Jones, John Paul, 275
Jordan, 73
Joyce, Alan, 193–95, 197
Kammen, Daniel, 184
Kasbah Tamador, 357
Kelleher, Herb, 315
Kelly, Mark, 331–32
Kennedy, John F., 335, 421
Kerry, John, 421
Khan, Abdul, 292, 295
King, Lord, 10
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 390
KIPP schools, 99, 314–15
Klitschko, Vitali, 389
Knievel, Evel, 68
Koum, Jan, 312
Kramb, Jason, 125
Kreeger, Craig, 199, 408
Kruger National Park, 50–51
Kubrick, Stanley, 209
Kuryla, Juan M., 361
Kutcher, Ashton, 217
Kydd, James, 16, 131
Lady Joan, 45–46
Laker, Freddie, 135, 291
Langdon, Karl, 50
Langdon, Llane, 50
LanzaTech, 164–65
Larson, Doug, 74
Last Mile Health, 351
Las Vegas, 95–98, 105, 136–37, 217
LauncherOne, 218–19, 366, 367, 373–74
Lawrence, T. E., 121
Leadsom, Andrea, 408
Leal, Raul, 358–59
Lean In, 368
Led Zeppelin, 274–75
LeisureNet, 49
lemurs, 282–84
Lennon, John, 232
letter writing, 299–300
Lewis, Steve, 271
Liberty Global, 135
Libya, 5, 76
Lindstrand, Per, 431–32
LinkedIn, 115, 233
lists, making, 235
Living Goods, 351
LivingWell, 40
Lockheed Corporation, 126
Lodge, The, 357
Loewenstein, Rupert, 266, 267
Lomborg, Bjørn, 157
London Eye, 9
London Marathon, 240–42
London Olympics, 262–63
London Triathlon, 242
Loroupe, Tegla, 241, 242
Los Angeles Times, 110
Losing My Virginity (Branson), 1–2, 35, 42, 312, 440
Lotus Racing, 227
Love Field, 313–15
Lovell, Evan, 158, 340, 346
Lovelock, James, 157, 165
Lovesac, 104, 107
Lunardini, Abby, 95–97, 346
Machel, Graça, 79, 80, 153, 154, 331, 386, 387
Mackay, Dave, 221, 316–17, 320, 322, 377
Madagascar, 282–83, 288–89
Mahali Mzuri, 357
Maisler, Brian, 221
Makepeace Island, 193
malaria, 74
Maldives, 390–91
Malone, John, 135
Management Today, 311
Mandela, Nelson, 48–54, 73–80, 147, 153–55, 385–88, 428
death and funeral of, 385–87
Manoir aux Quat’Saisons, Le, 68
Mansour, Sheikh, 212–13
Marley, Bob, 159, 260
Marushevska, Yulia, 389
Marx, Groucho, 408
Massive Attack, 260
Masson, Margaret, 170
Matterhorn, 203, 205–6, 412, 416, 419
Mattis, James, 167
May, Glenn, 125
May, James, 114
May, Theresa, 404–5, 407, 408
Mbeki, Tabo, 74, 150–52
McAlpin, Tom, 361
McBride, Brian, 60–61
McCall, Patrick, 46, 67, 143, 172, 174, 183, 213
McCallum, Gordon, 15, 59, 129, 181
McCartney, Paul, 69
McEnroe, John, 246
McGlashan, Bill, 351
McKillop, Ross, 173
McLaren, Malcolm, 56
McLoughlin, Patrick, 173, 177–78
McQuillan, Jackie, 215, 232, 265, 279
Melvill, Mike, 85–88
methane leakage, 350, 352
Metro, 114
microfinance, 292
Microsoft, 73–75, 84
Midwood, Lawrence, 318
Milton, John, 2
Mittermeier, Russ, 282
M-Kopa, 312
Mobile Choice, 18
mobile phones, 14–15
Virgin Mobile, see Virgin Mobile
mobile virtual network operators (MVNOs), 15
Moby, 261
Mojave Aerospace Ventures, 84
Mojave Desert, 81–90, 120, 124–27, 211–12, 214–15, 218, 221, 316–25, 331, 332, 380
Mont Rochelle, 357
Morgan, Piers, 173, 403
Moses, Mike, 322
Moskito Island, 114, 184, 280, 283, 293, 349–50, 353, 407, 426–28, 436, 438
Moss, Kate, 17, 277–79
Mount Etna, 412, 419
Murdoch, James, 131–32
Murdoch, Rupert, 131–33, 158, 232
Murphy, Stephen, 15, 181
Murray, Andy, 244–45
music, 260–71, 312
Music Week, 261
Musk, Elon, 110–11, 167, 219–20, 311, 335, 366–69
Nadal, Rafael, 244, 246, 247
Napster, 261
NASA, 12, 83, 90, 105, 123, 216, 218, 220, 333–34, 373
Nasheed, Mohamed, 390–92
National Express, 354
National Portrait Gallery, 71
National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), 322, 323, 326–27, 329, 333
Naughty Boy, 271
Navin, Stephen, 271
Navratilova, Martina, 244
Necker Cup, 204, 245–47
Necker Island, 2, 6, 12, 49, 51, 63, 73, 106, 115, 117, 139, 147, 242–43, 250–52, 258, 268, 272–81, 293, 357, 362, 392, 407, 410, 413, 426–28, 436, 439, 442
Audacious Ideas and, 349–53
fire on, 35, 253–58, 273, 360
wildlife on, 282–83
Nedbank, 53
Nelson, Shawn, 104, 106–7
Nelson, Willie, 313
Nepal, 6
Netflix, 361
Network Rail, 45, 170–71
Newell, Phil, 271
Newman, Tom, 270
New Mexico, 122, 124, 216–17, 380
New New Journalism, The (Boynton), 236
News Corp., 133
News Group Newspapers, 133
News of the World, 132, 278
Newsom, Gavin, 100
New Statesman, 184
New York Times, 231
Nichols, Clint, 221
Nigeria, 68, 396
9/11 attacks, 21, 44–45, 65–69, 71, 92, 130, 356
Norris, Peter, 49, 142–43, 173, 174, 181, 244–45
Northern Rock, 179–85, 187–88, 339
Northern Rock Foundation, 296
North Korea, 167
Northrop Grumman, 126
note taking, 235
NTL, 128–31
Nutini, Paolo, 353
Obama, Barack, 167, 191–92, 299–300, 420–28
Obama, Michelle, 422, 423, 425–28
Obamacare, 425
Obama Foundation, 428
oceans, 352, 371–72, 418, 428
Oelwang, Jean, 18–19, 77–78, 146–48, 150, 156, 349, 351
Office of Fair Trading, 133
Oldfield, Mike, 260–62, 275–76
O’Leary, Dermot, 173
Oliver, Jamie, 173
Omidyar, Pam, 147
One Acre, 350
One 2 One, 17
OneWeb, 365–69, 372–73, 375
Operation Barbara, 6
Optus, 18
Osborne, George, 172, 185, 405
Our Price, 8
Page, Jimmy, 275
Page, Larry, 117, 220, 287–88, 293, 294, 349, 366, 370–71
Page, Lucy, 287–88, 294, 349
Pan Am, 209–10
Paradise Lost (Milton), 2
Pardew, Alan, 186
parental leave, 363–64
Paris Agreement, 166, 167
Parker, Sean, 261
Parkinson, Denni, 116
P Diddy, 269
Peace Direct, 146
Peckham, Miles, 154
Peckham, Steve, 264
Penn and Teller, 96–98
People’s Climate March, 166
Peston, Robert, 180, 181
Petrone, Vincenzo, 361
Pike, Penni, 235
Pink Floyd, 260
Pinterest, 310
Pishevar, Shervin, 217
Pitch To Rich, 298–99
Plant, Robert, 274–75
Polman, Paul, 167
Poole, Mark, 67
Powell, Nik, 269–71, 303
Prejean, Helen, 392, 395
Pride ‘n’ Purpose, 51
Project, 232, 233
Project North East, 296
Qaddafi, Muammar, 76
Qantas, 24, 25, 28–31, 34, 70, 192–97
quad-play businesses, 129
Virgin Media, see Virgin Media
Qualcomm, 367
Railtrack, 45
railways, 43–45
British Rail, 41–44, 130
Hatfield crash, 44
privatization of, 42, 412
Virgin Trains, see Virgin Trains
RBS, 180, 187
Rebel Billionaire, The, 103–10
Redgrave, Vanessa, 72
Reed, Frank, 35–38, 52, 244, 342, 343
RE*Generation House, 266
Reid, Fred, 93–94
Residencia, La, 68, 356, 357, 434
rhinos, 383–84
Richards, Keith, 266–68, 278–79
Richards, Mike, 245–46
Richardson, Bill, 214
Ridgway, Steve, 66–68, 70–71, 190, 198–99, 441
Right Stuff, The (Wolfe), 82
Ring, 407
Rise, 351
Rizvi, Suhail, 252, 420–21
Robinson, Mary, 154
Rocknroll, Ned, 253, 256, 257, 273
Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI), 166–67
Roddick, Anita, 311
Rodgers, June Scobee, 331
Rolling Stones, 266–68, 274
Roof Gardens, 51, 69, 143
Rose, Greg, 177, 235, 431
Ross, Jonathan, 245
Ross, Wilbur, 308
Rossiter, James, 224
Royal Scot, 47
Royal Society, 372
Russia, 163, 210, 309, 389–90
Rutan, Burt, 81–87, 89, 119, 120, 122, 125–27, 222, 317, 318
Rutan, Tonya, 126
Sabi Sand Reserve, 50–51
Saddam Hussein, 73, 75–77
SafetyNet, 298
St. Edwards, Oxford, 10–11
Salway, Catherine, 18
Sandberg, Sheryl, 368, 369
Sandé, Emeli, 262–63, 276
San Francisco, 93, 94
San Francisco International Airport, 99–100
Sarandon, Susan, 392
Sartre, Jean-Paul, 232
satellites, 218–19
OneWeb, 365–69, 372–73, 375
SB.TV, 298
Scaitcliffe Preparatory School, 238–39
Scaled Composites, 81, 85–88, 90, 100, 120, 122, 124, 209, 212, 215, 218, 221, 334
accidents and, 124–27, 209, 319–22, 328, 330–32
Schulman, Dan, 21, 22
Schwartz, Peter, 147
Schwarzenegger, Arnold, 214
Scobee, Dick, 331
Scotland, 308–9, 313, 403
self-driving cars, 370
September 11 attacks, 21, 44–45, 65–69, 71, 92, 130, 356
Sex Pistols, 55–56, 58, 260, 262, 340
Shanly, Stephen, 206
Shebbeare, Tom, 297–98
Sheeran, Ed, 258–59, 298
Sherrard, Rob, 24, 27–28, 32
Sherrard Aviation, 24
Shetty, Salil, 388–89
Shinkansen, 41
Shriver, Maria, 141
Shui, Mei, 297–98
Shultz, George, 160
Siebold, Pete, 212, 320, 322–23, 333
Sightsavers, 351
Silicon Valley, 93, 302, 361, 368
Singapore, 21
Singapore Airlines, 8, 31–34, 67, 193, 195, 197
Singtel, 21
Six O’Clock News, 45
Skeptical Environmentalist, The (Lomborg), 157
Skoll, Jeff, 349, 351
Sky, 129, 131–34
Slack, 310
Slowlife Symposium, 390
Smith, Charlie, 117
Smith, Shannon, 230–31
Smithsonian Institution, 86, 87, 121
Snapchat Spectacles, 311–12
Sneed, Justin, 392–93
Snow, Jon, 132, 328–29
social media, 231, 233–34, 236, 383
Facebook, 236–37, 302, 312, 368–71
LinkedIn, 115, 233
Twitter, 163, 200, 217–18, 230, 231, 233, 302, 309–10, 345, 391, 402, 423
Softbank, 367
Sommer, Ron, 17
Son Bunyola, 357
Soul II Soul, 260
Souter, Brian, 43, 174
South Africa, 48–54, 78, 148–52, 293, 342
Southern, Julie, 71
Southwest Airlines, 314, 315, 344
space, 12–13, 83, 110–11, 209–10, 220, 302, 335–37, 371, 378, 443
Mars, 220, 335, 369
moon landing, 12, 123, 209, 335
NASA, 12, 83, 90, 105, 123, 216, 218, 220, 333–34, 373
Virgin Galactic, see Virgin Galactic
Spaceport America, 380
Spaceship Company, The, 122–23, 220, 334, 380
SpaceShipOne, 83–91, 122, 123, 125
SpaceShipTwo, 87, 211–12, 214–16, 218, 221–22, 317, 332–35, 374, 377–81
crash of, 316–25, 326–34, 338–39, 378, 442
Space Shuttle Challenger, 331
SpaceX, 219, 366
Spanx, 104, 107
Spice Girls, 260
Spitfire, 316
sports, 238–47
Sprague, Joe, 346
Sprint, 21–22
Sputnik 1, 89
Stagecoach Group, 43, 174, 177, 354
Starck, Philippe, 123
Starfish, 149
Starkey Hearing Foundation, 152–53
Starlight Foundation, 229
StartUp Loans Company, 296–98
start-ups and entrepreneurs, 290–305, 310–12, 354–55, 421, 428
Stausberg, Matthias, 163, 389
Steel, Joe, 16
Steger, Will, 143
Steinbeck, John, 353
Stephenson, Andy, 296
Stereophonics, 261, 265
Stevenson, Bryan, 423, 424
Stock Exchange, 338–40
Stockwell, Ashley, 131
Storm Model Management, 278
Stowe School, 11, 232, 305
Strait of Messina, 418–19
Stuckey, Mark “Forger,” 100, 221
Student, 1, 72, 232–33, 266, 269–70, 280, 291, 298, 301
Stud
ent Advisory Center, 58, 233, 270
Sturckow, Rick “CJ,” 322–23
Styles, Harry, 274
Sugar, Alan, 173
Sun, 132, 400, 401
Sunday Telegraph, 41–42
Sundog Pictures, 162, 319, 395, 431–32
Sunday Times, 15, 132, 298, 400
Swain, Andy, 240
Swift, Taylor, 274
Tai, Alex, 81, 82, 89, 224–25, 240
Tait, David, 414
TED Talks, 349, 350, 353, 395
Telewest, 128–30
Telstra, 20
tennis, 242–47
Tesla, Inc., 219, 368
Texas, 313–15
Thompson, Georgie, 207
Thompson, Hunter S., 416
Thorn EMI, 128, 260
3GSM World Congress, 21
Tickell, Crispin, 165
Tilden, Brad, 344, 346
Time, 85, 329
Times, 403
T-Mobile, 17, 21
dispute with Virgin Mobile, 57–61
Tomassi, Kristen, 284, 287
Toomey, Gary, 30
Top Gear, 114
Tosh, Peter, 159
TPG, 351
Traingate, 410–12
Trump, Donald, 102–3, 108–11, 166, 167, 409, 424, 426, 428
Trump, Ivanka, 102
Tshabalala-Msimang, Manto, 149, 150
tuberculosis, 74
Turner, Ted, 370
Tutu, Desmond, 147–49, 154, 387, 388, 428
Twitter, 163, 200, 217–18, 230, 231, 233, 302, 309–10, 345, 391, 402, 423
2001: A Space Odyssey, 209
Uganda, 75
Ukraine, 300, 309, 389–90
Ulusaba, 50–52
United Airlines, 101, 344
United Nations (UN), 75, 76, 149
United Nations Foundation, 370
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), 162–64
Universal Life Church, 95, 287–88
V2 Records, 261
Varnom, John, 270
Verve, the, 260–61
V Festival, 265–66
Vicious, Sid, 159
Victoria Falls, 105
Vietnam, 382–85
Vietnam War, 72, 73, 161, 301, 382, 384
Virgin Active, 35–40, 49, 63, 134, 242–44, 246, 342–43
in South Africa, 48–54
Virgin America, 92–101, 193, 230, 313–15, 338–41, 343–48, 407
Alaska Airlines and, 344–48, 431
Virgin Atlantic, 6–9, 15, 25, 28, 31, 41, 46, 53–54, 59, 64, 69, 70, 102, 110, 120, 134, 142, 186, 187, 189–93, 211, 224, 227, 275, 278, 344, 347, 356, 358, 360
A350 aircraft of, 407–8
Australia and, 70
Brexit and, 403
British Airways and, 6, 8–10, 58, 134, 175, 189–90, 198, 260
complaint letter about, 234
Delta Air Lines and, 193, 197–99, 344, 346
Gibbs Aquada and, 112, 113
GlobalFlyer, 81–82, 119–22
LanzaTech and, 164–65
September 11 attacks and, 66–69
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