Kurds 387, 397
Islamic fundamentalism 597
Israel 149, 150–154, 334, 337, 561
Kuwait 386–389
Lebanon 149, 150–155, 334–337
Mirsky and Freedom Forum controversy 531–534
Palestine 149, 153, 335, 561, 562
Poland (Solidarity) 145
Prisoners of Conscience 144
Romania 353–355
Rwanda 581–584
Sierra Leone 583
Somalia 580
South Africa 159
Soviet Union 147, 159, 347–348
Tiananmen Square 348–349
Versace’s murder 466
Vincennes incident 337
Home news
BBC 186, 535, 540, 609
Brixton riots 72–75
Calcutt enquiry 513–514
Charles Stewart Parnell forgery 167–168
Cries Unheard, Mary Bell serialization 515–516
devolution 499–500, 553
Princess Diana’s death 504–507
environment 468
global warming 469
labour disputes, militant trade unions 75, 186–187
Loutchansky v Times Newspapers 517–521
National Lottery 446–447
Northern Ireland 70–72, 150, 336, 338, 339, 564–567
nuclear weapons 148
pop culture 455–457
Press Complaints Commission 513–514, 516
racism 74
radioactive waste 308
reality TV 460
Thatcher, Denis, planning application 113
Politics
Conservative Party
Archer, Lord (Jeffrey) and London mayoral election 540
economic policy 320–322
Hague, William, and modernisation 550–1
Heseltine, Michael, resignation 310
donations, the Ashcroft affair 536–545, 609
Howe, Geoffrey
Budget Day 108
resignation 382
leadership challenges 382–384, 483–4, 494–495
Major, John, 476–477, 481–482, 489–490
Parkinson, Cecil, and Keays, Sarah 165–166
Poll Tax 375, 376–382
Portillo, Michael, 551
privatization 162
public spending cuts 120–121
Thatcherism 158, 162, 344
trade union reform 114, 157
unemployment 161
general elections
(1979) 14
(1983) 162–165
(1987) 313–316
(1992) 406–408,
(1997) 489–493
(2001) 555–557
Labour Party
Blair, Tony, 483
Brown, Gordon 497
devolution 499–500, 553
Government leaks 552–553
tax plans 405
‘Third Way, or Reich’ 553
House of Commons, Parliamentary Privileges 309
Referendum Party 488–489
Scoops
Andrew Motion, Poet Laureate 552
Ulster framework 564–565
Sports
Increased coverage 625
Glen Hoddle interview 520–521
Football and economic renaissance 327, 442–444, 646
Terrorism
Fukuyama theory 356–357
War on terror 601–602
World Trade Center bombing 599–601, 642, 643
Editors (in order of appointment) see Evans, Harold; Douglas-Home, Charles; Wilson, Charles; Jenkins, Simon; Stothard, Peter; Thompson, Robert
Gray’s Inn Road
closure threat 35
demarcation rules 89, 294–295
Murdoch offers freehold to print unions 276–278, 281–282
new site talks 5, 223
poor morale 85, 102
print capacity 249
property assets 25
sold to ITN 297
TNL papers 19, 33, 52
Journalists/journalism
computer technology 258, 294–296, 435
defections/departures 54–57, 91–92, 94–95, 333, 343, 360, 485
‘dumbing down’ 38, 40–42, 189–91, 208, 531, 613–625
editorial structure 401, 645–646
Evans’s departure 110
‘feminization’ 623–624
good journalistic practices 520–521
information technology 640–643
library 285
life-style articles 622–623
move to Wapping 249, 253–256, 257–265
Murdoch’s editorial influence 21, 26, 38–39, 41–44, 59, 83, 85, 96, 114–116, 186–187, 189, 198, 337, 531–532, 534, 613–625, 644
salaries 15–16, 94, 220, 285–286
self-censorship 129–130, 530
trainee scheme 340–341, 417, 579
‘The Thunderer’ 103
Layout
changes 58–63, 92–93, 113, 117, 372
and the Falklands War 140
first colour page 61–63
headlines 338, 370, 372, 420, 613
masthead 63, 119, 420, 613–614
nude advertisement 42
visual appearance 613–14
Legal actions
Routledge and the miners’ strike 188
Loutchansky case 517–521
Longley case 419
Press awards
Lord Derby Racing Journalist of the Year 203
What the Papers Say 105, 582, 594
Printing
Atex computers 231, 233–234, 236, 247, 258
cold composition 86–87, 92, 110
colour 409, 420, 613, 622
computer-setting 193–194, 294–296
corrections and misprints 284–285
electronic page make-up 410
in linotype 10–13, 86–87, 220
production problems 193–195, 219–220
steam press 230
typeface change 410
Profitability 84–85, 95, 98–99, 116, 191, 422, 437
cover price 272, 411, 422–435, 437
Sections & editions
Archaeology 637
Architecture 373, 638
Arts 91, 198, 423, 446–452, 458–462
Astronomy 637
Book reviews 180–183, 189, 419, 462
Bridge 638–639
Business pages 161–162, 214, 323–325, 423, 620–622
Cartoons 56, 59, 97, 199–200
Chess 421, 638
Cinema 184–185, 464
Columnists 438
Cookery 201, 359
Court & Social 56, 637–639
Crossword 59, 639
Diary column 198–200, 512
Education 75–76, 263–264, 263, 318–319, 479–80
Europe edition 14
Family money 322
Fashion 201, 303, 361, 466–468
Features 55, 201, 373, 438, 548, 607
Female interest 201, 623–624
Foreign editions 410
Gardening 207–208, 359
Health 467–468
Information Service 59
Innovation Special 248
Interface 469
Jenkins’s changes 373–374
Law 373, 637
Letters 626–630
Life and Times 374
Lives Remembered 607
Magazine 438, 623
Millennium edition 546
Modern manners 438–439
Moreover 56
Music 447–457
Nature notes 638
Obituaries 315, 339, 606–607, 630–636
Parliamentary proceedings 308–312, 402
Play 622
Preview 60, 90–91
Property 320–321, 359, 481
Royal reporting 61–63, 112, 142, 209–210, 504, 513, 627, 634
The Register 607, 626, 636–638
Religious affairs 258, 285, 375, 41–419
>
Restaurants 359–360
Rock music 453–457
on Saturday 359
Saturday Review 91, 373–374
School league tables 479
Science 468–469
Scottish edition 500–503
Special Reports 61
Sports coverage 201–206, 325–331, 359, 423, 433, 439–445, 607, 625
T2 tabloid 467, 548–549, 606, 623
Television 185–186
Theatre 183–184, 462–464
‘The Way We Live Now’ 144
Times Online 470–471, 624, 642
Travel 321, 359
Two and four section paper 297, 322–323, 359, 420, 606
Universities 34, 75–76, 93, 319, 479–480, 637
Weekend Review 623
Weekend Times 374, 438, 622
Wine 359
Sponsorship
Artangel 461
Mysteries of China exhibition 526–527
World Chess Championship 421
Wapping
boycott campaign against The Times 262–264
as catalyst for change 238–241
conspirators 231–238, 246–248
eleven-acre site 222–230
first edition 256–257
‘Fortress Wapping’ 195, 219–252
increase in profitability 95, 297–298, 400
‘Innovation Special’ 248
move rejected by Murdoch 85
moving day 250–252
praise for Murdoch 259–260, 273
price of victory 292–299
public opinion 270–276
road distribution 233, 244, 250, 265–266, 278
siege/pickets/intimidation 255, 256–260, 267–270, 274, 278–280, 282–287, 289–292, 301–302
union negotiations 231–238, 242–246, 248–256, 276–288
Times Educational Supplement, sale of 2, 34, 263
The Times Good Universities Guide 319, 479–480
Times Higher Education Supplement 34
Times House of Commons 315
Times Literary Supplement 2, 34, 178, 180, 608
Times New Roman 60
Times Newspapers Limited (TNL) 19–24
and the BBC 186
computerization 13
finances 84–85, 95, 98–99, 116, 191, 422, 437
Hitler Diaries 169–170
House of Commons, TNL Sale, 26, 29–31, 188, 308–309
Holdings board 32, 49–50, 247
independent directors 31
industrial relations 5, 10–14, 15–16, 86, 90, 157, 221 see also print unions; Wapping
Loutchansky v TNL 518–521
Monopolies Commission 27–32
redundancies 98, 116
sale 1–7, 17–23, 25, 28–32
tax losses 2
transfer of titles 98–99
Titanic (dir. James Cameron) 464
TNT 233, 244, 250, 265, 278, 284, 287, 289, 293
Tobin, James 69
Today 238, 240, 273, 298, 301, 307, 381, 428
Todd, Ron 250, 267
Tokes, Laszlo 354
Tom and Viv (Michael Hastings) 183
Topolski, Daniel 328
Townsend, Edward 616
Toynbee, Polly 78
Trade Union Act (1984) 227, 239, 248, 287
Trafalgar House 40
Trainspotting (dir. Danny Boyle) 465
Trelford, Donald 163, 274
Trevisan, Dessa 145, 353
Trevor-Roper, Hugh see Lord Dacre
Trievnor, Peter 62
Trilogy of the Dragon (Robert Le Page) 183
Trimble, David 565–566
Truss, Lynne 444
TUC (Trades Union Congress) 90, 156, 158, 227–228, 231, 244, 261–262, 278, 287, 293, 380
Tudjman, Franjo 568, 578
Turner, Graham 179
Turnill, Oscar 60
Twentieth Century Fox 401
U
UK Press Gazette 214, 259, 302
Ukraine 567
United Nations 387, 389, 396, 397, 486
failure of mission 575–576
international jurisprudence 595
Protection Force (UNPROFOR) 570, 572
resolutions 597
Security Council 560
Somalia 580
Unemployment 404, 472–473, 554
United Newspapers 5, 272
University Grants Committee 75
Upton, Judy 463
Urquhart, Cath 624
United States
aid to Israel 152
and al-Qaeda 602
and Baltic States 570
and Bosnian war 574, 579
Drug Enforcement Agency 538, 542
and Gulf War 388, 389, 392, 396, 560
intervention in Grenada 159
and Middle East 152–153, 561
and Somalia 579–581
and Taleban 602–605 see also Bush, George; Bush, George W.; Clinton, Bill; Reagan, Ronald
USA Today 232, 240
Utley, T.E. (Peter) 315, 339
V
Van Den Belt, Annelies 470
van der Vat, Dan 44
Versace, Gianni 466
Vickers, Hugo 633
Vincent, Professor John 274
W
Wade, Joe 2–3, 33
Wagner, Erica 462, 534, 624
Waite, Terry 335
Wakeham, Lord (John) 516
Walden, Brian 342
Walesa, Lech 145–146, 357
Walker, Christopher 152, 154, 314, 347, 390–391, 395
Walker, David 357, 374
Walker, Tom 588, 590
Wall Street Journal 158, 410
Walter family (Times owners) 4
Walter, John 23, 63, 207, 210
Walter, John II 230
Walters, Sir Alan 344–345, 379
Wapping
Archive and Record Centre 510
Atex computers 231, 233–234, 236, 247, 258
boycott campaign 262–264
as catalyst for change 238–241
colour presses 400
conspirators 231–238, 246–248
eleven-acre site 222–230
first edition 256–257
Goss press machines 259
increase in profitability 95, 297–298
move rejected by Murdoch 85
moving day 250–252
praise for Murdoch 259–260, 273
price of victory 292–299
production runs 253–255, 259–260, 271–272, 296–297
public opinion 270–276
re-equipping 400
road distribution 233, 244, 250, 265–266, 278
siege/pickets/intimidation 255, 256–260, 267–270, 274, 278–280, 282–287, 289–292, 301–302
subsequent fallout 301–304, 307
The Times’s new residence 509–510
union negotiations 231–238, 242–246, 248–256, 276–288
Wapping Post 271
Wapshott, Nicholas 55, 80, 599, 622
Wardle, Irvine 183–184, 462
Warman, Christopher 261, 321, 324
Warner, Deborah 451
Washington Post 5–6, 230, 232
Watkins, Alan 91
Watkins, Lord Justice 264
Watson, Arthur 52
Watson, Colin 64, 198
Watson, Peter 94
Watson, Roland 599
Watt, David 55
Watts, David 127, 370, 522–523, 618, 619
Waugh, Auberon 53–54, 260
We Thundered Out (Philip Howard) 207
Webb, Colin 169, 171, 174–175, 195–196, 198, 212–214, 217, 250, 304, 418
Webster, Philip 311, 315, 345, 404, 419, 552, 601
Weekly Times Group 36
Wei Jingsheng 528, 532
Weidenfeld, Lord (George) 431
Weinstock, Lord (Arnold) 4
Weir, Judith 450
Welch, Colin 106, 108
Welland
, Colin 184
Weller, Paul 453
Welsh, Irvine 465
Die Welt 61, 357
Westlake, Melvyn 69
Westland Helicopters 310
What the Papers Say 106
Wheatcroft, Patience 608, 620, 624
White Swan letter 105
Whitehead, Phillip 26
Whitelaw, Lord (William) 73, 74, 125
Whiteread, Rachel 459, 461
Whittam Smith, Andreas 240, 300–301, 411, 415, 428, 430
Whittell, Giles 600
Whitty, Larry 262
Whitworth, Damian 537
Widdecombe, Ann 495, 551
Wiener, Martin 49
Wigg, Lord (George) 127
Wilby, Peter 98
Williams, Delwyn 30
Williams, Hywell 489
Williams, Marcus 203, 439–440
Williams, Richard 60, 90, 201, 235, 246, 325, 360, 363, 365, 447, 452, 457, 625
Williams, Shirley 76, 79, 164, 315, 317
Willis, Bob 204, 207
Willis, Norman 248, 278, 281, 290
Willson, Richard 345, 490
Wilson, Charles
acting editor of the Independent 365
background 196–198
deputy editor 212–14
Hitler Diaries 169, 173, 178
East European emissary 364–365
and Thatcher 310, 318
personality 332–334, 337–338, 361–363, 414
Seeley’s retirement party 203
Sun-Times editor 217–218
as Times editor
assessment of editorship 365–6
appointed editor 218
‘Big Bang’ 324–5
‘dumbing down’ 208
expanding the paper’s size 322–323, 358
increase in sales 263
journalists’ pay offer 286
Independent launch 300–303, 608
and ‘nemesis’ (Andrew Knight) 362–363, 365
new offices 257–265
promoting Sky TV 361–362
skilful editor 365–366
and Thatcher 318
Wapping 229–230, 231, 234–235, 238, 242, 246–247, 250–251, 256, 272, 292
Wilson, Des 105
Wilson, Harold 27
Wilson, Roy ‘Ginger’ 248
Wilson, Tony 454
Winchester, Simon 122–123
Winter, Bishop Colin 124
The Winter War (John Witherow and Patrick Bishop) 138
Wintour, Patrick 263
Witherow, John 72, 123–124, 129–132, 134–138, 140
Wober, J.W. 629–630
Wood, Alan 164
Wood, Nicholas 344, 346, 418
Wood, Ronnie 453
Woodcock, John 203–204, 440
Woodhead, Chris 478–479
Woodward, Admiral Sandy 131
Worcester, Bob 316
World Trade Center bombing 599, 642, 643
World Trade Organization 594–595
Worsthorne, Sir Peregrine 272, 313, 618–619
Wright, Jonathan 335
Wyatt, Woodrow 28–29, 182, 232, 315, 350, 476, 492, 513
Y
yBas (young British artists) 458–461
Years of Upheaval 1973–77 (Henry Kissinger) 64
The History of the Times Page 100