News of the World 40, 52, 61, 310, 589, 597
newspapers 772–5, 802 see also by name
Newsweek 764
Newton, Harry 405
Newton Abbot 606
Newton-John, Olivia 281
Next 65
‘Nice Video, Shame about the Song’ (Lufthansa Terminal) 300
Nickell, Stephen 455–6, 477
Niehans, Jürg 259, 438
Nightingale, Annie 301
1930s 198, 479–80, 689–90
1960s 331–3, 335, 340
1970s 113, 334–5
1980s 113–14, 332, 340, 690
Nissan 327–8
Nixon, Richard xvii–xviii
NME 252, 253, 279–80, 281, 286, 287, 288, 292–3, 294, 295, 297, 525
Nooves 618–19
Nora Field 574–5
North Queensferry 677
North Sea oil 92–3, 176, 256–8, 548
Northern Ireland
deprivation 558–9
Fermanagh and South Tyrone by-election 565–6
Troubles xxi, 7, 557–8, 569–72 see also IRA
North–South divide 685–7
Norway 209–10, 257–8
Norwich 233–4
Norwood Labour Party 577
nostalgia 13, 615–18, 671–2
Not the Nine O’Clock News xxiii, 300, 332, 493, 553
Nott, John 435, 776–7
Falklands War
Argentine invasion 745–6, 751–2, 755
British landings 810
Coventry, HMS 811–12
offers to resign 758–9
peace negotiations 780, 784
Sheffield, HMS 795
South Georgia 783, 785–6
nuclear deterrent 389, 391
spending cuts 652, 736–7, 742
writes love letter to Margaret Thatcher 82
‘Now the Chips Are Down’ 711–12, 714
nuclear disarmament 352–3, 370, 376, 394–5, 401–2, 406
nuclear war 383–8, 396, 406–8
nuclear weapons 363, 389–92, 394, 396–7, 405
nuclear-free zones 402–3
Nugent, Kieran 562
Numan, Gary xxiii, 277–80, 292, 295
NUPE (National Union of Public Employees) 343–4, 541, 544
NUS (National Union of Students) 319, 333–4
Ó Fiaich, Tomás 562
Oakey, Phil 282, 420
Observer
Beckett, Margaret 547
Benn, Tony 544
Botham, Ian 634–5, 641
Brixton 510, 513
Budget of 1979 103
Coe, Sebastian 627–8
computers 711, 712–13, 724, 726–7, 729
Conservative Party revolt 661
‘electronic Futurists’ 291
exchange controls 109
football hooliganism 209, 212, 217
gentrification 335–6
Headingley test match 1981 638
housing developments 29–30
Labour Party 338, 547
Livingstone, Ken 591
To the Manor Born 85
‘My Kind of Party’ (Michael Foot) 378
1970s 113
opinion polls 421
Orwell, George 479
Ovett, Steve 627–8
Prior, Jim 655
Queen Bees 77
riots 513, 518, 523
Robinson, Derek 321
sandwich bars 128
SDP 411, 422, 427
SDP–Liberal Alliance 707
Sinclair, Clive 710, 729
Sony Walkman 301
synthesizers 282
Tebbit, Norman 656, 663
Thatcher, Margaret, clothes 63
trade unions 156, 159
unemployment 476, 704
violence 520
Welsh nationalism 556
Wolverhampton Wanderers FC 225
O’Dowd, George 292, 293
The Official Sloane Ranger Handbook (Barr and York) 611
Ogden, Eric 418
O’Hara, Patsy 568
Oi! 220–21
Old, Chris 639
Old Moore’s Almanack 114, 276
Old Trafford test match 1981 640–41
Oldham 507
Oldham Athletic FC 213–14
Oliphant, Pat, cartoon 10
Oliver! 624
Oliver, Jamie 124
Oliver, Peter Oliver, Lord Justice 594
‘One in Ten’ (UB40) 475
Olympic Games 182, 624, 632
Moscow xxiii, 163, 181–6, 630
O’Neill, Terry 476
Only Fools and Horses xx, 239, 398, 659
Ono, Yoko 329–30
opinion polls 421, 422, 432, 547–8, 648, 655, 659–60, 669, 705–6, 707, 763, 788, 834, 835
Oppenheim, Sally 803
O’Rawe, Richard 569
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark 23, 282, 290, 291, 292, 299, 398–9, 612
‘ordinariness’, as political totem 52–3
Oric-1 computer 725
Orme, Derek 131–2
Orme, Stan 531, 532, 539
Orr, Deborah 333
Orwell, George 121–2, 379, 479–80, 621, 671–2, 680, 687, 690, 697–8
Osborne, George 709
O’Sullivan, Ronnie 490
‘Our House’ (Madness) 21
Ovaltine advert 114–15
Ovett, Steve xxiii, 185, 625–8, 629
Owen, David
Americanism 362
background 361–2
by-elections 419
EEC 368
Falklands War 753, 775, 807, 837
hair 362
and Jenkins, Roy 423, 425
Labour Party
activists 351
electoral college 355, 369
impatience with 362–3
leaving 372, 379, 417
Liberal Party 425, 426
Limehouse Declaration 382, 411
nuclear disarmament 353
patriotism 770
personality 362
SDP 361, 363, 380, 419–22, 425
Sun 775
talent for alienating people 362
Thatcher, Margaret
does not cross his mind 413
finds her whiff appealing beyond belief 82
Warrington by-election 430, 432
Williams, Shirley 430
working-class voters 429
Owen, Geoffrey 262
Oxford 335
Oxford, Kenneth 516, 520–21
Oxford Street 6, 572, 601, 694, 695, 702
Packer, Kerry 637–8
Page, Betty 290
Palmer, Arthur 509
Palmer, Jenny (Mass Observation Project) 21, 22, 23, 119, 123, 697, 766, 825–6
Panorama 45, 178, 393, 541, 661, 802–5, 829
Papandreou, Andreas 178
Papen, Franz von 151
parental discipline 520–21
Paris food fair 137
Parker, Dorothy 378
Parker-Bowles, Camilla 609
Parkin, Sheila (Mass Observation Project) 235, 483, 695, 697
Parkinson, Cecil 41, 42, 87, 437, 657–8, 670, 777
Parr, Helen 818, 828
Parris, Matthew 35, 37, 40, 42, 55–6, 81, 190, 339, 767–8
Parsons, Sir Anthony 777, 795, 796, 806, 807
patios 25
Patnick, Irvine 585
patriotism xxvi–xxvii, 362, 608–9, 633, 764, 800
Patten, Chris 36, 313, 661, 768
Patterson family 228–30
Pattison, Michael 265
Paul Daniels’s Magical Christmas 693
Peace, Jobs and Freedom 352
Pearce, Edward 379
Pearce, Jacqueline 80
Peepo! 671, 672, 678–9
Penman, Ian 294
Penthouse and Pavement (Heaven 17) 282–3
People’s March for Jobs 462–4, 535, 587
Pepper, Gordon 106
Pérez de Cuéllar,
Javier 806
Perón, Isabel 739
Perón, Juan 733
Perrier 131
Perry, Jimmy 164
Pershing II missiles 389
Personal Computer World 712
Peru, and Falklands War 778, 792–3, 796–7
pessimism 12, 98–9
PET computer 712–13
Peterborough 683–5
Peyton, John 789
Philips, Mike 508
Phillips, Baron 241
Phillips, Mike 511, 512
Phillips, Trevor 333–4
Piachaud, David 477
Piccadilly Circus 6, 133, 702
picketing 145–6, 151
Pinochet, Augusto 189, 778
Pitt, Bill 664–5
Pitt, William (‘the Elder’) 49
pizzas 125
Plaid Cymru 555–6
Planer, Nigel 398
Plater, Alan 530
Play School 503
Poland 692
police 340, 507–8, 510, 511, 522–3, 524, 588–9
Pollard, Sidney 12–13
pop videos 289–90, 292, 299–300
population
decline in cities 254
drunk and brawling 139
growth in New Towns 681, 682, 683
populism xxvi–xxvii, 44, 52, 346
Port Stanley see Stanley
Port Talbot 688–9, 702
Posadists 538
Postman Pat 659
post-nuclear Britain 397–8
Pot Black 487–8
Potter, Dennis 335
Potteries 675
Poujade, Pierre 44
pound, strength of 5, 93, 104, 188, 256–7, 258–9, 266–7, 269–70
poverty 122–3, 469, 480
Powell, Brian 581–2
Powell, Enoch 183, 508, 755, 824, 837
Powell, Gwyneth 66–7
Pratt, Tony 693
Prentice, Reginald 343
prescription charges 189
Prestel 722–3
Primarolo, Dawn 337, 339–40
Prior, Jim
background 144
British economy 112–13
Budget of 1979 103
Budget of 1981 447–8, 451
Employment Act 158
as Employment Secretary 87
erotic exploits 143
as Heath’s monkey 661
industrial relations 145–6
interest rates 111
leader of ‘pussyfoot’ section 148
as Northern Ireland Secretary 655
spending cuts 107, 649, 652
steel strike 147–51
Thatcher, Margaret
denounced as ‘false squire’ by 144
impressed by sexy voice 82
treats as annoying woman 80, 144–5
trade unions 149–51, 156
unemployment 201, 464, 465
as Wet 190–91
Private Eye 97, 136, 194–5, 325, 378, 588, 773, 774, 799
Thatcher, Denis xxvii, 97, 194–5, 272, 305, 446, 537, 559, 667, 801
The Prodigal Daughter (Archer) 19
productivity 16, 91, 123, 140–41, 152–3, 160, 270, 309, 326, 458, 684
Protect and Survive
booklet 393, 398
films 28–9, 393–4
protectionism 110, 457
Protest and Survive 394
Provisional IRA see IRA
public borrowing 91, 97, 100, 110–12, 195, 197, 270, 271, 440, 450, 457
public spending 91–2, 94, 101, 103, 104, 106–7, 188–9, 242, 266, 270, 440, 649, 652, 669
public transport 5, 584, 593–5, 698
puddings 120
punk 280, 291–2, 295, 476
Purser, Philip 487
Puttnam, David 620–21
Pym, Francis
Budget of 1981 707
Cruise missiles 391–2
economic strategy 451
Falklands War 751, 776, 780, 781, 784–5, 796
as Foreign Secretary 758
as Leader of the Commons 435
NATO 389
as ‘old school’ 88
as original faceless man 661
spending cuts 270, 649, 736
Thatcher, Margaret 190–91
Queen 283, 295
Queen Bees 77
A Question of Leadership 152
Quinn, Paddy 569
Raban, Jonathan
death of community 26
Falklands debate 754–5
Falklands War 761–2, 764, 765, 767
fishing industry 467
London docks 675–6
rudeness 6–7
Sun 775
Thatcher, Margaret 36
unemployment 480
Race, Reg 547
Race, Steve 415
race relations 503–9, 521–7, 596, 684
racism 222–3, 505–8, 522, 588
radiation suits 407
radicalism 333–7, 340
Radice, Giles 417, 545
Raine, Kathleen 771
Ramphal, Sir Sonny xviii
Ramsaran, Clare 83
Ranelagh, John 88–9
Rank and File Mobilising Committee (RFMC) 351–2, 533
Raphael, Adam 427, 460
rates 584–5, 590
Rathbone, Graeme 469–70
Raven, Simon 144
Reactionary Chic 612
Reading 681
ready meals 123–5
Reagan, Ronald 180, 396, 443–7, 748, 776, 779, 780, 789, 796, 815, 824
thinks Who Dares Wins a great film xxii
Reardon, Ray 489–90, 494
recession 200–201, 255–67, 270–76, 293, 650, 693–4, 695–6, 698
Redditch 681
Redgrave, Vanessa 396
Reds 623
redundancies 146, 267, 314, 464–5, 466, 673
Reece, Gordon 33, 52, 460
Regan, Don 445
Renault, Mary 771
Rentschler, Jim 779–80, 781, 796
reselection of Labour MPs 342–3, 344, 349, 354–5
restaurants 128–30, 132–3
retrochic 617
Revere, Paul 624
Revie, Don 637
Revolutionary Democratic Front (El Salvador) 824–5
Reynolds, Alan 689
Reynolds, Owen 689
Reynolds, Simon 252, 282, 291, 292
Reynolds, Stanley 85
Rhodes, Nick 295
Rhodesia 171, 504
Rhys Jones, Griff 493
Richard, Cliff 281
Richard, Ivor 168, 169
Richards, Mary (Mass Observation Project) 23, 28, 73, 125, 155–6, 169, 235, 605–7, 764, 766, 793, 798, 800, 844
Richards, Viv 634
Richardson, Gordon 93, 102, 106, 196, 258–9, 265–6, 270, 275, 440
Richardson, Jo 394–5
Richmond, Fiona 128
Riddley Walker (Hoban) 397
Ridings Centre, Wakefield 700
Ridley, Adam 188, 269
Ridley, Fred 466
Ridley, Nicholas 87, 143, 205, 735–6
Right to Buy 228–45, 593
Rimmer, Dave 283–4, 292
‘Rio’ (Duran Duran) 299
riots 509–25, 588–9, 649–50, 662, 663
Rippon, Geoffrey 661
RM 380Z computer 717, 722
The Road to Serfdom (Hayek) 46
The Road to Wigan Pier (Orwell) 121, 479–80, 671–2, 687
‘The Roast Beef of Old England’ (Fielding) 635
Roberthall, Robert Hall, Baron 452
Robertson’s golliwog 505
Robinson, Ben 318
Robinson, Derek 315–22, 462
MI5 plot against 317
pelted with rotten fruit 321
as ‘Red Robbo’ 315
as ‘Red Ronnie’ 322
Robinson, Kenneth 415
Robson, Bryan 659
Rochdale 233
Roddick, Anita
69
Rodgers, Bill
background 363
Benn, Tony 345
by-elections 419, 429, 431
Callaghan, Jim 348
Crosby by-election 429
Gang of Four 412
Jenkins, Roy 360, 423
Labour Party 381
conference 1980 366, 369
leaving 372, 379–80, 417
Liberal Party 426
Limehouse Declaration 382, 411
Owen, David 362, 423
realignment of British politics 360, 361
SDP 361, 416, 420–21, 422, 424–5
Warrington by-election 431
wears a jumper 412
Rodgers, Silvia 420
Roebuck, Peter 634, 635, 640
Rogers, Herbert 340
Rolling Stones 283
Romsey, Hampshire 604
Rook, Jean xviii, 640
Rooker, Jeff 769
Root, Henry
advises British Leyland to rename itself ‘Jamaican Leyland’ 309
advises Margaret Thatcher against appointing bachelors or Oxford men 86
advises Margaret Thatcher to woo suburban estate agents 33
moved by news of Margaret Thatcher and Mary Whitehouse viewing pornography 86
Rose, Cynthia 302
Routledge, Paul 536
Rowbotham, Sheila 79
Roxy Music 283
Royal Navy 736–7, 742
Royal Society 335
Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) 561–2
Royal Wedding 600–609, 654
Royle, Anthony 88
Rozin, Skip 629, 630, 631, 632
Rubery Owen 262–3
Ruddock, Joan 391, 396, 400–401, 405
rudeness 6–7
rugby union 488
Runcie, Robert 181–2, 607, 843
Rusbridger, Alan 775
Rushdie, Salman 335, 771
Russia see Soviet Union
Russian Hide and Seek (Amis) 397
Sainsbury’s 701–2
St John-Stevas, Norman 191, 435, 662–3, 669
St Paul’s riot (Bristol) 509
Salisbury Group 524
Sampson, Anthony 85, 158, 366
Samuel, Raphael 617
San Carlos, Battle of 810–12
Sanderson, Tessa 628, 631
Sands, Bobby 564–7, 571, 649
Sandwell 673, 674
sandwiches 127–8
Sanghera, Sathnam 503
Sansom, Kenny 206
SAS (Special Air Service) xv–xxi, xxvii, 643
Saturday Night Fever 281
Savage, Jon 253, 279, 280, 331
Savile Row tailors 11, 551
Sayer, Leo 281
Scanlon, Hugh 157
Scargill, Arthur 149–51, 207, 539, 541, 547, 841
Scarman, Leslie, Baron 514, 525, 594
Scarman report 514, 524
Schmidt, Helmut 9–10, 169, 172–6, 177, 372, 389, 390, 422
Schonfield, Victor 531
Scotland 554–5, 685
Scott, Derek 456, 459
Scott, Mike 833
Scottish National Party 555
Scuffham, Frank 140
SDP see Social Democratic Party
SDP–Liberal Alliance 406, 432–3, 548, 664–7, 669–70, 704–5, 769–70
Seabrook, Jeremy
Birmingham 247, 332
Blackburn 679
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