Rolling Stone magazine, 231, 473
Rolling Stones, 155, 333, 334, 351, 401
Rome, 17, 18, 22
Rookery Nook (play), 539
Roques, Lot Valley, 30, 32–4
Rosenberg, Julius and Ethel, 76
Ross, David, 136, 581, 589
Ross, Diana, 126, 455
Ross, Mr (hotel manager), 174, 175
Rosten, Norman, 566–7, 575
Rothko, Mark, 554
Round Britain by Frog expedition, 483
Le Routier, Camden Lock, 281
Rowan, Dan, 452
Royal Albert Hall, London, 112, 370
Royal Court Theatre, London, 421
Royal Geographical Society, 516, 606–7
Royal Shakespeare Company, 541
Royal Variety Performance (1977), 399
Rudge, Mr (dinner guest in Barbados), 430
Rudman, Michael, 318, 319, 523
Rugantino’s, London, 155, 190
Rugoff, Don, 230–2, 239, 361–2, 366, 377, 378–9, 387
Rules (restaurant), London, 106–7, 136
Rushton, Willy, 257, 292–3
Ruskin, John, 442
Chris Orr’sjohn Ruskin, 297, 299, 318
Russell, Ken, 369
Russell Harty Show (television), 139
Russia, 449
Russian Tea Room, New York, 216
Rutland Weekend Television, 210, 233
The Rutles 367, 400–1, 402, 446, 449–50, 452, 454, 459
Rutter, Barry, 292
Ryan, Bill, 218
Ryan, Dr, 312
Ryan, Madge, 439n
S
Sag Harbor, Long Island, 565–70, 576, 580
The Saint (television series), 412
St Andrews, 57–9
St Audry’s Hospital, Woodbridge, 159, 160–1, 162, 164–5, 166, 181, 186, 360
St Bart’s Hospital, London, 423
St John’s, Cambridge, 19, 129
St John’s, Oxford, 409
St John’s Wood, 351, 356
St Laurent, Yves, 391
St Martin, Gospel Oak, 55–6
St Martin’s Lane Odeon, 572
St Moritz Hotel, New York, 228
St Neots, 78, 365, 383, 386, 389
Salisbury Plain, 27, 377–8
Salkind, Alex, 376, 466
Salkind, Ilya, 376, 466
Salmon, Bob, 406 and n
Salvage, Don, 82
Sam Goody’s Store, New York, 313
San Carlo, Highgate, 213, 520
San Francisco, 121
MP’s first trip to, 76n
‘First Farewell Tour’, 124–5
Monty Python screened in, 211
San Sebastian Film Festival, 404–5
Sanders, George, 338
Sanders family, 7
Sanders of the River (film), 338
Sanderson, Joan, 475–6, 478
Sanderson Wallpaper, 254
Sandison, Hilary, 404 and n
Santa Monica, 125
Sardi’s, New York, 218, 252, 271
Sergeant, John, 92 and n
Sargent, Herb, 454n
Sartre, Jean Paul, 198
Saskatchewan, Pythons tour, 122, 123
Saskatoon, Python tour, 123
Sassoon, Siegfried, 168, 386
Memoirs of George Sherston, 364, 377
Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (film), 462
Saturday Night Fever (film), 456
Saturday Night Live (US TV programme), 423, 558, 560
Eric Idle on, 334
MP as guest host on, 436 and n, 446, 447, 453–62, 475
MP’s second appearance on, 525, 528–31
MP’s third stint on, 547, 550, 551–3
Saturn Three (film), 548
Saudi Arabia, 264
Savalas, Telly, 320
Savile, Jimmy, 356
Savoy Cinema, San Sebastian, 404–5
Savoy Hotel, London, 474
Says I, Says He (play), 421
The Scaffold, 41–2 and n
Scales, Prunella, 467–8
Scarman, Lord Justice, 547
Scene at the Swiss Centre, 211
Schiller, Tom, 462
Schlaffenberg, Bruno, 603
Schwab’s, Hollywood, 557
Science Museum, London, 427, 584
Scofield, Paul, 327
Sconce, Jane, 16
Scorsese, Martin, 231
Scodand
‘First Farewell Tour’, 116–18
filming Monty Python and the Holy Grail in, 166–80
independence, 199
filming Ripping Yarns in, 346
Ripping Yarns book-signing tour, 513–14
snowfall, 519
MP visits Gordonstoun School, 586–8
Scodand Yard, 92, 110
The Scotsman, 513
Scott, Bob, 316
Scott, George C, 267
Scott, Gerry, 535 and n
Scott, Norman, 563n
Scott, Paul, The Raj Quartet, 499
Scott, Robin, 408 and n
Scott, Ronnie, 400
Scottish Health Council, 483
Scottish National Trust, 170n
Scottish Nationalist Party, 193, 199
Screen International, 371
The Seagull (play), 458, 531
Sears Roebuck, 433
Sebastiane (film), 393
Secombe, Harry, 432
Second World War
Chequers in, 433
Basil Bunting in, 449
as subject for Monty Pythons fourth film, 572, 598, 599
The Secret Policeman’s Ball (Amnesty stage show), 560, 562, 563
Secrets (‘Black and Blue’ series), 97, 98–9, 100, 103, 108, 111, 131–2
Sedaka, Neil, 303
Segal, George, 68n
Sellers, Peter, 321, 462n, 506, 551
Selling and Sellers Ltd, 105
Sendak, Maurice, 251
Senior, Dick, 22–3
A Series of Birds (television series), 10 and n
The Servant (film), 373
The Seventh Seal (film), 175
Sewell, George, 292
Sex Pistols, 430
Shaftel, Joseph, 17–18
Shakespeare, William, Twelfth Night, 434
Shalit, Gene, 217
Shanks, Bob, 272–3, 274, 277
Shaw, George Bernard, 265
Sheffield, 315–16, 352, 421–2, 515, 554
Sheffield Playhouse, 450n
Sheffield United, 135, 363, 502, 524n
Sheffield University Medical Society, 515
Sheffield Wednesday, 502, 522, 524 and n
Shepherd, E H, 39
Shepperton Lock, 246
Shepperton Studios
Jabberwocky, 314, 328–30, 331–3, 337–8, 342–3, 344–5, 350
catering facilities, 331, 447–8, 475, 562, 581
MP joins board, 346, 353, 354, 358–9, 368–9, 376, 405–6, 572, 581
Clive Hollick’s wedding party, 400
Annual General Meeting, 411
MP suggests Film ‘77 programme on, 415–16
Palin family visit, 426, 548
Keith Moon and, 432
The Life of Brian scene re-shot at, 561–2
MP concerned over situation at, 561, 563–4
improvements in facilities, 573
business slows down, 589
Sheringham, 7, 161
Sherlock, David, xiii, 4 and n, 73, 184, 185, 326
Sherrin, Ned, 374
Shields, Brooke, 454
The Shining (film), 412, 456n, 474, 480
Shinwell, Emanuel, 72
Shivas, Mark, xv
‘Black and Blue’ series, 97, 103, 108, 111, 131, 132, 599n
The Three Hostages, 425
Show of Shows (US television programme), 452
Shrapnel, Norman, 39
Shrewsbury School, 53, 165, 485, 509, 587
Shulman, Milton, 13, 1
57
Shuster, Rosie, 466
Siciliano restaurant, London, 320
Sid (driver), 116–17
Sidney, Philip, 53 and n
Sigal, Clancy, 377
Signford, 299n, 406, 422–3
Chris Orr’s John Ruskin, 299, 318
‘All the Things You Ever Wanted’, 331
publishes Arthur, 479–80 and n
tax problems, 511
Sikorski, General Wladyslaw, 433
Silver, Joan Micklin, 327
Sim, Gerald, 537
Simmons, Jean, 406n
Simmons, Robin, 483
Simon, Paul, 351, 453, 455, 462, 560
Simon Community, 61
Sinatra, Barbara, 578
Sinatra, Frank, 127, 187, 338, 578
Sinclair, Mr (hotel proprietor), 24 and n, 25
Singer, Aubrey, 403, 425
Singer, Paris, 25
Singer Not the Song (film), 321
Sissons, Peter, 603–4
Sizewell Nuclear Power Station, 15–16
Skanes Palace Hotel, Monastir, 492, 498, 499
Skinner, John, 412
Skipton, Yorkshire, 539–43
Slade, 81
Slater, Rodney, 20
Slater-Walker, 118
Smile Orange (play), 444
Smith, Drew, 182–3
Smith, Ian, 72
Smith, Roy, 180, 329
Smith, T Dan, 603
Smith, Tony, 104–5 and n, 120, 123, 124
Smith, W H, 201
Smy Mr (nurse), 164
Snyder, Tom, 577
Socialist Challenge, 400
Soho, 95, 149, 357, 400–1, 439, 547, 549
Solzhenitsyn, Alexander, 91
Sondheim, Stephen, 304
Sorensen, Ted, 250
Sotheran, Henry, 598
Soul, David, 303
Sound Developments, Primrose Hill, 132, 396, 397
The Sound of Music (film), 291
Le Souquet, Chelsea, 560
Sousse, Tunisia, 496, 499, 500, 503
South Africa, 28
South Bank, London, 331
South Carolina, bans The Life of Brian, 588—9
Southampton, ‘First Farewell Tour’, 112–14
Southend council, bans The Life of Brian, 601
Southwold
MP’s childhood holidays in, 7, 8
filming Monty Python in, 9
MP in, 15–16, 38–9, 40, 54, 62, 70, 77, 83, 107, 144, 164–5, 181, 184, 206–7, 225, 233, 264, 289–9O, 321–2, 327, 343, 352, 403, 442, 536
Edward’s seventy-fifth birthday, 243–4
Southwold Church, 352
Southwold Cottage Hospital, 297, 384
The Spaceman and King Arthur (film), 571
Spain, 196, 533
San Sebastian Film Festival, 404–5
Speak, Jean, 377
Spear and Jackson, 411 and n
Spectator, 510
Speight, Johnny, 327
Spielberg, Steven, 530
Spikings, Barry, 436, 444
Spirit of the Beehive (film), 314
Sports Report (television programme), 382
Sportsnight (television programme), 585
Spotlight, 253, 469
Springfield, Dusty, 112n
Springsteen, Bruce, 265–6
The Spy Who Loved Me (film), 428
Stackpole Quay, Pembrokeshire, 341
Stage, 319–20
Stagg, Frank (IRA hunger striker), 289, 290
Stallard, Jock, 192 and n
Stanier, John, 488, 495, 498
Stanshall, Viv, 74
Stanton St John, Oxfordshire, 603
Star Wars (film), 406, 428, 560
Starr, Ringo, 158, 204, 248, 485, 575
Start the Week (radio programme), 512
Statue of Liberty, New York, 230, 310
Staverton Station, Devon, 546
Stay Hungry (film), 439 and n
Steele, Tommy, 390, 391
Steinbeck, John, 125, 569
Stephinson, Ken, 604–5
Steptoe and Son (television series), 12
Stevens, John, 377
Stewart, Chas, 296
Stewart, Ed, 390, 391
Stirling, Ripping Yarns book-signing tour, 513–14
Stivers, Cindy, 577
Stockwood, Mervyn, Bishop of Southwark, 594, 595, 596, 597, 600
Stokes, Lord, 72 and n
Stone, Barbara, 393
Stonehenge, 27
Stoneleigh Park Hotel, Dallas, 220–1
Stone’s Ginger Wine commercial, 187
Stoppard, Dr Miriam, 246, 467
Stoppard, Tom, 293, 363, 368, 467, 469
Professional Foul, 450
Three Men in a Boat, 208, 234, 235, 240, 242, 246, 255, 256, 280, 281
Travesties, 235, 246, 255
Stott, Mike, Funny Peculiar, 326
Strachan, Geoffrey, xiv, 136, 156, 211, 398, 581, 603n
Strand Electrics, 326
Stratton-Smith, Tony, xiv–xv, 56 and n, 62, 104n
gets Monty Python into US, 111–12
and Monty Python and the Holy Grail, 140, 146, 148, 189, 190, 227
Drury Lane show, 160
Live at Drury Lane album, 163
and demise of Monty Python, 211
Pink Floyd gig, 234
‘Lumberjack Song’ recording, 259–60
Streatley, 242–6
Strindberg, August, 316
Stuart, Eddie, 364, 383 and n, 385
Stuart-Harris, Barbara, xiii, 344 and n
Stuart-Harris, Sir Charles, xiii, 13 and n
Stuart-Harris, Graham, xiii, 335
Stuart-Harris, Margot, xiii
Stuart-Harris, Marjorie, xiii
Stuart-Harris, Robin, xiii, 344 and n
Stuart-Harris, Susan, xiii
Studio G, Wardour Street, 143, 197
Studio 54, New York, 454–5
Studio 99, Swiss Cottage, 267
Sturges, John, 20n
Summers, Nona, 488
The Sun, 214, 227, 586
Sun Alliance, 399
Sun in Splendour, Notting Hill, 256
The Sunday Express, 502
reviews Monty Python and the Holy Grail, 227
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