Finding My Virginity: The New Autobiography
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Virgin Atlantic Challenger, 70
Virgin Australia (formerly Virgin Blue), 7, 23–34, 63, 69–70, 110, 192–97, 344, 407
rebranding of, 193–94
Virgin Brides, 7, 229
Virgin Cars, 7–8
Virgin Clothing, 7
Virgin Cola, 7, 38
Virgin Digital, 262
Virgin Drinks, 16
Virgin Earth Challenge, 165, 166
Virgin EMI, 276
Virgin Energy, 8
Virgin Express, 23–24
Virgin Fuels, 158
Virgin Galactic, 13, 81–91, 99–100, 119, 122–24, 135, 209–22, 226, 289, 302, 326–37, 407, 422
Aabar Investments and, 213–14, 218–19, 334
Cosmic Girl, 373–75
explosion accident and, 124–27, 209
FAITH hangar, 318, 322, 324, 335, 377, 378
LauncherOne, 218–19, 366, 367, 373–74
OneWeb satellite constellation and, 365–69, 372–73, 375
satellites and, 218–19
Spaceship Company, 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
SpaceShipTwo accident, 316–25, 326–34, 338–39, 378, 442
SpaceShip Unity, 377–81, 442
WhiteKnightOne, 83–87
WhiteKnightTwo, 87, 88, 99–100, 211–12, 216, 218, 221, 320, 322, 373
Virgin Gorda, 413, 427
Virgin Green Fund, 158
Virgin Group, 6, 15, 30, 32, 34, 49, 52, 64, 68, 93, 105, 107, 142, 183, 213, 245, 296, 306, 309, 312–13, 338, 356, 376
Brexit and, 401, 403–4
environment and, 157, 158, 167
T-Mobile dispute and, 59–61
Virgin Galactic and, 334, 336, 375–76
work, vacation, and leave policies of, 361–64
Virgin Holidays, 358
Virgin Hotels, 135, 199, 358–59
Virgin Limited Edition, 51, 356–57
Virgin Live, 267
Virgin Management, 142, 363–64
Virgin Media, 129–35, 142, 231–32, 264, 296, 407
Ireland, 135
Pioneers, 290, 292, 295, 298
Virgin Media Business, 107
VOOM, 107, 299, 403, 404
Virgin Megastores, 16, 41, 130, 132, 186, 263–64
Virgin Mobile, 14–22, 63, 134, 264, 278, 306
Australia, 7, 18–20
Canada, 120
RE*Generation, 231
Sprint and, 21, 22
T-Mobile dispute with, 57–61
UK, 14–18, 20–21, 58
USA, 21–22, 265–66
Virgin Media and, 129, 130
Virgin Money, 7, 46, 134, 142, 179–88, 296, 306–8, 313, 338–40, 343, 354, 401
Atlantic sailing challenge and, 200–203
Brexit and, 403
Giving, 240
London Marathon, 240–42
Lounges, 187, 340
Northern Rock and, 179–85, 187–88
Virgin.net, 128
Virgin Oceanic, 371
Virgin Orbit, 219, 220, 367, 368, 422
Virgin Produced, 100
Virgin Racing, 227
Virgin Radio, 306
Virgin Rail Group, 42, 354
Virgin Records, 6, 8, 19, 128, 134, 186, 226, 227, 233, 260–61, 263–64, 266–71, 276–77, 297, 298, 303, 361, 377
Peter Tosh and, 159
Sex Pistols and, 55–56, 58, 260, 262, 340
Virgin Sport, 135, 250
Virgin StartUp, 296–98, 302–5, 354–55
Virgin Strive Challenge, 203–7, 412–19
Virgin Student, 8
Virgin Trains, 41–47, 168–78, 355
Corbyn and, 410–12
FirstGroup and, 171–78
Grayrigg crash and, 168–71
Virgin Travelstore, 8
Virgin Unite, 78, 142, 177, 245, 296, 328, 350, 389, 392
Virgin Vie, 7
Virgin Vodka, 7
Virgin Voyages, 129, 135, 359–61
Virgin Wines, 7
Vodafone, 20
Volcker, Paul, 160
VOOM, 107, 299, 403, 404
V.Shop, 8
Waheed, Mohammed, 391
Wales, Jimmy, 147
Walsh, Willie, 191, 197–98
Warner, Jeremy, 398
Watson, Dan, 298–99
Watts, Alan, 211
Watts, Charlie, 268
Webb, Johnny, 432
Weekend Box, 296
Weiss, Shai, 129–30, 158
Weller, Paul, 265
Wells, Adam, 99
Welsby, John, 41, 42
Weschler, Lawrence, 236
West, Kanye, 274
Westray, Tom, 326
WhatsApp, 312
White, Bob, 82
Whitehorn, Will, 14–15, 17, 41–42, 65–67, 71, 82, 89, 156, 169, 190, 211, 216, 355–56
White House Christmas party, 425–26
WhiteKnightOne, 83–87
WhiteKnightTwo, 87, 88, 99–100, 211–12, 216, 218, 221, 320, 322, 373
Whitesides, George, 216, 222, 318–22, 326–27, 333–34, 375
Whitesides, Loretta, 216
White Stripes, 261
Wikipedia, 147
WildAid, 383
wildlife, 282–83
Winfrey, Oprah, 386
Winslet, Kate, 253–57, 273
Wired, 99
Wolfe, Tom, 82
Wonder, Stevie, 424–25
Wood, Ronnie, 268, 274
Woods, Ian, 173
Woolworth’s, 264
World Economic Forum in Davos, 146, 367–68, 389
World Oceans Day, 418
World War I, 399
World War II, 248, 399
Wright, Ian, 186
Wright, Simon, 67
Wright Amendment, 314
Wyler, Greg, 365–67, 372
Wyman, Bill, 267
XPRIZE, 83, 84, 86–90, 122, 165, 317
Y-3, 318
Yalta Summit, 309
Yamamoto, Yohji, 318
Yeagar, Chuck, 82
Youn, Andrew, 350–51
Young, Lord, 296
Yousafzai, Malala, 378–79
Yunus, Muhammad, 154, 292, 303
Zavvi, 264
Zuckerberg, Mark, 368–70
Zuma, Jacob, 152
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