaper Publishers Association (NPA) 2, 7, 10, 156, 238
Newspaper Publishing Limited 427 see also Independent
Newsweek 171–172
Newton, Gordon 189
Newton, Maxwell 39
NGA (National Graphical Association) 2, 10, 12–14, 25, 33, 87, 89–90, 98, 156, 163, 220, 253–254, 274 see also print unions
mergers 293
Murdoch offers Gray’s Inn Road freehold 276–277
Wapping 225, 227–229, 236–237, 242–245, 248–250, 267, 270, 278, 280–282, 287, 291
NHS (National Health Service) 156
Nicholls of Birkenhead, Lord (Donald) 518
Nichols, Peter 183
Nicholson, Dr Richard 330
Nicholson, Michael 135
Nicol, Angus 638
Nield, Robert 66
Nightingale, Benedict 373, 448, 462–464
Ninagawa, Yukio 183
Nirvana 454
Noble, Adrian 464
Nolan Report 481
Norbury, Tony 117, 256, 292
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Norman, Geraldine 107, 111, 208, 624
Norris, Steve 554
North Korea 329, 522–523
Northcliffe, Lord (Alfred) 4, 20, 35–36, 42, 646
Northern Echo 47–48
Northern Ireland 150, 336, 563–566
Northern Ossetia 591
Notes from a Small Island (Bill Bryson) 88
Nott, John 120, 122, 125, 363
Notting Hill (dir. Richard Curtis) 465
Nuclear
deterrents 148
disarmament 160, 163, 348
waste 308
weapons 149, 348
NUJ (National Union of Journalists) 15, 25–26, 32, 83, 155, 186, 190, 227, 234, 248–251, 253–254, 255–256, 257–265, 275, 285–287, 291, 294, 302, 340
NUM (National Union of Mineworkers) 187
Nunn, Trevor 183–184, 464
NUR (National Union of Railwaymen) 156, 250
Nuttall, Nick 468
O
Oakley, Robin 311–315, 317, 318, 345–346, 382–383, 385, 404, 407, 419
Oasis 454–455
O’Brien, Conor Cruise 315, 357, 397
O’Brien, Owen 33
Observer 5, 31–32, 40, 98, 163, 174, 191, 274, 302, 428, 523, 531
OFT (Office of Fair Trading) 427–428, 432–434
Oil prices 386, 388
Olympic Games 329–331, 444–445, 625
O’Neill, Bill 33–34, 88, 115, 194, 224–226, 242–244, 248–249, 261, 287, 290–291–3, 432
Operation Desert Storm 391–393 see also Gulf War; Iraq; Hussein, Saddam; Kuwait
Oppenheim, Sally 28
Orange Order 565–566
Osborne, John 183, 463
OSCE (Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe) 584
Osman, Arthur 155
O’Sullivan, John 339
O’Sullivan, Sally 366
Outrams 31
Ovett, Steve 204
Owen, David 76, 314, 317–318, 396, 570
Owen, Frank 181
Owen, Richard 147, 390, 525, 619
P
Packer, Kerry 327, 440
Page, Bruce 47, 48, 128, 215
Pakistan 597
Palestine 149, 152–153, 335, 561–563 see also PLO
Pannick, David 264
Panorama 101, 165
Parker, Sir Peter 205
Parkinson, Cecil 113–114, 125, 165–166
Parris, Matthew 342–343, 366, 384, 385–386, 406–407, 419, 476, 482, 483–484, 494, 552, 555–556, 611, 648
Parsons, Sandra 548–549, 600, 606, 623–624
Parsons, Sir Anthony 125, 387–388
Patel, Aurobind 410
Paterson, Graham 165, 343, 362, 390, 476–477, 533, 547
Paterson, Peter 272
Patten, Chris 525–526, 528, 530–532, 565
Paul, Sandra 142
Peacock Inquiry 186
Pearce, Edward 366
Pearson group 19
Pearson, Simon 436
Penning-Rowsell, Edmund 96
Peres, Shimon 250, 561–562
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