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THE OBSERVER INDEX<br />

JANUARY-DECEMBER <strong>2001</strong><br />

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(UN)ARRANGED MARRIAGE<br />

* See Children's Choice 10/06/01<br />

150 YEARS OF POPULAR MUSICAL THEATRE<br />

* See Book Reviews - Conrad, Peter 29/04/01<br />

<strong>2001</strong><br />

* Review of the Year: 364 days… and 11 September 23/12/01 R<br />

2>6 1>6 Photographs<br />

24 HOURS<br />

* See Children's Choice 29/07/01<br />

30 DAYS IN SYDNEY<br />

* See Book Reviews - Conrad, Peter 09/09/01<br />

4 BLONDES<br />

* See Book Reviews - Merritt, Stephanie 21/01/01<br />

ABBOTT, PAUL<br />

* Interview with writer Paul Abbott 11/02/01 R 8 1>4<br />

Photographs<br />

ABORTION<br />

* One in three women has had an abortion and 92 per cent agree<br />

with the right to choose, so why are women still ashamed to talk<br />

about its effect on their lives 22/04/01 R 1>2 1>5 , photographs<br />

ACCIDENTS<br />

* Three children were killed after a car plunged 20ft under water<br />

29/07/01 B 5 1>3 Photograph<br />

ACCORDING TO QUEENEY<br />

* See Book Reviews - Sisman, Adam 26/08/01<br />

ACHILLES<br />

* See Book Reviews - Kellaway, Kate 04/03/01<br />

ACTORS & ACTRESSES<br />

* Robert de Niro is rumoured to be coming to the London stage<br />

this year to star in Art in the latest of Hollywood's West End<br />

invasion - see De Niro, Robert 07/01/01<br />

* Interview with actor Dennis Hopper - see Hopper, Dennis<br />

14/01/01<br />

* Profile on Hollywood hero, Tom Hanks - see Hanks, Tom<br />

14/01/01<br />

* Rock's bad-girl widow, Courtney Love, claims she lives in fear<br />

of deranged fans and vindictive enemies - see Love, Courtney<br />

14/01/01<br />

* Interview with actor Sanjeev Bhaskar who has progressed from<br />

'Goodness Gracious Me' to the Kama Sutra - see Film 21/01/01<br />

* Interview with actress, Charlotte Rampling - see Rampling,<br />

Charlotte 21/01/01<br />

* Cinemagoers have voted for their favourite actor and film<br />

genre - see Film 28/01/01<br />

* Interview with actor Stephen Fry - see Fry, Stephen 28/01/01<br />

* Interview with Amanda Donohoe, who is back in town after<br />

spending the last 11 years in LA, and about to take over from<br />

Jerry Hall in <strong>The</strong> Graduate - see Donohoe, Amanda 04/02/01<br />

* Kate Winslet appeared at the Berlin International Film Festival<br />

to promote the film Quills, about the Marquis de Sade - see<br />

Winslet, Kate 11/02/01<br />

* Profile on actress Nicole Kidman - see Kidman, Nicole<br />

11/02/01<br />

OBSERVER INDEX: JAN-DEC <strong>2001</strong><br />

1<br />

* On location in Savannah, Georgia for his latest film, Keanu<br />

Reeves remains as elusive as ever - see Reeves, Keanu 18/02/01<br />

* Profile on actor John Cleese - see Cleese, John 25/02/01<br />

* Interview with actor Nigel Planer - see Planer, Nigel 04/03/01<br />

* Eliza Doolittle has always been an actress's dream part, and the<br />

latest to have her accent knocked into shape is Martine<br />

McCutcheon 04/03/01 R 5 1>5 Photographs<br />

* Interview with actress Zoë Wanamaker - see Wanamaker, Zoë<br />

11/03/01<br />

* Profile on American actress, Julia Roberts - see Roberts, Julia<br />

25/03/01<br />

* Hollywood's leading men are allowed to grow old gracefully<br />

but it's leading women suffer a less forgiving and undignified<br />

fate - see Film 01/04/01<br />

* Two actors, Steve Buscemi and Vince Vaughn were in a bar<br />

room brawl last week, highlighting their claim that members of<br />

the public frequently mistake them for the characters they play<br />

15/04/01<br />

* With films such as <strong>The</strong> Smokers and the forthcoming <strong>The</strong><br />

Hole, Thora Birch has cornered the Hollywood market in angstridden<br />

teenagers - see Birch, Thora 15/04/01<br />

* Interview with actor Sean Penn - see Penn, Sean 06/05/01<br />

* Interview with actress Lindsay Duncan - see Duncan, Lindsay<br />

06/05/01<br />

* Colin Farrell has gone from Ballykissangel to starring with<br />

Bruce Willis and taking calls from Spielberg - see Farrell, Colin<br />

13/05/01<br />

* Profile on actor John Thaw as he faces up to the prospect of<br />

defeating cancer - see Thaw, John 24/06/01<br />

* Interview with actress Kerry Fox who stars in the controversial<br />

film Intimacy - see Fox, Kerry 01/07/01<br />

* Interview with actress Ute Lemper - see Lemper, Ute 01/07/01<br />

* Tribute to Jack Lemmon who died on 27th June <strong>2001</strong> - see<br />

Deaths 01/07/01<br />

* Interview with actor Rob Lowe, currently starring in <strong>The</strong> West<br />

Wing - see Lowe, Rob 08/07/01<br />

* Adrian Lester is being hailed as one of the great Hamlets - see<br />

Lester, Adrian 22/07/01<br />

* Interview with actress Sîan Phillips on the publication of her<br />

autobiography, Public Places - see Phillips, Sîan 29/07/01<br />

* Mirada Sawyer meets Steve McFadden to find out what a<br />

Rada-trained actor is doing with Phil Mitchell in EastEnders -<br />

see McFadden, Steve 29/07/01<br />

* Nicole Kidman's joyous face after completing her divorce from<br />

Tom Cruise tells a story - see Kidman, Nicole 12/08/01<br />

* Cameron Diaz is tipped to star as the glamorous dotcom<br />

founder of boo.com who helped to squander £100m, when the<br />

story is turned into a Hollywood blockbuster - see Film<br />

26/08/01<br />

* Interview with actor, Willem Dafoe - see Dafoe, Willem<br />

26/08/01<br />

* Photograph of actor Ewan McGregor at the Lonach Gathering<br />

in Aberdeenshire - see McGregor, Ewan 26/08/01<br />

* Interview with actress Frances O'Connor who stars in A.I. - see<br />

O'Connor, Frances 16/09/01<br />

* Billy Connolly: <strong>The</strong> early years: extract from Billy Connolly's<br />

extraordinary biography by his wife, Pamela Stephenson - see<br />

Connolly, Billy 23/09/01<br />

* Britain's film industry is drawing up contingency plans to


avoid the worst effects of an actors' strike already paralysing<br />

some of the biggest films planned for release next year - see<br />

Film 23/09/01<br />

* Interview with actor and comedian, Billy Connolly - see<br />

Connolly, Billy 23/09/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> London Academy of Music & Dramatic Art (Lamda) has<br />

acquired a new base in Kensington 23/09/01 N 2 4>6<br />

Photograph<br />

* Actress Penelope Wilton explains her craft - see Wilton,<br />

Penelope 30/09/01<br />

* An extract from 'Le Mans', a new biography of the actor Steve<br />

McQueen - see McQueen, Steve 30/09/01<br />

* Interview with John Malkovich, actor and just turned director -<br />

see Malkovich, John 30/09/01<br />

* Clichés are swept aside in a radical drama series that gives<br />

black actors what they want - a great script - see Television<br />

07/10/01<br />

* Interview with actress Joan Plowright on the publication of her<br />

memoirs which reveal the 25 years as Laurence Olivier's wife -<br />

see Plowright, Joan 07/10/01<br />

* Interview with Lisa Tarbuck, actress and TV presenter - see<br />

Tarbuck, Lisa 14/10/01<br />

* Pierce Brosnan, Bond star, returns to his Irish roots to film<br />

cathartic story that chimes with his own unhappy past - see<br />

Brosnan, Pierce 14/10/01<br />

* Since they met while filming State of Grace in 1990, Sean<br />

Penn and Robin Wright Penn have made four more movies<br />

together - see Penn, Sean & Robin Wright 14/10/01<br />

* Actress Isabelle Huppert loves to play extreme parts - see<br />

Huppert, Isabelle 28/10/01<br />

* Profile on actor Kenneth Branagh - see Branagh, Kenneth<br />

11/11/01<br />

* Interview with actor Elijah Wood, the new Lord of the Rings -<br />

see Wood Elijah 18/11/01<br />

* Few homegrown actors are capable of 'opening' a movie, so<br />

what's a producer to do when Hugh, Kate and Ewan are<br />

otherwise engaged? 18/11/01 R 8 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Interview with David Schwimmer, who plays Ross in Friends -<br />

see Schwimmer, David 25/11/01<br />

* Leaving EastEnders will make Tamzin Outhwaite one of the<br />

BBC's highest paid stars - see Outhwaite, Tamzin 25/11/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> British actor Ewan McGregor was in Berlin last night to<br />

collect a European cinema award for his role as a lovesick writer<br />

in Moulin Rouge - see McGregor, Ewan 02/12/01<br />

* Hollywood drops in on troops: Julia Roberts and fellow<br />

Hollywood stars arrived to meet US service personnel - see<br />

Terrorism 09/12/01<br />

* Interview with Kenneth Branagh who is starring as Antarctic<br />

hero Shackleton in a C4 TV drama - see Branagh, Kenneth<br />

09/12/01<br />

* Interview with actress Kate Beckinsale - see Beckinsale, Kate<br />

16/12/01<br />

* Profile on actor David Jason - see Jason, David 23/12/01<br />

* Actor James Nesbitt has undertaken his most daunting<br />

professional challenge yet appearing as a Protestant in Bloody<br />

Sunday - see Nesbitt, James 30/12/01<br />

* Actress Joley Richardson has finally found a way to make her<br />

name her own - see Richardson, Joley 30/12/01<br />

* Hollywood heartthrob Ewan McGregor blasts the 'shallow'<br />

acting world as he recasts himself as a wildlife film-maker - see<br />

OBSERVER INDEX: JAN-DEC <strong>2001</strong><br />

2<br />

McGregor, Ewan 30/12/01<br />

ADAM AND EVE AND PINCH ME<br />

* See Book Reviews - Guttridge, Peter 19/08/01<br />

* See Audiobook Reviews - Bunce, Kim 09/09/01<br />

ADAMS, DOUGLAS<br />

* Douglas Adams, cult author of the Hitch Hiker's Guide to the<br />

Galaxy dies, aged 49, after collapsing at gym workout - see<br />

Deaths 13/05/01<br />

ADAMS, RYAN<br />

* See Music: Pop 25/11/01<br />

ADAMS, STANLEY<br />

* As Brussels blasts the drug giants, the man who took on Roche<br />

and was jailed for it talks to Nick Mathiason 25/11/01 N 9 1>6<br />

Photographs<br />

ADAMS, TIM<br />

* Columnist 11/11/01 B 31 1>5 Photographs<br />

ADAMS, TONY<br />

* Tony Adams announces his retirement from international<br />

football 21/01/01 S 1 1>3 Photograph<br />

* Interview with footballer Tony Adams 28/01/01 S 11 1>6<br />

Photographs<br />

ADDICTION<br />

* Have we become addicted to addiction? 18/02/01 M 20>27<br />

1>4 Photographs<br />

ADIE, KATE<br />

* Profile on journalist Kate Adie, the BBC's best-known war<br />

correspondent 14/10/01 B 31 1>6 Caricature<br />

ADLER, LARRY<br />

* Larry Adler, musician, born Baltimore, 10th February 1914<br />

died London, 6th August <strong>2001</strong> - see Deaths 12/08/01<br />

ADOPTION & FOSTERING<br />

* Britain adopts fewer children from overseas than any other<br />

country, new laws may be about to change that, but raising a<br />

child so far from home can be an uncertain journey 07/01/01 R<br />

1>2 1>5 Photographs<br />

* Couples who go abroad to adopt children in order to evade<br />

stringent checks in Britain face up to 3 months in jail under a<br />

Government crackdown on the baby trade 21/01/01 B 1 8<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Kilshaws, the curious couple who bought baby twins to<br />

adopt over the Internet from America and courted publicity<br />

21/01/01 B 14>15 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Amelia Hill investigates the growing trade in babies taken<br />

from the poor of Central America 21/01/01 B 15 1>5<br />

Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> continuing saga of the Kilshaws and the internet babies<br />

has highlighted the seamy side of babies-for-sale-trade, but as<br />

Sarah Fuller found out, paying for a child can benefit all parties<br />

04/02/01 B 29 1>4 Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> twins at the heart of the Internet adoption custody battle<br />

could return to the US within weeks 04/03/01 B 5 1>2<br />

Photograph<br />

* A severe shortage of people willing to foster children is putting<br />

some of the most vulnerable youngsters in Britain at risk<br />

03/06/01 B 9 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Emily Prager went to Shanghai to trace her adopted daughter's<br />

family - and in trying to piece together LuLu's past, she<br />

rediscovered her own 08/07/01 R 3 1>4 Photographs


ADULTS ONLY<br />

* See Children's Choice 18/11/01<br />

ADVERTISING<br />

* Minister urged to axe Ecclestone's ad ban exemption as nontobacco<br />

sponsors flock to Grand Prix racing - see Sport: Motor<br />

Racing 07/01/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Tories will try to scupper a government ban on cigarette<br />

advertising in a T-turn triggering a furious row over their links to<br />

the tobacco industry - see Politics 21/01/01<br />

* New Labour has turned to advertising bad boy Trevor Beattie -<br />

see Beattie, Trevor 28/01/01<br />

* Advertising has to work harder than ever - that means<br />

appealing to our consciences as well as our libido 28/01/01 R 7<br />

1>5 Photographs<br />

* Adverts and pop music merge into one 01/04/01 R 6 1>5<br />

Photographs<br />

* Advertisers are milking the power of children with a will and a<br />

wish list 29/04/01 C 8>9 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Report from Paris where ministers and intellectuals want to<br />

halt the rise in sexist imagery - see International Affairs: Europe<br />

13/05/01<br />

* A top advertising firm has been given the difficult job of<br />

persuading Europe to love the single currency - see Euro, <strong>The</strong><br />

24/06/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> soaps are awash with brands amid anomalies over product<br />

placement - see Media 12/08/01<br />

* ITV's share of the total number of viewers watching television<br />

advertisements has fallen below 50 per cent for the first time -<br />

see Media 19/08/01<br />

* Newspaper sales are up but coverage is expensive and ad sales<br />

are down, says Peter Preston - see Media 07/10/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Gaelic Athletic Association has been the bedrock of rural<br />

Irish life, but now its members are in uproar over adverts for<br />

Ireland's first gay magazine - see Ireland/Northern Ireland<br />

21/10/01<br />

* Top analysts fear the slump that's already cost the advertising<br />

industry £300m could go on at least until 2003 - see Business &<br />

Industry 28/10/01<br />

* Falling advertising revenues make the culling of certain<br />

magazines aimed at women inevitable - see Media 18/11/01<br />

* An American dieting company is sending out junk mail<br />

disguised as anonymous personal letters to thousands of British<br />

people 18/11/01 B 9 1>8 Photograph<br />

* Profile on Charles Saatchi, the creative half of advertising's<br />

famous duo looks set to irritate the art world with a challenge to<br />

Tate Modern - see Saatchi, Charles 02/12/01<br />

* Men fight back over sexist TV adverts - see Men 09/12/01<br />

AFGHANISTAN<br />

* See Book Reviews - Burke, Jason 13/05/01<br />

AGE OF CARDBOARD AND STRING, THE<br />

* See Book Reviews - Dunmore, Helen 11/03/01<br />

AGONY AUNT<br />

* Work problems 07/01/01 N 12 8<br />

* Work problems 14/01/01 N 11 8<br />

* Work problems 21/01/01 N 11 8<br />

* Work problems 28/01/01 N 11 8<br />

* Work problems 04/02/01 N 11 6<br />

OBSERVER INDEX: JAN-DEC <strong>2001</strong><br />

3<br />

* Work problems 11/02/01 N 11 6<br />

* Work problems 18/02/01 N 13 8<br />

* Work problems 25/02/01 N 9 8<br />

* Work problems 04/03/01 N 13 8<br />

* Work problems 11/03/01 N 13 8<br />

* Work problems 25/03/01 N 9 6<br />

* Work problems 01/04/01 N 9 8<br />

* Work problems 08/04/01 N 9 8<br />

* Work problems 15/04/01 N 9 8<br />

* Work problems 22/04/01 N 11 8<br />

* Work problems 29/04/01 N 11 8<br />

* Work problems 06/05/01 N 9 6<br />

* Work problems 13/05/01 N 9 6<br />

* Work problems 20/05/01 N 11 8<br />

* Work problems 27/05/01 N 13 8<br />

* Work problems 03/06/01 N 9 8<br />

* Work problems 10/06/01 N 9 8<br />

* Work problems 17/06/01 N 9 7<br />

* Work problems 24/06/01 N 11 7<br />

* Work problems 01/07/01 N 9 8<br />

* Work problems 08/07/01 N 17 7<br />

* Work problems 15/07/01 N 9 8<br />

* Work problems 22/07/01 N 11 8<br />

* Work problems 29/07/01 N 11 8<br />

* Work problems 12/08/01 N 11 8<br />

* Work problems 19/08/01 N 9 8<br />

* Work problems 26/08/01 N 9 8<br />

* Work problems 02/09/01 N 9 8<br />

* Work problems 09/09/01 N 9 8<br />

* Work problems 16/09/01 N 9 8<br />

* Work problems 23/09/01 N 10 8<br />

AHERNE, CAROLINE<br />

* Profile on actress and writer, Caroline Aherne, who is quitting<br />

the celebrity circus and making a break for freedom 15/04/01 B<br />

23 1>6 Caricature<br />

AIDS/HIV<br />

* Drugs giants are suing South Africa over alleged violation of<br />

intellectual property rights on anti-HIV drugs - see Drugs &<br />

Drug Abuse 14/01/01<br />

* Access to cut-price HIV drugs would save millions of lives, so<br />

why do the rich pharmaceutical firms refuse them? 14/01/01 N 6<br />

3>8 Photograph, graph<br />

* Life-saving Aids vaccine is expected to be ready for<br />

development this year 21/01/01 B 3 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Bill Gates has given the largest single boost to the worldwide<br />

search for an Aids vaccine - see Gates, Bill 28/01/01<br />

* Report from St. Petersburg where prostitution and drugs are<br />

fuelling a huge rise in HIV infections - see International Affairs:<br />

Russia 11/02/01<br />

* Better treatment means many people with HIV are in good


health and want to work - now there are moves to make it easier<br />

for them - see Work 08/04/01<br />

* Pastor John Nduati describes his church as 'the last hospital in<br />

Africa' where Aids victims flock to be healed - see International<br />

Affairs: Africa 08/04/01<br />

* Chancellor Gordon Brown stepped up pressure on<br />

multinational pharmaceutical companies to allow developing<br />

countries access to drugs to treat serious diseases - see Drugs &<br />

Drug Abuse 15/04/01<br />

* David Earnshaw has more reason than most to smile at the<br />

climbdown by the world's most powerful pharmaceutical<br />

companies - see International Affairs: Africa 22/04/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Pretoria Court Case: Why the pharmas gave way, and why<br />

South Africa's joy may be short lived - see International Affairs:<br />

Africa 22/04/01<br />

* Aids: <strong>The</strong> First 20 Years 03/06/01 M 16>24 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Britain is braced for an Aids explosion: the disease is back and<br />

infection rates are rising in America, as the safe sex message is<br />

forgotten 03/06/01 B 4 1>8 Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> US is blocking new European Commission proposals to<br />

get cheap drugs into developing countries suffering devastating<br />

HIV, malaria and TB pandemics - see International Affairs:<br />

U.S.A. 17/06/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> success of a TV programme in South Africa and a<br />

Minister's home-made remedy sum up two sides of the Aids<br />

battle 29/07/01 B 24 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Glaxo Smith Kline is finding fewer than expected takers for its<br />

discounted medicines in a UN aid programme for countries with<br />

millions dying of Aids - see Business & Industry 19/08/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> British government is blocking moves to get cheap lifesaving<br />

drugs to poor countries ravaged by diseases such as Aids<br />

04/11/01 N 2 7>8<br />

* <strong>The</strong> death camps of Burma - see International Affairs: Indian<br />

Sub-Continent 18/11/01<br />

* 40 per cent of pupils aged 11 have not heard of Aids 18/11/01<br />

B 5 6>8 Photograph<br />

* Sir Richard Branson is backing the plans of <strong>The</strong> Red Cross to<br />

market its own branded condoms in Africa - see Red Cross, <strong>The</strong><br />

09/12/01<br />

* Report on how ActionAid is helping Zimbabweans cope with<br />

Aids - see <strong>Observer</strong> Christmas Appeal 16/12/01<br />

AIR<br />

* See Music: Pop 29/04/01<br />

ALBARN, DAMON<br />

* Profile on Damon Albarn, Blur's ex-frontman who turned his<br />

back on the celebrity limelight 29/07/01 B 27 1>6 Caricature<br />

ALBEE, EDWARD<br />

* His plays may be full of sparring vitriol and dysfunctional<br />

lives, but Edward Albee is rather sweet, thinks Simon Fanshawe<br />

15/04/01 R 6 1>5 Photograph<br />

ALBERTI, LEONE BATTISTA: MASTER BUILDER…<br />

* See Book Reviews - Jardine, Lisa 04/03/01<br />

ALBERTINE<br />

* See Book Reviews - Merritt, Stephanie 28/10/01<br />

ALBO, MIKE<br />

* See Comedy 27/05/01<br />

ALCOHOL & ALCOHOL ABUSE<br />

OBSERVER INDEX: JAN-DEC <strong>2001</strong><br />

4<br />

* Peter Noble sank 13 pints then got in his car and killed six<br />

people… why did no one stop him? - see Crime 11/03/01<br />

* Former soccer star George Best has begun drinking heavily<br />

again and has told friends he would rather die than stay on the<br />

wagon - see Best, George 25/03/01<br />

* George Best will have anti-alcohol pellets sewn into his<br />

stomach this week in a desperate attempt to help him beat his<br />

life-threatening addition to drink - see Best, George 08/04/01<br />

* In a candid new book, Damien Hirst hits out at former allies,<br />

reveals his taste for cocaine and alcohol and explains why he's<br />

stopped taking ecstasy - see Hirst, Damien 12/08/01<br />

* Last month the Isle of Man government scrapped all licensing<br />

hours and the main effect has been a fall in drink-related<br />

disturbances - see Licensing Laws 12/08/01<br />

* Interview with footballer Paul Gascoigne, who admits to being<br />

an alcoholic - see Gascoigne, Paul 23/09/01<br />

* Britain's binge drinking culture is laid bare in a stark<br />

government report revealing cirrhosis of the liver now kills more<br />

women than cervical cancer 09/12/01 B 3 1>8<br />

* Jonathan Woodgate and Lee Bowyer walked free from court -<br />

but the case found English football guilty of producing a<br />

generation of thuggish millionaire players in an alcohol... - see<br />

Sport: Football 16/12/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> controversy surrounding the savage gang assault on a<br />

young Asian student took a new twist when the victim accused<br />

the jury which tried the case against two footballers of racial… -<br />

see Crime 16/12/01<br />

AL-FAYED, MOHAMED<br />

* Mohamed al-Fayed is trying to force US investigators to hand<br />

over 1,500 documents in his bid to prove the Paris crash of<br />

Diana, Princess of Wales and his son Dodi was murder 02/09/01<br />

B 7 1>8 Photographs<br />

* A story of falling profits and exiting colleagues for the Al-<br />

Fayed empire - see Business & Industry 16/12/01<br />

ALFRED THE GREAT<br />

* Priceless papers which document Alfred the Great's<br />

foundations of a ninth-century monastery at Athelney have been<br />

discovered at the back of a dusty shelf in a stately home<br />

29/07/01 B 8 7>8 Photograph<br />

ALI, MUHAMMAD<br />

* On the eve of a powerful new film, the reality and legend of<br />

Muhammad Ali 16/12/01 R 1>2 1>4 Photographs<br />

ALLEN, WOODY<br />

* As part of a campaign to repair his image, Woody Allen gives<br />

his first public question and answer session in the UK 09/09/01<br />

B 15 1>7 Photographs<br />

ALLI, LORD WAHEED<br />

* Profile of Lord Waheed Alli, co-founder of Planet 24 and<br />

'reviver' of the motel soap, Crossroads 11/03/01 N 6 1>8<br />

Photograph<br />

AL'OWHALI, MOHAMMED<br />

* As the Saudi bomber begins his life sentence in a US jail for<br />

the bombing of the American embassy in Nairobi, Jason Burke<br />

uncovers the secret FBI files on the suicide bomber who changed<br />

his mind 05/08/01 M 20>27 1>4 Photographs<br />

AMAZING ADVENTURES OF KAVALIER AND CLAY<br />

* See Book Reviews - Merritt, Stephanie 08/07/01<br />

AMBER SPYGLASS, THE<br />

* See Book Reviews - Merritt, Stephanie 16/09/01


AMERICAN REVOLUTION, THE<br />

* See Book Reviews - Sisman, Adam 08/07/01<br />

AMIS, MARTIN<br />

* See Radio 15/04/01<br />

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL<br />

* As Amnesty International marks its fortieth anniversary, John<br />

Cleese hands over the reins of the Secret Policeman shows<br />

01/04/01 B 11 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Eddie Izzard succeeds John Cleese as the host of Amnesty<br />

International's big birthday party - a 16 page celebration of the<br />

charity launched 40 years ago in <strong>The</strong> <strong>Observer</strong> 27/05/01 M<br />

10>26 1>4 Photographs<br />

AMOS, TORI<br />

* See Music: Pop 02/09/01<br />

AND WHAT'S MORE…<br />

* Recommended books 14/01/01 R 18 4>5<br />

* Recommended books 04/02/01 R 18 4>5<br />

* Recommended books 22/04/01 R 18 4>5<br />

* Recommended books 13/05/01 R 18 4>5<br />

* Recommended books 03/06/01 R 18 4>5<br />

* Recommended books 01/07/01 R 18 4>5<br />

* Recommended books 05/08/01 R 18 4>5<br />

* Recommended books 26/08/01 R 18 4>5<br />

* Recommended books 16/09/01 R 18 4>5<br />

* Recommended books 04/11/01 R 18 4>5<br />

ANDERSON, CLIVE<br />

* Interview with Clive Anderson, barrister turned chatshow host<br />

who is currently frozen out of TV 12/08/01 R 3 1>5<br />

Photographs<br />

ANDREWS, MICHAEL<br />

* See Art 22/07/01<br />

ANIL'S GHOST<br />

* See Audiobook Reviews - Redford, Rachel 20/05/01<br />

ANIMALS<br />

* Photograph of four hounds from the Wye Beagle Hunt, which<br />

were left behind when the hunt's other 47 dogs were stolen by<br />

animal rights activists waiting to take part in a hunt on Romney<br />

March 07/01/01 B 1 4 Photograph<br />

* Extremists move animal rights into terrorism 14/01/01 B 10<br />

5>6 Photograph<br />

* Ecologists are championing the beaver as a creator and<br />

manager of wetlands, but some landowners remain hostile<br />

14/01/01 B 11 1>6 Photographs<br />

* As a mystery financial backer steps in to rescue the<br />

Huntingdon Life Sciences labs, Martin Bright sees the operating<br />

rooms and breeding centres where animals live and die - see<br />

Vivisection 21/01/01<br />

* Hundreds of horses sent into early retirement by their loving<br />

owners are being chopped up an sold as dog food 28/01/01 B 7<br />

1>7<br />

* <strong>The</strong> wildlife on the Galapagos Islands have an uneasy<br />

relationship with tourism - see Wildlife 04/02/01<br />

* On 18th March, 500,000 rural protestors are expected to march<br />

through London, while they're away animal rights activists are<br />

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threatening to attack their homes - see Demonstrations &<br />

Protests 25/02/01<br />

* Extremists in the animal rights movement plan a major<br />

offensive, including letter bombs and beatings, after a wave of<br />

recruits from militant groups willing to use violence 11/03/01 B<br />

10 5>6<br />

* <strong>The</strong> cost of owning a pet - see Personal Finance 25/03/01<br />

* Big drugs firms are to be targeted by animal rights<br />

campaigners protesting against Huntingdon Life Sciences, the<br />

drug testing company 01/04/01 N 1 11>4<br />

* <strong>The</strong> appalling case of cruelty on a North Devon farm - see Foot<br />

& Mouth Crisis 08/04/01<br />

* Species of wildlife thought to have disappeared from our<br />

shores are actually alive and well according to a study - see<br />

Wildlife 22/04/01<br />

* Profile on Phoenix the Calf, a plucky little heifer who made a<br />

government change its mind - see Animals 29/04/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> brutal blood sports of cockfighting and dogfighting are on<br />

the rise in Britain again, according to animal welfare officials -<br />

see Blood Sports 29/04/01<br />

* Profile on Phoenix the Calf, a plucky little heifer who made a<br />

government change its mind 29/04/01 B 23 1>6 Caricature<br />

* Scientists have succeeded in developing a bizarre new weapon<br />

in the fight against pollution: pigs that have been genetically<br />

engineered to make perfect manure - see Science 20/05/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> British deer population is growing so rapidly and<br />

spreading so far that it is found now in every county in the<br />

country and they are causing vast damage to agriculture<br />

10/06/01 B 11 1>8 Photograph<br />

* £1,000 was spent on training a dog, was it worth it? 17/06/01<br />

R 4 1>5 Photographs<br />

* After six days on the ruin from Banham Zoo in Norfolk, the<br />

vulture that has become a media star, successfully escaped again<br />

24/06/01 B 8 7>8 Photographs<br />

* Puppies descended from a dog that killed a San Francisco<br />

woman by tearing out her throat are being offered for sale with<br />

their lineage used as a selling point 05/08/01 B 19 1>4<br />

Photograph<br />

* European Union scientists have secretly given their blessing to<br />

controversial experiments in which live monkeys will be<br />

infected with mad cow disease - see BSE 30/09/01<br />

* Millions of pheasants are being bred as 'living shooting targets'<br />

for gun-users in what campaigners say is the most grotesque use<br />

of animals ever in Britain 30/09/01 B 8 7>8 Photograph<br />

* Lord Sainsbury has given his backing to the building of an<br />

animal testing laboratory to be built in the middle of green-belt<br />

land in Cambridge - see Sainsbury, Lord 04/11/01<br />

* A medical scanner costing millions of pounds is being used to<br />

treat pets at an NHS hospital that does not have enough nurses to<br />

use it on human patients - see National Health Service 23/12/01<br />

ANNAN, KOFI<br />

* Toby Young recalls a dinner party with Kofi Annan, Secretary<br />

General of the UN 14/10/01 B 28 4>7 Photograph<br />

ANNE, PRINCESS<br />

* Princess Anne is to use her vote as one of Britain's two<br />

International Olympic Committee members to stop Beijing<br />

hosting the 2008 games 08/07/01 B 8 6>7 Photograph<br />

ANNIE'S BOX: CHARLES DARWIN, HIS DAUGHTER…<br />

* See Book Reviews - McKie, Robin 29/04/01<br />

ANOTT, JAKE


* Interview with Jake Arnott, author 22/04/01 R 3 1>5<br />

Photographs<br />

ANTARCTICA<br />

* Interview with Kenneth Branagh who is starring as Antarctic<br />

hero Shackleton in a C4 TV drama - see Branagh, Kenneth<br />

09/12/01<br />

ANTI-CAPITALISM/ANTI-GLOBALISATION<br />

* In a special essay for <strong>The</strong> <strong>Observer</strong>, Noreena Hertz argues that<br />

governments' surrender to big business is the deadliest threat<br />

facing democracy today - see Hertz, Noreena 08/04/01<br />

* Anti-globalisation protests in Quebec as 34 American leaders<br />

gather - see Demonstrations & Protests 22/04/01<br />

* This week's May Day demonstration, is not about smashing<br />

capitalism, but about demanding a say in the future of the planet,<br />

says Kevin Danaher - see Demonstrations & Protests 29/04/01<br />

* Comment by Noreena Hertz - see Hertz, Noreena 06/05/01<br />

* A new coalition is needed to change the global economy in<br />

favour of the poor, says financier George Soros 06/05/01 N 3<br />

1>6 Photographs<br />

* Behind the protests lie real concerns that business is trying to<br />

address 06/05/01 N 3 1>6<br />

* Nike employees continue to face poverty, harassment,<br />

dismissal and violent intimidation despite its pledge three years<br />

ago to improve conditions for the 500,000 strong global<br />

workforce - see Nike 20/05/01<br />

* European leaders are to introduce Draconian measures to deal<br />

with the growing threat of violence from anti-capitalist<br />

protestors - see Demonstrations & Protests 17/06/01<br />

* A young Swedish demonstrator was shot by Swedish police in<br />

the first shooting of an anti-capitalist demonstrator 17/06/01 B 2<br />

2>7 Photographs<br />

* Jails have been emptied and hospitals are on alert as Italy<br />

prepares to welcome the G8 leaders and the enemies - see G8<br />

Summit 15/07/01<br />

* France's favourite food campaigner, sheep farmer Jose Bove, is<br />

back at his most famous battleground - outside McDonald's in<br />

Millau - see International Affairs: Europe 12/08/01<br />

ANTINORI, SEVERINO<br />

* Interview with Severino Antinori who is determined to come<br />

to Britain to clone humans 02/12/01 R 3 1>6 Photographs<br />

ANTI-TERRORISM BILL<br />

* Police forces across the world will get unrestricted access to<br />

medical records and bank details of Britons under radical powers<br />

granted by the new anti-terrorism Bill - see Police 25/11/01<br />

ANTOINETTE, MARIE<br />

* See Book Reviews - Foreman, Amanda 17/06/01<br />

APARTHEID<br />

* Antony Sher met Mandela in London last week, and the<br />

moment brought back memories of his childhood in South Africa<br />

and his own role in the fight against apartheid 06/05/01 R 5 1>5<br />

Photographs<br />

APE AND THE SUSHI MASTER, THE<br />

* See Book Reviews - McKie, Robin 24/06/01<br />

APOCALYPSE NOW REDUX<br />

* See Film 25/11/01<br />

* See Book Reviews - Smith, Stephen 02/12/01<br />

ARCHER, JAMES<br />

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* James Archer's disgrace on Friday brought to an end a<br />

miserable month in the world of investment banking - see<br />

Financial Institutions 29/07/01<br />

ARCHER, JEFFREY<br />

* Jeffrey Archer and his family leave the Old Bailey during his<br />

perjury trial 01/07/01 B 23 1>2 Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Real Jeffrey Archer - see Radio 22/07/01<br />

* Adam Raphael has long known the truth about Archer, but has<br />

been unable to reveal it, thanks to a system that protects the rich<br />

and powerful 22/07/01 B 25 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Jeffrey Archer, the jailed peer keeps his composure for his<br />

mother's funeral 22/07/01 B 3 1>6 Photographs<br />

ARCHER, JEFFREY & MARY<br />

* Mary Archer whispers in the ear of her husband, the disgraced<br />

Tory peer, Jeffrey Archer, as he prepares to return to prison after<br />

his mother's funeral service 22/07/01 B 1 3 Photograph<br />

* For all her steely logic and cool disdain, this time even Mary<br />

couldn't save Jeffrey 22/07/01 R 1>2 1>5 Photographs<br />

ARCHITECTURE<br />

* Deyan Sudjic 07/01/01 R 14 1>7 Photographs<br />

* From the wobbly bridge to the lightbulb fiasco in Peckham to<br />

the tainted Guggenheim in Bilbao - architects are presently<br />

getting a rough ride from the critics 14/01/01 R 6 1>5<br />

Photographs<br />

* Deyan Sudjic 21/01/01 R 12 1>7 Photographs<br />

* Dyan Sudjic 04/02/01 R 10 6>7 Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> past is oozing to the surface as drills demolish City blocks<br />

of the 1970s 18/02/01 R 13 1>8 Photograph<br />

* Review of the National Museum of Australia 04/03/01 R 11<br />

1>8 Photograph<br />

* Review of Under Construction: Toyo Ito's Sendai Mediateque<br />

18/03/01 R 11 7>8 Photograph<br />

* Review of Work in Progress 25/03/01 R 13 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Review of BBC Scotland project 01/04/01 R 10 1>8<br />

Photographs<br />

* Deyan Sudjic 06/05/01 R 11 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Deyan Sudjic on the Design Museum, Tower Bridge, London<br />

13/05/01 R 11 7>8 Photograph<br />

* Review of Frank Gehry/Mies in Berlin/Mies in America<br />

27/05/01 R 11 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Tall buildings are in fashion but some critics fear there may be<br />

just too many architects reaching for the sky 10/06/01 R 5 1>5<br />

Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong> architects of Tate Modern have plans to brighten up one of<br />

south London's dreariest backwaters 24/06/01 R 6 1>5<br />

Photographs<br />

* Deyan Sudjic 01/07/01 R 12 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Deyan Sudjic 08/07/01 R 11 1>8 Photographs<br />

* If developers destroy London's Spitalfields Market, then every<br />

inner-city site in the country will also come under threat<br />

15/07/01 R 8 1>5 Photographs<br />

* Review of Isamu Noguchi 05/08/01 R 11 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Deyan Sudjic 19/08/01 R 6 1>5 Photographs<br />

* Review of Said Business School, Oxford 09/09/01 R 13 1>7<br />

Photographs<br />

* Channel 4's new weapon in the battle to win back millions of


young viewers is a precocious 26-year-old architect whose<br />

favourite buildings include McDonald's and Tesco - see<br />

Television 16/09/01<br />

* Despite 13 plans in 13 years, London's artistic hub is fast<br />

descending into squalor and dereliction, what can be done to<br />

rescue it asks Deyan Sudjic 16/09/01 R 6 1>5 Photographs<br />

* Since Tate Modern opened, the original Tate on Millbank has<br />

been the poor relation - struggling to attract visitors, will its new<br />

makeover pull in the crowds? 30/09/01 R 10 1>8 Photograph<br />

* Prince Charles is to become a government 'design tsar' for<br />

Britain's new hospitals - see Charles, Prince 14/10/01<br />

* A redundant steel works in Rotherham, transformed into a<br />

visitor attraction devoted to science, has won this year's Stirling<br />

Prize, Britain's most valuable award for architecture 21/10/01 B<br />

13 4>8 Photograph<br />

* An attempt to create a new London village is marred by bad<br />

design and execution 28/10/01 R 10 1>8 Photograph<br />

* Review of British Galleries: Victoria & Albert Museum<br />

04/11/01 R 10 1>8 Photograph<br />

* Norwich's new library has it all - a radio station, pizzas,<br />

computers, but books still take pride of place 18/11/01 R 10 1>5<br />

Photographs<br />

* Deyan Sudjic 02/12/01 R 11 7>8 Photograph<br />

* Deyan Sudjic 09/12/01 R 11 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Prince Charles is to set to inflame architects at the cutting edge<br />

of modern design in the new year by instituting his own 'antiaward'<br />

for the five worst new buildings - see Charles, Prince<br />

23/12/01<br />

* Architecture of the Year: Deyan Sudjic 23/12/01 R 10 1>8<br />

Photographs<br />

* Deyan Sudjic 30/12/01 R 10 1>7 Photographs<br />

ARENAS, REINALDO<br />

* Reinaldo Arenas was thrown in jail by Castro and later killed<br />

himself in New York, now an Oscar-nominated film celebrates<br />

the life of this controversial Cuban writer 03/06/01 R 5 1>5<br />

Photographs<br />

ARMADILLO<br />

* See Book Reviews - Boucher, Caroline 02/09/01<br />

* See Television 23/09/01<br />

ARMANI, GIORGIO<br />

* Tamsin Blanchard offers a private view of the enigma that is<br />

Giorgio Armani 17/06/01 M 10>14 1>4 Photographs<br />

ARMED FORCES<br />

* Radioactive dust from depleted uranium weapons remains in<br />

the atmosphere at potentially dangerous levels for up to a decade<br />

after their use - see Uranium 07/01/01<br />

* Uranium panic grips Nato as a dozen peacekeepers have died<br />

and scores more claim to have been made ill be debris from US<br />

ammunition in the Balkans 07/01/01 B 19 1>8 Photograph,<br />

illustrations<br />

* Inhaling depleted uranium particles causes acute symptoms<br />

identical to those claimed by Gulf War veterans - see Uranium<br />

14/01/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> MoD is forced to sign contracts with 40 hospitals outside<br />

state system to beat long waiting lists 28/01/01 B 10 1>8<br />

* Up to 10,000 widows are losing out because of quirks in the<br />

armed forces pension scheme - see Personal Finance 04/02/01<br />

* British troops serving in Kosovo will help seal its border with<br />

Macedonia in a move that could bring them into the firing line of<br />

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7<br />

the rebellion by ethnic Albanians 25/03/01 B 2 5>6<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Royal Air Force is facing a serious shortage of frontline<br />

aircraft 01/04/01 B 9 6>7<br />

* Senior officers fear meltdown as bullying and a 'macho' culture<br />

cause soldiers to go AWOL for weeks 13/05/01 B 5 1>8<br />

Photograph<br />

* Report from north Kenya where the British Army trains with<br />

live ammunition - and Masai children are maimed and killed by<br />

the ordnance the troops leave behind 01/07/01 B 8 1>8<br />

Photographs<br />

* Servicemen are committing tens of thousands of crimes a year,<br />

an <strong>Observer</strong> investigation has revealed 08/07/01 B 12 7>8<br />

* <strong>The</strong> long delayed £1.7bn contract to replace the British forces'<br />

obsolete battlefield radios with a digital system is likely to go to<br />

a Canadian subsidiary of US defence group - see Business &<br />

Industry 15/07/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Canadian firm CDC courted Army top brass to win the<br />

UK's most bitterly fought defence contract - see Business &<br />

Industry 22/07/01<br />

* Hundreds of British troops are expected to arrive in Macedonia<br />

by the end of this week to help disarm ethnic Albanian guerrillas<br />

in the north of the country 05/08/01 B 2 4>7 Photograph<br />

* Armed forces plan to give gay partners full married benefits<br />

12/08/01 B 2 2>7 Cartoon<br />

* Report on the helicopter chase in the Caribbean that saw a<br />

British Royal Navy crew foil a £60m cocaine smuggling run -<br />

see Crime 09/09/01<br />

* French defence contractor Thales has moved to boost UK<br />

involvement in its attempts to build the Royal Navy's next<br />

generation of aircraft carriers - see Defence 16/09/01<br />

* British troops will lead an international coalition alongside<br />

America to wage war on Afghanistan in the next 10 days - see<br />

Terrorism 23/09/01<br />

* American and British troops are to target a £20bn stockpile of<br />

opium and heroin which intelligence officials believe is about to<br />

be released... - see Terrorism 30/09/01<br />

* Fury over pop singer Geri Halliwell's fee for entertaining<br />

British troops in Oman 18/11/01 B 7 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Britain's armed forces are facing a funding black hole of<br />

£500m a year because of the additional pressures of the war on<br />

terrorism - see Terrorism 25/11/01<br />

* Two pilots who were blamed for the worst peace-time disaster<br />

in the history of the RAF could soon be cleared of negligence<br />

30/12/01 B 10 1>8 Photographs<br />

ARMITAGE, SIMON<br />

* Interview with Simon Armitage, poet and author - see Books<br />

Interview, <strong>The</strong> 29/07/01<br />

ARMITT, JOHN<br />

* Profile on Railtrack's new chief executive, John Armitt<br />

16/12/01 N 12 1>6 Photograph<br />

ARMS<br />

* A new arms race looms after reports that Russia and China are<br />

preparing to enter into a historic pact, spurred on by plans by the<br />

incoming Bush administration 14/01/01 B 1>2 4>6<br />

* Britain broke its own ministerial guidelines banning the sale of<br />

weapons in a dispute in the Western Sahara - see International<br />

Affairs: Middle East 04/02/01<br />

ARMSTRONG, DIDO<br />

* Interview with Dido Armstrong, currently the world's best<br />

selling female music star 20/05/01 M 10>14 1>4 Photographs


ARNOLD, SIR MALCOLM, EIGHTIETH BIRTHDAY…<br />

* See Music: Classical 22/04/01<br />

ARRIVALS<br />

* Travel news 07/01/01 E 4 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Travel news 14/01/01 E 6 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Travel news 21/01/01 E 4 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Travel news 28/01/01 E 4 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Travel news 04/02/01 E 4 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Travel news 04/02/01 E 4 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Travel news 11/02/01 E 4 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Travel news 18/02/01 E 4 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Travel news 25/02/01 E 4 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Travel news 04/03/01 E 4 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Travel news 11/03/01 E 4 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Travel news 18/03/01 E 4 1>4 Photograph<br />

ARSCHWAGER, RICHARD<br />

* See Art 16/12/01<br />

ART<br />

* Review of I Am a Camera 07/01/01 R 15 1>8 Photographs<br />

* To celebrate Tate Modern's first major exhibition, Century<br />

City, citizens from turn-of-the-century Paris to millennial<br />

Bombay give first-hand accounts of their lives as history was<br />

being made 07/01/01 M 28>38 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Review of Sigmar Polke: Music of Unclear Origin at the<br />

Scottish National Gallery of Art/Sigmar Polke at the Anthony<br />

d'Offay Gallery 14/01/01 R 11 1>6 Illustration<br />

* Art dealer Tod Volpe thought he had it made, but that was<br />

before the FBI got into the frame… - see Volpe, Tod 21/01/01<br />

* Review of <strong>The</strong> Genius of Rome 1592-1623 at the Royal<br />

Academy 21/01/01 R 11 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Former nurse stands to gain a fortune for selling sketches by<br />

the 80 year old Modernist - see Matisse, Henri 28/01/01<br />

* Review of City Racing 1988-98: a Partial Account 28/01/01 R<br />

12 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Tate Modern's first major exhibition takes us on a journey<br />

from Lagos to Vienna 04/02/01 R 10 1>7 Photographs<br />

* Review of Julian Opie/Barbara Kruger 11/02/01 R 12 1>8<br />

Photograph, illustrations<br />

* Review of Murillo: Scenes of Childhood 18/02/01 R 11 1>8<br />

Photograph<br />

* Michael Lundy is destroying all his possessions - including<br />

clothes, photos and an archive of valuable art - in his new show<br />

18/02/01 R 3 1>5 Photographs<br />

* Picasso's erotic works too blue for British eyes - see Picasso,<br />

Pablo 25/02/01<br />

* Review of Goya: Drawings From His Private Albums<br />

25/02/01 R 11 1>6 Illustrations<br />

* Review of Tacita Dean: Recent Films and Other Works<br />

04/03/01 R 10 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Looted Afghan art smuggled to London 11/03/01 B 10 1>6<br />

Photographs<br />

* View of Heidelberg with Rainbow by JMW Turner is expected<br />

to fetch more than £600,000 at auction, a record for a<br />

watercolour by the artist 11/03/01 B 12 1>4 Photograph<br />

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* Review of Spirit of Age: Nineteenth-Century Paintings from<br />

the Nationalgalerie, Berlin 11/03/01 R 13 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Review of Sandro Botticelli: the Drawings for Dante's Divine<br />

Comedy 18/03/01 R 11 1>6 Photograph, illustrations<br />

* Critics fail to see funny side of Pompidou's Pop art<br />

extravaganza 18/03/01 B 25 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Review of Stanley Spencer 25/03/01 R 10 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Review of Beck's Futures Two 01/04/01 R 11 1>6<br />

Photographs, illustration<br />

* Review of Mark Lewis 08/04/01 R 11 1>8 Photograph<br />

* Review of Cleopatra of Egypt at the British Museum 15/04/01<br />

R 11 1>7 Photograph<br />

* Did any work of art change the world? Some people think so<br />

15/04/01 R 5 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Review of the exhibition Hitchcock and Art: Fatal<br />

Coincidences 22/04/01 R 10 1>8 Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong> painter and decorator who fooled the critics of<br />

contemporary art 22/04/01 B 10 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Restorers believe Raphael aimed to make an honest women of<br />

his adored model, La Fornarina - see Raphael 29/04/01<br />

* Review of Tracey Emin/New Labour 29/04/01 R 11 1>6<br />

Photographs<br />

* Review of Bill Viola exhibition 06/05/01 R 11 1>8<br />

Photographs<br />

* Review of 100 Views of Mount Fuji at the British Museum<br />

13/05/01 R 11 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Living with modern art - six families, six artists and six<br />

fugitive pieces 20/05/01 M 24>30 1>3 Photographs<br />

* Review of Giorgio Morandi/Giorgio Morandi: <strong>The</strong> Collector's<br />

Eye 27/05/01 R 11 1>8 Photograph<br />

* It's been beset with problems but Rachel Whiteread's sculpture<br />

for Trafalgar Square's empty plinth will be unveiled 27/05/01 M<br />

30>35 1>4 Photographs<br />

* On the eve of a major UK show, a reappraisal of Johannes<br />

Vermeer, now claimed to have a place among the Dutch masters<br />

27/05/01 R 5 1>5 Photographs<br />

* When Juan Munoz studied art at Croydon, he made a<br />

pilgrimage to the Tate every Sunday, now he takes on the<br />

challenge of the vast space of Tate Modern's Turbine Hall - see<br />

Munoz, Juan 03/06/01<br />

* Review of Zero to Infinity: Arte Povera 1962-72/Beyond<br />

Infinity: the arte povera after the arte povera 03/06/01 R 11 1>8<br />

Photographs<br />

* Artist Hodgkin Howard says he spends more hours staring at<br />

his work than applying paint, but approaching 70 he says he<br />

starting to get the hang of it - see Hodgkin, Howard 10/06/01<br />

* How does a TV series avoid sensationalising the life of an<br />

artist who relished scandal? - Picasso: Magic and Death a new<br />

three part series on Channel 4 - see Television 10/06/01<br />

* Review of James Gillray: <strong>The</strong> Art of Caricature 10/06/01 R 11<br />

1>8 Photograph, illustration<br />

* Review of <strong>The</strong> Venice Biennale, art jamboree 10/06/01 R 11<br />

1>8 Photographs<br />

* Review of Malcolm Morley in Full Colour/Juan Munoz<br />

17/06/01 R 13 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Review of Summer Art 17/06/01 R 7 1>5 Photographs<br />

* Review of Rachel Whiteread's exhibition at the Serpentine,<br />

London W2 24/06/01 R 11 1>6 Photograph


* Review of the exhibition Vermeer and the Delft School<br />

24/06/01 R 11 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Review of Ingres to Matisse: Masterpieces of French<br />

Painting/Paul Signac: Travels in France 01/07/01 R 12 1>8<br />

Photograph, illustration<br />

* Review of Sands Gallery and Sickert Bequest 08/07/01 R 13<br />

1>5 Photographs<br />

* Review of Mental by Helen Story 15/07/01 R 15 1>6<br />

Photographs<br />

* Review of Rachel Whiteread: Monument, Trafalgar Square<br />

15/07/01 R 15 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Art duo Olly & Suzi's unique animal 'collaborations' show we<br />

are all wild at art 15/07/01 M 28>31 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Review of Birmingham, the exhibition, at Ikon Gallery,<br />

Birmingham 22/07/01 R 10 5>8 Photograph<br />

* Review of Michael Andrews at Tate Britain, London SW1<br />

22/07/01 R 10 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Review of At Sea at Tate Liverpool 29/07/01 R 10 1>8<br />

Photographs<br />

* Review of Experiment Experiencia: Art in Brazil 1958-2000<br />

05/08/01 R 11 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Business has found Tate Britain's nudes exhibition too daring -<br />

not a single company has come forward as sponsors 05/08/01 B<br />

4 1>6 Photographs<br />

* John Wilson goes undercover with the scourge of international<br />

art thievery 05/08/01 R 6 1>5 Photographs<br />

* In a candid new book, Damien Hirst hits out at former allies,<br />

reveals his taste for cocaine and alcohol and explains why he's<br />

stopped taking ecstasy - see Hirst, Damien 12/08/01<br />

* Review of Dan Flavin/Andy Warhol & Sound and Vision<br />

26/08/01 R 13 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Juan Munoz died suddenly last week on a beach in Ibiza -<br />

James Lingwood, co-curator of his current triumphant show at<br />

Tate Modern, pays tribute to a brilliant artist and friend - see<br />

Munoz, Juan 02/09/01<br />

* Hiereonymous Bosch exhibition in Rotterdam 02/09/01 R 10<br />

1>8 Photographs<br />

* Review of Katharine Fritsch at the Tate Modern 09/09/01 R<br />

10 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Review of Frank Auerbach: Paintings and Drawings 1954-<br />

<strong>2001</strong> 16/09/01 R 9 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Guy Loudmer, a corrupt auctioneer stole art cash in France -<br />

see Crime 23/09/01<br />

* Review of Surrealism: Desire Unbound at the Tate Modern<br />

23/09/01 R 10 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Since Tate Modern opened, the original Tate on Millbank has<br />

been the poor relation - struggling to attract visitors, will its new<br />

makeover pull in the crowds? - see Architecture 30/09/01<br />

* Review of Image and Idol: Medieval Sculpture at Tate<br />

Britain/Masaccio: <strong>The</strong> Pisa Altarpiece at the National Gallery<br />

30/09/01 R 10 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Murano glass 30/09/01 M 52>55 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Extracts of interviews with the artist, Damien Hirst - see Hirst,<br />

Damien 07/10/01<br />

* Paul Gauguin, renowned for his paintings of exotic idylls and<br />

Polynesian beauties, was a sadist who battered his wife,<br />

exploited friends and lied, according to a new biography - see<br />

Gauguin, Paul 07/10/01<br />

* Review of the exhibition Facts of Life: Contemporary Japanese<br />

OBSERVER INDEX: JAN-DEC <strong>2001</strong><br />

9<br />

Art 07/10/01 R 10 1>8 Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> old masters weren't simply marvellous painters, says<br />

David Hockney, they used the latest lenses to help them draw so<br />

realistically 07/10/01 R 5 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Fashion has always borrowed from art for its inspiration, now<br />

it's the designers who are taking over our galleries and museums<br />

- see Fashion 14/10/01<br />

* Review of Andres Serrano/Mike Nelson: Nothing is True.<br />

Everything is Permitted 14/10/01 R 10 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Review of Paul McCarthy at Tate Liverpool 21/10/01 R 10<br />

1>10 Photographs<br />

* When artist George Shaw moved to Eastwood, the town DH<br />

Lawrence had nothing good to say about, he found its natural<br />

outlook - racism 21/10/01 M 30>36 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Review of Pisanello/Art on the Line 28/10/01 R 10 1>7<br />

Photographs<br />

* Review of Exposed: <strong>The</strong> Victorian Nude 04/11/01 R 10 1>8<br />

Photographs<br />

* British abstract painting - the return of three grand dames<br />

04/11/01 M 40>45 1>4 Photographs<br />

* A tribute to Sir Ernst Grombrich (1901-<strong>2001</strong>), eminent art<br />

historian, who died on 3rd November <strong>2001</strong>, by Sir Christopher<br />

Frayling - see Deaths 11/11/01<br />

* Sam Taylor-Wood who was nominated for the Turner Prize<br />

expected to attend the ceremony with her art-dealer husband but<br />

instead she watched the coverage from a chemotherapy ward -<br />

see Taylor-Wood, Sam 11/11/01<br />

* Review of the Turner Prize Show <strong>2001</strong> 11/11/01 R 10 1>8<br />

Photographs<br />

* Review of Kitaj: In the Aura of Cezanne and Other Masters<br />

18/11/01 R 10 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Research on Stone Age art shows that fear of werewolves goes<br />

back 10,000 years - see Stone Age 25/11/01<br />

* Review of Mark Wallinger: No Man's Land/Sam Taylor-<br />

Wood: Mute 25/11/01 R 10 1>7 Photographs<br />

* Profile on Charles Saatchi, the creative half of advertising's<br />

famous duo looks set to irritate the art world with a challenge to<br />

Tate Modern - see Saatchi, Charles 02/12/01<br />

* Profile on Charles Saatchi, the creative half of advertising's<br />

famous duo looks set to irritate the art world with a challenge to<br />

Tate Modern - see Saatchi, Charles 02/12/01<br />

* Review of <strong>The</strong> Dawn of the Floating World 1650-1765<br />

02/12/01 R 10 1>8 Illustration, photograph<br />

* Review of Roman Signer/In Many Ways the Exhibition<br />

Already Happened 09/12/01 R 11 1>6 Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Turner Prize - see Television 16/12/01<br />

* Review of Richard Artschwager 16/12/01 R 11 1>8<br />

Photograph<br />

* Art of the Year: Laura Cumming 23/12/01 R 10 1>8<br />

Photographs<br />

* Art Preview for 2002 30/12/01 R 10 8 Photographs<br />

* Art 2002: Vanessa Thorpe 30/12/01 R 8 1>7 Photographs<br />

ARTHUR THE DRAGON KING<br />

* See Book Reviews - Sisman, Adam 11/03/01<br />

ARTS, THE<br />

* As the V&A awaits the arrival of its new director, Deyan<br />

Sudjic outlines a radical programme to bring this venerable<br />

institution into the 21st century - see Victoria & Albert Museum


28/01/01<br />

* Deep male tones are preferred by both children and adults for<br />

reading aloud 04/03/01 B 14 6>7 Photographs<br />

* A radical plan to turn the Bodleian Library into a pay-as-youenter<br />

visitor centre is provoking a fierce war of words - see<br />

Bodleian Library 18/03/01<br />

* Sean O'Hagan has put together a show that unites politics and<br />

culture in Ireland - including an AK47 that's good enough to eat<br />

- see Ireland 18/03/01<br />

* His plays may be full of sparring vitriol and dysfunctional<br />

lives, but Edward Albee is rather sweet, thinks Simon Fanshawe<br />

- see Albee, Edward 15/04/01<br />

* Pioneering circus storms across Britain - see Circus 15/04/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> BBC has wheeled out its big guns to tell us that works<br />

such as Ulysses, Figaro and Battleship Potemkin changed the<br />

course of history, but few of them did and rarely for the better<br />

15/04/01 R 5 1>5 Photographs<br />

* Art or anatomy? An exhibition of flayed corpses in Berlin has<br />

been greeted with popular acclaim and moral indignation<br />

20/05/01 R 5 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Decision to admit controversial artist Gary Hume to the Royal<br />

Academy of Arts is denounced as 'bonkers' 27/05/01 B 12 1>4<br />

Photograph<br />

* Celebrity choices for visits in the Art World 17/06/01<br />

* Having a hit in New York seems to be the best way to ensure<br />

that your play is panned in London, so why do so many<br />

American dramatists persist in casting their pearls before swinish<br />

British critics? 24/06/01 R 5 1>5 Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Royal Shakespeare Company is making a fresh attempt to<br />

lose its image as an outdated and conservative institution - see<br />

Royal Shakespeare Company, <strong>The</strong> 01/07/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> seaside town of Bridlington turns to art and architecture to<br />

recapture its former glory - see Bridlington 29/07/01<br />

* Edinburgh Festival Preview 29/07/01 R 6 1>5 Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Edinburgh Festival Fringe kicks off this weekend<br />

05/08/01 B 10 1 Photograph<br />

* Review of the Edinburgh Festival 12/08/01 R 10>11 1>7<br />

Photographs<br />

* Review of the Edinburgh Festival 19/08/01 R 10>13 1>8<br />

Photographs<br />

* Vanessa Thorpe asks why three foreign bosses of our leading<br />

arts centres have all felt the need to jump ship 19/08/01 B 14<br />

1>8 Photographs<br />

* Diary of a Perrier Award Judge by Stephanie Merritt 26/08/01<br />

R 11 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Sir Simon Rattle, Britain's greatest conductor of modern times,<br />

has fired a withering parting shot as he prepares to take up a<br />

senior job in Germany, attacking the Arts Council - see Music:<br />

Classical 30/09/01<br />

* As the South Bank Show enters its twenty-fifth season,<br />

Melvyn Bragg argues that rather than killing off the arts,<br />

television has widened their appeal 30/09/01 R 8 1>5<br />

Photographs<br />

* UB40, one of Britain's most successful bands, are setting up a<br />

'fame school' in Birmingham with £20m of local authority and<br />

private-sector cash 14/10/01 B 15 1>2 Photograph<br />

* Tessa Blackstone, the new Minister of State for the Arts, has<br />

launched a drive to encourage poorer people to take an active<br />

part in the arts 21/10/01 B 14 7>8<br />

* As the centenary of the composer Richard Rodgers<br />

approaches, Peter Conrad assesses how well South Pacific has<br />

OBSERVER INDEX: JAN-DEC <strong>2001</strong><br />

10<br />

aged while Trevor Nunn tells him his stage version will be<br />

more… - see Rodgers, Richard 18/11/01<br />

* Adrian Noble, defiant RSC director attacks 'snobbery' and<br />

'insulting' critics 25/11/01 B 7 1>6 Photographs<br />

* A team of developers plan to build a large commercial theme<br />

park in Stratford-upon-Avon, devoted entirely to the playwright,<br />

Shakespeare 16/12/01 B 10 1>7 Photographs<br />

* Writers and artists choose their high points - and low points -<br />

of the last twelve months 23/12/01 R 9>10 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Preview for 2002 30/12/01 R 5>9 1>7 Photographs<br />

AS SHE CLIMBED ACROSS THE TABLE<br />

* See Book Reviews - Hobson, Will 14/01/01<br />

ASCHERSON, NEAL<br />

* Columnist 07/01/01 B 27 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 21/01/01 B 29 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Columnist 18/02/01 B 31 1>4 Photograph<br />

ASHCROFT, LORD<br />

* Lord Ashcroft, the Conservative Party treasurer, is being sued<br />

in the US over his alleged role in a corporate scandal 08/04/01 B<br />

1>2 2>6<br />

* <strong>The</strong> former Tory Party treasurer, Lord Ashcroft, is to take legal<br />

action against two Cabinet ministers over a 'dirty tricks'<br />

campaign 24/06/01 B 12 7>8 Photographs<br />

ASHCROFT, RICHARD<br />

* See Music: Pop 25/02/01<br />

ASHDOWN, PADDY<br />

* Columnist 18/11/01 B 31 1>5 Photograph<br />

ASHLEY, APRIL<br />

* Interview with April Ashley, Britain's most celebrated<br />

transsexual 25/03/01 M 26>30 1>4 Photographs<br />

ASIAN COMMUNITIES<br />

* <strong>The</strong> murder of an Asian greengrocer in London has revealed<br />

how warring families will seek revenge over thousands of miles<br />

- see Crime 21/01/01<br />

* To be Asian in Hollywood used to mean parts as villains or<br />

dainty flowers, now after Crouching Tiger, movie bosses think<br />

eastern stars are the next bit thing - see Film 22/04/01<br />

* Drugs, gangs and mean streets… Paul Harris visits the<br />

Bradford suburb where Asians rose up in revolt 22/04/01 B 15<br />

2>7 Photographs<br />

* A new generation of British Asians are still coming to terms<br />

with their complex identities 24/06/01 B 16 1>6 Photographs<br />

* A project to 'eliminate' forced marriages in Britain's Asian<br />

communities has been launched by the Government 04/11/01 B<br />

15 1>5 Photograph<br />

ASSASSIN'S CLOAK, THE<br />

* See Book Reviews - King, Eldon 07/10/01<br />

ASTERIX AND THE ACTRESS<br />

* See Book Reviews - Wood, Gaby 01/04/01<br />

ASTOR, DAVID<br />

* David Astor, the legendary former editor and proprietor of <strong>The</strong><br />

<strong>Observer</strong>, died in his sleep early on Friday, aged 89 - see Deaths<br />

09/12/01<br />

* David Astor, who died last week, was editor of <strong>The</strong> <strong>Observer</strong><br />

for 27 years - he took risks, challenged authority and gave the


paper an unrivalled reputation across the world 09/12/01 R 1>3<br />

1>7 Photographs<br />

* A reprint of an editorial by David Astor on the Suez Canal,<br />

which appeared in <strong>The</strong> <strong>Observer</strong> on 4 November 1956, and has<br />

been hailed as one of the most significant of the twentieth<br />

century 09/12/01 B 29 1>4 Photograph<br />

ASTROLOGY<br />

* Horoscope 2002 30/12/01 M 18>24 1>4 Illustrations<br />

ASTRONOMY<br />

* High on a desolate plateau in the Chilean Andes, British<br />

astronomers are constructing a series of telescopes so powerful<br />

they may provide the answer to the 13-billion-year-old question<br />

18/11/01 M 34>39 1>4 Photographs<br />

ASYLUM SEEKERS<br />

* After his brother's death in the Dover lorry tragedy, a Chinese<br />

immigrant reveals the tactics of the 'snakehead' gangs 08/04/01<br />

B 12 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Mystery surrounds the death of a holidaymaker whose Turkish<br />

boyfriend has been given granted asylum in Britain 22/04/01 B<br />

8 1>7 Photographs<br />

* Desperate Home Office uses inexperienced students to<br />

interpret tales of terror as refugees plead to stay 29/04/01 B 12<br />

1>7 Photograph<br />

* Investigation into asylum seekers - what really motivates the<br />

people so desperate to come to this country? 06/05/01 B 5 1>7<br />

Photographs<br />

* Britain is to impose a cap on the number of people granted<br />

asylum as part of a government clampdown on one of the most<br />

delicate issues facing politicians 20/05/01 B 1 1>6<br />

* Asylum seekers often arrive with appalling medical conditions,<br />

so why isn't the NHS prepared to help? - see National Health<br />

Service 24/06/01<br />

* Gang warfare has broken out in an asylum seekers' camp in<br />

France after Eurotunnel barred the way to Britain 29/07/01 B 23<br />

1>8 Photographs<br />

* David Blunkett has ordered an urgent shake-up of the<br />

controversial asylum dispersal system 12/08/01 B 3 1>5<br />

* Report from Sighthill in Glasgow where the hysteria following<br />

the murder of the Kurdish refugee Firsat Yildiz has split an<br />

estate that once welcomed asylum seekers 12/08/01 B 8>9 1>6<br />

Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong> plight of the lone child refugees 12/08/01 B 9 4>7<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Government's asylum policy was in fresh disarray as<br />

David Blunkett rose to defend immigration Minister Lord<br />

Rooker over controversial calls for compulsory English lessons<br />

for refugees 19/08/01 B 2 2>7<br />

* French voucher company plans to hand 34p an hour to asylum<br />

seekers at a detention centre in Britain 02/09/01 B 1>2 6>8<br />

* Special report on the asylum crisis 02/09/01 B 3 1>6<br />

Photographs<br />

* Asylum seekers always seemed like somebody else's business<br />

until I found myself falling for one, says Annie Mills 02/09/01<br />

R 4 1>5 Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> men making millions from refugees' misery 02/09/01 B 6<br />

1>8 Photographs<br />

* Inside the asylum camp from hell 09/09/01 B 1, 10>11 7>8<br />

Photographs<br />

* Home Secretary David Blunkett pleads for a chance to hammer<br />

out a long-term solution for refugees 09/09/01 B 11 6>7<br />

Photograph<br />

OBSERVER INDEX: JAN-DEC <strong>2001</strong><br />

11<br />

* Half a million refugees are to be fingerprinted as soon as they<br />

arrive in any European Union country 09/09/01 B 2 7<br />

Photograph<br />

* An Australian court is to decide whether the action of Prime<br />

Minister John Howard to refuse 430 Afghan boat people<br />

permission to land on Australian soil... - see International<br />

Affairs: Australasia 16/09/01<br />

* Labour's policies have increased racism in the criminal justice<br />

system and encouraged abuse of asylum seekers to distract from<br />

widespread 'institutional racism', according to a report - see<br />

Racism 30/09/01<br />

* Thousands of asylum-seekers are to be held in detention<br />

centres as part of a major government announcement on the<br />

'phased withdrawal' of the discredited voucher system 28/10/01<br />

B 5 6>8<br />

* Barbed wire and cameras for asylum seekers 04/11/01 B 12<br />

1>7 Photographs<br />

* Two members of Zimbabwe's beleaguered opposition who fled<br />

the country after being beaten by Mugabe's supporters, face<br />

deportation after asylum claims were refused - see International<br />

Affairs: Africa 02/12/01<br />

* Irish police were co-ordinating a major international<br />

investigation into the deaths of eight refugees whose bodies were<br />

discovered in a freight container near Wexford - see Ireland<br />

09/12/01<br />

* Report on the work of Refugee Action, describing the plight of<br />

women asylum-seekers in the UK - see <strong>Observer</strong> Christmas<br />

Appeal 09/12/01<br />

* A Zimbabwean dissident who was refused asylum in Britain<br />

and sent home has been beaten and tortured by local security<br />

police - see International Affairs: Africa 30/12/01<br />

AT SWIM, TWO BOYS<br />

* See Book Reviews - Mars-Jones, Adam 16/09/01<br />

AT YOUR SERVICE<br />

* Graham Hamill, concierge, 42, <strong>The</strong> Calls, Leeds 07/01/01 E 3<br />

3 Photographs<br />

* Fethi Gucluer, chief concierge, <strong>The</strong> Ciragan Palace Hotel,<br />

Istanbul 14/01/01 E 3 3 Photographs<br />

* Louise Collier, general manager, Woolley Grange Hotel,<br />

Bradford upon Avon 21/01/01 E 3 4 Photographs<br />

* Tina Boreham, chief stewardess, Buzz Arline 28/01/01 E 3 4<br />

Photographs<br />

* Jean-Vincent Selles, head concierge, Four Seasons George V,<br />

Paris 04/02/01 E 3 3 Photographs<br />

* Stefan Buchs, general manager, Radisson SAS Hotel Praha,<br />

Prague 11/02/01 E 3 3 Photographs<br />

* Larry Klein, senior assistant manager, <strong>The</strong> Greenbrier, White<br />

Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, US 18/02/01 E 3 3 Photographs<br />

* Austin Spooner, Disney's Hotel New York, Disneyland Paris<br />

25/02/01 E 3 4 Photograph<br />

* Rodney McDonald, owner and manager, Hilltop Backpackers,<br />

Papatowai, New Zealand 04/03/01 E 3 4 Photographs<br />

ATHELAS SINFONIETTA COPENHAGEN<br />

* See Music: Classical 28/10/01<br />

ATLAS, NATACHA<br />

* World music singer Natacha Atlas, UN goodwill ambassador,<br />

spoke at her first UN press conference in Geneva last week<br />

03/06/01 R 6 1>5 Photographs<br />

ATONEMENT


* See Book Reviews - Lee, Hermione 23/09/01<br />

ATTENBOROUGH, SIR DAVID<br />

* Bjork in conversation with Sir David Attenborough - see Bjork<br />

22/07/01<br />

AUCHI, NADHMI<br />

* A row is set to erupt between Britain and France over Home<br />

Secretary Jack Straw's refusal to extradite British billionaire<br />

Nadhmi Auchi over his alleged role in the Elf-Aquitaine scandal<br />

03/06/01 B 6 7>8 Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> British Iraqi-born tycoon, Nadhmi Auchi, who is wanted<br />

for questioning in France over his alleged role in the Elf-<br />

Aquitaine scandal, has given thousands of pounds in political<br />

donations 10/06/01 B 10 1>6<br />

AUCTION HOUSES<br />

* Sotheby's, the beleaguered auctioneer is to vacate its historic<br />

Bond Street headquarters in a desperate attempt to raise capital -<br />

see Business & Industry 06/05/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> events that brought mighty Christie's and Sotheby's to<br />

their knees - see Business & Industry 06/05/01<br />

* Sotheby's in $40m bid to keep staff - see Business & Industry<br />

20/05/01<br />

* Guy Loudmer, a corrupt auctioneer stole art cash in France -<br />

see Crime 23/09/01<br />

AUDEN, W.H., POEMS SELECTED<br />

* See Book Reviews - Kinsella, John 14/01/01<br />

AUDIOBOOK REVIEWS - BUNCE, KIM<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Constant Gardener by John Le Carré 07/01/01 R 20 5<br />

Photograph<br />

* In A Dry Season by Peter Robinson 21/01/01 R 18 5<br />

Photograph<br />

* Elizabeth by David Starkey 04/02/01 R 18 5 Photograph<br />

* Beneath the Skin by Nicci French 18/02/01 R 18 5 Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Truth At Last by Christine Keeler 04/03/01 R 18 5<br />

Photograph<br />

* Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling 01/04/01<br />

R 18 5 Photograph<br />

* Things Can Only Get Better by John O'Farrell 22/04/01 R 18<br />

5 Photograph<br />

* On Green Dolphin Street by Sebastian Faulks 06/05/01 R 18 5<br />

Photograph<br />

* Beside Myself by Antony Sher 13/05/01 R 18 5 Photograph<br />

* Lucky Jim by Kingsley Amis 27/05/01 R 18 5 Photograph<br />

* How to be Good by Nick Hornby 10/06/01 R 18 5 Photograph<br />

* Horse Heaven by Jane Smiley 24/06/01 R 18 5 Photograph<br />

* A Son of War by Melvyn Bragg 08/07/01 R 18 5 Photograph<br />

* Fatal Voyage by Kathy Reichs 29/07/01 R 18 5 Photograph<br />

* Public Places by Sîan Phillips 12/08/01 R 18 5 Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Summer of a Dormouse: A Year of Growing Old<br />

Disgracefully by John Mortimer 26/08/01 R 18 5 Photograph<br />

* Adam and Eve and Pinch Me by Ruth Rendell 09/09/01 R 18<br />

5 Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Magic Cottage by James Herbert 23/09/01 R 18 5<br />

Photograph<br />

* Once in a House on Fire by Andrea Ashworth 07/10/01 R 18 5<br />

Photograph<br />

OBSERVER INDEX: JAN-DEC <strong>2001</strong><br />

12<br />

* Red Dog by Louis de Bernieres 28/10/01 R 18 5 Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Diaries of Kenneth Tynan Edited by John Lahr 11/11/01<br />

R 18 5 Photograph<br />

* Atonement by Ian McEwan 25/11/01 R 16 5 Photograph<br />

* Lake Wobegon Summer 1956 by Garrison Keillor 09/12/01 R<br />

18 4 Photograph<br />

* Skipping Christmas by John Grisham 23/12/01 R 17 6<br />

Photograph<br />

AUDIOBOOK REVIEWS - REDFORD, RACHEL<br />

* Wordsworth: A Life by Juliet Barker 14/01/01 R 18 5<br />

Photograph<br />

* Telling Tales by Alan Bennett 28/01/01 R 21 5 Photograph<br />

* Young Adolf by Beryl Bainbridge 11/02/01 R 18 5<br />

Photograph<br />

* A Stranger's Eye and Letter to Daniel by Fergal Keane<br />

25/02/01 R 20 5 Photograph<br />

* Bad Blood: A Memoir by Lorna Sage 11/03/01 R 20 5<br />

Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Falls by Ian Rankin 25/03/01 R 18 5 Photograph<br />

* Love Is Where It Falls by Simon Callow 08/04/01 R 18 5<br />

Photograph<br />

* Classic Stories of the Old Testament Classic Stories of the<br />

New Testament Unabridged selections from the King James<br />

Bible read by Martin Jarvis and Rosalind Ayres 15/04/01 R 18 5<br />

Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Life and Works of Beethoven by Jeremy Siepmann<br />

29/04/01 R 18 5 Photograph<br />

* Anil's Ghost by Michael Ondaatje 20/05/01 R 18 5<br />

Photograph<br />

* His Dark Materials Trilogy by Philip Pullman 03/06/01 R 18 5<br />

Photograph<br />

* English Passengers by Matthew Kneale 17/06/01 R 18 5<br />

Photograph<br />

* London: <strong>The</strong> Biography by Peter Ackroyd 01/07/01 R 18 5<br />

* Kensuke's Kingdom by Michael Morpurgo 22/07/01 R 18 5<br />

Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Dinosaur Hunters by Deborah Cadbury 05/08/01 R 18 5<br />

Photograph<br />

* If I Don't Know by Wendy Cope 19/08/01 R 19 5 Photograph<br />

* A Spy's Life by Henry Porter 02/09/01 R 18 5 Photograph<br />

* Half A Life by V.S. Naipaul 16/09/01 R 18 5 Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Fall of Light by Niall Williams 30/09/01 R 18 5<br />

Photograph<br />

* Five Quarters of <strong>The</strong> Orange by Joanne Harris 21/10/01 R 18<br />

5 Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Red Room by Nicci French 04/11/01 R 18 5 Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Tailor of Salisbury: An Oral Testimony by Lindsay<br />

Fairgrieve 18/11/01 R 18 5 Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> English: A Portrait of a People by Jeremy Paxman<br />

02/12/01 R 18 8 Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Ruby in the Smoke by Philip Pullman 16/12/01 R 18 5<br />

Photograph<br />

* Beastly Tales from Here and <strong>The</strong>re by Vikram Seth 30/12/01<br />

R 14 4>5 Photograph<br />

AUDIOLOGUE


* See Book Reviews - Marr, Andrew 22/07/01<br />

AUERBACH, FRANK: PAINTINGS AND DRAWINGS<br />

* See Art 16/09/01<br />

AUGUST<br />

* See Book Reviews - Mills, Selina 05/08/01<br />

AUSTEN, JANE<br />

* See Book Reviews - Lee, Hermione 04/02/01<br />

AUSTER, PAUL<br />

* Interview with Paul Auster, acclaimed novelist, poet, essayist,<br />

translator and screenwriter - see Books Interview, <strong>The</strong> 16/12/01<br />

AUSTERLITZ<br />

* See Book Reviews - Smith, Charles Saumarez 30/09/01<br />

AUTHOR OF HIMSELF, THE<br />

* See Book Reviews - Cohen, Nick 20/05/01<br />

AUTISM<br />

* Adult victims of autism are left on jobs scrapheap 13/05/01 B<br />

10 1>8 Photograph<br />

* Asperger's Syndrome, a rare form of autism, and how it affects<br />

body language - see Health 20/05/01<br />

* More and more of our children are being diagnosed as autistic,<br />

though experts cannot agree on why this is happening 17/06/01<br />

R 1>2 1>5 Photographs, illustration<br />

AVIATION INDUSTRY<br />

* Air travel disaster is imminent according to a secret report on<br />

overcrowded skies 07/01/01 B 1>2 1>3<br />

* <strong>The</strong> superjumbo is good news for British workers, as long as<br />

German hopes are checked 07/01/01 N 7 1>8 Photograph<br />

* British airline companies ignored warnings for more than three<br />

decades about the deadly effects of blood clots on passengers<br />

during long-haul flights - see Health 14/01/01<br />

* Economy class syndrome - airlines have known the risk for<br />

decades but little has been done to alert passengers - see Health<br />

14/01/01<br />

* New investigation show pilots share in deadly risk as evidence<br />

mounts on dangers of long-haul air travel - see Health 21/01/01<br />

* Flying a light aircraft will soon be as easy, and safer than,<br />

driving a car, according to aviation experts - see Science<br />

25/02/01<br />

* Passengers in Kenya terror flight threaten to sue British<br />

Airways 11/03/01 B 9 1>5 Photographs<br />

* British Airways has offered to foot the bill for knocking down<br />

up to 3,500 houses around Heathrow Airport for a new runway<br />

01/04/01 N 2 2>4 Photograph<br />

* How traffic controllers will fare under the airlines - and the<br />

future for airport capacity 01/04/01 N 5 1>5 Photographs<br />

* BA and Virgin pinned their hopes on boosting business traffic<br />

just as the US faltered 15/04/01 N 4 2>7 Photograph<br />

* A British passenger jet flying into Birmingham with five crew<br />

and 42 passengers on board narrowly avoided disaster after<br />

fumes leaked into the cabin 22/04/01 B 1 3>7<br />

* British Airways warns that Britain will 'lose its place at the top<br />

table' of world air transport unless the Government quickly<br />

sanctions more airport capacity in the South-east 22/04/01 N 2<br />

2>4 Photograph<br />

* A study by UK Airport commanders Association examined all<br />

incidents of violence and misbehaviour at airports across the UK<br />

OBSERVER INDEX: JAN-DEC <strong>2001</strong><br />

13<br />

29/04/01 B 4 7>8 Cartoon<br />

* As airlines fight economy-class syndrome, John Arlidge gives<br />

BA's new health spa a pre-flight check - see Travel 13/05/01<br />

* Negligence by Air France ground staff may have been a<br />

contributory factor behind the Concorde crash that killed 114<br />

near Paris last July - see Concorde 13/05/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> UK's second largest scheduled airline, BMI British<br />

Midlands, which is to launch a major long-haul expansion from<br />

London attacked a block on its freedom to fly across the Atlantic<br />

from Heathrow 13/05/01 N 2 1>4<br />

* Airlines and aircraft maintenance crews have received an<br />

official warning that a disinfectant used to control foot and<br />

mouth could pose a serious safety risk - see Foot & Mouth Crisis<br />

27/05/01<br />

* US aero-engine maker General Electric is set for a bruising<br />

showdown with the European Commission at a crucial meeting<br />

on its proposed $41bn take-over of aerospace group Honeywell<br />

27/05/01 N 2 8<br />

* Focus on Richard Branson's company, Virgin finances - see<br />

Branson, Sir Richard 10/06/01<br />

* Sir Richard Branson has mortgaged his entire stake in Virgin<br />

Atlantic, the airline he regards as the 'jewel in the crown' of his<br />

global empire - see Branson, Sir Richard 10/06/01<br />

* British Airways and American Airlines began an intense<br />

campaign of lobbying in London, Brussels and Washington last<br />

week in a fresh bid to merge their transatlantic businesses<br />

17/06/01 N 1 1>7<br />

* A mega-deal to tie up 60 per cent of the US-UK air market is<br />

back on the table 17/06/01 N 4 1>8 Photograph, graph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Hugger, a restraint for air rage that lassoes unruly<br />

passengers by their arms, legs and wrists, has been put through<br />

extensive trials by British Airways who may introduce it<br />

24/06/01 B 9 1>2 Illustration<br />

* British Airways pilots are set to fight for huge pay rises this<br />

autumn like those won in May by Lufthansa pilots 08/07/01 N 2<br />

4>6 Photograph<br />

* Britain's new air traffic control centre is so plagued by glitches<br />

that it faces running at half capacity next summer 15/07/01 B 12<br />

5>7<br />

* <strong>The</strong> UK's overcrowded, third world airports lag behind in<br />

Europe 22/07/01 B 11 1>6 Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong>re's an air war over Dublin as Ryanair and Go challenge<br />

AerLingus 22/07/01 N 4 5>8<br />

* A multi-million pound lawsuit against major airlines will be<br />

launched this week on behalf of British victims of 'economy<br />

class syndrome' 29/07/01 B 5 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Airlines will be ordered to hand out health warnings with<br />

tickets for long-haul flights 05/08/01 B 1 1>3<br />

* British Airways believes its rejigged deal with American<br />

Airlines will win approval from regulators because US rivals<br />

now have far more access to Heathrow than five years ago<br />

05/08/01 N 1 6>8<br />

* <strong>The</strong> stress of queuing for hours to check in at British airports<br />

could soon be cured by a hand-held device operated by roving<br />

airline staff 12/08/01 B 12 7>8<br />

* Singapore Airlines plans to strengthen its relationship with<br />

Virgin Atlantic by introducing joint pricing and marketing<br />

19/08/01 N 1 1>4<br />

* British Airways is to offer thousands of airport staff lessons in<br />

self-defence after an alarming increase in 'ground rage' attacks<br />

triggered by the summer's flight delays 19/08/01 B 1>2 2>6<br />

Cartoon


* How long can the cut-price bonanza carry on before the bubble<br />

bursts? 19/08/01 B 15 1>6 Photograph, map<br />

* Singapore Airlines is thinking big, despite claims that it<br />

overpaid for Virgin Atlantic 19/08/01 N 7 1>5 Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong> American airlines deal with British Airways 26/08/01 N 4<br />

4>7 Photograph<br />

* British Airways plans to cut a further 2,000 jobs next year as it<br />

tries to avoid the worst ravages of the economic downturn<br />

09/09/01 N 1 1>4<br />

* An inquiry is to be launched into fears that tens of thousands of<br />

air passengers and cabin crew are being poisoned each year by a<br />

cocktail of toxic chemicals 09/09/01 B 9 1>2<br />

* Last week's events in the US will change the face of air travel<br />

for ever 16/09/01 E 2>3, 12 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Airports face turmoil after security crackdown 16/09/01 X 3<br />

1>7 Photographs<br />

* American airline pilots are refusing to take off with Arabs - or<br />

people who look like Arabs - see Terrorism 23/09/01<br />

* Travellers face continuing confusion following warnings that<br />

some airlines may ground flights from Tuesday because insurers<br />

are unwilling to provide war cover for planes - see Travel<br />

23/09/01<br />

* British Airways is ready to raise a £2bn survival package if it<br />

faces financial collapse as the devastating impact of the US<br />

terrorist attacks reverberates around the airline industry<br />

23/09/01 N 1 1>7<br />

* <strong>The</strong> new battle of Britain to keep the air giants flying 23/09/01<br />

N 4>5 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Ryanair's O'Leary tells why he is sticking with low fares<br />

30/09/01 N 5 1>5 Photograph, graph<br />

* Sir Richard Branson has been called in by the Belgian Prime<br />

Minister as a potential rescuer for part of the ailing national<br />

airline, Sabena 07/10/01 N 1 1>7<br />

* Heathrow expansion plan faces legal blitz 07/10/01 B 8 6>7<br />

* More job losses a certainty in the aviation industry as airlines<br />

feel the pressure 07/10/01 B 8 1>7 Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong> privatisation of Britain's air traffic control system has run<br />

into major difficulties only three months after the Government<br />

engineered the sale 14/10/01 N 2 8<br />

* Trainee pilots have invested up to £50,000 each in their careers<br />

- but as airlines shed experienced staff, British cadet flyers are<br />

saddled with debt and uncertainty 14/10/01 B 9 1>5<br />

Photographs<br />

* Who picks up the tab if public-private partnerships go wrong?<br />

- see Public/Private Sector 28/10/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> crisis facing British Airways and Virgin Atlantic will<br />

intensify with the start of a High Court row over claims that they<br />

refused to warn passengers of the dangers of 'economy class<br />

syndrome' 28/10/01 B 12 5>6 Photograph<br />

* Fears are growing that Virgin Atlantic's profits may have<br />

plunged by up to 80 per cent in the six months to the end of<br />

September 28/10/01 N 2 1>2<br />

* Virgin Express and BA are understood to been in talks with the<br />

stricken Belgian airline Sabena 28/10/01 N 2 1>3<br />

* Concorde flies again in style after a £50m revamp 28/10/01 B<br />

7 1>8 Photographs<br />

* US attacks revive British Airways' American ambitions<br />

04/11/01 N 2 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Don Carty, chief executive of American Airlines, is 95%<br />

certain of pulling off a partnership deal with British Airways by<br />

the end of the year 11/11/01 N 2 3>6<br />

OBSERVER INDEX: JAN-DEC <strong>2001</strong><br />

14<br />

* Crisis in the air: small may be beautiful for low-cost airlines,<br />

but that is no solution for flag carriers on either side of the<br />

Atlantic 11/11/01 N 4 1>5 Photographs<br />

* Joanna Walters talks to Gordon Bethune of hard-hit<br />

Continental and Don Carty of American Airlines 11/11/01 N 4<br />

1>8 Photographs<br />

* Fear in the air: when Flight 587 dropped out of the sky, it<br />

brought renewed anguish to New York and dealt another<br />

grievous blow to the world's airlines 18/11/01 B 21 1>8<br />

Photograph, illustration<br />

* Fresh blow to air travel as crash kills at least 10 25/11/01 B 1<br />

1>6<br />

* Heathrow has borne the brunt of the slump in air travel, with<br />

more than 20 per cent fewer passengers 02/12/01 N 2 4>6<br />

Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> lowcost airline, Ryanair's financial arrangements with<br />

Belgian airport come under scrutiny 09/12/01 N 1 1>7<br />

Photograph<br />

* British Airways has drawn up secret plans to axe up to 10,000<br />

jobs and slash domestic flights in a desperate bid to avert<br />

financial disaster 09/12/01 B 1>2 1>3<br />

* Airbus is to slash 1,600 jobs 16/12/01 N 1 5>8<br />

* Revealed: how Ryanair did Belgian deal 16/12/01 N 1 1>3<br />

* Business travel fell by 40 per cent after 11 September, will it<br />

ever recover? 16/12/01 E 3 1>4 Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> low-cost boom in air travel 16/12/01 E 6>7 1>6<br />

Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Government looks set to bail out Britain's troubled air<br />

traffic control network less than six months after it was<br />

privatised 30/12/01 B 21 3>6<br />

BACK WHEN WE WERE GROWN-UPS<br />

* See Book Reviews - Mars-Jones, Adam 20/05/01<br />

BACKING INTO THE LIMELIGHT<br />

* See Book Reviews - Preston, Peter 02/09/01<br />

BAD BLOOD: A MEMOIR<br />

* See Audiobook Reviews - Redford, Rachel 11/03/01<br />

BADDIEL, DAVID<br />

* David Baddiel is best known as one half the comic duo<br />

Baddiel and Skinner, now he is to breathe new life into the<br />

country's film industry by finding funny film ideas - see Comedy<br />

25/11/01<br />

BADU, ERYKAH<br />

* See Music: Soul 22/07/01 R 11 1>4 Photograph<br />

BAINBRIDGE, BERYL<br />

* Lynn Barber meets this year's Booker Prize favourite Beryl<br />

Bainbridge 19/08/01 M 12>16 1>4 Photographs<br />

BALDNESS<br />

* Scientists have developed a revolutionary new treatment for<br />

baldness - in early trials the dug, dutasteride, has shown dramatic<br />

success in restoring hair to bald men - see Science 10/06/01<br />

BALLAD OF SYLVIA AND TED, THE<br />

* See Book Reviews - Thorpe, Vanessa 10/06/01<br />

BANGLES, THE<br />

* See Music: Pop 09/09/01<br />

BANNISTER, MATTHEW


* Matthew Bannister, the ex-BBC boss who ousted veteran DJs<br />

from Radio 1 is now promoting their superstar successors<br />

18/02/01 N 8 2>8 Photograph<br />

BARCLAY, CAPTAIN ROBERT<br />

* In 1809 Britain was preparing to take on Napoleon but on<br />

Newmarket Heath one man, Captain Robert Barclay was<br />

wagering a fortune that he could complete the ultimate test of<br />

human endeavour 12/08/01 S 6>7 1>6 Photographs<br />

BAREFOOT DOCTOR<br />

* An alternative look at health issues 14/01/01 M 38 1>4<br />

Photographs<br />

* An alternative look at health issues 21/01/01 M 47 1>4<br />

Photographs<br />

* An alternative look at health issues 28/01/01 M 52 1>4<br />

Photograph<br />

* An alternative look at health issues 04/02/01 M 44 1>4<br />

Photographs<br />

* An alternative look at health issues 11/02/01 M 42 1>4<br />

Photographs<br />

* An alternative look at health issues 18/02/01 M 54 1>4<br />

Photograph, illustration<br />

* An alternative look at health issues 25/02/01 M 54 1>4<br />

Photographs<br />

* An alternative look at health issues 04/03/01 M 50 1>4<br />

Photograph<br />

* An alternative look at health issues 11/03/01 M 62 1>4<br />

Photographs<br />

* An alternative look at health issues 18/03/01 M 46 1>4<br />

Photograph<br />

* An alternative look at health issues 25/03/01 M 52 1>4<br />

Photographs<br />

* An alternative look at health issues 01/04/01 M 48 1>4<br />

Photograph<br />

* An alternative look at health issues 08/04/01 M 58 1>4<br />

Photographs<br />

* An alternative look at health issues 15/04/01 M 48 1>4<br />

Photograph, illustration<br />

* An alternative look at health issues 22/04/01 M 40 1>4<br />

Photographs<br />

* An alternative look at health issues 29/04/01 M 44 1>4<br />

Photographs<br />

* An alternative look at health issues 06/05/01 M 48 1>4<br />

Photographs<br />

* An alternative look at health issues 13/05/01 M 50 1>4<br />

Photograph<br />

* An alternative look at health issues 20/05/01 M 52 1>4<br />

Photographs<br />

* An alternative look at health issues 27/05/01 M 44 1>4<br />

Photographs<br />

* An alternative look at health issues 03/06/01 M 38 1>4<br />

Photographs<br />

* An alternative look at health issues 10/06/01 M 44 1>4<br />

Photographs<br />

* An alternative look at health issues 17/06/01 M 48 1>4<br />

Photographs<br />

* An alternative look at health issues 24/06/01 M 48 1>4<br />

Photographs<br />

OBSERVER INDEX: JAN-DEC <strong>2001</strong><br />

15<br />

* An alternative look at health issues 01/07/01 M 40 1>4<br />

Photographs<br />

* An alternative look at health issues 08/07/01 M 26>31 1>4<br />

Photographs<br />

* An alternative look at health issues 15/07/01 M 52 1>4<br />

Photograph, illustration<br />

* An alternative look at health issues 22/07/01 M 42 1>4<br />

Photographs<br />

* An alternative look at health issues 29/07/01 M 40 1>4<br />

Photographs<br />

* An alternative look at health issues 05/08/01 M 48 1>4<br />

Photographs<br />

* An alternative look at health issues 12/08/01 M 38 1>4<br />

Photographs<br />

* An alternative look at health issues 19/08/01 M 46 1>4<br />

Photographs<br />

* An alternative look at health issues 26/08/01 M 40 1>4<br />

Photograph<br />

* An alternative look at health issues 02/09/01 M 46 1>4<br />

Photographs<br />

* An alternative look at health issues 09/09/01 M 46 1>4<br />

Photographs<br />

* A sneak preview of Barefoot Doctor's survival manual<br />

16/09/01 M 43>44 1>4 Photographs<br />

* An alternative look at health issues 23/09/01 M 46 1>4<br />

Photographs<br />

* An alternative look at health issues 30/09/01 M 64 1>4<br />

Photographs<br />

* An alternative look at health issues 07/10/01 M 56 1>4<br />

Photographs<br />

* An alternative look at health issues 14/10/01 M 60 1>4<br />

Photographs<br />

* An alternative look at health issues 21/10/01 M 59 1>4<br />

Photographs<br />

* An alternative look at health issues 28/10/01 M 78 1>4<br />

Photographs<br />

* An alternative look at health issues 04/11/01 M 60 1>4<br />

Photographs<br />

* An alternative look at health issues 11/11/01 M 65 1>4<br />

Photographs<br />

* An alternative look at health issues 18/11/01 M 74 1>4<br />

Photographs<br />

* An alternative look at health issues 25/11/01 M 66 1>4<br />

Photographs<br />

* An alternative look at health issues 02/12/01 M 50 1>4<br />

Photographs<br />

* An alternative look at health issues 09/12/01 M 74 1>4<br />

Photographs<br />

* An alternative look at health issues 16/12/01 M 53 1>4<br />

Photographs<br />

* An alternative look at health issues 23/12/01 M 37 1>4<br />

Photographs<br />

* An alternative look at health issues 30/12/01 M 33 1>4<br />

Photographs<br />

BARKER, PAT<br />

* Interview with author Pat Barker, Booker Prize Winner in<br />

1995 - see Books Interview, <strong>The</strong> 01/04/01


BARR, EMILY<br />

* Columnist 28/01/01 E 5 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Columnist 04/02/01 E 16 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Columnist 11/02/01 E 5 2>4 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 25/02/01 E 16 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Columnist 11/03/01 E 5 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 08/04/01 E 16 1>4 Photographs<br />

BARRETT, SYD<br />

* Pink Floyd's founding genius Syd Barrett has kept a 30-year<br />

silence - and now he is the most wanted man in music 22/04/01<br />

R 6 1>5 Photographs<br />

BARRYMORE, MICHAEL<br />

* <strong>The</strong> troubled life of entertainer Michael Barrymore was at the<br />

centre of a new tragedy after a man died following a party at his<br />

home 01/04/01 B 1 2>6 Photograph<br />

* Police were trying to piece together the final hours of the<br />

friend of Michael Barrymore, Stuart Lubbock, found dead at his<br />

home 08/04/01 B 8<br />

* Profile on troubled celebrity Michael Barrymore 04/11/01 B<br />

29 1>6 Caricature<br />

BARTOLI, CECILIA<br />

* Opera fans worship at the feet of Cecilia Bartoli - see Music:<br />

Classical 14/10/01<br />

BARTOLI/BOULEZ<br />

* See Music: Classical 08/04/01<br />

BASEMENT JAXX<br />

* See Music: Pop 02/09/01<br />

BAY OF ANGELS, THE<br />

* See Book Reviews - Kellaway, Kate 28/01/01<br />

BAYLEY, JOHN<br />

* Interview with John Bayley, two-and-a-half years after the<br />

death of his beloved Iris Murdoch 18/03/01 M 10>14 1>4<br />

Photographs<br />

BAYLEY, STEPHEN<br />

* Columnist 23/12/01 B 21 1>3 Photograph<br />

BBC<br />

* Greg Dyke, the director-general of the BBC, has condemned<br />

the corporation as 'hideously white' and said its race relations are<br />

as bad as those in some police forces - see Dyke, Greg 07/01/01<br />

* A secret plan to carry advertising on a new BBC website has<br />

divided staff and outraged competitors - see Media 28/01/01<br />

* Some of Britain's biggest sports stars are in talks with the BBC<br />

about becoming television personalities after they retire - see<br />

Sport 28/01/01<br />

* Wannabe stars get another chance in the BBC's TV talent<br />

contest 25/02/01 B 15 1>3 Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong> BBC was on a collision course with the Labour Party over<br />

a Panorama programme which alleges that the Government has<br />

'cooked the books' on the number of people being treated by the<br />

NHS 03/06/01 B 12 7>8<br />

* Abused, vulnerable and articulate, 16-year-old Vonnie was a<br />

perfect subject for a BBC video diary 10 year's ago - it had a<br />

dramatic effect on her life and her producer, Polly Steele - see<br />

Children 05/08/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> BBC is to be given the green light for a major expansion<br />

OBSERVER INDEX: JAN-DEC <strong>2001</strong><br />

16<br />

of its television channels to include a new BBC3 youth channel<br />

and an upmarket BBC4 for culture and arts programmes<br />

05/08/01 B 14 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Profile on David Dimbleby, who wants to become chairman of<br />

the BBC - see Dimbleby, David 19/08/01<br />

* On the of the BBC's most senior figures branded reality TV<br />

programmes 'humiliating, manipulative and sick' in an attack on<br />

a form of television that draws big ratings - see Television<br />

26/08/01<br />

* One year on from the MacTaggart lecture in which Greg Dyke<br />

laid out his masterplan for the BBC - see Media 26/08/01<br />

* Steve Barnett argues that the BBC must be allowed a different<br />

vision of children's popular culture - see Media 26/08/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> future of TV: it's the biggest revolution in decades at the<br />

BBC, with two new channels and a whole new brief to keep<br />

Britain entertained and informed - see Television 02/09/01<br />

* Our public service broadcaster has no business chasing ratings<br />

through new channels says Disney TV chief Paul Robinson<br />

02/09/01 N 8 1>4 Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> BBC is facing a complaint about its coverage of the<br />

British National Party and its leader 09/09/01 B 1>2 4>6<br />

* <strong>The</strong> leading contender in the race to be the new chairman of<br />

the BBC will demand that his deputy is a known Conservative<br />

supporter 09/09/01 B 7 1>2 Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> BBC's bid to run a new youth channel was blocked by<br />

Ministers 16/09/01 B 1 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Greg Dyke, director-general of the BBC, issued an apology<br />

after BBC1 screened a live edition of Question Time during<br />

which members of the audience expressed violent anti-American<br />

views 16/09/01 X 2 2>8 Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong> new chairman of the BBC Gavyn Davies, pledges to steer<br />

the BBC from house-and-garden obsession 23/09/01 B 2 1>4<br />

Photographs<br />

* An open letter from former Culture Secretary Chris Smith to<br />

Gavyn Davies, new Chairman of the BBC 23/09/01 N 6 5>6<br />

Photograph<br />

* Gavyn Davies lands the job of Chairman of the BBC 23/09/01<br />

N 6 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Profile on journalist Kate Adie, the BBC's best-known war<br />

correspondent - see Adie, Kate 14/10/01<br />

* Experts claim that the BBC's 'Walking with Beasts' blurs fact<br />

and fiction to add drama 11/11/01 B 11 1>7 Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> <strong>Observer</strong> has discovered that the BBC rewarded at least<br />

one loyal servant in bullion, taking advantage of a tax dodge<br />

11/11/01 B 13 1>2<br />

* A diamond mining firm falsely linked by the BBC to Osama<br />

bin Laden has launched a multi-million pound claim for damages<br />

against the corporation 25/11/01 B 14 5>6<br />

* <strong>The</strong> BBC has apologised for linking diamond firm Oryx with<br />

the al-Qaeda, but was it manipulated? 25/11/01 N 6 1>6<br />

Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong> BBC have hired Control Risks, the corporate detective<br />

agency, to fight a potentially bruising lawsuit brought by<br />

diamond company Oryx 30/12/01 B 9 1>7<br />

BEAT GOES ON, THE<br />

* See Book Reviews - Kellaway, Kate 22/07/01<br />

BEATTIE, TREVOR<br />

* New Labour has turned to advertising bad boy Trevor Beattie<br />

28/01/01 M 10>14 1>4 Photographs<br />

BECKER, BORIS


* Interview with German ex-tennis star, Boris Becker 01/07/01<br />

M 10>16 1>4 Photographs<br />

BECKER, BORIS AND BARBARA<br />

* Remarriage may work for Boris and Barbara Becker, but is it<br />

really a sensible option for the rest of us? - see Marriage<br />

19/08/01<br />

BECKINSALE, KATE<br />

* Interview with actress Kate Beckinsale 16/12/01 R 5 1>6<br />

Photographs<br />

BEDELL, GERALDINE<br />

* Columnist 14/01/01 B 31 5>6 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 28/01/01 B 31 5>6 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 11/02/01 B 31 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Columnist 25/02/01 B 27 1>3 Photograph<br />

BEDFORD, DAVID<br />

* Bedford David Premiere - see Music: Classical 25/03/01<br />

BEE SEASON<br />

* See Book Reviews - Shapiro, Anna 25/03/01<br />

BEHAVIOUR<br />

* Discovering we're more than the sum of our genes affects<br />

understanding of free will, reports Robin McKie - see Science<br />

11/02/01<br />

* Scientists have made a radical breakthrough in our<br />

understanding of human behaviour with the discovery that we<br />

possess far fewer genes than previously thought - see Science<br />

11/02/01<br />

* A raw new Channel 4 drama asks what it takes to turn five<br />

'ordinary' lads into gang rapists - see Television 27/05/01<br />

BEHIND THE LINES<br />

* See Book Reviews - Clark, Candida 26/08/01<br />

BEL, JEROME<br />

* See Dance 27/05/01<br />

BELCEA QUARTET<br />

* See Music: Classical 11/03/01<br />

BELLE DE JOUR<br />

* See Book Reviews - French, Philip 18/02/01<br />

BELLOW, SAUL: COLLECTED STORIES<br />

* See Book Reviews - Mars-Jones, Adam 30/12/01<br />

BELLOW: A BIOGRAPHY<br />

* See Book Reviews - Merritt, Stephanie 18/11/01<br />

BENEATH THE SKIN<br />

* See Audiobook Reviews - Bunce, Kim 18/02/01<br />

BENJAMIN, WALTER<br />

* Walter Benjamin, the Jewish intellectual long thought to have<br />

committed suicide, was killed by Stalinist agents during his<br />

wartime flight from the Nazis, according to a new theory<br />

08/07/01 B 23 1>6 Photograph<br />

BENN, NIGEL<br />

* Nigel Benn, one of Britain's best fighters, has admitted that a<br />

chronic addition to casual sex made him so depressed he tried to<br />

commit suicide 17/06/01 B 7 1>6 Photographs<br />

BENN, TONY<br />

OBSERVER INDEX: JAN-DEC <strong>2001</strong><br />

17<br />

* Columnist 13/05/01 B 29 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Columnist 10/06/01 X 12 6 Photograph<br />

BENNETT, ALAN<br />

* Alan Bennett, one of Britain's best-loved writers and<br />

performers, is suffering from a debilitating bout of writer's block<br />

09/12/01 B 3 1>5 Photograph, cartoon<br />

BENNETT, RONAN<br />

* Ronan Bennett's TV series Rebel Heart begins amid a blizzard<br />

of emotive controversy - Robert Kee asks how historically<br />

accurate any drama about Ireland can be - see Television<br />

07/01/01<br />

* Ronan Bennett's new prison comedy, Lucky Break - see<br />

Television 12/08/01<br />

BERLIN PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA<br />

* <strong>The</strong> marriage between Sir Simon Rattle and the Berlin<br />

Philharmonic Orchestra has been called a match made in heaven,<br />

but now a battle of wills is threatening its consummation<br />

20/05/01 B 9 1>6 Photograph<br />

BERLUSCONI, SILVIO<br />

* Profile on Silvio Berlusconi, Italian politician 22/04/01 B 25<br />

1>6 Caricature<br />

BERTOLUCCI, BERNARDO<br />

* Interview with the veteran director, Bernardo Bertolucci<br />

21/10/01 R 5 1>5 Photographs<br />

BESIDE MYSELF<br />

* See Audiobook Reviews - Bunce, Kim 13/05/01<br />

BEST, GEORGE<br />

* Former soccer star George Best has begun drinking heavily<br />

again and has told friends he would rather die than stay on the<br />

wagon 25/03/01 B 5 1>5 Photographs<br />

* George Best will have anti-alcohol pellets sewn into his<br />

stomach this week in a desperate attempt to help him beat his<br />

life-threatening addition to drink 08/04/01 B 5 7 Photograph<br />

BEVEN, ANDY<br />

* Columnist 18/02/01 N 4 7>8 Photograph<br />

BEVINS, TONY<br />

* Tribute to Tony Bevins, former political editor of <strong>The</strong><br />

<strong>Observer</strong> who died on Friday of pneumonia at age 58 - see<br />

Deaths 25/03/01<br />

BEXTOR, SOPHIE ELLIS<br />

* See Music: Pop 07/10/01<br />

BEYOND THE STUDIO: A HISTORY OF BBC NORTHERN<br />

IRELAND<br />

* See Book Reviews - McHardy, Anne 07/01/01<br />

BEZOS, JEFF<br />

* Interview with the chief of Amazon, Jeff Bezos 11/02/01 M<br />

8>15 1>4 Photographs<br />

BHASKAR, SANJEEV<br />

* Interview with actor Sanjeev Bhaskar who has progressed from<br />

'Goodness Gracious Me' to the Kama Sutra - see Film 21/01/01<br />

BIDDULPH, PETER<br />

* Violin dealer Peter Biddulph, known as 'the Flying Fiddle', is<br />

accused of deliberately undervaluing violins and secretly<br />

keeping the difference for himself 15/04/01 B 12 1>8<br />

Photographs


BIG ISSUE, THE<br />

* <strong>The</strong> magazine for the homeless, <strong>The</strong> Big Issue, has plans to<br />

become a financial institution as well 15/04/01 N 1 4>6<br />

Photograph<br />

BIG SKY<br />

* See Book Reviews - Guttridge, Peter 04/02/01<br />

BIGGS, RONNIE<br />

* A private plane is expected to leave Rio de Janeiro today to<br />

bring Great Train Robber, Ronnie Biggs home after 35 years on<br />

the run 06/05/01 B 3 1>4 Photographs<br />

BIGOTRY<br />

* Cara Henderson leads a battle against bigotry that has reached<br />

the Scottish Parliament - see Scotland 06/05/01<br />

BILIMORIA, KARAN<br />

* Profile on Karan Bilimoria, managing director of Cobra Beer<br />

18/02/01 N 7 1>8 Photograph<br />

BIN LADEN, OSAMA<br />

* Barclays Bank in London is among several British financial<br />

institutions being investigated by intelligence services as<br />

potential fund channels for Osama bin Laden 16/09/01 X 4 5>6<br />

* Profiles on Osama Bin Laden 16/09/01 X 8>9 1>6<br />

Photographs<br />

* Charity had links with Bin laden - see Terrorism 23/09/01<br />

* Terror 'made fortune' for Bin Laden 23/09/01 X 1, 3 7<br />

* US investigators trying to seize Osama bin Laden's assets are<br />

examining the relationship between London-based banks and<br />

Sudanese AIShamal Islamic Bank - see International Affairs:<br />

<strong>The</strong> Terrorism Crisis 30/09/01<br />

* Osama bin Laden is hiding in the mountains in Afghanistan, a<br />

son of his has claimed - see Terrorism 14/10/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Government is to demand that broadcasters consider<br />

censoring video messages from Osama bin Laden - see<br />

Terrorism 14/10/01<br />

* An investigation into the life of Osama bin Laden - see<br />

Terrorism 28/10/01<br />

* Britain dismisses bin Laden's most recent broadcast as<br />

'desperate fantasy' 04/11/01<br />

* A backroom row is brewing at Time magazine in New York<br />

over whether Osama bin Laden should grace its cover as 'Person<br />

of the Year', in its Christmas special 02/12/01 B 21 1>8<br />

Photograph<br />

BINGHAM, ROBERT<br />

* On the eve of the publication of Robert Bingham's novel,<br />

Amelia Hill unravels the curse of the 'Kentucky Kennedys'<br />

01/07/01 M 20>24 1>4 Photographs<br />

BIRCH, THORA<br />

* With films such as <strong>The</strong> Smokers and the forthcoming <strong>The</strong><br />

Hole, Thora Birch has cornered the Hollywood market in angstridden<br />

teenagers 15/04/01 M 20>22 1>3 Photographs<br />

BIRT, LORD<br />

* Lord Birt, the former BBC boss named as Tony Blair's 'crime<br />

tsar' in a blaze of publicity, has been quietly pensioned off amid<br />

mounting criticism 08/04/01 B 2 2>3<br />

BIRTH CONTROL<br />

* Sir Richard Branson is backing the plans of <strong>The</strong> Red Cross to<br />

market its own branded condoms in Africa - see Red Cross, <strong>The</strong><br />

09/12/01<br />

OBSERVER INDEX: JAN-DEC <strong>2001</strong><br />

18<br />

BIRTWHISTLE, BRIGADIER ALEX<br />

* Euan Ferguson meets… Brigadier Alex Birtwhistle, the soldier<br />

in charge of the foot and mouth crisis in Cumbria 08/04/01 B 17<br />

1>5 Photographs<br />

BITTERROOT<br />

* See Book Reviews - Guttridge, Peter 16/09/01<br />

BJORK<br />

* Interview with Bjork, Ireland's queen of pop 22/07/01 M<br />

10>13 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Bjork in conversation with Sir David Attenborough 22/07/01<br />

M 14 1>4 Photographs<br />

* See Music: Pop 02/09/01<br />

BLACK HOUSE<br />

* See Book Reviews - McAllister, Nicola 07/10/01<br />

BLACKBIRD SINGING: POEMS AND LYRICS<br />

* See Book Reviews - Kinsella, John 18/03/01<br />

BLACKPOOL<br />

* <strong>The</strong> town of Blackpool is buzzing this weekend with the<br />

prospect that it may be allowed to open a string of Las Vegasstyle<br />

casinos 15/07/01 N 5 4>6 Photograph<br />

BLAIR EFFECT, THE<br />

* See Book Reviews - Preston, Peter 22/04/01<br />

BLAIR, CHERIE<br />

* Cherie Blair's visit to a hospital yesterday was in danger of<br />

backfiring after a consultant paediatrician criticised the health<br />

service 27/05/01 B 12 5>6 Photograph<br />

* A controversial Channel 4 documentary is to show how the<br />

Prime Minister's wife has emerged from the shadow of her<br />

husband to become one of the most influential figures in the<br />

legal profession 30/09/01 B 9 1>6 Photographs<br />

BLAIR, LEO<br />

* Downing Street hints that 19-month-old Leo Blair has been<br />

given the controversial triple vaccine 23/12/01 B 1 1>3<br />

BLAIR, TONY<br />

* Tony Blair is to paint an apocalyptic vision of a world being<br />

ravaged by global warming in a speech aimed at facing down<br />

critics who say that he does not take green issues seriously - see<br />

Politics 04/03/01<br />

* Tony Blair is to put his religious beliefs at the centre of the<br />

general election campaign and call for a new style of ethical<br />

politics where the church is the bedrock - see Politics 18/03/01<br />

* 'Prime Minister Tony Blair' - see Book Reviews - Preston,<br />

Peter 22/04/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> first official portrait of the PM is unveiled this week<br />

28/10/01 B 12 1>6 Photographs<br />

* <strong>Observer</strong> readers have voted for Prime Minister Tony Blair<br />

and round-the-world yachtswoman Ellen MacArthur - Man and<br />

Woman of the Year 30/12/01<br />

BLAIR, TONY & CHERIE<br />

* Tony & Cherie Blair on a working holiday with the President<br />

of Brazil and his wife 05/08/01 B 27 1>2 Photograph<br />

* Downing Street hints that 19-month-old Leo Blair has been<br />

given the controversial triple vaccine - see Blair, Leo 23/12/01<br />

* For the Blair's, privacy is paramount, and they lashed out at<br />

demands that they should reveal whether their son received the<br />

triple vaccine 23/12/01 B 13 1>5 Photographs


BLAKE, ROBERT<br />

* We will survive, argues the distinguished Conservative<br />

historian, Robert Blake 09/09/01 B 23 1>4 Photographs<br />

BLAKE, SIR PETER<br />

* Bob Fisher on the Volvo Ocean racers mourning a legend - Sir<br />

Peter Blake - see Sport: Sailing 09/12/01<br />

* Sir Peter Blake was on a quest to make the world a better place<br />

- but his voyage ended in death - report from the Brazilian state<br />

where river pirates conduct ambushes 09/12/01 B 22 1>7<br />

Photographs<br />

BLANTYRE<br />

* It's official: the best city in the world to live in is Blantyre<br />

15/07/01 B 9 1>2 Photographs<br />

BLOM-COOPER, LOUIS<br />

* Columnist 21/10/01 B 33 1>4 Photograph<br />

BLONDE HEAT<br />

* See Book Reviews - Churchwell, Sarah 21/10/01<br />

BLOOD AND HONEY: A BALKAN WAR JOURNAL<br />

* See Book Reviews - Beaumont, Peter 17/06/01<br />

BLOODSPORTS<br />

* <strong>The</strong> brutal bloodsports of cockfighting and dogfighting are on<br />

the rise in Britain again, according to animal welfare officials<br />

29/04/01 B 10 1>8 Photographs<br />

BLOOM, ALAN<br />

* Interview with Alan Bloom, the administrator charged with<br />

bringing Railtrack back in line - see Railway Industry 14/10/01<br />

BLOOMBERG, MICHAEL<br />

* Profile on Michael Bloomberg, media tycoon running for New<br />

York mayor 20/05/01 B 27 1>6 Caricature<br />

BLUNKETT, DAVID<br />

* Columnist 14/01/01 B 31 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Education Secretary David Blunkett made it clear that he<br />

would not be returning to the job after the General Election - see<br />

Education 15/04/01<br />

* Home Secretary David Blunkett pleads for a chance to hammer<br />

out a long-term solution for refugees - see Asylum Seekers<br />

09/09/01<br />

* David Blunkett was accused of 'bullying' after warning Iain<br />

Duncan Smith to face the 'dangerous consequences' of opposing<br />

Government's Anti-terrorism Bill - see Terrorism 09/12/01<br />

BLUNT, ANTHONY: HIS LIVES<br />

* See Book Reviews - Smith, Charles Saumarez 11/11/01<br />

BOBBY DAZZLERS, THE<br />

* See Book Reviews - Abbany, Zulfikar 19/08/01<br />

BODLEIAN LIBRARY<br />

* A radical plan to turn the Bodleian Library into a pay-as-youenter<br />

visitor centre is provoking a fierce war of words 18/03/01<br />

B 5 1>5 Photographs<br />

BODY ARTIST, THE<br />

* See Book Reviews - Adams, Tim 11/02/01<br />

BOETTICHER, BUDD<br />

* Director Budd Boetticher died last week in California aged 85<br />

- see Deaths 09/12/01<br />

OBSERVER INDEX: JAN-DEC <strong>2001</strong><br />

19<br />

BOGARDE, DIRK<br />

* '<strong>The</strong> Private Dirk Bogarde' - see Television 30/12/01<br />

BOLLYWOOD 2002<br />

* Sean O'Hagan 30/12/01 R 5 1>7 Photographs<br />

BONESETTER'S DAUGHTER, THE<br />

* See Book Reviews - Merritt, Stephanie 01/04/01<br />

BOOK OF DISQUIET, THE<br />

* See Book Reviews - Steiner, George 03/06/01<br />

BOOK REVIEWS - ABBANY, ZULFIKAR<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Bobby Dazzlers by Andrew Martin 19/08/01 R 16 4>6<br />

Photograph<br />

* Lake Wobegon Summer 1956 by Garrison Keillor 21/10/01 R<br />

16 3>6 Photograph<br />

* Feeding Fenzy by Will Self 11/11/01 R 17 1>2 Photograph<br />

BOOK REVIEWS - ADAMS, TIM<br />

* Half in Love by Justin Cartwright 14/01/01 R 16 4>6<br />

Photograph<br />

* One Market Under God by Thomas Frank 04/02/01 R 17 1>4<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Body Artist by Don DeLillo 11/02/01 R 15 1>5<br />

Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Same Sea by Amos Oz 18/02/01 R 15 1>5 Photograph<br />

* Dirty Havana Trilogy by Pedro Juan Gutierrez 18/03/01 R 16<br />

5>6 Photograph<br />

* Tunnel Visions: Journals of an Underground Philosopher by<br />

Christopher Ross 25/03/01 R 17 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Landor's Tower by Iain Sinclair 08/04/01 R 15 1>6<br />

Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Comedy Man by D.J. Taylor 13/05/01 R 16 3>5<br />

Photographs<br />

* How To Be Good by Nick Hornby 27/05/01 R 15 1>6<br />

* Translated Accounts by James Kelman 10/06/01 R 15 4>6<br />

* Choke by Chuck Palahniuk 22/07/01 R 16 1>2<br />

* Picture Books for Under Fives 22/07/01 R 17 1>3 Illustration<br />

* Requiem for the East by Andrei Makine 05/08/01 R 16 4>6<br />

* Wolfy and the Strudelbakers by Zvi Jagendorf 26/08/01 R 17<br />

1>4<br />

* Oxygen by Andrew Miller 16/09/01 R 16 1>2<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Dressing Station by Jonathan Kaplan 23/09/01 R 17 4>6<br />

* Five Boys by Mick Jackson 14/10/01 R 16 5>6 Photograph<br />

* Burchill on Beckham by Julie Birchill 28/10/01 R 17 1>4<br />

Photograph<br />

* A Multitude of Sins by Richard Ford 18/11/01 R 16 1>6<br />

Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Corrections by Jonathan Franzen 25/11/01 R 15 1>6<br />

Photograph<br />

* A Garden from a Hundred Packets of Seed by James Fenton<br />

23/12/01 R 18 1>6 Photograph<br />

BOOK REVIEWS - AHMED, KAMAL<br />

* Chairman Blair's Little Red Book by Steve Bell and Brian<br />

Homer 01/04/01 R 15 5>6 Photographs<br />

BOOK REVIEWS - ALIBHAI-BROWN, YASMIN


* <strong>The</strong> Life of Indira Nehru Gandhi by Katherine Frank 25/03/01<br />

R 16 1>6 Photographs<br />

BOOK REVIEWS - ALLARDICE, LISA<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Stone Carvers by Jane Urquhart 19/08/01 R 17 6<br />

* Dead Famous by Ben Elton 04/11/01 R 17 1>2 Photograph<br />

BOOK REVIEWS - ALTINEL, AVKAR<br />

* My Name Is Red by Orhan Pamuk 05/08/01 R 16 1>6<br />

Photograph<br />

BOOK REVIEWS - ANTHONY, ANDREW<br />

* To Hell in a Handcart by Richard Littlejohn/<strong>The</strong> Face by Garry<br />

Bushell 24/06/01 R 16 1>2<br />

* <strong>The</strong> CEO of the Sofa by P.J. O'Rourke 09/09/01 R 15 1>5<br />

Photograph<br />

* How to Lose Friends and Alienate People by Toby Young<br />

11/11/01 R 16 6<br />

* Letters to a Young Contrarian by Christopher Hitchens<br />

16/12/01 R 15 1>4 Photograph<br />

BOOK REVIEWS - BARBER, LYNN<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Mitford Girls by Mary S. Lovell 23/09/01 R 17 1>6<br />

Photograph<br />

BOOK REVIEWS - BARNETT, ANTONY<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Paymaster: Geoffrey Robinson, Maxwell and New Labour<br />

by Tom Bower 01/04/01 R 15 1>4 Photograph<br />

BOOK REVIEWS - BAYLEY, STEPHEN<br />

* Gaudi by Gijs van Hensbergen 27/05/01 R 16 1>6 Photograph<br />

* A Grand Guy: <strong>The</strong> Art and Life of Terry Southern by Lee Hill<br />

07/10/01 R 17 5>6<br />

BOOK REVIEWS - BEAUMONT, PETER<br />

* Blood and Honey: A Balkan War Journal by Ron Haviv<br />

17/06/01 R 16 1>4 Photograph<br />

BOOK REVIEWS - BECKETT, SIMON<br />

* New paperbacks 08/04/01 R 18 1>4 Photographs<br />

* New paperbacks 27/05/01 R 18 1>4 Photographs<br />

* New paperbacks 12/08/01 R 18 1>4 Photographs<br />

BOOK REVIEWS - BEDELL, GERALDINE<br />

* Lady: My Life as a Bitch by Melvin Burgess 12/08/01 R 16<br />

3>6 Photograph<br />

* Misconceptions by Naomi Wolf 16/09/01 R 16 3>6<br />

Photograph<br />

* True Tales of American Live edited by Paul Auster 16/12/01<br />

R 16 4>6<br />

* Three Queer Lives by Paul Bailey 30/12/01 R 15 5>6<br />

Photograph<br />

BOOK REVIEWS - BELL, EMILY<br />

* Virtual Murdoch by Neil Chenoweth 15/07/01 R 17 1>5<br />

Photograph<br />

BOOK REVIEWS - BENEDICTUS, LEO<br />

* New paperbacks 30/12/01 R 14 3>6 Photographs<br />

BOOK REVIEWS - BLOOM, LEXY<br />

* New paperbacks 04/03/01 R 18 1>4 Photographs<br />

BOOK REVIEWS - BOUCHER, CAROLINE<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Last Place on Earth by Roland Huntford 07/01/01 R 20<br />

OBSERVER INDEX: JAN-DEC <strong>2001</strong><br />

20<br />

2>3 Photograph<br />

* Armadillo by William Boyd 02/09/01 R 18 2>3 Photograph<br />

* Those Bones Are Not My Child by Toni Cade Bambara<br />

30/09/01 R 18 2>3 Photograph<br />

* Cookery books 09/12/01 R 16 1>5 Photographs<br />

BOOK REVIEWS - BOUQUET, JONATHAN<br />

* This Is Berlin: Reporting from Nazi Germany 1938-40 by<br />

William L. Shirer 04/02/01 R 18 2>3 Photograph<br />

* A Regimental Affair by Allan Mallinson 18/03/01 R 17 6<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Picador Book of Cricket edited by Ramachandra Guha<br />

10/06/01 R 17 3 Photograph<br />

BOOK REVIEWS - BRENNAN, GERALDINE<br />

* Books for Teenagers 16/12/01 R 17 1>2<br />

BOOK REVIEWS - BRIGHT, MARTIN<br />

* Late Victorian Holocausts: El Nino, Famines and the Making<br />

of the Third World by Mike Davis 11/02/01 R 16 4>5<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Holocaust on Trial: Justice and the David Irving Libel<br />

Case by D.D. Guttenplan 08/04/01 R 15 5>6<br />

* Tintin: <strong>The</strong> Complete Companion by Michael Farr 30/09/01 R<br />

16 1>6 Illustration<br />

BOOK REVIEWS - BROWN, STEPHEN<br />

* In-Yer-Face <strong>The</strong>atre: British Drama Today by Aleks Sierz<br />

06/05/01 R 15 6<br />

BOOK REVIEWS - BUCKLEY, WILL<br />

* Poker: Bets, Bluffs and Bad Beats by Al Alvarez 18/03/01 R<br />

15 1>5 Photograph<br />

* Friends, Voters, Countrymen by Boris Johnson 21/10/01 R 16<br />

3>4 Photograph<br />

* Sports books 09/12/01 R 14 4>5<br />

BOOK REVIEWS - BURKE, JASON<br />

* I'm Off by Jean Echenoz 08/04/01 R 18 2>3 Photograph<br />

* Afghanistan by Chris Steel-Perkins 13/05/01 R 16 3>4<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Man Who Broke Napoleon's Codes: <strong>The</strong> Story of George<br />

Scovell by Mark Urban/Napoleon and Wellington by Andrew<br />

Roberts 16/09/01 R 15 6<br />

BOOK REVIEWS - BUTTFIELD, KIRSTY<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Glass Palace by Amitav Ghosh 24/06/01 R 18 2>3<br />

Photograph<br />

* How It Ended by Jay McInerney 26/08/01 R 18 2>3<br />

Photograph<br />

BOOK REVIEWS - CALLOW, SIMON<br />

* A Moment Towards the End of the Play by Timothy West<br />

15/04/01 R 17 1>4 Photograph<br />

BOOK REVIEWS - CARTY, PETER<br />

* New paperbacks 03/06/01 R 18 1>4 Photographs<br />

* New paperbacks 22/07/01 R 18 1>4 Photographs<br />

* New paperbacks 14/10/01 R 18 1>4 Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Wars by Timothy Findley 02/12/01 R 18 4>5 Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Sea Road by Margaret Elphinstone 16/12/01 R 18 4<br />

Photograph<br />

BOOK REVIEWS - CHURCHWELL, SARAH<br />

* Dante by R.W.B. Lewis 26/08/01 R 15 4>6


* Blonde Heat: <strong>The</strong> Sizzling Screen Career of Marilyn Monroe<br />

21/10/01 R 17 1>6 Photograph<br />

BOOK REVIEWS - CLARK, CANDIDA<br />

* On Green Dolphin Street by Sebastian Faulks 22/04/01 r 15<br />

1>5 Photograph<br />

* By the Sea by Abdulrazak Gurnah 20/05/01 R 16 4>6<br />

* Little Green Man by Simon Armitage 29/07/01 R 17 1>4<br />

* Behind the Lines: Pieces on Writing and Pictures by Michael<br />

Hofmann 26/08/01 R 15 1>3 Photograph<br />

BOOK REVIEWS - CLARKE, NICK<br />

* Going Out Live by Mark Lawson 11/11/01 R 15 1>5<br />

BOOK REVIEWS - CLEMENTS, PAUL<br />

* Trieste and the Meaning of Nowhere by Jan Morris 14/10/01<br />

R 16 3>6<br />

BOOK REVIEWS - COHEN, NICK<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Author of Himself: <strong>The</strong> Life of Marcel Reich-Ranicki by<br />

Marcel Reich-Ranicki 20/05/01 R 17 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Does America Need a Foreign Policy? By Henry Kissinger<br />

09/09/01 R 17 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Unfinest Hour: How Britain Helped to Destroy Bosnia by<br />

Brendan Simms 04/11/01 R 15 1>6 Photograph<br />

BOOK REVIEWS - CONNOLLY, CRESSIDA<br />

* A House Unlocked by Penelope Lively 26/08/01 R 16 1>4<br />

BOOK REVIEWS - CONRAD, PETER<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Flaneur: A Stroll Through the Paradoxes of Paris by<br />

Edmund White 04/02/01 R 16 1>5 Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Strength of Poetry by James Fenton 18/02/01 R 16 1>6<br />

Photograph<br />

* John G by Sheridan Morley 06/04/01 R 15 1>5 Photograph<br />

* Power: <strong>The</strong> Essential Works, Volume 3 15/04/01 R 17 1>4<br />

* 150 Years of Popular Musical <strong>The</strong>atre by Andrew Lamb<br />

29/04/01 R 15 1>5 Photograph<br />

* Reliable Essays: <strong>The</strong> Best of Clive James by Clive James<br />

01/07/01 R 17 5>6<br />

* Pleasing Myself: From Beowulf to Philip Roth by Frank<br />

Kermode 05/08/01 R 15 4>6<br />

* Show and Tell: New Yorker Profiles by John Lahr 02/09/01 R<br />

17 1>6 Photographs<br />

* 30 Days in Sydney by Peter Carey 09/09/01 R 15 6<br />

* Iris Murdoch: A Life by Peter J. Conradi 16/09/01 R 17 1>6<br />

Photograph<br />

* Painted Shadow: A Life of Vivienne Eliot by Carole Seymour-<br />

Jones 21/10/01 R 15 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Sacred Monsters, Sacred Masters by John Richardson<br />

16/12/01 R 15 1>6 Photograph<br />

BOOK REVIEWS - COWARD, ROS<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Other Side of Eden: Hunter-Gatherers, Farmers and the<br />

Shaping of the World by Hugh Brody 28/01/01 R 15 4>6<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Journey Home by Olaf Olafsson 06/05/01 R 16 5>6<br />

BOOK REVIEWS - COWLEY, JASON<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Hitler of History: Hitler's Biographers on Trial by John<br />

Lukacs 28/01/01 R 19 1>5 Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> War Against Cliché: Essays and Reviews, 1971-2000 by<br />

OBSERVER INDEX: JAN-DEC <strong>2001</strong><br />

21<br />

Martin Amis 08/04/01 R 17 1>4 Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong>m: Adventures With Extremists by Jon Ronson 22/04/01<br />

R 17 5>6<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Leto Bundle by Marina Warner 27/05/01 R 16 1>5<br />

Photograph<br />

* Half a Life by V.S. Naipaul 26/08/01 R 17 1>4 Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Complete Stories by J.G. Ballard 04/11/01 R 16 3>6<br />

BOOK REVIEWS - COX, TOM<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Cold Six Thousand by James Ellroy 22/04/01 R 15 6<br />

BOOK REVIEWS - CRAIG, SHELLEY<br />

* New paperbacks 18/03/01 R 18 1>4 Photographs<br />

BOOK REVIEWS - DAHL, TESSA<br />

* Teenage fiction 15/04/01 R 16 4>6<br />

BOOK REVIEWS - DICKIE, JOHN<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Day of the Owl by Leonardo Sciascia/<strong>The</strong> Wine Dark Sea<br />

by Leonardo Sciascia 15/07/01 R 17 3>5 Photograph<br />

BOOK REVIEWS - DISKI, CHLOE<br />

* New paperbacks 18/02/01 R 18 1>4 Photographs<br />

* When We Were Orphans by Kazuo Ishiguro 04/03/01 R 18<br />

2>3 Photograph<br />

* New paperbacks 17/06/01 R 18 1>4 Photographs<br />

* New paperbacks 09/09/01 R 18 1>4 Photographs<br />

BOOK REVIEWS - DUNMORE, HELEN<br />

* Lintel by Gillian Allnutt/Thumb's Width by John<br />

Redmond/<strong>The</strong> Age of Cardboard and String by Charles<br />

Boyle/Hand in Hand Foreword by Carol Ann Duffy 11/03/01 R<br />

18 1>6 Photographs<br />

BOOK REVIEWS - ELLEN, BARBARA<br />

* Memoirs of an Unfit Mother by Anne Robinson 14/10/01 R<br />

17 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Review of Madonna by Andrew Morton 11/11/01 R 15 1>4<br />

Photograph<br />

BOOK REVIEWS - ETTLER, JUSTINE<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Sweetest Dream by Doris Lessing 23/09/01 R 17 1>3<br />

Photograph<br />

BOOK REVIEWS - FERGUSON, EUAN<br />

* Experience by Martin Amis 01/04/01 R 18 2>3 Photograph<br />

BOOK REVIEWS - FLETT, KATHRYN<br />

* Moralities: Sex, Money and Power in the Twenty-First<br />

Century by Joan Smith 27/05/01 R 17 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Red Dog by Louis de Bernieres 30/09/01 R 15 5>6<br />

BOOK REVIEWS - FOREMAN, AMANDA<br />

* Marie Antoinette by Antonia Fraser 17/06/01 R 15 1>4<br />

Photograph<br />

BOOK REVIEWS - FRANCE, LOUISE<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Hunter by Julia Leigh 27/05/01 R 18 2>3 Photograph<br />

BOOK REVIEWS - FREELY, MAUREEN<br />

* Paranoid Parenting: Abandon Your Anxieties and be a Good<br />

Parent by Frank Furedi/Three Shoes, One Sock and No<br />

Hairbrush: Everything You Need to Know About Having Your<br />

Second Child by Rebecca Abrams 25/03/01 R 15 1>5<br />

Photograph


* Books for 11 to 18 year olds 28/10/01 R 16 1>3<br />

BOOK REVIEWS - FRENCH, PHILIP<br />

* Belle de Jour by Michael Wood 18/02/01 R 18 2>3<br />

Photograph<br />

* Stan and Ollie: <strong>The</strong> Roots of Comedy by Simon Louvish<br />

04/11/01 R 16 5>6<br />

BOOK REVIEWS - GENTLEMAN, AMELIA<br />

* Death and the Penguin by Andrei Kurkov; translated by<br />

George Bird 08/04/01 R 17 5>6<br />

BOOK REVIEWS - GERRARD, NICCI<br />

* Killing Time by Caleb Carr 07/01/01 R 18 4>5<br />

* Disobedience by Jane Hamilton 11/02/01 R 15 6<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Noonday Demon: an Anatomy of Depression by Andrew<br />

Solomon 06/05/01 R 16 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Einstein In Love by Dennis Overbye 13/05/01 R 17 1>4<br />

* A Son of War by Melvyn Bragg 17/06/01 R 17 1>2<br />

* Cherry by Mary Karr 24/06/01 R 17 6<br />

* Inventing Herself: Claiming a Feminist Intellectual Heritage<br />

by Elaine Showalter/Diana: Story of a Princess by Tim Clayton<br />

and Phil Craig 01/07/01 R 15 1>4 Photograph<br />

* S.O.S. by Joseph Connolly 29/07/01 R 16 6<br />

* Ted Hughes: <strong>The</strong> Life of a Poet by Elaine Feinstein 28/10/01<br />

R 15 1>6 Photographs<br />

BOOK REVIEWS - GREEN, ZOE<br />

* New paperbacks 25/03/01 R 18 1>4 Photographs<br />

* New paperbacks 06/05/01 R 18 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Sputnik Sweetheart by Haruki Murakami 03/06/01 R 15 6<br />

* New paperbacks 10/06/01 R 18 1>4 Photographs<br />

* New paperbacks 01/07/01 R 18 1>4 Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Dark Room by Rachel Seiffert 22/07/01 R 15 3>5<br />

* Strange Gardens by Michel Quint 12/08/01 R 15 1>3<br />

Photograph<br />

* New paperbacks 26/08/01 R 18 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Uncle Tungsten: Memories of a Chemical Boyhood by Oliver<br />

Sacks 09/12/01 R 17 6<br />

BOOK REVIEWS - GRIFFITHS, JOANNA<br />

* Hildegard of Bingen: <strong>The</strong> Woman of her Age by Fiona<br />

Maddocks 18/03/01 R 16 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Wrestling with the Angel: A Life of Janet Frame by Michael<br />

King 08/04/01 R 16 3>6<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Day We Had Hitler Home by Rodney Hall 29/04/01 R 15<br />

6<br />

* Nineteen Twenty-One by Adam Thorpe 24/06/01 R 16 5>6<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Meaning of Things: Applying Philosophy to Life by A.C.<br />

Grayling 02/09/01 R 16 1>3<br />

BOOK REVIEWS - GUTTRIDGE, PETER<br />

* A Painted House by John Grisham/A Darkness More Than<br />

Night by Michael Connelly/Big Sky by Gareth Creer/Doctor<br />

Death by Jonathan Kellerman/Vadim by Donald James 04/02/01<br />

R 17 1>4 Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Falls by Ian Rankin 18/03/01 R 17 2>4<br />

* Mystic River by Dennis Lehane/Right as Rain by George P.<br />

Pelecanos/<strong>The</strong> Company of Strangers by Robert Wilson/Flint by<br />

OBSERVER INDEX: JAN-DEC <strong>2001</strong><br />

22<br />

Paul Eddy 01/04/01 R 16 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Crime round-up: the latest detective novels 22/04/01 R 16 1>4<br />

Photographs<br />

* Nightmare Town by Dashiell Hammett/Honour the Dead by<br />

Steven Saylor/<strong>The</strong> Dark Clue by James Wilson/<strong>The</strong> Fifth<br />

Woman by Henning Mankell 03/06/01 R 17 1>6 Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Red Room by Nicci French 15/07/01 R 17 1>2<br />

* Tell No One by Harlan Coben/My Best Friend by Laura<br />

Wilson/<strong>The</strong> Treatment by Mo Hayder/<strong>The</strong> House of Dust by<br />

Paul Johnston 29/07/01 R 16 1>5 Photographs<br />

* Adam and Eve and Pinch Me by Ruth Rendell 19/08/01 R 16<br />

1>3 Photograph<br />

* Crime round-up 02/09/01 R 16 4>6 Photographs<br />

* Bitterroot by James Lee Burke 16/09/01 R 16 4>6 Photograph<br />

* Crime round-up 21/10/01 R 16 5>6 Photograph<br />

BOOK REVIEWS - HARDT, MICHAEL<br />

* Profile on Michael Hardt, American left-wing academic whose<br />

book with a jailed Italian revolutionary, Empire, has been swept<br />

off the shelves in New York - see Hardt, Michael 15/07/01<br />

BOOK REVIEWS - HARE, DAVID<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Rivals: <strong>The</strong> Intimate Story of a Political Marriage by<br />

James Naughtie 23/09/01 R 15 1>6 Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Diaries of Kenneth Tynan edited by John Lahr 07/10/01<br />

R 15 1>5 Photographs<br />

BOOK REVIEWS - HARRISON, SOPHIE<br />

* New paperbacks 21/01/01 R 18 1>4 Photographs<br />

* New paperbacks 01/04/01 R 18 1>4 Photographs<br />

BOOK REVIEWS - HAWTREE, CHRISTOPHER<br />

* Reading Lyrics edited by Robert Gottlieb and Robert Kimball<br />

14/01/01 R 15 1>5 Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Warden of English: <strong>The</strong> Life of H.W. Fowler by Jenny<br />

McMorris 19/08/01 R 17 1>4<br />

BOOK REVIEWS - HEAWOOD, JONATHAN<br />

* New paperbacks 08/07/01 R 18 1>4 Photographs<br />

* New paperbacks 19/08/01 R 19 1>4 Photographs<br />

* New paperbacks 07/10/01 R 18 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Books for Christmas 23/12/01 R 17 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Pandora's Handbag: Adventures in the Book World by<br />

Elizabeth Young 23/12/01 R 18 4>5 Photograph<br />

BOOK REVIEWS - HENSHER, PHILIP<br />

* On Music by Alfred Brendel 04/02/01 R 15 1>3<br />

* Titan: <strong>The</strong> Complete Paintings by Filippo Pedrocco and M.A.<br />

Chiara Moretto Wiel 11/02/01 R 16 1>5 Photograph<br />

* Unacknowledged Legislation by Christopher Hitchens<br />

25/02/01 R 17 3>6<br />

* George IV: the Grand Entertainment by Steven Parissien<br />

11/03/01 R 17 6<br />

* Wittgenstein's Poker by David Edmonds and John Eidinow<br />

15/04/01 R 15 1>5<br />

* Global Sex by Dennis Altman 29/04/01 R 15 1>5 Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Stranger from Paradise: A Biography of William Blake by<br />

G.E. Bentley Jnr 13/05/01 R 15 1>5 Photograph<br />

* Left Book Club Anthology Edited by Paul Laity 29/07/01 R


15 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Sondheim and Lloyd Webber: <strong>The</strong> New Musical by Stephen<br />

Citron 19/08/01 R 15 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Rebecca's Tale by Sally Beauman 23/09/01 R 16 3>6<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Full Monty: Montgomery of Alamein 1887-1942<br />

21/10/01 R 15 1>6 Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> History of the Times Literary Supplement by Derwent<br />

May 18/11/01 R 15 6<br />

BOOK REVIEWS - HILL, AMELIA<br />

* A History of the Wife by Marilyn Yalan 25/03/01 R 16 1>3<br />

BOOK REVIEWS - HOBSON, WILL<br />

* As She Climbed Across the Table by Jonathan Lethem<br />

14/01/01 R 17 2>4<br />

BOOK REVIEWS - HOLDEN, ANTHONY<br />

* Mae West: An Icon in Black and White 07/10/01 R 16 1>4<br />

Photograph<br />

BOOK REVIEWS - HOLLAND, MICHAEL<br />

* deadkidsongs by Toby Litt 11/02/01 R 17 2>4<br />

BOOK REVIEWS - HOLLAND, MIKE<br />

* A View of Delft: Vermeer <strong>The</strong>n and Now by Anthony Bailey<br />

10/06/01 R 17 1 Photograph<br />

BOOK REVIEWS - HOLMES, RACHEL<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Erotomaniac by Ian Gibson 25/02/01 R 16 1>5<br />

Photograph<br />

BOOK REVIEWS - HOPKIN, JAMES<br />

* Recycling by Tadeusz Rozewicz 02/09/01 R 15 1>3<br />

Photograph<br />

BOOK REVIEWS - HUGHES, CLOVER<br />

* New paperbacks 11/11/01 R 18 1>4 Photographs<br />

* New paperbacks 23/12/01 R 18 1>3 Photographs<br />

BOOK REVIEWS - HUNTER, JOANNA<br />

* New paperbacks 23/09/01 R 18 1>4 Photograph<br />

* New paperbacks 04/11/01 R 18 1>4 Photographs<br />

* New paperbacks 09/12/01 R 18 1>3 Photographs<br />

* New paperbacks 16/12/01 R 18 1>4 Photographs<br />

BOOK REVIEWS - INGRAMS, RICHARD<br />

* Catholics by Dennis Sewell 17/06/01 R 15 1>6 Photograph<br />

BOOK REVIEWS - JACK, IAN<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Shadow of the Sun: My African Life by Ryszard<br />

Kapuscinski 03/06/01 R 17 1>6 Photograph<br />

BOOK REVIEWS - JARDINE, LISA<br />

* Idolising Pictures: Idolatry, Iconoclasm and Jewish Art by<br />

Anthony Julius 28/01/01 R 19 1>5 Photograph<br />

* Leon Battista Alberti: Master Builder of the Italian<br />

Renaissance by Anthony Grafton 04/03/01 R 15 1>5<br />

Photograph<br />

BOOK REVIEWS - JAYS, DAVID<br />

* Clerical Errors by Alan Isler 07/01/01 R 18 6<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Satyr by Cephas Goldsworthy 21/01/01 R 16 1>3<br />

Photograph<br />

* Gabriel's Gift by Hanif Kureishi 25/02/01 R 19 6<br />

OBSERVER INDEX: JAN-DEC <strong>2001</strong><br />

23<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Geometry of Love by Margaret Visser 04/03/01 R 15 6<br />

* Ungentle Shakespeare by Katherine Duncan-Jones 06/05/01 R<br />

15 1>3<br />

* Marginalia: Readers Writing in Books by H.J. Jackson<br />

20/05/01 R 16 6<br />

* Inventing the Victorians by Matthew Sweet 02/12/01 R 17<br />

1>6 Photograph<br />

BOOK REVIEWS - JULIUS, ANTHONY<br />

* Reading Pictures by Alberto Manguel 11/03/01 R 19 1>6<br />

Photograph<br />

BOOK REVIEWS - KATWALA, SUNDER<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Future Just Happened by Michael Lewis 12/08/01 R 17<br />

1>5<br />

BOOK REVIEWS - KEEGAN, WILLIAM<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Cash Nexus by Niall Ferguson 25/02/01 R 16 6<br />

* <strong>The</strong> City of London, Volume IV: A Club No More, 1945-2000<br />

01/07/01 R 16 7>8<br />

BOOK REVIEWS - KELLAWAY, KATE<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Bay of Angels by Anita Brookner 28/01/01 R 17 6<br />

* Children's picture books 18/02/01 R 16 1>6 Photographs,<br />

illustration<br />

* Achilles by Elizabeth Cook 04/03/01 R 17 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Children's Poetry 15/04/01 R 16 1>3 Illustrations<br />

* If I Don't Know by Wendy Cope 03/06/01 R 16 5>6<br />

* Life Itself! by Elaine Dundy 24/06/01 R 15 4>6<br />

* Falling Angels by Colin Thompson/A Series of Unfortunate<br />

Events by Lemony Snicket/<strong>The</strong> Beat Goes On by Adele Minchin<br />

22/07/01 R 17 1>4 Illustration<br />

* A Life's Work: On Becoming a Mother by Rachel Cusk<br />

09/09/01 R 16 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Children's Autumn reading 28/10/01 R 16 1>4 Illustration<br />

* Children's picture books 16/12/01 R 17 1>6 Illustrations<br />

BOOK REVIEWS - KEMP, ARNOLD<br />

* Leadville by Edward Platt 06/05/01 R 18 2>3 Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> New Penguin Book of Scottish Verse edited by Mick<br />

Imlah and Robert Crawford 01/07/01 R 18 2>3 Photograph<br />

* Diaries: Into Politics 1972-1982 by Alan Clark 14/10/01 R 18<br />

5>6 Photograph<br />

BOOK REVIEWS - KING, ELDON<br />

* Reflections on Blue Water by Alan Ross 10/06/01 R 18 2>3<br />

Photograph<br />

* Review of Surviving Galeras by Stanley Williams/Dumb<br />

Angel: <strong>The</strong> Life and Music of Dennis Wilson by Adam<br />

Webb/Broken Bodies by Sally Emerson/Louis: A Life of Robert<br />

Louis Stevenson by Philip Callow 08/07/01 R 16 1>4<br />

Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong> German Trauma: Essays and Reflections 1938-<strong>2001</strong> by<br />

Gitta Sereny 23/09/01 R 18 2>3 Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Assassin's Cloak: An Anthology of the World's Greatest<br />

Diaries edited by Alan and Irene Taylor 07/10/01 R 18 2>3<br />

Photograph<br />

BOOK REVIEWS - KING, STEVE<br />

* Boswell's Presumptuous Task by Adam Sisman 11/11/01 R 18<br />

2>3 Photograph


BOOK REVIEWS - KINSELLA, JOHN<br />

* Selected Poems by Derek Mahon/Passing Measures:<br />

Collection of Poems by Peter Riley/Men in the Off Hours by<br />

Anne Carson/Ezra Pound: Poems Selected by Thom Gunn/W.H.<br />

Auden: Poems Selected by John Fuller 14/01/01 R 17 1>6<br />

Photographs<br />

* W.H. Auden: Poems Selected by John Fuller/William<br />

Shakespeare: Poems Selected by Ted Hughes 14/01/01 R 17<br />

1>5 Photographs<br />

* Blackbird Singing: Poems and Lyrics 1965-1999 by Paul<br />

McCartney 18/03/01 R 15 1>4<br />

* Collected Poems by Joseph Brodsky/New and Collected<br />

Poems 1931-<strong>2001</strong> by Czeslaw Milosz 02/12/01 R 17 1>3<br />

BOOK REVIEWS - LANE, HARRIET<br />

* Fabulous Time by Christina Koning 04/03/01 R 17 4>5<br />

* Short Books 19/08/01 R 15 1>3<br />

BOOK REVIEWS - LAWSON, ANTHEA<br />

* New paperbacks 25/11/01 R 16 1>4 Photographs<br />

BOOK REVIEWS - LEE, HERMIONE<br />

* Jane Austen by Carol Shields 04/02/01 R 15 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Atonement by Ian McEwan 23/09/01 R 16 1>6 Photograph<br />

BOOK REVIEWS - LITT, TOBY<br />

* A Small Boy and Others: A Memoir by Henry James 28/10/01<br />

R 15 4>6<br />

BOOK REVIEWS - MACFARLANE, ROBERT<br />

* Something Like a House by Sid Smith 21/01/01 R 16 4>6<br />

* number9dream by David Mitchell 11/03/01 R 18 5>6<br />

* Losing It by Ranjit Bolt 15/04/01 R 15 6<br />

* Hotel Honolulu by Paul <strong>The</strong>roux 29/04/01 R 16 3>6<br />

* Ninety Degrees North: <strong>The</strong> Quest for the North Pole by Fergus<br />

Fleming 02/09/01 R 17 1>6 Photograph<br />

* A Fabulous Kingdom: <strong>The</strong> Exploration of the Arctic by<br />

Charles Officer and Jake Page/<strong>The</strong> Coldest March: Scott's Fatal<br />

Antarctic Expedition by Susan Solomon 07/10/01 R 17 1>4<br />

Photograph<br />

BOOK REVIEWS - MACKINNON, LACHLAN<br />

* Further Requirements by Philip Larkin 30/09/01 R 16 4>6<br />

BOOK REVIEWS - MADDOCKS, FIONA<br />

* <strong>The</strong> New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians (Second<br />

Edition) edited by Stanley Sadie and John Tyrrell 28/01/01 R 15<br />

1>6 Photograph<br />

* Simon Rattle: From Birmingham to Berlin by Nicholas<br />

Kenyon 28/10/01 R 17 1>4 Photograph<br />

BOOK REVIEWS - MANDELSON, PETER<br />

* Just Capital: the Liberal Economy by Adair Turner 15/04/01 R<br />

17 5>6<br />

BOOK REVIEWS - MARR, ANDREW<br />

* AudioLogue by Christopher Logue 22/07/01 R 15 1>2<br />

BOOK REVIEWS - MARSDEN, PHILIP<br />

* Red Dust: A Path through China by Ma Jian 10/06/01 R 15<br />

1>6 Photograph<br />

BOOK REVIEWS - MARS-JONES, ADAM<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Peppered Moth by Margaret Drabble 07/01/01 R 17 1>5<br />

OBSERVER INDEX: JAN-DEC <strong>2001</strong><br />

24<br />

Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Love of Stones by Tobias Hill 21/01/01 R 15 1>5<br />

Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Death of Vishnu by Manil Suri 04/02/01 R 17 5>6<br />

Illustration<br />

* Thinks… by David Lodge 18/02/01 R 17 1>3 Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Rotters' Club by Jonathan Coe 25/02/01 R 16 1>5<br />

Photograph<br />

* Licks of Love by John Updike 25/03/01 R 15 1>5<br />

* John Dory by John Murray 22/04/01 R 15 1>5<br />

* Glue by Irvine Welsh 06/05/01 R 17 1>2<br />

* Back When We Were Grown-Ups by Anne Tyler 20/05/01 R<br />

15 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Only In London by Hanan Al-Shaykh 03/06/01 R 15 1>6<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Search for Roots by Primo Levi 24/06/01 R 17 1>4<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Dying Animal by Philip Roth 01/07/01 R 15 1>3<br />

Photograph<br />

* Province of Night by William Gay 29/07/01 R 15 1>3<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Nose by Elena Lappin 05/08/01 R 15 1>3 Photograph<br />

* Fury by Salman Rushdie 26/08/01 R 17 5>6<br />

* At Swim, Two Boys by Jamie O'Neill 16/09/01 R 17 1>3<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Complete Short Stories by Muriel Spark 30/09/01 R 15<br />

1>4 Photograph<br />

* Robert Mitchum: 'Baby, I Don't Care' by Lee Server 07/10/01<br />

R 16 5>6 Photograph<br />

* Edward Lear: <strong>The</strong> Complete Verse and Other Nonsense by<br />

Vivien Noakes 11/11/01 R 16 1>5 Illustrations<br />

* Flaubert: A Life by Geoffrey Wall 18/11/01 R 15 1>5<br />

* Saul Bellow: Collected Stories 30/12/01 R 15 1>4 Photograph<br />

BOOK REVIEWS - MATTIN, DAVID<br />

* New paperbacks 28/10/01 R 18 1>4 Photographs<br />

* New paperbacks 02/12/01 R 18 1>4 Photographs<br />

BOOK REVIEWS - MAUNSELL, JEROME<br />

* Kind of Blue: <strong>The</strong> Making of the Miles Davis Masterpiece by<br />

Ashley Kahn 18/03/01 R 16 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Serge Gainsbourg: A Fistful of Gitanes by Sylvie Simmons<br />

20/05/01 R 16 1>5 Photograph<br />

BOOK REVIEWS - MCALLISTER, NICOLA<br />

* Five Photos of My Wife by Agnes Desarthe 18/02/01 R 15 6<br />

* Spike Island: the Memory of a Military Hospital by Philip<br />

Hoare 22/04/01 R 17 1>4<br />

* Breathing Underwater by Marie Darrieussecq 13/05/01 R 15 6<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Fourth Hand by John Irving 08/07/01 R 17 6<br />

* Someone to Watch Over Me by Paul Wilson 12/08/01 R 17 6<br />

* Black House by Stephen King and Peter Straub 07/10/01 R 16<br />

4>6<br />

BOOK REVIEWS - MCCRUM, ROBERT<br />

* No Logo by Naomi Klein 14/01/01 R 18 2>3 Photograph<br />

* A Double Thread by John Gross/Widower's House by John<br />

Bayley 25/03/01 R 15 6<br />

* Ornamentalism: How the British Saw <strong>The</strong>ir Empire by David


Cannadine 06/05/01 R 17 1>6 Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> First World War Volume I: To Arms by Hew Strachan<br />

20/05/01 R 17 5>6<br />

* Killing Pablo by Mark Bowden 17/06/01 R 16 5>6<br />

* Gwen Raverat: Friends, Family & Affections by Frances<br />

Spalding 24/06/01 R 15 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Churchill by Roy Jenkins 14/10/01 R 15 1>6 Photograph<br />

* New literature 30/12/01 R 10 3>8 Photographs<br />

BOOK REVIEWS - MCFARLANE, ROBERT<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Dirk Gently Omnibus by Douglas Adams 12/08/01 R 15<br />

1>6 Photograph<br />

BOOK REVIEWS - MCHARDY, ANNE<br />

* Making Sense of the Troubles by David McKittrick and David<br />

McVea/Beyond the Studio: A History of BBC Northern Ireland<br />

by Jonathan Bardon 07/01/01 R 17 6<br />

* A Clouded Peace by John Cole 22/04/01 R 16 5>6<br />

* Kindred Brutes: Animals in Romantic-Period Writing by<br />

Christine Kenyon-Jones 29/07/01 R 16 1>5 Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Irish Story: Telling Tales and Making It up in Ireland<br />

21/10/01 R 17 3>4<br />

BOOK REVIEWS - MCKIE, ROBIN<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Oxford Companion to the Earth edited by Paul Hancock<br />

and Brian Skinner 07/01/01 R 18 1>3 Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Collected Stories by Arthur C. Clarke 21/01/01 R 15 6<br />

Photograph<br />

* Annie's Box: Charles Darwin, His Daughter and Human<br />

Evolution by Randal Keynes 29/04/01 R 17 4>6<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Seven Daughters of Eve by Bryan Sykes 27/05/01 R 17<br />

5>6<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Ape and the Sushi Master by Frans de Waal 24/06/01 R<br />

15 1>3 Photograph<br />

* Super-Cannes by J.G. Ballard 29/07/01 R 18 2>3 Photograph<br />

* Mauve by Simon Garfield 09/09/01 R 18 2>3 Photograph<br />

* Genes, Girls and Gamow by Jim Watson 14/10/01 R 15 5>6<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Fever Trail by Mark Honigsbaum 02/12/01 R 16 6<br />

* Science books 09/12/01 R 16 6<br />

BOOK REVIEWS - MEEK, JAMES<br />

* Russia and the Russians by Geoffrey Hosking 10/06/01 R 16<br />

3>6<br />

BOOK REVIEWS - MELLOR, MICHAEL<br />

* New paperbacks 14/01/01 R 18 1>4 Photographs<br />

* New paperbacks 29/04/01 R 18 1>4 Photographs<br />

* New paperbacks 29/07/01 R 18 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Servants of the People by Andrew Rawnsley 19/08/01 R 19<br />

2>3 Photograph<br />

* New paperbacks 30/09/01 R 18 1>4 Photographs<br />

* In the Empire of Genghis Khan by Stanley Stewart 04/11/01 R<br />

18 4 Photograph<br />

* New paperbacks 18/11/01 R 18 1>4 Photographs<br />

BOOK REVIEWS - MENDELSON, CHARLOTTE<br />

* New paperbacks 11/02/01 R 18 1>4 Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Pursuit of Happiness by Douglas Kennedy 06/05/01 R 16<br />

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5>6<br />

BOOK REVIEWS - MERRITT, STEPHANIE<br />

* Perfect Tense by Michael Bracewell 14/01/01 R 15 5>6<br />

* 4 Blondes by Candace Bushnell 21/01/01 R 15 1>5<br />

Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Carpenter's Pencil by Manuel Rivas 28/01/01 R 19 6<br />

* Faking It by Nigel Planer 04/03/01 R 17 1>3 Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Testament of Yves Gundron by Emily Barton 11/03/01 R<br />

19 4>6<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Bonesetter's Daughter by Amy Tan/Five Quarter's of the<br />

Orange by Joanne Harris 01/04/01 R 15 1>4<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Journals of Sylvia Plath, 1950-1962 edited by Karen V.<br />

Kukil 15/04/01 R 18 2>3 Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Powerbook by Jeanette Winterson 29/04/01 R 18 2>3<br />

Photograph<br />

* In <strong>The</strong> Blue House by Meaghan Delahunt 13/05/01 R 16 6<br />

* No Great Mischief by Alistair MacLeod 03/06/01 R 18 23<br />

Photograph<br />

* One For My Baby by Tony Parsons 24/06/01 R 16 3>6<br />

Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay by Michael<br />

Chabon 08/07/01 R 18 2>3 Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Perfect Fool by Stewart Lee 15/07/01 R 17 6<br />

* Our Weddings by Dorit Rabinyan 05/08/01 R 16 1>3<br />

Photograph<br />

* Till My Tale Is Told: Women's Memoirs of the Gulag edited<br />

by Simeon Vilensky 05/08/01 R 18 2>3 Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Laying on of Hands by Alan Bennett 02/09/01 R 15 6<br />

* Mercy Among the Children by David Adams Richards<br />

09/09/01 R 16 5>6<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman 16/09/01 R 18 2>3<br />

Photograph<br />

* Albertine by Jacqueline Rose 28/10/01 R 15 1>3 Photograph<br />

* Picture Books for Under-Fives 28/10/01 R 16 4>6 Illustration<br />

* Bellow: A Biography by James Atlas 18/11/01 R 18 2>3<br />

Photograph<br />

BOOK REVIEWS - MIGHALL, ROBERT<br />

* New paperbacks 04/02/01 R 18 1>4 Photographs<br />

* New paperbacks 11/03/01 R 20 1>4 Photographs<br />

BOOK REVIEWS - MILLS, SELINA<br />

* Mrs P's Journey by Sarah Hartley 10/06/01 R 17 4>6<br />

* August by Gerard Woodward 05/08/01 R 17 1>2<br />

BOOK REVIEWS - MOORE, LUCY<br />

* Propellerhead by Antony Woodward 13/05/01 R 17 1>4<br />

Photograph<br />

* Cherry: A Life of Apsley Cherry-Garrard by Sara Wheeler<br />

04/11/01 R 16 1>4 Photograph<br />

BOOK REVIEWS - MORRIS, JAN<br />

* Tournament of Shadows: <strong>The</strong> Great Game and the Race for<br />

Empire in Asia by Karl Meyer and Shareen Brysac 07/01/01 R<br />

18 1>5 Photograph<br />

* Infighting Admirals: Fisher's Feud with Beresford and the<br />

Reactionaries by Geoffrey Penn 25/02/01 R 17 1>2


BOOK REVIEWS - MOSS, STEPHEN<br />

* War, Baby: <strong>The</strong> Glamour of violence by Kevin Mitchell<br />

28/10/01 S 13 1>6 Photograph<br />

BOOK REVIEWS - NAUGHTON, JOHN<br />

* Crypto: Secrecy and Privacy in the New Code War by Steven<br />

Levy 04/02/01 R 16 4>5<br />

BOOK REVIEWS - OJUMU, AKIN<br />

* This House Has Fallen: Nigeria in Crisis by Karl Maier<br />

11/02/01 R 16 6<br />

BOOK REVIEWS - OLIVER, BRIAN<br />

* Seabiscuit: <strong>The</strong> True Story of Three Men and a Horse by Laura<br />

Hillenbrand 08/07/01 R 16 1>4 Photograph<br />

BOOK REVIEWS - ORBACH, SUSIE<br />

* Red Dust by Gilliam Slovo 14/01/01 R 17 1 Photograph<br />

BOOK REVIEWS - OWEN, OLIVER<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Tangled Mane: <strong>The</strong> Lions tour to Australia <strong>2001</strong> by Eddie<br />

Butler 04/11/01 S 13 1>6<br />

BOOK REVIEWS - PALLING, BRUCE<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Electric Rock Garden by Michael Glazebrook 10/06/01 R<br />

17 1>2 Photograph<br />

BOOK REVIEWS - PAXMAN, JEREMY<br />

* Daydream Believer: Confessions of a Hero-Worshipper by<br />

Hugh Massingberd 04/11/01 R 15 1>6 Photograph<br />

BOOK REVIEWS - PERRY, JANE<br />

* White Teeth by Zadie Smith 21/01/01 R 18 2>3 Photograph<br />

* London: <strong>The</strong> Biography by Peter Ackroyd 12/08/01 R 18 2>3<br />

Photograph<br />

* New paperbacks 02/09/01 R 18 1>4 Photographs<br />

* New paperbacks 16/09/01 R 18 1>4 Photographs<br />

BOOK REVIEWS - PHILLIPS, ADAM<br />

* Grammars of Creation by George Steiner 11/03/01 R 17 1>5<br />

Photograph<br />

BOOK REVIEWS - POTTS, ROBERT<br />

* Emerald Germs of Ireland by Patrick McCabe 14/01/01 R 15<br />

1>4 Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Mind Game by Hector Macdonald 11/02/01 R 17 6<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Memoirs of Laetitia Horsepole, By Herself by John Fuller<br />

01/07/01 R 17 1>4<br />

BOOK REVIEWS - PRESTON, PETER<br />

* World War 3.0 by Ken Auletta 21/01/01 R 16 1>6 Photograph<br />

* IBM and the Holocaust 18/02/01 R 15 1>5 Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Blair Effect by Anthony Seldon/Tony Blair, Prime<br />

Minister by John Rentoul/Reforming Britain by John Morrison<br />

22/04/01 R 16 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Snake Oil and Other Preoccupations by John Diamond<br />

01/07/01 R 16 1>6 Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Three Roosevelts by James MacGregor Burns and Susan<br />

Dunn 05/08/01 R 17 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Backing Into the Limelight by Alexander Games 02/09/01 R<br />

15 1>5 Photograph<br />

* Sea Room by Adam Nicolson 21/10/01 R 17 1>2 Photograph<br />

* Change Governs All by Marmaduke Hussey 25/11/01 R 15<br />

1>3<br />

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* Pulitzer: A Life by Denis Brian 02/12/01 R 16 3>6<br />

BOOK REVIEWS - PRITCHARD, STEPHEN<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Great Hedge of India by Roy Moxham 14/01/01 R 16 4>6<br />

Photograph<br />

BOOK REVIEWS - RAWNSLEY, ANDREW<br />

* Betty Boothroyd: <strong>The</strong> Autobiography 21/10/01 R 16 1>2<br />

Photograph<br />

* Mrs Kennedy by Barbara Leaming 18/11/01 R 15 1>5<br />

Photograph<br />

BOOK REVIEWS - RAYNER, JAY<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Map that Changed the World by Simon Winchester<br />

08/07/01 R 16 5>6 Photograph<br />

* Colditz: <strong>The</strong> Definitive History by Henry Chancellor 12/08/01<br />

R 15 4>6 Photograph<br />

BOOK REVIEWS - ROGERS, JANE<br />

* True History of the Kelly Gang by Peter Carey 07/01/01 R 19<br />

3>6<br />

BOOK REVIEWS - ROSE, DAVID<br />

* Open Secret: the Autobiography of the Former Director<br />

General of MI5 by Stella Rimington 16/09/01 R 15 1>5<br />

Photographs<br />

BOOK REVIEWS - SABIN, ROGER<br />

* Graphic novels 02/09/01 R 16 1>6 Illustrations<br />

* Graphic books 09/12/01 R 14 1>5 Illustrations<br />

BOOK REVIEWS - SHAPIRO, ANNA<br />

* An Obedient Father by Akhil Sharma/<strong>The</strong> Fundamentals of<br />

Play by Caitlin Macy/<strong>The</strong> Mineral Palace by Heidi Julavits<br />

14/01/01 R 16 1>3 Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Right Hand of Sleep by John Wray/Homestead by Rosina<br />

Lippi/<strong>The</strong> Family Orchard by Nomi Eve 11/02/01 R 15 1>5<br />

Photographs<br />

* Bee Season by Myla Goldberg/Mary George of Allnorthover<br />

by Lavinia Greenlaw/Mouthing the Words by Camilla Gibb<br />

25/03/01 R 17 1>4 Photographs<br />

* My Dream of You by Nuala O'Faolain/Juno & Juliet by Julian<br />

Gough/<strong>The</strong> Diary of an American Au Pair by Marjorie Leet<br />

Ford/Love in Idleness by Charlotte Mendelson 29/04/01 R 17<br />

1>3 Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Execution by Hugo Wilcken/<strong>The</strong> Earthquake Bird by<br />

Susanna Jones/My Little Blue Dress by Bruno Maddox<br />

20/05/01 R 15 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Crawling at Night by Nani Power/Bread Alone by Judi<br />

Hendricks/<strong>The</strong> Red Dancer by Richard Skinner/Smell by<br />

Radhika Jha/White Male Heart by Ruaridh Nicoll 01/07/01 R 17<br />

1>4 Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Lost Daughter of Happiness/Lightning on the Sun/Come<br />

Up and See Me Sometime 22/07/01 R 16 3>6 Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Miracle Life of Edgar Mint by Brady Udall/Schooling by<br />

Heather McGown/What She Saw by Lucinda Rosenfeld<br />

19/08/01 R 17 1>5 Photographs<br />

* Sister Crazy by Emma Richler/Retreat by Mary Stanley/<br />

Weeping Susannah by Alona Kimhi 30/09/01 R 17 1>3<br />

Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Grand Ambition by Lisa Michaels/Still She Haunts Me: A<br />

Novel of Lewis Carroll and Alice Liddell by Katie Roiphe/Pop<br />

by Kitty Aldridge 04/11/01 R 17 1>6 Photographs<br />

BOOK REVIEWS - SISMAN, ADAM


* Arthur the Dragon King: the Barbarian Roots of Britain's<br />

Greatest Legend 11/03/01 R 19 1>3<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Northern Lights: How One Man Sacrificed Love,<br />

Happiness and Sanity to Unlock the Secrets of Space by Lucy<br />

Jago 13/05/01 R 17 5>6<br />

* <strong>The</strong> American Revolution: A People's History by Ray Raphael<br />

08/07/01 R 15 1>4 Photograph<br />

* According to Queeney by Beryl Bainbridge 26/08/01 R 15<br />

1>4 Illustrations<br />

BOOK REVIEWS - SMITH, CHARLES SAUMAREZ<br />

* Austerlitz by W.G. Sebald 30/09/01 R 15 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Anthony Blunt: His Lives by Miranda Carter 11/11/01 R 17<br />

1>6 Photograph<br />

BOOK REVIEWS - SMITH, STEPHEN<br />

* Apocalypse Now Redux by John Milius and Francis Ford<br />

Coppola 02/12/01 R 17 4>6<br />

BOOK REVIEWS - SNOW, JON<br />

* In the Name of Justice by Anthony Hayward 25/02/01 R 17<br />

1>6 Photograph<br />

BOOK REVIEWS - SPENCER, NEIL<br />

* Down the Highway: A Life of Bob Dylan by Howard<br />

Sounes/Bob Dylan, Behind the Shades: Take Two by Clinton<br />

Heylin 29/04/01 R 17 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Exile by Dominique Tarle 02/12/01 R 16 1>5 Photograph<br />

BOOK REVIEWS - SPRING, KIT<br />

* Books for 11-18 year olds 22/07/01 R 17 4>6 Photograph<br />

* Books for 8-13 year-olds 16/12/01 R 17 3>6<br />

BOOK REVIEWS - STEINER, GEORGE<br />

* Philosophical Investigations: Ludwig Wittgenstein by Richard<br />

Wall 28/01/01 R 15 1>3 Photograph<br />

* Neighbours: the Destruction of the Jewish Community at<br />

Jedwabne, Poland by Jan T. Gross 08/04/01 R 15 1>4<br />

Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Undiscovered Chekhov by Anton Chekhov 13/05/01 R 15<br />

1>4<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Book of Disquiet by Fernando Pessoa 03/06/01 R 15 1>5<br />

Illustration<br />

* Vermeer and the Delft School by Walter Liedtke/Vermeer and<br />

Painting in Delft by Axel Ruger 05/08/01 R 15 1>4 Photograph<br />

BOOK REVIEWS - SUDJIC, DEYAN<br />

* His Invention So Fertile: A Life of Christopher Wren by<br />

Adrian Tinniswood 19/08/01 R 16 1>4 Photograph<br />

BOOK REVIEWS - SUMMERSKILL, BEN<br />

* Which Lie Did I Tell? By William Goldman 20/05/01 R 18<br />

2>3 Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Man Who Was Private Widdle: Charles Hawtrey 1914-<br />

1988 by Roger Lewis 18/11/01 R 16 5>6<br />

BOOK REVIEWS - SWEENEY, JOHN<br />

* A Dirty War by Anna Politkovskaya 22/07/01 R 15 1>5<br />

Photograph<br />

BOOK REVIEWS - SWEENEY, MATTHEW<br />

* Electric Light by Seamus Heaney 15/04/01 R 15 1>5<br />

Photograph<br />

BOOK REVIEWS - TATCHELL, PETER<br />

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* <strong>The</strong> Greatest Taboo: Homosexuality in the Black Communities<br />

edited by Delroy Constantine-Simms 28/01/01 R 17 1>4<br />

BOOK REVIEWS - THORPE, VANESSA<br />

* Madonna: An Intimate Biography by J. Randy Taraborrelli<br />

13/05/01 R 16 4>5 Photograph<br />

* How the Dead Live by Will Self 13/05/01 R 18 2>3<br />

Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Ballad of Sylvia and Ted by Emma Tennant 10/06/01 R<br />

15 1>3 Photograph<br />

* Le Mariage by Diane Johnson 22/07/01 R 18 2>3 Photograph<br />

* Storyteller: the Lives of Laurens van der Post by J.D.F. Jones<br />

30/09/01 R 17 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Nip 'n' Tuck by Kathy Lette 11/11/01 R 15 6<br />

BOOK REVIEWS - TRELFORD, DONALD<br />

* On Snooker by Mordecai Richler 14/10/01 R 17 1>2<br />

BOOK REVIEWS - UPSON, NICOLA<br />

* Death in Holy Orders by P.D. James 04/03/01 R 16 6<br />

BOOK REVIEWS - VINCENT, DAVID<br />

* New paperbacks 07/01/01 R 20 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris 04/02/01 R 16 6<br />

* Fairness by Ferdinand Mount 11/03/01 R 17 1>4<br />

* Border Crossing by Pat Barker 01/04/01 R 17 1>3<br />

* New paperbacks 22/04/01 R 18 1>4 Photographs<br />

* New paperbacks 20/05/01 R 18 1>4 Photographs<br />

* New paperbacks 24/06/01 R 18 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Hitting the Groove by Phil Hogan 08/07/01 R 15 1>2<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Devil's Larder by Jim Crace 02/09/01 R 15 4>6<br />

* New paperbacks 21/10/01 R 18 1>4 Photographs<br />

BOOK REVIEWS - WACHMAN, RICHARD<br />

* John Maynard Keynes Volume 3: Fighting for Britain 1937-<br />

1946 by Robert Skidelsky 28/10/01 R 18 2>3 Photograph<br />

BOOK REVIEWS - WAZIR, BURHAN<br />

* Our World is Our Weapon: Selected Writings of<br />

Subcomandante Insurgente Marcos edited by Juana Ponce de<br />

Leon 04/03/01 R 15 1>5 Photograph<br />

* Doghouse Roses by Steve Earle 12/08/01 R 16 1>2<br />

* Taj Mahal: Autobiography of a Bluesman by Taj Mahal with<br />

Stephen Foehr 09/09/01 R 17 1>2<br />

* Heavier Than Heaven: <strong>The</strong> Biography of Kurt Cobain by<br />

Charles R. Cross 14/10/01 R 15 1>4 Photograph<br />

BOOK REVIEWS - WILLIAMS, MICHAEL<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Siege by Helen Dunmore 10/06/01 R 16 6<br />

* A Spy's Life by Henry Porter 22/07/01 R 15 6<br />

* Lewis Carroll: <strong>The</strong> Definitive Annotated Alice edited by<br />

Martin Gardner 21/10/01 R 18 2>3 Photograph<br />

BOOK REVIEWS - WOFFINDEN, BOB<br />

* Cover-Up of Convenience by John Ashton and Ian Ferguson<br />

17/06/01 R 16 4>6<br />

BOOK REVIEWS - WOOD, GABY<br />

* Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory: <strong>The</strong> Life of Rosa Parks by<br />

Douglas Brinkley 07/01/01 R 17 1>5 Photograph


* Taschen Icons: Encyclopedia Anatomica and others 18/03/01<br />

R 15 6 Photograph<br />

* Asterix and the Actress by Albert Uderzo/Comics, Comix &<br />

Graphic Novels 01/04/01 R 16 1>5 Cartoons<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Girls: Sappho Goes to Hollywood by Diana McLellan<br />

08/04/01 R 16 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Houdini's Box by Adam Phillips 22/04/01 R 17 1>4<br />

Photograph<br />

* Sexual Chemistry: A History of the Contraceptive Pill by Lara<br />

V. Marks 10/06/01 R 17 1>6 Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> New Girl by Emily Perkins 22/07/01 R 16 3>6<br />

* Moments of Truth by Lorna Sage 09/09/01 R 16 1>6<br />

Photograph<br />

* Senior Service by Carlo Feltrinelli 18/11/01 R 17 1>6<br />

Photograph<br />

BOOK REVIEWS - WOOLFE, ANGELA<br />

* Ravelstein by Saul Bellow 22/04/01 R 18 2>3 Photograph<br />

BOOK REVIEWS - WORMAN, JEREMY<br />

* New paperbacks 28/01/01 R 21 1>4 Photographs<br />

* New paperbacks 25/02/01 R 20 1>4 Photographs<br />

* New paperbacks 15/04/01 R 18 1>4 Photographs<br />

* New paperbacks 13/05/01 R 18 1>4 Photographs<br />

* New paperbacks 05/08/01 R 18 1>4 Photographs<br />

BOOKER PRIZE, THE<br />

* Lynn Barber meets this year's Booker Prize favourite Beryl<br />

Bainbridge - see Bainbridge, Beryl 19/08/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Booker Prize short list 14/10/01 R 16 1>4 Photographs<br />

BOOKS<br />

* Two of Britain's aristocratic families, the Guinnesses and the<br />

Waughs, are launching a system for dispensing short stories on<br />

the London Underground 07/01/01 B 10 7>8<br />

* Lynn Barker recalls her 30-year friendship with Auberon<br />

Waugh - see Waugh, Aberon 21/01/01<br />

* Nicci Gerrard on writing a thriller with her husband, Sean<br />

French, and Hollywood's version - see Gerrard, Nicci 21/01/01<br />

* According to a new US bestseller, there's only one way to keep<br />

Mr Right - just don't tell him when he's wrong - see Marriage<br />

28/01/01<br />

* David Hare's perfect present: Revolutionary Road by Richard<br />

Yates 28/01/01 R 19 6 Photograph<br />

* Why has Tony Faber, scion of the famous publishing dynasty,<br />

suddenly left the beleaguered family firm? - see Faber, Tony<br />

04/02/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Perfect Present… by John Mortimer: A Far Cry from<br />

Kensington by Muriel Spark 04/02/01 R 16 6 Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> book I'd give… by Russell Hoban - <strong>The</strong> Bridge of San<br />

Luis Rey by Thornton Wilder 11/02/01 R 16 6 Photograph<br />

* Sylvia Smith is 56, unknown, unmarried, unemployed and has<br />

just published the story of her uneventful life - the unlikely<br />

author tipped to be one of this year's bestsellers 11/02/01 R 5<br />

1>5 Photograph<br />

* Amid the sensational claims in her autobiography, one thing<br />

emerges about Christine Keeler - that she believes she is the real<br />

victim of the Profumo scandal - see Keeler, Christine 18/02/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> centre of old Saigon stepped back nearly 50 years as<br />

filming started on an Australian adaptation of Graham Greene's,<br />

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<strong>The</strong> Quiet American - see International Affairs: S.E. Asia<br />

18/02/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> book I'd give… by Amy Jenkins 18/02/01 R 17 4>6<br />

Photograph<br />

* Alice Walker's new book tells the true story of her marriage -<br />

an odyssey of love and pain that mirrored America's journey to<br />

racial equality - see Walker, Alice 25/02/01<br />

* Field Marshal Montgomery, the military hero who defeated<br />

Rommel and is regarded as one of Britain's bravest soldiers, was<br />

a homosexual, according to a new biography - see Montgomery,<br />

Field Marshal 25/02/01<br />

* John Le Carre celebrates the life of Yvette Pierpaoli, a fearless<br />

French adventuress whose tragic death his new bestseller, <strong>The</strong><br />

Constant Gardener, foretells - see Le Carre, John 25/02/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> rush to sign up film rights to the hot new books of British<br />

writers - see Film 25/02/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Book I'd Give… by Deborah Moggach 04/03/01 R 17 6<br />

Photograph<br />

* A controversial new book says parent's obsessive fears about<br />

children's safety are a bigger threat than bullies or paedophiles -<br />

see Social Conditions & Trends 11/03/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> first fully revised edition of the DNB will include<br />

controversial people previously excluded because of scandals in<br />

their private lives - see Dictionary of National Biography<br />

11/03/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Book I'd give… by Fay Weldon 11/03/01 R 19 5>6<br />

Photograph<br />

* Dennis Campbell on a new novel that lifts the lid on drink,<br />

drugs and orgies on Britain's top rugby players on tour - see<br />

Sport: Rugby 18/03/01<br />

* Stuart Browne lost a fight with cancer but his cult novel,<br />

Dangerous Parking, lives on - see Browne, Stuart 18/03/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Book I'd Give… by Rowan Pelling 18/03/01 R 16 3>4<br />

Photograph<br />

* Books are sacred and must never be destroyed, but Bella<br />

Bathurst had a broken boiler and needs must… 18/03/01 R 2<br />

1>5 Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Book I'd Give… by Arnold Wesker 25/03/01<br />

* Hardbacks in brief 25/03/01 R 16 4>6 Photographs<br />

* On the eve of the publication of her first novel, Nuala<br />

O'Faolain, the outspoken Irish columnist talks about illicit love,<br />

alcohol and the advantages of being a late starter - see O'Faolain,<br />

Nuala 08/04/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Book I'd Give… by Helen Simpson 08/04/01 R 17 1>2<br />

Photograph<br />

* Britain's nuclear weapons project is revealed in the first<br />

officially sanctioned history of the 'super bomb project' by Lorna<br />

Arnold - see H-bomb 15/04/01<br />

* Kit Spring interviews author Melvin Burgess - see Burgess,<br />

Melvin 15/04/01<br />

* V.S. Naipaul said good riddance to Trinidad 50 years ago, now<br />

Merchant-Ivory is filming one of his books there and the island<br />

is holding its breath to see if the prodigal son will return - see<br />

Naipaul 15/04/01<br />

* Interview with Jake Arnott, author - see Arnott, Jake 22/04/01<br />

* Novelist launches crusade to save the world's newspapers and<br />

books from destruction by fanatics of microfilm 22/04/01 B 22<br />

1>8 Photographs<br />

* As the Hollywood studios brace for a strike, a book reveals<br />

their bloody history of union-bashing - see Film 29/04/01


* Jazz legend Duke Ellington was so overcome with grief when<br />

his mother died that he lay in her bed for two weeks unable to do<br />

anything but weep, according to a new book - see Ellington,<br />

Duke 29/04/01<br />

* Extract from <strong>The</strong> Noonday Demon by Andrew Solomon, a<br />

novelist who has had three breakdowns in the past five years -<br />

see Solomon, Andrew 06/05/01<br />

* Book extract by American writer, Adam Gapnik, living in<br />

Paris writing for the New Yorker, and in a bloody battle to save<br />

his favourite brassiere - see Restaurants 13/05/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Book I'd Give… by Yasmin Alibhai-Brown 13/05/01 R<br />

17 5>6 Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Book I'd Give… by Nigel Williams 20/05/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Book I'd Give… by James Runcie 27/05/01 R 16 6<br />

Photograph<br />

* Interview with Elaine Dundy whose book Life Itself! is to be<br />

published on 21st June - Dundy, Elaine 10/06/01<br />

* Alex Garland, author of <strong>The</strong> Beach, has fallen victim to the<br />

condition dreaded by authors everywhere: writer's block<br />

24/06/01 B 3 1>4 Photographs<br />

* A conversation with Philip Roth, author - see Roth, Philip<br />

01/07/01<br />

* On the eve of the publication of Robert Bingham's novel,<br />

Amelia Hill unravels the curse of the 'Kentucky Kennedys' - see<br />

Bingham, Robert 01/07/01<br />

* Judge's daughter killed, cover-up by the Establishment,<br />

innocent man framed… that's the true story, now read the novel<br />

'<strong>The</strong> Blue Tango' by Eoin McNamee 08/07/01 R 7 1>5<br />

Photographs<br />

* Andrew Rawnsley caused a political sensation with his book<br />

Servants of the People - extract from his updated bestseller - see<br />

Rawnsley, Andrew 15/07/01<br />

* Exclusive short story by Deborah Moggach 15/07/01<br />

* Interview with bestseller author, Joanne Harris - see Harris,<br />

Joanne 15/07/01<br />

* Interview with bestseller author, Sebastian Faulks - see Faulks,<br />

Sebastian 15/07/01<br />

* Celebrity's choices of summer reading 15/07/01 R 3 1>5<br />

Caricatures<br />

* <strong>The</strong> <strong>Observer</strong> selects this season's holiday reading highlights<br />

15/07/01 R 4>5 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Interview with Michael Lewis, who's made millions capturing<br />

the Zeitgeist greed in the Eighties and the dotcom rush of the<br />

Nineties, on the publication of his book… 22/07/01<br />

* Children's Books Summer Reading Special 22/07/01 R 17 1>6<br />

Photograph, illustrations<br />

* A different genre of romantic literature is about to hit British<br />

bookshelves - Christian romance novels 22/07/01 B 9 1>2<br />

Photograph<br />

* Ben Cooper and Robert McCrum go to WH Smith to find out<br />

what holidaymakers will be reading this summer 05/08/01 R 17<br />

3>6 Photographs<br />

* Publication this autumn of an explicit book for young<br />

teenagers about the exploits of a promiscuous girl has prompted<br />

calls for a national ratings system for children's fiction 05/08/01<br />

B 5 1>4 Photograph<br />

* In 1809 Britain was preparing to take on Napoleon but on<br />

Newmarket Heath one man, Captain Robert Barclay was<br />

wagering a fortune that he could complete the ultimate test... -<br />

see Barclay, Capt. Robert 12/08/01<br />

* In a candid new book, Damien Hirst hits out at former allies,<br />

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reveals his taste for cocaine and alcohol and explains why he's<br />

stopped taking ecstasy - see Hirst, Damien 12/08/01<br />

* Lynn Barber meets this year's Booker Prize favourite Beryl<br />

Bainbridge - see Bainbridge, Beryl 19/08/01<br />

* Interview with John Lahr, who's made his reputation dissecting<br />

the lives of America's rich famous and talented for the readers of<br />

New Yorker magazine, now has two books out - see Lahr, John<br />

26/08/01<br />

* Philip Pulman's tales of good and evil are a far cry from C.S.<br />

Lewis and A.A. Milen, but to the horror of the religious Right<br />

they are a runaway hit - see Pullman, Philip 26/08/01<br />

* Stella Rimington, the former head of MI5, is to take the<br />

unprecedented step of going on the road to promote her<br />

controversial memoirs, due out next month - see Rimington,<br />

Stella 26/08/01<br />

* Dave Peltzer is no literary genius but his memoirs of abused<br />

childhood are bestsellers, who's buying these books and why? -<br />

see Peltzer, Dave 02/09/01<br />

* Interview with Peter Mayle, author on the launch of his new<br />

book on French cuisine - see Mayle, Peter 02/09/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong>rapist discovers the secret formula for Harry Potter's magic<br />

- see Harry Potter 09/09/01<br />

* A 'new book' reveals how P.G. Wodehouse, the comic author,<br />

became a master of recycling - see Wodehouse, P.G. 16/09/01<br />

* After winning the Booker Prize in 1998, Ian McEwan's life<br />

was turned upside-down by his ex-wife seeking custody of their<br />

sons... - see McEwan, Ian 16/09/01<br />

* Billy Connolly: <strong>The</strong> early years: extract from Billy Connolly's<br />

extraordinary biography by his wife, Pamela Stephenson - see<br />

Connolly, Billy 23/09/01<br />

* An extract from 'Le Mans', a new biography of the actor Steve<br />

McQueen - see McQueen, Steve 30/09/01<br />

* In his controversial new book, Simon Buckby argues that<br />

patriots have no choice but to embrace the euro - see Euro, <strong>The</strong><br />

30/09/01<br />

* Paul Gauguin, renowned for his paintings of exotic idylls and<br />

Polynesian beauties, was a sadist who battered his wife,<br />

exploited friends and lied, according to a new biography - see<br />

Gauguin, Paul 07/10/01<br />

* An extract from the compelling new biography of Viviene,<br />

T.S. Eliot's wife - see Eliot, Viviene 14/10/01<br />

* Interview with Sir Clement Freud on the publication of his<br />

autobiography, Freud Ego - see Freud, Sir Clement 14/10/01<br />

* France's most critically acclaimed novel has been removed<br />

from the short list for the country's top literary award because it<br />

has been deemed too controversial in the wake of 11th<br />

September attacks 14/10/01 B 29 1>2 Photograph<br />

* A British Museum curator has discovered a reel of film shot by<br />

Agatha Christie that inspired the author to write some of her<br />

most famous detective novels - see Christie, Agatha 28/10/01<br />

* When Oprah Winfrey chose Jonathan Franzen's critically<br />

acclaimed book <strong>The</strong> Corrections, as her book club's selection for<br />

October, the author had misgivings… 28/10/01 B 23 4>7<br />

Photographs<br />

* Interview with writer Benjamin Zephaniah - see Zephaniah,<br />

Benjamin 04/11/01<br />

* One of Britain's biggest teaching unions has issued a stern<br />

warning to parents and teachers that author J.K. Rowling's Harry<br />

Potter creation could lead children to the sinister… - Teaching<br />

Profession 04/11/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> author Raymond Brigg's new Christmas offering is Ivor,<br />

an invisible giant, which could prove harder to market than <strong>The</strong>


Snowman - see Briggs, Raymond 04/11/01<br />

* Interview with writer Jonathan Franzen who spent four years<br />

writing in the dark, wearing earplugs and a blindfold, in his quest<br />

to produce the perfect novel - see Franzen, Jonathan 11/11/01<br />

* Injured vanity costs aspiring author £3,000 18/11/01 B 13 1>2<br />

Photograph<br />

* Interview with Ed Victor, literary agent - see Victor, Ed<br />

25/11/01<br />

* Sports book of the year - see Sport 25/11/01<br />

* <strong>Observer</strong> contributors and critics share their favourite books of<br />

<strong>2001</strong> 25/11/01 R 5>6 1>6 Caricatures<br />

* <strong>Observer</strong> readers' poll chooses classic work of Shakespeare to<br />

join the eight wonders of the literary world - see Literature<br />

02/12/01<br />

* Next week, J.R.R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings will try to leap<br />

from being Book of the Century to Movie of the Millennium -<br />

see Film 09/12/01<br />

* Top five biographies 09/12/01 R 14 4>5<br />

* Top five film books 09/12/01 R 16 5<br />

* It's been a vintage year for wine publishing, producing a<br />

bumper crop of tasteful tomes - see Food & Drink 16/12/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> year in books 23/12/01 R 17 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Women can have everything - including children - argues<br />

Susan Maushart in this extract from her controversial new book -<br />

see Women 30/12/01<br />

* Fey and fanciful will be 2002's literary watchwords, predicts<br />

Jonathan Heawood 30/12/01 R 14 1>6 Photograph<br />

BOOKS INTERVIEW, THE<br />

* Interview with author Peter Carey 07/01/01 R 19 1>2<br />

Photograph<br />

* Interview with author Anita Brookner 28/01/01 R 17 1>5<br />

Photograph<br />

* Interview with author Toby Litt 11/02/01 R 17 1>5<br />

Photograph<br />

* Interview with author, Tim Moore 18/02/01 R 17 11>6<br />

Photograph<br />

* Interview with author Hanif Kureishi 25/02/01 R 19 1>5<br />

Photograph<br />

* Interview with author P.D. James 04/03/01 R 16 1>5<br />

Photograph<br />

* Interview with crime writer, Ian Rankin 18/03/01 R 17 1>5<br />

Photograph<br />

* Interview with author Pat Barker, Booker Prize Winner in<br />

1995 01/04/01 R 17 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Interview with Paul <strong>The</strong>roux, author 29/04/01 R 16 1>6<br />

Photograph<br />

* Interview with Eoin Colfer, author of Artemis Fowl, which has<br />

already earned him £700,000 in publishers' advances 13/05/01 R<br />

16 1>5 Photograph<br />

* Interview with author, Nick Hornby 27/05/01 R 15 1>6<br />

Photograph<br />

* Interview with author Wendy Cope, who is sometimes spoken<br />

of as a potential candidate for Poet Laureate 03/06/01 R 16 1>4<br />

Photograph<br />

* Interview with author and poet, Helen Dunmore 10/06/01 R<br />

16 1>5 Photograph<br />

* Interview with author and broadcaster Melvyn Bragg 17/06/01<br />

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R 17 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Interview with author Mary Karr 24/06/01 R 17 1>5<br />

Photograph<br />

* Interview with John Irving, one of America's best lived writers<br />

08/07/01 R 17 1>5 Photograph<br />

* Interview with Simon Armitage, poet and author 29/07/01 R<br />

17 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Interview with author Marcel <strong>The</strong>roux 12/08/01 R 17 1>5<br />

Photograph<br />

* Interview with Penelope Lively, author 26/08/01 R 16 1>4<br />

Photograph<br />

* Interview with Oliver Sacks, author 09/12/01 R 17 1>5<br />

Photograph<br />

* Interview with Paul Auster, acclaimed novelist, poet, essayist,<br />

translator and screenwriter 16/12/01 R 16 1>4 Photograph<br />

BOOTH, CHERIE<br />

* Cherie Booth, the barrister wife of the Prime Minister, has<br />

thrown a lifeline to last-ditch attempts by unions to save 6,000<br />

jobs threatened by steelmaker Corus 25/03/01 N 1 4>7<br />

Photograph<br />

* As Mrs Blair she faithfully plays the role of political partner<br />

and mother, but it is as Cherie Booth, QC that the PM's wife<br />

really comes into her own 29/04/01 M 16>20 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Columnist 04/11/01 B 32 1>5 Photograph<br />

BOOTH, LAUREN<br />

* Columnist 25/02/01 B 31 5 Photographs<br />

* Columnist 08/04/01 B 27 5>6 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 13/05/01 B 32 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Columnist 20/05/01 R 2 1>5 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 27/05/01 B 16 6>7 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 03/06/01 B 17 1>3 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 01/07/01 B 25 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 19/08/01 B 25 3>6<br />

* Columnist 30/09/01 B 31 1>4 Photograph<br />

BOOTH, TONY<br />

* Euan Ferguson meets… Tony Booth, the PM's father-in-law<br />

22/04/01 B 18 1>6 Photographs<br />

BOOTHROYD, BETTY: THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY<br />

* See Book Reviews - Rawnsley, Andrew 21/10/01<br />

BORDER CROSSING<br />

* See Book Reviews - Vincent, David 01/04/01<br />

BOSCH, HIEREONYMOUS<br />

* See Art 02/09/01<br />

BOSWELL'S PRESUMPTUOUS TASK<br />

* See Book Reviews - King, Steve 11/11/01<br />

BOTTICELLI, SANDRO<br />

* See Art 18/03/01<br />

BOULEVARD SOLITUDE<br />

* See Music: Classical<br />

BOWKER, RICHARD<br />

* Interview with Richard Bowker who tells why he took the


impossible job of being in charge of preventing the collapse of<br />

our rail system 28/10/01 N 16 1>5 Photograph<br />

BRADSHAW, BILL<br />

* Profile on Leeds Utd manager David O'Leary by Bill<br />

Bradshaw 23/12/01 S 9 1>8 Photograph, caricature<br />

BRAGG, MELVYN<br />

* See Books Interview, <strong>The</strong> 17/06/01<br />

* Columnist 23/12/01 B 25 1>5 Photograph<br />

BRANAGH, KENNETH<br />

* Profile on actor Kenneth Branagh 11/11/01 B 29 1>5<br />

Caricature<br />

* Interview with Kenneth Branagh who is starring as Antarctic<br />

hero Shackleton in a C4 TV drama 09/12/01 R 9 1>5<br />

Photographs<br />

BRANSON, SIR RICHARD<br />

* Sir Richard Branson is considering court action on the award<br />

of the new lottery licence to Camelot 07/01/01 B 5 7>8<br />

* Sir Richard Branson has mortgaged his entire stake in Virgin<br />

Atlantic, the airline he regards as the 'jewel in the crown' of his<br />

global empire 10/06/01 B 1 7>8<br />

* Focus on Richard Branson's company, Virgin finances<br />

10/06/01 N 3 1>8 Photograph<br />

* Sir Richard Branson has been called in by the Belgian Prime<br />

Minister as a potential rescuer for part of the ailing national<br />

airline, Sabena - see Aviation Industry 07/10/01<br />

* Sir Richard Branson is backing the plans of <strong>The</strong> Red Cross to<br />

market its own branded condoms in Africa - see Red Cross, <strong>The</strong><br />

09/12/01<br />

BREAD ALONE<br />

* See Book Reviews - Shapiro, Anna 01/07/01<br />

BREATHING UNDERWATER<br />

* See Book Reviews - McAllister, Nicola 13/05/01<br />

BRIDGE<br />

* Omar Sharif 07/01/01 E 30 5>6 Illustration<br />

* Omar Sharif 14/01/01 E 30 5>6 Illustration<br />

* Omar Sharif 21/01/01 E 34 5>6 Illustration<br />

* Omar Sharif 28/01/01 E 30 5>6 Illustration<br />

* Omar Sharif 04/02/01 E 26 5>7 Illustration<br />

* Omar Sharif 04/02/01 E 30 5>6 Illustration<br />

* Omar Sharif 11/02/01 E 22 5>6 Illustrations<br />

* Omar Sharif 18/02/01 E 26 4>6 Illustrations<br />

* Omar Sharif 25/02/01 E 26 6>7 Illustrations<br />

* Omar Sharif 04/03/01 E 26 5>6 Illustration<br />

* Omar Sharif 11/03/01 E 22 4>6 Illustration<br />

* Omar Sharif 18/03/01 E 26 4>6 Illustrations<br />

* Omar Sharif 25/03/01 E 22 4>6 Illustration<br />

* Omar Sharif 01/04/01 E 23 5>6 Illustrations<br />

* Omar Sharif 08/04/01 E 23 1>3 Illustrations<br />

* Omar Sharif 15/04/01 E 19 5>6 Illustrations<br />

* Omar Sharif 22/04/01 E 23 4>6 Illustrations<br />

* Omar Sharif 06/05/01 E 19 5>6 Illustrations<br />

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* Omar Sharif 13/05/01 E 23 5>6 Illustrations<br />

* Omar Sharif 20/05/01 E 19 5>6 Illustrations<br />

* Omar Sharif 27/05/01 E 23 1>3 Illustrations<br />

* Omar Sharif 03/06/01 E 19 4>6 Illustrations<br />

* Omar Sharif 10/06/01 E 19 5>6 Illustrations<br />

* Omar Sharif 17/06/01 E 23 1>3 Illustrations<br />

* Omar Sharif 24/06/01 E 19 1>3 Illustrations<br />

* Omar Sharif 01/07/01 E 19 1>3 Illustrations<br />

* Omar Sharif 08/07/01 E 19 1>3 Illustrations<br />

* Omar Sharif 15/07/01 E 23 4>6 Illustrations<br />

* Omar Sharif 22/07/01 E 23 4>6 Illustrations<br />

* Omar Sharif 29/07/01 E 23 4>6 Illustrations<br />

* Omar Sharif 05/08/01 E 23 4>6 Illustrations<br />

* Omar Sharif 12/08/01 E 23 4>6 Illustrations<br />

* Omar Sharif 19/08/01 E 23 5>6 Illustrations<br />

* Omar Sharif 26/08/01 E 19 5>6 Illustration<br />

* Omar Sharif 02/09/01 E 23 1>3 Illustrations<br />

* Omar Sharif 09/09/01 E 19 1>2 Illustration<br />

* Omar Sharif 16/09/01 E 19 1>2 Illustrations<br />

* Omar Sharif 23/09/01 E 19 4>6 Illustrations<br />

* Omar Sharif 30/09/01 E 19 5>6 Illustration<br />

* Omar Sharif 07/10/01 E 19 5>6 Illustrations<br />

* Omar Sharif 14/10/01 E 19 5>6 Illustration<br />

* Omar Sharif 21/10/01 E 23 5>6 Illustrations<br />

* Omar Sharif 28/10/01 E 19 4>6 Photographs<br />

* Omar Sharif 04/11/01 R 19 5>6 Illustrations<br />

* Omar Sharif 11/11/01 E 20 4>6 Illustrations<br />

* Omar Sharif 18/11/01 E 19 5>6 Illustrations<br />

* Omar Sharif 25/11/01 E 19 4>6 Illustrations<br />

* See Television 02/12/01<br />

* Omar Sharif 02/12/01 E 19 1>2 Illustrations<br />

* Omar Sharif 09/12/01 E 19 5>6 Illustrations<br />

* Omar Sharif 16/12/01 E 15 5>6 Illustration<br />

* Omar Sharif 23/12/01 R 23 1>2 Illustrations<br />

* Omar Sharif 30/12/01 R 23 5>6 Illustration<br />

BRIDLINGTON<br />

* <strong>The</strong> seaside town of Bridlington turns to art and architecture to<br />

recapture its former glory 29/07/01 R 5 1>5 Photographs<br />

BRIEFCASE<br />

* Industry news 07/01/01 N 2 1 Photograph, graph<br />

* Industry news 14/01/01 N 2 1 Photograph, graph<br />

* Industry news 21/01/01 N 2 1 Photograph, graph<br />

* Industry news 28/01/01 N 2 1 Photograph, graph<br />

* Industry news 04/02/01 N 2 1 Illustration, graph<br />

* Industry news 11/02/01 N 2 1 Photograph, graph<br />

* Industry news 18/02/01 N 2 1 Photograph, graph


* Industry news 25/02/01 N 2 1 Photograph, graph<br />

* Industry news 04/03/01 N 2 1 Photograph, graph<br />

* Industry news 11/03/01 N 2 1 Photographs, graph.<br />

* Industry news 18/03/01 N 2 1 Photograph, graph<br />

* Industry news 25/03/01 N 2 1 Photograph, graph<br />

* Industry news 01/04/01 N 2 1 Photograph, graph<br />

* Industry news 08/04/01 N 2 1 Photograph, graph<br />

* Industry news 15/04/01 N 2 1 Photograph, graph<br />

* Industry news 22/04/01 N 2 1 Photograph, graph<br />

* Industry news 29/04/01 N 2 1 Photograph, graph<br />

BRIGGS, RAYMOND<br />

* <strong>The</strong> author Raymond Brigg's new Christmas offering is Ivor,<br />

an invisible giant, which could prove harder to market than <strong>The</strong><br />

Snowman 04/11/01 B 8 1>4 Photographs<br />

BRIGHT, MARTIN<br />

* Columnist 01/04/01 B 31 1>4 Photograph<br />

BRIGHTON FESTIVAL<br />

* See Music: Classical 03/06/01<br />

BRITISH CULTURE<br />

* <strong>The</strong> days of Cool Britannia are gone - the perception from<br />

Washington to Warsaw 11/03/01 B 5 1>7 Photograph<br />

* My first year in Britain: 13 émigrés recount their memories of<br />

arriving in a land of grey skies and impenetrable manners<br />

02/12/01 M 14>24 1>4 Photographs<br />

BRITISH NATIONAL PARTY<br />

* BNP members tucked into cakes during the group's Red, White<br />

and Blue summer event in Mid-Wales 12/08/01 B 12 1>8<br />

Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong> BBC is facing a complaint about its coverage of the<br />

British National Party and its leader - see BBC 09/09/01<br />

BROKEN BODIES<br />

* See Book Reviews - King, Eldon 08/07/01<br />

BROOKNER, ANITA<br />

* Interview with author Anita Brookner - see Books Interview,<br />

<strong>The</strong> 28/01/01<br />

BROSNAN, PIERCE<br />

* Pierce Brosnan, Bond star, returns to his Irish roots to film<br />

cathartic story that chimes with his own unhappy past 14/10/01<br />

B 11 1>8 Photographs<br />

BROTHERS<br />

* See Children's Choice 06/05/01<br />

BROWN, GORDON<br />

* Chancellor Gordon Brown is losing friends and failing to<br />

influence the City due to the lateness of the announcement of<br />

Budget Day 25/02/01 N 2 2>6<br />

* Chancellor Gordon Brown's record and the effect his policies<br />

have had in changing the way wealth is distributed in Britain<br />

today - see Politics 04/03/01<br />

* Chancellor Gordon Brown stepped up pressure on<br />

multinational pharmaceutical companies to allow developing<br />

countries access to drugs to treat serious diseases - see Drugs &<br />

Drug Abuse 15/04/01<br />

* Exclusive interview with Chancellor Gordon Brown 15/04/01<br />

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N 3 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Chancellor Gordon Brown may have to refund billions of<br />

pounds in tax to multinational companies following a deluge of<br />

lawsuits after the European Court of Justice ruled discrimination<br />

- see Politics 06/05/01<br />

* Why Gordon Brown's plan to kickstart a faltering global<br />

economy looks doomed - see Economy 29/07/01<br />

* Beaming with pride, a relaxed Gordon Brown paid tribute to<br />

the health service as he spoke of his delight at the birth of his<br />

baby daughter 30/12/01 B 1 1>5 Photograph<br />

* William Keegan offers some advice to the Chancellor on life<br />

as an older father 30/12/01 B 8 7>8<br />

BROWN, TINA<br />

* Publishers Tina Brown and Harold Evans are finding how love<br />

can turn to loathing - see Media 15/07/01<br />

BROWNE, STUART<br />

* Stuart Browne lost a fight with cancer but his cult novel,<br />

Dangerous Parking, lives on 18/03/01 B 3 1>6 Photographs<br />

BROWSER, THE<br />

* Literary news 07/01/01 R 20 6 Photograph<br />

* Literary news 14/01/01 R 18 6 Photographs<br />

* Literary news 21/01/01 R 18 6 Photographs<br />

* Literary news 28/01/01 R 21 6 Photographs<br />

* Literary news 04/02/01 R 18 6 Photographs<br />

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BSE/CJD<br />

* A package of emergency measures to control the foot and<br />

mouth crisis could expose people to the risk of infection by the<br />

human form of mad cow disease - see Foot & Mouth Crisis<br />

15/04/01<br />

* Top scientists are called to an emergency meeting as fears<br />

mount that ash and the buried carcasses of cows slaughtered<br />

during the foot and mouth epidemic could be spreading CJD<br />

20/05/01 B 4 1>6 Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> human form of mad cow disease has claimed its 75th<br />

victim 19/08/01 B 8 1>6 Photograph<br />

* European Union scientists have secretly given their blessing to<br />

controversial experiments in which live monkeys will be<br />

infected with mad cow disease 30/09/01 B 6 2>4 Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Government was first told more than three months ago<br />

that a major scientific experiment to find BSE in sheep was<br />

facing disaster because of contamination 21/10/01 B 6 5>6<br />

Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Scientist at the centre of the BSE inquiry, Helen Parkes,<br />

discovered the sensational truth about the bungled investigation<br />

only a few days ago 21/10/01 B 6 5>6<br />

* A woman who became the world's first human guinea pig in<br />

pioneering drug trials to find a cure for variant CJD died<br />

yesterday 02/12/01 B 7 8<br />

BUCK, PETER<br />

* Peter Buck, lead guitarist with rock band REM, was charged<br />

with a series of offences last night after a flight to London<br />

22/04/01 B 2 4 Photograph<br />

BUCKLEY, WILL<br />

* Columnist 07/01/01 S 15 1>8 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 21/01/01 S 15 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Columnist 04/02/01 S 15 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 18/02/01 S 15 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Columnist 11/03/01 S 15 1>7 Photographs<br />

* Columnist 18/03/01 S 15 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Columnist 01/04/01 S 15 1>6 Photographs<br />

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* Columnist 29/04/01 S 15 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Columnist 13/05/01 S 11 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Columnist 03/06/01 S 13 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Columnist 10/06/01 S 11 1>6 Photographs<br />

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* Columnist 05/08/01 S 15 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Columnist 05/08/01 M 5 1>3 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 12/08/01 M 5 1>3 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 19/08/01 M 5 1>3 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 26/08/01 S 19 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Columnist 09/09/01 S 15 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Columnist 16/09/01 B 13 1>8 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 23/09/01 B 13 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 14/10/01 S 11 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Columnist 28/10/01 S 13 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Columnist 28/10/01 M 5 1>3 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 11/11/01 S 13 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Columnist 11/11/01 M 5 1>3 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 02/12/01 S 15 1>6 Photographs<br />

BUDDHISM<br />

* A Buddhist monk is turning an island off the west coast of<br />

Scotland into a multi-faith mediation centre 23/12/01 B 11 4>8<br />

Photographs<br />

BULGARIAN VOICES ETC<br />

* See Music: Classical 16/12/01<br />

BULGER, JAMES<br />

* One of the killers of James Bulger could move into a new<br />

home in the North-west within miles of the Bootle shopping<br />

centre where the toddler was snatched 07/01/01 B 3 7>8<br />

* Letters published in <strong>The</strong> Sun could keep James Bulger's killers<br />

in jail…if they're genuine - see Prisons & Prisoners 25/02/01<br />

* Police from two forces in the North of England have launched<br />

investigations into the leaking of pictures that could identify the<br />

killers of James Bulger after their release - see Prisons &<br />

Prisoners 17/06/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> killers of James Bulger will learn this week if they can go<br />

free, but new identities for Jon Venables and Robert Thompson<br />

may not be enough to protect them from vigilantes - see Prisons<br />

& Prisoner 17/06/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Home Office believes the killers of toddler James Bulger<br />

will be identified within months and has made contingency plans<br />

to protect the killers 24/06/01 B 1>2 8<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Bulger Case: Jon Venables and Robert Thompson were<br />

freed last week - how the teenagers persuaded the experts that<br />

they would not murder again 24/06/01 B 4>5 1>8 Photographs<br />

BULLYING<br />

* More than half of all British schoolchildren have been bullied -<br />

see Education 07/01/01<br />

* Cherie Blair takes up the crusade against bullying in schools<br />

04/11/01 B 3 1>6 Photographs<br />

BUNTON, EMMA<br />

* Interview with Emma Bunton, pop singer and member of <strong>The</strong>


Spice Girls 19/08/01 R 3 1>5 Photographs<br />

BURCHILL ON BECKHAM<br />

* See Book Reviews - Adams, Tim 28/10/01<br />

BURGESS, ANTHONY<br />

* <strong>The</strong> reclusive widow of Anthony Burgess, author of A<br />

Clockwork Orange, has hit out at a biographer she fears will<br />

brand her late husband a paedophile 09/12/01 B 13 1>2<br />

* Eight years after the death of Anthony Burgess, two<br />

biographers are racing to complete what promise to be very<br />

different accounts of his life 09/12/01 R 6 1>6 Photographs<br />

BURGESS, MELVIN<br />

* Kit Spring interviews author Melvin Burgess 15/04/01 R 16<br />

1>6 Photograph<br />

BURKE, JASON<br />

* Comment by Jason Burke, an expert on Afghanistan, who has<br />

covered the conflict since day one 21/10/01 B 31 1>5<br />

Photographs<br />

BUSH, GEORGE W<br />

* Bush's finest hour: Profile on George W. Bush - see Terrorism<br />

23/09/01<br />

BUSH, JENNA<br />

* Jenna Bush, one of George Bush's twin daughters, has been<br />

arrested and charged with under-age drinking in Austin, Texas<br />

29/04/01 B 1 4>7 Photograph<br />

BUSINESS & INDUSTRY<br />

* See also Aviation Industry/Construction Industry/Nuclear<br />

Industry/Oil Industry/Railway Industry/Retail Industry/Tobacco<br />

Industry<br />

* Spirits giant Diageo has been considering a £4bn bid for<br />

Foster's to bolster its worldwide Guinness brewing operations<br />

07/01/01 N 1 1>7<br />

* Toyzone, the e-tailing toy company controlled by PR guru<br />

Matthew Freud, conceded that it will struggle to survive as an<br />

independent business 07/01/01 N 1 5>7<br />

* Unions have been told to prepare for the closure of the massive<br />

Llanwern steelworks in South Wales, with the loss of 3,000 jobs,<br />

as metal giants Corus finalises a savage package of cutbacks<br />

07/01/01 N 2 3>7<br />

* Kids' TV is now big business, with merchandising spin-offs<br />

worth millions 07/01/01 N 3 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Business focus on the fear of recession 07/01/01 N 4>5 1>8<br />

Photographs, graph<br />

* Last week's demise of LetsBuyIt.com will come to be seen as<br />

another milestone in the great internet shake-out 07/01/01 N 8<br />

1>7 Photograph<br />

* <strong>Observer</strong> business staff and fund managers present their pick<br />

of the shares that should do well this year 07/01/01 N 9 1>6<br />

Photographs<br />

* Profile of Sir Brian Moffat, who seeks to bang steelmakers<br />

Corus into shape - see Moffat, Sir Brian 14/01/01<br />

* Nomura, Britain's biggest landlord, is emerging as the clear<br />

favourite to take control of Whitbread's 3,000-strong chain of<br />

pubs 14/01/01 N 1 1>4<br />

* As Clinton's scourge Kenneth Starr joins the serried ranks of<br />

Gates' enemies, Simon Moores looks at Microsoft's spending<br />

spree 14/01/01 N 10 1>5 Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> French are to take over one of Britain's historic ports,<br />

Newhaven 14/01/01 N 2 2>4 Photograph<br />

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* Donna Karan says she was following her heart, not her head,<br />

when she agreed to sell out to Bernard Arnault's Moet Hennessy<br />

Louis Vuitton luxury goods empire 14/01/01 N 3 1>8<br />

Photographs, graph<br />

* Building luxury boats is one industry where the UK rules the<br />

waves 14/01/01 N 5 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Global minded firms are changing their names in droves, but it<br />

can be a big mistake 14/01/01 N 5 1>8 Graphs<br />

* Profile on rags-to-riches music king, Vince Power - see Power,<br />

Vince 21/01/01<br />

* BT has been forced by regulator Oftel to allow rival firms<br />

access to the local exchanges, but the process has been dogged<br />

by controversy 21/01/01 N 1 4>6<br />

* Orange will try to attract support for its troubled forthcoming<br />

flotation by giving small investors a chance to buy shares at less<br />

than the price to be offered to City institutions 21/01/01 N 1 3>6<br />

* Corus, the Anglo-Dutch steel giant faces £800m bill to clean<br />

up threatened plants 21/01/01 N 2 2>6<br />

* Nestle, the world's biggest food producer swallows petfood<br />

and smells victory in perfume war 21/01/01 N 3 1>5<br />

Photographs<br />

* Business focus on joining the Euro 21/01/01 N 5 1>5<br />

Photographs<br />

* Buying Alan Sugar's stake in Tottenham Hotspur could give<br />

ENIC much-needed focus, but will the City be as keen?<br />

21/01/01 N 8 1>7 Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Orange share flotation will be a crucial test of the appetite<br />

of international investors for shares in telecoms companies<br />

21/01/01 N 9 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Lastminute.com, the beleaguered e-tailer is feeling the heat<br />

from the scores of new online competitors 28/01/01 N 2 2>6<br />

* Robert Breare will formally launch a bid for Wolverhampton<br />

& Dudley, the UK's largest regional pubs and brewing business<br />

28/01/01 N 2 7<br />

* Britain is poised for a wealthy new era as the Venice of the<br />

information age 28/01/01 N 8 1>8 Photographs, graphs<br />

* Profile of Julian Metcalfe, co-founder of Pret A Manger - see<br />

Metcalfe, Julian 04/02/01<br />

* Corus has ruled out future capital investment in its UK plants<br />

04/02/01 N 1 1>7 Photograph<br />

* France Telecom will tomorrow fight to deflect accusations that<br />

it is worried about the imminent flotation of its Orange mobile<br />

phone division 04/02/01 N 1 1>4<br />

* Plans for a radical shake-up of the Co-op's corner shop-tofuneral<br />

parlous businesses will be unveiled next week 04/02/01<br />

N 2 2>6<br />

* Pub firm Punch and leisure giant Whitbread seem to have<br />

developed a friendship based on providing travelling salesmen<br />

with sustenance and a place to rest after a long day on the road<br />

04/02/01 N 2 2>6<br />

* How Corus's troubles were forged by economic misfortune and<br />

managers' botch-ups 04/02/01 N 5 1>8 Photograph, graphs<br />

* Industrialists can't divorce themselves from politics, argues<br />

steel MP Denis MacShane 04/02/01 N 5 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Net investment was supposed to be the answer for blue chips,<br />

it wasn't that simple, says Heather Connon 04/02/01 N 9 1>8<br />

Photographs<br />

* Dancing clubs are big business, raking in millions, but as some<br />

UK firms stumble, US rivals seek a slice of the action - see<br />

Nightclubs 11/02/01<br />

* Interview with the chief of Amazon, Jeff Bezos - see Bezos,


Jeff 11/02/01<br />

* Petrol companies face a row with the Government over their<br />

refusal to pass on to motorists tax cuts on environmentally<br />

friendly fuel - see Oil Industry 11/02/01<br />

* Profile on Michael Leahy, the union chief facing the Corus<br />

axeman - see Leahy, Michael 11/02/01<br />

* Schools and their children are increasingly targeted by<br />

corporate Britain as companies take over a variety of functions,<br />

including hiring teachers - see Education 11/02/01<br />

* British generator International Power is planning to cash in on<br />

the Californian energy crisis by building power stations there<br />

and reaping rewards from high prices 11/02/01 N 1 1>3<br />

* EDS, the world's biggest computer services company, is<br />

understood to be considering a bid of more than £3bn for Sema,<br />

the troubled Anglo-French software firm 11/02/01 N 1 1>7<br />

* <strong>The</strong> battle to turn Britain into Europe's top place to do ebusiness<br />

has taken a dramatic turn as Oftel looks at ordering BT<br />

to widen rivals' access to its network 11/02/01 N 1 1>2<br />

* Cut workers' hours, not jobs, unions urge steelmakers, Corus<br />

11/02/01 N 2 2>6<br />

* Home cleaning services are so popular that Unilever has<br />

decided to muscle in with Myhome which has proved a success<br />

11/02/01 N 2 2>6 Photograph<br />

* How dotcoms drowned in a tide of hype and hope 11/02/01 N<br />

6>7 1>8 Photographs<br />

* A look at how the culture clash between Whitehall and the<br />

software providers has led to a string of expensive failures - see<br />

Information Technology 18/02/01<br />

* Profile on Karan Bilimoria, managing director of Cobra Beer -<br />

see Bilimoria, Karan 18/02/01<br />

* Shipbuilder Cammell Laird and new cruise line Luxus have<br />

applied for aid from the French government to seal a $500<br />

contract for new ships 18/02/01 N 1 1>7 Photograph<br />

* Allied Domecq's Russian vodka coup is under threat 18/02/01<br />

N 2 7<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Welsh Assembly's chief legal officer believes Corus' plans<br />

to cut 2,500 jobs could be challenged under European Law<br />

18/02/01 N 2 2>6 Photograph<br />

* A look at how the culture clash between Whitehall and the<br />

software providers has led to a string of expensive failures<br />

18/02/01 N 5 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Deaths of construction workers are 'spiralling out of control' as<br />

building companies slash staffing numbers in a bid to meet tight<br />

margins - see Deaths 25/02/01<br />

* Dissident shareholders of De Beers are seeking to thwart<br />

Anglo American's £12bn takeover of the diamond cartel by<br />

building up a blocking stake 25/02/01 N 1 1>2<br />

* Why the firms that were meant to bring e-commerce to your<br />

doorstep failed to deliver 25/02/01 N 5 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Profile on Nicky Oppenheimer, De Beers' new chief - see<br />

Oppenheimer, Nicky 04/03/01<br />

* Shareholders at ITN are split over proposals to float the<br />

television news provider on the stock market this year - see<br />

Media 04/03/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong>y wax lyrical about third-generation mobile technology -<br />

but where is this must-have service? - see Telecommunications<br />

04/03/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> productivity gap between Britain and the US has widened<br />

dramatically since New Labour came to power, despite<br />

numerous Government efforts to close it 04/03/01 N 1 5>7<br />

* <strong>The</strong>y wax lyrical about third-generation mobile technology -<br />

OBSERVER INDEX: JAN-DEC <strong>2001</strong><br />

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but where is this must-have service? 04/03/01 N 11 1>6 Cartoon<br />

* Police are to be called in to the collapsed Ravenhead glassware<br />

company following the discovery of financial irregularities<br />

04/03/01 N 2 7<br />

* RJB Mining will this week unveil its strategy to become a<br />

major national property player 04/03/01 N 2 2>6 Photograph<br />

* Vodafone eyes BT's Cegetel stake 04/03/01 N 2 2>6<br />

* UK icons bite the dust as consumers shop in a world without<br />

frontiers - see Consumerism 11/03/01<br />

* Yahoo is now valued at a tenth of the $100bn it was worth at<br />

the height of the dotcom boom 11/03/01 N 11 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Rival bid means the Gloucho Club is unlikely to go to property<br />

developer Benjamin Fry 11/03/01 N 2 2>6 Photographs<br />

* Angry institutions will tell Vallance and Bonfield they must<br />

quit BT to secure rescue rights cash 18/03/01 N 1 1>7<br />

* Ondigital net plan is in disarray 18/03/01 N 1 5>8<br />

* Steelmaker Corus has secretly thrown out union proposals to<br />

save thousands of jobs and keep open threatened UK plants<br />

18/03/01 N 1 `>5 Photograph<br />

* Virgin boss Richard Branson has hired a banker who was at<br />

the centre of the disastrous Baring collapse to advise his multimillion<br />

pound business empire 18/03/01 N 1 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Defence contractor BAE says it will close down shipyards if<br />

Ministers don't promise to give it the orders it wants 18/03/01 N<br />

3 1>5 Photographs<br />

* Insurer Prudential will work hard to sell its £15bn acquisition<br />

of American General 18/03/01 N 6 1>8 Photograph<br />

* Profit potential is making global giants take notice of the 4<br />

billion poor people they have long ignored 18/03/01 N 8 1>8<br />

Photographs<br />

* Cherie Booth, the barrister wife of the Prime Minister, has<br />

thrown a lifeline to last-ditch attempts by unions to save 6,000<br />

jobs threatened by steelmaker Corus - see Booth, Cherie<br />

25/03/01<br />

* Embattled British Telecom's £10bn rescue plan 25/03/01 N 1<br />

1>3<br />

* Investors in Royal & SunAlliance may be asked to bail out a<br />

subsidiary of the insurer which has been hit with a £700m bill<br />

for guaranteed annuity rates 25/03/01 N 2 2>6<br />

* Plans by Canary Wharf to develop up to 8m sq ft of offices in<br />

east London could spell new financial disaster for the once<br />

bankrupt firm 25/03/01 N 2 2>4 Photograph<br />

* Terry Benson, chief executive of recruitment firm Michael<br />

Page, is in line for a £11m windfall when the company floats<br />

next week 25/03/01 N 2 7<br />

* UK Defence group BAE Systems has had exploratory talks<br />

with US aerospace company Honeywell about buying parts of its<br />

avionics business 25/03/01 N 2 2>6<br />

* 10 years in the life of British Telecom 25/03/01 N 4 1>8<br />

Graph<br />

* Big drugs firms are to be targeted by animal rights<br />

campaigners protesting against Huntingdon Life Sciences, the<br />

drug testing company - see Animals 01/04/01<br />

* Cash-strapped BT wants to team up with Vodafone in a move<br />

which would see the two companies build their next-generation<br />

mobile networks together 01/04/01 N 1 5>8<br />

* Hopes of a £3.5bn cash injection for Compass Group from the<br />

sale of 250 hotels are set to be dashed 01/04/01 N 2 4>7<br />

* How union hopes for a retraining lifeline were raised, then<br />

dashed, by the steelmaker Corus 01/04/01 N 4 1>5


* Internet mogul Cliff Standford has great hopes for his<br />

investment group's all-girl pop band Girls@Play 01/04/01 N 6<br />

1>8 Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> European Investment Bank may offer long-term loans to<br />

beleaguered telecom companies struggling to cover the crippling<br />

costs of third-generation mobile phone networks - see European<br />

Union 08/04/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> European Investment Bank, the EU's lending arm, may<br />

offer long-term loans to beleaguered telecom companies<br />

struggling to cover the crippling costs of mobile phone networks<br />

- see European Union 08/04/01<br />

* British Telecom is close to selling $2bn of real estate to land<br />

Securities in a bid to reduce its £30bn debt 08/04/01 N 1 1>3<br />

* Leisure entrepreneur Robert Breare is struggling to meet a 12day<br />

deadline to find the cash to buy Wolverhampton & Dudley<br />

Breweries 08/04/01 N 2 5>7<br />

* BP Amoco's pension fund is selling a 10-acre Mayfair estate<br />

for up to £330m - see Property 15/04/01<br />

* Venture capital firm Alchemy has emerged as a bidder for<br />

shipbuilder Cammell Laird, which went into receivership<br />

15/04/01 N 1 1>4<br />

* Debt-laden BT is preparing for a crunch meeting with the<br />

Government over how it will finance its next generation of<br />

mobile services and the expansion of broadband networks<br />

15/04/01 N 2 2>4<br />

* Another of Britain's great shipbuilding names, Cammell Laird,<br />

faces closure again despite a healthy order book 15/04/01 N 5<br />

1>5 Photographs<br />

* BP Amoco faces a tough AGM 15/04/01 N 5 1>4<br />

* Former high-flier Baltimore Technologies is plotting a<br />

comeback 15/04/01 N 6 1>8 Photographs, graph<br />

* David Earnshaw has more reason than most to smile at the<br />

climbdown by the world's most powerful pharmaceutical<br />

companies - see International Affairs: Africa 22/04/01<br />

* Serious technical problems are forcing the UK mobile phone<br />

networks to delay, for up to a year, the commercial launch of the<br />

crucial next generation wireless internet service - see<br />

Telecommunications 22/04/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Pretoria Court Case: Why the pharmas gave way, and why<br />

South Africa's joy may be short lived - see International Affairs:<br />

Africa 22/04/01<br />

* A break-up of HMV Media, the record shops-to-bookstore<br />

chain whose flagship stores are in London's Oxford Street, will<br />

be quashed when the debt-ridden group agrees new profit targets<br />

22/04/01 N 1 4>6 Photograph<br />

* British drugs giant Glaxo-SmithKline is considering fresh talks<br />

about a £150bn merger with US rival American Home Products<br />

to create the world's biggest pharmaceuticals company 22/04/01<br />

N 1 1>3<br />

* Serious technical problems are forcing the UK mobile phone<br />

networks to delay, for up to a year, the commercial launch of the<br />

crucial next generation wireless internet service 22/04/01 N 1<br />

1>7<br />

* Senior executives of De Beers are flying to South Africa this<br />

weekend in a last-ditch attempt to salvage the diamond giant's<br />

£12bn buy-out of the country's Oppenheimer dynasty 22/04/01<br />

N 2 5>7<br />

* Steel workers at plants threatened with redundancy by Corus<br />

are to be balloted on strike action 22/04/01 N 2 2>6<br />

* Climbdown will not dent health giants' power, says Paul<br />

Farrelly 22/04/01 N 3 4>8<br />

* As venture capitalists vanish, business angels have become a<br />

vital cog of entrepreneurial culture, says Faisal Islam, but dying<br />

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dotcoms need not apply 22/04/01 N 6 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Profile on Erkki Liikanen, Europe's IT supremo who wants to<br />

dispel notions of hidebound bureaucracy - see Liikanen, Erkki<br />

29/04/01<br />

* A central part of BT's massive restructuring programme - seen<br />

by chief executive Sir Peter Bonfield as vital to restoring the<br />

company's flagging fortunes 29/04/01 N 1 1>3<br />

* A huge squeeze on the profits of corporate Britain is piling on<br />

pressure for further interest rate cuts 29/04/01 N 1 5>8<br />

* Scottish Power is considering a move to bolster its American<br />

West Coast operations by swooping on Oregon's Portland<br />

General in a deal that could total $3bn 29/04/01 N 1 1>4<br />

* Directors of shipbuilder Cammell Laird are planning to meet<br />

Jon Moulton, head of venture capital firm Alchemy Partners, to<br />

discuss buying the company out of receivership 29/04/01 N 2<br />

2>6<br />

* <strong>The</strong> gloom hanging over workers in Scotland's 'Silicon Glen's<br />

is set to deepen with a further rash of bad news in the next few<br />

weeks 29/04/01 N 2 2>4<br />

* Jamie Doward talks to Sir Christopher Bland who will need his<br />

legendary toughness to turn around BT 29/04/01 N 4 1>8<br />

Photograph<br />

* Stephen Byers, the DTI boss has shown he can manage a<br />

crisis, but he will be sorely tested in the coming weeks 29/04/01<br />

N 5 1>6 Photograph<br />

* A fresh attempt to crack down on cartels, rogue traders and<br />

anti-competitive companies will be the centrepiece of Labour's<br />

election manifesto plans for business 06/05/01 N 1 1>7<br />

* Debt-laden cable TV company NTL is to make more than<br />

3,000 staff redundant this year 06/05/01 N 1 1>3<br />

* Sotheby's, the beleaguered auctioneer is to vacate its historic<br />

Bond Street headquarters in a desperate attempt to raise capital<br />

06/05/01 N 1 4>6 Photograph<br />

* BT is to increase its efforts to find buyers for its remaining<br />

Asian mobile phone divisions and also sell off operations in<br />

Canada and New Zealand 06/05/01 N 2 1>3<br />

* Crunch time has come for media giant, NTL 06/05/01 N 4 1>6<br />

Photographs, graph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> events that brought mighty Christie's and Sotheby's to<br />

their knees 06/05/01 N 5 1>8 Photographs, graph<br />

* Travel firm EBookers has defied internet orthodoxy 06/05/01<br />

N 7 1>6 Photograph, graph<br />

* Cable & Wireless will commit itself to an aggressive<br />

acquisition strategy to use up its £7bn cash pile 13/05/01<br />

* Las Vegas, the world's gambling capital, is poised to enter the<br />

online betting sector for the first time in a move which will send<br />

shudders through European internet gaming firms - see<br />

Gambling 13/05/01<br />

* Embattled BT chief executive Sir Peter Bonfield could earn<br />

£3m this year, according to the small print in his contract agreed<br />

just days after new chairman Sir Christopher Bland took the<br />

reins 13/05/01 N 1 1>3 Photograph<br />

* Labour has wooed business - but the relationship is fragile<br />

13/05/01 N 3 1>8 Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong> debt-ridden giant BT, is to cut its losses and focus on the<br />

domestic phone market 13/05/01 N 4 1>5 Photograph, graph<br />

* Sotheby's in $40m bid to keep staff 20/05/01 N 1 1>3<br />

* British technology company First Mercantile has signed its<br />

first major deal, worth £250,000, to provide an IT system to<br />

payment systems specialist DataCash 20/05/01 N 2 1>4<br />

* Two of this country's most powerful porn barons are battling to


uy the London Astoria, the leading music venue 20/05/01 N 2<br />

4>7 Photograph<br />

* US firms behind internet share floats face a grand jury inquiry<br />

into corruption on share allocations 20/05/01 N 8 1>6<br />

Photograph<br />

* Behind the electoral dogfights an unspoken consensus on the<br />

role of the private sector in rescuing ailing public services has<br />

emerged - see Politics 27/05/01<br />

* Defence giant BAE Systems ambitions to be at the heart of the<br />

controversial 'Son of Star Wars' missile defence shield have been<br />

given a boost by Nato - see Defence 27/05/01<br />

* Fatalities on construction sites are escalating alarmingly - see<br />

Work 27/05/01<br />

* Companies still don't understand that virus protection is where<br />

security starts, not where it ends 27/05/01 N 11 1>8 Cartoon,<br />

graph<br />

* British Land, the UK's second-biggest quoted property<br />

company, is risking a shareholder revolt by pushing ahead with a<br />

£1.5bn securitisation of the Meadowhall shopping centre in<br />

Sheffield 27/05/01 N 2 3>7<br />

* British Telecom will try to face down accusations of<br />

intransigence over rivals' access to its local networks by striking<br />

a deal with struggling telecoms operator Redstone 27/05/01 N 2<br />

3>5<br />

* Alanis Morissette, the Canadian singer-songwriter signed to<br />

Madonna's Maverick record label, could one day find herself<br />

being traded on the capital markets - see Morissette, Alanis<br />

03/06/01<br />

* David Elstein, who quit as boss of Channel 5 last year, has<br />

emerged as the non-executive chairman of Silicon.com, the<br />

online news and recruitment site for IT professionals - see<br />

Elstein, David 03/06/01<br />

* David Pullman, banking whizzkid, is offering the world's<br />

biggest superstars the chance to have tomorrow's riches today -<br />

see Pullman, David 03/06/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> French Post Office wants to deliver letters in the UK when<br />

licences become available for operators to launch alternative<br />

services to the Royal Mail later this year 03/06/01 N 1 5>7<br />

* Burberry, the chosen check of celebrities from Kate Moss to<br />

Prince William, is at last ready for flotation, its owners GUS will<br />

announce 03/06/01 N 2 6>7 Photograph<br />

* Computer services giant Capita is facing the embarrassing<br />

prospect of losing a £48m contract with the London Borough of<br />

Lambeth 03/06/01 N 2 1<br />

* Electricity generator International Power is close to buying the<br />

Rugeley coalfired power station in Staffordshire from US giant<br />

TXU in a deal worth up to £250m 03/06/01 N 2 2>5<br />

* Alcatel and Lucent's merger is off, but telecoms firms need to<br />

form partnerships 03/06/01 N 4 1>8 Photographs, graph<br />

* America's long battle to isolate Castro's Cuba has led to some<br />

of Britain's blue-chip businessmen being as unwelcome as drug<br />

traffickers and terrorists 03/06/01 N 5 1>5 Photographs<br />

* Vodafone may have 83 million customers but the telecoms<br />

giant seems unsure what to do with them 03/06/01 N 6 1>3<br />

Photographs, graph<br />

* Focus on Richard Branson's company, Virgin finances - see<br />

Branson, Sir Richard 10/06/01<br />

* Strict limits on the number of slot machines allowed in casinos<br />

will be lifted in a wide-ranging government review into the<br />

gambling industry due to be published next month - see<br />

Gambling 10/06/01<br />

* French defence giant Thales is warning that up to 3,000 jobs in<br />

the UK will be at risk if it does not win contract 10/06/01 N 2<br />

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1>4<br />

* <strong>The</strong> battle to win the next contract to supply news to ITV<br />

exploded when it emerged that one bidder, a media group backed<br />

by BSkyB, is poised to undercut rival ITN's lowest tender - see<br />

Media 17/06/01<br />

* Michael Green, chairman of Carlton Communications wants to<br />

invest more than £6m of his own assets in a small Aim-listed<br />

printing group 17/06/01 N 1 1>4 Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> leisure giant Rank is looking to open its first London<br />

casino under the Hard Rock Café brand 17/06/01 N 2 1>4<br />

* How Nokia finally got the wrong number 17/06/01 N 3 7>8<br />

Graph<br />

* Pharmaceutical firms stand accused of once again plundering<br />

ancient remedies to make a fortune - the Hoodia cactus from<br />

Africa is a potential cure for obesity 17/06/01 B 3 1>6<br />

Photographs<br />

* Millions of sham surfers padded the figures issued by websites<br />

during the dotcom frenzy, now writs are flying and the ABC has<br />

been called in to audit the figures 17/06/01 N 6 1>5 Photograph<br />

* British Nuclear Fuels will this week report a series of severe<br />

operational problems which left it with an operating loss of<br />

nearly £200m last year - see Nuclear Industry 24/06/01<br />

* Nick Leslau, the property tycoon and close business associate<br />

of PR magnate Matthew Freud is back one year after liquidating<br />

his quoted real estate firm, Prestbury - see Leslau, Nick<br />

24/06/01<br />

* Oliver Morgan asks whether the prospect of ending up in jail<br />

will deter businessmen from anti-competitive practices - see<br />

Cartels 24/06/01<br />

* Oracle intends to beat the tech slump and grow to a ripe old<br />

age, and that's right up its high-profit founder's street - Larry<br />

Ellison - see Ellison, Larry 24/06/01<br />

* US anti-trust law is considered by most experts to be the most<br />

rigorous and advanced in the world - see Cartels 24/06/01<br />

* Larry Ellison, the playboy boss of software giant Oracle<br />

believes the meltdown in the value of technology stocks is<br />

coming to an end 24/06/01 N 1 4>6<br />

* Consignia, the troubled state postal service, is likely to show a<br />

further decline when it publishes its first set of accounts as a<br />

public limited company 24/06/01 N 2 5>7<br />

* US defence and aerospace giant Boeing is planning a major<br />

expansion into Britain as part of a strategy for growth in Europe<br />

and Asia 24/06/01 N 2 1>3 Photograph<br />

* Microsoft, the world's biggest company, can now dominate the<br />

internet in the same way as it controls the computer software<br />

market - see Internet 01/07/01<br />

* In a further blow to wilting corporate profits, companies may<br />

have to write off millions as a result of new accounting rules on<br />

share options 01/07/01 N 1 3>6<br />

* Ondigital is to axe hundreds of jobs 01/07/01 N 1 1>3<br />

* A third of Britain's top 100 companies will be excluded from<br />

FTSE4Good, the ethical <strong>index</strong> to be launched by FTSE<br />

International on Tuesday 08/07/01 N 1 4>5<br />

* Developers and city financiers are changing the terms of loans<br />

used to build prisons, schools and hospitals for the Government<br />

in order to make extra profits running into multi-millions of<br />

pounds 08/07/01 N 1 1>4<br />

* Lord Weinstock architect of GEC which has been turned into<br />

crisis-ridden Marconi, has lost hundreds of millions of pounds in<br />

the catastrophic slump in the company's shares 08/07/01 N 1<br />

4>7 Photograph<br />

* Royal Mail managing director Richard Dykes is resigning next


month after two years of poor performance that have seen mail<br />

volumes drop and performance targets go unmet 08/07/01 N 1<br />

1>3<br />

* Business and Society: Economic realities by Will Hutton<br />

08/07/01 N 10 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Business and Society: Poverty by Alison Benjamin 08/07/01<br />

N 10 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Business and Society: Inner-city funding by Sir Ronald Cohen<br />

08/07/01 N 11 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Business and Society: <strong>The</strong> role of NGO's by Roger Cowe<br />

08/07/01 N 12 2>7 Photographs<br />

* Business and Society: Workers' rights by Steve Tibbett<br />

08/07/01 N 12 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Business and Society: Employment conditions by Oliver<br />

Morgan 08/07/01 N 13 1>7 Photographs<br />

* Business and Society: Whistleblowers by Conal Walsh<br />

08/07/01 N 13 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Business and Society: Guidelines by Hillary Sutcliffe<br />

08/07/01 N 14 2>4 Photograph<br />

* Business and Society: Investment by Heather Connon<br />

08/07/01 N 14 2>5 Photographs<br />

* Business and Society: Green campaigner by Matt Phillips<br />

08/07/01 N 15 6 Photograph<br />

* Business and Society: Industry and the environment 08/07/01<br />

N 15 1>5 Photographs<br />

* Firms developing schools and prisons pocket millions as the<br />

'risk' factor dwindles 08/07/01 N 5 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Downfall of a dynamic duo at Marconi: Lord Simpson and<br />

John Mayo 08/07/01 N 7 1>5 Photographs<br />

* Marconi's SOS signal: after a shock profits warning and savage<br />

job cuts, the omens are looking bleak 08/07/01 N 7 1>4<br />

Photograph<br />

* Business and Society: Keynote Roger Cowe 08/07/01 N 9 1>6<br />

Photographs<br />

* A big casino jackpot looms as a report signals liberalised<br />

gambling - see Gambling 15/07/01<br />

* AOL Time Warner, the American media firm's £1.1bn<br />

takeover of IPC is a statement of intent in Europe - see Media<br />

15/07/01<br />

* One of Britain's biggest shareholders fears that its proxy votes<br />

may frequently be miscast at companies' AGMs 15/07/01 N 1<br />

3>5<br />

* <strong>The</strong> long delayed £1.7bn contract to replace the British forces'<br />

obsolete battlefield radios with a digital system is likely to go to<br />

a Canadian subsidiary of US defence group General Dynamics<br />

15/07/01 N 1 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Vodafone chief executive Sir Christopher Gent is facing a<br />

bruising confrontation with shareholders at the company's AGM<br />

15/07/01 N 1 1>7<br />

* Crisis-ridden telecoms company Marconi is on the verge of allout<br />

war with Lord Weinstock, its chairman emeritus, ahead of<br />

this week's annual meeting 15/07/01 N 1>4<br />

* BUPA, the provident healthcare provider, will this week sign<br />

two overseas deals signalling its intention to become a global<br />

force 15/07/01 N 2 1<br />

* Eddie Davenport, the entrepreneur behind the notorious<br />

Gatecrasher Balls of the Eighties, has been accused of tricking<br />

Sierra Leone out of its £5m London high commission 15/07/01<br />

N 2 2>6<br />

* <strong>The</strong> European Union's investigation into alleged price-fixing<br />

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by mobile phone companies will be far more wide-reaching than<br />

expected 15/07/01 N 2 6>8<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Government is to encourage the reform of insolvency laws<br />

around the world to promote entrepreneurialism by showing<br />

leniency towards 'honest failures' in business 15/07/01 N 2 7>8<br />

* Waterstone's is expected to find a new owner this week,<br />

concluding the long battle for the bookstore chain 15/07/01 N 2<br />

2>3 Photograph<br />

* Marconi share giveaway sends out the wrong signals 15/07/01<br />

N 3 1>4 Photograph, graph<br />

* Sainsbury's chief executive, Sir Peter Davis's bonus is based on<br />

real growth 15/07/01 N 3 5>8 Photograph, graph<br />

* Sir Christopher Gent, chief executive of Vodafone is facing his<br />

second turbulent AGM in a row 15/07/01 N 3 6>8 Photograph,<br />

graph<br />

* When share options are submerged in a bear market, it spells<br />

trouble for fat cats, employees and shareholders alike 15/07/01<br />

N 3 1>5 Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> EU's move to kill a cash-cow for beleaguered mobile<br />

firms could be an own-goal 15/07/01 N 5 1>5 Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Mirror share-dealing affair was reignited last night after it<br />

emerged the Department of Trade & Industry investigators had<br />

opened up a new line of inquiry 15/07/01 N 5>8<br />

* Durlacher Corporation has made huge losses with its hi-tech<br />

investments 15/07/01 N 7 1>8 Photograph, graph<br />

* How the oil giant BP became a 'socially sound' investment -<br />

see Personal Finance 22/07/01<br />

* Famous British white goods brands, including Hotpoint, are<br />

likely to come under foreign ownership with the restructuring of<br />

Marconi 22/07/01 N 1 1>4<br />

* Like mobile phone operators, the cable firm NTL has invested<br />

billions in products it has yet to prove the customer wants<br />

22/07/01 N 10 1>8 Photograph<br />

* Court documents reveal the full scale of Wolverhampton &<br />

Dudley's bitter battle with Pubmaster, the pub chain that has<br />

launched a hostile takeover bid 22/07/01 N 2 7>8<br />

* Employers are starting to foot the bill for some of the losses<br />

suffered by employees through the crisis at Equitable Life<br />

22/07/01 N 2 1>4<br />

* GKN Westland's chances of winning a controversial helicopter<br />

order from the Canadian government have been significantly<br />

boosted 22/07/01 N 2 1>4<br />

* Mobile phone companies are laden with debt, having paid<br />

billions of pounds for new licences and all the operators are<br />

looking at ways to save money 22/07/01 N 2 1>4<br />

* <strong>The</strong> battle for WH Smith's news distribution arm entered a new<br />

phase after it emerged that the UK's three leading magazine<br />

distributors could sever their ties with the group 22/07/01 N 2<br />

5>6<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Canadian firm CDC courted Army top brass to win the<br />

UK's most bitterly fought defence contract 22/07/01 N 9 1>4<br />

Photograph<br />

* Former Railtrack boss Gerald Corbett, now executive chairman<br />

of Woolworths, is in line for a 50 per cent salary hike - see<br />

Corbett, Gerald 29/07/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> UK's production capability for sonar equipment used by<br />

warships and submarines has passed fully into French hands<br />

after a £50m deal between Paris-based Thales and BAE Systems<br />

- see Defence 29/07/01<br />

* Filofax Group is being sold by its struggling American owners<br />

to UK diary maker Letts for £17m 29/07/01 N 1 1>2<br />

Photograph


* Invensys, the troubled engineering group which last week<br />

blamed 'the worst recession for 30 years' for its third profit<br />

warning in 10 months, is up for sale 29/07/01 N 1 5>7<br />

* Canary Wharf is lobbying the Government to extend the<br />

proposed Crossrail train project - linking Heathrow, Paddington<br />

and Liverpool Street in the City - to its east London office<br />

complex 29/07/01 N 2 1>5<br />

* <strong>The</strong> full scale of the financial crisis facing new media<br />

companies is revealed today with the publication of a report that<br />

casts serious doubts on the long-term future of many in the<br />

sector 29/07/01 N 2 1>3<br />

* <strong>The</strong> possibility of advertising giant WPP bidding for media<br />

buying agency Tempus was dealt a serious blow when the full<br />

scale of the management's hostility to any deal was made clear<br />

29/07/01 N 2 1>5<br />

* PeopleNews, the online celebrity gossip site, is about to go<br />

under 29/07/01 N 9 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Interview with Hans Rausing ,who is Britain's richest man<br />

thanks to the Tetra Pak empire - see Rausing, Hans 05/08/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Trocadero, sited on the busiest street in Europe, between<br />

Piccadilly Circus and Leicester Square, could soon be converted<br />

into humble offices 05/08/01<br />

* A court action by the Canadian mining firm Barrick Gold<br />

Corporation and its chairman, Peter Munk, was settled by a<br />

Statement in Open Court 05/08/01 N 2 3>6<br />

* British Telecom's attempts to repel an audacious £8bn bid for<br />

its local phone network were undermined after it was revealed<br />

that the telecom giant had itself considered a similar move<br />

05/08/01 N 2 1>3<br />

* Body Shop founder Anita Roddick has written to the bosses of<br />

20 powerful companies calling on them to join her lead in<br />

boycotting Esso - see Roddick, Anita 12/08/01<br />

* Film company Columbia Tri-Star and cinema chain Odeon<br />

have teamed up to use mobile phones to promote Final Fantasy,<br />

the computer animated sci-fi thriller - see Film 12/08/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Health and Safety Commission is expected to unveil tough<br />

new guidelines for businesses breaching safety standards - see<br />

Health & Safety 12/08/01<br />

* Fears that the economic problems facing manufacturing are<br />

now spreading to the service sector with a sharp downturn in the<br />

UK hotel industry 12/08/01 N 1 1>7 Graph<br />

* Pubmaster, the tenanted pubs company which emerged from<br />

the wreckage of the Brent Walker empire, look poised to acquire<br />

the UK's largest regional brewer, Wolverhampton & Dudley<br />

Breweries 12/08/01 N 1 5>7<br />

* BHP Billiton, the Anglo-Australian natural resources group, is<br />

to rule out the sale of its £6bn petroleum assets as part of a<br />

strategy to create an energy group 12/08/01 N 2 1>3<br />

* Disgruntled shareholders of telecoms firm Cable & Wireless<br />

are likely to be incensed by suggestions that it will have to cut its<br />

dividend by 50 per cent 12/08/01 N 2 3>6 Photographs, graph<br />

* Coffee has fallen to its lowest price in decades, plunging<br />

growers into poverty - yet demand in the West is at record levels<br />

12/08/01 N 3 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Scores of British companies are introducing 'email-free<br />

Fridays' in a bid to cut stress and get their staff talking to each<br />

other again 12/08/01 B 5 7 Cartoon<br />

* Charterhouse Development Capital (CDC) the venture<br />

capitalist, is understood to be preparing to break up the<br />

Tussaud's Group, Britain's biggest visitor attraction<br />

conglomerate 19/08/01 N 1 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Mary Meeker, the Wall Street analyst faces legal action over<br />

her role as 'cheerleader' to Britain's lastminute.com 19/08/01 N<br />

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1 5>7 Photograph<br />

* Beleaguered internet encryption firm Baltimore Technologies<br />

will announce hundreds more redundancies when it unveils its<br />

half-year results 19/08/01 N 2 5>6<br />

* Glaxo Smith Kline is finding fewer than expected takers for its<br />

discounted medicines in a UN aid programme for countries with<br />

millions dying of Aids 19/08/01 N 2 1>3<br />

* Online software firm Autonomy is to spawn a new company<br />

focused on the burgeoning interactive TV market 19/08/01 N 2<br />

7>8 Photograph<br />

* WPP's bid to acquire media buying agency Tempus 19/08/01<br />

N 2 1>4<br />

* Firms lose the spirit of hospitality as budgets are cut 19/08/01<br />

N 6 1>5 Photographs<br />

* Ambitious claims for the future of NTL lie in tatters after it<br />

emerged that the company has quietly abandoned two crucial<br />

strategies it had hoped would help speed it to profitability<br />

26/08/01 N 1 1>7<br />

* Entertainment group Mean Fiddler is considering a return to<br />

the Square Mile via a share placing 26/08/01 N 1 1>2<br />

Photograph<br />

* Attempts by ITN to hold on to its ITV news contract by<br />

fighting off a consortium featuring BSkyB will come under<br />

intense fire with the publication of a report 26/08/01 N 2 3>6<br />

* Six Continents, formerly Bass, is expected to conclude a £3bn<br />

deal to acquire Wyndham International, a rival US group<br />

26/08/01 N 2 1>3<br />

* Telecoms in turmoil: the verdict on Vodafone 26/08/01 N 3<br />

1>6 Photographs<br />

* British Land, the property giant, is set to raise £1bn this month<br />

from one of its star holdings 02/09/01 N 1 3>6 Photograph<br />

* Colt Telecom is on alert for a bid after a dramatic collapse in<br />

its share price from a high of £40 during the technology boom to<br />

155p last Friday 02/09/01 N 1 1>7<br />

* Senior managers at advertising agency Aegis are pressing chief<br />

executive Doug Flynn to open merger negotiations with WPP to<br />

create a group with a combined market value of £8.2bn<br />

02/09/01 N 1 7<br />

* Wolseley, the plumbing materials distributor, is almost certain<br />

the join the FTSE 100 this month 02/09/01 N 1 1>3<br />

* When the media buyer agreed to an offer from France's Havas,<br />

WPP's Martin Sorrell felt he'd been misled 02/09/01 N 3 1>5<br />

Photographs<br />

* Crackdown looms as Minister attacks excessive pay-outs to<br />

failed bosses 09/09/01 B 1 1>3<br />

* Ousted Marconi chief executive Lord Simpson looks set to<br />

receive an additional £800,000 cash windfall from the company<br />

09/09/01 N 1 1>7 Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> high tech rush to change the way we live has cost billions<br />

of pounds and thousands of jobs, how did the telecoms goldrush<br />

go so wrong for so many firms? 09/09/01 B 13 1>7 Photographs<br />

* NTL hires Goldmans for sell-off 09/09/01 N 2 1>3<br />

* <strong>The</strong> fall of a FTSE giant - Marconi 09/09/01 N 3 1>8<br />

Photographs<br />

* Markets may be in the doldrums, but every month, scientists<br />

and financiers meet over canapés in a London hospital to tap a<br />

funding bonanza, known as Biotech Wednesday 09/09/01 N 5<br />

1>5 Photographs<br />

* Chastened mobile phone giant Ericsson is still a growth<br />

company, its chief executive believes - but first it must weather<br />

more bad news 09/09/01 N 6 1>5 Photograph


* As the US prepares to reopen for business this week, <strong>Observer</strong><br />

writers describe how the outlook has changed beyond<br />

recognition in key sectors of the global economy - see Economy<br />

16/09/01<br />

* BT Wireless will announce that it has secured a massive<br />

£3.5bn loan facility to help it fund the development of its nextgeneration<br />

mobile phone network 16/09/01 N 2 1>3<br />

* Ousted Marconi chief executive Lord Simpson is battling to<br />

secure a £1.2m 'pension' payment from the stricken telecoms<br />

company he left two weeks ago 16/09/01 N 2 1>2 Photograph<br />

* Stockholm accused of 'dirty tricks' as British firms reveal plot<br />

to end our love affair with carpets in favour of wood floors<br />

16/09/01 B 5 1>5 Photographs<br />

* Vodafone chief Chris Gent has pulled off a new takeover,<br />

crisis or no crisis 23/09/01 N 16 1>5 Photograph<br />

* OFTEL, the telecoms regulator, is expected to order mobile<br />

phone companies to cut their charges in a report due out this<br />

week 23/09/01 N 2 1>3<br />

* Vodafone is planning to sell the fixed-line business of Japan<br />

Telecom for up to £3bn, according to sources in Tokyo 23/09/01<br />

N 2 1>3<br />

* Jamie Doward reports from a sombre New York, where<br />

capitalism is doing its best to recover in the face of a recession<br />

that now looks virtually inevitable 23/09/01 N 3 1>8<br />

Photographs, graph<br />

* Business Focus: Funding Terror - see International Affairs:<br />

<strong>The</strong> Terrorism Crisis 30/09/01<br />

* Business is better than ever for Jules Kroll, the original<br />

corporate sleuth - see Kroll, Jules 30/09/01<br />

* Manchester Utd is to unveil record profit figures and an<br />

expansion of its off-the-pitch business activities this week - see<br />

Sport: Football 30/09/01<br />

* Aladdin, the troubled Las Vegas casino business backed by<br />

London Clubs International, is expected to file for protection<br />

under Chapter 11 of the US bankruptcy code next week<br />

30/09/01 N 1 1>2 Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> German investment bank WestLB is ready to offer £25bn<br />

for BT's entire fixed-line telephone network later this autumn<br />

30/09/01 N 1>7<br />

* Marconi chief executive Mike Parton has asked the<br />

Government to step in to help solve the problems facing the<br />

embattled telecoms group 07/10/01 N 1 5>7<br />

* Telemonde, Kevin Maxwell's troubled telecoms company, has<br />

suffered a further setback with the departure of the firm's vicepresident<br />

and company secretary 07/10/01 N 1 1>4<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Office of Fair Trading is expected to accuse BSkyB of<br />

acting anti-competitively when it comes to charging its rivals for<br />

its premium channels 07/10/01 N 1 5>8 Photograph<br />

* Profits warnings from companies listed on the London Stock<br />

Exchange jumped by 135 per cent in this year's third quarter<br />

against the same period in 2000 07/10/01 N 2 3>6<br />

* High corporate borrowings and plummeting share prices have<br />

raised the prospect of a new cycle of business failures -<br />

assessment of the risks and how the Government might react<br />

07/10/01 N 4>5 1>5 Photographs, cartoon<br />

* Five years ago the City piled into football, results have been<br />

disastrous but the field is not entirely being abandoned 07/10/01<br />

N 8 2>7<br />

* Peter Kenyon runs Manchester Utd, the biggest club in the<br />

world, as yet, he says, it has only just begun to tap the potential<br />

of its fan base 07/10/01 N 8 1>6 Photographs<br />

* British Telecom is to shut down Concert, its much trumpeted<br />

international joint venture with the US giant, AT&T 14/10/01 N<br />

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1 1>3<br />

* <strong>The</strong> ITV companies Carlton Communications and Granada are<br />

seeking to forge a strategic alliance with British Telecom<br />

14/10/01 N 1 1>3<br />

* Research shows that the business world faces a big challenge<br />

in persuading opinion formers that companies are serious about<br />

corporate social responsibility 14/10/01 N 10 4>7 Illustration<br />

* Bosses at the UK's biggest regional brewer, Wolverhampton &<br />

Dudley, secretly drew up plans to close the famous Marston<br />

brewery 14/10/01 N 2 5>7 Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> City expects Marconi, the troubled telecoms company, to<br />

produce a trading statement broadly in line with expectations<br />

when it speaks to shareholders and bankers tomorrow 14/10/01<br />

N 2 1>2<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Competition Commission is expected to recommend the<br />

introduction of regulation of bank charges for small businesses<br />

14/10/01 N 2 3>4<br />

* Fallout from the US terror puts Japan's new PM's reforms to<br />

the ultimate test - see International Affairs: Far East 21/10/01<br />

* Pearson boss Marjorie Scardino says how she, like the media<br />

giant, will weather the financial storm - see Media 21/10/01<br />

* Dotcom disaster e-comsport, has been reinvented as Podia, the<br />

UK's largest developer of Formula One merchandising 21/10/01<br />

N 1 4>7 Photograph<br />

* Roy Gardner, chief executive of Centrica, is to succeed Sir<br />

Roland Smith as chairman of Manchester United next March<br />

21/10/01 N 1 1>4 Photograph<br />

* BT is talking to BSkyB about a strategic alliance that could<br />

involved joint billing for pay-television and telecommunications<br />

services 21/10/01 N 2 1>3<br />

* Dan Wagner, whose company Dialog was at the centre of the<br />

Mirror's share-tipping scandal is to launch a new company,<br />

Venda, which aims to help firms promote their products over the<br />

internet 21/10/01 N 2 1>4 Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> UK stock market has already recovered from the US<br />

attack, and in the aftermath of terror, some industries are<br />

positively booming 21/10/01 N 3 1>6 Photographs, graph<br />

* German media giant Bertelsmann is preparing plans to bid for<br />

Carlton Communications when media rules are relaxed next year<br />

28/10/01 N 1 1>7<br />

* Belgo, the restaurant group is struggling to unmask the<br />

mysterious investor who this month became its biggest single<br />

shareholder 28/10/01 N 2 1>3 Photograph<br />

* Thus, the telecoms and internet company, is expected to be<br />

thrown a £100m life-line, allowing it to bridge a funding gap at<br />

the end of next year 28/10/01 N 2 4>7<br />

* Even a $1bn marketing drive may not make up for Microsoft's<br />

lousy timing 28/10/01 N 4 1>8 Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong> music industry is being investigated by the US Justice<br />

Department over plans to distribute music over the net 28/10/01<br />

N 8 1>7 Photographs<br />

* Top analysts fear the slump that's already cost the advertising<br />

industry £300m could go on at least until 2003 28/10/01 N 9<br />

1>6 Photographs<br />

* Profile on Francis Mackay, new chairman of B&Q and Comet<br />

chain - see Mackay, Francis 04/11/01<br />

* Richard Branson's mobile phone company Virgin Mobile<br />

losses top £100m 04/11/01 N 1 4>6 Photograph<br />

* Rupert Gavin is a contender to become BT's new chief<br />

executive 04/11/01 N 1 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Michael Heseltine's publishing-to-exhibitions group


Haymarket has produced record profits 04/11/01 N 2 7>8<br />

Photograph<br />

* Plans by Scottish Power to sell its water subsidiary, Southern<br />

Water, for £1.5bn are thought to be on the verge of collapse<br />

04/11/01 N 2 1>2<br />

* Fur flies over fat cat pay 04/11/01 N 3 1>8 Illustration<br />

* One of the City's best known feuds has been reignited at<br />

Belgo, the mussels-and-chips restaurant chain 04/11/01 N 5 1>8<br />

Photographs<br />

* Plastic surgeons are working around the clock to save six<br />

steelworkers horrifically burnt in the blast at Corus's Port Talbot<br />

plant - see Disasters 11/11/01<br />

* Hopes that the management of Sunday Business, the financial<br />

newspaper owned by the Barclay brothers, might organise a buyout<br />

are fading 11/11/01 N 1 6>8<br />

* <strong>The</strong> case brought by the US Department of Justice against<br />

auction houses Sotheby's and Christie's, will pit two former chief<br />

executives against their respective chairmen 11/11/01 N 1 3>5<br />

Photograph<br />

* Thomson Corporation, the giant Canadian company that sold<br />

the Times and Sunday Times to Rupert Murdoch in 1981, is<br />

preparing a $10bn bid for the business empire of Michael<br />

Bloomberg 11/11/01 N 1 1>2<br />

* Cable & Wireless is expected to signal that it will return about<br />

£1.5bn of its £4bn cash pile to shareholders via a special<br />

dividend or share buy-back 11/11/01 N 2 1>3<br />

* CBI chief Digby Jones, tells the Treasury what he wants from<br />

this month's pre-Budget Report - see Economy 18/11/01<br />

* Interview with political animal Lord Haskins, retiring head of<br />

Express Dairies and Northern Foods - see Haskins, Lord<br />

18/11/01<br />

* How Marconi blew £3bn 18/11/01 N 1 1>7 Photograph<br />

* Cash-strapped ITV Digital is to declare a counterfeiters'<br />

amnesty on its smart-cards 18/11/01 N 2 1>3<br />

* Inventor James Dyson's eponymous company produced pre-tax<br />

profits of £35m in 2000 18/11/01 N 2 4>5 Photograph<br />

* Gordon Brown wants his pre-Budget Report to mend the<br />

Government's increasingly strained relations with British<br />

business 18/11/01 N 5 5>7<br />

* As Brussels blasts the drug giants, the man who took on Roche<br />

and was jailed for it talks to Nick Mathiason - see Adams,<br />

Stanley 25/11/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> BBC has apologised for linking diamond firm Oryx with<br />

the al-Qaeda, but was it manipulated? - see BBC 25/11/01<br />

* British mobile phone operator mm02 is ready to quit Germany<br />

and Holland in a bid to stem losses of hundreds of millions of<br />

pounds 25/11/01 N 1 5>8<br />

* Levi Strauss is planning to sell a wider range of jeans and<br />

jackets at almost half their high-street prices, despite winning<br />

last week's court battle to prevent Tesco from doing just that<br />

25/11/01 N 1 1>2 Photograph<br />

* AWG, the owner of Anglian Water, is expected to signal this<br />

week a return of up to £600m to shareholders as part of an<br />

overhaul of the group 25/11/01 N 2 1>3<br />

* Bookmaker Ladbrokes is offering prices on whether David<br />

Beckham or Harry Potter will dominate the lucrative Christmas<br />

market in PlayStation games 25/11/01 N 2 4>6 Photographs<br />

* Granada's ill-starred investment in ITV Digital will push it into<br />

the red when it reports annual figures this week 25/11/01 N 2<br />

5>7<br />

* Hopes for a Christmas boom are fading as the mobile phone<br />

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market reaches saturation 25/11/01 N 3 1>6 Photographs, graph<br />

* Richard Wachman meets mm02 chief Peter Erskine, who has<br />

one of the toughest jobs in Britain 25/11/01 N 3 1>4 Photograph<br />

* At first sight the latest figures are grim: women have failed to<br />

bag more seats in the boardroom, but they're queuing in the<br />

corridor 25/11/01 N 4 1>6 Photographs, graph<br />

* Golf chain, Clubhaus could find itself in the rough as<br />

shareholder Eddie Shah threatens to sue 25/11/01 N 4 3>7<br />

Photographs<br />

* Erotica may become Britain's first publicly quoted sex<br />

company 02/12/01 N 1 2>3 Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Enron horror story worsened this weekend after it<br />

emerged that the US energy company believes its accounts may<br />

have to be revised down even further 02/12/01 N 1 1>7<br />

* Blackstone, the US private equity group, has emerged as the<br />

leading contender to acquire Carling, which is being sold by<br />

Interbrew to appease the UK competition authorities 02/12/01 N<br />

2 1>3<br />

* Employers are closing coveted final salary schemes in<br />

increasing numbers 02/12/01 N 2 8<br />

* Granada would take action if a foreign competitor such as<br />

Bertelsmann of Germany or TFI of France launch a takeover bid<br />

for Carlton Communications 02/12/01 N 2 4>7<br />

* <strong>The</strong> decline of the energy giant, Enron 02/12/01 N 5 1>6<br />

Photographs<br />

* Manufacturing in crisis: Patricia Hewitt of the Department of<br />

Trade & Industry, hopes rely on Gordon Brown 02/12/01 N 8<br />

1>8 Photographs, graphs<br />

* Esso is being targeted by Friends of the Earth but at least it<br />

knows its enemy, unlike most businesses - see Environment<br />

09/12/01<br />

* Interview with former gas regular Clare Spottiswoode - see<br />

Spottiswoode, Clare 09/12/01<br />

* Sir Richard Branson is backing the plans of <strong>The</strong> Red Cross to<br />

market its own branded condoms in Africa - see Red Cross, <strong>The</strong><br />

09/12/01<br />

* Former gas regulator Clare Spottiswoode resigned as a vicepresident<br />

of Enron's water subsidiary because she had grave<br />

concerns about its financial management 09/12/01 N 1 5>8<br />

* <strong>The</strong> chairman of Reuters since 1986, Sir Christopher Hogg, is<br />

expected to step down in 2002 09/12/01 N 1 1 Photograph<br />

* Clubhaus bondholders are planning to release the struggling<br />

golf clubs operator from potentially crippling debts in exchange<br />

for a 90 per cent stake in the company 09/12/01 N 2 8<br />

* Investors fear that NTL, Britain's biggest cable TV operator,<br />

could go bust next year unless the way it is run changes radically<br />

09/12/01 N 2 1>3<br />

* Tim Waterstone, founder of the Waterstone's bookshops, is<br />

planning a fresh bid for the business in the new year 09/12/01 N<br />

2 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Hard times in the City: Richard Wachman looks at the death of<br />

the huge Christmas bonus 09/12/01 N 3 1>7 Photographs<br />

* Business travel fell by 40 per cent after 11 September, will it<br />

ever recover? - see Aviation Industry 16/12/01<br />

* Drugs giant AstraZeneca is poised to seek compensation from<br />

Merrill Lynch which oversaw its pension fund in the mid-<br />

Nineties - see Financial Institutions 16/12/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> economic downturn has had a dramatic impact on the level<br />

of management buyouts over the last year - see Economy<br />

16/12/01<br />

* Britain's biggest cable operator NTL is expected to be taken


over by its banks in the new year paving the way for a merger<br />

with rival Telewest 16/12/01 N 1 1>7<br />

* Parcelforce will have to close if its losses are not stemmed<br />

within 12 to 18 months 16/12/01 N 1 4>5 Photograph<br />

* Clubhaus, the troubled golf club firm is to be investigated by<br />

the Department of Trade & Industry 16/12/01 N 2 1>5<br />

* A story of falling profits and exiting colleagues for the Al-<br />

Fayed empire 16/12/01 N 3 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Barclays Bank is preparing to compete head to head with the<br />

UK's telephone, gas, electricity and water companies - see<br />

Financial Institutions 23/12/01<br />

* Carnival, the US cruise operator, is preparing to drop some of<br />

the conditions of its $3.1bn offer for rival P&O Princess Cruises<br />

23/12/01 B 18 1>3 Graph<br />

* Gullane boss William Harris wants to exploit the Japanese<br />

potential of Guinness World Records 23/12/01 B 18 4>6<br />

Photograph<br />

* How the share's tipped at the beginning of the year have fared<br />

23/12/01 B 19 1>8 Photographs, graphs<br />

* UK sales of the animated video Barbie in the Nutcracker,<br />

owned by Entertainment Rights, have topped 500,000 over the<br />

Christmas period - see Videos 30/12/01<br />

* Carnival may have to swallow a massive $400m in costs if it<br />

wants to acquire rival UK operator P&O Princess 30/12/01 B 21<br />

1>8<br />

* NTL award its staff share options which are worthless<br />

30/12/01 B 21 3>6 Photograph<br />

* <strong>Observer</strong> business writers pick the shares they think are most<br />

likely to rise over the next 12 months 30/12/01 B 22 1>8<br />

Photographs, graphs<br />

BUSINESS COMMENT<br />

* Frank Kane and Richard Wachman 23/09/01 N 16 6>7<br />

Illustration<br />

* Frank Kane and Richard Wachman 30/09/01 N 16 6>7<br />

* Frank Kane and Richard Wachman 07/10/01 N 16 6>7<br />

Illustration<br />

* Frank Kane and Richard Wachman 14/10/01 N 16 6>7<br />

* Richard Wachman 21/10/01 N 12 6>7<br />

* Frank Kane and Richard Wachman 28/10/01 N 16 6>7<br />

Illustration<br />

* Frank Kane and Richard Wachman 04/11/01 N 14 6>7<br />

Illustration<br />

* Frank Kane and Richard Wachman 11/11/01 N 14 6>7<br />

* Frank Kane and Richard Wachman 18/11/01 N 16 6>7<br />

* Frank Kane and Richard Wachman 25/11/01 N 16 4>7<br />

* Frank Kane and Richard Wachman 02/12/01 N 14 6>7 Graph<br />

* Frank Kane and Richard Wachman 09/12/01 N 12 6>7<br />

* Frank Kane and Richard Wachman 16/12/01 N 12 4>7<br />

BUTLER, EDDIE<br />

* Columnist 29/07/01 S 15 1>6 Photograph<br />

BY THE SEA<br />

* See Book Reviews - Clark, Candida 20/05/01<br />

BYERS, STEPHEN<br />

* Stephen Byers, the DTI boss has shown he can manage a<br />

crisis, but he will be sorely tested in the coming weeks - see<br />

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Business & Industry 29/04/01<br />

BYRNE, ED<br />

* See Comedy 16/09/01<br />

CABARET<br />

* Review of Barbara Cook Sings Mostly Sondheim 22/07/01 R<br />

13 7>8<br />

CAESAREAN BIRTHS<br />

* Delivery by Caesarean section is now touted as the celebrities'<br />

choice, disturbingly more and more women feel they are being<br />

rushed into this 12/08/01 R 1>2 1>5 Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong> simmering debate on the soaring rate of Caesarean births<br />

was given new impetus when a nursing leader called for a ban on<br />

the NHS except where there is no medical alternative 12/08/01<br />

B 1>2 4>8 Illustration<br />

CANCER<br />

* Scientists are close to developing a pill to cure cancer after<br />

unravelling the mysteries of why tumours grow out of control<br />

18/02/01 B 7 7>8<br />

* Breast cancer rise is blamed on abortions 25/02/01 B 5 1>3<br />

* Stuart Browne lost a fight with cancer but his cult novel,<br />

Dangerous Parking, lives on - see Browne, Stuart 18/03/01<br />

* A legal case has been launched against the furniture chain MFI<br />

amid claims that their flatpack products contain a carcinogenic<br />

chemical - see Legal Affairs 08/04/01<br />

* British scientists revealed a dramatic success in the fight<br />

against cancer in which they used a radical new drug to starve<br />

tumours of oxygen - see Science 13/05/01<br />

* Sam Taylor-Wood who was nominated for the Turner Prize<br />

expected to attend the ceremony with her art-dealer husband but<br />

instead she watched the coverage from a chemotherapy ward -<br />

see Taylor-Wood, Sam 11/11/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> cancer revolution - Sir Paul Nurse and Tim Hunt receive<br />

their Nobel Prize for radically altering our understanding of the<br />

way cancer operates 09/12/01 M 16>24 1>4 Photographs<br />

CAPRICE<br />

* Interview with ex-model, celebrity, turned singer Caprice<br />

21/01/01 M 10>14 1>4 Photographs<br />

CARAVANNING<br />

* Caravans may be the last word in must-have chic, but staying<br />

in one is no picnic says Kathryn Hughes 24/06/01 R 2 3>5<br />

Photographs<br />

CARE HOMES<br />

* <strong>The</strong>re is now undeniable evidence that the abuse of old people<br />

in homes is on a level with the paedophile menace - see Elderly,<br />

<strong>The</strong> 25/02/01<br />

* Britain's most vulnerable people are being let down by a care<br />

system that is under-resourced, staffed by badly qualified people<br />

and allows patients to be abused and mistreated 10/06/01 B 10<br />

7>8<br />

* Changes to the funding of nursing homes won't mean the<br />

savings some hope for 22/07/01 C 13 1>5 Photograph<br />

CAREY, MARIAH<br />

* Last week Mariah Carey was at the peak of her career, this<br />

week she is in a psychiatric clinic 05/08/01 B 18 1>6<br />

Photographs<br />

CAREY, PETER<br />

* Interview with author Peter Carey - see Books Interview, <strong>The</strong><br />

07/01/01


CARPENTER'S PENCIL, THE<br />

* See Book Reviews - Merritt, Stephanie 28/01/01<br />

CARRERE, EMMANUEL<br />

* Writer Emmanuel Carrere spent seven years finding out what<br />

drove Jean-Claude Romand to murder his wife, son, daughter<br />

and parents 14/01/01 R 3 1>5 Photographs<br />

CARROLL, LEWIS: THE DEFINITIVE…<br />

* See Book Reviews - Williams, Michael 21/10/01<br />

CARTELS<br />

* Oliver Morgan asks whether the prospect of ending up in jail<br />

will deter businessmen from anti-competitive practices 24/06/01<br />

N 4 1>8 Photograph<br />

* US anti-trust law is considered by most experts to be the most<br />

rigorous and advanced in the world 24/06/01 N 4 7>8<br />

CARTOONS<br />

* Peter Preston assesses the art of the newspaper cartoon and the<br />

arrival of Dave Coverly, <strong>The</strong> <strong>Observer</strong>'s newest recruit 21/01/01<br />

R 2 1>5 Cartoons<br />

CASH NEXUS, THE<br />

* See Book Reviews - Keegan, William 25/02/01<br />

CASHPOINTS<br />

* Personal finance news 07/01/01 C 9 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Personal finance news 14/01/01 C 18>19 2>4 Photograph<br />

* Personal finance news 21/01/01 C 9 1>2<br />

* Personal finance news 28/01/01 C 13 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Personal finance news 11/02/01 C 9 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Personal finance news 18/02/01 C 17 1>5 Photograph<br />

* Personal finance news 25/02/01 C 17 1>4<br />

* Personal finance news 04/03/01 C 27 3>6<br />

* Personal finance news 11/03/01 C 21 1>2<br />

* Personal finance news 11/03/01 C 26 3>4<br />

* Personal finance news 08/04/01 C 13 1>6<br />

* Personal finance news 15/04/01 C 7 1>2<br />

* Personal finance news 22/04/01 C 6 5>6<br />

* Personal finance news 29/04/01 C 7 1>2<br />

* Personal finance news 06/05/01 C 5 1>2 Photograph<br />

* Personal finance news 27/05/01 C 15 3>6<br />

* Personal finance news 03/06/01 C 15 3>6<br />

* Personal finance news 17/06/01 C 7 1>2<br />

* Personal finance news 01/07/01 C 9 1>2<br />

* Personal finance news 29/07/01 C 19 3>6<br />

* Personal finance news 05/08/01 C 5 1>2 Photograph<br />

* Personal finance news 12/08/01 C 15 3>6<br />

* Personal finance news 19/08/01 C 15 3>5<br />

* Personal finance news 26/08/01 C 15 3>5<br />

* Personal finance news 02/09/01 C 15 3>5<br />

* Personal finance news 09/09/01 C 15 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Personal finance news 14/10/01 C 11 1>2<br />

* Personal finance news 16/12/01 C 6 5>6<br />

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CASTRO, FIDEL<br />

* Next month Fidel Castro turns 75, he has promoted a<br />

communist Eden in Cuba, but when the legend is dead, will the<br />

revolution outlive the man? 29/07/01 R 1>2 1>5 Photographs<br />

CATHOLICS<br />

* See Book Reviews - Ingrams, Richard 17/06/01<br />

CAVE, NICK<br />

* Interview with Nick Cave, musician 18/03/01 R 3 1>5<br />

Photographs<br />

CAVENDISH, LUCY<br />

* Columnist 01/07/01 B 22 2>5 Photograph<br />

CAVERN CLUB<br />

* Liverpool is finally to get a £10m hotel next to the famous<br />

Cavern Club after a long-running row over state subsidies<br />

between Brussels and the Government 11/03/01 N 1 4>7<br />

Photograph<br />

CELEBRITIES<br />

* <strong>The</strong> squirm factor will be hard to avoid this week when one<br />

awards ceremony after another hits our TV screens - see<br />

Television 25/02/01<br />

* A feud between novelist Dave Eggers and a New York<br />

journalist highlights the love-hate relationship of celebrity and<br />

press - see Media 11/03/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> people who keep the celebrity show on the road 18/03/01<br />

M 30>35 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Profile on actress and writer, Caroline Aherne, who is quitting<br />

the celebrity circus and making a break for freedom - see<br />

Aherne, Caroline 15/04/01<br />

* Celebrity fatherhood for the over-fifties - see Social Conditions<br />

& Trends 29/04/01<br />

* Drug rehab is a habit some celebrities just can't kick - see<br />

Drugs & Drug Abuse 29/04/01<br />

* Geri Halliwell's story of how a pop icon can be endlessly<br />

rebuilt, a masterclass in the marketing of a modern celebrity -<br />

see Halliwell, Geri 20/05/01<br />

* Celebrity devotees have helped turn food supplements into a<br />

big business, but high doses pose a risk to the 10 million Britons<br />

taking the pills - see Health 27/05/01<br />

* David Pullman, banking whizzkid, is offering the world's<br />

biggest superstars the chance to have tomorrow's riches today -<br />

see Pullman, David 03/06/01<br />

* PR giant Pat Kingsley wields enormous power on behalf of<br />

star clients - her decision to merge with her main rival now<br />

means publicists have an even tighter grip on the media - see<br />

Media 03/06/01<br />

* Celebrities pay a buying agent to house-hunt - see Property<br />

10/06/01<br />

* Successful women too often become anonymous appendages<br />

when they hook up with famous boyfriends - see Women<br />

08/07/01<br />

* Amanda Holden and Les Dennis are the first public figures to<br />

use the new right to privacy, enshrined in the European<br />

Convention of Human Rights - see Human Rights 15/07/01<br />

* Celebrity and the Mob: <strong>The</strong> sensational trial surrounding a<br />

strip club in Atlanta, <strong>The</strong> Gold Club, has gripped America with a<br />

string of revelations - see Gold Club, <strong>The</strong> 29/07/01<br />

* PeopleNews, the online celebrity gossip site, is about to go<br />

under - see Business & Industry 29/07/01<br />

* Holidays of the rich and famous 05/08/01 M 32>35 1>2


Photographs<br />

* Delivery by Caesarean section is now touted as the celebrities'<br />

choice, disturbingly more and more women feel they are being<br />

rushed into this - see Caesarean Births 12/08/01<br />

* Prices have doubled in the celebrity territory of Beaconsfield -<br />

see Property 12/08/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> ones to watch: who better to pick tomorrow's stars than the<br />

big names of today? 09/09/01 M 16>24 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Cesar Sicre, a 28-year-old heart-throb has turned out to have<br />

been an undercover investigator hired to infiltrate the<br />

underworld of Spanish celebrities - see International Affairs:<br />

Europe 23/09/01<br />

* Hollywood Appeal - see Terrorism 23/09/01<br />

* Interview with celebrity Bruce Forsyth - see Forsyth, Bruce<br />

21/10/01<br />

* Profile on troubled celebrity Michael Barrymore - see<br />

Barrymore, Michael 04/11/01<br />

* Toby Young's dream came true when he landed a job on<br />

America's leading magazine, Vanity Fair, but things began to go<br />

horribly wrong… - see Young, Toby 04/11/01<br />

* Four decades later, stars queue up to celebrate the Rat Pack -<br />

but were they worth the fuss? 11/11/01 R 5 1>6 Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Groucho Club, the watering hole of choice for many<br />

London celebrities, has thrown out journalist Toby Young for<br />

revealing what everyone knows - see Groucho Club, <strong>The</strong><br />

18/11/01<br />

* Endless revelations about stars' lives can be just a PR tool<br />

09/12/01 B 19 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Stars behind bars: Winona Ryder's arrest is part of a<br />

Hollywood tradition 16/12/01 B 18 1>7 Photographs<br />

CENSUS <strong>2001</strong><br />

* <strong>The</strong> organisation of the <strong>2001</strong> census was in chaos yesterday as<br />

officials deployed 'emergency measures' to cope with thousands<br />

of households which have still not received forms 29/04/01 B 3<br />

1>5 Photograph<br />

CEO OF THE SOFA, THE<br />

* See Book Reviews - Anthony, Andrew 09/09/01<br />

CHAIRMAN BLAIR'S LITTLE RED BOOK<br />

* See Book Reviews - Ahmed, Kamal 01/04/01<br />

CHANNEL ISLANDS<br />

* Jersey's parliament has rejected plans by the island's<br />

government to introduce emergency peacekeeping laws before<br />

protestors arrive to demonstrate against tax havens 03/06/01 N 2<br />

1>5<br />

CHARITIES<br />

* <strong>The</strong> work done by charity Comic Relief in Britain - see Comic<br />

Relief 04/03/01<br />

* Eddie Izzard succeeds John Cleese as the host of Amnesty<br />

International's big birthday party - a 16 page celebration of the<br />

charity launched 40 years ago in <strong>The</strong> <strong>Observer</strong> - see Amnesty<br />

International 27/05/01<br />

* Hungry children and people begging are not what we want to<br />

see on holiday, but how do you cope with your conscience? - see<br />

Poverty 03/06/01<br />

* Children in Need charity has saved the last refuge in the UK<br />

for young runaways - see Homelessness 08/07/01<br />

* Firms that give staff time off for charity work may have the<br />

edge in a tough jobs market - see Work 08/07/01<br />

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* <strong>The</strong> helpline charity for the suicidal will launch an appeal for<br />

more volunteers after their numbers dropped to the lowest level<br />

since 1975 - see Samaritans, <strong>The</strong> 02/09/01<br />

* Financial advisers are the target of a new charity drive - see<br />

Personal Finance 14/10/01<br />

* Prince Charles is hoping to double the income from his estate,<br />

the Duchy of Cornwall, which will enable him to channel more<br />

funds to charity - see Charles, Prince 28/10/01<br />

* Charities fear a backlash over TV sitcom's Mr Nasty 28/10/01<br />

B 14 1>5 Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> RSPCA has switched its credit card administration from<br />

the Bank of Scotland to HFC Beneficial 04/11/01 C 5 1>2<br />

Photograph<br />

* Refugee Action and Action Aid have been chosen as the<br />

charities to benefit from the <strong>Observer</strong>'s Christmas Appeal - see<br />

<strong>Observer</strong> Christmas Appeal 02/12/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Gift Aid will not help those charities collecting soon-to-be<br />

obsolete European coins 09/12/01 R 5 1>3 Photograph<br />

CHARLES, PRINCE<br />

* Prince Charles's new initiative reflects his passion for urban<br />

regeneration - see Regeneration 18/02/01<br />

* Prince Charles had dinner with the brother of Osama bin<br />

Laden, the world's most wanted terrorist, at a Banquet in Saudi<br />

Arabia 18/02/01 B 10 7>8<br />

* Prince Charles pays tribute to Sir Harry Secombe - see<br />

Secombe, Sir Harry 15/04/01<br />

* Though coy about his marriage plans, Prince Charles has been<br />

wooing public opinion in a careful campaign 08/07/01 B 19 1>6<br />

Photographs<br />

* Prince Charles is to become a government 'design tsar' for<br />

Britain's new hospitals 14/10/01 B 9 1>2<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Prince of Wales is hoping to double the income from his<br />

estate, the Duchy of Cornwall, which will enable him to channel<br />

more funds to charity 28/10/01 B 5 1>5 Photograph<br />

* A dispute has emerged that accuses Prince Charles's aide,<br />

Mark Bolland, of damaging the royal family by leaking stories to<br />

the press to improve the Prince's image - see Royal Family, <strong>The</strong><br />

02/12/01<br />

* Prince Charles is to set to inflame architects at the cutting edge<br />

of modern design in the new year by instituting his own 'antiaward'<br />

for what he sees as the five worst new buildings 23/12/01<br />

B 7 1>4<br />

CHEKHOV, ANTON<br />

* <strong>The</strong> translation of Chekhov's early plays 02/09/01 R 5 1>5<br />

Photographs<br />

CHERRY<br />

* See Book Reviews - Gerrard, Nicci 24/06/01<br />

CHERRY: A LIFE OF APSLEY CHERRY-GARRARD<br />

* See Book Reviews - Moore, Lucy 04/11/01<br />

CHESS<br />

* Jon Speelman 07/01/01 E 30 1>4 Illustration<br />

* Jon Speelman 14/01/01 E 30 1>4 Illustration<br />

* Jon Speelman 21/01/01 E 34 1>5 Illustration<br />

* Jon Speelman 28/01/01 E 30 1>4 Illustration<br />

* Jon Speelman 04/02/01 E 26 1>5 Illustration<br />

* Jon Speelman 04/02/01 E 30 1>5 Illustration<br />

* Jon Speelman 11/02/01 E 22 1>4 Illustrations


* Jon Speelman 18/02/01 E 26 1>4 Illustrations<br />

* Jon Speelman 25/02/01 E 26 1>5 Illustration<br />

* Jon Speelman 04/03/01 E 26 1>5 Illustration<br />

* Jon Speelman 11/03/01 E 22 1>4 Illustration<br />

* Jon Speelman 18/03/01 E 26 1>4 Illustrations<br />

* Jon Speelman 25/03/01 E 22 1>4 Illustration<br />

* Jon Speelman 01/04/01 E 23 1>4 Illustration<br />

* Jon Speelman 08/04/01 E 23 3>6 Illustration<br />

* Jon Speelman 15/04/01 E 19 1>4 Illustrations<br />

* Jon Speelman 22/04/01 E 23 1>4 Illustrations<br />

* Jon Speelman 06/05/01 E 19 1>4 Illustrations<br />

* Jon Speelman 13/05/01 E 23 1>4 Illustrations<br />

* Jon Speelman 20/05/01 E 19 1>4 Illustrations<br />

* Jon Speelman 27/05/01 E 23 3>6 Illustrations<br />

* Jon Speelman 03/06/01 E 19 1>4 Illustration<br />

* Jon Speelman 10/06/01 E 19 1>4 Illustration<br />

* Jon Speelman 17/06/01 E 23 3>6 Illustrations<br />

* Jon Speelman 24/06/01 E 19 3>6 Illustration<br />

* Jon Speelman 01/07/01 E 19 3>6 Illustrations<br />

* Jon Speelman 08/07/01 E 19 3>6 Illustrations<br />

* Jon Speelman 15/07/01 E 23 1>4 Illustration<br />

* Jon Speelman 22/07/01 E 23 1>4 Illustrations<br />

* Jon Speelman 29/07/01 E 23 1>4 Illustration<br />

* Jon Speelman 05/08/01 E 23 1>4 Illustration<br />

* Jon Speelman 12/08/01 E 23 1>4 Illustration<br />

* Jon Speelman 19/08/01 E 23 1>5 Illustration<br />

* Jon Speelman 26/08/01 E 19 1>4 Illustration<br />

* Jon Speelman 02/09/01 E 23 3>6 Illustration<br />

* Jon Speelman 09/09/01 E 19 3>6 Illustration<br />

* Jon Speelman 16/09/01 E 10 3>6 Illustration<br />

* Jon Speelman 23/09/01 E 19 1>4 Illustrations<br />

* Jon Speelman 30/09/01 E 19 1>4 Illustration<br />

* Jon Speelman 07/10/01 E 19 1>4 Illustration<br />

* Jon Speelman 14/10/01 E 19 1>5 Illustrations<br />

* Jon Speelman 21/10/01 E 23 1>5 Illustration<br />

* Jon Speelman 28/10/01 E 19 1>4 Illustrations<br />

* Jon Speelman 04/11/01 R 19 1>4 Illustrations<br />

* Jon Speelman 11/11/01 E 19 1>4 Illustration<br />

* Jon Speelman 18/11/01 E 19 1>5 Illustration<br />

* Jon Speelman 25/11/01 E 19 1>4 Illustrations<br />

* Jon Speelman 02/12/01 E 19 2>6 Illustrations<br />

* Jon Speelman 09/12/01 E 19 1>5 Illustrations<br />

* Jon Speelman 16/12/01 E 15 1>4 Illustration<br />

* Jon Speelman 23/12/01 R 23 2>3 Illustrations<br />

CHILD ABUSE<br />

* Sweeping changes to Britain's child protection system are<br />

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being planned by Ministers after the tragic case of Anna<br />

Climbie, the girl who was murdered after being failed by the<br />

system 14/01/01 B 2 4>7<br />

* Anna Climbie came to Britain an adorable child, but was<br />

brutally abused until her death - a look at the official blunders<br />

and complacency that let her die 14/01/01 B 8>9 1>8<br />

Photographs<br />

* Children must have the protection they deserve by Allan Levy,<br />

QC 14/01/01 B 9 1>3 Photograph<br />

* Failed by the system: other lost children 14/01/01 B 9 7>8<br />

Photographs<br />

* Dave Peltzer is no literary genius but his memoirs of abused<br />

childhood are bestsellers, who's buying these books and why? -<br />

see Peltzer, Dave 02/09/01<br />

* Parents are being wrongly accused of child abuse by doctors<br />

who fail to recognise the debilitating illness ME in children - see<br />

Health 16/09/01<br />

* Stark warning from social work chief amid calls for funds as<br />

caseloads soar 16/09/01 B 1>2 1>3 Photograph<br />

* Billy Connolly, one of Britain's greatest comedians, has<br />

spoken for the first time of the sexual and physical abuse he<br />

suffered as a child - see Connolly, Billy 23/09/01<br />

* Billy Connolly: <strong>The</strong> early years: extract from Billy Connolly's<br />

extraordinary biography by his wife, Pamela Stephenson - see<br />

Connolly, Billy 23/09/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> inquiry opens this week into the trail of incompetence and<br />

neglect that led to the torture and death of a fostered child from<br />

Africa 23/09/01 B 5 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Sports bodies face allegations that hundreds of young athletes<br />

have been subjected to physical and verbal abuse by coaches<br />

meant to groom them for stardom 28/10/01 B 13 1>2<br />

* <strong>The</strong> inquiry into the death of 8-year-old Victoria Climbie is<br />

being stalled by Haringey Council's social workers 09/12/01 B<br />

10 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Experts now believe that the south coast resorts have become a<br />

magnet for child molesters - see Paedophiles 23/12/01<br />

CHILDREN<br />

* Children as young as three risk being sucked into schooling too<br />

early by anxious parents and the boom in nursery education - see<br />

Education 07/01/01<br />

* Kids' TV is now big business, with merchandising spin-offs<br />

worth millions - see Business & Industry 07/01/01<br />

* More than half of all British schoolchildren have been bullied -<br />

see Education 07/01/01<br />

* More than one million children have been denied an essential<br />

vaccination against tuberculosis because the Government<br />

scheme has been in disarray for 18 months - see Vaccination<br />

14/01/01<br />

* Sports heroes sign up for campaign to tear the nation's idle<br />

youths away from TV and computers - see Sport 14/01/01<br />

* In the aftermath of El Salvador's huge earthquake, report on<br />

Santa Tecla's lost children - see International Affairs: Cent. & S.<br />

America 21/01/01<br />

* Working class children will be given piano lessons, ballet<br />

classes and other traditional perks of middle class children under<br />

a revolutionary £35m government credit 11/02/01 B 1>2 7>8<br />

* Almost 250,000 children in Britain's poorest households have<br />

become worse off since 1997 when Labour took power, says a<br />

new study - see Poverty 18/02/01<br />

* Kids prefer TV to most other activities in the home - see Social<br />

Conditions & Trends 18/02/01


* Millions of pre-school children will be screened for special<br />

needs in a radical new scheme to identify problem children<br />

before they start school 18/03/01 B 6 7>8<br />

* Every year dozens of desperate mothers risk prison for<br />

abandoning their babies - see Social Conditions & Trends<br />

01/04/01<br />

* Advertisers are milking the power of children with a will and a<br />

wish list - see Advertising 29/04/01<br />

* Shock rise in hard drug use among pupils - children of 11<br />

experiment with heroin and cocaine - see Drugs & Drug Abuse<br />

29/04/01<br />

* Britain's latest prime-time TV quiz, <strong>The</strong> Brainiest Kid in<br />

Britain will pit child against child in the ultimate battle of young<br />

wits - see Television 06/05/01<br />

* Horrific statistics reveal toll of war on children 06/05/01 B 19<br />

2>4<br />

* Labelling our children as 'mixed race' in the Census does them<br />

no favours, says Sophie Radice - see Social Conditions & Trends<br />

13/05/01<br />

* Nicci Gerrard asks: Has life improved for our children under<br />

Labour? 13/05/01 B 17 1>6 Photographs<br />

* A severe shortage of people willing to foster children is putting<br />

some of the most vulnerable youngsters in Britain at risk - see<br />

Adoption & Fostering 03/06/01<br />

* Tragic despair that led to suicide of a boy aged 10, who had<br />

been expelled from his school - see Suicide 10/06/01<br />

* Parents on the verge of breaking up harm their children far<br />

more than anyone realised, says one of the largest studies of<br />

adolescents ever attempted - see Divorce 05/08/01<br />

* Abused, vulnerable and articulate, 16-year-old Vonnie was a<br />

perfect subject for a BBC video diary 10 year's ago - it had a<br />

dramatic effect on her life and her producer, Polly Steele<br />

05/08/01 R 1>2 1>5 Photographs<br />

* Many parents buckle under the pressure of satisfying their<br />

child's every wish, but is this generosity a recipe for trouble in<br />

later life? 05/08/01 B 15 1>6 Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong> plight of the lone child refugees - see Asylum Seekers<br />

12/08/01<br />

* Hi-tech maps of the mind show that computer games are<br />

damaging brain development and could lead to children being<br />

unable to control violent behaviour - see Computers & Computer<br />

Technology 19/08/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> debate about whether or not to smack children took a new<br />

twist when a government-backed body insisted that violence<br />

achieves nothing 26/08/01 B 5 5>6<br />

* <strong>The</strong> children's drug Ritalin has a more potent effect on the<br />

brain that cocaine, a study has found - see Drugs & Drug Abuse<br />

09/09/01<br />

* Dominic Savage tells Geraldine Bedell about his new factmeets-fiction<br />

drama on a runaway 12 year old girl - see<br />

Television 23/09/01<br />

* A teaching union has issued a stern warning to parents and<br />

teachers that author J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter creation could<br />

lead children to the sinister… - see Teaching Profession<br />

04/11/01<br />

* Cherie Blair takes up the crusade against bullying in schools -<br />

see Bullying 04/11/01<br />

* Kevin was 11 when his violent stepdad drove him on the<br />

streets, in Britain 77,000 children run away from home each year<br />

- yet there is no national policy to deal with them - see<br />

Homelessness 11/11/01<br />

* Children have more pocket money than ever and are more<br />

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successful at persuading their parents to buy the latest toys and<br />

games than previous generations 25/11/01 B 14 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Some preparation helps a child left without parents 25/11/01 C<br />

5 1>6 Photograph<br />

* For children, recovering from an accident is hard enough, but<br />

coping with the inner scars can be even harder - see Health<br />

09/12/01<br />

* Four children in a Yorkshire family have been taken into care<br />

after their parents lost their home - see Homelessness 16/12/01<br />

CHILDREN'S CHOICE<br />

* Noughts & Crosses by Malorie Blackman 07/01/01 R 20 4>5<br />

* Letters from the Inside by John Marsden 28/01/01 R 21 4>5<br />

* Secret Heart by David Almond 11/03/01 R 20 4>5<br />

* A Wish for Wings by Robert Swindells 01/04/01 R 18 4>5<br />

* Brothers by Ted van Lieshout 06/05/01 R 18 4>5<br />

* (Un)arranged Marriage by Bali Rai 10/06/01 R 18 4>5<br />

* 24 Hours by Margaret Mahy 29/07/01 R 18 4>5<br />

* Compass Murphy by Stephen Potts 09/09/01 R 18 4>5<br />

* Adults Only by Morris Gleitzman 18/11/01 R 18 4>5<br />

CHOKE<br />

* See Book Reviews - Adams, Tim 22/07/01<br />

CHRISTIE, AGATHA<br />

* Twenty-five years after the death of detective author Agatha<br />

Christie, it's time to look again at a true modernist with dark<br />

obsessions 16/09/01 R 5 1>5 Photographs<br />

* A British Museum curator has discovered a reel of film shot by<br />

Agatha Christie that inspired the author to write some of her<br />

most famous detective novels 28/10/01 B 9 1>2 Photograph<br />

CHRISTMAS<br />

* <strong>The</strong> author Raymond Brigg's new Christmas offering is Ivor,<br />

an invisible giant, which could prove harder to market than <strong>The</strong><br />

Snowman - see Briggs, Raymond 04/11/01<br />

* Christmas gift guide by the <strong>Observer</strong>'s Life's team of specialist<br />

writers 18/11/01 M 40>55 1>4 Photographs<br />

* More <strong>Observer</strong> experts share their ideas for the hard-to-please<br />

18/11/01 M 56>57 2>4 Photographs<br />

* Websites for Christmas gifts 18/11/01 M 58>59 1>6<br />

Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong> shopper's A-Z for Christmas 18/11/01 M 60>61 1>6<br />

Photographs<br />

* Bookmaker Ladbrokes is offering prices on whether David<br />

Beckham or Harry Potter will dominate the lucrative Christmas<br />

market in PlayStation games - see Business & Industry 25/11/01<br />

* Alternative Santas 16/12/01 M 21>24 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Across the country, small businesses hit by the foot and mouth<br />

epidemic are enjoying a sales bonanza and consumers are<br />

fuelling a Christmas spending - see Retail Industry 23/12/01<br />

* Bookmakers have shortened the odds on a white Christmas,<br />

with experts predicting a 90 per cent chance of snow on<br />

Christmas Day - see Weather 23/12/01<br />

CHURCH OF ENGLAND<br />

* Leading Church of England traditionalists have confirmed<br />

plans for a breakaway group over the hotly disputed issue of the<br />

remarriage of divorcees 15/04/01 B 2 4>7<br />

CHURCH, CHARLOTTE


* Singer Charlotte Church performed before 70,000 fans at the<br />

Picnic with Pavarotti in Hyde Park, London 15/07/01 B 12 3<br />

Photograph<br />

CHURCHILL<br />

* See Book Reviews - McCrum, Robert 14/10/01<br />

CHURCHILL, WINSTON<br />

* A top secret report on UFOs written in 1951 and used to brief<br />

Prime Minister Winston Churchill, has recently been unearthed -<br />

see UFOs 21/10/01<br />

CIRCUS<br />

* Pioneering circus storms across Britain 15/04/01 B 9 4>5<br />

CITY LIFE<br />

* Paris 01/04/01 B 26 7>8 Photograph, cartoon<br />

* Madrid 23/12/01 B 17 1>5 Photographs<br />

CITY OF LONDON, THE, VOLUME IV<br />

* See Book Reviews - Keegan, William 01/07/01<br />

CIVIL LIBERTIES<br />

* Terrorism Crisis: Are civil liberties at risk? 30/09/01 B 26 1>8<br />

Photographs<br />

CLARE, ANTHONY<br />

* Profile on Anthony Clare, Radio 4's resident psychiatrist<br />

13/05/01 B 27 1>6 Caricature<br />

CLARKE, ARTHUR C., THE COLLECTED STORIES BY...<br />

* See Book Reviews - McKie, Robin 21/01/01<br />

CLARKE, KENNETH<br />

* Kenneth Clarke, the former Tory Chancellor and a contender<br />

for leadership of the party, travelled to Vietnam to support a<br />

controversial plan to build a $40m cigarette manufacturing plant<br />

24/06/01 B 6 4>8 Photographs<br />

* Profile on Kenneth Clarke, Tory Party leader candidate<br />

01/07/01 B 21 1>6 Caricature<br />

* Ken Clarke has ordered his backers to 'shut up about the euro'<br />

for fear of igniting a row during the Tory leadership campaign<br />

that could split the party - see Euro, <strong>The</strong> 22/07/01<br />

* Photograph of Ken Clarke on the campaign trail for the<br />

leadership of the Tory Party with his wife, Gillian 19/08/01 B 1<br />

3 Photograph<br />

* Kenneth Clark, fighting to become the Tory leader, signalled<br />

that there would be a natural purge of Eurosceptic members from<br />

the Conservative Party if he wins 26/08/01 B 1>2 7>8<br />

CLASSIC STORIES OF THE OLD TESTAMENT…<br />

* See Audiobook Reviews - Redford, Rachel 15/04/01<br />

CLASSICWATCH<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Golden Gate by Vikram Seth 21/01/01 R 18 4>5<br />

* Voyage in the Dark by Jean Rhys 11/02/01 R 18 4>5<br />

* Scoop by Evelyn Waugh 04/03/01 R 18 4>5<br />

* <strong>The</strong> People of the Sea by David Thomson 18/03/01 R 18 4>5<br />

* Loving by Henry Green 08/04/01 R 18 4>5<br />

* Review of Wind, Sand and Stars by Antoine de Saint-Exupery<br />

29/04/01 R 18 4>5<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Man Within by Graham Greene 20/05/01 R 18 4>5<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Third Policeman by Flann O'Brien 27/05/01 R 18 4>5<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Once and Future King by T.H. White 24/06/01 R 18 4>5<br />

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* Earthly Powers by Anthony Burgess 22/07/01 R 18 4>5<br />

* Review of <strong>The</strong> Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham<br />

02/09/01 R 18 4>5<br />

* Orlando by Virginia Woolf 07/10/01 R 18 4>5 Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Heart is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers 21/10/01<br />

R 18 4>5<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Issa Valley by Czeslaw Milosz 16/12/01 R 18 4>5<br />

CLEESE, JOHN<br />

* Profile on actor John Cleese 25/02/01 B 27 1>5 Photographs,<br />

caricature<br />

CLEMENT, AURORE<br />

* Aurore Clement was devastated when her role in Apocalypse<br />

Now was cut, but more than 20 years on, she's ready to take her<br />

chance to shine - see Film 11/11/01<br />

CLERICAL ERRORS<br />

* See Book Reviews - Jays, David 07/01/01<br />

CLIFFORD, MAX<br />

* <strong>The</strong> PR guru for whom recession holds no fears talks to Conal<br />

Walsh 19/08/01 N 4 5>8 Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> publicist Max Clifford will aim to transform the reputation<br />

of Claims Direct - see Financial Institutions 26/08/01<br />

CLINTON, BILL<br />

* Two US leaders - Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton were the<br />

subject of health alerts yesterday - see International Affairs:<br />

USA 14/01/01<br />

* Bill Clinton, the former US President, receives a garland from<br />

children at a home in Calcutta 08/04/01 B 2 4 Photograph<br />

* Bill Clinton still has pulling power and his European tour,<br />

which hits Britain this week, is earning him a fortune 20/05/01<br />

B 3 1>5 Photograph<br />

* Bill Clinton went running in Oxford yesterday morning, where<br />

his daughter Chelsea is reportedly planning to become a<br />

postgraduate in the autumn 27/05/01 B 4 4 Photograph<br />

* Tim Henman frustrated by rain as Bill Clinton charms the<br />

Wimbledon crowd - see Sport: Tennis 08/07/01<br />

* New York: Bill Clinton opened his new office in Harlem last<br />

week - the best places to mix with the locals - see Travel<br />

05/08/01<br />

* He left the White House in disgrace after doling out dubious<br />

pardons, now only months later, Bill Clinton's popularity at<br />

home and abroad has reached new heights 09/09/01 R 1>2 1>5<br />

Photographs<br />

CLINTON, BILL & HILLARY<br />

* Focus on the Clinton's 25/02/01 B 17 1>6 Photographs<br />

CLONING<br />

* <strong>The</strong> cloning controversy: the real horrors will be the ones that<br />

affect the mind 12/08/01 B 15 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Interview with Severino Antinori who is determined to come<br />

to Britain to clone humans - see Antinori, Severino 02/12/01<br />

* Scientists have taken a major step towards cloning organs for<br />

patients suffering from cancer, Alzheimer's or diabetes 09/12/01<br />

B 7 1>2 Photograph<br />

CLOUDED PEACE, A<br />

* See Book Reviews - McHardy, Anne 22/04/01<br />

COE, SEBASTIAN


* Profile on former Olympic champion turned politician,<br />

Sebastian Coe 18/02/01 B 27 1>6 Caricature<br />

COFFEE GROWING<br />

* Coffee beans were supposed to be the answer to Vietnam's<br />

woes but civil strife and environmental destruction are the result<br />

- see International Affairs: S.E. Asia 12/08/01<br />

* Coffee has fallen to its lowest price in decades, plunging<br />

growers into poverty - yet demand in the West is at record levels<br />

- see Business & Industry 12/08/01<br />

* Desperate coffee growers in central and Latin America are<br />

planting coca, the leaf form which cocaine is produced - see<br />

International Affairs: Cent. & S. America 12/08/01<br />

COHEN, LEONARD<br />

* Interview with Leonard Cohen, singer 14/10/01 M 10>15 1>4<br />

Photographs<br />

COHEN, NICK<br />

* Columnist 27/05/01 B 31 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Columnist 16/09/01 X 27 1>5 Photographs<br />

COHN-BENDIT, DANIEL<br />

* He preached liberation to a generation, but did Daniel Cohn-<br />

Bendit have a dark secret asks Kate Connolly 28/01/01 B 3 1>6<br />

Photographs<br />

COLD SIX THOUSAND, THE<br />

* See Book Reviews - Cox, Tom 22/04/01<br />

COLDEST MARCH, THE<br />

* See Book Reviews - MacFarlane, Robert 07/10/01<br />

COLDITZ<br />

* See Book Reviews - Rayner, Jay 12/08/01<br />

COLFER, EOIN<br />

* Interview with Eoin Colfer, author of Artemis Fowl, which has<br />

already earned him £700,000 in publishers' advances - see Books<br />

Interview, <strong>The</strong> 13/05/01<br />

COLLECTED POEMS<br />

* See Book Reviews - Kinsella, John 02/12/01<br />

COLUMBUS, CHRIS<br />

* Profile on Chris Columbus, film director, writer and producer<br />

28/10/01 B 29 1>6 Photograph, caricature<br />

COMBS, SEAN<br />

* <strong>The</strong> trials of Puff Daddy, real name Sean Combs 18/03/01 B<br />

19 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Cleared rap star Sean 'Puffy' Combs faces one billion dollars<br />

worth of civil suits as he seeks to keep his corporate empire and<br />

image intact 18/03/01 B 3 7<br />

COME UP AND SEE ME SOMETIME<br />

* See Book Reviews - Shapiro, Anna 22/07/01<br />

COMEDY<br />

* Heard the one about the black South African comic and the<br />

white audience? - see International Affairs: Africa 14/01/01<br />

* Interview with Norman Wisdom, the grandaddy of British<br />

comedy - see Wisdom, Norman 25/02/01<br />

* Review of <strong>The</strong> League of Gentlemen Presents A Local Show<br />

For Local People 18/03/01 R 13 1>8 Photographs<br />

* As Amnesty International marks its fortieth anniversary, John<br />

Cleese hands over the reins of the Secret Policeman shows - see<br />

OBSERVER INDEX: JAN-DEC <strong>2001</strong><br />

48<br />

Amnesty International 01/04/01<br />

* Review of John Shuttleworth: One Foot in the Gravy 08/04/01<br />

R 10 1>5 Photograph<br />

* Review of the Melbourne Comedy Festival 15/04/01 R 10 1>7<br />

Photographs<br />

* Trigger Happy TV hits a new high in hidden camera comedy<br />

15/04/01 R 8 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Review of <strong>The</strong> Pub Landlord: My Gaff, My Rules/Baddiel &<br />

Skinner Unplanned 22/04/01 R 13 1>5 Photographs<br />

* Review of Mike Albo: Please Everything Burst 27/05/01 R 13<br />

7>8 Photographs<br />

* Review of Edinburgh Comedy 17/06/01 R 6 5>8 Photographs<br />

* Review of Pieter-Dirk Uys: Foreign Aids 08/07/01 R 11 1>8<br />

Photographs<br />

* Review of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival 05/08/01 R 10 1>6<br />

Photographs<br />

* Review of Ed Byrne 16/09/01 R 11 4>8<br />

* Interview with actor and comedian, Billy Connolly - see<br />

Connolly, Billy 23/09/01<br />

* Review of Victoria Wood at the Royal Albert Hall 23/09/01 R<br />

10 5>8 Photograph<br />

* Review of Jackie Mason 14/10/01 R 13 4>6 Photograph<br />

* Review of Middle Aged Bimbo 21/10/01 R 11 6>8<br />

* Review of Richard Herring in Christ on a Bike! 28/10/01 R 13<br />

7>8 Photograph<br />

* Comedy Diary: Rich Hall 25/11/01 R 13 1>2 Photograph<br />

* David Baddiel is best known as one half the comic duo<br />

Baddiel and Skinner, now he is to breathe new life into the<br />

country's film industry by finding funny film ideas 25/11/01 B 4<br />

5>7 Photograph<br />

* Review of Bottom <strong>2001</strong>: An Arse Oddity 02/12/01 R 13 1>6<br />

Photograph<br />

* Review of Jackie Clune's Bitchin' Christmas 09/12/01 R 13<br />

1>6 Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> critically-acclaimed ITV comedy romance Cold Feet<br />

failed to win a single award at last night's British Comedy<br />

Awards 16/12/01 B 12 1>5 Photographs<br />

* Comedy Store Special - see Radio 30/12/01<br />

* Comedy 2002: Stephanie Merritt 30/12/01 R 9 7>8<br />

Photograph<br />

COMEDY MAN, THE<br />

* See Book Reviews - Adams, Tim 13/05/01<br />

COMIC RELIEF<br />

* <strong>The</strong> work done by charity Comic Relief in Britain 04/03/01 M<br />

36>39 1>4 Photographs<br />

COMICS, COMIX & GRAPHIC NOVELS<br />

* See Book Reviews - Wood, Gaby 01/04/01<br />

COMPANY OF STRANGERS, THE<br />

* See Book Reviews - Guttridge, Peter 01/04/01<br />

COMPASS MURPHY<br />

* See Children's Choice 09/09/01<br />

COMPLETE SHORT STORIES, THE<br />

* See Book Reviews - Mars-Jones, Adam 30/09/01


COMPLETE STORIES, THE<br />

* See Book Reviews - Cowley, Jason 04/11/01<br />

COMPUTERS & COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY<br />

* Apple's generation OS X - competitor to Microsoft's Windows<br />

software 25/03/01 N 7 1>5 Photograph<br />

* Xbox is Bill Gates' answer to PlayStation, but can a machine<br />

from the terminally uncool computer company fight the might of<br />

Sony? 13/05/01 N 6 1>8 Photographs<br />

* It is known as 'desk rage' - one in four Britons admits to<br />

beating their computer 10/06/01 B 4 4>8 Photograph, cartoon<br />

* Code Red, which infected nearly 300,000 computers, cleverly<br />

exploited a weakness in Microsoft's popular internet information<br />

servers 05/08/01 N 6 1>8 Illustration<br />

* <strong>The</strong> personal computer has transformed our lives and, 20 years<br />

on, is still shaping our future 12/08/01 B 16 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Hi-tech maps of the mind show that computer games are<br />

damaging brain development and could lead to children being<br />

unable to control violent behaviour 19/08/01 B 7 1>6<br />

Photographs<br />

* Even a $1bn marketing drive may not make up for Microsoft's<br />

lousy timing - see Business & Industry 28/10/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> PlayStation video-gamers from Tokyo, Sony, are gearing<br />

up to Bill Gates and his Xbox with wild characters and off-thewall<br />

software 04/11/01 N 6 3>6 Illustrations<br />

CONCORDE<br />

* Negligence by Air France ground staff may have been a<br />

contributory factor behind the Concorde crash that killed 114<br />

near Paris last July 13/05/01 B 1 7>8 Photograph<br />

* Concorde: the unanswered questions 13/05/01 B 19>20 1>6<br />

Photographs<br />

* Concorde flies again in style after a £50m revamp - see<br />

Aviation Industry 28/10/01<br />

* Jeannette Hyde flies Concorde to the Caribbean playground of<br />

the rich and famous - see Travel 09/12/01<br />

CONNOLLY, BILLY<br />

* Billy Connolly, one of Britain's greatest comedians, has<br />

spoken for the first time of the sexual and physical abuse he<br />

suffered as a child 23/09/01 B 1 1>7 Photograph<br />

* Billy Connolly: <strong>The</strong> early years: extract from Billy Connolly's<br />

extraordinary biography by his wife, Pamela Stephenson<br />

23/09/01 M 18>22 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Interview with actor and comedian, Billy Connolly 23/09/01<br />

M 8>16 1>2 Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong> lost years: the second extract from Pamela Stephenson's<br />

candid biography of her husband 30/09/01 M 20>24 1>4<br />

Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Glory Years: the final extract from Pamela Stephenson's<br />

extraordinary biography of her husband, actor and comedian,<br />

Billy Connolly 07/10/01 M 17>20 1>4 Photographs<br />

CONRAN, TERENCE<br />

* Terence Conran didn't set out to transform British taste and<br />

style but that's what happened during his 50 years at the<br />

forefront of design 26/08/01 R 6 1>5 Photographs<br />

CONSERVATIVE PARTY, THE<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Conservative Party was accused of taking an 'illegal'<br />

donation from a foreign company, which under a new law could<br />

lead to Tory officials facing criminal charges 06/05/01 B 2 3>5<br />

* Peter Preston on the Tory Press - see Media 26/08/01<br />

OBSERVER INDEX: JAN-DEC <strong>2001</strong><br />

49<br />

* Conservatives in crisis 26/08/01 B 14>15 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Just 3 per cent of voters recognise key members of the<br />

Conservative Party shadow cabinet 07/10/01 B 10 1>8<br />

Photographs<br />

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY<br />

* Three builders paid for the trade boom with their lives<br />

07/01/01 B 6 7>8 Photographs<br />

* Deaths of construction workers are 'spiralling out of control' as<br />

building companies slash staffing numbers in a bid to meet tight<br />

margins 25/02/01 N 2 2>4 Photograph<br />

* Fatalities on construction sites are escalating alarmingly - see<br />

Work 27/05/01<br />

* Construction companies have warned the Government that its<br />

much-vaunted public infrastructure investment programme is<br />

undeliverable unless the controversial private finance initiative is<br />

speeded up 02/09/01 N 1 1>3<br />

CONSUMERISM<br />

* What to do if that pink top now seems less of a bargain<br />

07/01/01 C 11 1>6 Photograph<br />

* According to a recent report by the DTI on consumer attitudes<br />

to switching energy and telephone suppliers, apathy abounds -<br />

see Personal Finance 14/01/01<br />

* As C&A call it a day, big-spending Britons trade up to the<br />

finer things in life 28/01/01 B 13 1>8 Photographs<br />

* UK icons bite the dust as consumers shop in a world without<br />

frontiers 11/03/01 N 3 1>5 Photographs<br />

* Antwerp is the perfect destination for a shopping spree - see<br />

Travel 15/04/01<br />

* A major new study suggests that for millions of people, binge<br />

shopping is no longer an emotional cure-all 06/05/01 B 7 1>6<br />

Photographs<br />

* Management: why are UK prices the sixth highest in the<br />

world? - who's behind rip-off Britain - see Work 24/06/01<br />

* Dark clouds may be massing, but high-spending consumers<br />

cannot seem to stop shopping long enough to notice 22/07/01 N<br />

3 1>3 Photograph<br />

* Spending may be set to slide, but stores are pumping cash into<br />

city centres - see Economy 05/08/01<br />

* Successive government planning rules are against issuing<br />

permission for out-of-town shopping malls - see Environment<br />

05/08/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Labour market is beginning to feel the effects of a<br />

weakening economy, but consumers are continuing their<br />

spending binge, according to figures to be released tomorrow -<br />

see Economy 05/08/01<br />

* Shoppers stay at home during the half-term school holidays<br />

28/10/01 N 1 4>6 Photograph<br />

* Special magazine issue on shopping 28/10/01 18>73 1>4<br />

Photographs<br />

* Card debt soars as shoppers log on to the store that never<br />

closes - the internet 28/10/01 B 9 1>7 Photograph<br />

* Stores accused of 'outrageous' mark-ups on Harry Potter<br />

merchandise 11/11/01 B 9 1>5 Photographs<br />

* An <strong>index</strong> launched tomorrow will reveal rapid growth in sales<br />

of ethical products 18/11/01 N 2 1>3<br />

* How UK shoppers are entering the festive season in high<br />

spirits, but the experts worry about the hangover to come<br />

18/11/01 N 3 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Children have more pocket money than ever and are more


successful at persuading their parents to buy the latest toys and<br />

games than previous generations - see Children 25/11/01<br />

* Across the country, small businesses hit by the foot and mouth<br />

epidemic are enjoying a sales bonanza and consumers are<br />

fuelling a Christmas spending - see Retail Industry 23/12/01<br />

* Recession may be around the corner, but no one's told Britain's<br />

shoppers who remain determined to spend 30/12/01 B 13 1>6<br />

Photographs<br />

COOK, BARBARA<br />

* See Cabaret 22/07/01<br />

COOPER, ALICE<br />

* Interview with Alice Cooper, ageing rockstar 29/04/01 M<br />

8>12 1>4 Photographs<br />

COPE, WENDY<br />

* See Books Interview, <strong>The</strong> 03/06/01<br />

CORBETT, GERALD<br />

* Former Railtrack boss Gerald Corbett, now executive chairman<br />

of Woolworths, is in line for a 50 per cent salary hike 29/07/01<br />

N 1 5>8<br />

CORRECTIONS, THE<br />

* See Book Reviews - Adams, Tim 25/11/01<br />

COSMETIC SURGERY<br />

* Britons are taking holidays in South Africa and combining the<br />

trips with the opportunity to have plastic surgery at a fraction of<br />

the cost of surgery in Britain 18/03/01 B 7 1>7 Photographs<br />

* Record numbers of people are using cosmetic surgery<br />

30/12/01 B 11 1>8 Photographs<br />

COST OF, THE…<br />

* Buying a pub 07/01/01 M 4 4 Photograph<br />

* Cooking like a pro 14/01/01 M 5 4 Photograph<br />

* Having your own gym 21/01/01 M 5 4 Photograph<br />

* A nuclear bunker 28/01/01 M 7 4 Photograph<br />

* Night driving 04/02/01 M 5 4 Photograph<br />

* Being a better lover 11/02/01 M 5 4 Photograph<br />

* Owning your own airline 18/02/01 M 5 4 Photograph<br />

* Skiing 25/02/01 M 7 4 Photograph<br />

* Circling the globe 04/03/01 M 5 4 Photograph<br />

* Starting a business 11/03/01 M 5 4 Photograph<br />

* A hi-tech batchelor pad 18/03/01 M 5 4 Photograph<br />

* Joining the circus 25/03/01 M 5 4 Photograph<br />

* Taking up sumo wrestling 01/04/01 M 5 4 Photograph<br />

* A spa 08/04/01 M 5 4 Photograph<br />

* Being a spy 15/04/01 M 5 4 Photograph<br />

* A casino 22/04/01 M 5 3 Photograph<br />

* A cup of coffee 29/04/01 M 5 4 Photograph<br />

* A suntan 06/05/01 M 5 3 Photograph<br />

* A private jet 13/05/01 M 5 4 Photograph<br />

* Being an MP 20/05/01 M 5 4 Photograph<br />

* An art collection 27/05/01 M 5 4 Photograph<br />

* Playing golf 03/06/01 M 5 4 Photograph<br />

OBSERVER INDEX: JAN-DEC <strong>2001</strong><br />

50<br />

* Being a rock snob 10/06/01 M 5 4 Photograph<br />

* Growing old 17/06/01 M 5 4 Photograph<br />

* Buying a horse 24/06/01 M 5 4 Photograph<br />

* A good night's sleep 01/07/01 M 5 4 Photograph<br />

* Running with bulls 08/07/01 M 5 4 Photograph<br />

* A joint 15/07/01 M 5 4 Photograph<br />

* Surfing 22/07/01 M 5 4 Photograph<br />

* A wine cellar 29/07/01 M 5 4 Photograph<br />

* Self-sufficiency 05/08/01 M 5 4 Photograph<br />

* Weather control 12/08/01 M 5 4 Photograph<br />

* Self-defence 19/08/01 M 5 4 Photograph<br />

* Team-building 26/08/01 M 5 4 Photograph<br />

* Perfume 02/09/01 M 5 4 Photograph<br />

* Manners 09/09/01 M 5 4 Photograph<br />

* Going to school 16/09/01 M 5 4 Photograph<br />

* More hair 23/09/01 M 5 4 Photograph<br />

* A walk in the country 30/09/01 M 5 4 Photograph<br />

* A fetish 07/10/01 M 5 4 Photograph<br />

* A better memory 14/10/01 M 5 4 Photograph<br />

* Staying awake 21/10/01 M 5 4 Photograph<br />

* Eternal youth 28/10/01 M 5 4 Photograph<br />

* A personal shopper 04/11/01 M 5 4 Photograph<br />

* A massage 11/11/01 M 5 4 Photograph<br />

* Going to the South Pole 18/11/01 M 4 4 Photograph<br />

* Hacking 25/11/01 M 5 4 Photograph<br />

* Being a fashion designer 02/12/01 M 5 4 Photograph<br />

* A Banquet 09/12/01 M 5 4 Photograph<br />

* Yoga 16/12/01 M 5 4 Photograph<br />

COT DEATHS<br />

* Teenage mothers will be targeted in a major drive by Health<br />

Secretary Alan Milburn to cut infant deaths 25/11/01 B 9 1>2<br />

COUNTRYSIDE<br />

* Hare coursing is selling itself to a new breed of follower, but<br />

no amount of marketing could mask the scent of death - see<br />

Sport: Hare Coursing 07/01/01<br />

* A master could claim to be exercising his foxhounds if hunting<br />

is banned - see Fox Hunting 14/01/01<br />

* Sam Taylor has swapped the doubtful pleasures of urban<br />

England for the good (if scary) life in rural France - see Families<br />

& Family Life 21/01/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Countryside Debates - see Radio 21/01/01<br />

* Race attacks are almost 10 times more likely to happen in rural<br />

areas, according to an exclusive <strong>Observer</strong> survey - see Racism<br />

18/02/01<br />

* On 18th March, 500,000 rural protestors are expected to march<br />

through London, while they're aware animal rights activists are<br />

threatening to attack their homes - see Demonstrations &<br />

Protests 25/02/01<br />

* Top tourist attractions reopen for business in a desperate bid to<br />

save the rural economy from collapse - see Tourism 01/04/01<br />

* Cumbria's loss is Blackpool's gain as countryside crisis favours


the coast - see Tourism 15/04/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> British deer population is growing so rapidly and<br />

spreading so far that it is found now in every county in the<br />

country and they are causing vast damage to agriculture - see<br />

Animals 10/06/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> <strong>Observer</strong> has uncovered details of more than 30 highly<br />

controversial plans for new roads through nature reserves and<br />

historic sites - see Transport 04/11/01<br />

COUNTRYSIDE ALLIANCE, THE<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Countryside Alliance has come under attack from rural<br />

campaigners and others after an investigation has revealed it has<br />

invested in companies criticised for damaging rural communities<br />

29/04/01 B 5 1>8 Photographs<br />

COURIC, KATIE<br />

* America's Katie Couric's 'ordinariness' has made her TV's bestpaid<br />

presenter 23/12/01 B 14 1>8 Photographs<br />

COVER-UP OF CONVENIENCE<br />

* See Book Reviews - Woffinden, Bob 17/06/01<br />

COWARD, ROS<br />

* Columnist 04/03/01 B 27 1>3 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 25/03/01 B 31 5>6 Photograph<br />

COX, BARONESS<br />

* Christian campaigner Baroness Cox is risking her life in Sudan<br />

to buy hundreds of people from slave-traders and set them free -<br />

see International Affairs: Africa 28/01/01<br />

COX, SARA<br />

* Interview with Radio One's breakfast show host, Sara Cox<br />

24/06/01 M 8>12 1>4 Photographs<br />

* See Radio 08/07/01<br />

CRAFT, IAN<br />

* Euan Ferguson meets… Ian Craft, the pioneer in IVF 28/01/01<br />

B 14 1>6 Photographs<br />

CRAWLING AT NIGHT<br />

* See Book Reviews - Shapiro, Anna 01/07/01<br />

CRIADO-PEREZ, CARLOS<br />

* Interview with Safeway's new chief executive Carlos Criado-<br />

Perez 25/11/01 N 16 1>5 Photograph<br />

CRICK, MICHAEL<br />

* Michael Crick, the crusading journalist is investigating Alex<br />

Ferguson, the Manchester United boss for a new biography<br />

26/08/01 B 6 6>8<br />

CRIME<br />

* Lenient sentencing fuels Net child porn - see Pornography<br />

07/01/01<br />

* Writer Emmanuel Carrere spent seven years finding out what<br />

drove Jean-Claude Romand to murder his wife, son, daughter<br />

and parents - see Carrere, Emmanuel 14/01/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> murder of an Asian greengrocer in London has revealed<br />

how warring families will seek revenge over thousands of miles<br />

21/01/01 B 13 1>8 Photographs<br />

* <strong>Observer</strong> investigation on Bosnia's corrupt elite growing fat on<br />

human cargo smuggled to the West - see International Affairs:<br />

Europe 28/01/01<br />

* Alison Lewis was arrested on suspicion of slaying an entire<br />

family - after a year long ordeal she has been released without<br />

charge 28/01/01 B 12 1>8 Photographs<br />

OBSERVER INDEX: JAN-DEC <strong>2001</strong><br />

51<br />

* A flood of tapes now airing on TV chat shows uncover the<br />

corrupt heart of Peru - see International Affairs: Cent. & S.<br />

America 04/02/01<br />

* Kevin Sweeney said his wife's death was an accident; the<br />

police said it was murder - Jacqueline Davies believes her<br />

daughter was the victim of an evil con-man 04/02/01 R 1>2 1>5<br />

Photographs<br />

* Inside the hunt for a serial rapist 04/02/01 B 10 1>8<br />

Photographs<br />

* Sick Briton, Tracy Housel, is set for US execution in Atlanta<br />

04/02/01 B 15 1>8 Photographs<br />

* When the body of a millionaire socialite was found on a<br />

French beach last week, it seemed like suicide, now some are<br />

pointing to murder or even the curse of Tutankhamen 04/02/01<br />

B 18 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Stephen Downing walked free 27 years after being jailed for<br />

the murder of Wendy Sewell, but if he is innocent, then who is<br />

guilty? - see Downing, Stephen 11/02/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> murky world of expatriate life in Saudi Arabia has been<br />

rocked by the arrests of three Westerners for murder, but are<br />

they being framed? - see International Affairs: Middle East<br />

11/02/01<br />

* After seven months the search for Lucie Blackman is over -<br />

Tokyo businessman is to be charged with her murder 11/02/01<br />

B 1>2 4>6 Photograph<br />

* Five minutes of madness which led to the killing of 18 year old<br />

Abdul Osman 11/02/01 M 16>23 1>4 Photographs<br />

* A key member of a ruthless gang of Russian criminals is in<br />

Britain, running brutal protection rackets, vice rings and frauds<br />

11/02/01 B 23 1>2 Photographs<br />

* Grim secret of the man in the Armani suit, the 'Tokyo Ripper'<br />

suspected of killing English hostess, Lucie Blackman 11/02/01<br />

B 5 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Stephen Downing, victim of what campaigners describe as one<br />

of Britain's worst miscarriages of justice could receive up to £8m<br />

compensation - see Downing, Stephen 18/02/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> hidden truth behind race crimes in Britain - see Racism<br />

18/02/01<br />

* Highly sophisticated criminal gangs are smuggling more than<br />

£1bn in cash out of Britain each year 18/02/01 B 6 7>8<br />

Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> decoding of DNA could finally lead detectives to up to<br />

600 free murderers in Britain - see Genetics 25/02/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> trial of the man accused of murdering TV presenter Jill<br />

Dando is set to become one of the highest-profile court cases as<br />

the media gear up to provide blanket coverage - see Media<br />

25/02/01<br />

* When robber and cop-killer Kenneth Noye was extradited from<br />

Spain for his brutal 'M25' murder, it seemed justice had been<br />

done but the matter of three tons of stolen bullion remains - see<br />

Noye, Ken 25/02/01<br />

* Jane Blackman held an emotional press conference in Tokyo<br />

where she will arrange to collect the body of her murdered<br />

daughter Lucie 25/02/01 B 1 4 Photograph<br />

* Mother of murder victim Lucie Blackman flies to Tokyo for<br />

final time after months of torment 25/02/01 B 2 4>6<br />

Photographs<br />

* Looted Afghan art smuggled to London - see Art 11/03/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> law that says no one acquitted of a crime can be tried for it<br />

again is under threat - the families of some victims now believe<br />

justice is close - see Legal Affairs 11/03/01<br />

* Peter Noble sank 13 pints then got in his car and killed six


people… why did no one stop him? 11/03/01 B 20 1>6<br />

Photographs<br />

* Trail of murdered women is feared to be the work of Rippers<br />

on the loose 11/03/01 B 7 1>8 Photographs<br />

* UK antique dealers are up in arms over legislation designed to<br />

crack down on crime which is forcing them to keep detailed<br />

records - see Antiques 18/03/01<br />

* UK antique dealers are up in arms over legislation designed to<br />

crack down on crime which is forcing them to keep detailed<br />

records 18/03/01 N 2 2>4 Photograph<br />

* Crime fears as five police stations shut each month since<br />

Labour came into power 25/03/01 B 1>2 4>6<br />

* <strong>The</strong> careers and freedom of three top footballers are on a knifeedge<br />

after one of them changed his story over a gang assault on a<br />

student 25/03/01 B 19 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Victims of violence forced to battle for 'stingy' payouts<br />

08/04/01 C 14>15 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Impersonation, the fastest rising form of fraud, is all too easy<br />

to commit 08/04/01 C 2>4 2>4 Photographs<br />

* Drug barons from two of Britain's most crime-ridden cities -<br />

Liverpool and Glasgow - have forged an uneasy alliance to<br />

traffic millions of pounds worth of drugs 08/04/01 B 6 5>6<br />

* <strong>The</strong> five-year search for the killer of Caroline Dickinson<br />

appeared to be over last night when French police announced<br />

DNA samples taken from a suspect were 'very similar' to those at<br />

the murder scene 15/04/01 B 1 4>7 Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> father of murdered schoolgirl Caroline Dickinson, tells of<br />

his family's hope following DNA tests 15/04/01 B 6 1>8<br />

Photographs<br />

* Mystery surrounds the death of a holidaymaker whose Turkish<br />

boyfriend has been given granted asylum in Britain - see Asylum<br />

Seekers 22/04/01<br />

* Young offenders will be forced to carry out hard work for their<br />

communities in a shake-up of the youth system to be unveiled by<br />

Tony Blair this week 22/04/01 B 2 7<br />

* Many have witnessed gangland-style savagery in the London<br />

borough of Hackney, yet few will admit it 22/04/01 B 7 1>7<br />

Photographs<br />

* Profile on Pablo Escobar, Colombia's king of cocaine, who<br />

started his criminal career as a car thief and ended up as the<br />

seventh richest man in the world - see Escobar, Pablo 29/04/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> brutal blood sports of cockfighting and dogfighting are on<br />

the rise in Britain again, according to animal welfare officials -<br />

see Bloodsports 29/04/01<br />

* A private plane is expected to leave Rio de Janeiro today to<br />

bring Great Train Robber, Ronnie Biggs home after 35 years on<br />

the run - see Biggs, Ronnie 06/05/01<br />

* A tough package of crime measures is to be made the launch<br />

pad for Tony Blair's electoral appeal to Britain's middle ground -<br />

see Politics 06/05/01<br />

* In Denmark Claus Bork Hansen was riddled with 26 bullets in<br />

a murder some fear could herald the resumption of vicious<br />

warfare between Hell's Angels gangs - see International Affairs:<br />

Europe 06/05/01<br />

* New investigation queries stepfather's conviction for murder of<br />

nine-year-old 06/05/01 B 10 3>8 Photographs<br />

* One of the two boys freed from court after an allegedly 'racist'<br />

attack on an Asian schoolmate had previously assaulted the same<br />

child when they were both aged nine 13/05/01 B 5 1>3<br />

Photograph<br />

* Senior police officers believe the murderers of young Damilola<br />

Taylor will remain free for good because of early blunders in the<br />

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investigation 13/05/01 B 6 1>8 Photographs<br />

* 60 per cent of criminals take hard drugs - see Drugs & Drug<br />

Abuse 20/05/01<br />

* British police are likely to be the first in the world to acquire a<br />

national database that can identify criminals from foot prints -<br />

see Police 20/05/01<br />

* Interview with Cherri Gilham who murdered her lover<br />

20/05/01 R 4 1>5 Photograph<br />

* Gangland vengeance and empty promises of protection are<br />

destroying a vital weapon in the battle against crime - the<br />

supergrass system faces collapse 20/05/01 B 6 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Customs investigators are powerless to prevent a scam known<br />

as 'carousel fraud' under which the Government is persuaded to<br />

give VAT refunds on payments never made 03/06/01 N 1 5>6<br />

* Violent crime in Britain is rising at the second fastest rate in<br />

the world and escalating at the same rate as crime-ridden South<br />

Africa 03/06/01 B 11 1>8<br />

* Police are to conduct tests on the body of a murdered London<br />

vicar Father David Paget to find out whether he had engaged in<br />

sexual activity in the hours before he was murdered 03/06/01 B<br />

9 7 Photograph<br />

* Railtrack and British Transport Police have deployed a<br />

helicopter and photographer to monitor the worst areas in Britain<br />

for rail vandalism and trespassing - see Railway Industry<br />

10/06/01<br />

* Ancient manuscripts and historic books worth millions of<br />

pounds are being trafficked through Britain as criminals seek<br />

alternatives to high-risk ventures such as armed robbery and<br />

drugs 10/06/01 B 10 1>6 Photographs<br />

* A covert operation by West Midlands police against a gang of<br />

crack dealers put the lives of two elite undercover officers at risk<br />

- report on a catalogue of errors 10/06/01 B 17 1>7 Illustration<br />

* Criminal records are so full of serious errors that the launch of<br />

a new government database of them has been indefinitely<br />

delayed 10/06/01 B 7 1>2<br />

* Her dream trip to Goa ended in agony when she was gangraped<br />

on a beach, now Joeleen Sketchley is dead and her family's<br />

fight for justice hangs on the decision of an Indian court<br />

17/06/01 B 13 1>8 Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong> underworld is braced for a new round of killings after<br />

jailed kingpin Paul Ferris named informers in a book that has<br />

infuriated his rivals 17/06/01 B 6 1>8 Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Bulger Case: Jon Venables and Robert Thompson were<br />

freed last week - how the teenagers persuaded the experts that<br />

they would not murder again - see Bulger, James 24/06/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Home Office believes the killers of toddler James Bulger<br />

will be identified within months and has made contingency plans<br />

to protect the killers - see Bulger, James 24/06/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> jurors in the Jill Dando murder case failed to reach a<br />

majority verdict last night and were told to return to their hotel<br />

for the fourth night - see Dando, Jill 01/07/01<br />

* Serious sex offenders including rapists and paedophiles, will<br />

be refused early release from prison under a crackdown by<br />

Home Secretary David Blunkett designed to ease public concern<br />

01/07/01 B 1>2 2>4 Photograph<br />

* Convicted for the murder of Jill Dando, Barry George's<br />

lawyers struggle to find grounds to mount an appeal amid<br />

concerns that his conviction on circumstantial evidence may be<br />

unsafe - see Dando, Jill 08/07/01<br />

* Judge's daughter killed, cover-up by the Establishment,<br />

innocent man framed… that's the true story, now read the novel<br />

'<strong>The</strong> Blue Tango' by Eoin McNamee - see Books 08/07/01<br />

* Servicemen are committing tens of thousands of crimes a year,


an <strong>Observer</strong> investigation has revealed - see Armed Forces<br />

08/07/01<br />

* New genetic research could help clear the name of a mother<br />

convicted for double 'cot death' murders - see Genetics 15/07/01<br />

* A British businessman who was kidnapped in South Africa and<br />

held to ransom at gunpoint for three days spoke of his ordeal<br />

15/07/01 B 12 1>2 Photograph<br />

* Locking up young offenders is increasing the risk of youth<br />

crime, according to a report published by the crime reduction<br />

charity Nacro this week 15/07/01 B 6 1>3 Photograph<br />

* Researchers at Sussex University have discovered how CCTV<br />

camera controllers can spot criminals by studying the way they<br />

walk just before committing a crime 22/07/01 B 11 7<br />

* A customised pick-up truck now offers police their best hope<br />

of finding the gunman who attacked a British tourist in Australia<br />

and attempted to abduct his girlfriend 22/07/01 B 21 1>5<br />

Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Australian outback has provided few clues on Joanne Lees<br />

and Peter Falconio's ordeal after being attacked by a gunman<br />

29/07/01 B 15 1>5 Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong> sex offenders' register, which contains the addresses of<br />

15,000 criminals, is to be doubled in size as the government<br />

reacts to criticism that it is not doing enough to stop paedophiles<br />

29/07/01 B 2 2>7 Photograph<br />

* John Wilson goes undercover with the scourge of international<br />

art thievery - see Art 05/08/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Turkish Mafia is set to become the deadliest criminal<br />

organisation operating in the UK as it bids to win a battle for<br />

control of Britain's heroin market 05/08/01 B 14 5>7<br />

* Organised gangs are stealing millions of pounds from pubs,<br />

clubs and amusement arcades using specially designed tools and<br />

sophisticated electronic devices 19/08/01 B 10 1>5 Photographs<br />

* Dawn Airey, chief executive of Channel 5, defended her<br />

decision to screen a documentary series about the mass murders<br />

of Fred West - see Television 26/08/01<br />

* Jamaican 'Yardies' used to get the blame for much of London's<br />

violent crime, now British-born youths are in the ascendant and<br />

their gun culture is spreading across the country 26/08/01 B<br />

10>11 1>8 Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong> internet fuels record credit card fraud - see Internet<br />

02/09/01<br />

* Report on the helicopter chase in the Caribbean that saw a<br />

British Royal Navy crew foil a £60m cocaine smuggling run<br />

09/09/01 B 8 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Farmers plunged into crisis after having their livestock culled<br />

because of the disease are now being targeted by organised<br />

gangs of thieves - see Farms & Farming 16/09/01<br />

* Guy Loudmer, a corrupt auctioneer stole art cash in France<br />

23/09/01 B 9 7>8 Photograph<br />

* Detectives hunting the killers of a young black child believe<br />

the parents may be aware that the child had been murdered<br />

30/09/01 B 10 7>8 Photograph<br />

* Criminal gangs are making millions of pounds from the sale of<br />

highly contaminated meat 07/10/01 B 10 7>8<br />

* Fear grips Liverpool as a gang feud claims its sixth victim<br />

14/10/01 B 13 1>6 Photographs<br />

* A sailor who has spent the past 13 years trying to prove<br />

himself innocent of murder and rape could soon be freed after<br />

vital evidence was uncovered in a police filing cabinet - see<br />

Prisons & Prisoners 21/10/01<br />

* Police were trying to negotiate the release of a two-year-old<br />

boy taken hostage by his father in a custody dispute 21/10/01 B<br />

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6 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Nick Ross, the presenter of the BBC's Crimewatch<br />

programme, has launched a bitter attack on the Government's<br />

crime policies, accusing Ministers of ignoring victims in favour<br />

of criminals 21/10/01 B 7 1>5 Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Government was accused of a cynical attempt to<br />

manipulate the truth about crime after secret documents revealed<br />

a scheme to artificially 'boost' conviction rates 28/10/01 B 1, 3<br />

7>8<br />

* Lawyers are to be allowed to warn suspect clients that they<br />

plan to tip off law enforcement agencies about concerns they are<br />

handling criminal money - see Legal Affairs 04/11/01<br />

* Previously unseen pictures taken by the Photography Branch<br />

of the Metropolitan Police, a century after the unit was set up -<br />

see Police 04/11/01<br />

* Violent crime epidemic rocks France - see International<br />

Affairs: Europe 04/11/01<br />

* Police are investigating a fire that tore through a house in south<br />

London killing four children 04/11/01 B 12 6>7 Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> days are numbered for British fugitives on the run in<br />

Spain's 'Costa Del Crime' with the arrival of Home Secretary<br />

David Blunkett to finalise a new fast-track extradition treaty with<br />

Spain 18/11/01 B 10 1>7 Photographs<br />

* Company directors throughout the European Union could have<br />

their homes raided under tough new cartel-busting laws likely to<br />

be approved next year - see European Union 25/11/01<br />

* First offenders being caught with ecstasy are not being<br />

prosecuted according to a senior police officer - see Drugs &<br />

Drug Abuse 25/11/01<br />

* Violent crime spree spills New York's Thanksgiving - see<br />

International Affairs: U.S.A. 25/11/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Curse of the Brinks-Mat gold bullion robbery - report on<br />

an 18-year saga of murder and betrayal 25/11/01 B 15 1>7<br />

Photographs<br />

* A former Radio One DJ convicted of a string of sexual charges<br />

against children in the Czech Republic, is to be extradited to<br />

Britain to face further charges 25/11/01 B 6 6>7<br />

* A Director at one of Britain's most prestigious banking<br />

consultancies had been named as a key player in a Russian Mafia<br />

plot to smuggle missiles and ammunition during the Bosnian war<br />

09/12/01 B 8 5>6 Photograph<br />

* Jonathan Woodgate and Lee Bowyer walked free from court -<br />

but the case found English football guilty of producing a<br />

generation of thuggish millionaire players in an alcohol... - see<br />

Sport: Football 16/12/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> controversy surrounding the savage gang assault on a<br />

young Asian student took a new twist when the victim accused<br />

the jury which tried the case against two footballers of racial<br />

discrimination 16/12/01 B 7 1>5 Photographs<br />

* Experts now believe that the south coast resorts have become a<br />

magnet for child molesters - see Paedophiles 23/12/01<br />

* Police are demanding new powers from the Government that<br />

would allow them to take DNA samples from thousands of<br />

corpses in a bid to solve serious crimes 23/12/01 B 11 1>4<br />

* Five arrested after girl, 15, is raped in shopping centre<br />

23/12/01 B 2 4>5<br />

* <strong>The</strong> downfall of a supergrass who thought he was untouchable<br />

23/12/01 B 9 1>7 Photographs<br />

* Profile on Lord Woolf, champion of human rights, who wants<br />

to lock up dangerous people before they commit a crime - see<br />

Woolf, Lord 30/12/01<br />

CROMWELL, OLIVER


* Historian Simon Schama's TV trial of 'war criminal' Oliver<br />

Cromwell 06/05/01 B 6 1>5 Illustration<br />

CROWTHER, JONATHAN<br />

* Columnist 18/02/01 B 31 5>6 Photograph<br />

CRUISE, TOM<br />

* Nicole Kidman's joyous face after completing her divorce from<br />

Tom Cruise tells a story - see Kidman, Nicole 12/08/01<br />

CRYPTO<br />

* See Book Reviews - Naughton, John 04/02/01<br />

CULTS<br />

* Leslie Van Houten, the youngest of the murderous cult leader<br />

Charles Manson's Family tells her story for the first time and<br />

says she wants to go free - see Van Houten, Leslie 24/06/01<br />

D12<br />

* See Music: Pop 16/09/01<br />

DAFOE, WILLEM<br />

* Interview with actor, Willem Dafoe 26/08/01 M 10>13 1>4<br />

Photographs<br />

DANCE<br />

* Review of Jeremy James: <strong>The</strong> Last Fish Finger/Swan Lake<br />

14/01/01 R 14 7>8 Photograph<br />

* Review of La Ribot/Royal Ballet 21/01/01 R 12 8<br />

* Teddy Kumakawa's breakaway from the Royal Ballet shook<br />

the dance world, but two bright new companies have emerged<br />

from the defections 21/01/01 R 6 1>5 Photographs<br />

* Review of Henri Oguike Dance Company 28/01/01 R 11 1>5<br />

Photograph<br />

* Review of Cohabitants/Romeo and Juliet 11/02/01 R 13 7>8<br />

Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> stomping Australian show Tap Dogs returns to Sadler's<br />

Wells, with 700 now dancing around the globe, the man who<br />

invented them keeps marketing the myth 11/02/01 R 6 1>5<br />

Photographs<br />

* Review of Romeo and Juliet/La Fille Mal Gardee/Mark<br />

Baldwin Dance Company 18/02/01 R 10 5>8 Photograph<br />

* Review of Jekyll and Hyde/Rien de Rien/Romeo and Juliet<br />

25/02/01 R 13 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Review of Pura Pasion/Richard Alston Dance <strong>The</strong>atre<br />

04/03/01 R 13 7>8<br />

* Review of Triad/This House Will Burn/Powder/Concerto<br />

Barocco 11/03/01 R 16 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Review of Frozen Progress/Richard Alston Dance Company<br />

25/03/01 R 11 1>6<br />

* Review of Sankai Juku/Phoenix Dance Company/English<br />

National Ballet 01/04/01 R 13 7>8<br />

* Review of Houston Ballet 08/04/01 R 10 6>8<br />

* Review of Duo:logue 22/04/01 R 13 6>7<br />

* Review of Bolshoi Ballet/Stravinsky Staged/Bounce 29/04/01<br />

R 11 7>8 Photograph<br />

* Review of First Class Air Male/Rambert Dance Company<br />

06/05/01 R 12 4>8 Photographs<br />

* Review of Dutch National Ballet/Bolshoi Ballet/Arthur (Part<br />

Two) 20/05/01 R 10 2>7 Photograph<br />

* Review of A Knight at the Ballet/Jerome Bel/CandoCo<br />

27/05/01 R 13 1>8 Photographs<br />

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* Review of Shochiku Grand Kabuki/Song of the Earth<br />

03/06/01 R 10 4>7 Photographs<br />

* Review of Swan Lake, Cullberg Ballet/Kenneth Kvarnstrom &<br />

Co 10/06/01 R 10 2>7 Photographs<br />

* Review of <strong>The</strong> Sleeping Beauty/Cullberg Ballet triple bill<br />

17/06/01 R 13 1>8 Photograph<br />

* Review of San Francisco Ballet/New York City Ballet/White<br />

Oak Dance Project 17/06/01 R 6 7>8 Photographs<br />

* Review of the Rambert Dance Company/Kirov Ballet<br />

24/06/01 R 13 1>5<br />

* Review of Le Corsaire/Swan Lake/Arc Dance Company<br />

01/07/01 R 13 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Review of Kirov Ballet 08/07/01 R 13 6>8 Photograph<br />

* Review of Eurovision Young Dancers <strong>2001</strong>/Royal Ballet<br />

School/English National Ballet School 15/07/01 R 15 7>8<br />

Photograph<br />

* Review of Swan Lake, Royal Ballet 29/07/01 R 11 1>8<br />

Photograph<br />

* Review of Giselle 12/08/01 R 13 4>6 Photograph<br />

* Review of In Situ/<strong>The</strong> Art of Fugue/Double Points: 1 and 2<br />

26/08/01 R 10 1>8 Photograph<br />

* Review of New York City Ballet/Metapolis 02/09/01 R 13<br />

1>8 Photographs<br />

* Review of i said i/Swan Lake 09/09/01 R 10 7>8 Photograph<br />

* Review of Birmingham Royal Ballet 16/09/01 R 9 1>5<br />

Photographs<br />

* Review of A Streetcar Named Desire/Anastasia Volochkova/<br />

Les Ballets Trockadero 30/09/01 R 11 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Review of Sabotage Baby/Irek Mukhamedov Kids Gala<br />

07/10/01 R 11 3>6<br />

* Review of Richard Alston Dance Company/Weak Dance<br />

Strong Questions/Phantom of the Ballet 14/10/01 R 11 7>8<br />

Photograph<br />

* Review of Mark Morris Dance Group/George Piper Dances<br />

21/10/01 R 9 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Review of Before And After: <strong>The</strong> Fall/Michael Clark<br />

Company/Don Quixote 28/10/01 R 11 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Review of Ricochet Dance Company/Don Quixote 04/11/01 R<br />

11 7>8 Photograph<br />

* Review of Ballett Frankfurt/Pick Up Performance Company<br />

11/11/01 R 12 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Review of Birmingham Royal Ballet/Rambert Dance Company<br />

18/11/01 R 13 1>8<br />

* Review of Onegin/Rambert Dance Company 25/11/01 R 11<br />

1>5 Photographs<br />

* Review of Double Concerto/Onegin 02/12/01 R 11 1>6<br />

Photograph<br />

* Review of Live & Uncut, George Piper Dances/<strong>The</strong> Misty<br />

Frontier 09/12/01 R 10 3>8 Photograph<br />

* Review of <strong>The</strong> Nutcracker/South Pacific/Related Rocks<br />

16/12/01 R 12 4>8 Photograph<br />

* Dance of the Year: Jann Parry 23/12/01 R 13 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Dance 2002: Jann Parry 30/12/01 R 6 1>8 Photographs<br />

DANDEKER, CELESTE<br />

* Interview with dancer and wheelchair user, Celeste Dandeker<br />

13/05/01 R 10 1>8 Photograph


DANDO, JILL<br />

* <strong>The</strong> jurors in the Jill Dando murder case failed to reach a<br />

majority verdict last night and were told to return to their hotel<br />

for the fourth night 01/07/01 B 1 5>6<br />

* Convicted for the murder of Jill Dando, Barry George's<br />

lawyers struggle to find grounds to mount an appeal amid<br />

concerns that his conviction on circumstantial evidence may be<br />

unsafe 08/07/01 B 12 1>8 Photographs<br />

DANTE<br />

* See Book Reviews - Churchwell, Sarah 26/08/01<br />

DARK CLUE, THE<br />

* See Book Reviews - Guttridge, Peter 03/06/01<br />

DARK ROOM, THE<br />

* See Book Reviews - Green, Zoe 22/07/01<br />

DARKNESS MORE THAN NIGHT, A<br />

* See Book Reviews - Guttridge, Peter 04/02/01<br />

DAVIES, GAVYN<br />

* An open letter from former Culture Secretary Chris Smith to<br />

Gavyn Davies, new Chairman of the BBC - see Media 23/09/01<br />

* Gavyn Davies lands the job of Chairman of the BBC - see<br />

Media 23/09/01<br />

DAVIES, SIR HOWARD<br />

* Interview with Sir Howard Davies, chairman of the Financial<br />

Services Authority - see Financial Services Authority 07/10/01<br />

DAVIS, DAVID<br />

* Euan Ferguson meets… David Davis, the dark-horse for the<br />

Tory leadership 24/06/01 B 17 1>6 Photographs<br />

DAVIS, MIKE<br />

* Columnist 11/02/01 B 27 1>4 Photograph<br />

DAVIS, PETER<br />

* Peter Davis, the former National Lottery regulator, is being<br />

investigated over his role as a director of the stricken insurer<br />

Equitable Life 27/05/01 N 1 1>3 Photograph<br />

DAWKINS, RICHARD<br />

* In an open letter to Estelle Morris, Richard Dawkins calls on<br />

the Government to think about funding yet more divisive faith<br />

schools - see Education 30/12/01<br />

DAY OF THE OWL, THE<br />

* See Book Reviews - Dickie, John 15/07/01<br />

DAY OF THE TRIFFIDS, THE<br />

* See Classicwatch 02/09/01<br />

DAY WE HAD HITLER HOME, THE<br />

* See Book Reviews - Griffiths, Joanna 29/04/01<br />

DAY, ROBIN & LUCIENNE<br />

* See Design 11/02/01<br />

DAYDREAM BELIEVER<br />

* See Book Reviews - Paxman, Jeremy 04/11/01<br />

DE CADANET, AMANDA<br />

* Interview with Amanda de Cadenet, celebrity 04/03/01 R 3<br />

1>5 Photographs<br />

DE CAUNES, ANTOINE<br />

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* Profile on Antoine de Caunes, the Frenchman who has been<br />

the host of Channel 4's Eurotrash since 1993 18/03/01 B 27 1>6<br />

Photograph, caricature<br />

DE NIRO, ROBERT<br />

* Robert de Niro is rumoured to be coming to the London stage<br />

this year to star in Art in the latest of Hollywood's West End<br />

invasion 07/01/01 B 4 1>6 Photographs<br />

DE VALOIS, DAME NINETTE<br />

* Obituary of Dame Ninette de Valois, 1898-<strong>2001</strong> - see Deaths<br />

11/03/01<br />

DEAD FAMOUS<br />

* See Book Reviews - Allardice, Lisa 04/11/01<br />

DEADKIDSONGS<br />

* See Book Reviews - Holland, Michael 11/02/01<br />

DEATH AND THE PENGUIN<br />

* See Book Reviews - Gentleman, Amelia 08/04/01<br />

DEATH IN HOLY ORDERS<br />

* See Book Reviews - Upson, Nicola 04/03/01<br />

DEATH OF VISHNU, THE<br />

* See Book Reviews - Mars-Jones, Adam 04/02/01<br />

DEATHS<br />

* Three builders paid for the trade boom with their lives - see<br />

Construction Industry 07/01/01<br />

* Michael Williams 1935-<strong>2001</strong>: the former director of the Royal<br />

National <strong>The</strong>atre, Sir Richard Eyre, remembers the actor<br />

Michael Williams, who died last week 14/01/01 R 12 7>8<br />

Photograph<br />

* Lorna Sage, author and acclaimed <strong>Observer</strong> literary critic died<br />

last week 14/01/01 R 15 6 Photograph<br />

* William Hewlett, the electrical engineer who set up a tiny<br />

electronics company with David Packard in California in 1938,<br />

died yesterday aged 87 14/01/01 B 25 1>5 Photograph<br />

* Tribute to <strong>The</strong> <strong>Observer</strong>'s Gavin Young, who died last week,<br />

aged 72 21/01/01 B 24 7>8 Photograph<br />

* Obituary on Alan Ross, who died last week aged 78 - he was<br />

football correspondent of <strong>The</strong> <strong>Observer</strong> from 1950-54 and<br />

cricket correspondent from 1954-72 18/02/01 S 15 7>8<br />

Photograph<br />

* Deaths of construction workers are 'spiralling out of control' as<br />

building companies slash staffing numbers in a bid to meet tight<br />

margins - see Construction Industry 25/02/01<br />

* Tribute to the writer John Diamond who died on Friday after a<br />

long battle with cancer - see Diamond, John 04/03/01<br />

* Obituary of Dame Ninette de Valois, 1898-<strong>2001</strong> 11/03/01 R<br />

16 7>8 Photograph<br />

* Tribute to Tony Bevins, former political editor of <strong>The</strong><br />

<strong>Observer</strong> who died on Friday of pneumonia at age 58 25/03/01<br />

B 8 7>8 Photograph<br />

* Footballer, David Rocastle dies at 33 - see Sport: Football<br />

01/04/01<br />

* Police were trying to piece together the final hours of the<br />

friend of Michael Barrymore, Stuart Lubbock, found dead at his<br />

home - see Barrymore, Michael 08/04/01<br />

* Rangers hero Jim Baxter has died aged 61 after a battle against<br />

cancer 15/04/01 S 7 1>2 Photograph<br />

* Douglas Adams, cult author of the Hitch Hiker's Guide to the<br />

Galaxy dies, aged 49, after collapsing at gym workout 13/05/01


B 3 1>5 Photograph<br />

* Fatalities on construction sites are escalating alarmingly - see<br />

Work 27/05/01<br />

* Film critic Philip French remembers his friend and mentor,<br />

David Sylvester, who died on 19th June <strong>2001</strong> 24/06/01 R 6 1>6<br />

Photograph<br />

* Tribute to Jack Lemmon who died on 27th June <strong>2001</strong><br />

01/07/01 R 8 3>6 Photograph<br />

* Larry Adler, musician, born Baltimore, 10th February 1914<br />

died London, 6th August <strong>2001</strong> 12/08/01 B 24 2>5 Photograph<br />

* Motor sport legend Ken Tyrrell died yesterday, aged 77<br />

26/08/01 S 17 1>2<br />

* Aaliyah Haughton was just 22 when a plane crash ended her<br />

rise to superstardom - see Haughton, Aaliyah 02/09/01<br />

* Juan Munoz died suddenly last week on a beach in Ibiza -<br />

James Lingwood, co-curator of his current triumphant show at<br />

Tate Modern, pays tribute to a brilliant artist and friend - see<br />

Munoz, Juan 02/09/01<br />

* One of Britain's favourite sports TV commentators, Brian<br />

Moore, died yesterday 02/09/01 S 7 7>8 Photograph<br />

* Pauline Kael 1919-<strong>2001</strong>, the film critics' film critic 09/09/01<br />

R 6 3>8 Photograph<br />

* Bob Gavron pays tribute to his friend Paul Hamlyn, the hugely<br />

successful founder of Octopus Publishing, who died recently<br />

09/09/01 N 7 3>7 Photograph<br />

* Emilie Schindler, the widow of the industrialist Oskar<br />

Schindler who saved more than 1000 Jews from the gas<br />

chamber, has died a few days short of her 94th birthday in<br />

Germany - see Schindler, Emilie 07/10/01<br />

* Prince Leila Pahlavi, the daughter of the Shah of Iran, died<br />

alone, aged just 31 in a London hotel room - see Pahlavi, Leila<br />

14/10/01<br />

* Anne Riddler, poet, who died earlier this month is remembered<br />

by Peter Forbes - see Riddler, Anne 28/10/01<br />

* Ken Kesey, the influential American author of One Flew Over<br />

the Cuckoo's Nest, died yesterday at the age of 66 in Oregon -<br />

see Kesey, Ken 11/11/01<br />

* A tribute to Sir Ernst Grombrich (1901-<strong>2001</strong>), eminent art<br />

historian, who died on 3rd November <strong>2001</strong>, by Sir Christopher<br />

Frayling 11/11/01 R 10 1>8 Photograph<br />

* A Sporting Life: Graham Rock, 1945-<strong>2001</strong> - Graham Rock<br />

agreed to write this account of his life when he knew that,<br />

because of cancer, there was little of it left - see Rock, Graham<br />

18/11/01<br />

* Emma Daly mourns the war reporter Julio Fuentes, gunned<br />

down by the Taliban, and explains why his death will not deter<br />

his fellow war reporters - see Media 25/11/01<br />

* Mourners queue in Liverpool to bid farewell to George<br />

Harrison, who died after his battle with cancer recently - see<br />

Harrison, George 02/12/01<br />

* David Astor, the legendary former editor and proprietor of <strong>The</strong><br />

<strong>Observer</strong>, died in his sleep early on Friday, aged 89 09/12/01 B<br />

1 7>8 Photograph<br />

* Director Budd Boetticher died last week in California aged 85<br />

09/12/01 R 7 6 Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> highly acclaimed German-born writer W.G. Sebald, author<br />

of the cult novels Austerlitz and Vertigo, has been killed in a<br />

road accident in Norfolk at the age of 57 16/12/01 B 3 1>4<br />

Photograph<br />

DEFENCE<br />

* Doubts over Tony Blair's deal on defence with President Bush<br />

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25/02/01 B 22 8<br />

* Defence giant BAE Systems ambitions to be at the heart of the<br />

controversial 'Son of Star Wars' missile defence shield have been<br />

given a boost by Nato 27/05/01 N 1 4>5 Photograph<br />

* US President invites Russia to help refashion world security by<br />

backing missile shield - see International Affairs: U.S.A.<br />

17/06/01<br />

* In the early hours of this morning, the US was due to launch a<br />

missile that could smash 30 years of global arms control<br />

15/07/01 B 27 2>5 Photograph<br />

* Robin Cook's most senior former aide has attacked Tony<br />

Blair's 'obsession' with George Bush's plans for a Star Wars-style<br />

system to throw a protective nuclear umbrella round the world<br />

15/07/01 B 5 6>7<br />

* <strong>The</strong> US is exploring the development of a 'space-bomber'<br />

which could destroy targets on the other side of the world within<br />

30 minutes - see International Affairs: U.S.A. 29/07/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> UK's production capability for sonar equipment used by<br />

warships and submarines has passed fully into French hands<br />

after a £50m deal between Paris-based Thales and BAE Systems<br />

29/07/01 N 2 4>6 Photograph<br />

* Scientists are developing super-tanks which would use<br />

powerful magnets to met and destroy incoming missiles and<br />

shells - see Science 19/08/01<br />

* French defence contractor Thales has moved to boost UK<br />

involvement in its attempts to build the Royal Navy's next<br />

generation of aircraft carriers 16/09/01 N 2 4>6 Photograph<br />

DEL PONTE, CARLA<br />

* Profile on Swiss lawyer Carla del Ponte 04/03/01 B 27 1>6<br />

Caricature, photograph<br />

DEMONSTRATIONS & PROTESTS<br />

* Britain's biggest companies have no effective strategy to deal<br />

with direct activists and are losing the battle against the new<br />

breed of militants 21/01/01 B 9 7>8<br />

* Protests against globalisation spread across Switzerland after<br />

police beat back demonstrators at the World Economic Forum's<br />

annual meeting - see International Affairs: Europe 28/01/01<br />

* On 18th March, 500,000 rural protestors are expected to march<br />

through London, while they're away animal rights activists are<br />

threatening to attack their homes 25/02/01 B 8 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Top officers have been issued with a harsh warning as anticapitalists<br />

prepare for a huge demonstration in London on May<br />

Day 08/04/01 B 5 1>6 Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong> ringleaders of this year's May Day anti-capitalist<br />

demonstration in London plan to hand themselves in to the<br />

police in protest of alleged harassment 15/04/01 B 7 5>6<br />

* Protests against the mass slaughter policy for foot and mouth<br />

disease erupted in London, Gloucester and the Netherlands,<br />

yesterday - see Foot & Mouth Crisis 22/04/01<br />

* Anti-globalisation protests in Quebec as 34 American leaders<br />

gather 22/04/01 B 2 2>6 Photograph<br />

* Police marksmen on May Day demonstrations alert in London<br />

22/04/01 B 4 1>8 Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong> hype surrounding the forthcoming May Day<br />

demonstration 29/04/01 B 14>15 1>3 Photographs<br />

* Police were accused of over-reacting to the threat of May Day<br />

violence in London and creating an atmosphere which makes a<br />

serious riot more likely 29/04/01 B 2 4>6 Photograph<br />

* This week's May Day demonstration, is not about smashing<br />

capitalism, but about demanding a say in the future of the planet,<br />

says Kevin Danaher 29/04/01 B 25 1>4 Photographs


* Unrepentant police are refusing to apologise to bystanders<br />

penned in by riot officers at the end of last week's May Day anticapitalist<br />

demonstrations - see Police 06/05/01<br />

* Thousands of union members from the Continent who have<br />

been demonstrating against job cuts and closures by Marks &<br />

Spencer will be descending on London for more protest marches<br />

- see Retail Industry 13/05/01<br />

* Jersey's parliament has rejected plans by the island's<br />

government to introduce emergency peacekeeping laws before<br />

protestors arrive to demonstrate against tax havens - see Jersey<br />

03/06/01<br />

* European leaders are to introduce Draconian measures to deal<br />

with the growing threat of violence from anti-capitalist<br />

protestors 17/06/01 B 1>2 6>8<br />

DENCH, DAME JUDI<br />

* Dame Judi Dench has been chosen by families of the British<br />

victims of the 11 September attacks on New York and<br />

Washington to lead a service of remembrance in Westminster<br />

Abbey 25/11/01 B 1 4>5 Photograph<br />

DENNIS, LES<br />

* Interview with game show host and funnyman Les Dennis<br />

talking about patching up his marriage to Amanda Holden<br />

11/02/01 R 3 1>5 Photographs<br />

DEPARTMENT OF TRADE & INDUSTRY<br />

* Energy minister Peter Hain is threatening oil and gas giants<br />

with investigation by the Office of Fair Trading - see Energy<br />

06/05/01<br />

* No more the left-wing firebrand, Peter Hain is now preaching<br />

competition at the DTI - see Hain, Peter 06/05/01<br />

DEPARTURES<br />

* Travel news 07/01/01 E 31 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Travel news 14/01/01 E 31 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Travel news 21/01/01 E 35 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Travel news 28/01/01 E 31 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Travel news 04/02/01 E 27 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Travel news 04/02/01 E 31 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Travel news 11/02/01 E 23 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Travel news 18/02/01 E 27 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Travel news 25/02/01 E 27 1>3 Photographs<br />

* Travel news 04/03/01 E 27 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Travel news 11/03/01 E 23 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Travel news 18/03/01 E 27 1>4 Photograph<br />

DEPECHE MODE<br />

* See Music: Pop 21/10/01<br />

DESIGN<br />

* Review of Robin and Lucienne Day at the Barbican, London<br />

11/02/01 R 12 1>5 Photograph<br />

* Deyan Sudjic finds that furniture design, for so long a poor<br />

relation of the catwalks of Milan, Paris and London, is finally<br />

going mainstream 08/04/01 R 6 1>5 Photographs<br />

* Terence Conran didn't set out to transform British taste and<br />

style but that's what happened during his 50 years at the<br />

forefront of design - see Conran, Terence 26/08/01<br />

DESMOND, RICHARD<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Editor of the Sunday Express, Michael Pilgrim has<br />

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launched an attack on his proprietor, tycoon Richard Desmond -<br />

see Media 20/05/01<br />

* As the spotlight turns once again on Express owner Richard<br />

Desmond, a look at the press baron's controversial past 20/05/01<br />

B 8 1>8 Photographs<br />

DESTINY'S CHILD<br />

* How did Destiny's child become the biggest pop act on the<br />

planet? 10/06/01 M 10>16 1>4 Photographs<br />

* See Music: Pop 24/06/01<br />

DEVIL'S LARDER, THE<br />

* See Book Reviews - Vincent, David 02/09/01<br />

DIAMOND, JOHN<br />

* Tribute to the writer John Diamond who died on Friday after a<br />

long battle with cancer 04/03/01 R 1>2 1>3 Photographs<br />

DIANA, PRINCESS OF WALES<br />

* On 1st July, just weeks before her 20th wedding anniversary,<br />

Diana would have turned 40... it is only now that her true legacy<br />

is beginning to take effect 10/06/01 R 1>2 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Diana: Story of a Princess - see Book Reviews - Gerrard, Nicci<br />

01/07/01<br />

* A federal court in Australia gave the go-ahead for a trial which<br />

will pit the late Princess's immediate family against a charity led<br />

by the Queen Mother regarding the naming of a rose 05/08/01 B<br />

3 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Mohamed al-Fayed is trying to force US investigators to hand<br />

over 1,500 documents in his bid to prove the Paris crash of<br />

Diana, Princess of Wales and his son Dodi was murder - see<br />

Fayed, Mohamed 02/09/01<br />

* As his formidable female ancestors go on show at the National<br />

Portrait Gallery, Earl Spencer tells Tim Adams how Diana's<br />

memorial has helped make Althorp less of a mausoleum... - see<br />

Spencer, Earl 23/09/01<br />

* Diana, Princess of Wales, could soon join the ranks of musical<br />

heroines following the opening this weekend of a German stage<br />

musical called Lady Di - Diana 11/11/01 B 27 1>5 Photograph<br />

DIARIES<br />

* If we really wanted to keep our thoughts private, we wouldn't<br />

write anything down - so do people who keep diaries secretly<br />

hope someone will read them? 28/01/01 R 4 1>5 Photographs<br />

DIARIES: INTO POLITICS 1972-1982<br />

* See Book Reviews - Kemp, Arnold 14/10/01<br />

DIARY OF AN AMERICAN AU PAIR, THE<br />

* See Book Reviews - Shapiro, Anna 29/04/02<br />

DIARY OF ONE WHO DISAPPEARED, THE<br />

* See Music: Classical 29/04/01<br />

DICTIONARY OF NATIONAL BIOGRAPHY<br />

* <strong>The</strong> first fully revised edition of the DNB will include<br />

controversial people previously excluded because of scandals in<br />

their private lives 11/03/01 B 7 1>2 Photographs<br />

DIMBLEBY, DAVID<br />

* Profile on David Dimbleby, who wants to become chairman of<br />

the BBC 19/08/01 B 21 1>6 Caricature<br />

DIMBLEBY, JONATHAN<br />

* Columnist 21/01/01 B 31 1>4 Photographs<br />

DINOSAUR HUNTERS, THE


* See Audiobook Reviews - Redford, Rachel 05/08/01<br />

DIRK GENTLY OMNIBUS, THE<br />

* See Book Reviews - McFarlane, Robert 12/08/01<br />

DIRTY HAVANA TRILOGY<br />

* See Book Reviews - Adams, Tim 18/03/01<br />

DIRTY WAR, A<br />

* See Book Reviews - Sweeney, John 22/07/01<br />

DISABILITIES<br />

* Interview with dancer and wheelchair user, Celeste Dandeker -<br />

see Dance 13/05/01<br />

* A disabled prisoner has won compensation for discrimination<br />

in a landmark case likely to lead to a catalogue of similar claims<br />

- see Prisons & Prisoners 26/08/01<br />

* Deaf people in Britain are being denied substantial government<br />

allowances because of an unjust and unresponsive benefits<br />

system which fails to meet their needs - see Welfare State<br />

21/10/01<br />

DISASTERS<br />

* At least 30 people died when an earthquake shook Central<br />

America and southern Mexico - see International Affairs: Cent.<br />

& S. America 14/01/01<br />

* Earthquake toll in India may hit 15,000 - see International<br />

Affairs: Indian Sub-Continent 28/01/01<br />

* As 14,000 bodies are retrieved from the rubble in Gujarat,<br />

cowboy builders whose work fell apart are under fire - see<br />

International Affairs: Indian Sub-continent 04/02/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> families of five of the ten victims of the Selby rail crash<br />

visited the site yesterday - see Railway Industry 04/03/01<br />

* St. Gotthard tunnel disaster: last week 11 people died in an<br />

inferno that could easily have been avoided 28/10/01 B 21 1>8<br />

Photographs<br />

* Plastic surgeons are working around the clock to save six<br />

steelworkers horrifically burnt in the blast at Corus's Port Talbot<br />

plant 11/11/01 B 11 8<br />

* Family and friends of the dead and injured in the Corus blast<br />

are still searching for answers, 10 days after disaster struck at the<br />

steel plant 18/11/01 B 12 1>8 Photographs<br />

DISCIPLINE<br />

* <strong>The</strong> debate about whether or not to smack children took a new<br />

twist when a government-backed body insisted that violence<br />

achieves nothing - see Children 26/08/01<br />

DISCRIMINATION<br />

* Britain's workplaces remain deeply divided by discrimination,<br />

according to a new report 25/02/01 B 5 1>3 Photograph<br />

* Nurses and other medical staff in a Carlisle hospital are on the<br />

brink of winning £35m in Europe's largest equal pay case,<br />

claiming that the NHS discriminates against female workers<br />

15/07/01 B 2 2>3<br />

DISKI, CHLOE<br />

* Columnist 11/02/01 R 6 1>6 Photographs<br />

DISOBEDIENCE<br />

* See Book Reviews - Gerrard, Nicci 11/02/01<br />

DIVINE COMEDY, THE<br />

* See Music: Pop 18/03/01<br />

DIVORCE<br />

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* Plans to allow no-fault divorces for couples who have been<br />

married for as little as a year are to be abandoned by the<br />

Government 14/01/01 B 1 7>8<br />

* Parents on the verge of breaking up harm their children far<br />

more than anyone realised, says one of the largest studies of<br />

adolescents ever attempted 05/08/01 B 10 2>6<br />

* Nicole Kidman's joyous face after completing her divorce from<br />

Tom Cruise tells a story - see Kidman, Nicole 12/08/01<br />

DOCTOR DEATH<br />

* See Book Reviews - Guttridge, Peter 04/02/01<br />

DOES AMERICA NEED A FOREIGN POLICY?<br />

* See Book Reviews - Cohen, Nick 09/09/01<br />

DOGHOUSE ROSES<br />

* See Book Reviews - Wazir, Burham 12/08/01<br />

DON, MONTY<br />

* Columnist 20/05/01 B 30 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 19/08/01 B 23 1>5 Photographs<br />

DONOHOE, AMANDA<br />

* Interview with Amanda Donohoe, who is back in town after<br />

spending the last 11 years in LA, and about to take over from<br />

Jerry Hall in <strong>The</strong> Graduate 04/02/01 R 3 1>5 Photographs<br />

DORFMAN, ARIEL<br />

* Columnist 08/04/01 B 27 1>4 Photographs<br />

DOUBLE THREAD, A<br />

* See Book Reviews - McCrum, Robert 25/03/01<br />

DOWARD, JAMIE<br />

* Columnist 07/01/01 N 5 7>8 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 14/01/01 N 6 1>2 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 21/01/01 N 6 7>8 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 28/01/01 N 4 1>2 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 11/02/01 N 5 7>8 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 25/02/01 N 6 5>6 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 04/03/01 N 11 7>8 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 11/03/01 N 5 1>5 Photograph<br />

DOWN THE HIGHWAY<br />

* See Book Reviews - Spencer, Neil 29/04/01<br />

DOWNING, STEPHEN<br />

* Stephen Downing walked free 27 years after being jailed for<br />

the murder of Wendy Sewell, but if he is innocent, then who is<br />

guilty? 11/02/01 B 10>11 1>5 Photographs<br />

* Stephen Downing, victim of what campaigners describe as one<br />

of Britain's worst miscarriages of justice could receive up to £8m<br />

compensation 18/02/01 B 1, 3 8<br />

* Liam Neeson and Bob Hoskins are to star in a multi-million<br />

pound Hollywood film about the ordeal of Stephen Downing,<br />

who was imprisoned for 27 years for a murder he did not commit<br />

25/02/01 B 11 1>6 Photographs<br />

DOYLE, RODDY<br />

* Interview with Irish author, Roddy Doyle 15/04/01 R 3 1>5<br />

Photographs<br />

DRESSING STATION, THE<br />

* See Book Reviews - Adams, Tim 23/09/01


DRUGS & DRUG ABUSE<br />

* Labour vetoes softening of stance on drug laws - see Politics<br />

07/01/01<br />

* Two young Britons, jailed for attempting to smuggle drugs out<br />

of Venezuela, have broken their parole and fled back to England<br />

after fearing they would be killed - see Prisons & Prisoners<br />

07/01/01<br />

* A powerful hallucinogenic drug that has been linked to deaths<br />

around the world is becoming popular among Britain's heroin<br />

and crack users 07/01/01 B 13 7>8<br />

* Access to cut-price HIV drugs would save millions of lives, so<br />

why do the rich pharmaceutical firms refuse them? - see<br />

AIDS/HIV 14/01/01<br />

* Drugs giants are suing South Africa over alleged violation of<br />

intellectual property rights on anti-HIV drugs 14/01/01 N 1 1>2<br />

Photograph<br />

* A deadly new variant of ecstasy linked to dozens of deaths<br />

across the globe has arrived in Britain 14/01/01 B 11 7<br />

* <strong>The</strong> young men of Fraserburgh blow their wages on hard<br />

drugs, making the Scottish port Britain's narcotics capital<br />

28/01/01 B 10 1>6 Photographs<br />

* A Dutch man has been arrested with attempting to smuggle<br />

Ecstasy into the US by swallowing 3,500 pills - see International<br />

Affairs: U.S.A. 04/02/01<br />

* Report from St. Petersburg were prostitution and drugs are<br />

fuelling a huge rise in HIV infections - see International Affairs:<br />

Russia 11/02/01<br />

* Mark Gibson and other cannabis campaigners hope to fight the<br />

present drug laws under the Human Rights Act 11/02/01 B 7<br />

1>2 Photographs<br />

* One in 10 young motorists has driven after taking illegal drugs<br />

04/03/01 B 13 1>2 Photograph<br />

* Focus on the war on drug addiction 04/03/01 B 17 1>5<br />

Photographs<br />

* Doctors and nurses face random testing for drink and drugs<br />

under radical plans being drawn up by NHS trusts - see National<br />

Health Service 11/03/01<br />

* Zurich may become the favourite European city for spliffinduced<br />

fun if a new Bill legalising cannabis is passed by the<br />

Swiss government - see Travel 18/03/01<br />

* Motorists will be tested for drug abuse in the first nationwide<br />

crackdown on drug-driving, beginning this week 18/03/01 B 7<br />

1>2 Photograph<br />

* Taking cannabis, cocaine, ecstasy and even heroin is not<br />

dangerous, according to a controversial BBC TV programme to<br />

be shown this week 25/03/01 B 5 1>7 Illustration<br />

* Afghanistan's fundamentalist Taliban rulers have ended its<br />

opium trade - but the world hasn't noticed - see International<br />

Affairs: Middle East 01/04/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> picturesque hills and valleys of Wales have become home<br />

to the fastest-growing drugs epidemic in the UK 01/04/01 B 8<br />

1>8 Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> price of Ecstasy has hit a record low, with pills being sold<br />

on the street for an average £7 01/04/01 B 8 1>2<br />

* Drug barons from two of Britain's most crime-ridden cities -<br />

Liverpool and Glasgow - have forged an uneasy alliance to<br />

traffic millions of pounds worth of drugs - see Crime 08/04/01<br />

* John Sweeney in Rangoon uncovers the links between Burma's<br />

drug barons and a repressive regime that likes to trumpet to the<br />

world its tough anti-drugs policy - see International Affairs:<br />

Indian Sub 08/04/01<br />

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* A South Carolina hospital's attempt to deal with its 'crack<br />

babies' has gone all the way to the US Supreme Court 08/04/01<br />

M 18>24 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Chancellor Gordon Brown stepped up pressure on<br />

multinational pharmaceutical companies to allow developing<br />

countries access to drugs to treat serious diseases 15/04/01 N 1<br />

1>3<br />

* David Earnshaw has more reason than most to smile at the<br />

climbdown by the world's most powerful pharmaceutical<br />

companies - see International Affairs: Africa 22/04/01<br />

* Parents are being pressured to put their children on Ritalin, a<br />

psycho-active drug that can cause severe side-effects, or face<br />

their expulsion from school - see Education 22/04/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Pretoria Court Case: Why the pharmas gave way, and why<br />

South Africa's joy may be short lived - see International Affairs:<br />

Africa 22/04/01<br />

* Profile on Pablo Escobar, Colombia's king of cocaine, who<br />

started his criminal career as a car thief and ended up as the<br />

seventh richest man in the world - see Escobar, Pablo 29/04/01<br />

* Drug rehab is a habit some celebrities just can't kick 29/04/01<br />

B 16 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Shock rise in hard drug use among pupils - children of 11<br />

experiment with heroin and cocaine 29/04/01 B 4 1>7<br />

Photograph<br />

* Drugs in sport - see Sport 06/05/01<br />

* In the final extract from his book, Mark Bowden describes<br />

how the net was closed on Pablo Escobar, who for 20 years was<br />

the world's richest and most ruthless drug baron - see Escobar,<br />

Pablo 06/05/01<br />

* Police are to be given radical new powers to arrest club owners<br />

for allowing drugs to be taken in their clubs, prompting a furious<br />

reaction from rave entrepreneurs 13/05/01 B 7 1>5 Photographs<br />

* 60 per cent of criminals take hard drugs 20/05/01 B 11 1>2<br />

Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> ultimate test of three journalist friendship - one of them<br />

going cold turkey on film 20/05/01 M 18>23 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Celebrity devotees have helped turn food supplements into a<br />

big business, but high does pose a risk to the 10 million Britons<br />

taking the pills - see Health 27/05/01<br />

* A covert operation by West Midlands police against a gang of<br />

crack dealers put the lives of two elite undercover officers at risk<br />

- report on a catalogue of errors - see Crime 10/06/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> US is blocking new European Commission proposals to<br />

get cheap drugs into developing countries suffering devastating<br />

HIV, malaria and TB pandemics - see International Affairs:<br />

U.S.A. 17/06/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> innocent victims of war on drugs: the global battle against<br />

narcotics is going awry 17/06/01 B 20>21 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Three of the leading contenders for the Tory leadership broke<br />

with the party's traditional hardline opposition to drugs by<br />

calling for a major debate on the legalisation of cannabis - see<br />

Politics 24/06/01<br />

* Ecstasy's death toll is set to go on rising 01/07/01 B 9 1>5<br />

Photographs<br />

* Britain is to abandon the hunt for cannabis smugglers and<br />

dealers in order to target hard drugs 08/07/01 B 1 7>8<br />

* Focus on Drugs in Britain 08/07/01 B 14, 16>17 1>6<br />

Photographs<br />

* Big business and the Treasury could cash in if cannabis was<br />

legalised in Britain 08/07/01 N 3 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Illegal drugs make up to 6 per cent of world trade and are


worth more than the combined global market in textiles,<br />

clothing, iron and steel 08/07/01 N 3 7>8 Photograph<br />

* Medicines developed by GW Pharmaceuticals' are exclusively<br />

derived from specially-prepared cannabis plants 08/07/01 N 3<br />

1>6 Photographs<br />

* Drugs in Britain: Part 2 of an investigation special report<br />

15/07/01 B 10>11 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Female drug addicts experience more excessive highs than<br />

men and may become addicted more easily 15/07/01 B 8 8<br />

* President Bush is planning to escalate the US war against<br />

drugs from South America with new legislation - see<br />

International Affairs: U.S.A. 22/07/01<br />

* New figures raise fears that Customs is losing the war against<br />

hard drugs 22/07/01 B 7 6>7<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Turkish Mafia is set to become the deadliest criminal<br />

organisation operating in the UK as it bids to win a battle for<br />

control of Britain's heroin market - see Crime 05/08/01<br />

* In a candid new book, Damien Hirst hits out at former allies,<br />

reveals his taste for cocaine and alcohol and explains why he's<br />

stopped taking ecstasy - see Hirst, Damien 12/08/01<br />

* Matthew Yates on cheating athletes and their drugs providers -<br />

see Sports: Athletics 19/08/01<br />

* Police officers are to face random drug tests in an<br />

unprecedented crackdown on the growing problem of substance<br />

abuse in forces throughout Britain - see Police 19/08/01<br />

* All that stands between the West and a flood of heroin pouring<br />

out of Afghanistan are the poorly armed, poorly paid border<br />

patrols of Iran - see International Affairs: Middle East 09/09/01<br />

* Report on the helicopter chase in the Caribbean that saw a<br />

British Royal Navy crew foil a £60m cocaine smuggling run -<br />

see Crime 09/09/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> children's drug Ritalin has a more potent effect on the<br />

brain that cocaine, a study has found 09/09/01 B 6 1>7<br />

* Peasants leading a popular uprising in Bolivia say there is now<br />

a simple choice between the coca leaf and US aid dollars - see<br />

International Affairs: Cent. & S. America 16/09/01<br />

* A campaigner for the legalisation of cannabis was questioned<br />

by police after he tried to open Britain's first Amsterdam-style<br />

café to sell the illegal drug 16/09/01 B 2 4>7 Photograph<br />

* American and British troops are to target a £20bn stockpile of<br />

opium and heroin which intelligence officials believe is about to<br />

be released... - see Terrorism 30/09/01<br />

* Police in Spain back ecstasy quality control at raves 07/10/01<br />

B 24 1>2<br />

* Senior police officers have called for ecstasy to be treated as<br />

less dangerous then heroin or cocaine, just days after the<br />

Government ordered a relaxation of the cannabis laws 28/10/01<br />

B 1 2>6<br />

* Euan Ferguson tested the new liberal attitude to cannabis<br />

28/10/01 B 8 1>8 Photograph<br />

* Cannabis is a 'wonder drug' according to the results of the first<br />

clinical trials of the drug - see Health 04/11/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> British government is blocking moves to get cheap lifesaving<br />

drugs to poor countries ravaged by diseases such as Aids<br />

- see Aids/HIV 04/11/01<br />

* Britain's first café for dope smokers 11/11/01 B 7 1>5<br />

Photographs<br />

* Senior police officers are at loggerheads - should they pursue<br />

users of ecstasy or switch to softly-softly? - see Police 25/11/01<br />

* Kevin Williamson first published extracts of Trainspotting,<br />

now he wants an urban retreat for Britain's cannabis smokers<br />

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25/11/01 B 13 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Police attitudes to Ecstasy may be softening, but some old<br />

ravers are beginning to worry that there's a price to pay for the<br />

good times they had 10 years ago 25/11/01 R 4 1>5 Photograph<br />

* First offenders being caught with ecstasy are not being<br />

prosecuted according to a senior police officer 25/11/01 B 7 7<br />

* Moldova was crippled by poverty after throwing off its Soviet<br />

Chains, now a new drugs epidemic is plunging its people into<br />

ruin - see International Affairs: Eastern Europe 02/12/01<br />

* Report on the plight of families who must fend for themselves<br />

to save their children from the miseries of heroin addiction<br />

02/12/01 B 13 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Britain's top police officers have called for the mass<br />

prescription of heroin to addicts on the NHS 09/12/01 B 2 2>5<br />

* Record quantities of hard drugs are being smuggled into<br />

Britain as dealers attempt to cater for the party season 30/12/01<br />

B 4 1>8<br />

DUMB ANGEL<br />

* See Book Reviews - King, Eldon 08/07/01<br />

DUNCAN, ALAN<br />

* Influential Tory MP Alan Duncan has become embroiled in a<br />

criminal investigation over an allegedly illegal multi-million<br />

pound oil deal 22/07/01 B 2 6>7 Photograph<br />

DUNCAN, LINDSAY<br />

* Interview with actress Lindsay Duncan 06/05/01 R 8 1>4<br />

Photograph<br />

DUNDY, ELAINE<br />

* Interview with Elaine Dundy whose book Life Itself! is to be<br />

published on 21st June 10/06/01 R 6 1>5 Photographs<br />

DUNMORE, HELEN<br />

* Interview with author and poet, Helen Dunmore - see Books<br />

Interview, <strong>The</strong> 10/06/01<br />

DUNVEGAN CASTLE<br />

* John MacLeod, the owner of Dunvegan Castle on the Isle of<br />

Skye says he needs £6.25m to restore his ancestral home<br />

22/07/01 B 6 1>5 Photograph<br />

DYING ANIMAL, THE<br />

* See Book Reviews - Mars-Jones, Adam 01/07/01<br />

DYKE, GREG<br />

* Greg Dyke, the director-general of the BBC, has condemned<br />

the corporation as 'hideously white' and said its race relations are<br />

as bad as those in some police forces 07/01/01 B 6 1>3<br />

Photograph<br />

DYLAN, BOB<br />

* Bob Dylan is now approaching 60 with an Oscar almost within<br />

his grasp - he remains infuriating and elusive 25/03/01 R 1>2<br />

1>5 Photographs<br />

* Bob Dylan: Behind the Shades - see Book Reviews - Spencer,<br />

Neil 29/04/01<br />

* Music Mix: Times Changed - Dylan at 60 - see Radio<br />

20/05/01<br />

* See Music: Rock 15/07/01<br />

EARHART, AMELIA<br />

* Amelia Earhart disappeared in the Pacific while trying to fly<br />

round the world, now researchers using satellite images may<br />

have detected her plane's wreckage 15/07/01 B 5 1>5<br />

Photographs


EARLE, STEVE<br />

* Steve Earle and family are coming to London with plenty to<br />

sing about after surviving drugs, alcohol and six marriages<br />

28/10/01 R 5 1>7 Photographs<br />

EARTHLY POWERS<br />

* See Classicwatch 22/07/01<br />

EARTHQUAKE BIRD, THE<br />

* See Book Reviews - Shapiro, Anna 20/05/01<br />

EASTER<br />

* Photographs of the Chinese, African and Gothic punk<br />

worshippers who are celebrating Easter 15/04/01 M 16>17 1>3<br />

Photographs<br />

EATING DISORDERS<br />

* Victims of the potentially fatal eating disorder anorexia<br />

nervosa are being targeted by extreme pro-anorexia websites<br />

12/08/01 B 10 4>7 Photograph<br />

* Coping with an eating disorder in the family is particularly<br />

difficult at Christmas - even more so when it's your mother<br />

who's secretly fasting at the feast 16/12/01 R 4 1>5 Photograph<br />

ECONOMY<br />

* Business focus on the fear of recession - see Business &<br />

Industry 07/01/01<br />

* Economic data out this week will fuel optimism that the UK is<br />

avoiding the fallout from the US slowdown 07/01/01 N 1 5>7<br />

* Fears of recession are giving Britain a severe dose of New<br />

Year gloom 07/01/01 B 8 1>7 Photographs<br />

* Sheikh Yamani has predicted that if oil prices rise as a result of<br />

this week's Opec summit in Vienna, it could lead to a world<br />

recession - see Oil Industry 14/01/01<br />

* Business focus on joining the Euro - see Business & Industry<br />

21/01/01<br />

* Leading think tank says UK is now ready for euro 21/01/01 N<br />

1 1>7<br />

* Pre-election tax cuts look to be off the agenda as a softening<br />

UK economy and acceleration in spending on public services<br />

puts the squeeze on the size of the Treasury's surplus 28/01/01<br />

N 1 1>2<br />

* If America's economy is slowing, developing countries should<br />

take cover 04/02/01 N 3 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Should we join the Euro? - see Euro, <strong>The</strong> 18/02/01<br />

* A cut in interest rates was far from inevitable, William Keegan<br />

charts how the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee<br />

changed its mind 18/02/01 N 4 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Coffee producers are struggling with plummeting world prices<br />

18/02/01 N 6 1>8 Photograph<br />

* Chancellor Gordon Brown is losing friends and failing to<br />

influence the City due to the lateness of the announcement of<br />

Budget Day - see Brown, Gordon 25/02/01<br />

* Budget countdown - see Politics 04/03/01<br />

* Chancellor Gordon Brown's record and the effect his policies<br />

have had in changing the way wealth is distributed in Britain<br />

today - see Politics 04/03/01<br />

* In a surprise move George Soros, the international financier<br />

and philanthropist, has lent his voice to calls for a 'Tobin tax' - a<br />

levy on international currency speculation 11/03/01 N 2 2>6<br />

* Budget analysis 11/03/01 N 8>9 1>5 Photographs<br />

* It would be in Britain's economic interests to join the European<br />

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single currency in 2003, claims one of the country's leading<br />

economic forecasters - see Euro, <strong>The</strong> 18/03/01<br />

* Japan needs another miracle to survive - see International<br />

Affairs: Far East 18/03/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> City is praying for a sharp cut in US interest rates this<br />

week to stave off a dramatic stock market crash 18/03/01 N 1<br />

6>7<br />

* <strong>The</strong> bubbles have burst and now comes the reckoning, as<br />

equities plunge around the world, firms fail and a growing<br />

number of experts fear a financial catastrophe 18/03/01 N 4>5<br />

1>8 Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong> European Central Bank is set to cut interest rates to<br />

counter widespread fears of a US recession crossing the Atlantic<br />

25/03/01 N 1 1>4<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Fed rate cut was meant to calm the markets, instead it sent<br />

them over the edge 25/03/01 N 4 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Adair Turner, former chief of the CBI, says we should consider<br />

the alternatives to tax cuts 25/03/01 N 6 7>8<br />

* A confident UK could see off a US-led downturn 01/04/01 N<br />

4 1>5 Photographs, graphs<br />

* Pressure is growing on the US Federal Reserve to join the<br />

European Central Bank in cutting interest rates as the world<br />

economy shows more signs of fragility 08/04/01 N 2 2>4<br />

* Shock report will show growth slowing to critical level as<br />

Chancellor urges caution and international co-operation<br />

15/04/01 B 2 2>7 Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> UK economy is still at risk from a US recession, says a<br />

respected economic forecaster 22/04/01 N 1 3>5<br />

* View on the economy from Silicon Valley 22/04/01 N 4 1>6<br />

Photographs, graph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> first cracks in the buoyant economy of the Irish Republic<br />

are looming 22/04/01 N 5 7>8<br />

* View on the economy from Frankfurt 22/04/01 N 5 1>6<br />

* View on the economy from New York 22/04/01 N 5 1>8<br />

Illustration, graph<br />

* A huge squeeze on the profits of corporate Britain is piling on<br />

pressure for further interest rate cuts - see Business & Industry<br />

29/04/01<br />

* Claims made for the new economy were bogus, says Jamie<br />

Doward, and Britain's pain is only just starting 29/04/01 N 5<br />

1>8 Photographs, map<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Bank of England's monetary policy committee is expected<br />

to reduce interest rates this Thursday in the face of mounting<br />

evidence of a UK economic slowdown 06/05/01 N 1 1>4<br />

* <strong>The</strong> threat of recession: two-speed, one problem 08/05/01 N 3<br />

1>6 Photographs<br />

* If tourism is so important to our economy, why aren't we<br />

getting it right? - is foot and mouth the only reason our hotels are<br />

empty this summer? - see Tourism 20/05/01<br />

* Marketing budgets are in steep decline 17/06/01 N 3 5>8<br />

* Retail figures seem to support the new wisdom: that the Bank<br />

of England will raise interest rates in the autumn in order to curb<br />

spending 17/06/01 N 3 1>4 Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> world may not be heading for a V-shaped recovery - it all<br />

depends on America 17/06/01 N 3 1>6 Illustration, graphs<br />

* <strong>The</strong> global economic downturn has had a dramatic impact on<br />

the world's leading investment banks during the first six months<br />

of this year 01/07/01 N 1 1>7<br />

* Two-speed UK economy causes the Bank of England's<br />

Monetary Policy Committee a headache 01/07/01 N 2 1>2


Graph<br />

* Rises in house prices are expected to splutter to a halt later this<br />

year as homeowners face the consequences of economic<br />

slowdown - see Property 08/07/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> UK stands on the brink of a full-scale recession with the<br />

prospect of widespread redundancies in the coming months<br />

22/07/01 N 1 1>7<br />

* <strong>The</strong> two-speed economy 22/07/01 N 3 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Why Gordon Brown's plan to kickstart a faltering global<br />

economy looks doomed 29/07/01 N 5 1>8 Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Labour market is beginning to feel the effects of a<br />

weakening economy, but consumers are continuing their<br />

spending binge, according to figures to be released tomorrow<br />

05/08/01 N 1 1 Graph<br />

* Spending may be set to slide, but stores are pumping cash into<br />

city centres 05/08/01 N 4 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Fears that the economic problems facing manufacturing are<br />

now spreading to the service sector with a sharp downturn in the<br />

UK hotel industry - see Business & Industry 12/08/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> possibility of a fully-fledged financial crisis in Argentina<br />

could not have come at a worse time - see International Affairs:<br />

Cent. & S. America 12/08/01<br />

* Jamie Doward asks whether the recession-driven rush into the<br />

'new alchemy' for the rich will end in tears 19/08/01 N 6 1>6<br />

Photograph, graph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> first signs of a property crash in the commercial sector are<br />

now evident - see Property 26/08/01<br />

* Europe and the US are on a verge of their biggest ever trade<br />

war, with potential to scupper the recovery of the global<br />

economy 26/08/01 N 2 1>2<br />

* City editor Richard Wachman argues that the stock market has<br />

abandoned fundamentals 26/08/01 N 4 1>4 Photograph, graphs<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Bank of England will not cut base rates at this week's<br />

meeting of the Monetary Policy Committee, say economists<br />

02/09/01 N 1 5>6<br />

* British Airways plans to cut a further 2,000 jobs next year as it<br />

tries to avoid the worst ravages of the economic downturn - see<br />

Aviation Industry 09/09/01<br />

* Experts predict FTSE to plummet to 4,500 09/09/01 N 1 1>7<br />

Graph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> financial fallout from the terrorist attacks on America<br />

16/09/01 X 23 5>6 Photographs<br />

* Robert J. Shiller, the world's leading expert on the psychology<br />

of finance, explores the quixotic mind of the Wall Street trader<br />

16/09/01 N 3 1>8 Graph<br />

* As the US prepares to reopen for business this week, <strong>Observer</strong><br />

writers describe how the outlook has changed beyond<br />

recognition in key sectors of the global economy 16/09/01 N<br />

4>5 1>8 Photographs, illustration<br />

* Despite the best efforts of New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani,<br />

US consumers show no signs of spending their way out of<br />

recession - see International Affairs: U.S.A. 23/09/01<br />

* Global Economy - see Terrorism 23/09/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> US economy is facing further bad news in the coming<br />

weeks as investment banks prepare to cut thousands more jobs<br />

and earnings fall dramatically - see International Affairs: U.S.A.<br />

23/09/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> City will this week markedly downgrade prospects for<br />

Britain's economy as the threat of worldwide recession looms<br />

23/09/01 N 1 1>2<br />

* Terror attacks prompted bankers to act 'in sequence' to stabilise<br />

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global economies 23/09/01 N 9 1>8 Photograph<br />

* Major markets have recovered since 11 September, but poor<br />

countries will not be so lucky 14/10/01 N 10 1>6 Photographs,<br />

graph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> UK stock market has already recovered from the US<br />

attack, and in the aftermath of terror, some industries are<br />

positively booming - see Business & Industry 21/10/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> war against terrorism is expected to cost Britain £13bn,<br />

with the loss of more than 100,000 jobs before Christmas - see<br />

Terrorism 21/10/01<br />

* Dire employment figures out this week for the US are expected<br />

to be the strongest signal yet that the US economy is in recession<br />

- see International Affairs: U.S.A. 28/10/01<br />

* Chancellor Gordon Brown will warn business leaders of<br />

'testing times in Britain' as the global financial fallout from the<br />

11 September attacks has an 'inevitable impact on Britain's<br />

economic growth' 04/11/01 N 1 1>7<br />

* Taxes will have to rise to fund the Government's belief in a<br />

'new world order' and maintain public spending 04/11/01 B 1>2<br />

1>3 Photograph<br />

* Gordon Brown wants his pre-Budget Report to mend the<br />

Government's increasingly strained relations with British<br />

business - see Business & Industry 18/11/01<br />

* How UK shoppers are entering the festive season in high<br />

spirits, but the experts worry about the hangover to come - see<br />

Consumerism 18/11/01<br />

* Firms cancel Christmas parties as recession bites 18/11/01 B<br />

13 1>5 Photograph, cartoon<br />

* British companies have suffered the longest sustained period of<br />

declining profitability since the last recession 18/11/01 N 2 4>7<br />

* CBI chief Digby Jones, tells the Treasury what he wants from<br />

this month's pre-Budget Report 18/11/01 N 5 1>8 Photograph<br />

* Pre-Budget Report: Chancellor Gordon Brown's target: low<br />

tax, high spending 18/11/01 N 5 1>4 Photographs, illustration<br />

* Chancellor Gordon Brown will reduce his forecasts for<br />

Britain's economic growth in his Pre-Budget Report on Tuesday<br />

25/11/01 N 1 1>7<br />

* As new figures from Britain's retailers show consumer<br />

spending holding up, the Monetary Policy Committee is<br />

expected to leave interest rates unchanged when it meets on<br />

Wednesday 02/12/01 N 2 1>3<br />

* Shares in retailers have outperformed the rest of the stock<br />

market by 33 per cent so far this year - see Retail Industry<br />

09/12/01<br />

* With recession looming, a global terror crisis and Christmas<br />

upon us, some people actually want to lose their jobs - see Work<br />

09/12/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> economic downturn has had a dramatic impact on the level<br />

of management buyouts over the last year 16/12/01 N 2 6>8<br />

* Recession may be around the corner, but no one's told Britain's<br />

shoppers who remain determined to spend - see Consumerism<br />

30/12/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> global economy is set for another year of sluggish growth,<br />

dashing investor's hopes for a sharp recovery 30/12/01 B 21 1>3<br />

Graph<br />

EDEN PROJECT<br />

* To the strains of Cornish bagpipes, two builders abseiled down<br />

the world's largest greenhouse and officially opened the Eden<br />

Project yesterday 18/03/01 B 2 2>6 Photographs<br />

EDITORIAL COMMENT<br />

* Teachers need long-term rises/Mandelson's folly diminishes


Labour/Comfortable with our corporation 07/01/01 B 24 1<br />

* Blair must not kow-tow to Bush/Long-haul hell/Football crazy<br />

14/01/01 B 28 1<br />

* Beware Bush's American dream/Put children first/A future for<br />

our feathered friends 21/01/01 B 28 1<br />

* Mandelson ill-served public interest/Tanker safety must be<br />

improved/Learn to relax like Her Majesty 28/01/01 B 28 1<br />

* Time to boost legal immigration/New Labour should learn<br />

from Kiley/Women know who they really want 04/02/01 B 28 1<br />

* Don't ditch the comprehensives/Having fewer genes is good<br />

for you/Stagecoach's Mr Eccles takes the cake 11/02/01 B 28 1<br />

* Beware bellicose Bush, Mr Blair/Labour should heed voices of<br />

Bristol/How to create a woman-friendly Army 18/02/01 B 28 1<br />

* 'Equal' pay continues to be a myth/Don't skimp on mental<br />

health care/Britain must help bring down Mugabe 25/02/01 B<br />

28 1<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Chancellor should be bolder/Justice should not bow to<br />

greed/That's enough strutting and fretting 04/03/01 B 28 1<br />

* A wise solution to fox-hunting/<strong>The</strong> lessons the PM must<br />

learn/Never mind sex, where's the food? 11/03/01 B 28 1<br />

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* At last, Labour is working/Our Balkan mess/Do talk proper<br />

18/03/01 B 28 1<br />

* Poll date must be no later than June/Blair mustn't nurture<br />

Bush's U-turns 25/03/01 B 28 1<br />

* <strong>The</strong> US is not fit to run the world/Talk of the Tyne 01/04/01 B<br />

28 1<br />

* Minor royals must pay their way/M&S Euro closures were too<br />

hasty/Not everything is doom and gloom 08/04/01 B 24 1<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Tories are a disgrace on race/Join the boycott against<br />

Exxon now/How cruel one's children can be 22/04/01 B 26 1<br />

* Let the people be heard on May Day/Government must be<br />

more open/M. Redeker should be a good sport 29/04/01 B 24 1<br />

* No Opposition, no problem/<strong>The</strong> campaign against Exxon goes<br />

on/Last orders 06/05/01 B 26 1<br />

* How radical are you, Mr Blair?/Capital Punishment is always<br />

wrong 13/05/01 B 28 1<br />

* Israeli Right must be brought to heel/Courageous Kennedy<br />

deserves praise 20/05/01 B 28 1<br />

* Blair is right to back euro/Secular schools/Jolly foreigners<br />

27/05/01 B 28 1<br />

* Give Labour a second term: <strong>The</strong> general election offers Tony<br />

Blair the historic opportunity to deliver his vision of a new<br />

Britain 03/06/01 B 30 1>4 Cartoon<br />

* Now build our future, Mr Blair/Innocent abroad 10/06/01 B<br />

24 1<br />

* Bush shows up Europe's divide/Police point the way on drugs<br />

debate 17/06/01 B 24 1<br />

* Bulger's killers should have their freedom/Decommissioning is<br />

the key to peace/Can-thrower is no cricket lover 24/06/01 B 24<br />

1<br />

* Milosevic: a test for open justice/Reject Beijing's bid for 2008<br />

Olympics/True gay liberation will free us all 01/07/01 B 22 1<br />

* Labour's very public private disgrace/Dialling-and-driving<br />

should be banned/Have a break from holidays and relax<br />

08/07/01 B 28 1<br />

* Racism has no part in today's Britain/Labour backbenchers<br />

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should lead the way 15/07/01 B 24 1<br />

* <strong>The</strong> G8 leaders must listen, then act/Libel laws protect the<br />

mendacious rich 22/07/01 B 24 1<br />

* Our executives shame our economy/Italy in the dock/Immature<br />

outrage over Brass Eye 29/07/01 B 28 1<br />

* <strong>The</strong> free market can't house us all/Time for steel from the<br />

peacemakers/Cat's whiskers are the bee's knees 05/08/01 B 26 1<br />

* Treat us as adults and start talking tax/Don't abort the Good<br />

Friday process/Ignore those cheques and balances 12/08/01 B<br />

24 1<br />

* <strong>The</strong>re are real police priorities/Mugabe's target/Woes of<br />

Wessex 19/08/01 B 21 1<br />

* Real risk is posed by Tory far right/Teachers deserve praise<br />

over GCSEs/God save Harald 26/08/01 B 24 1<br />

* <strong>The</strong> EU should take lead on asylum/<strong>The</strong> therapy business<br />

needs regulation/Lord Foster, a worthy heir to Crapper 02/09/01<br />

B 22 1<br />

* We can be moral without religion/Tune in, Tessa/Let's fall in<br />

love 09/09/01 B 22 1<br />

* Seek justice, not war 16/09/01 X 24 1>4 Cartoon<br />

* Labour still has to meet its promises 23/09/01 B 11 1<br />

* We must respond - wisely 23/09/01 X 20 1>4<br />

* Mr Blunkett's methods are plain wrong/Journalist courage will<br />

prevail/Edward should be pitied, not blamed 30/09/01 B 28 1<br />

* Mr Blair must listen to Muslims/Up for the Cup/Essex forever<br />

07/10/01 B 28 1<br />

* After a just war, a just resolution/History will be harsh on<br />

spin/We do like to be beside the seaside 14/10/01 B 32 1<br />

* Fighting for a better future/Truth will out/Who's to blame?<br />

21/10/01 B 30 1<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Coalition still has justice on its side, but where is its<br />

convincing and coherent military strategy? 28/10/01 B 30 1>5<br />

* Unique change for Middle East peace/<strong>The</strong> gender-choice<br />

debate moves on/Students in sex and drinking shock 04/11/01 B<br />

30 1<br />

* Northern Alliance is not the answer/Hitting children is always<br />

wrong 11/11/01 B 30 1<br />

* Bringing back internment is wrong/Now Blair must take on the<br />

US Right/A useless island? Not any more 18/11/01 B 28 1<br />

* Learn to love the euro, Chancellor/Control, don't fight, drug<br />

use/Sing if you must, but only in the bath 25/11/01 B 28 1<br />

* Brown sets out the challenge… you get the NHS you pay<br />

for/Bush has to answer to someone/Mistakes, we've made a few<br />

02/12/01 B 28 1<br />

* Blunkett must come clean/Our pensions are under threat/An<br />

editor of courage and passion 09/12/01 B 26 1<br />

* Purge the evil of child abuse/Blair can help save the Middle<br />

East/Stamp your foot… and say bah, humbug to Consignia<br />

16/12/01 B 24 1 Illustration<br />

* World Service, simply the best/Lessons we can learn from<br />

football/Have a happy Christmas, if you can 23/12/01 B 22 1<br />

* Let this be a brave New Year: At home and abroad we have<br />

learnt that peace and stability depend on moving beyond our<br />

insular mindsets 30/12/01 B 26 1>4 Illustration<br />

EDUCATION<br />

* Thousands of teachers are to be brought out of retirement as<br />

the Government tries to solve the crisis in the classrooms - see<br />

Teaching Profession 07/01/01


* More than half of all British schoolchildren have been bullied<br />

07/01/01 B 10 1>8 Photograph<br />

* Children as young as three risk being sucked into schooling too<br />

early by anxious parents and the boom in nursery education<br />

07/01/01 B 8 8<br />

* MBA and post-graduate courses 21/01/01 N - pull-out 1>3<br />

1>8 Photographs<br />

* Education in crisis: staff shortages are threatening to destroy<br />

the very schools where heads are working hardest to help<br />

underprivileged pupils 21/01/01 B 18 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Working class children will be given piano lessons, ballet<br />

classes and other traditional perks of middle class children under<br />

a revolutionary £35m government credit - see Children 11/02/01<br />

* Schools and their children are increasingly targeted by<br />

corporate Britain as companies take over a variety of functions,<br />

including hiring teachers 11/02/01 N 5 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Two Government senior figures attacked Alastair Campbell,<br />

the Prime Minister's official spokesman, for saying that the<br />

education system was littered with 'bog standard<br />

comprehensives' 18/02/01 B 1 4>7 Photograph<br />

* Report on a new government training initiative 18/02/01 C 12<br />

3>4<br />

* Yellow school buses, the icon of the American education<br />

system, are to be brought to Britain in a multi-million pound<br />

scheme to improve the safety of children travelling to school<br />

18/02/01 B 3 1>3 Photograph<br />

* New-look logo for schools costs Whitehall £110,000 25/02/01<br />

B 3 1>4 Photographs<br />

* When Kit Spring fell pregnant, she thought she could complete<br />

a thesis and be with her baby - four years and two daughters<br />

later… - see Spring, Kit 18/03/01<br />

* Education Secretary David Blunkett made it clear that he<br />

would not be returning to the job after the General Election<br />

15/04/01 B 2 2>3<br />

* Tracy McVeigh is feeling rejected after all her school<br />

selections were refused 22/04/01 B 13 4>7 Photograph<br />

* Twenty children in one Northamptonshire town have no school<br />

to go to because all their local secondary schools insist they are<br />

full up 22/04/01 B 13 1>3 Photograph<br />

* Parents are being pressured to put their children on Ritalin, a<br />

psycho-active drug that can cause severe side-effects, or face<br />

their expulsion from school 22/04/01 B 8 8<br />

* Channel 4 is to put cameras into classrooms for a major Big<br />

Brother style internet broadcast 29/04/01 B 11 7<br />

* <strong>The</strong> great schools lottery - Headteacher Ron Berry's school has<br />

a Hertfordshire postcode, but it's outside the county boundary -<br />

so it has hundreds of pounds less to spend on each pupil<br />

29/04/01 B 11 1>6 Photograph<br />

* New research claims that up to 62 per cent of well meaning<br />

parents are hampering their children's academic achievement by<br />

forcing them to study in silence and isolation 13/05/01 B 12 6>8<br />

* <strong>The</strong> German ambassador has asked the Department for<br />

Education if it will consider launching German language classes<br />

for all five year-olds in this country 20/05/01 B 3 1>4<br />

Photograph, cartoon<br />

* <strong>The</strong> latest wave of MBA-style courses are tailor-made for<br />

government workers - see Work 27/05/01<br />

* Schools are to be told axe Easter holidays and replace them<br />

with a non-religious 'Spring break' 27/05/01 B 1>2 1>3 Cartoon<br />

* Oxford and Cambridge may be forced into making<br />

privatisation plans within five years to compete with their<br />

American counterparts, which are luring away some of Britain's<br />

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brightest students 27/05/01 B 6 1>5 Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Government should abandon university tuition fees,<br />

according to William Straw, the Home Secretary's son 03/06/01<br />

B 2 5>8 Photograph<br />

* Tragic despair that led to suicide of a boy aged 10, who had<br />

been expelled from his school - see Suicide 10/06/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> pros and cons of further study 24/06/01 N 9 1>5<br />

Photograph<br />

* Boarding schools are back, but gone are the traditional spartan<br />

dorms, cold showers and fags 01/07/01 R 1>2 1>5 Photograph,<br />

illustration<br />

* British schoolchildren are being failed by an education system<br />

which does not put enough store on the teaching of foreign<br />

languages - see Language 08/07/01<br />

* If you wish to be a true European, be multi-lingual, says<br />

German and French ambassador - see Language 08/07/01<br />

* Vocational school teaches job cred 08/07/01 N 15 1>4<br />

Photograph<br />

* Last week Nicci Gerrard argued against boarding schools,<br />

Geraldine Bedell begs to differ 08/07/01 R 2 1>5 Photograph<br />

* Secondary schools are breeding stressed-out, over-worked,<br />

materialistic and ill-educated students according to a study<br />

designed to uncover good news about the state of education<br />

15/07/01 B 8 1>7 Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Government has agreed to a fundamental review of its<br />

student loans and tuition fees policy after facing a barrage of<br />

attacks at a meeting of senior party figures including the Prime<br />

Minister 29/07/01 B 11 1>3<br />

* Students could get longer to pay back their loans under<br />

Government plans to ward off a growing rebellion over<br />

university finance - see Students 12/08/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> number of unsuitable and under-qualified students being<br />

shoe-horned into courses to meet university admission targets<br />

could result in the highest level of dropouts by Christmas - see<br />

Students 19/08/01<br />

* Clearing <strong>2001</strong>: what to do next to gain that place at your<br />

chosen college 19/08/01 X 1>10 1>8<br />

* <strong>The</strong> level of illiteracy amount the young is above that of 1912<br />

according to a study 19/08/01 B 5 5>6<br />

* Kids are back at school - and so are adults - in clubs and on the<br />

web, it's cool to return to the youth you spent so long escaping<br />

from 02/09/01 R 2 1>5 Photograph<br />

* With up to 15 per cent of young people entering the job market<br />

functionally illiterate, basic skills education is economically vital<br />

- see Work 09/09/01<br />

* A professional body set up by the Government for teachers<br />

only last year is to have a one-off state handout of £2.1 to avert a<br />

financial crisis - see Teaching Profession 16/09/01<br />

* Girls have been outperforming boys in British classrooms for<br />

far longer than experts have believed, according to a new report<br />

23/09/01 B 2 8<br />

* More young people are forced to live with mum and dad while<br />

studying - see Students 30/09/01<br />

* Religious groups rush to apply for state grants to open<br />

segregated state schools as opponents warn of racial tension and<br />

cultural divides 30/09/01 B 8 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Church schools are failing pupils and are not as good as the<br />

Government and parents believe, according to an influential new<br />

report 14/10/01 B 13 1>8<br />

* Students are being set up to fail by overcrowded universities<br />

struggling to cope with the expansion ordered by Tony Blair, the


Government has been told 21/10/01 B 11 1>2<br />

* According to new research by the Equal Opportunities<br />

Commission, sex stereotyping is having an enormous impact on<br />

the lives and career choices of children - see Gender 28/10/01<br />

* Cherie Blair takes up the crusade against bullying in schools -<br />

see Bullying 04/11/01<br />

* Friendsreunited.co.uk has been the online phenomenon of the<br />

year but it is attracting the wrath of teachers after some not so<br />

funny comments from former pupils - see Internet 11/11/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> public is deeply sceptical about Government plans for an<br />

increase in the number of religious schools, a poll for <strong>The</strong><br />

<strong>Observer</strong> reveals 11/11/01 B 14 7>8 Photograph<br />

* Teaching assistants will be allowed to take charge of classes<br />

despite their lack of full qualifications 11/11/01 B 7 6>7<br />

* Single-faith schools are creaming off wealthier pupils from the<br />

state system 18/11/01 B 6 1>8 Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> way in which children are allocated to secondary schools<br />

is divisive, unequal and cruel, says Kate Kellaway, for her sons,<br />

the old 11-plus is back with a vengeance 02/12/01 B 29 1>5<br />

Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Government is to reveal a new method of trying to push<br />

home to people Britain's shocking literacy and numeracy record<br />

16/12/01 B 1 1>6 Cartoon<br />

* Damian Green, the Conservative education spokesman, is to<br />

spend a week teaching in school 30/12/01 B 10 8<br />

* In an open letter to Estelle Morris, Richard Dawkins calls on<br />

the Government to think about funding yet more divisive faith<br />

schools 30/12/01 B 26 1>6 Photographs<br />

EINSTEIN IN LOVE<br />

* See Book Reviews - Gerrard, Nicci 13/05/01<br />

ELDERLY, THE<br />

* North of the border the elderly will get free help for their<br />

everyday needs 18/02/01 C 22>23 1>5 Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> fate of thousands of vulnerable people - and the loophole<br />

that protects those who hurt them in care homes 18/02/01 B 4<br />

1>8 Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong>re is now undeniable evidence that the abuse of old people<br />

in homes is on a level with the paedophile menace 25/02/01 B<br />

14 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Rather than enduring another wet British winter, pensioners<br />

are fleeing to the sun - in caravans 11/03/01 M 28>31 1>4<br />

Photographs<br />

* <strong>Observer</strong> campaign: <strong>The</strong> Elderly Abandoned - fear grips the<br />

old as care home closures rise 25/03/01 B 6 1>3<br />

* Plight of elderly man locked in unheated attic and ignored by<br />

authorities exposes failure in care laws 01/04/01 B 12 1>8<br />

Photographs<br />

* Viagra, better health and divorce have led to pensioners being<br />

more promiscuous - and their rates of sexual disease are soaring<br />

08/04/01 B 8 1>8 Photograph<br />

* Britain's most vulnerable people are being let down by a care<br />

system that is under-resourced, staffed by badly qualified people<br />

and allows patients to be abused and mistreated - see Care<br />

Homes 10/06/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Government is to face demands to abolish pension cuts for<br />

old people enduring long stays in hospital 16/09/01 B 2 1>3<br />

Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> elderly stand to miss out on 'free' nursing care 30/09/01 C<br />

10>11 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Long-term health care for the elderly 28/10/01 C 8>9 1>4<br />

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Photographs<br />

* According to new research youth is a false elixir with the truth<br />

being that ageing makes us happy - see Social Conditions &<br />

Trends 04/11/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> elderly are each to be given £200 every winter until the<br />

next general election as part of a government drive that will cost<br />

tax payers £8bn 25/11/01 B 4 1>4<br />

* For the cost of your central heating bill you could spend a<br />

whole winter in Crete - see Travel 02/12/01<br />

* Despite changes to the law to end discrimination, women still<br />

face a more uncertain old age than men - see Women 09/12/01<br />

* Interest rate assumptions undermine aid for the elderly - see<br />

Personal Finance 09/12/01<br />

* Business focus on pension funds - see Personal Finance<br />

16/12/01<br />

ELECTRIC LIGHT<br />

* See Book Reviews - Sweeney, Matthew 15/04/01<br />

ELECTRIC ROCK GARDEN, THE<br />

* See Book Reviews - Palling, Bruce 10/06/01<br />

ELEKTRONIC<br />

* See Music: Pop 21/10/01<br />

ELIOT, VIVIENNE<br />

* An extract from the compelling new biography of Viviene<br />

Eliot 14/10/01 R 4>5 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Painted Shadow: A Life of Vivienne Elliot - see Book Reviews<br />

- Conrad, Peter 21/10/01<br />

ELIZABETH<br />

* See Audiobook Reviews - Bunce, Kim 04/02/01<br />

ELIZABETH II, QUEEN<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Queen is being advised by the inventor of 'Cool Britannia'<br />

and the creator of <strong>The</strong> Big Breakfast on how to modernise the<br />

monarchy - see Royal Family, <strong>The</strong> 01/04/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Queen chose to spend her 75th birthday yesterday out<br />

riding with a groom in the grounds of Windsor Castle 22/04/01<br />

B 1 3 Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Queen experiences the highs and lows of going to the<br />

races at Epsom Downs in Surrey 10/06/01 B 2 5 Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> annual Trooping the Colour ceremony to mark the Queen's<br />

official birthday took place in heavy rain 17/06/01 B 1 2<br />

Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Queen had to leave the State Opening of Parliament for<br />

Ascot 24/06/01 B 25 1>2 Photograph<br />

* Senior royal officials fear that next year's Golden Jubilee<br />

celebrations will be greeted by public indifference so great that it<br />

could damage the monarchy 29/07/01 B 8 1>8 Photograph,<br />

cartoon<br />

ELLEN, BARBARA<br />

* Columnist 07/01/01 M 3 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 14/01/01 M 3 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 21/01/01 M 3 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 28/01/01 M 3 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 11/02/01 M 3 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 18/02/01 M 3 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 25/02/01 M 3 1>4 Photograph


* Columnist 18/03/01 M 3 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 25/03/01 M 3 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 01/04/01 M 5 1>3 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 08/04/01 M 3 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 15/04/01 M 3 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 22/04/01 M 3 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 29/04/01 M 3 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 06/05/01 M 3 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 13/05/01 M 3 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 20/05/01 M 3 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 27/05/01 M 3 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 03/06/01 M 3 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 10/06/01 M 3 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 17/06/01 M 3 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 24/06/01 M 3 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 01/07/01 M 3 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 08/07/01 M 3 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 15/07/01 M 3 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 22/07/01 M 3 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 29/07/01 M 3 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 05/08/01 M 3 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 12/08/01 M 3 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 02/09/01 M 3 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 09/09/01 M 3 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 16/09/01 M 3 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 23/09/01 M 3 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 30/09/01 M 3 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 07/10/01 M 3 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 14/10/01 M 3 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 21/10/01 M 3 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 28/10/01 M 3 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 04/11/01 M 3 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 11/11/01 M 3 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 18/11/01 M 3 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 25/11/01 M 3 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 02/12/01 M 3 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 23/12/01 M 3 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 30/12/01 M 3 1>4 Photograph<br />

ELLINGTON, DUKE<br />

* Jazz legend Duke Ellington was so overcome with grief when<br />

his mother died that he lay in her bed for two weeks unable to do<br />

anything but weep, according to a new book 29/04/01 B 5 1>2<br />

Photograph<br />

ELLIOTT, MISSY<br />

* Interview with pop singer, Missy Elliott 05/08/01 M 12>14<br />

1>4 Photographs<br />

ELLISON, LARRY<br />

* Larry Ellison, the playboy boss of software giant Oracle<br />

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66<br />

believes the meltdown in the value of technology stocks is<br />

coming to an end - see Business & Industry 24/06/01<br />

* Oracle intends to beat the tech slump and grow to a ripe old<br />

age, and that's right up its high-profit founder's street - Larry<br />

Ellison 24/06/01 N 5 1>5 Photograph<br />

ELSTEIN, DAVID<br />

* David Elstein, who quit as boss of Channel 5 last year, has<br />

emerged as the non-executive chairman of Silicon.com, the<br />

online news and recruitment site for IT professionals 03/06/01<br />

N 1 1>4 Photograph<br />

ELVIS<br />

* Elvis was the king of Rock 'n' Roll but he now turns out to<br />

have been the king of karate too 11/03/01 B 13 1>6 Photograph<br />

EMAIL<br />

* Opening an email in the office could lead to more than you<br />

bargained for, as 10 sacked insurance workers have found out -<br />

report on a new legal battleground - see Work 07/01/01<br />

* Email offers limitless scope for misunderstanding and<br />

embarrassment… - see Social Conditions & Trends 08/04/01<br />

* Scores of British companies are introducing 'email-free<br />

Fridays' in a bid to cut stress and get their staff talking to each<br />

other again - see Business & Industry 12/08/01<br />

* Emailing your way around the world 16/12/01 E 7 4>5<br />

Photograph<br />

EMERALD GERMS OF IRELAND<br />

* See Book Reviews - Potts, Robert 14/01/01<br />

EMERGENCY SERVICES<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Government is considering launching a sub-emergency<br />

service to take calls that do not need a blue-light response<br />

08/07/01 B 3 3>5 Cartoon<br />

* Crackdown on time-wasting 999 calls 04/11/01 B 4 1>7<br />

Photograph, cartoon<br />

EMIN, TRACEY<br />

* Britain's supreme art exhibitionist talks to Lynn Barber<br />

22/04/01 M 8>12 1>4 Photographs<br />

* See Art 29/04/01<br />

EMINEM<br />

* Profile on rap singer, Eminem 07/01/01 B 23 1>6 Caricature<br />

EMPLOYMENT<br />

* Education and Employment Secretary, David Blunkett insists<br />

that jobs are 'there for the taking' and that anyone under 50 who<br />

can work must do so - see Politics 14/01/01<br />

* Employers may offer part-time work, unpaid leave or<br />

redeployment as alternatives to redundancy, but all require<br />

adjustment to a lower income - see Personal Finance 23/09/01<br />

* If you dream of taking an unpaid career break but don't want to<br />

cut all your ties with your employer, your wish may be granted<br />

sooner than you think - see Personal Finance 23/09/01<br />

ENCYCLOPAEDIA ANATOMICA<br />

* See Book Reviews - Wood, Gaby 18/03/01<br />

ENDANGERED SPECIES<br />

* Norway's bid to kill 20 of its grey wolves, an endangered<br />

species only recently restored to the Scandinavian wilderness has<br />

triggered a major diplomatic spat 21/01/01 B 24 1>6<br />

Photograph<br />

* As rival militias swarm over a nature park in Congo,<br />

butchering and eating the animals, a rare primate is being


ought to the edge of extinction - see International Affairs:<br />

Africa 04/03/01<br />

* Environmental campaigners argue that the spectacle of whales<br />

swimming freely, which delights tourists in Dominica, is far<br />

more valuable to the island's economy - see Int. Affairs:<br />

Bahamas & Caribbean 13/05/01<br />

ENERGY<br />

* With George W Bush in the White House, energy firms<br />

lobbying for deregulation are pushing at an open door - see<br />

International Affairs: USA 28/01/01<br />

* British generator International Power is planning to cash in on<br />

the Californian energy crisis by building power stations there<br />

and reaping rewards from high prices - see Business & Industry<br />

11/02/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> search is on for cheaper forms of domestic energy<br />

25/02/01 C 18>19 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Nick Paton Walsh's personal glimpse of British Gas's<br />

monumental incompetence 04/03/01 C 30>31 1>3 Photograph<br />

* British Gas's direct debit policy 11/03/01 C 26 1>4<br />

Photograph<br />

* A major increase in the UK's capacity to generate electricity<br />

from windpower will be signalled next week 01/04/01 N 1 4>6<br />

Photograph<br />

* Energy minister Peter Hain is threatening oil and gas giants<br />

with investigation by the Office of Fair Trading 06/05/01 N 2<br />

3>6<br />

* Labour is planning to launch a sweeping review of the sources<br />

and security of Britain's energy supply as an urgent policy<br />

initiative if it wins the election 20/05/01 N 1 1>4<br />

ENGLISH PASSENGERS<br />

* See Audiobook Reviews - Redford, Rachel 17/06/01<br />

ENGLISH, THE: A PORTRAIT OF A PEOPLE<br />

* See Audiobook Reviews - Redford, Rachel 02/12/01<br />

ENVIRONMENT<br />

* Fish farming has delivered cheap salmon to the consumer - but<br />

at a high environmental cost - see Fishing Industry 07/01/01<br />

* Drilling has started in the waters of Scapa Flow, Orkney,<br />

where the Royal Oak, sank in 1939 fully fuelled, to stem the oil<br />

leak which is a threat to wildlife 18/02/01 B 13 1>8<br />

Photographs<br />

* Tony Blair is to paint an apocalyptic vision of a world being<br />

ravaged by global warming in a speech aimed at facing down<br />

critics who say that he does not take green issues seriously - see<br />

Politics 04/03/01<br />

* Department of Health officials are trying to persuade hospitals<br />

to plant trees where patients can see them 15/04/01 B 12 7>8<br />

Photograph<br />

* A unique partnership between leading environmental pressure<br />

groups is hoping to force the oil giant Exxon into action on<br />

climate change 06/05/01 B 3 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Environmental campaigners argue that the spectacle of whales<br />

swimming freely, which delights tourists in Dominica, is far<br />

more valuable to the island's economy - see Int. Affairs:<br />

Bahamas & Caribbean 13/05/01<br />

* Environmental campaigners reacted with fury to a signal by<br />

the Transport Minister that a raft of roads will be built through<br />

beauty spots after the general election 13/05/01 B 10 7>8<br />

Photograph<br />

* Greens at War: environmentalists said our planet was doomed<br />

to die, now one man says they are wrong - see Politics 10/06/01<br />

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67<br />

* Official figures show that America is polluting the planet on a<br />

greater scale than ever before - see International Affairs: U.S.A.<br />

01/07/01<br />

* Business and Society: Green campaigner by Matt Phillips - see<br />

Business & Industry 08/07/01<br />

* Business and Society: Industry and the environment - see<br />

Business & Industry 08/07/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Royal Society for the Protection of Birds has issued a<br />

radical call to roll back the effects of intensive farming and<br />

development and recreate Britain's natural landscapes 29/07/01<br />

B 10 3>8 Photographs<br />

* Successive government planning rules are against issuing<br />

permission for out-of-town shopping malls 05/08/01 N 4 7>8<br />

Photograph<br />

* Body Shop founder Anita Roddick has written to the bosses of<br />

20 powerful companies calling on them to join her lead in<br />

boycotting Esso - see Roddick, Anita 12/08/01<br />

* Britons are amongst the most unethical travellers in the world,<br />

ignoring global environment damage and human rights abuses -<br />

see Human Rights 28/10/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> <strong>Observer</strong> has uncovered details of more than 30 highly<br />

controversial plans for new roads through natures reserves and<br />

historic sites - see Transport 04/11/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> British winter is in danger of following the British wolf<br />

and beaver into extinction 04/11/01 B 13 1>7 Photographs<br />

* Every country in the world except the US reached agreement<br />

this weekend on how to enforce the Kyoto accord on tackling<br />

climate change - see Kyoto Agreement 11/11/01<br />

* An <strong>index</strong> launched tomorrow will reveal rapid growth in sales<br />

of ethical products - see Consumerism 18/11/01<br />

* Esso is being targeted by Friends of the Earth but at least it<br />

knows its enemy, unlike most businesses 09/12/01 N 2 4>7<br />

Photograph<br />

EROTOMANIAC, THE<br />

* See Book Reviews - Holmes, Rachel 25/02/01<br />

ESCOBAR, PABLO<br />

* Profile on Pablo Escobar, Colombia's king of cocaine, who<br />

started his criminal career as a car thief and ended up as the<br />

seventh richest man in the world 29/04/01 M 22>30 1>4<br />

Photographs<br />

* In the final extract from his book, Mark Bowden describes<br />

how the net was closed on Pablo Escobar, who for 20 years was<br />

the world's richest and most ruthless drug baron 06/05/01 M<br />

30>37 1>4 Photographs<br />

EURO, THE<br />

* Blair fires starting pistol for single currency marathon<br />

11/02/01 B 16>17 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Anthony Browne on the logistics of introducing 300 million<br />

people to new notes and coins 11/02/01 B 17 7>8 Illustration<br />

* Should we join the Euro? 18/02/01 N 10>11 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Will Hutton was asked to campaign for a BBC minireferendum<br />

on the Euro, in a London street 18/02/01 B 18 1>7<br />

Photographs<br />

* It would be in Britain's economic interests to join the European<br />

single currency in 2003, claims one of the country's leading<br />

economic forecasters 18/03/01 N 2 2>6<br />

* Tory fight to stop euro 'is shambolic' 25/03/01 B 12 7>8<br />

Photograph<br />

* Tories in turmoil as candidates defy Hague over joining the<br />

euro - see Politics 13/05/01


* Vodafone executive and lifelong Conservative Chris Gent has<br />

fallen out with William Hague over his position on Europe and<br />

the single currency 20/05/01 N 1 5>8 Photograph<br />

* Election focus on <strong>The</strong> Euro 20/05/01 N 3 1>8 Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Big Issue No 3: <strong>The</strong> euro - see Euro, <strong>The</strong> 27/05/01<br />

* Tory businessmen to desert William Hague over anti-euro<br />

stance - see Politics 27/05/01<br />

* Carlos Ghosn, global head of Japanese car giant Nissan, has<br />

issued a stark warning that British abstention from the euro will<br />

jeopardise further investment and jobs at the company's<br />

Sunderland plant 27/05/01 N 1 1>7<br />

* Persistent weakness of the euro is down to tetchy money<br />

launderers say analysts at investment bank CSFB 27/05/01 N 2<br />

6>8<br />

* Pro-European big business believes that the Chancellor's Five<br />

economic tests for euro entry are as good as met 10/06/01 N 1<br />

1>7<br />

* Tony Blair axed Robin Cook from the Foreign Office because<br />

he feared a major row was about to erupt between the former<br />

Foreign Secretary and the chancellor, Gordon Brown, over entry<br />

to the euro 10/06/01 B 1>2 1>6 Photographs<br />

* After the election verdict, Lord Marshall, chairman of British<br />

Airways, wants to fast-track the single currency 10/06/01 N 4<br />

1>6 Photographs<br />

* UK bosses are at loggerheads as they wait for a lead from Blair<br />

on Emu 10/06/01 N 4 4>6<br />

* A top advertising firm has been given the difficult job of<br />

persuading Europe to love the single currency 24/06/01 N 6 2>7<br />

Photograph<br />

* Ken Clarke has ordered his backers to 'shut up about the euro'<br />

for fear of igniting a row during the Tory leadership campaign<br />

that could split the party 22/07/01 B 6 6>8<br />

* On 1st <strong>January</strong> 2002, 12 EU countries will have one currency -<br />

Tony Blair and Gordon Brown have much to think about if<br />

Britain is to join the club 29/07/01 B 18 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Profile on Jemima Khan who, just like her late father James<br />

Goldsmith, has taken on the anti-Euro mantle - see Khan,<br />

Jemima 12/08/01<br />

* In the first of a series, Faisal Islam asks if the dollar's loss will<br />

be the euro's gain 19/08/01 N 3 1>6 Illustration, graphs<br />

* People travelling to the Eurozone are being urged to use euro<br />

traveller's cheques rather than local currency traveller's<br />

cheques… - see Personal Finance 26/08/01<br />

* Countdown to the Euro: Faisal Islam visits Marseille and finds<br />

the French economy defying critics of the 35-hour week, while<br />

Germany stalls, France is in the driving seat of the eurozone<br />

26/08/01 N 5 1>8 Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong> new currency carries risk of money laundering on a huge<br />

scale 02/09/01 N 4 5>8<br />

* Scrapping the pound would cost top banks £500m each<br />

02/09/01 N 5 6>8 Photograph<br />

* Tony Blair can triumph in a referendum on the euro if he<br />

tackles his 'hopeless' opponents hard enough, according to a new<br />

report 02/09/01 B 5 1>8<br />

* Countdown to the euro: the launch of the single currency in<br />

Frankfurt 02/09/01 N 5>5 1>8 Photograph, graph<br />

* Single currencies have bound nations together and been torn<br />

apart by war, but there's never been anything like the euro<br />

09/09/01 N 4 1>5 Photographs<br />

* Tony Blair has given the green light to one of the most hardhitting<br />

reports on the case for Britain joining the single currency<br />

OBSERVER INDEX: JAN-DEC <strong>2001</strong><br />

68<br />

23/09/01 B 1>2 7>8<br />

* Countdown to the euro 23/09/01 N 7 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Countdown to the euro: report from the German capital<br />

30/09/01 N 8 1>6 Photographs<br />

* In his controversial new book, Simon Buckby argues that<br />

patriots have no choice but to embrace the euro 30/09/01 N 8<br />

1>6 Photograph<br />

* Countdown to the euro: Labour's euro strategy 07/10/01 N 3<br />

1>6 Photographs, illustration, graph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Government has moved up a gear in its plans to assess the<br />

five tests for British membership of the euro 14/10/01 N 1 4>7<br />

* Countdown to the euro: how the new currency will also be<br />

used in West Africa, South America, the pacific and eastern<br />

Europe 28/10/01 N 7 1>6 Photographs, illustrations<br />

* Countdown to the euro: the European Central Bank has a lot to<br />

learn from the Bank of England's transparent handling of interest<br />

rates 04/11/01 N 4 3>8 Illustration<br />

* Don't expect house prices to fall if Britain joins the single<br />

currency - see Property 25/11/01<br />

* Countdown to the euro: Robert Mundell, Nobel prize-winning<br />

father of the single currency talks to Faisal Islam 25/11/01 N 5<br />

1>8 Photograph, illustration, graph<br />

* Most Britons may oppose the single currency, but half of the<br />

UK's main retailers will accept it 25/11/01 B 9 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Countdown to the euro: as countries skate close to spending<br />

limits, the Stability and Growth Pact seems to offer neither<br />

02/12/01 N 4 1>6 Graphs<br />

* Even though the euro will be shared by 12 different member<br />

states, the coins will have a national side that varies from<br />

country to country 09/12/01<br />

* Countdown to the Euro: the end of a 50-year trail 09/12/01 N<br />

7 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Countdown to the euro: there will be few tears for the lira as<br />

Italy reaps economic benefits 16/12/01 N 4 1>6 Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> euro looks almost certain to bring lower prices both here<br />

and across the Channel 16/12/01 B 8 5>7<br />

* <strong>The</strong> folk of Newry in Northern Ireland are getting set for the<br />

switch to Europe's new currency 23/12/01 B 10 1>5<br />

Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong> man who dreamt up the euro sign more than a quarter of a<br />

century ago sits forgotten and neglected by the Brussels<br />

bureaucrats in an old people's home in Germany 23/12/01 B 17<br />

1>3 Photograph<br />

* As 300 million Europeans prepare to embrace a new common<br />

currency, its value in international markets has soared 23/12/01<br />

B 18 3>7 Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> new euro coins can cause eczema 30/12/01 B 1 1>5<br />

Cartoon<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Government is to spend millions of pounds selling Europe<br />

and the single currency to the British public next year 30/12/01<br />

B 2 2>7 Photograph<br />

* An economic new world order will begin at midnight<br />

tomorrow with the launch of the euro 30/12/01 B 9 1>8<br />

Photographs<br />

EUROPEAN UNION<br />

* Robin Cook's planned meeting with German Foreign Minister,<br />

Joschka Fischer will reignite the bitter debate over Britain's<br />

future in the European Union 21/01/01 B 10 7>8<br />

* European laws to be introduced this week will open Britain to<br />

a fresh wave of controversial genetically modified crops and


foods - see Genetic Modification 11/02/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> European Investment Bank, the EU's lending arm, may<br />

offer long-term loans to beleaguered telecom companies<br />

struggling to cover the crippling costs of third-generation mobile<br />

phone networks 08/04/01 N 1 1>3<br />

* Chancellor Gordon Brown may have to refund billions of<br />

pounds in tax to multinational companies following a deluge of<br />

lawsuits after the European Court of Justice ruled discrimination<br />

- see Politics 06/05/01<br />

* Tory businessmen to desert William Hague over anti-euro<br />

stance - see Politics 27/05/01<br />

* US aero-engine maker General Electric is set for a bruising<br />

showdown with the European Commission at a crucial meeting<br />

on its proposed $41bn takeover of Honeywell - see Aviation<br />

Industry 27/05/01<br />

* European leaders are to introduce Draconian measures to deal<br />

with the growing threat of violence from anti-capitalist<br />

protestors - see Demonstrations & Protests 17/06/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Government is braced for a major clash over Franco-<br />

German plans for a European tax to support institutions based in<br />

Brussels - see Politics 17/06/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> US is blocking new European Commission proposals to<br />

get cheap drugs into developing countries suffering devastating<br />

HIV, malaria and TB pandemics - see International Affairs:<br />

U.S.A. 17/06/01<br />

* EU's leaders are letting us all down with their nationalism and<br />

lack of vision, says Will Hutton 17/06/01 B 2 2>7 Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> European Union's investigation into alleged price-fixing<br />

by mobile phone companies will be far more wide-reaching than<br />

expected - see Business & Industry 15/07/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> EU's move to kill a cash-cow for beleaguered mobile<br />

firms could be an own-goal - see Business & Industry 15/07/01<br />

* Banks would be forced to insure customers against debt<br />

problems under a proposal from the European Commission - see<br />

Financial Institutions 12/08/01<br />

* As part of the European Union's Year of Languages, French<br />

secondary school children are to watch EastEnders to sharpen<br />

their language skills - see Language 30/09/01<br />

* European Union scientists have secretly given their blessing to<br />

controversial experiments in which live monkeys will be<br />

infected with mad cow disease - see BSE 30/09/01<br />

* As Brussels blasts the drug giants, the man who took on Roche<br />

and was jailed for it talks to Nick Mathiason - see Adams,<br />

Stanley 25/11/01<br />

* Company directors throughout the European Union could have<br />

their homes raided under tough new cartel-busting laws likely to<br />

be approved next year 25/11/01 N 1 5>7 Photograph<br />

* Italians turn on Silvio Berlusconi in a battle over EU powers of<br />

arrest - see International Affairs: Europe 09/12/01<br />

* Peter Mandelson feels Britain can benefit from more<br />

integration and even a new energy tax 09/12/01 N 7 1>6<br />

Photograph<br />

* Peter Mandelson today calls for a move towards common EU<br />

taxes in a radical blueprint for closer European integration<br />

09/12/01 B 7 3>7<br />

* Tony Blair denied that a groundbreaking call by the European<br />

Union for it to have its own constitution was a move towards a<br />

superstate 16/12/01 B 19 6>8<br />

EUTHANASIA<br />

* Diane Pretty is dying of motor neurone disease, in an exclusive<br />

interview she tells why she will fight in court for the right to a<br />

medically assisted death 24/06/01 B 3 1>6 Photographs<br />

OBSERVER INDEX: JAN-DEC <strong>2001</strong><br />

69<br />

EVANS, CHRIS<br />

* Chris Evans's departure from Virgin Radio was front page<br />

news and the saga was all too familiar 01/07/01 B 15 1>6<br />

Photographs<br />

EVANS, HAROLD<br />

* Publishers Tina Brown and Harold Evans are finding how love<br />

can turn to loathing - see Media 15/07/01<br />

EVE<br />

* See Music: Pop 19/08/01<br />

EVERYONE'S TALKING ABOUT…<br />

* Paul Kaye on his life after Dennis Pennis 07/01/01 R 13 1>2<br />

Photograph<br />

* Patrick Fugit, star of Almost Famous 14/01/01 R 8 3>4<br />

Photograph<br />

* Stephen Mangan, the new face of grown-up Adrian Mole<br />

21/01/01 R 8 3>6 Photograph<br />

* Megan Dodds, TV's new Mitford heroine 28/01/01 R 10 5<br />

Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> return of the kid from ET, Henry Thomas 11/02/01 R 8 5<br />

Photograph<br />

* Giancarlo Giannini, Italian cop on Hannibal's trail 18/02/01 R<br />

8 3>5 Photograph<br />

* New BBC undercover journalist Paul Kenyon 25/02/01 R 8<br />

4>6 Photograph<br />

* Nathaniel Parker, the BBC's dazzlingly posh new cop<br />

04/03/01 R 8 4>6 Photograph<br />

* Paddy Considine, the best-kept secret in British movies<br />

11/03/01 R 10 3>5 Photograph<br />

* Samantha Bond's move from Moneypenny to TV detective<br />

25/03/01 R 8 4>6 Photograph<br />

* Michelle Rodriquez, Latina boxer chick 01/04/01 R 8 4>6<br />

Photograph<br />

* Kim Wilde's rebirth as a gardening expert 22/04/01 R 8 3>4<br />

Photograph<br />

* Franka Potente's new-found poise opposite Johnny Depp in<br />

Blow 29/04/01 R 8 2>4 Photograph<br />

* Sanish hunk-with-spunk Javier Bardem 06/05/01 R 8 5<br />

Photograph<br />

* Daniel Craig, Brit-hot co-star of Tomb Raider 03/06/01 R 9<br />

1>3 Photograph<br />

* Saul Metzstein, the angry young director of 'Late Night<br />

Shopping' 10/06/01 R 9 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Hugh Jackman, Travolta's code-cracking foil 15/07/01 R 11 5<br />

Photograph<br />

* Lennie James, British stage and screen actor, writer…<br />

22/07/01 R 8 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Robert Downey Jr 29/07/01 R 8 5>6 Photograph<br />

* Molly Parker 02/09/01 R 9 5 Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Enigmatic Scottish actor Dougray Scott 23/09/01 R 8 2>3<br />

Photograph<br />

* Damian Lewis in Band of Brothers 30/09/01 R 8 4>6<br />

Photograph<br />

* Teenage prodigy Scarlett Johansson 28/10/01 R 9 1>4<br />

Photograph<br />

EVOLUTION


* Scientists have discovered the whites of our eyes are unique<br />

among primates and played a crucial role in our evolution - see<br />

Science 27/05/01<br />

EXECUTION, THE<br />

* See Book Reviews - Shapiro, Anna 20/05/01<br />

EXILE<br />

* See Book Reviews - Spencer, Neil 02/12/01<br />

EXPERIENCE<br />

* See Book Reviews - Ferguson, Euan 01/04/01<br />

EXPLORATION<br />

* Two British explorers are preparing to tackle one of the<br />

planet's last great challenges - the Bering Strait 11/03/01 B 11<br />

1>5 Photograph<br />

* Hollywood stars Russell Crowe and Kenneth Branagh will<br />

both portray Sir Ernest Shackleton in two screen treatments of<br />

the explorer's heroic attempt on the South Pole - see Shackleton,<br />

Sir Ernest 02/09/01<br />

EXTINCT SPECIES<br />

* <strong>The</strong> recreation of a rare ox after its death marks a step towards<br />

the goal of reviving extinct species 07/01/01 B 11 1>7<br />

Photographs<br />

* A leading palaeontologist believes he has found the cause of<br />

extinctions of whole species - the human cold 28/01/01 B 11<br />

1>8 Photograph, cartoon<br />

FABER, TONY<br />

* Why has Tony Faber, scion of the famous publishing dynasty,<br />

suddenly left the beleaguered family firm? 04/02/01 B 20 1>8<br />

Photograph<br />

FABULOUS KINGDOM, A<br />

* See Book Reviews - MacFarlane, Robert 07/10/01<br />

FABULOUS TIME<br />

* See Book Reviews - Lane, Harriet 04/03/01<br />

FACE, THE<br />

* See Book Reviews - Anthony, Andrew 24/06/01<br />

FAIRNESS<br />

* See Book Reviews - Vincent, David 11/03/01<br />

FAITHFULL, MARIANNE<br />

* Interview with Marianne Faithfull 15/07/01 M 10>15 1>3<br />

Photographs<br />

FAITHLESS<br />

* See Music: Pop 02/09/01<br />

FAKING IT<br />

* See Book Reviews - Merritt, Stephanie 04/03/01<br />

FALDO, NICK<br />

* Interview with Golfer Nick Faldo 01/07/01 M 12>18 1>4<br />

Photographs<br />

FALL OF LIGHT, THE<br />

* See Book Reviews - Redford, Rachel 30/09/01<br />

FALLING ANGELS<br />

* See Book Reviews - Kellaway, Kate 22/07/01<br />

FALLS, THE<br />

* See Book Reviews - Guttridge, Peter 18/03/01<br />

OBSERVER INDEX: JAN-DEC <strong>2001</strong><br />

70<br />

* See Audiobook Reviews - Redford, Rachel 25/03/01<br />

FAMILIES & FAMILY LIFE<br />

* Kathryn Flett on her feeling about motherhood, jealousy and<br />

the baby brother who grew up without her - see Flett, Kathryn<br />

21/01/01<br />

* Sam Taylor has swapped the doubtful pleasures of urban<br />

England for the good (if scary) life in rural France 21/01/01 R 4<br />

1>5 Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> soaring cost of childcare hits families 04/02/01 B 12 1>8<br />

Photograph<br />

* Memoir by Mark Matousek who let thirty-three years pass<br />

before he decided to tack down the father he hardly knew - see<br />

Matousek, Mark 04/03/01<br />

* A new study shows that women struggle to cope with work<br />

and more than one toddler - and 50 per cent leave their jobs - see<br />

Women 18/03/01<br />

* Joanna Moorhead on the joys and financial juggling involved<br />

in raising a Walton-sized brood - see Personal Finance 18/03/01<br />

* Last week working parents around the world were told that<br />

childcare was harming their children, then the truth began to<br />

emerge and the study was seen to be seriously flawed 29/04/01<br />

B 13 1>5 Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong> ideal holiday for stressed, working mothers - see Travel<br />

20/05/01<br />

* Jonathan Self is about to muscle in on his brother Will's<br />

territory, but he's not the first… 27/05/01 R 4 1>5 Photographs<br />

* Sex, drugs and drink are par for the course for any teenager,<br />

but if mum and dad happen to be called Blair, or maybe Bush, it<br />

doesn't half cramp your style 10/06/01 R 2 1>5 Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong>y are the fastest-growing family group in America, and the<br />

figures here have never been higher: for many, it seems, an only<br />

child is the way to go 10/06/01 M 20>29 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Late parenthood: report on the headaches and the rewards<br />

facing older mums and dads 22/07/01 B 14>15 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Marriages may fail, but divorce lasts forever - how do you deal<br />

with all the complications of step-families? 22/07/01 R 4 1>5<br />

Photographs<br />

* A 'blended' family holiday in Crete - see Travel 21/10/01<br />

* Most divorced fathers want to see their children and most kids<br />

want to see their dads, so why does society make it difficult for<br />

this simplest of things to happen? 21/10/01 R 1>2 1>5<br />

Photograph<br />

* Lydia James, who died last week, wrote Britain's first ever<br />

parenting column in <strong>The</strong> <strong>Observer</strong> in the 1960s, here her son<br />

Oliver James pays tribute - see James, Lydia 04/11/01<br />

* Parents of young children are to get the right to ask for shorter<br />

hours at work under legal guidelines designed to improve family<br />

life 18/11/01 B 1 8<br />

* A financial look at how families struggle to cope with the<br />

worst childcare provision in Europe 18/11/01 C 2>3, 5 1>4<br />

Photographs<br />

* Report on the plight of families who must fend for themselves<br />

to save their children from the miseries of heroin addiction - see<br />

Drugs & Drug Abuse 02/12/01<br />

* William Keegan offers some advice to the Chancellor on life<br />

as an older father - see Brown, Gordon 30/12/01<br />

FAMILY ORCHARD, THE<br />

* See Book Reviews - Shapiro, Anna 11/02/01<br />

FARMER, PAUL


* Profile on Paul Farmer, a self-effacing doctor based in rural<br />

Haiti treating the peasant population 28/01/01 M 24>34 1>4<br />

Photographs<br />

FARMS & FARMING<br />

* How our farmers sowed their very own downfall - the foot and<br />

mouth outbreak was a disaster waiting to happen 25/02/01 B<br />

18>19 1>8 Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong> state of Britain's abattoirs represents a failed quest to<br />

produce more at ever lower costs, argues Matthew Fort 25/02/01<br />

B 19 6>8 Photograph<br />

* Countryside in Crisis: mass slaughter everywhere - the fate of<br />

farming - see Foot & Mouth Crisis 04/03/01<br />

* Farming Today - see Radio 04/03/01<br />

* Supermarkets' grip on farmers is to be smashed by a new law<br />

04/03/01 B 1>2 4>7<br />

* Neal Ascherson tours Britain and finds farmers who feel the<br />

nation fell out of love with them long before disease descended<br />

25/03/01 B 11 4>7 Photographs<br />

* Report on the scandal of indiscriminate farming subsidies<br />

20/05/01 B 5 1>5 Photographs<br />

* Lord Haskins, appointed to head a Government review of rural<br />

economics hit by foot and mouth, has counted criticisms of his<br />

antagonism to small and organic farmers 12/08/01 N 1 1>4<br />

* Farming in Crisis: Beleaguered small farmers are about to be<br />

hit with a bigger whammy: the likely withdrawal of government<br />

subsidies 12/08/01 N 9 1>6 Photograph, graph<br />

* Questions are being asked why Lord Haskins, chairman of<br />

Northern Foods and a key figure in the food production industry,<br />

has been given the task of a government review of farming<br />

12/08/01 N 9 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Farmers plunged into crisis after having their livestock culled<br />

because of the disease are now being targeted by organised<br />

gangs of thieves 16/09/01 B 5 6>7<br />

FARRAKHAN, LOUIS<br />

* Profile on Louis Farrakhan, the leader of Nation of Islam<br />

05/08/01 B 25 1>6 Caricature<br />

FARRELL, COLIN<br />

* Colin Farrell has gone from Ballykissangel to starring with<br />

Bruce Willis and taking calls from Spielberg 13/05/01 r 9 1>4<br />

Photographs<br />

FASHION<br />

* It's time to give rugby union a complete makeover - see Sport:<br />

Rugby Union 07/01/01<br />

* Ripping yarns 07/01/01 M 40>45 1 Photographs<br />

* Donna Karan says she was following her heart, not her head,<br />

when she agreed to sell out to Bernard Arnault's Moet Hennessy<br />

Louis Vuitton luxury goods empire - see Koran, Donna<br />

14/01/01<br />

* New school ties 14/01/01 M 28>31 1 Photographs<br />

* How the DK image just wore too thin 14/01/01 N 3 1>4<br />

Photograph<br />

* Fashion plus 14/01/01 M 33 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Gentlemen's relish 21/01/01 M 32>37 1 Photographs<br />

* Fashion plus 21/01/01 M 39 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Ballantyne's new collection of cashmere, Vision 28/01/01 M<br />

38>44 1 Photographs<br />

* Fashion plus 28/01/01 M 47 1>4 Photographs<br />

OBSERVER INDEX: JAN-DEC <strong>2001</strong><br />

71<br />

* Night fashion 04/02/01 M 32>37 1 Photographs<br />

* Fashion plus 04/02/01 M 39 1>2 Photographs<br />

* Back to the 80s 11/02/01 M 32>35 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Fashion plus 11/02/01 M 37 1>3 Photographs<br />

* Designers Calvin Klein and Donna Karan rounded off New<br />

York Fashion Week yesterday 18/02/01 B 2 6>7 Photographs<br />

* London fashion special 18/02/01 M 36>49 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Investors in the fashion industry are taking fright - not at the<br />

outlandish shows, but because design houses may not be cutting<br />

their cloth according to their means 25/02/01 N 3 1>5<br />

Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Chloe Cruse collection designed by Stella McCartney<br />

25/02/01 M 42>47 1 Photographs<br />

* Fashion plus 25/02/01 M 49 1>2 Photographs<br />

* Interview with British Designer of the Year, Alexander<br />

McQueen - see McQueen, Alexander 04/03/01<br />

* Stefano Gabbana, Domenico Dolce and Brazilian model Gisele<br />

take a bow after the D&G ready to wear autumn collection in<br />

Milan yesterday 04/03/01 B 1 4 Photograph<br />

* Water babes 04/03/01 M 40>45 1 Photographs<br />

* Fashion plus 04/03/01 M 47 1>3 Photographs<br />

* Two years ago Luella Bartley was reporting from the Milan<br />

catwalks, now she is going back to the fashion capital of the<br />

world with her own designs 04/03/01 B 7 1>7 Photographs<br />

* Paul Smith opens his first shop in Italy 11/03/01 M 34>39 1>4<br />

Photographs<br />

* Italian style 11/03/01 M 44>51 1 Photographs<br />

* Spectacles 18/03/01 M 36>39 1 Photographs<br />

* Fashion plus 18/03/01 M 41 1>3 Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong> art-student look is back 25/03/01 M 38>43 1 Photographs<br />

* Fashion plus 25/03/01 M 45 1>4 Photographs, illustrations<br />

* Stella McaCartney, Sir Paul's designer daughter, is to trade in<br />

the famous name and fashion label that launched her reputation<br />

to create her own brand of clothes under Gucci - see McCartney,<br />

Stella 01/04/01<br />

* <strong>Observer</strong> Style Editor Tamsin Blanchard on why the<br />

McCartney/Gucci deal is good news for British designers<br />

01/04/01 B 3 6>7 Photograph<br />

* British fashion designer Vivienne Westwood turns 60 - see<br />

Westwood, Vivienne 08/04/01<br />

* Why no celebrity's wardrobe is complete without a Vivienne<br />

Westwood 08/04/01 M 16 1>4 Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong> corset is again making itself felt in the world of fashion<br />

08/04/01 M 44>49 1 Photographs<br />

* Fashion plus 08/04/01 M 51 1>2 Photographs<br />

* With floral prints, flared skirts, nipped-in waists and big hair,<br />

the 50s put the glamour into housework and the rock into frocks<br />

15/04/01 M 32>37 1 Photographs<br />

* Mixing stripes and clashing colours 22/04/01 M 30>33 1<br />

Photographs<br />

* Fashion plus 22/04/01 M 35 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Feathers, zips, beads and sequins to adorn your clothes<br />

29/04/01 M 34>37 1 Photographs<br />

* Fashion plus 29/04/01 M 39 1>2 Photographs<br />

* Dizzying designs, zebra stripes, checked prints: everything in


lack and white makes sense 06/05/01 M 38>41 1>2<br />

Photographs<br />

* Fashion plus 06/05/01 M 43 1>4 Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Rolling Stone look 13/05/01 M 38>43 1 Photographs<br />

* Stella McCartney, the darling of the fashion world since she<br />

was offered her own label at Gucci, is condemning the use of<br />

leather and fur on the catwalks 13/05/01 B 7 6>7 Photograph<br />

* Embroidered vests, floral tops and trimmed skirts, everything<br />

is coming up roses this summer 20/05/01 M 40>45 1<br />

Photographs<br />

* Designer Walter Van Beirendonck is turning Antwerp into a<br />

magic kingdom 27/05/01 M 36>39 1>4 Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong> 10 worst fashion statements in the history of sport - see<br />

Sport 03/06/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong>re's nothing stuffy about suits 03/06/01 M 28>31 1<br />

Photographs<br />

* Fashion plus 03/06/01 M 33 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Parade your stuff with military-chic precision in beige and<br />

khaki, with belts, sashes and sharp lapels 10/06/01 M 38>41 1<br />

Photograph<br />

* Tamsin Blanchard offers a private view of the enigma that is<br />

Giorgio Armani - see Armani, Giorgio 17/06/01<br />

* An exhibition on Sixties style icon Jacqueline Kennedy has<br />

drawn the crowds to New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art<br />

17/06/01 E 14>15 1>3 Photographs<br />

* Loose linen trousers, pleated skirts and striped tops… in red,<br />

white and blue 17/06/01 M 36>40 1 Photographs<br />

* Fashion plus 17/06/01 M 43 1>2 Photographs<br />

* Designer Jessica Ogden brings antique cloths and vintage<br />

fabrics back to life, plus dressing to a tee 24/06/01 M 38>41 1<br />

Photographs<br />

* Fashion plus 24/06/01 M 43 1>3 Photographs<br />

* Britain's tailors have declared that the suit is back and sales are<br />

booming like never before 01/07/01 B 11 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Get ready for an Indian summer 01/07/01 M 32>35 1<br />

Photographs<br />

* A model shows off one of the designs from Versace's haute<br />

couture collection in Paris 08/07/01 B 13 4 Photograph<br />

* Kate Moss, Chloe Sevigny and J Lo are all opting for the<br />

'garconne' style 08/07/01 M 38>41 1 Photographs<br />

* Wild animal prints, hip retro dots and revealing cutaway<br />

circles - itsy-bitsy swimwear 15/07/01 M 40>44 1 Photographs<br />

* Fashion plus 15/07/01 M 47 1>3 Photographs<br />

* Holiday accessories 29/07/01 M 30>33 1 Photographs<br />

* Holiday fashion 05/08/01 M 36>41 1 Photographs<br />

* Fashion plus 05/08/01 M 43 1>4 Photographs<br />

* New romantics 12/08/01 M 32>35 1 Photographs<br />

* Five male models go mild in the country 19/08/01 M 40>43 1<br />

Photographs<br />

* Vintage lace and plaited leather, antique tulle and cutting-edge<br />

fabrics 26/08/01 M 30>33 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Fashion plus 26/08/01 M 35 1>3 Photographs<br />

* Samantha Mumba famously sacked three stylists because she<br />

didn't want to wear their clothes - <strong>Observer</strong> fashion editor Jo<br />

Adams takes her shopping… 02/09/01 M 38>41 1>4<br />

Photographs<br />

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72<br />

* Dive in with Dior and couturier John Galliano's costume<br />

dramas 09/09/01 M 34>39 1 Photographs<br />

* Annalisa Barbieri 09/09/01 R 4 1>7 Illustration<br />

* <strong>The</strong> corset is back 09/09/01 R 4 15 Photographs<br />

* Fashion plus 09/09/01 M 41 1>4 Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong> actress Sadie Frost and Jemima French's new collection<br />

16/09/01 M 32>37 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Fashion plus 16/09/01 M 39 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Fashion problems solved 16/09/01 R 4 1>7 Illustration<br />

* Retail analysts says they will wait to separate the hype from<br />

the reality when Marks & Spencer launches its long awaited Per<br />

Una collection designed by George Davis - see Retail Industry<br />

23/09/01<br />

* Jodie Kidd models a creation by Spanish designer Amaya<br />

Arzuaga at the Natural History Museum to mark the final day of<br />

fashion week 23/09/01 B 1 4>6 Photograph<br />

* Retro chic, distressed denim and hippie stripes - this season's<br />

key looks 23/09/01 M 34>40 1 Photographs<br />

* Fashion problems solved 23/09/01 R 4 1>7 Illustration<br />

* Fashion problems solved 30/09/01 R 4 1>7 Illustration<br />

* Italian style 30/09/01 M 44>51 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Radical Fashion 07/10/01 M 23>51 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Fashion problems solved 07/10/01 R 4 5 Illustration<br />

* Fashion has always borrowed from art for its inspiration, now<br />

it's the designers who are taking over our galleries and museums<br />

14/10/01 R 1>2 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Fashion problems solved 14/10/01 R 4 2>5 Illustration<br />

* Five trend-setting fashion photographers 14/10/01 M 47>52 1<br />

Photographs<br />

* Fashion plus 14/10/01 M 53>54 1 Photographs<br />

* Sarah Moon's mysteriously delicate images of women<br />

dramatically changed the face of fashion photography - see<br />

Photography 21/10/01<br />

* Fashion problems solved 21/10/01 R 4 1>6 Illustration<br />

* Fashion plus 21/10/01 M 51 1>5 Photographs<br />

* Fashion problems solved 28/10/01 R 4 1>6 Illustration<br />

* Fashion problems solved 04/11/01 R 4 1>6 Illustration<br />

* Lace takes its place in the high street 04/11/01 M 46>52 1<br />

Photographs<br />

* Fashion plus 04/11/01 M 55 1>4 Photographs<br />

* A flawless complexion is the perfect foundation for this<br />

season's Victoriana 11/11/01 M 50>54 1>3 Photographs<br />

* Fashion plus 11/11/01 M 56 1>3 Photographs<br />

* Fashion problems solved 18/11/01 R 4 1>6 Illustration<br />

* Actor Rufus Sewell stars in Richard James's latest costume<br />

drama 18/11/01 M 62>66 1 Photographs<br />

* Fashion plus 18/11/01 M 69 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Structural suits plus sparklers 25/11/01 M 52>58 1<br />

Photographs<br />

* Fashion plus 25/11/01 M 61 1>3 Photographs<br />

* Swaddle the little darlings in felt-flowered hats, knee-high<br />

socks and sensible tweed coats 02/12/01 M 36>43 1<br />

Photographs


* Fashion plus 02/12/01 M 44 1>3 Photographs<br />

* Campaigners are furious that the lingerie manufacturer<br />

Triumph International has rented a factory in Burma paying<br />

workers 70p a day - see Human Rights 09/12/01<br />

* Interview with Donna Karan, the queen of New York - see<br />

Karan, Donna 09/12/01<br />

* Jewelled umbrellas took centre stage at Clotheshow <strong>2001</strong><br />

which opened in Birmingham's National Exhibition Centre on<br />

Friday 09/12/01 B 2 2 Photograph<br />

* Fashion problems solved 09/12/01 R 4 1>6 Illustration<br />

* Nostalgia is back with a vengeance 09/12/01 M 60>66 1<br />

Photographs<br />

* Fashion plus 09/12/01 M 69 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Fashion problems solved 16/12/01 R 4 1>6 Illustration<br />

* Unusual and eye-catching knits 16/12/01 M 41>46 1<br />

Photographs<br />

* Fashion plus 16/12/01 M 49 1>4 Photographs<br />

* It's sale time… 23/12/01 M 31>34 1>3 Illustrations<br />

* How to bring in the New Year in style 30/12/01 M 26>31 1<br />

Photographs<br />

* Fashion problems solved 30/12/01 R 4 1>6 Illustration<br />

FATAL VOYAGE<br />

* See Audiobook Reviews - Bunce, Kim 29/07/01<br />

FAULKS, SEBASTIAN<br />

* Interview with bestseller author, Sebastian Faulks 15/07/01 R<br />

5 1>5 Photographs<br />

FEEDING FRENZY<br />

* See Book Reviews - Abbany, Zulfikar 11/11/01<br />

FERGUSON, EUAN<br />

* Columnist 03/06/01 B 19 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Columnist 08/07/01 B 28 2>5 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 15/07/01 B 24 2>5 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 22/07/01 B 24 2>5 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 29/07/01 B 28 2>5 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 19/08/01 B 21 2>5 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 26/08/01 B 24 2>5 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 30/09/01 B 28 2>5 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 14/10/01 B 33 6 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 21/10/01 B 30 2>5 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 04/11/01 B 30 2>5 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 11/11/01 B 30 2>5 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 02/12/01 B 28 2>5 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 16/12/01 B 24 2>5 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 23/12/01 B 22 2>5 Photograph<br />

FERGUSON, MARY<br />

* Columnist 18/11/01 B 28 2>5 Photograph<br />

FERGUSON, NIALL<br />

* Columnist 18/02/01 B 30 1>5 Photograph<br />

FERGUSON, SIR ALEX<br />

* Sir Alex Ferguson, the most successful football manager of his<br />

OBSERVER INDEX: JAN-DEC <strong>2001</strong><br />

73<br />

era, was forced out of Manchester Utd by a plot organised by<br />

club directors 20/05/01 B 1>2 7>8 Photograph<br />

* Michael Crick, the crusading journalist is investigating the<br />

Manchester United boss for a new biography - see Crick,<br />

Michael 26/08/01<br />

FERRY, BRYAN<br />

* Interview with musician Bryan Ferry who has regrouped Roxy<br />

Music after 18 years 13/05/01 M 10>14 1>4 Photographs<br />

FERTILITY<br />

* Fertility Tourists - see Television 11/03/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> American doctor who trumpeted a fertility technique using<br />

three genetic parents failed to disclose that along with 15 healthy<br />

babies it produced two foetuses with a rare genetic disorder<br />

20/05/01 B 23 7>8<br />

* <strong>The</strong> fertility expert who treated Britain's oldest mother of<br />

newborn twins rejected criticism that the 56 year-old was too old<br />

to cope with her babies 27/05/01 B 5 7<br />

* American women are urged to heed their biological clocks as<br />

fortysomething celebrities send out misleading message<br />

12/08/01 B 20 1>8 Photographs<br />

* An urgent inquiry has been ordered by the Government into<br />

whether families should be allowed to choose the sex of their<br />

children using a new fertility technique 04/11/01 B 1 7>8<br />

FESTIVAL OF BRITAIN 1951-<strong>2001</strong><br />

* It is 50 years since the Festival of Britain rescued the country<br />

from the austerity of the post-war years 15/04/01 M 24>30 1>4<br />

Photographs<br />

FEVER TRAIL, THE<br />

* See Book Reviews - McKie, Robin 02/12/01<br />

FIELDING, HELEN<br />

* Profile on the creator of Bridget Jones's Diary, Helen Fielding<br />

08/04/01 B 23 2>6 Caricature<br />

FIFTH WOMAN, THE<br />

* See Book Review - Guttridge, Peter 03/06/01<br />

FILM<br />

* Hollywood's other Steven is launching his most ambitious film<br />

- see Soderbergh, Steven 07/01/01<br />

* Review of Crime & Punishment in Suburbia/Saltwater/Bless<br />

the Child 07/01/01 R 11 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Review of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon 07/01/01 R 11<br />

1>5 Photographs<br />

* Review of Cast Away 14/01/01 R 7 1>5 Photographs<br />

* Review of Under Suspicion/Sexy Beast/<strong>The</strong><br />

Criminal/Rage/Lost Souls/<strong>The</strong> Long Goodbye 14/01/01 R 7 1>6<br />

Photographs<br />

* Philip Kaufman's flamboyant new movie about the last days of<br />

de Sade has been acclaimed by the critics 14/01/01 R 8 1>4<br />

Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong> rage for watching films through funny glasses come and<br />

goes, but as a 3-D revival of Kiss Me Kate opens, Philip French<br />

asks if it's more than a fad 14/01/01 R 9 1>3 Photograph<br />

* With its shambling naturalism, <strong>The</strong> Low Down does for British<br />

slackers what <strong>The</strong> Sopranos does for New Jersey hoods<br />

14/01/01 R 9 1>5 Photographs<br />

* Nicci Gerrard on writing a thriller with her husband, Sean<br />

French, and Hollywood's version - see Gerrard, Nicci 21/01/01<br />

* Review of Quills 21/01/01 R 7 1>6 Photographs


* Review of Vertical Limit/Bounce/Requiem For a Dream/<strong>The</strong><br />

Lost Lover/Beautiful Creatures 21/01/01 R 7 1>5 Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Claim is an epic western with a difference - it's made by a<br />

British team and the story is by Thomas Hardy 21/01/01 R 8<br />

1>5 Photographs<br />

* In 'What Women Want', Mel Gibson can read women's<br />

thoughts - five writers reveal the mysteries of what really goes<br />

on inside their heads - see Film 28/01/01<br />

* Robert Redford's annual Sundance Film Festival has sold it's<br />

soul to rock 'n' roll 28/01/01 B 22 7>8 Photograph<br />

* Cinemagoers have voted for their favourite actor and film<br />

genre 28/01/01 B 7 1>8 Photograph<br />

* Philip French's top five films on current release 28/01/01 R 8<br />

6<br />

* Review of Pay It Forward/Woman on Top/<strong>The</strong> Low Down<br />

28/01/01 R 8 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Review of Traffic 28/01/01 R 8 1>5 Photographs<br />

* Philip French looks at the contenders at the Oscars and picks<br />

his personal favourites 28/01/01 R 9 1>5 Photographs<br />

* Director Terry Gilliam's £32m film about Don Quixote, wasn't<br />

meant to be - see Gilliam, Terry 04/02/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> 10 best sporting films of all time - see Sport 04/02/01<br />

* Pearl Harbour survivors attack new Hollywood movie<br />

04/02/01 B 14 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Review of <strong>The</strong> Claim 04/02/01 R 7 1>5 Photographs<br />

* Review of What Women Want/Shadow of the<br />

Vampire/Second Skin 04/02/01 R 7 1>5 Photographs<br />

* Shocked US audiences prove that Anthony Hopkins still has an<br />

appetite for his role in Hannibal 04/02/01 R 9 1>5 Photographs<br />

* Sundance Film Festival 04/02/01 R 9 1>3<br />

* Bombay's film industry lives on escapism, but is stalked now<br />

by death - see International Affairs: Indian Sub-Continent<br />

11/02/01<br />

* Euan Ferguson meets… Ken Russell - see Russell, Ken<br />

11/02/01<br />

* Kate Winslet appeared at the Berlin International Film Festival<br />

to promote the film Quills, about the Marquis de Sade - see<br />

Winslet, Kate 11/02/01<br />

* Review of Almost Famous/Remember the Titans/Dude,<br />

Where's My Car?/<strong>The</strong> Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle<br />

11/02/01 R 7 1>5 Photographs<br />

* Review of Faithless 11/02/01 R 7 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Philip French's top five films on current release 11/02/01 R 8<br />

5<br />

* David Gritten joins the shoot of the Oscar-tipped Chocolat in a<br />

typical sunlit French garden - somewhere in Somerset 11/02/01<br />

R 9 1>5 Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong> centre of old Saigon stepped back nearly 50 years as<br />

filming started on an Australian adaptation of Graham Greene's,<br />

<strong>The</strong> Quiet American - see International Affairs: S.E. Asia<br />

18/02/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> man who decides what's fit for us to see at the cinema is<br />

predicting an end to legally-enforced ratings 18/02/01 B 11 1>6<br />

Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong> new Harry Potter film is seriously behind schedule<br />

18/02/01 B 6 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Review of Hannibal 18/02/01 R 7 1>5 Photographs<br />

* Review of Songs From the Second Floor/State and<br />

OBSERVER INDEX: JAN-DEC <strong>2001</strong><br />

74<br />

Main/Centre Stage/Breakfast at Tiffany's/<strong>The</strong> Emperor's New<br />

Groove/Dungeons and Dragons 18/02/01 R 7 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Oscar viewpoint with Philip French 18/02/01 R 8 5<br />

Photograph<br />

* Liam Neeson and Bob Hoskins are to star in multi-million<br />

pound Hollywood film about the ordeal of Stephen Downing,<br />

who was imprisoned for 27 years for a murder he did not commit<br />

- see Downing, Stephen 25/02/01<br />

* To portray Jackson Pollock in the movie Pollock, Ed Harris<br />

learnt to paint, slept in the artist's bed and smoked his fags - it<br />

paid off 25/02/01 R 5 1>5 Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong> rush to sign up film rights to the hot new books of British<br />

writers 25/02/01 B 6 1>8 Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Servant - the film and its impact 25/02/01 R 6 1>5<br />

Photographs<br />

* When it comes to sex, the film world is more neurotic than<br />

erotic - directors tell how the deal with love scenes 25/02/01 R 7<br />

1>5 Photographs<br />

* Philip French's top five films on current release 25/02/01 R 9<br />

4>5<br />

* Review of Liam 25/02/01 R 9 1>5 Photographs<br />

* Review of <strong>The</strong> Legend of Baggier Vance/Finding<br />

Forrester/<strong>The</strong> Invisible Circus 25/02/01 R 9 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Last month's 10 best sporting films - see Sport 04/03/01<br />

* Privatisation plans for the famed Mosfilm studios in Russia<br />

have outraged leaders of a struggling industry - see International<br />

Affairs: Russia 04/03/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> future of Britain as a film production centre could be<br />

threatened if the Treasury moves to reform valuable tax breaks<br />

04/03/01 N 1 1>3 Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> British film industry knows its place in the world -<br />

servicing Hollywood 04/03/01 N 12 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Preview of the new British movie, Bridget Jones's Diary<br />

04/03/01 R 7 1>5 Photographs<br />

* As two new movies about US Presidents head for Britain,<br />

Peter Preston asks why America turns its leaders into gods while<br />

ours remain mortal 04/03/01 R 8 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Review of Chocolat/<strong>The</strong> Gift/<strong>The</strong> Tao of Steve 04/03/01 R 9<br />

1>3 Photograph<br />

* Review of Proof of Life 04/03/01 R 9 1>5 Photographs<br />

* You Can Count On Me beat the odds to become this year's<br />

indie success story 11/03/01 R 10 1>5 Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong> new film by acclaimed French director Luc Besson was<br />

set to be a box-office hit, but the director is being sued by the<br />

film's scriptwriters 11/03/01 B 23 1>2 Photographs<br />

* Review of Best in Show 11/03/01 R 9 1>5 Photographs<br />

* Review of Born Romantic/<strong>The</strong> Watcher/Dark Days 11/03/01<br />

R 9 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Chicken Run, the film that has made more than $100m in the<br />

US is the subject of a claim by Alan Davidson that it is based on<br />

his book, Escape from Cold Ditch, published in 1994 18/03/01<br />

B 16 1>5 Photograph<br />

* Review of Last Resort 18/03/01 R 7 1>5 Photographs<br />

* Review of Thirteen Days/Enemy at the Gates/Malena/Audition<br />

18/03/01 R 7 1>6 Photographs<br />

* As two new films satirise the excesses of TV, Adam Smith<br />

asks why does Hollywood always sneer at the small screen?<br />

18/03/01 R 8 1>5 Photographs<br />

* A week before the Oscars, Philip French salutes the most


deserving winners of all time… and condemns the least<br />

deserving 18/03/01 R 9 1>5 Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong> champagne will flow as usual at tonight's Oscars, but<br />

strikes by actors and writers could soon cripple the US film<br />

industry 25/03/01 B 20 1>7 Photographs<br />

* Review of 15 Minutes/Brother/Miss Congeniality/An<br />

Everlasting Piece 25/03/01 R 7 1>5 Photographs<br />

* Review of Don't Look Now 25/03/01 R 7 6 Photograph<br />

* Review of You Can Count on Me 25/03/01 R 7 1>5<br />

Photographs<br />

* America's acceptance of interracial love in the movies has<br />

come a long way since Sidney Poitier and even early Spike Lee,<br />

but some things are still beyond the pale 25/03/01 R 9 1>4<br />

Photographs<br />

* Oscar Diary: Nominated as best screenwriter for Billy Elliot, I<br />

had my acceptance speech ready, then Tom Hanks ruined<br />

everything… by Lee Hall 01/04/01 R 5 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Philip French says the right films won at the Oscars 01/04/01<br />

R 5 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Review of Uneasy Riders 01/04/01 R 7 1>7 Photographs<br />

* Shower/Men of Honour/Save the Last Dance/About<br />

Adam/Blow Dry/<strong>The</strong> Monkey's Mask/Damnation/<strong>2001</strong>: A Space<br />

Odyssey 01/04/01 R 7 1>5 Photographs<br />

* Hollywood's leading men are allowed to grow old gracefully<br />

but it's leading women suffer a less forgiving and undignified<br />

fate 01/04/01 R 9 1>5 Photographs<br />

* Red Ken Loach is the last person you would expect to find in<br />

Hollywood - see Loach, Ken 08/04/01<br />

* Review of A One and a Two 08/04/01 R 7 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Review of Les Enfants du Siecle/<strong>The</strong> Wedding Planner/Better<br />

Than Sex/Rugrats in Paris: <strong>The</strong> Movie/Bamboozled 08/04/01 R<br />

7 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Two new blockbusters confirm Eric Fellner and Tim Bevan as<br />

Britain's biggest movie moguls of all time 08/04/01 R 8 1>5<br />

Photographs<br />

* V.S. Naipaul said good riddance to Trinidad 50 years ago, now<br />

Merchant-Ivory is filming one of his books there and the island<br />

is holding its breath to see if the prodigal son will return - see<br />

Naipaul 15/04/01<br />

* With films such as <strong>The</strong> Smokers and the forthcoming <strong>The</strong><br />

Hole, Thora Birch has cornered the Hollywood market in angstridden<br />

teenagers - see Birch, Thora 15/04/01<br />

* Review of A Hard Day's Night/Mildred Pierce 15/04/01 R 7<br />

4>6 Photograph<br />

* Review of Bridget Jones's Diary 15/04/01 R 7 1>5<br />

Photographs<br />

* Review of Spy Kids/Valentine/But I'm a Cheerleader 15/04/01<br />

R 7 1>3 Photographs<br />

* Review of the exhibition Hitchcock and Art: Fatal<br />

Coincidences - see Art 22/04/01<br />

* Philip French's top five films on current release 22/04/01 R 7<br />

4>5<br />

* Review of <strong>The</strong> Contender/Boesman and Lena/Girlfight/One<br />

Night at McCool's/Under the Sand/<strong>The</strong> Hole 22/04/01 R 7 1>6<br />

Photographs<br />

* Review of <strong>The</strong> Tailor of Panama 22/04/01 R 7 1>4<br />

Photographs<br />

* To be Asian in Hollywood used to mean parts as villains or<br />

dainty flowers, now after Crouching Tiger, movie bosses think<br />

eastern stars are the next bit thing 22/04/01 R 8 1>4<br />

OBSERVER INDEX: JAN-DEC <strong>2001</strong><br />

75<br />

Photographs<br />

* Viewers' group attack 18 rating for screen version of Hanif<br />

Kureishi's Intimacy that depicts uncensored oral sex 22/04/01 B<br />

9 1>5 Photograph<br />

* As the Hollywood studios brace for a strike, a book reveals<br />

their bloody history of union-bashing 29/04/01 B 20 1>8<br />

Photographs<br />

* Review of Bread and Roses 29/04/01 R 7 1>5 Photographs<br />

* Review of <strong>The</strong> Mexican/<strong>The</strong> Captive/Exit Wounds 29/04/01 R<br />

7 1>5 Photograph<br />

* Hollywood stars are thin on the ground this year at Cannes and<br />

there are no British films at all 29/04/01 R 9 1>5 Photographs<br />

* Speilberg, Gates and their powerful partners have high<br />

expectations of the forthcoming film AI (short for Artificial<br />

Intelligence) 06/05/01 B 20 4>8 Photographs<br />

* Peter Preston's top five films on current release 06/05/01 R 7<br />

4>5<br />

* Review of Along Came a Spider/AntiTrust/La Bete 06/05/01<br />

R 7 1.5 Photograph<br />

* Review of Captain Corelli's Mandolin 06/05/01 R 7 1>4<br />

Photographs<br />

* Report on a clutch of new movies exploring sexuality<br />

06/05/01 R 9 1>5 Photographs<br />

* Mormon Neil LaBute may be devoted to God, but the casual<br />

brutality of his films suggest a low opinion of humanity<br />

13/05/01 R 6 1>5 Photographs<br />

* Terry Gilliam, a member of the Cannes Film Festival<br />

competition jury, has attacked the calibre of British movies as<br />

the reason for their poor showing at the festival 13/05/01 B 6<br />

7>8 Photograph<br />

* After years of antipathy between Hollywood and Cannes, the<br />

Americans are back in force on the Riviera, proving that box<br />

office movies can be creative and credible too 13/05/01 R 7 1>4<br />

Photographs<br />

* Cannes Diary 13/05/01 R 7 5 Photographs<br />

* Review of Goodbye Charlie Bright/Alfie/<strong>The</strong> King is<br />

Alive/<strong>The</strong> Terrorist/<strong>The</strong> Broken Hearts Club 13/05/01 R 8 1>6<br />

Photograph<br />

* Review of <strong>The</strong> Dish 13/05/01 R 8 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Julia Roberts is to play the part of Wendy Sewell in a<br />

Hollywood film about her murder in 1973, which led to Britain's<br />

longest-running alleged miscarriage of justice 13/05/01 B 9 1>6<br />

Photographs<br />

* Focus on the Cannes Film Festival 20/05/01 B 22 1>7<br />

Photographs<br />

* Review of Amores Perros 20/05/01 R 7 1>5 Photographs<br />

* Review of <strong>The</strong> Mummy Returns/Tigerland/Roen a<br />

Faire/Inbetweeners 20/05/01 R 7 1>5 Photograph<br />

* Johnny Depp visited George Jung in a top security jail before<br />

he played him in a new movie, Blow 20/05/01 R 8 1>5<br />

Photographs<br />

* Cannes Diary 20/05/01 R 9 5>6 Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong> fifty-fourth Cannes film festival has proved to be a<br />

lacklustre affair 20/05/01 R 9 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Interview with film critic Barry Norman who, after 29 years of<br />

telling us what's worth seeing at the cinema, is finally hanging<br />

up his notebook and 3-D glasses - see Norman, Barry 27/05/01<br />

* Review of Blow 27/05/01 R 7 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Review of Code Unknown/Le Gout des Autres/When Brendan


Met Trudy/Very Annie Mary/All the Pretty Horses/See Spot<br />

Run/El Mar/Le Libertin 27/05/01 R 7 1>5 Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> big stars are 'resting', so this season we could see some<br />

intelligent blockbusters 27/05/01 R 9 1>5 Photographs<br />

* Reinaldo Arenas was thrown in jail by Castro and later killed<br />

himself in New York, now an Oscar-nominated film celebrates<br />

the life of this controversial Cuban writer - see Arenas, Reinaldo<br />

03/06/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> British view of porn has changed, we are no longer<br />

shocked and neither is the censor, so sex shops and filmmakers<br />

are preparing for a boom time - see Pornography 03/06/01<br />

* Review of Pearl Harbour 03/06/01 R 7 1>5 Photographs<br />

* Review of Series 7: <strong>The</strong> Contenders/101 Reykjavik/Weak at<br />

Denise/Croupier/<strong>The</strong> In Crowd 03/06/01 R 7 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Review of Get Over It/Down to Earth/Tokyo Decadence<br />

10/06/01 R 7 1>5 Photographs<br />

* Review of Merci Pour Le Chocolat/<strong>The</strong> Crimson Rivers<br />

10/06/01 R 7 1>5 Photographs<br />

* Can Tomb Raider the movie succeed where other video game<br />

spinoffs have flopped? - interviews with the star Angelina Jolie<br />

and director Simon West 10/06/01 R 9 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Freud resisted the call of the movies, but an <strong>Observer</strong>-backed<br />

film festival devoted to reading the subconscious mind shows<br />

how his work has influenced directors 17/06/01 R 5 1>5<br />

Photographs<br />

* Review of Summer Film 17/06/01 R 7 1>5 Photographs<br />

* Review of Autumn in New York/Say It Isn't So/Dracula<br />

<strong>2001</strong>/Another Life/Like Father/No Place to Go 17/06/01 R 9<br />

1>6 Photograph<br />

* Review of Before Night Falls 17/06/01 R 9 1>5 Photographs<br />

* A new study has revealed that while big action films generate<br />

headlines, family films are more profitable 24/06/01 B 7 1>2<br />

Photograph<br />

* More than four million people went to see the French film, Le<br />

Fabuleux Destin d'Amelie Poulain, in two months 24/06/01 R 7<br />

1>5 Photographs<br />

* Review of Evolution 24/06/01 R 9 1>5 Photographs<br />

* Review of Late Night Shopping/Room to Rent/Fiddler on the<br />

Roof/<strong>The</strong> Children's Midsummer Night's Dream/Bande a Part<br />

24/06/01 R 9 1>5 Photograph<br />

* Interview with actress Kerry Fox who stars in the controversial<br />

film Intimacy - see Fox, Kerry 01/07/01<br />

* A.I. is the most eagerly awaited film of the summer, blending<br />

Speilberg's genius for special effects with the darker side of<br />

Kubrick 01/07/01 R 5>6 1>5 Photographs<br />

* Review of Shrek 01/07/01 R 7 1>5 Photographs<br />

* Review of Town and Country/La Saison des Hommes/Ginger<br />

Snaps/Out of Depth/Taxi 2/Nowhere to Hide/<strong>The</strong> Princess and<br />

the Warrior 01/07/01 R 7 1>5 Photographs<br />

* Why are master filmmakers like Ang Lee and Guy Ritchie<br />

creating shorts for BMW's website? 01/07/01 R 8 1>5<br />

Photographs<br />

* Hollywood needs believable villains, but there's not much<br />

menace on the screen these days 08/07/01 R 7 1>5 Photographs<br />

* Philip French's top five films on current release 08/07/01 R 9<br />

2>3<br />

* Review of Dr T and the Women/Aimee & Jaguar/When Love<br />

Comes/2 or 3 Things I Know About Her 08/07/01 R 9 1>5<br />

Photograph<br />

OBSERVER INDEX: JAN-DEC <strong>2001</strong><br />

76<br />

* Review of Lara Croft Tomb Raider 08/07/01 R 9 1>5<br />

Photographs<br />

* Ten years after <strong>The</strong>lma & Louise, audiences are still shocked<br />

to see women behaving badly, yet they will happily let men get<br />

away with murder 15/07/01 R 11 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Review of <strong>The</strong> Colour of Lies/Urban Ghost Story/Possible<br />

Worlds/Sweet November/<strong>The</strong> Ladies Man/Whipped 15/07/01 R<br />

9 1>5 Photographs<br />

* Review of Together 15/07/01 R 9 1>5 Photographs<br />

* Russ Meyer created a movie genre with impossibly voluptuous<br />

screen sirens 22/07/01 M 18>23 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Review of A l'Attaque 22/07/01 R 7 1>3 Photograph<br />

* Review of Jurassic Park III/High Heels and Low Lifes/Animal<br />

Attraction/<strong>The</strong> Iron Ladies/Ed Gein/solas/<strong>The</strong> Truth Game/<strong>The</strong><br />

Nine Lives of Tomas Katz 22/07/01 R 7 1>6 Photographs<br />

* America's Sweethearts is a film that undercuts the stars'<br />

relationship to the press 22/07/01 R 8 1>5 Photographs<br />

* Review of Intimacy 29/07/01 R 7 1>5 Photographs<br />

* Review of Swordfish/Dr Dolittle 2/Recess: Schools Out<br />

29/07/01 R 7 1>5 Photographs<br />

* Last weekend, 52 Italian filmmakers, including the 81 year-old<br />

director of <strong>The</strong> Battle of Algiers, took to Genoa's streets, with<br />

the camera as their only weapon 29/07/01 R 8 1>5 Photographs<br />

* Tim Burton insisted that it was impossible to remake Planet Of<br />

<strong>The</strong> Apes, but he was persuaded to create his own version<br />

29/07/01 R 9 1>5 Photographs<br />

* On the trail of Toulouse-Lautrec: Albi, the town where the<br />

French artist grew up, is refusing to cash in on next month's film,<br />

Moulin Rouge - see Travel 05/08/01<br />

* This year's surprise hit in the US is a documentary charting the<br />

dramatic rise and spectacular fall of a $40m internet company<br />

founded by two twentysomething friends 05/08/01 R 7 1>5<br />

Photographs<br />

* Review of Cats & Dogs/Gohatto/Rush Hour 2 05/08/01 R 8<br />

2>5 Photographs<br />

* Review of Final Fantasy: the Spirits Within 05/08/01 R 8 1>5<br />

Photographs<br />

* Don Starr is a Canadian tax lawyer and is our most influential<br />

film producer - but he knows nothing about movies - see Starr,<br />

Don 12/08/01<br />

* Film company Columbia Tri-Star and cinema chain Odeon<br />

have teamed up to use mobile phones to promote Final Fantasy,<br />

the computer animated sci-fi thriller 12/08/01 N 2 4>6<br />

Photograph<br />

* Film music 12/08/01 R 8 5>6<br />

* Philip French's top five films on current release 12/08/01 R 8<br />

3>4<br />

* Review of <strong>The</strong> Farewell/Me You <strong>The</strong>m/Help! I'm a Fish<br />

12/08/01 R 8 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Review of <strong>The</strong> Parole Officer 12/08/01 R 8 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Peter Bart, the editor of the film business trade paper Variety<br />

was suspended from his post on Friday for contravening<br />

journalistic ethics and crossing the boundaries - see Media<br />

19/08/01<br />

* Baz Luhrmann wants to revive the musical - with Nicole<br />

Kidman's help 19/08/01 R 7 1>5 Photographs<br />

* Review of A Time for Drunken Horses/Aguirre: Wrath of God<br />

19/08/01 R 8 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Review of Planet of the Apes 19/08/01 R 8 1>5 Photographs


* It's taken seven years, but the director of Bhaji on the Beach<br />

has steered the follow-up through Hollywood 19/08/01 R 9 1>4<br />

Photographs<br />

* A French blockbuster starring Gerard Depardieu will steal<br />

Hollywood's thunder next month when it becomes the first film<br />

to be shown using revolutionary digital technology 26/08/01 B<br />

22 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Cameron Diaz is tipped to star as the glamorous dotcom<br />

founder of boo.com who helped to squander £100m when the<br />

story is turned into a Hollywood blockbuster 26/08/01 B 3 1>6<br />

Photographs<br />

* Films that flop 26/08/01 R 5 1>5 Photographs<br />

* Quality is forsaken as Hollywood studios perfect the 'hit' and<br />

run 26/08/01 N 7 1>5 Photographs<br />

* Review of Lucky Break/Le Secret/At the Height of<br />

Summer/Heartbreakers/Josie and the Pussycats/Crocodile<br />

Dundee in Los Angeles 26/08/01 R 8 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Review of Tears of the Black Tiger 26/08/01 R 8 1>5<br />

Photographs<br />

* This year's surprise US hit, <strong>The</strong> Fast and the Furious, is the<br />

latest high-octaine film to celebrate cars on screen 26/08/01 R 9<br />

1>4 Photographs<br />

* Hollywood stars Russell Crowe and Kenneth Branagh will<br />

both portray Sir Ernest Shackleton in two screen treatments of<br />

the explorer's heroic attempt on the South Pole - see Shackleton,<br />

Sir Ernest 02/09/01<br />

* Philip French's top five films on current release 02/09/01 R 7<br />

4>5<br />

* Review of A Knight's Tale 02/09/01 R 7 1>5 Photographs<br />

* Review of What's Cooking/Suspicious River/Hedwig and the<br />

Angry Inch/Angel Eyes 02/09/01 R 7 1>5 Photographs<br />

* Pauline Kael 1919-<strong>2001</strong>, the film critics' film critic - see<br />

Deaths 09/09/01<br />

* Review of Moulin Rouge 09/09/01 R 7 1>5 Photograph<br />

* Review of startup.com 09/09/01 R 7 1>5 Photographs<br />

* Review of <strong>The</strong> Forsaken/Scary Movie 2 09/09/01 R 7 6<br />

* Autumn film round-up 09/09/01 R 8>9 1>5 Photograph<br />

* Antonio Banderas is to play Ayrton Senna, who died in a blaze<br />

of glory, in a Hollywood movie that will electrify the world of<br />

Formula 1 - see Sport: Motor Racing 16/09/01<br />

* Following in the steps of the poets, Wordsworth and Coleridge<br />

in the West Country as a new film cements their legend - see<br />

Travel 16/09/01<br />

* Interview with actress Frances O'Connor who stars in A.I. - see<br />

O'Connor, Frances 16/09/01<br />

* Review of Battle Royale/Shiner/<strong>The</strong> Fast and the Furious/<br />

Greenfingers/<strong>The</strong> Martins 16/09/01 R 7 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Review of Pandemonium 16/09/01 R 7 1>5 Photograph<br />

* Review of the re-release of Sweet Smell of Success 16/09/01<br />

R 7 5>6 Photograph<br />

* Britain's film industry is drawing up contingency plans to<br />

avoid the worst effects of an actors' strike already paralysing<br />

some of the biggest films planned for release next year 23/09/01<br />

B 7 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Movie fans vote for poster with a real bite 23/09/01 B 7 5>6<br />

Photograph<br />

* Review of A.I. Artificial Intelligence 23/09/01 R 7 1>4<br />

Photographs<br />

* Review of <strong>The</strong> Circle/crazy/beautiful/<strong>The</strong> Centre of the World<br />

OBSERVER INDEX: JAN-DEC <strong>2001</strong><br />

77<br />

23/09/01 R 7 1>5 Photographs<br />

* Audiences have lot their appetites for hijackings and violence,<br />

just as in the years after the war and the JFK assassination,<br />

escapist entertainment will dominate TV and the movies<br />

23/09/01 R 9 1>5 Photographs<br />

* For his debut film, South West Nine, director Richard Parry<br />

wanted to capture the authentic face of Brixton, south London,<br />

so he took to casting straight off its streets - see Parry, Richard<br />

30/09/01<br />

* Will Buckley watches a screening of Mike Bassett: England<br />

Manager with a few brave souls and it leaves him feeling gutted<br />

- see Sport: Football 30/09/01<br />

* Italian cinema brings sensuality to the screen 30/09/01 M<br />

28>35 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Review of Enigma/Mike Bassett: England Manager/George<br />

Washington/<strong>The</strong> Brothers 30/09/01 R 7 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Review of <strong>The</strong> Score 30/09/01 R 7 1>5 Photographs<br />

* Historians and war veterans have attacked the makers of<br />

'Enigma' the new British blockbuster, for producing a film that is<br />

a 'travesty of history' - see History 07/10/01<br />

* Review of Amelie 07/10/01 R 9 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Review of Original Sin/Driven/La Cienaga/<strong>The</strong> Texas<br />

Chainsaw Massacre 2 07/10/01 R 9 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Pierce Brosnan, Bond star, returns to his Irish roots to film<br />

cathartic story that chimes with his own unhappy past - see<br />

Brosnan, Pierce 14/10/01<br />

* Since they met while filming State of Grace in 1990, Sean<br />

Penn and Robin Wright Penn have made four more movies<br />

together - see Penn, Sean & Robin Wright 14/10/01<br />

* A handful of young directors are breaking with the past to<br />

bring a daring new view of Britain 14/10/01 R 8 1>7<br />

Photographs<br />

* Jason Solomons's top five films on current release 14/10/01 R<br />

9 6>7<br />

* Review of South West Nine/Peaches/American Pie 2/Un<br />

Banco En El Parque 14/10/01 R 9 1>5 Photographs<br />

* Review of <strong>The</strong> Pledge 14/10/01 R 9 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Interview with the veteran director, Bernardo Bertolucci - see<br />

Bertolucci, Bernardo 21/10/01<br />

* Review of America's Sweethearts/La Ville est<br />

tranquille/Jeepers Creepers/Atlantis: <strong>The</strong> Lost Empire 21/10/01<br />

R 7 1>5 Photographs<br />

* Review of Brotherhood of the Wolf 21/10/01 R 7 1>6<br />

Photographs<br />

* Review of the re-release of Annie Hall 21/10/01 R7 7 6>7<br />

Photograph<br />

* Profile on Chris Columbus, film director, writer and producer -<br />

see Columbus, Chris 28/10/01<br />

* Philip French's top five films on current release 28/10/01 R 7<br />

3>4<br />

* Review of Legally Blonde/Wild About Harry/Asoka/Eureka/<br />

Little Otik/Presque Rien 28/10/01 R 7 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Review of <strong>The</strong> Man Who Wasn't <strong>The</strong>re 28/10/01 R 7 1>5<br />

Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Others, the first grown-up horror movie in years owes<br />

nothing to effects and everything to childish nightmares and<br />

Nicole Kidman 28/10/01 R 9 1>7 Photographs<br />

* Even George Bush wants to see a new film about the suffering<br />

in Afghanistan under the Taliban - see International Affairs:


Middle East 04/11/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> film of Harry Potter will soon compete with the screen<br />

version of Lord of the Rings - how Hollywood fell in love with<br />

fantasy 04/11/01 B 24 1>7 Photographs<br />

* Review of Osmosis Jones/<strong>The</strong> Animal/New Year's<br />

Day/Gabriel & Me/This Filthy Earth 04/11/01 R 7 1>6<br />

Photographs<br />

* Review of <strong>The</strong> Others 04/11/01 R 7 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Review of the London Film Festival 11/11/01 R 6 3>5<br />

Photograph<br />

* Philip French's top five films on current release 11/11/01 R 7<br />

4>5<br />

* Review of Kiss of the Dragon/Strictly Sinatra/Jump<br />

Tomorrow/<strong>The</strong> Body 11/11/01 R 7 1>3 Photograph<br />

* Review of La Strada 11/11/01 R 7 4>5<br />

* Review of <strong>The</strong> Piano Teacher 11/11/01 R 7 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Aurore Clement was devastated when her role in Apocalypse<br />

Now was cut, but more than 20 years on, she's ready to take her<br />

chance to shine 11/11/01 R 8 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Review of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone 11/11/01<br />

R 9 1>7 Photographs<br />

* Few homegrown actors are capable of 'opening' a movie, so<br />

what's a producer to do when Hugh, Kate and Ewan are<br />

otherwise engaged? - see Actors & Actresses 18/11/01<br />

* Review of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone 18/11/01<br />

R 7 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Review of Kandahar 18/11/01 R 7 1>8 Photograph<br />

* Review of Ghost World/Disco Pigs/Mr Brother Tom 18/11/01<br />

R 9 1>8 Photograph<br />

* David Baddiel is best known as one half the comic duo<br />

Baddiel and Skinner, now he is to breathe new life into the<br />

country's film industry by finding funny film ideas - see Comedy<br />

25/11/01<br />

* Review of Apocalypse Now Redux 25/11/01 R 9 5>8<br />

Photograph<br />

* Review of Heist 25/11/01 R 9 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Review of Spy Game/Eloge de l'amour/Me Without<br />

You/Glitter/Baby Boy 25/11/01 R 9 1>4 Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong> British actor Ewan McGregor was in Berlin last night to<br />

collect a European cinema award for his role as a lovesick writer<br />

in Moulin Rouge - see McGregor, Ewan 02/12/01<br />

* Philip French's top five films on current release 02/12/01 R 7<br />

4>8 Photographs<br />

* Review of Meet Me in St Louis 02/12/01 R 7 1>3 Photograph<br />

* Review of Storytelling 02/12/01 R 7 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Review of <strong>The</strong> Devil's Backbone/Bandits/Jay and Silent Bob<br />

Strike Back/Zoolander/John Carpenter's Ghosts of Mars<br />

02/12/01 R 7 4>8 Photographs<br />

* Writer-directors David Siegel and Scott McGehee's second<br />

film in eight years is worth the wait 02/12/01 R 9 1>6<br />

Photographs<br />

* Next week, J.R.R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings will try to leap<br />

from being Book of the Century to Movie of the Millennium<br />

09/12/01 R 5 1>7 Photographs<br />

* Philip French's top five films on current release 09/12/01 R 7<br />

2>3<br />

* Review of A Ma Soeur!/Riding in Cars with Boys/Women<br />

Talking Dirty/<strong>The</strong> 51st State/Dog Eat Dog/Christmas Carol -<br />

OBSERVER INDEX: JAN-DEC <strong>2001</strong><br />

78<br />

<strong>The</strong> Movie 09/12/01 R 7 1>5 Photograph<br />

* Review of <strong>The</strong> Believer 09/12/01 R 7 1>6 Photographs<br />

* As she makes her film debut in Benoit Jacquot's Tosca,<br />

Romanian diva Angela Gheorghiu talks to Peter Conrad<br />

09/12/01 R 9 1>6 Photograph<br />

* On the eve of a powerful new film, the reality and legend of<br />

Muhammad Ali - see Ali, Muhammad 16/12/01<br />

* Review of South Pacific/Privates on Parade/Aladdin 16/12/01<br />

R 11 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Review of <strong>The</strong> Lord of the Rings: <strong>The</strong> Fellowship of the Ring<br />

16/12/01 R 7 1>5 Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong> starry image of Los Angeles is familiar from a million<br />

movies but David Lynch's Mulholland Drive is one of the few<br />

films to capture the darker, bizarre side of the city 16/12/01 R 8<br />

1>6 Photographs<br />

* Philip French's top five films on current release 16/12/01 R 9<br />

7>8<br />

* Review of <strong>The</strong> Deep End/Djomeh/American Outlaws/Blue<br />

Velvet 16/12/01 R 9 1>6 Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> brilliant mathematician John Forbes Nash was a troubled<br />

young man who grappled mind-bending problems, but a<br />

controversial new film makes no mention of his gay past - see<br />

Nash, John Forbes 23/12/01<br />

* Films of the Year: Philip French 23/12/01 R 11 1>6<br />

Photographs<br />

* Review of Mean Machine/<strong>The</strong> Princess Diaries/Serendipity<br />

23/12/01 R 15 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Hollywood heartthrob Ewan McGregor blasts the 'shallow'<br />

acting world as he recasts himself as a wildlife film-maker - see<br />

McGregor, Ewan 30/12/01<br />

* Review of Monsoon Wedding 30/12/01 R 12 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Review of <strong>The</strong> Day I Became a Woman/Lovely Rita/<strong>The</strong><br />

Hired Hand 30/12/01 R 12 4>8 Photograph<br />

* Preview of coming releases in 2002 30/12/01 R 7 8<br />

Photograph<br />

* Film 2002: Akin Ojumu 30/12/01 R 9 1>6 Photographs<br />

FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS<br />

* Maggie Hyde's company futures for <strong>2001</strong> 07/01/01 N 2 1>7<br />

Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong> big four banks are under attack for dragging their heels in<br />

providing information vital to customers who want to switch<br />

accounts 07/01/01 N 2 8<br />

* <strong>The</strong> independence of City analysts' research is to come under<br />

the spotlight as part of the Government's review of institutional<br />

investment 14/01/01 N 1 6>7<br />

* Equitable Life guaranteed annuity policyholders could soon be<br />

in line for a handout totalling £1.5bn according to the Equitable<br />

Life Action group 14/01/01 N 2 2>7<br />

* Tesco is hoping to entice customers across the UK to bank, top<br />

up their pensions, and buy their cornflakes at the same time<br />

21/01/01 N 1 1>3<br />

* Money online 28/01/01 C 10>11 1>6 Illustrations<br />

* Last year's rollercoaster left many investment groups nursing<br />

bruises 28/01/01 C 22 1>6 Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> well-publicised problems of Equitable Life and its withprofits<br />

fund could signal the end for a type of investment that has<br />

been in use since the Napoleonic Wars 28/01/01 C 23 1>6<br />

Photograph<br />

* Bank of Scotland is threatening to pull out of merger talks with


Abbey National unless a rival £20bn bid from Lloyds TSB is<br />

referred to the Competition Commission 04/02/01 N 1 1>4<br />

* Guide to internet banking 04/02/01 C 12>13 1>6 Illustration<br />

* How building societies are pulled in two directions in the<br />

mutuality battle 04/02/01 C 24 1>6<br />

* <strong>The</strong>y are the new 'mass affluent' and the banks are after their<br />

custom 04/02/01 C 25 1>6 Photograph<br />

* A group of senior staff at Coutts & Co., the Queen's personal<br />

bankers, masterminded complex frauds which cost the bank<br />

more than £100m 11/02/01 B 13 1>4<br />

* Internet banking 11/02/01 C 14>15 1>5 Illustrations<br />

* <strong>The</strong> new Post Office has the ambition to do much more than<br />

deliver letters - see Post Office, <strong>The</strong> 18/02/01<br />

* Lloyds TSB will increase the cash element of its £19bn bid for<br />

Abbey National if it escapes a reference to the Competition<br />

Commission 18/02/01 N 2 2>6<br />

* Irate investors want City watchdogs to investigate whether a<br />

Scottish unit trust was wrong to surrender to a US vulture fund<br />

18/02/01 N 3 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Jill Insley on an online bank censured for its iffy advertising<br />

18/02/01 C 32 1>6 Illustration<br />

* Should Western banks do business with a Russian aluminium<br />

giant accused of murder, extortion, fraud and money laundering?<br />

18/02/01 N 6 1>8 Photograph<br />

* As more of us become affluent, banks are focusing their efforts<br />

on wealth management 18/02/01 N 9 1>8 Photograph<br />

* Cheaper mortgages from Nationwide and Halifax could set an<br />

industry standard - see Personal Finance 25/02/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Equitable Life crisis 04/03/01 C 24 1>5 Photograph<br />

* Barclays pays out £150m in City bonuses 11/03/01 N 1 1>3<br />

* Abbey National and Cheltenham & Gloucester have become<br />

the latest lenders to take up arms in the mortgage war 11/03/01<br />

C 21 1>2<br />

* Equitable Life bonuses are not what they seem for the last year<br />

11/03/01 C 21 1>6<br />

* Nearly 20,000 jobs are to go in the City by the end of 2002 as<br />

the UK financial services sector feels the pinch from the global<br />

share price meltdown 01/04/01 N 2 2>4<br />

* Royal & Sun Alliance is in talks with giant Dutch rival Aegon<br />

over a £1bn plus sale of its life insurance division 08/04/01 N 1<br />

4>7<br />

* <strong>The</strong> row over pay at the Royal Bank of Scotland escalated<br />

yesterday as it emerged that a change in policy on share options<br />

has given chief executive Sir George Mathewson a paper profit<br />

of more than £1m 08/04/01 N 1 1>7<br />

* 35 years of Bear Markets 08/04/01 N 3 1>5 Graph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> City's leading financial institutions are playing a waiting<br />

game, desperately trying not to sack people in the hope that<br />

market conditions will improve 08/04/01 N 3 1>8 Photographs,<br />

graph<br />

* Insurers are at loggerheads with an influential committee of<br />

MPs over their enthusiasm for genetic testing 08/04/01 C 5 1>2<br />

* <strong>The</strong> exploitation of genetic testing by insurers is set to be<br />

outlawed by the Government - see Genetics 15/04/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> life insurance industry is having to stump up £10bn to pay<br />

for guaranteed annuities 15/04/01 N 1 1>7<br />

* <strong>The</strong> new board of crisis-hit insurer Equitable Life has hired top<br />

City law firm Herbert Smith to probe the conduct of the former<br />

board and its advisers 15/04/01 N 1 3>5<br />

OBSERVER INDEX: JAN-DEC <strong>2001</strong><br />

79<br />

* Thousands of private bank account details were illegally<br />

distributed and then stolen after a security breach at Britain's<br />

biggest card payment company, Bacs 15/04/01 N 1 4>8<br />

* Lloyds TSB may be forced to sell Abbey National's large<br />

consumer finance unit, First National, to gain clearance for the<br />

£18bn takeover of its high street rival 15/04/01 N 2 7<br />

* Insurer Scottish Widows is effectively bribing policy holders<br />

covered by pension guarantees not to take them up, say<br />

independent financial advisers 22/04/01 N 1 1>2<br />

* <strong>The</strong> life industry, left reeling by a £10bn hit from guaranteed<br />

annuities, has embarked on a number of strategies to try and<br />

lesson the blow 22/04/01 N 10 1>7 Photograph<br />

* Around 1,200 Allied Dunbar salesmen have failed exams they<br />

were ordered to sit by after regulators found serious gaps in their<br />

knowledge 22/04/01 N 2 7<br />

* Carl Cushnie, the founder of lapsed trade finance house<br />

Versailles, is suing his former finance director over the alleged<br />

theft of £12m 29/04/01 N 1 4>6 Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> scandal over the £1.3bn bid for the Co-operative<br />

Wholesale Society by entrepreneur Andrew Regan is set to blow<br />

up again 29/04/01 N 1 1>7<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Association of British Insurers is to try to calm the furore<br />

over endowment mortgages by drawing up a new code of<br />

practice 29/04/01 N 2 5>7<br />

* Stockbroker Cazenove will put 'Group plc' after its name<br />

which will signal the end of an era 29/04/01 N 3 1>8<br />

Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> proposed merger between the Halifax and Bank of<br />

Scotland is focusing on the finer details, such as who gets the top<br />

job 29/04/01 N 3 1>5 Photographs, graphs<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Scottish lobby insists Edinburgh should be home to the<br />

merged bank of Halifax and Bank of Scotland 29/04/01 N 3 6>8<br />

Photograph<br />

* Prudential is facing sanctions in America after snubbing an<br />

international commission set up to trace insurance policies stolen<br />

or lost during the Holocaust 06/05/01 N 1 5>8<br />

* <strong>The</strong> meltdown in the technology sector led to a devastating<br />

slump in investment banking activity in the first quarter of this<br />

year 06/05/01 N 2 7>8<br />

* Merrill Lynch has launched a legal action to recover $65m<br />

allegedly stolen from a client by one of its senior employees<br />

13/05/01 N 2 1>3<br />

* Insurer Royal & Sun Alliance is poised to slash its dividend by<br />

up to 40 per cent after years of overpayment have left it<br />

struggling 20/05/01 N 2 1>3 Graph<br />

* Insurers will ask the Treasury to insist on better disclosures of<br />

the costs of share dealing in pension funds rather than forcing<br />

managers to include these bills in their annual fees 20/05/01 N 2<br />

5>7 Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> management of Equitable Life will face angry<br />

policyholders at its first annual meeting since being plunged into<br />

crisis last year 20/05/01 N 2 1>4<br />

* More than 7,000 investors in a Eurolife Assurance High<br />

Income Bind have been told that some of their money will be<br />

held in reserve for a potential tax bill owed by the company - see<br />

Personal Finance 27/05/01<br />

* Peter Davis, the former National Lottery regulator, is being<br />

investigated over his role as a director of the stricken insurer<br />

Equitable Life - see Davis, Peter 27/05/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Financial Services Authority is questioning City banks<br />

following allegations of corruption in the Wall Street securities<br />

firms allocated shares in hot floating companies 27/05/01 N 2<br />

1>2


* Policies sold to Jews in pre-war Poland are threatening the<br />

expansion plans of Britain's biggest insurer - it's refusal to join<br />

the body that traces Hitler's lost victims is provoking fury in the<br />

US 27/05/01 N 4 1>6 Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Corporation of London is planning a dramatic expansion<br />

of the Square Mile to cope with huge demands from<br />

international banks and to maintain the City's place as Europe's<br />

top financial centre 03/06/01 N 1 1>7<br />

* Lloyds TSB could abandon its bid for Abbey National if the<br />

Competition Commission insists on significant concessions as<br />

the price of clearing a deal 10/06/01 N 1 5>7<br />

* Independent Insurance has called in accountant<br />

PricewaterhouseCoopers to examine the alleged reinsurance<br />

contracts that sparked its financial crisis and caused it to close to<br />

new business 17/06/01 N 1 5>8<br />

* Interactive Investor International goes to the High Court<br />

tomorrow in a bid to defend its name against the 3i Group<br />

17/06/01 N 2 1>4<br />

* For the battle-scarred PR men at Credit Suisse First Boston,<br />

these are interesting times 17/06/01 N 5 1>5 Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> founder and driving force behind Independent Insurance,<br />

Michael Bright 17/06/01 N 5 4>5<br />

* Why Independent Insurance's problems were not spotted<br />

sooner 17/06/01 N 5 1>3 Photograph<br />

* About 500,000 people with motor and household insurance<br />

policies at the collapsed Independent Insurance are being<br />

encouraged to move their policies rapidly to other insurers - see<br />

Personal Finance 24/06/01<br />

* Claims Direct, the 'no-win, no-fee' personal injury specialist,<br />

which will announce losses of £20m is pinning recovery hopes<br />

on the outcome of a complex legal case - see Legal Affairs<br />

24/06/01<br />

* Directors of collapsed Independent Insurance uncovered a<br />

£200m hole - three times higher than previous estimates -<br />

following the resignation of the chief executive 24/06/01 N 1<br />

5>7<br />

* <strong>The</strong> much criticised with-profits investment industry has<br />

received another blow following National Mutual's decision to<br />

demutualise and close its with-profits fund to new business<br />

24/06/01 N 2 1>4<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Wall Street Journal's subscription website had shown how<br />

internet information services can make money - see Internet<br />

01/07/01<br />

* Allianz's $20bn takeover of Dresdner Bank may be blocked in<br />

America unless it meets new demands to compensate Holocaust<br />

survivors 01/07/01 N 2 1>2 Photograph<br />

* Claims Direct is to drag Microsoft through the courts in a new<br />

attempt to catch a rogue emailer accused of rampaging the<br />

personal injury company's shares 01/07/01 N 2 3>6<br />

* Creditors, shareholders, employees and other losers from the<br />

Independent Insurance collapse are to meet in London tomorrow<br />

morning to prepare for legal action 01/07/01 N 2 3>6<br />

* Membership of mutuals still has its privileges but competitive<br />

ex-mutuals are giving building societies a run for our money -<br />

see Personal Finance 08/07/01<br />

* Motorists seem poised to benefit from a new price war among<br />

car insurers after 18 months of big premium riches - see<br />

Motoring 08/07/01<br />

* On average mutuals offer the best deals - there are exceptions -<br />

see Personal Finance 08/07/01<br />

* Chris Bell, the Manager of Framlington Net Net, one of the<br />

UK's worst performing funds has left to spend more time with<br />

his family 08/07/01 C 5 1>2<br />

OBSERVER INDEX: JAN-DEC <strong>2001</strong><br />

80<br />

* After years of penalising customers for mishandling their<br />

accounts, the banks could be about to get a taste of their own<br />

medicine - see Personal Finance 15/07/01<br />

* Claims firms are accused of forcing up insurance bills<br />

15/07/01 C 15 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Claims Direct faces investigations by the Department of Trade<br />

& Industry and the Financial Services Authority following<br />

shareholder complaints 22/07/01 N 1 5>7<br />

* <strong>The</strong> latest developments at Equitable Life and the lessons to be<br />

learned from the collapse of Independent Insurance 22/07/01 C<br />

2>3 1>6<br />

* <strong>The</strong> shares of our financial giants have defied gravity, but fears<br />

over bad debts may soon bring them back to earth 22/07/01 N 3<br />

4>6 Photograph, graph<br />

* At banking conferences an unfamiliar cry has been going up<br />

'long live the branch' 22/07/01 C 8>9 1>4 Photograph<br />

* When bank branches have closed in villages, local businesses<br />

have suffered 22/07/01 C 8>9 3<br />

* Claims Direct cash crunch 22/07/01 N 9 1>5 Photograph,<br />

graph<br />

* Stanley O'Neal, descendant of slaves, is set to lead Merrill<br />

Lynch, making history on Wall Street and across the US - see<br />

International Affairs: U.S.A. 29/07/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Halifax Bank has launched a telephone motor insurance<br />

product aimed at drivers with a clean claims record - see<br />

Personal Finance 29/07/01<br />

* Eminent barrister Robert Rhodes QC has been drawn into the<br />

Claims Direct debacle by revelations that his firm is being<br />

investigated over its links with the embattled 'ambulance-chaser'<br />

29/07/01 N 1 1>4<br />

* Investors with beleaguered insurer Equitable Life are preparing<br />

themselves for another possible blow to the value of their funds<br />

29/07/01 N 2 6>8<br />

* James Archer's disgrace on Friday brought to an end a<br />

miserable month in the world of investment banking 29/07/01 N<br />

3 1>6 Photograph<br />

* An Accountant who is at the centre of the Barlow Clowes<br />

affair faces court action in Switzerland 13 years after the finance<br />

group collapsed owing nearly £200m 05/08/01 N 2 3>6<br />

* Equitable Life's reassurances have not quelled fears for<br />

investors 05/08/01 C 7 1>6<br />

* Banks would be forced to insure customers against debt<br />

problems under a proposal from the European Commission<br />

12/08/01 C 11 1>3 Photograph<br />

* Whatever became of… Schroder UK Enterprise 12/08/01 C<br />

13 1>6 Graph<br />

* Equitable Life's ability to recover may depend on how<br />

aggrieved members feel 12/08/01 C 7 1>5<br />

* Insurance companies will be forced to tell investors how they<br />

can get the best deal from maturing pensions and endowments<br />

that they cash in early 19/08/01 N 2 1>4<br />

* Banamex, the major Mexican bank recently bought by<br />

Citigroup, is to be fined by the Financial Services Authority after<br />

using its London office to evade share trading laws in America<br />

26/08/01 N 1 1>4<br />

* Blue chip broker Cazenove has warned of a 'systematic<br />

collapse' of a large swathe of the investment trust market<br />

26/08/01 N 1 5>7<br />

* <strong>The</strong> publicist Max Clifford will aim to transform the reputation<br />

of Claims Direct 26/08/01 N 1 5>8 Photograph<br />

* Banks and building societies are heading for renewed


confrontation with customers and regulators over the derisory<br />

rates of interest paid on many savings accounts 26/08/01 N 2<br />

7>8<br />

* Prudential faces sanctions in the US unless it decides to join an<br />

international commission set up to trace Holocaust victims'<br />

insurance policies 26/08/01 N 2 3>6<br />

* <strong>The</strong> European Central Bank is coming under mounting<br />

pressure to cut interest rates at its key Governing Council<br />

meeting in Frankfurt 26/08/01 N 2 7>8<br />

* Scrapping the pound would cost top banks £500m each - see<br />

Euro, <strong>The</strong> 02/09/01<br />

* Claims Direct managers are to be compensated 02/09/01 N 1<br />

7>8<br />

* Prudential has snubbed a plea by Holocaust campaigners to<br />

join an international commission tracing lost or stolen wartime<br />

insurance policies 02/09/01 N 1 3>6<br />

* Simon Ware-Lane, the new boss of Claims Direct promises<br />

profits within six months and a new deal for customers 02/09/01<br />

N 7 1>5 Photograph<br />

* How a NatWest bungle left one customer less than satisfied -<br />

see Personal Finance 09/09/01<br />

* Markets may be in the doldrums, but every month, scientists<br />

and financiers meet over canapés in a London hospital to tap a<br />

funding bonanza, known as Biotech Wednesday - see Business<br />

& Industry 09/09/01<br />

* Citibank faces fresh money-laundering controversy after up to<br />

$200m, allegedly looted from Brazil in a major political scandal,<br />

turned up at the bank's Jersey branch 09/09/01 N 1 5>8<br />

* Coutts, the bank of the super-rich polishes its 'dream team'<br />

investment image as rivals close in 09/09/01 N 5 1>4<br />

Photograph<br />

* Financial services companies are eager to appeal to women,<br />

who they see as key financial decision-makers in families and<br />

affluent in their own right 09/09/01 C 7 1>2<br />

* Barclays Bank is among several British financial institutions<br />

investigated by intelligence services as potential fund channels<br />

for Osama bin Laden - see Terrorism 16/09/01<br />

* Troubled Equitable Life is expected to announce details of a<br />

deal critical to stabilising its finances 16/09/01 N 2 1>8<br />

* Funds are expected to trade normally tomorrow following the<br />

reopening of the US stock markets 16/09/01 R 6 3>6<br />

Photograph<br />

* America is to lead an unprecedented money-laundering<br />

crackdown on the world's tax havens, promising that the era of<br />

offshore banking secrecy 'is history' - see International Affairs:<br />

U.S.A. 23/09/01<br />

* Policyholders with Equitable Life are receiving weighty<br />

documents outlining the board's proposals for plugging the black<br />

hole in Equitable's finances - see Personal Finance 23/09/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> management of beleaguered insurer Equitable Life may be<br />

forced to offer a new rescue deal to policyholders 23/09/01 N 2<br />

8<br />

* If terrorists were behind the largest insider trading scam in<br />

history, where is the evidence? - see International Affairs: <strong>The</strong><br />

Terrorism Crisis 30/09/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> British workforce needs to find the means to save an extra<br />

£27bn a year to live comfortably in retirement, research for the<br />

insurance industry has revealed - see Personal Finance 30/09/01<br />

* US investigators trying to seize Osama bin Laden's assets are<br />

examining the relationship between London-based banks and<br />

Sudanese AIShamal Islamic Bank - see International Affairs:<br />

<strong>The</strong> Terrorism Crisis 30/09/01<br />

OBSERVER INDEX: JAN-DEC <strong>2001</strong><br />

81<br />

* High street bank accounts are to be combed for suspect activity<br />

in the war on terrorism 30/09/01 C 6>7 1>5<br />

* Interview with Sir Howard Davies, chairman of the Financial<br />

Services Authority - see Financial Services Authority 07/10/01<br />

* Wall Street's wake-up call - see Work 07/10/01<br />

* Big accountancy firms are facing unprecedented US<br />

government demands to disclose confidential information on<br />

clients based in tax havens following the attacks in New York<br />

and Washington 07/10/01 N 2 7>8<br />

* Euronext, the pan-European stock exchange operator, is<br />

expected to start a bidding contest for the London International<br />

Financial Futures and Options Exchange 07/10/01 N 2 1>4<br />

* Commerzbank of Germany is to axe 3,000 jobs in a bid to cut<br />

costs in the face of the global economic showdown 14/10/01 N<br />

2 1>4<br />

* KPMG is to be investigated by the accountancy regular over its<br />

role as auditor to the failed Independent Insurance 21/10/01 N 1<br />

5>8<br />

* Lloyd's of London has rushed through emergency measures to<br />

cushion the market from soaring claims arising from the terrorist<br />

attacks on New York and Washington last month 21/10/01 N 1<br />

1>3<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Square Mile will lose a staunch defender as L&G's David<br />

Rough bows out 21/10/01 N 12 1>5 Photograph<br />

* Merrill Lynch faces legal action by a fund manager<br />

unceremoniously sacked in connected with a currency trading<br />

scandal 21/10/01 N 2 1>3<br />

* Up to 40 split capital trusts could collapse if the stock market<br />

fell by 20 per cent or more, according to an analysis by the<br />

Financial Services Authority 21/10/01 N 2 8<br />

* <strong>The</strong> London Stock Exchange looks set to be odds-on favourite<br />

to win the auction for the Liffe derivatives market - see Financial<br />

Institutions 28/10/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> London Stock Exchange looks set to be odds-on favourite<br />

to win the auction for the Liffe derivatives market 28/10/01 N 6<br />

1>8 Photographs<br />

* Whichever bid they accept, Liffe (the London International<br />

Financial Futures and Options Exchange) executives can only be<br />

winners 28/10/01 N 6 7>8<br />

* Clear evidence of a slow-down in the housing market will<br />

come from the country's biggest lender, Halifax, this week - see<br />

Property 04/11/01<br />

* Lazard may sell itself to a rival that would end the investment<br />

bank's 150 years of independence 04/11/01 N 1 5>8<br />

* <strong>The</strong> millionaire head of Mercury Asset Management was a<br />

heroine to the £60,000-a-year boss of Unilever's pension fund -<br />

until the fund's value fell, now the pair are fighting in the High<br />

Court 11/11/01 N 3 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Lazard, the investment bank that made and broke great<br />

corporate names is now plagued by internal dissent 11/11/01 N<br />

6 1>8 Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Financial Services Authority is about to be remade with<br />

tough new powers, but will they be sufficient to root out<br />

scandals in the Square Mile? - see Financial Services Authority<br />

18/11/01<br />

* Major lenders face a crackdown over the way they deal with<br />

borrowers who are struggling with debt 18/11/01 N 1 1>4<br />

* Citibank has signed only one internet bank other than its own<br />

for its aggregation service, My Accounts, seven weeks after<br />

launch 18/11/01 C 11 1>2<br />

* Management at troubled insurer Equitable Life is embroiled in<br />

a fresh controversy this weekend 25/11/01 N 2 4>7


* Mercury Asset Management (MAM) will go back on the<br />

offensive this week in its courtroom battle against Unilever over<br />

alleged mismanagement of pension money 25/11/01 N 2 1>4<br />

Photograph<br />

* UBS Warburg is ready to launch a takeover bid for one or<br />

more of the companies that control Lazard, the investment bank<br />

25/11/01 N 2 1>3<br />

* Bank of America is considering a bid for Railtrack - see<br />

Railway Industry 02/12/01<br />

* Bridgewell Corporate Finance is in merger talks with City<br />

stockbroker Gilbert Eliott 02/12/01 N 2 5>7<br />

* Euronext, the Paris-based derivatives exchange that is<br />

completing a takeover of London's Liffe market, will seek a<br />

listing on the UK stock market once the deal is done 02/12/01 N<br />

2 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Maria Scott looks at the pros and cons of grasping the shaky<br />

lifeline on offer to Equitable Life voters - see Personal Finance<br />

09/12/01<br />

* Merrill Lynch is negotiating to settle a legal action by a senior<br />

fund manager sacked in connection with a currency trading<br />

scandal 09/12/01 N 2 1>3<br />

* New York HQ leaned on London to end Merrill Lynch's fund<br />

management embarrassment with Unilever 09/12/01 N 3 1>8<br />

Photographs<br />

* HSBC borrowers whose discounted mortgages are linked to<br />

the bank's old standard variable rate must make individual<br />

complaints if they want to benefit from discounted rates<br />

09/12/01 R 4 5>6<br />

* Business focus on pension funds - see Personal Finance<br />

16/12/01<br />

* Drugs giant AstraZeneca is poised to seek compensation from<br />

Merrill Lynch which oversaw its pension fund in the mid-<br />

Nineties 16/12/01 N 2 1>3 Photograph<br />

* Barclays Bank is preparing to compete head to head with the<br />

UK's telephone, gas, electricity and water companies 23/12/01<br />

B 18 3>7<br />

FINANCIAL SERVICES AUTHORITY<br />

* Interview with Sir Howard Davies, chairman of the Financial<br />

Services Authority 07/10/01 N 16 1>5 Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Financial Services Authority is about to be remade with<br />

tough new powers, but will they be sufficient to root out<br />

scandals in the Square Mile? 18/11/01 N 4 1>3 Photographs<br />

FINNIGAN, JUDY<br />

* Profile of husband and wife team Richard Madeley and Judy<br />

Finnigan, who were one of ITV's hottest properties before they<br />

fell out with a new producer and switched to Channel 4 - see<br />

Madeley, Richard 25/11/01<br />

FIRST WORLD WAR VOLUME I, THE: TO ARMS<br />

* See Book Reviews - McCrum, Robert 20/05/01<br />

FISHING INDUSTRY<br />

* Fish farming has delivered cheap salmon to the consumer - but<br />

at a high environmental cost 07/01/01 B 16>17 1>6<br />

Photographs<br />

FIVE BOYS<br />

* See Book Reviews - Adams, Tim 14/10/01<br />

FIVE PHOTOS OF MY WIFE<br />

* See Book Reviews - McAllister, Nicola 18/02/01<br />

FIVE QUARTERS OF THE ORANGE<br />

* See Audiobook Reviews - Redford, Rachel 21/10/01<br />

OBSERVER INDEX: JAN-DEC <strong>2001</strong><br />

82<br />

FIVE QUARTER'S OF THE ORANGE<br />

* See Book Reviews - Merritt, Stephanie 01/04/01<br />

FLANEUR, THE<br />

* See Book Reviews - Conrad, Peter 04/02/01<br />

FLAUBERT: A LIFE<br />

* See Book Reviews - Mars-Jones, Adam 18/11/01<br />

FLETT, KATHRYN<br />

* Kathryn Flett on her feeling about motherhood, jealousy and<br />

the baby brother who grew up without her 21/01/01 M 16>21<br />

1>4 Photographs<br />

* Columnist 20/05/01 B 18 7>8 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 27/05/01 B 19 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 10/06/01 X 13 4>7 Photograph<br />

* Kathryn Flett returns to her school in Notting Hill, 20 years<br />

after leaving 26/08/01 M 22>27 1>4 Photographs<br />

FLINT<br />

* See Book Reviews - Guttridge, Peter 01/04/01<br />

FLOODS<br />

* Trying to sell a home in a flood area will be tough, prices may<br />

have sunk but as the panic recedes, buyers will be back - see<br />

Property 25/02/01<br />

* People living in flood-risk areas are being reclined by insurers<br />

- see Property 22/04/01<br />

FONDA, JANE<br />

* Jane Fonda, former film star, anti-war militant and aerobics<br />

guru has donated a fortune to 'gender studies' at Harvard<br />

University 04/03/01 B 3 1>4 Photographs<br />

FOOD & DRINK<br />

* Allan Jenkins makes a pilgrimage to savour dishes that are the<br />

essence of Avadhi cooking 07/01/01 E 11 1>3 Photograph<br />

* Jonathan Cook hunts for truffles in the Apennine mountains<br />

07/01/01 E 12>13 1>3 Photographs<br />

* Recipes using fresh juice 07/01/01 M 48>48 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Forced rhubarb 07/01/01 M 50 2>3 Photograph<br />

* Wine tasting isn't always a pleasure, sometimes it can be<br />

torture for Tim Atkin 07/01/01 M 50 1 Photograph<br />

* A pan bubbling with golden polenta will warm both your heart<br />

and your home 14/01/01 M 42>43 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Lychees 14/01/01 M 45 1 Photograph<br />

* Best cellars - four French wines you can trust 14/01/01 M 47 4<br />

Photographs<br />

* How a bodged scam has put four Burgundian houses into the<br />

red 14/01/01 M 47 1>3 Photograph, illustration<br />

* World wine web 14/01/01 M 47 1>2 Photograph<br />

* Rhubarb, artichokes and silky sea greens 21/01/01 M 48>49<br />

1>4 Photographs<br />

* Haggis for Burns Night 21/01/01 M 51 1 Photographs<br />

* Best cellars: five great wines from the Rainbow nation<br />

21/01/01 M 53 3 Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Bulgaria syndrome 21/01/01 M 53 1>2 Photograph<br />

* World wine web 21/01/01 M 53 1>2 Photograph<br />

* Recipes with oranges 28/01/01 M 54>55 1>4 Photographs


* Oranges don't have to look perfect to be the juiciest of fruits<br />

28/01/01 M 57 1 Photograph<br />

* Best cellars: six stunning cases from Burgundy 28/01/01 M 58<br />

4 Photograph<br />

* Burgundy's 1999 vintage 28/01/01 M 58 1>3 Photographs<br />

* John Ardagh, author of many books on France, offers a<br />

selection of his favourite restaurants - see Travel 04/02/01<br />

* Stephen Lee uncovers the joys of Renews, a Breton city proud<br />

of its dissent and gastronomy - see Travel 04/02/01<br />

* Midnight snacks 04/02/01 M 46>47 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Michael Jackson raises his glass to after-hours drinking<br />

04/02/01 M 49 1 Photograph<br />

* Sybil Kapoor's perfect bedmate is a frothing mug of milky<br />

drinking chocolate 04/02/01 M 49 2>3 Photograph<br />

* A new book on America's love affair with burgers and fries has<br />

sparked a fierce debate about diet and popular culture - see<br />

Health 11/02/01<br />

* Recipes using red cabbage 11/02/01 M 44>45 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Fondant fancies 11/02/01 M 47 2>3 Photographs<br />

* To show cabbage off you need pungent mustard and ham<br />

11/02/01 M 47 1 Photograph<br />

* Best cellars: four millennial Rieslings to savour 11/02/01 M<br />

51 1>2 Photographs<br />

* Does the screw cap moving upmarket signify the end for the<br />

cork? 11/02/01 M 51 1>3 Photograph, illustrations<br />

* Recipes using potatoes 18/02/01 M 58>59 1>4 Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> most popular potato dishes 18/02/01 M 60 1 Photograph<br />

* Gentleman's Relish 18/02/01 M 60>61 2>3 Photographs<br />

* Best cellars: five great wines from the five members of <strong>The</strong><br />

Bunch 18/02/01 M 61 2>3<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Bunch - five independent wine merchants 18/02/01 M 61<br />

2>3 Illustration<br />

* Healthy eating has its rewards… it makes sinful indulgence all<br />

the sweeter 25/02/01 M 56>57 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Sea kale is enjoying a renaissance in Britain's leading<br />

restaurants 25/02/01 M 58 2>3 Photograph<br />

* Chocolate delights 25/02/01 M 61 1>3 Photograph<br />

* Best cellars: clones of the classics and wines that are not what<br />

they seem 25/02/01 M 63 4 Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong> owner of Bonny Doon in Santa Cruz, is facing a $7m<br />

lawsuit for some Roussanne cuttings 25/02/01 M 63 1>3<br />

Photograph<br />

* World wine web: 1999 Icardi Cortese, Balera, Piemonte<br />

25/02/01 M 63 1>2 Photograph<br />

* Purple sprouting, white-tipped radishes and ruby-red blood<br />

oranges 04/03/01 M 54>55 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Best cellars: three wines from the Destination range 04/03/01<br />

M 57 2>4<br />

* Oddbins and Sainsbury's joint venture with the launch of the<br />

Destination Wine Company 04/03/01 M 57 2>3 Photograph,<br />

illustration<br />

* Top crops 04/03/01 M 57 1 Photograph<br />

* Comment by Matthew Fort on the future of our food - see Foot<br />

& Mouth Crisis 11/03/01<br />

* Now that Loyd Grossman is involved, will hospital food stop<br />

making patients sick? - see Health 11/03/01<br />

OBSERVER INDEX: JAN-DEC <strong>2001</strong><br />

83<br />

* With its delicious Mediterranean cooking, the Eagle in London<br />

changed the way we eat in pubs - the first of a two-part<br />

serialisation from its cookbook Big Flavours & Rough Edges<br />

11/03/01 M 66>69 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Best cellars: four ways to raise money for Wine Relief<br />

11/03/01 M 71 4 Photographs<br />

* Get into the spirit of Wine Relief, a spin-off of the charity<br />

Comic Relief 11/03/01 M 71 1>3 Photograph<br />

* World wine web 11/03/01 M 71 1>2<br />

* From salted cod and braised goat to gypsy eggs… here's a<br />

second bite of London's Eagle pub cookbook 18/03/01 M 48>49<br />

1>4 Photographs, illustrations<br />

* A nasty row has broken out between rival wine writers, but<br />

most journalists like to keep their noses clean 18/03/01 M 51<br />

1>3 Photograph, illustration<br />

* Best cellars: five wines that won't let you down at a dinner<br />

party 18/03/01 M 51 1>2 Photographs<br />

* Recipes using fresh fish 25/03/01 M 54>55 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Creamy butter and sea salt 25/03/01 M 57 2>3 Photographs<br />

* Good news for cod-lovers - there are plenty more fish in the<br />

sea 25/03/01 M 57 1 Photographs<br />

* Best cellars: five great sherries 25/03/01 M 61 4 Photographs<br />

* Sherry 25/03/01 M 61 1>3 Photographs<br />

* World Wine Web 25/03/01 M 61 1>2<br />

* Noodles offer a hearty bowl of speedy, satisfying comfort<br />

01/04/01 M 52>53 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Japanese seaweed 01/04/01 M 54 2>3 Photograph<br />

* Roll your own sushi 01/04/01 M 54 1 Photograph<br />

* Japanese drink: sake 01/04/01 M 55 1>3 Illustration<br />

* World sake web 01/04/01 M 55 1>2 Photograph<br />

* Lemon and chilli concoctions are here to lift our spirits<br />

08/04/01 M 62>63 1>4 Photographs<br />

* A good stew calls for great ingredients, here's where to find<br />

them 08/04/01 M 64 1<br />

* Palma violets 08/04/01 M 64>65 2>3 Photographs<br />

* Best cellars: five all-star red Rhones 08/04/01 M 65 2>4<br />

* <strong>The</strong> French are dealing with a huge rise in foreign wine<br />

imports by pouring them down the drain 08/04/01 M 65 2>4<br />

Photograph, illustration<br />

* Party food for children 15/04/01 M 50>51 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Berry Brothers, one of the country's oldest wine merchants, is<br />

hoping a duet with Delia Smith will provide a recipe for future<br />

success 15/04/01 M 53 2>3 Photograph, illustration<br />

* Best cellars: five wines to make you feel like you live in St<br />

James's 15/04/01 M 53 2>3 Photographs<br />

* How to be healthy and still keep kid's food fun 15/04/01 M 53<br />

1 Photograph<br />

* Cooking with Hollywood actor Christopher Walken - see<br />

Walken, Christopher 22/04/01<br />

* Euan Ferguson is wined - and spectacularly wined - by<br />

Britain's best known superchef - see White, Marco Pierre<br />

22/04/01<br />

* Puddings 22/04/01 M 42>43 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Best cellars: two whites that are fine without food and two reds<br />

improved by it 22/04/01 M 47 3 Photographs


* Finest food wines 22/04/01 M 47 1>2 Photograph<br />

* Recipes using Chinese greens 29/04/01 M 46>47 1>4<br />

Photographs<br />

* Where to go for authentic Asian greens 29/04/01 M 48 1<br />

Photograph<br />

* Four from Shipton Mill 29/04/01 M 48>49 2>3 Photographs<br />

* Best cellars: five up-and-coming wines 29/04/01 M 49 2>3<br />

Photograph<br />

* Wine is all about location, location, location 29/04/01 M 49<br />

2>4 Photograph, illustration<br />

* Recipes with sour ingredients to give 'bite' 06/05/01 M 50>51<br />

1>4 Photographs<br />

* Tart up your tastebuds with some sour ingredients 06/05/01 M<br />

53 1 Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> season of the true Treviso is almost over 06/05/01 M 53<br />

2>3 Photograph<br />

* Best cellars: four wines low in price but high in quality<br />

06/05/01 M 55 4 Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong> old cliché is true: you generally get what you pay for,<br />

especially in the wine world 06/05/01 M 55 1>3 Photograph,<br />

illustration<br />

* World wine web 06/05/01 M 55 1>3 Photograph<br />

* Monty Don's organic way of life - see Gardens 13/05/01<br />

* Sample of recipes from Moro's mouthwatering new cookbook<br />

13/05/01 M 52>55 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Best cellars: five great Kiwi Pinot Noirs 13/05/01 M 56 4<br />

Photographs<br />

* Pinot Noir could become New Zealand's best grape: if only<br />

winemakers would take the plunge 13/05/01 M 56 1>3<br />

Photograph, illustration<br />

* World wine web 13/05/01 M 56 1>2 Photograph<br />

* Spring vegetables shine in a clear light soup 20/05/01 M<br />

54>55 1>4 Photographs<br />

* A rash of nettle dishes is breaking out in London's restaurants<br />

20/05/01 M 57 1>4 Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> pick of English growers 20/05/01 M 57 1>2 Photograph<br />

* Best cellars: five whites that will appeal to both the sexes<br />

20/05/01 M 58 3 Photographs<br />

* Ordering the wine is women's work 20/05/01 M 58 1>2<br />

Photograph, illustrations<br />

* Cold salmon recipes 27/05/01 M 46>47 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Best cellars: five supermarket own-label wines worth a second<br />

look 27/05/01 M 49 4 Photographs<br />

* When it comes to branded wines, Britain's food stores are<br />

holding their own 27/05/01 M 49 1>3 Photograph, illustrations<br />

* World wine web 27/05/01 M 49 1>2 Photograph<br />

* As wild salmon becomes increasingly rare, Jim Ainsworth<br />

hauls in the best of the farmed fish 27/05/01 M 53 1>4<br />

* Recipes using grilled zucchini, baked aubergines, fried garlic<br />

03/06/01 M 40>41 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Best cellars: five corkers from the south of France 03/06/01 M<br />

43 4 Photographs<br />

* Californian wine guru Robert Mondavi is respected around the<br />

world… but not in the Languedoc 03/06/01 M 43 1>3<br />

Photographs<br />

* World wine web 03/06/01 M 43 1>2 Photograph<br />

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84<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Eagle and Child pub, Stow-on-the-Wold, Gloucestershire<br />

03/06/01 M 45 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Why fruit and veg purveyors are racking up the air miles<br />

03/06/01 M 45 1>4<br />

* <strong>The</strong>re's nothing like a generous dollop of silky-smooth cream<br />

to give life to puddings, pastries and summer savouries 10/06/01<br />

M 48>49 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Best cellars: five very drinkable organically grown<br />

supermarket wines 10/06/01 M 51 4 Photographs<br />

* Despite industry misgivings, genetically engineered wine will<br />

soon be a reality 10/06/01 M 51 1>3 Photographs, illustration<br />

* World wine web 10/06/01 M 51 1>2 Photograph<br />

* Diary products with a difference 10/06/01 M 53 1>4<br />

* French bottled wines have slipped out of Britain's Top 10 for<br />

the first time 17/06/01 N 1 4>6 Photograph<br />

* Recipes using tofu 17/06/01 M 50>51 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Dark treacle 17/06/01 M 52 2>3 Photograph<br />

* Places to buy tofu 17/06/01 M 52 1<br />

* Best cellars: Great Rieslings from Germany, Australia and<br />

Alsace 17/06/01 M 53 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Germany is pushing drier wines to woo back drinkers, but<br />

sweet wines are its real asset 17/06/01 M 54 1>3 Photograph,<br />

illustration<br />

* A gourmet tour of the Amalfi coast in Italy - see Travel<br />

24/06/01<br />

* Wine wars: greed, a bad harvest and the world's fiercest critic<br />

have left consumers of Bordeaux with a bad taste in their<br />

mouths, but the French have bounded back 24/06/01 B 14 1>7<br />

Photographs<br />

* Roast chicken may be delicious eaten an hour out of the oven,<br />

but it's even better the next day 24/06/01 M 50>51 1>4<br />

Photographs<br />

* Jim Ainsworth rounds up the best free-range birds 24/06/01 M<br />

52 1 Photograph<br />

* Whitby's tasty tea-time treats 24/06/01 M 52 2>3 Photograph<br />

* Best cellars: five wines with more than 12.5 per cent alcohol<br />

24/06/01 M 53 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Tim Atkin on wine without alcohol 24/06/01 M 53 1>3<br />

Photographs<br />

* Strawberries and cream, raspberries and chocolate, gooseberry<br />

fool… 01/07/01 M 42>43 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Amalfi's succulent lemons 01/07/01 M 44 2>3 Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> season's best berries 01/07/01 M 44 1 Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> new Grolsch 01/07/01 M 47 1>3 Photograph, illustration<br />

* Crab - the quintessential ingredient for a long summer lunch<br />

08/07/01 M 44>45 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Sour cherries 08/07/01 M 46 2>3 Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> best places to buy crab 08/07/01 M 46 1 Photograph<br />

* With people splashing out £200 and more on a bottle of 2000<br />

Bordeaux, is it a case of millennium madness or a profitable way<br />

to keep your assets liquid? 08/07/01 M 47 1>3 Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong> first of two extracts from Indian chef Das Sreedharan's<br />

new cookbook 15/07/01 M 54>55 1>6 Photographs<br />

* From Argentina to New Zealand, Tim Atkin's top 36 bottles of<br />

wine 15/07/01 M 59>60 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Final extract from the cookbook New Tastes of India by chef


Das Sreedharan 22/07/01 M 44>45 1>6 Photographs<br />

* virginwines.com could be the toast of the cyber cellar<br />

22/07/01 M 46 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Ricotta and Mozzarella turn a simple summer supper into a<br />

heavenly feast 29/07/01 M 42>43 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Australia's Margaret River wines 29/07/01 M 45 1>4<br />

Photograph, illustration<br />

* Best cellars: odds-on favourites from Oz 29/07/01 M 45 1>2<br />

* Perfect summer pudding 05/08/01 M 50>51 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Best cellars: five Italian white wines that are a cut above the<br />

rest 05/08/01 M 53 4<br />

* Home to the world's most boring wines, Italy has gone back to<br />

its roots with dramatic results 05/08/01 M 53 1>3 Photographs<br />

* World wine web 05/08/01 M 54 1>2 Photograph<br />

* Exotic and unusual salad leaves 12/08/01 M 40>41 1>4<br />

Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong>re's plenty to recommend a day trip to France for wine<br />

12/08/01 M 45 1>2 Photograph, illustration<br />

* Where to buy wine 12/08/01 M 45>46 3<br />

* Meat recipes 19/08/01 M 48>49 1>4 Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong> dish from the decade that taste forgot is back - the fondue<br />

19/08/01 B 5 1>3 Photograph<br />

* Best cellars: five high-alcohol reds which still retain their<br />

finesse 19/08/01 M 55 4 Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong> growing demand for full-bodied reds is knocking out<br />

wines with subtlety and elegance 19/08/01 M 55 1>3<br />

Photograph<br />

* Recipes using Indian chutney 26/08/01 M 42>43 1>4<br />

Photographs<br />

* Best cellars: five wines to see out the summer 26/08/01 M 47<br />

4 Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong> best bottles in Tim Atkin's cellar 26/08/01 M 47 1>3<br />

Photograph<br />

* Definitive guide to an authentic French classic - perfect salade<br />

nicoise 02/09/01 M 48>49 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Brandy snap shot 02/09/01 M 53 4<br />

* Why Armagnac is taste du jour among the chitterling classes<br />

02/09/01 M 53 1>3 Photographs<br />

* Best cellars: which brandy is dandy? 02/09/01 M 54 1>2<br />

Photographs<br />

* Escape special: UK wine hotels - see Travel 09/09/01<br />

* Plum puddings 09/09/01 M 48>49 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Best cellars: five of the best wines from Franglais vineyards<br />

09/09/01 M 50 4 Photographs<br />

* Setting yourself up as a winemaker in France may sound<br />

idyllic, but it's a risky affair 09/09/01 M 50 1>3 Photograph,<br />

illustrations<br />

* World wine web 09/09/01 M 50 1>2 Photograph<br />

* Recipes using couscous 16/09/01 M 46>47 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Best cellars: two wines with screwcaps and three with plastic<br />

corks 16/09/01 M 49 4 Photographs<br />

* Metal screwcaps win Tim Atkin's seal of approval on wine<br />

bottles 16/09/01 M 49 1>3 Photograph, illustrations<br />

* World wine web 16/09/01 M 49 1>2 Photograph<br />

* In the first of two extracts from Living and Eating, architect<br />

OBSERVER INDEX: JAN-DEC <strong>2001</strong><br />

85<br />

John Pawson and cookery writer Annie Bell celebrate simplicity<br />

23/09/01 M 50>51 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Squishing grapes between toes still makes the best port<br />

23/09/01 M 53 1>3 Photograph, illustrations<br />

* Best cellars: five of the finest ports 23/09/01 M 54 4<br />

Photographs<br />

* World wine web 23/09/01 M 54 1>2 Photograph<br />

* Final extract from minimalist architect John Pawson and chef<br />

Annie Bell's collaborative cook book, Living and Eating<br />

30/09/01 M 68>69 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Lavender can be used in both sweet and savoury dishes<br />

30/09/01 M 71 1>2 Photograph<br />

* Best cellars: four great Cape Chenins and one from the Loire<br />

30/09/01 M 73 1>2 Photograph<br />

* South Africa's vines 30/09/01 M 73 1>4 Photograph,<br />

illustration<br />

* New research shows health conscious consumers are cutting<br />

down on beer, wine and spirits and turning to bottled water and<br />

soft drinks - see Health 07/10/01<br />

* Pumpkins can be roasted or mashed 07/10/01 M 58>59 1>4<br />

Photographs<br />

* Best cellars: five great autumnal reds 07/10/01 M 61 4<br />

Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong> entire history of wine 07/10/01 M 61 1>3 Photograph,<br />

illustration<br />

* World wine web 07/10/01 M 61 1>2 Photograph<br />

* A classic fruit-filled pies 14/10/01 M 62>63 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Jim Atkin joins two wine clubs 14/10/01 M 67 1>3<br />

Photographs<br />

* World wine web 14/10/01 M 67 4 Photograph<br />

* Martha Stewart, America's good taste guru, introduces the first<br />

of two extracts from the year's most eagerly awaited cook book<br />

by Nobu Matsuhisa 21/10/01 M 62>63 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Australian wine 21/10/01 M 67 1>4 Photograph, illustration<br />

* Best cellars: five examples of what Australia does best<br />

21/10/01 M 67 4 Photographs<br />

* World wine web 21/10/01 M 67 1>2 Photograph<br />

* Final extract from Japanese chef Nobu's cookbook 28/10/01<br />

M 80>81 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Best cellars: good sherry, wine and port finishes 28/10/01 M<br />

83 4 Photographs<br />

* Wood-finished whisky 28/10/01 M 83 1>3 Illustration<br />

* Chicken liver and sweetbread 04/11/01 M 64>65 1>4<br />

Photographs<br />

* Greek wines 04/11/01 M 68 2>3 Photograph, illustrations<br />

* <strong>The</strong> traditional simplicity of eggs, butter, sugar and flour<br />

11/11/01 M 68>69 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Best cellars: Five favourites from Tim's tastings 11/11/01 M<br />

73 1>2 Photographs<br />

* In the world of Cabernet Sauvignon, price and quality are not<br />

necessarily related 11/11/01 M 73 1>4 Photograph, illustration<br />

* Recipes using walnuts 18/11/01 M 76>77 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Best cellars: Trophy winners from <strong>2001</strong>'s International Wine<br />

Challenge 18/11/01 M 81 1>2 Photographs<br />

* Scientists say we can't smell the difference between red and<br />

white wines but Tim Atkin disagrees 18/11/01 M 81 1>4


Photograph, illustrations<br />

* Perfect coq au vin 25/11/01 M 68>69 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Best cellars: three biodynamic and two organic French wines<br />

25/11/01 M 72 4 Photographs<br />

* Harnessing the planets to make wine may sound like mumbo<br />

jumbo - but it works for Nicolas Joly 25/11/01 M 72 1>3<br />

Photograph, illustration<br />

* World wine web 25/11/01 M 72 1>2 Photograph<br />

* Pesticide residues in food are far more toxic than previously<br />

thought, putting people at risk of brain damage and cancer - see<br />

Health 02/12/01<br />

* A Yuletide feast of duck 02/12/01 M 52>53 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Best cellars: five reds which will taste great in any glass<br />

02/12/01 M 55 4 Photographs<br />

* When it comes to choosing the right glass for the right wine,<br />

Georg Riedel sees things crystal clearly 02/12/01 M 55 1>3<br />

Photographs<br />

* World wine web 02/12/01 M 55 1>2 Photograph<br />

* Alternatives to turkey 09/12/01 M 76>77 1>4 Photographs<br />

* 36 Christmas wine crackers 09/12/01 M 79>80 1>4<br />

Photographs<br />

* Recipes that are festive and fruity 16/12/01 M 58>59 1>4<br />

Photographs<br />

* It's been a vintage year for wine publishing, producing a<br />

bumper crop of tasteful tomes 16/12/01 M 63 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Celebrity chef Jamie Oliver will open up a restaurant in the<br />

new year staffed entirely by young and disadvantaged<br />

newcomers - see Oliver, Jamie 23/12/01<br />

* Fish dishes for Christmas 23/12/01 M 38>39 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Christmas wine quiz 23/12/01 M 41 1>3 Photograph,<br />

illustration<br />

* <strong>The</strong>re's one ingredient we should never leave out 30/12/01 M<br />

34>35 1>4 Photographs<br />

* A drinker's calendar 30/12/01 M 39 1>4 Illustrations<br />

FOOT & MOUTH CRISIS<br />

* How our farmers sowed their very own downfall - the foot and<br />

mouth outbreak was a disaster waiting to happen - see Farms &<br />

Farming 25/02/01<br />

* Mass slaughter in an effort to curb the foot and mouth disease<br />

that has paralysed the British countryside 25/02/01 B 1>2 7>8<br />

* Supermarkets' grip on farmers is to be smashed by a new law -<br />

see Farms & Farming 04/03/01<br />

* Comment on the Foot & Mouth crisis by Matthew Fort<br />

04/03/01 B 10 7>8<br />

* Foot & Mouth virus has spread to the Continent 04/03/01 B 2<br />

7>8<br />

* Countryside in Crisis: mass slaughter everywhere - the fate of<br />

farming 04/03/01 B 9>11 1>7 Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> tourist industry now faces ruin with the foot & mouth<br />

outbreak 11/03/01 B 1, 5 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Comment by Matthew Fort on the future of our food 11/03/01<br />

B 5 1>3 Photograph<br />

* Jean and Nick Armstrong, Cumbrian farmers, who were struck<br />

by foot & mouth 15/03/01 B` 25 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Crisis mounts amid claims that farmers deliberately infected<br />

herds to claim cash 18/03/01 B 1 1>3 Cartoon<br />

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86<br />

* Three-page special on the foot and mouth crisis: militant<br />

farmers plot rural revolt as the slaughter begins 18/03/01 B<br />

9>11 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Crucial scientific advice that could have averted the foot and<br />

mouth disaster was ignored by the government for more than<br />

three years on economic grounds 25/03/01 B 1>2 1>3<br />

* Special report on the Foot & Mouth Crisis 25/03/01 B 10>11<br />

1>8 Photographs, map<br />

* Week 5: Foot & Mouth is no longer a disaster just in rural<br />

areas - it has become a major political drama that may threaten<br />

Blair's plans to win again 25/03/01 B 9 1>7 Photographs<br />

* Top tourist attractions reopen for business in a desperate bid to<br />

save the rural economy from collapse - see Tourism 01/04/01<br />

* Week 6: hard-pressed officials are unable to intercept illegal<br />

imports carrying deadly diseases 01/04/01 B 10 1>8<br />

Photograph, map<br />

* Britain is facing a pollution disaster because of the hundreds of<br />

thousands of carcasses being burned or buried as the<br />

Government fights foot & mouth disease 01/04/01 B 2 2>4<br />

* Euan Ferguson meets… Brigadier Alex Birtwhistle, the soldier<br />

in charge of the foot and mouth crisis in Cumbria - see<br />

Birtwhistle, Brigadier Alex 08/04/01<br />

* Environment agency officials have said that hundreds of fish<br />

have been killed in a fresh water course in Anglesey after<br />

disinfectant used during a cull of cattle leaked into a spring<br />

08/04/01 B 2 4>7<br />

* Pop stars and athletes are being enlisted to promote Britain as<br />

tourism suffers from the fallout from foot and mouth 08/04/01 B<br />

6 3>8 Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong> appalling case of cruelty on a North Devon farm 08/04/01<br />

B 6 1>2<br />

* Vanessa Thorpe heads to Devon to see if the countryside is<br />

really open during the Foot & Mouth crisis - see Travel<br />

15/04/01<br />

* A package of emergency measures to control the foot and<br />

mouth crisis could expose people to the risk of infection by the<br />

human for of mad cow disease 15/04/01 B 1>2 1>3<br />

* Special investigation into the crisis 15/04/01 B 14>15 1>6<br />

Photographs<br />

* Protests against the mass slaughter policy for foot and mouth<br />

disease erupted in London, Gloucester and the Netherlands,<br />

yesterday 22/04/01 B 5 5>6<br />

* <strong>The</strong> foot and mouth crisis has passed into Britain's wild deer<br />

population 22/04/01 B 5 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Profile on Phoenix the Calf, a plucky little heifer who made a<br />

government change its mind - see Animals 29/04/01<br />

* Foot & mouth disease restrictions were lifted on 1,300 farms in<br />

the most confident signal from the Government so far that it has<br />

the crisis under control 29/04/01 B 7 6>7<br />

* Ramblers accused local authorities of dragging their feet over<br />

the reopening of thousands of footpaths closed by the foot and<br />

mouth crisis 06/05/01 B 6 1>8 Photograph<br />

* Foot and mouth fears grow over meat smuggling 06/05/01 B 8<br />

7>8<br />

* Top scientists are called to an emergency meeting as fears<br />

mount that ash and the buried carcasses of cows slaughtered<br />

during the foot and mouth epidemic could be spreading CJD -<br />

see BSE/CJD 20/05/01<br />

* Airlines and aircraft maintenance crews have received an<br />

official warning that a disinfectant used to control foot and<br />

mouth could pose a serious safety risk 27/05/01 B 4 1>4


* New foot and mouth epidemic threatens as virus will remain<br />

hidden in sheep 10/06/01 B 4 1>3 Photograph, graph<br />

* As Britain begins to recover from the foot and mouth crisis,<br />

now is the time to take advantage of some great deals - see<br />

Travel 08/07/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Earl of Swinton's family has been reinstated in Swinton<br />

Park which is now a hotel and opened at the peak of the foot and<br />

mouth crisis - see Travel 08/07/01<br />

* RSPCA says that the foot-and-mouth epidemic is set to<br />

reignite after the Government's failure to carry out tests on nine<br />

million sheep 22/07/01 B 2 2>7<br />

* Compensation fiasco sparks fears that the disease is being<br />

spread deliberately 05/08/01 B 11 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Lord Haskins, appointed to head a Government review of rural<br />

economics hit by foot and mouth, has counted criticisms of his<br />

antagonism to small and organic farmers - see Farms & Farming<br />

12/08/01<br />

* Small businesses in rural communities are being destroyed in<br />

the aftermath of the foot and mouth epidemic - see Tourism<br />

12/08/01<br />

* Almost a thousand farmers are being compensated twice for<br />

livestock culled in the battle against foot and mouth disease<br />

26/08/01 B<br />

* Foot and mouth will continue into next year - and scientists<br />

admit that last week we were 'a whisker' away from a new<br />

epidemic in Northumberland 02/09/01 B 10 1>7 Photographs<br />

* Foot and mouth disease was carried to Britain from the Sahara,<br />

claim scientists 09/09/01 B 7 1>5 Photograph<br />

* Rural businesses seek billions in compensation from the<br />

Government after havoc caused by disease outbreak 14/10/01 B<br />

10 1>8 Photograph, cartoon<br />

* Across the country, small businesses hit by the foot and mouth<br />

epidemic are enjoying a sales bonanza and consumers are<br />

fuelling a Christmas spending - see Retail Industry 23/12/01<br />

FOOT, MICHAEL<br />

* Euan Ferguson meets… Michael Foot, former Labour leader,<br />

who at 87 is being honoured by <strong>The</strong> Tribune 04/03/01 B 20 1>5<br />

Photographs<br />

FOREIGN OFFICE<br />

* Travel guide to the Foreign Office - see Travel 04/02/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> new Libyan ambassador to Britain has ordered home two<br />

of his diplomats after the cultural attaché struck a leading<br />

opponent of Colonel Gadaffi, Ashur al Shamis, on the head in a<br />

London University 01/04/01 B 2 4>6<br />

* Surjit Athwal's brothers believe she died on a trip to India but<br />

are angry at the Foreign Office's 'lack of concern' - see Missing<br />

Persons 22/07/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Foreign Office came under fire from human rights lawyers<br />

and the four Britons jailed and beaten by Italian police during the<br />

riots at the G8 summit meeting in Genoa 29/07/01 B 2 2>5<br />

Photograph<br />

* A senior Libyan official accused of involvement in the<br />

Lockerbie bombing and branded 'the master of terror' has been<br />

welcomed by the Foreign Office - see Terrorism 07/10/01<br />

FORSYTH, BRUCE<br />

* Interview with celebrity Bruce Forsyth 21/10/01 R 3 1>5<br />

Photographs<br />

FORTUNIO<br />

* See Music: Classical 08/07/01<br />

FOURTH HAND, THE<br />

OBSERVER INDEX: JAN-DEC <strong>2001</strong><br />

87<br />

* See Book Reviews - McAllister, Nicola 08/07/01<br />

FOX HUNTING<br />

* A master could claim to be exercising his foxhounds if hunting<br />

is banned 14/01/01 B 5 2>6 Photograph, cartoon<br />

* More than 70 Labour peers are set to vote against an outright<br />

ban on fox hunting 11/03/01 B 2 4>7<br />

* <strong>The</strong> pro-hunting lobby is to offer a 'historic compromise' on<br />

the tougher regulations of fox hunting in an effort to head off a<br />

total ban 25/03/01 B 4 1>8 Photographs<br />

FOX, KERRY<br />

* Interview with actress Kerry Fox who stars in the controversial<br />

film Intimacy 01/07/01 R 9 1>4 Photograph<br />

FRANTI, MICHAEL<br />

* Rapper Michael Franti has convictions, but not the kind people<br />

expect in rap - see Music: Pop 22/04/01<br />

FRANZEN, JONATHAN<br />

* When Oprah Winfrey chose Jonathan Franzen's critically<br />

acclaimed book <strong>The</strong> Corrections, as her book club's selection for<br />

October, the author had misgivings… - see Books 28/10/01<br />

* Interview with writer Jonathan Franzen who spent four years<br />

writing in the dark, wearing earplugs and a blindfold, in his quest<br />

to produce the perfect novel 11/11/01 R 3 1>7 Photograph<br />

FRAUD<br />

* <strong>The</strong> feverish, rumour-fuelled world of internet bulletin boards<br />

has taken a sinister turn, sparking a police fraud squad inquiry -<br />

see Business & Industry 14/01/01<br />

* A group of senior staff at Coutts & Co., the Queen's personal<br />

bankers, masterminded complex frauds which cost the bank<br />

more than £100m - see Financial Institutions 11/02/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Serious Fraud Office is planning a second major<br />

prosecution in the 'bribes-for-loans' scandal that led to the jailing<br />

of Sheffield businessman Stephen Hinchliffe 25/02/01 N 1 1>7<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Serious Fraud Office (SFO) is set to risk another Maxwellstyle<br />

humiliation by going ahead with prosecutions in the Peter<br />

Young fraud case 15/04/01 N 2 2>4 Photograph<br />

* An Iraqi-born British billionaire has been helped by Foreign<br />

Office Minister Keith Vaz in his attempts to avoid extradition<br />

27/05/01 B 1>2 2>6 Photographs<br />

* Police chiefs and business leaders are hastily reshaping a<br />

flagship anti-fraud initiative that has failed to produce a single<br />

prosecution 10/06/01 N 2 1>4<br />

FREELY, MAUREEN<br />

* Columnist 17/06/01 B 27 1>4 Photograph<br />

FREUD, SIR CLEMENT<br />

* Interview with Sir Clement Freud on the publication of his<br />

autobiography, Freud Ego 14/10/01 R 3 1>6 Photographs<br />

FRIENDS, VOTERS, COUNTRYMEN<br />

* See Book Reviews - Buckley, Will 21/10/01<br />

FRITSCH, KATHARINE<br />

* See Art 09/09/01<br />

FROM MORNING TO MIDNIGHT<br />

* See Music: Classical 06/05/01<br />

FROST, SIR DAVID<br />

* Interview with Sir David Frost, celebrity TV presenter<br />

01/07/01 R 3 1>5 Photographs


FROSTRUP, MARIELLA<br />

* Why should Britain's favourite media babe spend six weeks in<br />

a filthy hut without a television set? 16/09/01 M 16>23 1>4<br />

Photographs<br />

FRY, STEPHEN<br />

* Interview with actor Stephen Fry 28/01/01 R 3 1>5<br />

Photographs<br />

FULL MONTY, THE: MONTGOMERY OF ALAMEIN<br />

* See Book Reviews - Hensher, Philip 21/10/01<br />

FUNDAMENTALS OF PLAY, THE<br />

* See Book Reviews - Shapiro, Anna 14/01/01<br />

FURNISH, DAVID<br />

* Interview with David Furnish, who was advertising honey<br />

when Elton John fell for him 09/09/01 R 3 1>5 Photographs<br />

FURSE, CLARA<br />

* Interview with Clara Furse, the first woman chief executive of<br />

the London Stock Exchange 11/11/01 N 14 1>5 Photograph<br />

FURTHER REQUIREMENTS<br />

* See Book Reviews - Mackinnon, Lachlan 30/09/01<br />

FURY<br />

* See Book Reviews - Mars-Jones, Adam 26/08/01<br />

FUTURE JUST HAPPENED, THE<br />

* See Book Reviews - Katwala, Sunder 12/08/01<br />

G7<br />

* Two years ago the Group of Seven - the world's richest<br />

countries - promised to cancel $100bn of third world debt, but<br />

only $18bn has been cancelled 30/12/01 B 21 7>8<br />

G8 SUMMIT<br />

* Jails have been emptied and hospitals are on alert as Italy<br />

prepares to welcome the G8 leaders and the enemies 15/07/01 B<br />

21 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Violence escalates on the streets of Genoa for the second day<br />

of the G8 summit 22/07/01 B 1>2 7>8<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Battle of Genoa: Noreena Hertz joined a trainload of<br />

British protesters, hoping to be part of a non-violent<br />

demonstration but there was little chance of that 22/07/01 B 4<br />

1>8 Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Battle of Genoa: Carlo Giulani died as he had lived, as an<br />

outsider - shot by a scared young conscript 22/07/01 B 5 1>7<br />

Photographs, map<br />

* <strong>The</strong>re is little to show for the talks that cost Genoa millions<br />

22/07/01 B 5 1>3<br />

* Last weekend, 52 Italian filmmakers, including the 81 year-old<br />

director of <strong>The</strong> Battle of Algiers, took to Genoa's streets, with<br />

the camera as their only weapon - see G8 Summit 29/07/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Foreign Office came under fire from human rights lawyers<br />

and the four Britons jailed and beaten by Italian police during the<br />

riots at the G8 summit meeting in Genoa - see Foreign Office<br />

29/07/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> riots in Genoa last week produced scenes of appalling<br />

violence but what went on in the police cells afterwards was<br />

worse - see Riots 29/07/01<br />

GABRIEL'S GIFT<br />

* See Book Reviews - Jays, David 25/02/01<br />

GAGARIAN, YURI<br />

OBSERVER INDEX: JAN-DEC <strong>2001</strong><br />

88<br />

* Forty years after Yuri Gagarian's historic space flight, his<br />

death intrigues a nation - see International Affairs: Russia<br />

08/04/01<br />

GAINSBOURG, SERGE: A FISTFUL OF GITANES<br />

* See Book Reviews - Maunsell, Jerome 20/05/01<br />

GALAPAGOS ISLANDS<br />

* <strong>The</strong> wildlife on the Galapagos Islands have an uneasy<br />

relationship with tourism - see Wildlife 04/02/01<br />

GALAS, DIAMANDA<br />

* See Music: Pop 23/09/01<br />

GALLO, VINCENT<br />

* Vincent Gallo, painter, actor, model, director, singer and the<br />

man who's made the most enemies in LA 30/09/01 M 10>16<br />

1>4 Photographs<br />

GAMBLING<br />

* Spread betting - how the market works - see Spread betting<br />

15/04/01<br />

* Betting shops are 40 years old this week and bear no<br />

resemblance to the dives of 1961, but there are more changes to<br />

come 29/04/01 S 9 1>5 Photographs<br />

* Las Vegas, the world's gambling capital, is poised to enter the<br />

online betting sector for the first time in a move which will send<br />

shudders through European internet gaming firms 13/05/01 N 2<br />

8<br />

* Strict limits on the number of slot machines allowed in casinos<br />

will be lifted in a wide-ranging government review into the<br />

gambling industry due to be published next month 10/06/01 N 1<br />

1>3 Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> town of Blackpool is buzzing this weekend with the<br />

prospect that it may be allowed to open a string of Las Vegasstyle<br />

casinos - see Blackpool 15/07/01<br />

* A big casino jackpot looms as a report signals liberalised<br />

gambling 15/07/01 N 5 1>3 Photograph<br />

* In 1809 Britain was preparing to take on Napoleon but on<br />

Newmarket Heath one man, Captain Robert Barclay was<br />

wagering a fortune that he could complete the ultimate test... -<br />

see Barclay, Capt. Robert 12/08/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> traditional British betting shop's days may soon be over<br />

with the abolition of gambling taxes and by embracing café<br />

culture 30/09/01 B 12 7>8 Cartoon<br />

* Bookmakers are lodging a complaint with the Office of Fair<br />

Trading over unfair practices by the British Horseracing Board<br />

to increase the cost of beaming live racing - see Sport: Horse<br />

Racing 07/10/01<br />

* House prices in some parts of London are set to fall sharply,<br />

according to a new service that reflects what property owners<br />

think will happen to the value of their homes - see Property<br />

28/10/01<br />

* Britain's gambling laws are to be radically liberalised in the<br />

biggest shake-up in the industry for nearly 40 years 18/11/01 N<br />

2 1>3<br />

* Bookmaker Ladbrokes is offering prices on whether David<br />

Beckham or Harry Potter will dominate the lucrative Christmas<br />

market in PlayStation games - see Business & Industry 25/11/01<br />

GAMES<br />

* Bookmaker Ladbrokes is offering prices on whether David<br />

Beckham or Harry Potter will dominate the lucrative Christmas<br />

market in PlayStation games - see Business & Industry 25/11/01<br />

* Britain's bestselling video games are so violent and sexually<br />

graphic that they are unsuitable for children, new research shows


16/12/01 B 13 1>4 Illustration, photograph<br />

GANDHI, THE LIFE OF INDIRA NEHRU<br />

* See Book Reviews - Alibhai-Brown, Yasmin 25/03/01<br />

GARDEN FROM A HUNDRED PACKETS OF SEED, A<br />

* See Book Reviews - Adams, Tim 23/12/01<br />

GARDENS<br />

* Not everyone hates the wet weather… some plants soak it up<br />

07/01/01 M 54 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Your roots: Things to plant whatever the weather 07/01/01 M<br />

54 2>3<br />

* My roots: A week in Monty's garden 07/01/01 M 55 2<br />

* Perennials for wet conditions 14/01/01 M 50>51 1>4<br />

Photographs<br />

* My roots: a week in Monty's garden 14/01/01 M 51 2<br />

* Your roots: Bulbs and annuals that don't mind a soaking<br />

21/01/01 M 56 2>3<br />

* Bulbs and annuals that won't make heavy weather of the rain<br />

21/01/01 M 56>57 1>4 Photographs<br />

* My roots: a week in Monty's garden 21/01/01 M 57 2<br />

* Monty Don reveals why rain isn't always a liquid asset<br />

28/01/01 M 64 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Your roots: a guide to all-weather watering 28/01/01 M 64<br />

2>3<br />

* My roots: a week in Monty's garden 28/01/01 M 65 2<br />

* My secret garden by Monty Don 04/02/01 M 58>59 1>4<br />

Photographs<br />

* My roots: a week in Monty's garden 04/02/01 M 59 2<br />

* Harbinger of spring, the modest primrose 11/02/01 M 54>55<br />

1>4 Photographs<br />

* My roots: a week in Monty's garden 11/02/01 M 55 2<br />

* In the first of a monthly series, Monty Don travels around<br />

Britain in search of soil and a sense of place, first stop, the<br />

capital 18/02/01 M 70>71 1>4 Photographs<br />

* My roots: a week in Monty's garden 18/02/01 M 71 2<br />

* Your roots: Hedging your bets and sowing seed potatoes<br />

25/02/01 M 70 2>3<br />

* Hawthorn hedge 25/02/01 M 70>71 1>4 Photographs<br />

* My roots: A week in Monty's garden 25/02/01 M 71 2<br />

* Monty's first hedge 04/03/01 M 64>65 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Now is the time to plant out your summer-flowering bulbs<br />

11/03/01 M 74>75 1>4 Photographs<br />

* My roots: a week in Monty's garden 11/03/01 M 75 2<br />

* Taking stock of your beds now will ensure everything comes<br />

up roses in May 18/03/01 M 58>59 1>4 Photographs<br />

* My roots: a week in Monty's garden 18/03/01 M 59 2<br />

* Your roots: planting and caring for clematis 25/03/01 M 64<br />

2>3<br />

* Of all the garden climbers, clematis is perhaps the best loved<br />

25/03/01 M 64>65 1>4 Photographs<br />

* My roots: a week in Monty's garden 25/03/01 M 65 2<br />

* <strong>The</strong> simplicity of a Japanese tea house garden brings a whole<br />

new meaning to an afternoon cuppa 01/04/01 M 62>63 1>4<br />

Photographs<br />

OBSERVER INDEX: JAN-DEC <strong>2001</strong><br />

89<br />

* Monty's trip around the gardens of Britain takes him to South<br />

Wales, and an altogether more successful dome… 08/04/01 M<br />

72>73 1>4 Photographs<br />

* My roots: a week in Monty's garden 08/04/01 M 73 2<br />

* Some of the world's rarest flowers are to be found in the<br />

Colombian jungle, but when Tom Hart Dyke set off in search of<br />

the perfect orchid, he dug up a lot more than he'd bargained for<br />

15/04/01 M 10>15 1>5 Photographs<br />

* Easter is the biggest garden weekend of the year 15/04/01 M<br />

56>59 1>3 Photographs<br />

* My weeds: Monty's list of garden horrors 22/04/01 M 50 2>3<br />

* Weeds and the unwanted visitors which spoil our garden<br />

parties, but before you chuck them out, they can teach us a thing<br />

or two 22/04/01 M 50>51 1>4 Photographs<br />

* My roots: a week in Monty's garden 22/04/01 M 51 2<br />

* Your roots: when to plant out your tulip bulbs 29/04/01 M 56<br />

2>3<br />

* Tulips 29/04/01 M 56>57 1>4 Photographs<br />

* My roots: a week in Monty's garden 29/04/01 M 57 2<br />

* <strong>The</strong> third leg of Monty's round-Britain trip takes him to the<br />

Black Country and the Beautiful grounds that inspired a<br />

generation of gardeners 06/05/01 M 62>63 1>4 Photographs<br />

* My roots: a week in Monty's garden 06/05/01 M 63 4<br />

* Escape Special on Garden tours around the globe - see Travel<br />

13/05/01<br />

* Herbs 13/05/01 M 62>63 1>4 Photographs<br />

* My roots: a week in Monty's garden 13/05/01 M 63 2<br />

* Poppies 20/05/01 M 64>65 1>4 Photographs<br />

* My roots: a week in Monty's garden 20/05/01 M 65 2<br />

* Your roots: how to get the most from your lettuce leaves<br />

27/05/01 M 56 2>3<br />

* Lettuce has been cultivated for 6,000 years and there are<br />

hundreds of varieties… 27/05/01 M 56>57 1>4 Photographs<br />

* My roots: a week in Monty's garden 27/05/01 M 57 2<br />

* Ranunculus 03/06/01 M 48>49 1>4 Photographs<br />

* My roots: a week in Monty's garden 03/06/01 M 49 2<br />

* Monty's trip round Britain's gardens brings him to Yorkshire<br />

where he's impressed by the elegance of Newby Hall 10/06/01<br />

M 56>57 1>4 Photographs<br />

* My roots: a week in Monty's garden 10/06/01 M 57 3<br />

* A box hedge provides all the trimmings a glorious garden<br />

needs 17/06/01 M 60>61 1>3 Photographs<br />

* With its heady scent and eager-to-please nature, honeysuckle is<br />

at home in any garden 24/06/01 M 60>61 1>4 Photographs<br />

* My roots: a week in Monty's garden 24/06/01 M 61 2<br />

* Kew Gardens - see Radio 01/07/01<br />

* Monty Don counts the cost of Global warming to gardening<br />

01/07/01 M 50>51 1>4 Photographs<br />

* My roots: a week in Monty's garden 01/07/01 M 51 2<br />

* Growing beans 08/07/01 M 56>57 1>4 Photographs<br />

* My roots: a week in Monty's garden 08/07/01 M 57 2<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Findhorn Foundation in Scotland has turned an ex-sand<br />

dune into a thriving community 15/07/01 M 66>67 1>4<br />

Photographs


* My roots: a week in Monty's garden 15/07/01 M 67 3<br />

* Your roots: how to construct a child-friendly garden 22/07/01<br />

M 50 2>3<br />

* Elderflowers 22/07/01 M 50>51 1>4 Photographs<br />

* My roots: a week in Monty's garden 22/07/01 M 51 2<br />

* Languishing on a boat off the Turkish coast may sound like<br />

paradise, but for Monty Don being away from the garden is<br />

torture 29/07/01 M 50>51 1>4 Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong> thistle 05/08/01 M 56>57 1>4 Photographs<br />

* My roots: a week in Monty's garden 05/08/01 M 57 2<br />

* My roots: a week in Monty's garden 12/08/01 M 48 2<br />

* Garden ponds 12/08/01 M 48>49 1>4 Photographs<br />

* In the final leg of his odyssey around the British Isles, Monty<br />

Don achieves his dream of visiting Aran 19/08/01 M 56>57 1>4<br />

Photographs<br />

* My roots: a week in Monty's garden 19/08/01 M 57 2<br />

* Your roots: it's time to make long-term plans for next year's<br />

garden 26/08/01 M 48 2>3<br />

* Towering sunflowers, huge daisies, rousing rudbeckias…<br />

Monty sees out the summer in a blaze of glory 26/08/01 M<br />

48>49 1>4 Photographs<br />

* My roots: a week in Monty's garden 26/08/01 M 49 2<br />

* Monty Don's new 10-point plan for organic living 02/09/01 M<br />

54>55 1>4 Photographs<br />

* My roots: a week in Monty's garden 02/09/01 M 55 2<br />

* Your roots: time plan for top tomatoes 09/09/01 M 54 2>3<br />

* No summer is complete without a rack of fully laden tomato<br />

vines 09/09/01 M 54>55 1>4 Photographs<br />

* My roots: a week in Monty's garden 09/09/01 M 55 2<br />

* When Nigel Slater asked Monty Don to plan his yard, he'd<br />

little idea how much work lay ahead 16/09/01 M 56>57 1>4<br />

Photographs<br />

* My roots: a week in Monty's garden 16/09/01 M 57 3<br />

* <strong>The</strong> graceful charm of Verbena bonariensis is an autumn treat<br />

23/09/01 M 60>61 1>4 Photographs<br />

* My roots: a week in Monty's garden 23/09/01 M 61 2<br />

* <strong>The</strong> humble wallflower 30/09/01 M 74>75 1>4 Photographs<br />

* My roots: a week in Monty's garden 30/09/01 M 75 2<br />

* Your roots: how to tell your ball dahlias from your pompons<br />

07/10/01 M 66 2>3<br />

* Dahlias - love them or loathe them 07/10/01 M 66>67 1>4<br />

Photographs<br />

* My roots: a week in Monty's garden 07/10/01 M 67 2<br />

* Your roots: where to see hornbeam in all their autumnal glory<br />

14/10/01 M 70 2>3<br />

* <strong>The</strong> regal hornbeam 14/10/01 M 70>71 1>4 Photographs<br />

* My roots: a week in Monty's garden 14/10/01 M 71 2<br />

* Asters 21/10/01 M 72>73 1>4 Photographs<br />

* My roots: a week in Monty's garden 21/10/01 M 73 2<br />

* For a well-stocked store cupboard, all you need is careful<br />

planning - and a friendly nurseryman 28/10/01 M 90>91 1>4<br />

Photographs<br />

* Using bonfire ash on the garden 04/11/01 M 70>71 1>4<br />

OBSERVER INDEX: JAN-DEC <strong>2001</strong><br />

90<br />

Photographs<br />

* My roots: a week in Monty's garden 04/11/01 M 71 2<br />

* My roots: a week in Monty's garden 11/11/01 M 74 2<br />

* Your roots: tasks to tackle before winter sets in 11/11/01 M 74<br />

2>3<br />

* As winter approaches, Monty recalls the sweet scents of<br />

seasons past 11/11/01 M 74>75 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Bring garden sculpture to life with clipped box and trained yew<br />

18/11/01 M 82>83 1>4 Photographs<br />

* My roots: a week in Monty's garden 18/11/01 M 83 2<br />

* Welcome the birds of winter into your frozen garden, and<br />

you'll have music all year round 25/11/01 M 74>75 1>4<br />

Photographs<br />

* My roots: a week in Monty's garden 25/11/01 M 75 2<br />

* Your roots: feathered friends 25/11/01 M 75 2>3<br />

* Celery is still one of Monty's favourite vegetables 02/12/01 M<br />

60>61 1>4 Photographs<br />

* My roots: a week in Monty's garden 02/12/01 M 61 2<br />

* House plants and citrus trees 09/12/01 M 84>85 1>4<br />

Photographs<br />

* My roots: a week in Monty's garden 09/12/01 M 85 2<br />

* Monty prepares for the winter solstice 16/12/01 M 66>67 1>4<br />

Photographs<br />

* My roots: a week in Monty's garden 16/12/01 M 67 2<br />

* Monty plants a garden of treasured memories 23/12/01 M<br />

44>45 1>4 Photographs<br />

* My roots: a week in Monty's garden 23/12/01 M 45 4<br />

* Quince 30/12/01 M 42>43 1>4 Photographs<br />

* My roots: A week in Monty's garden 30/12/01 M 43 2<br />

GARRATT, SHERYL<br />

* See Music: Pop 25/03/01<br />

GASCOIGNE, PAUL<br />

* Interview with footballer Paul Gascoigne, who admits to being<br />

an alcoholic 23/09/01 B 18>19 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Gazza confesses 23/09/01 B 24 1>8 Photograph<br />

GATES, BILL<br />

* Bill Gates have given the largest single boost to the worldwide<br />

search for an Aids vaccine 28/01/01 B 1 5>7<br />

GAUDI<br />

* See Book Reviews - Bayley, Stephen 27/05/01<br />

GAUGUIN, PAUL<br />

* Paul Gauguin, renowned for his paintings of exotic idylls and<br />

Polynesian beauties, was a sadist who battered his wife,<br />

exploited friends and lied, according to a new biography<br />

07/10/01 B 11 1>7 Photographs<br />

GAVIN, RUPERT<br />

* Rupert Gavin is a contender to become BT's new chief<br />

executive - see Business & Industry 04/11/01<br />

GAY ISSUES<br />

* Field Marshal Montgomery, the military hero who defeated<br />

Rommel and is regarded as one of Britain's bravest soldiers, was<br />

a homosexual, according to a new biography - see Montgomery,<br />

Field Marshal 25/02/01


* Later this month in Paris Socialist Party candidate Bertrand<br />

Delanoe is expected to become mayor and he will be the most<br />

powerful openly gay man in the world - see International<br />

Affairs: Europe 04/03/01<br />

* Thomas Cook, one of Britain's oldest travel companies, is to<br />

enter the gay and lesbian market 25/03/01 B 7 1>8 Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> LPGA won't admit it but the lesbian bars and clubs in<br />

Palm Springs tell the real story - see Sport: Golf 06/05/01<br />

* Gay rights campaigners will throw down the gauntlet to<br />

Labour this week with a major campaign for legal recognition of<br />

same-sex partnerships 17/06/01 B 7 7>8<br />

* London's gay community in the Mardi Gras march yesterday<br />

01/07/01 B 7 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Tony Blair's former political secretary, Sally Morgan, is to<br />

head an 'equality task force' of Cabinet Ministers to tackle gay<br />

rights issues 01/07/01 B 7 7<br />

* Will and Grace was acclaimed in the states for the perceptive<br />

portrayal of its gay protagonist, but Philip Hensher believes the<br />

hit sitcom reinforces some of the old stereotypes - see Television<br />

15/07/01<br />

* New legislation in Germany paved the way for lesbian and gay<br />

couples to marry in register offices 22/07/01 B 19 1>4<br />

Photograph<br />

* Hebden Bridge in Yorkshire has been outed as the lesbian<br />

capital of Britain 29/07/01 B 9 1>7 Photographs<br />

* Armed forces plan to give gay partners full married benefits -<br />

see Armed Forces 12/08/01<br />

* Why has gay writer Mark Ravenhill chosen a peculiar<br />

eighteenth-century fetish as the backdrop to his latest play - see<br />

Ravenhill, Mark 19/08/01<br />

* A new study suggests that many of William Shakespeare's<br />

female characters were actually gay - see Shakespeare, William<br />

02/09/01<br />

* Bob is gay, rose is straight… and they're a loving couple - a<br />

new TV series from Queer as Folk writer Russell T. Davies, who<br />

reveals his real-life inspiration - see Television 02/09/01<br />

* Iain Duncan Smith, the Tory leadership candidate, changes<br />

tack on Section 28, which forbids the 'promotion of<br />

homosexuality', as rivals accuse him of betraying his principles -<br />

see Politics 02/09/01<br />

* Amid fears of injustice, the case of a gay woman accused of<br />

murdering her partner's daughter grips Spain - see International<br />

Affairs: Europe 16/09/01<br />

* Business and the CBI will launch a major campaign to stamp<br />

out anti-gay discrimination at work 14/10/01 B 12 7>8<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Gaelic Athletic Association has been the bedrock of rural<br />

Irish life, but now its members are in uproar over adverts for<br />

Ireland's first gay magazine - see Ireland/Northern Ireland<br />

21/10/01<br />

* Jessica Berens talks to a new generation of gay entrepreneurs<br />

who are coaxing Britain out of the closet 11/11/01 M 20>26 1>4<br />

Photographs<br />

* Gay workers rejected for jobs or persecuted in the office<br />

because of their sexuality will for the first time have the right to<br />

sue 09/12/01 B 9 1>2<br />

* <strong>The</strong> brilliant mathematician John Forbes Nash was a troubled<br />

young man who grappled mind-bending problems, but a<br />

controversial new film makes no mention of his gay past - see<br />

Nash, John Forbes 23/12/01<br />

GEHRY, FRANK<br />

* See Architecture 27/05/01<br />

OBSERVER INDEX: JAN-DEC <strong>2001</strong><br />

91<br />

GELDOF, BOB<br />

* Columnist 29/04/01 B 27 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Profile on Bob Geldof, the pop singer who launched Band Aid<br />

and Live Aid, became a TV and internet entrepreneur, and still<br />

found time to bring up his children almost single-handedly<br />

16/09/01 B 12 1>6 Caricature<br />

GELLER, URI<br />

* Interview with Uri Geller who's famous the world over for<br />

bending spoons and who's now planning to bring peace to the<br />

middle east 09/12/01 M 49>55 1>4 Photographs<br />

GENDER<br />

* Jane Fonda, former film star, anti-war militant and aerobics<br />

guru has donated a fortune to 'gender studies' at Harvard<br />

University - see Fonda, Jane 04/03/01<br />

* Men and women use the internet in entirely different ways, and<br />

have distinct styles of writing emails, according to new research<br />

- see Internet 20/05/01<br />

* Girls have been outperforming boys in British classrooms for<br />

far longer than experts have believed, according to a new report -<br />

see Education 23/09/01<br />

* Men's reign as breadwinner and head of the household is over,<br />

women are taking control of money matters - see Social<br />

Conditions & Trends 28/10/01<br />

* According to new research by the Equal Opportunities<br />

Commission, sex stereotyping is having an enormous impact on<br />

the lives and career choices of children 28/10/01 B 9 1>2<br />

* An urgent inquiry has been ordered by the Government into<br />

whether families should be allowed to choose the sex of their<br />

children using a new fertility technique - see Fertility 04/11/01<br />

* Girls cope better with student life than boys - see Students<br />

04/11/01<br />

GENES, GIRLS AND GAMOW<br />

* See Book Reviews - McKie, Robin 14/10/01<br />

GENETIC MODIFICATION<br />

* European laws to be introduced this week will open Britain to<br />

a fresh wave of controversial genetically modified crops and<br />

foods 11/02/01 B 4 1>4<br />

* <strong>The</strong> US are accused of piracy over 'mutant' rice - see<br />

International Affairs: U.S.A. 28/10/01<br />

GENETICS<br />

* Could 'growing' a human being from DNA now move from<br />

science fiction to reality? 11/02/01 R 1>2 1>5 Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong> decoding of DNA could finally lead detectives to up to<br />

600 free murderers in Britain 25/02/01 B 20 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Scientists are set to launch a controversial trial aimed at<br />

altering the genetic make-up of patients suffering from<br />

Alzheimer's disease - see Mental Health 01/04/01<br />

* Insurers are at loggerheads with an influential committee of<br />

MPs over their enthusiasm for genetic testing - see Financial<br />

Institutions 08/04/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> exploitation of genetic testing by insurers is set to be<br />

outlawed by the Government 15/04/01 B 3 1>4<br />

* Olympic officials are to hold emergency meetings over<br />

mounting fears that sport is about to be transformed by the<br />

creation of a breed of genetically engineered 'super-athletes' - see<br />

Sport: Olympics 13/05/01<br />

* New genetic research could help clear the name of a mother<br />

convicted for double 'cot death' murders 15/07/01 B 8 1>6<br />

Photographs


* <strong>The</strong> genetic secrets of millions of Britons could be sold off by<br />

the NHS to private drug companies under highly controversial<br />

proposals outlined in leaked government documents 23/09/01 B<br />

1>2 1>3<br />

* Police are demanding new powers from the Government that<br />

would allow them to take DNA samples from thousands of<br />

corpses in a bid to solve serious crimes - see Crime 23/12/01<br />

* Scientists have found the specific gene that hold the key to<br />

obsessive cleanliness 30/12/01 B 10 7<br />

GENOCIDE<br />

* <strong>The</strong> world's first centre for the investigation of genocide is to<br />

be set up by British scientists with experience of working on<br />

some of the most appalling war crimes of modern times<br />

26/08/01 B 9 1>3<br />

GENT, CHRISTOPHER<br />

* Vodafone chief Chris Gent has pulled off a new takeover,<br />

crisis or no crisis - see Business & Industry 23/09/01<br />

GEOMETRY OF LOVE, THE<br />

* See Book Reviews - Jays, David 04/03/01<br />

GEORGE IV: THE GRAND ENTERTAINMENT<br />

* See Book Reviews - Hensher, Philip 11/03/01<br />

GERMAN TRAUMA, THE<br />

* See Book Reviews - King, Eldon 23/09/01<br />

GERRARD, NICCI<br />

* Columnist 07/01/01 B 26 1>5 Photograph<br />

* Nicci Gerrard on writing a thriller with her husband, Sean<br />

French, and Hollywood's version 21/01/01 R 1>2 1>4<br />

Photographs<br />

* Columnist 16/09/01 X 27 6>7 Photograph<br />

GERVAIS, RICKY<br />

* Ricky Gervais has created a finely tuned character in David<br />

Brent in <strong>The</strong> Office, the surprise television hit of the summer -<br />

see Television 12/08/01<br />

GETTY, JOHN PAUL<br />

* Profile on the millionaire philanthropist, John Paul Getty, who<br />

has just donated £5m to the Tory Party 17/06/01 B 23 1>6<br />

Caricature<br />

GHEORGHIU, ANGELA<br />

* As she makes her film debut in Benoit Jacquot's Tosca,<br />

Romanian diva Angela Gheorghiu talks to Peter Conrad - see<br />

Film 09/12/01<br />

GHOSN, CARLOS<br />

* Carlos Ghosn, global head of Japanese car giant Nissan, has<br />

issued a stark warning that British abstention from the euro will<br />

jeopardise further investment and jobs - see Euro, <strong>The</strong> 27/05/01<br />

* Interview with Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn, who has closed<br />

plants but says Sunderland is safe for now 27/05/01 N 7 1>8<br />

Photograph<br />

GIELGUD, SIR JOHN<br />

* A year after the death of Sir John Gielgud the archive of letters<br />

that chronicles his life has been bequeathed to the nation<br />

27/05/01 B 12 6>7 Photograph<br />

GILLIAM, TERRY<br />

* Director Terry Gilliam's £32m film about Don Quixote, wasn't<br />

meant to be 04/02/01 R 5 1>5 Photographs<br />

GILLRAY, JAMES: THE ART OF CARICATURE<br />

OBSERVER INDEX: JAN-DEC <strong>2001</strong><br />

92<br />

* See Art 10/06/01<br />

GILMOUR, IAN<br />

* Columnist 13/05/01 B 31 1>4 Photograph<br />

GIRLS, THE: SAPPHO GOES TO HOLLYWOOD<br />

* See Book Reviews - Wood, Gaby 08/04/01<br />

GITLIN, TODD<br />

* Columnist 23/09/01 X 23 2>5 Photograph<br />

GLASGOW<br />

* A sunbed boom is offering light relief for Glaswegians<br />

16/09/01 B 7 1>7 Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> infamous tower blocks that have dominated the skyline in<br />

Glasgow for more than 40 years are facing demolition 07/10/01<br />

B 12 1>2<br />

GLASS PALACE, THE<br />

* See Book Reviews - Buttfield, Kirsty 24/06/01<br />

GLASS, CHARLES<br />

* Columnist 18/03/01 B 27 1>3 Photograph<br />

GLASS, PHILIP<br />

* See Music: Classical 09/12/01<br />

GLENNIS, EVELYN, AND FRIENDS<br />

* See Music: Classical 18/03/01<br />

GLOAG, ANN<br />

* After a family suicide, Ann Gloag, Britain's second richest<br />

woman is joining a hospital ship in West Africa to seek solace<br />

with Aids victims 01/04/01 B 7 1>6 Photographs<br />

GLOBAL SEX<br />

* See Book Reviews - Hensher, Philip 29/04/01<br />

GLOBAL WARMING<br />

* <strong>The</strong> President who bought power and sold the world 01/04/01<br />

B 24>25 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Comment by John Prescott, Secretary of State for the<br />

Environment 01/04/01 B 25 6>7 Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> world in 2050 01/04/01 B 25 1>4 Photograph<br />

* John Prescott, the Deputy Prime Minister has launched a<br />

powerful attack on President Bush for pulling out of the Kyoto<br />

agreement on climate and pollution 01/04/01 B 5 6>7<br />

* Negotiations in Bonn are optimistic that they will reach a longawaited<br />

deal on the Kyoto Protocol to tackle global warming<br />

despite the boycott by the US - see Kyoto Agreement 22/07/01<br />

* Special report on climate change 28/10/01 X 1>15 1>6<br />

Photographs<br />

* Global warming could be tearing apart the delicate marine<br />

food chain - spelling doom for everything from zooplankton to<br />

dolphins 02/12/01 B 14 1>8 Photographs<br />

GLOCK, WILLIAM, MEMORIAL CONCERT<br />

* See Music: Classical 07/01/01<br />

GLUE<br />

* See Book Reviews - Mars-Jones, Adam 06/05/01<br />

GO BUY…<br />

* Art on the net 15/04/01 M 6 1>3 Illustration<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Phaidon 55 29/04/01 M 6 1>3 Photograph


* Calvin Klein 23/09/01 M 6 1>3 Photograph<br />

* Anatomy for the artist 07/10/01 M 6 1>3 Photograph<br />

GO PLAY…<br />

* Popex 25/11/01 M 6 1>4 Photographs<br />

GO READ…<br />

* com.x 08/04/01 M 6 1>3 Illustration<br />

GO SEE…<br />

* Art <strong>2001</strong> 14/01/01 M 6 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Absolut Gallaccio 21/01/01 M 6 1>3 Photograph<br />

* Antoni + Alison 28/01/01 M 8 1>3 Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> London Eye 04/02/01 M 6 1>3 Photograph<br />

* James Bond Memorabilia 11/02/01 M 6 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Growth & Form 18/02/01 M 6 1>3 Photograph<br />

* Horst's photography 25/02/01 M 8 1>3 Photograph<br />

* Jewish book week 04/03/01 M 6 1>2 Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> League of Gentlemen 11/03/01 M 6 1>3 Photograph<br />

* Slow food week 18/03/01 M 6 1>3 Photograph<br />

* Because I Sing 25/03/01 M 6 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Go 01/04/01 M 6 1>3 Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> pirates of Penzance 22/04/01 M 5 1>3 Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Brighton Festival 06/05/01 M 6 1>3 Photograph<br />

* 24/7: Art on the Hayward 13/05/01 M 6 1>3 Photograph<br />

* Music Industry Soccer Six 20/05/01 M 6 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Mind Body Spirit Festival 27/05/01 M 6 1>3 Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Prince's Trust Graduate Fashion Week 03/06/01 M 6 1>4<br />

Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong> London Degree Shows 10/06/01 M 6 1>3 Photograph<br />

* Pieter-Dirk Uys 17/06/01 M 6 1>3 Photograph<br />

* Keith Haring's Ten Commandments 24/06/01 M 6 1>2<br />

Illustration<br />

* Kids Week <strong>2001</strong> 15/07/01 M 6 1>3 Photograph<br />

* Andy Warhol & Sound and Vision 22/07/01 M 6 1>2<br />

Photograph<br />

* Glorious Goodwood 29/07/01 M 6 1>3 Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> film salons at the ICA 05/08/01 M 6 1>3 Photograph<br />

* NT25 platforms 12/08/01 M 6 1>3 Photograph<br />

* Dan Flavin 19/08/01 M 6 1>3 Photograph<br />

* Portsmouth International Festival of the Sea <strong>2001</strong> 26/08/01 M<br />

6 1>3 Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Geology of Biology 02/09/01 M 6 1>3 Photograph<br />

* Erin O'Connor 09/09/01 M 6 1>4 Illustrations<br />

* Spencer Tunick 16/09/01 M 6 1>3 Photograph<br />

* handbag.com 30/09/01 M 6 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Organic week 14/10/01 M 6 1>3 Photograph<br />

* Belfast Festival 21/10/01 M 6 1>3 Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> London Jazz Festival 28/10/01 M 6 1>2 Photograph<br />

* Once upon a life in Polaroid 04/11/01 M 6 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Unleash the Talent Inside 11/11/01 M 6 1>5 Illustrations<br />

OBSERVER INDEX: JAN-DEC <strong>2001</strong><br />

93<br />

* A night of leisure 18/11/01 M 6 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Paul Auster 02/12/01 M 6 1>3 Photograph<br />

* Showstudio 09/12/01 M 6 1>3 Photograph<br />

* Passion for fashion 16/12/01 M 6 1>3 Photograph<br />

GO SURF…<br />

* www.ammocity.com 01/07/01 M 6 1>3 Photograph<br />

GOD'S LAIR<br />

* See Music: Classical 15/07/01<br />

GOING OUT LIVE<br />

* See Book Reviews - Clarke, Nick 11/11/01<br />

GOLD<br />

* After 20 years in the doldrums, the hallmark of rappers and<br />

medallion men, gold is being rebranded as the must-have metal<br />

03/06/01 B 24 1>8 Photographs<br />

GOLD CLUB, THE<br />

* Celebrity and the Mob: <strong>The</strong> sensational trial surrounding a<br />

strip club in Atlanta, <strong>The</strong> Gold Club, has gripped America with a<br />

string of revelations 29/07/01 B 21 1>8 Photographs<br />

GOLDBERG, MARK<br />

* Mark Goldberg, the recruitment tycoon who lost a fortune on<br />

his beloved Crystal Palace FC, is fighting an attempt to<br />

disqualify him as a company director 10/06/01 N 2 5>7<br />

Photograph<br />

GOLDEN GATE, THE<br />

* See Classicwatch 21/01/01<br />

GOLDFRAPP<br />

* See Music: Pop 09/12/01<br />

GOLDIE<br />

* Interview with Goldie who is in EastEnders, wants to play<br />

Richard III, and then sculpt 17/06/01 R 8 1>4 Photograph<br />

GOLDSMITH, ZAC<br />

* Columnist 20/05/01 B 27 1>3 Photograph<br />

GORDIMER, NADINE<br />

* Columnist 23/09/01 B 11 2>5 Photographs<br />

GORE, AL<br />

* <strong>The</strong>y say you never forget a brilliant teacher - I know I won't -<br />

he's call Al Glore by Joshuah Bearman, journalism student at<br />

Columbia University, New York 29/04/01 R 2 1>5 Photograph<br />

GOSS, PETE<br />

* Euan Ferguson meets… Pete Goss, marine yatchsman and<br />

adventurer 07/01/01 B 14 1>6 Photographs<br />

GOWERS, ANDREW<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Financial Time's new editor, Andrew Gowers says why he<br />

is unconcerned by falling sales in the UK - see Media 07/10/01<br />

GOYA: DRAWINGS FROM HIS PRIVATE ALBUMS<br />

* See Art 25/02/01<br />

GRAMMARS OF CREATION<br />

* See Book Reviews - Phillips, Adam 11/03/01<br />

GRAND AMBITION, THE<br />

* See Book Reviews - Shapiro, Anna 04/11/01<br />

GRAND GUY, A


* See Book Reviews - Bayley, Stephen 07/10/01<br />

GRAY, MACY<br />

* See Music: Pop 26/08/01<br />

* Interview with Macy Gray, America's hottest hip-hop diva<br />

18/11/01 M 8>12 1>4 Photographs<br />

GRAY, MURIEL<br />

* Interview with Muriel Gray who was the Angry Young<br />

Woman of Eighties TV, and is now a top horror writer, with<br />

Stephen King as a fan 29/04/01 R 3 1>5 Photographs<br />

GRAYLING, A.C.<br />

* Religion will never provide a moral framework for<br />

technological change, argues the distinguished philosopher A.C.<br />

Grayline - see Religion 12/08/01<br />

GREAT HEDGE OF INDIA, THE<br />

* See Book Reviews - Pritchard, Stephen 14/01/01<br />

GREATEST TABOO, THE<br />

* See Book Reviews - Tatchell, Peter 28/01/01<br />

GREEN, DAMIAN<br />

* Damian Green, the Conservative education spokesman, is to<br />

spend a week teaching in school - see Education 30/12/01<br />

GREENPEACE<br />

* Paul Watson, co-founder of Greenpeace, who was ousted for<br />

being too violent, is to have a Hollywood film made about his<br />

life, Ocean Warrior - see Watson, Paul 25/03/01<br />

GREER, BONNIE<br />

* Columnist 16/12/01 B 25 1>6 Photographs<br />

GRIMSEY, BILL<br />

* Profile of Iceland's new chief executive, Bill Grimsey<br />

28/01/01 N 9 1>8 Photograph<br />

GROUCHO CLUB, THE<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Groucho Club, the watering hole of choice for many<br />

London celebrities, has thrown out journalist Toby Young for<br />

revealing what everyone knows 18/11/01 B 11 1>6 Photograph<br />

GUEVARA, CHE<br />

* <strong>The</strong> battle to preserve iconic image of Che Guevara will go on<br />

after the death of photographer, Alberto Korda 27/05/01 B 3<br />

1>8 Photographs<br />

GULF WAR<br />

* A decade after the Gulf War, Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein still<br />

sits in his stronghold of Baghdad, John Nichol, who was<br />

captured during the conflict, asks if it was all worth it 14/01/01<br />

B 29 1>4 Photographs<br />

GUNS<br />

* British-owned gun veteran Smith & Wesson is up for sale,<br />

victim of its own attempt to make firearms safer - see<br />

International Affairs: USA 25/02/01<br />

HACK, JEFFERSON<br />

* Profile on Jefferson Hack, magazine editor and boyfriend of<br />

supermodel Kate Moss 26/08/01 B 23 1>6 Caricatures<br />

* Interview with Jefferson Hack, who's reported to be dating<br />

supermodel Kate Moss, and editing yet another new hip<br />

magazine 16/09/01 M 26>31 1>4 Photographs<br />

HAGUE, WILLIAM<br />

* William Hague was so disillusioned by splits and rows within<br />

his party that he considered resigning a year ago 25/02/01 B 6<br />

OBSERVER INDEX: JAN-DEC <strong>2001</strong><br />

94<br />

7>8<br />

HAIN, PETER<br />

* Energy minister Peter Hain is threatening oil and gas giants<br />

with investigation by the Office of Fair Trading - see Energy<br />

06/05/01<br />

* No more the left-wing firebrand, Peter Hain is now preaching<br />

competition at the DTI 06/05/01 N 4 1>6 Photographs<br />

HALF A LIFE<br />

* See Book Reviews - Cowley, Jason 26/08/01<br />

* See Audiobook Reviews - Redford, Rachel 16/09/01<br />

HALF IN LOVE<br />

* See Book Reviews - Adams, Tim 14/01/01<br />

HALLIDAY, FRED<br />

* Columnist 16/09/01 X 26 1>5 Photographs<br />

* Columnist 23/09/01 X 20 3>6 Photograph, cartoon<br />

HALLIWELL, GERI<br />

* Geri Halliwell's story of how a pop icon can be endlessly<br />

rebuilt, a masterclass in the marketing of a modern celebrity<br />

20/05/01 R 1>2 1>5 Photographs<br />

* Fury over pop singer Geri Halliwell's fee for entertaining<br />

British troops in Oman - see Armed Forces 18/11/01<br />

HAMILTON, NEIL AND CHRISTINE<br />

* Ex-Conservative MP Neil Hamilton and his wife Christine, are<br />

in the headlines again amidst allegations of rape 12/08/01 B 5<br />

1>6 Photographs<br />

HAMLYN, LORD<br />

* Lord Hamlyn, last week revealed as a £2m Labour Party<br />

donor, is poised to make a cool £100m through the sale of a<br />

prestigious London office block 07/01/01 N 2 3>7<br />

HAMLYN, PAUL<br />

* Bob Gavron pays tribute to his friend Paul Hamlyn, the hugely<br />

successful founder of Octopus Publishing, who died recently -<br />

see Deaths 09/09/01<br />

HAND IN HAND<br />

* See Book Reviews - Dunmore, Helen 11/03/01<br />

HANKS, TOM<br />

* Profile on Hollywood hero, Tom Hanks 14/01/01 B 27 1>6<br />

Photograph, caricature<br />

HARDT, MICHAEL<br />

* Profile on Michael Hardt, American left-wing academic whose<br />

book with a jailed Italian revolutionary, Empire, has been swept<br />

off the shelves in New York 15/07/01 B 23 1>6 Caricature<br />

HARRIS, JOANNE<br />

* Interview with bestseller author, Joanne Harris 15/07/01 R 4<br />

1>5 Photographs<br />

HARRIS, ROBERT<br />

* Profile on Robert Harris, best-selling thriller writer who's<br />

heading the fight-back of the Labour party's fallen angel of spin -<br />

Peter Mandelson 04/02/01 B 27 1>6 Caricature<br />

HARRISON, GEORGE<br />

* Profile on George Harrison 1943-<strong>2001</strong> 02/12/01 R 4>5 1>5<br />

Photographs<br />

* Mourners queue in Liverpool to bid farewell to George<br />

Harrison, who died after his battle with cancer recently 02/12/01


B 9 3>4 Photographs<br />

HARRY POTTER<br />

* <strong>The</strong>rapist discovers the secret formula for Harry Potter's magic<br />

09/09/01 B 5 1>3 Photographs<br />

* Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone - see Film 11/11/01<br />

* Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone - see Film 18/11/01<br />

HARRY, PRINCE<br />

* Prince Harry enjoys the annual Eton Wall Game 25/11/01 B<br />

12 4 Photograph<br />

HARTLEY-BREWER, ELIZABETH<br />

* Columnist 23/09/01 B 12 4>7 Photograph<br />

HARVEY, PJ<br />

* See Music: Pop 18/02/01<br />

HASKINS, LORD<br />

* Interview with political animal Lord Haskins, retiring head of<br />

Express Dairies and Northern Foods 18/11/01 N 16 1>5<br />

Photograph<br />

HATTERSLEY, ROY<br />

* Roy Hattersley, former deputy leader of the Labour Party,<br />

launched a savage attack on Tony Blair and called for a 'counter<br />

coup' by party members to restore Labour's principles 24/06/01<br />

B 1>2 1>3 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 24/06/01 B 25 1>5 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 08/07/01 B 31 1>4 Photograph<br />

HAUGHTON, AALIYAH<br />

* Aaliyah, who died last week, had already made R&B her own -<br />

see Music: R&B 02/09/01<br />

* Aaliyah Haughton was just 22 when a plane crash ended her<br />

rise to superstardom 02/09/01 B 14 1>7 Photographs<br />

HAWKING, STEPHEN<br />

* Profile on physicist, Stephen Hawking 21/10/01 B 29 1>6<br />

Caricature<br />

HEALTH<br />

* Health authorities have been told to improve the appalling state<br />

of men's health 07/01/01 B 2 2>7 Photographs<br />

* British airline companies ignored warnings for more than three<br />

decades about the deadly effects of blood clots on passengers<br />

during long-haul flights 14/01/01 B 1 1>3<br />

* Economy class syndrome - airlines have known the risk for<br />

decades but little has been done to alert passengers 14/01/01 B<br />

15 1>8 Photograph, illustration<br />

* <strong>The</strong> 1940s House family say they're healthier than ever<br />

14/01/01 M 37>38 1>4 Photographs<br />

* People afflicted by severe blushing can now have a surgical<br />

operation to cure it overnight 21/01/01 B 13 1>7<br />

* New investigation show pilots share in deadly risk as evidence<br />

mounts on dangers of long-haul air travel 21/01/01 B 4 1>8<br />

Photographs<br />

* Helen Foster warns of the perils of keep-fit excesses 21/01/01<br />

M 44>47 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Couch-potato children fall victim to diabetes epidemic<br />

28/01/01 B 11 1>7 Photograph<br />

* Helplines for people who want the best out of non-NHS<br />

services without medical cover 28/01/01 C 24 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Sophie Radice tried everything to cure her nine-year-old's<br />

OBSERVER INDEX: JAN-DEC <strong>2001</strong><br />

95<br />

halitosis… 28/01/01 M 51>52 1>4 Photograph<br />

* A rare herb once used by Viking warriors to drive themselves<br />

into a blood-thirsty frenzy may hold the cure to a host of modern<br />

aliments, including depression - see Herbal Medicine 04/02/01<br />

* Pregnant women have been given a potentially lethal drug in<br />

hospitals across Britain by doctors trying to induce labour and<br />

speed up childbirth 04/02/01 B 12 7>8 Photograph<br />

* While we sleep, our bodies are busy repairing the excesses of<br />

the day 04/02/01 M 43>44 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Former slob Jo Decker ran, swam and cycled for 23 hours to<br />

become the world's fittest man 11/02/01 B 14 1>5 Photograph<br />

* A new book on America's love affair with burgers and fries has<br />

sparked a fierce debate about diet and popular culture 11/02/01<br />

B 15 1>6 Illustration, photograph<br />

* A new procedure will mean that the number of hysterectomies,<br />

the second most common operation in the UK, will fall by about<br />

a third 11/02/01 B 3 1>4<br />

* Take a deep breath and let it all out… Wendy Moore sings her<br />

way to a stress-free life 11/02/01 M 41>42 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Breast cancer rise is blamed on abortions - see Cancer<br />

25/02/01<br />

* Thousands of Britons could suffer anything from chronic illhealth<br />

to early death because of toxic chemicals used in<br />

consumer products in the home 25/02/01 B 12 8<br />

* After years of fighting the flab, Lowri Turner finds the<br />

Schwarzenegger of diets - weightlifting 25/02/01 M 53>54 1>4<br />

Photographs<br />

* A study has shown that a positive state of mind can be almost<br />

as effective as drugs at fighting serious disease 04/03/01 B 1 8<br />

* Now that Loyd Grossman is involved, will hospital food stop<br />

making patients sick? 11/03/01 M 61>62 1>4 Illustration<br />

* <strong>The</strong> number of people undergoing cosmetic dentistry in Britain<br />

has tripled in two years 11/03/01 B 9 6>7 Photograph<br />

* Living with Graves's disease 18/03/01 M 45>46 1>4<br />

Photograph<br />

* Healing with reiki, Japanese, a form of spiritual healing - see<br />

International Affairs: Far East 01/04/01<br />

* Doctors say Mozart's music could form a standard part of<br />

treatment of epilepsy 01/04/01 B 7 7>8 Illustration<br />

* A legal case has been launched against the furniture chain MFI<br />

amid claims that their flatpack products contain a carcinogenic<br />

chemical - see Legal Affairs 08/04/01<br />

* If you are allergic to insects, foods or animals, the real sting is<br />

the shortage in clinical staff 08/04/01 M 57>58 1>4 Illustration<br />

* Record numbers of women aged 30-45 are smoking, drinking<br />

heavily and doing no exercise, a major new health study has<br />

revealed - see Women 15/04/01<br />

* Supermarket chain Sainsbury's is being accused by nutrition<br />

experts of misleading parents with its new Blue Parrot Café<br />

range of foods targeted at children - see Retail Industry 15/04/01<br />

* One in four Britons is on a diet, so why are we getting fatter?<br />

15/04/01 B 4 1>8 Photographs<br />

* In less than a decade, tailor-made medication could make fatal<br />

side effects a thing of the past 15/04/01 M 47>48 1>4<br />

Illustration<br />

* Scientists are preparing to infect patients with Aids viruses in<br />

an attempt to treat them for cancers and disabling inherited<br />

diseases - see Science 22/04/01<br />

* Dozens of cases of tuberculosis are being missed by doctors<br />

who lack expertise in diagnosing the disease 22/04/01 B 12 7>8


* After three unexplained miscarriages in four years, Hilly Janes<br />

turned to hypnotherapy for help 22/04/01 M 39>40 1>4<br />

Photograph<br />

* J.K. Rowling's mother died of multiple sclerosis at 45, the<br />

bestselling author still can't write about her without tears, and is<br />

determined to help other victims of MS - see Rowling, J.K.<br />

29/04/01<br />

* One of the most significant leukaemia clusters has been<br />

discovered among children living near the Oldbury nuclear<br />

power station on the banks of the Severn - see Nuclear Industry<br />

29/04/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> shocking revelation about a child leukaemia cluster in the<br />

Severn Valley sounds a radiation health alert for all who live<br />

year nuclear plants - see Health 29/04/01<br />

* Mothers-to-be will get better care during labour and more<br />

choice about how they give birth in a multi-million pound<br />

package of help for maternity services 29/04/01 B 2 2>3<br />

* We are always being told to keep our fluids up, but too much<br />

water can kill 29/04/01 M 43>44 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Why shy people suffer in silence 06/05/01 M 47>48 1>4<br />

Illustration<br />

* British scientists have found that parasites can provide<br />

protection against serious immune disorders - see Science<br />

13/05/01<br />

* Up to 400,000 Britons are carrying a life-threatening virus, and<br />

most of them don't know 13/05/01 M 49>50 1>4 Illustration<br />

* Asperger's Syndrome, a rare form of autism, and how it affects<br />

body language 20/05/01 M 51>52 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Women could get Viagra on the NHS after the first scientific<br />

trial to show that the drug helps female sexual dysfunction<br />

27/05/01 B 1 7>8<br />

* Celebrity devotees have helped turn food supplements into a<br />

big business, but high doses pose a risk to the 10 million Britons<br />

taking the pills 27/05/01 B 22 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Eczema affects 5m people in Britain - and it's still spreading<br />

27/05/01 M 43>44 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Britain is braced for an Aids explosion: the disease is back and<br />

infection rates are rising in America, as the safe sex message is<br />

forgotten - see Aids/HIV 03/06/01<br />

* A new rival drug to Viagra is offering men hope that sex can<br />

last longer 03/06/01 B 10 6>8 Photograph<br />

* Lithium helped Fiona Campbell cope with her childhood<br />

traumas, but she says, the drug brings its own problems<br />

03/06/01 M 37>38 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Long waits for treatment by the National Health Service are<br />

forcing many people to consider paying for private treatment<br />

10/06/01 C 5 1>6 Photograph<br />

* As youth obesity and heart disease rates rise, families pay up to<br />

enrol in special health clubs 10/06/01 B 9 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Pharmaceutical firms stand accused of once again plundering<br />

ancient remedies to make a fortune - the Hoodia cactus from<br />

Africa is a potential cure for obesity - see Business & Industry<br />

17/06/01<br />

* 20 top health tips for you travelling 17/06/01 M 47>48 1>4<br />

Illustrations<br />

* Young children would be asked to diagnose their own illnesses<br />

and treat themselves at home under a plan to be announced next<br />

week, to cut waiting times at GPs' surgeries 17/06/01 B 5 1>7<br />

* Leading cancer scientists and drug-firm chiefs warned that<br />

Britain's failure to give patients new treatments is condemning<br />

thousands to early death or poor health 24/06/01 B 6 1>3<br />

OBSERVER INDEX: JAN-DEC <strong>2001</strong><br />

96<br />

* Challenging science: the risk of skin cancer, the causes of<br />

global warming, the dangers of high cholesterol - one expert says<br />

it's all bunk - see Science 01/07/01<br />

* Women who regularly examine their breasts for signs of<br />

cancer are wasting their time and may be exposing themselves to<br />

danger say researchers in Canada 01/07/01 B 13 1>2<br />

Photograph<br />

* Is severe colour-blindness a handicap or just a different way of<br />

seeing the world? 01/07/01 M 39>40 1>4 Illustration<br />

* Medicines developed by GW Pharmaceuticals' are exclusively<br />

derived from specially-prepared cannabis plants - see Drugs &<br />

Drug Abuse 08/07/01<br />

* Cool coloured sunglasses are putting eyesight at risk 08/07/01<br />

B 10 6>8 Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong> alternative health A-Z 08/07/01 M 14>22 1>4<br />

Photographs<br />

* BUPA, the provident healthcare provider, will this week sign<br />

two overseas deals signalling its intention to become a global<br />

force - see Business & Industry 15/07/01<br />

* Ignoring diabetes can destroy your eyes 15/07/01 M 51>52<br />

1>4 Illustration, photograph<br />

* Should the NHS embrace complementary medicine? 22/07/01<br />

M 41>42 1>4 Illustration<br />

* Report on the scandal of Britain's mentally ill who should be in<br />

hospital, not prison - see Mental Health 29/07/01<br />

* Sunday is the hardest day on which to enjoy eight hours sleep,<br />

according to a survey carried out into British levels of stress and<br />

insomnia 29/07/01 B 11 1>2<br />

* In Britain, anorexia and bulimia have reached catastrophic<br />

levels - behind the scenes of the country's biggest eating-disorder<br />

clinic 29/07/01 M 16>22 1>4 Photographs<br />

* New treatments for fibroids are giving women hope 29/07/01<br />

M 39>40 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Patients will have to pay £16 a month for the right to see a<br />

general practitioner under plans being drawn up by the British<br />

Medical Association 29/07/01 B 7 1>2 Photograph<br />

* Airlines will be ordered to hand out health warnings with<br />

tickets for long-haul flights - see Aviation Industry 05/08/01<br />

* Unofficial health websites 05/08/01 M 47>48 1>4 Illustration<br />

* Delivery by Caesarean section is now touted as the celebrities'<br />

choice, disturbingly more and more women feel they are being<br />

rushed into this - see Caesarean Births 12/08/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> simmering debate on the soaring rate of Caesarean births<br />

was given new impetus when a nursing leader called for a ban on<br />

the NHS except where there is no medical alternative - see<br />

Caesarean Births 12/08/01<br />

* Victims of the potentially fatal eating disorder anorexia<br />

nervosa are being targeted by extreme pro-anorexia websites -<br />

see Eating Disorders 12/08/01<br />

* A 'miracle' medicine which will treat sleeping sickness that is a<br />

bigger threat than Aids has been found by American scientists<br />

19/08/01 B 20 1>3 Photograph<br />

* Monty Don warns that we are now seeing the dire<br />

consequences of putting profits before the health of the nation<br />

19/08/01 B 23 1>5 Photographs<br />

* A robot that can perform microsurgery on the brain could<br />

make Parkinson's disease almost routinely treatable and<br />

inoperable brain tumours a thing of the past 26/08/01 B 3 1>4<br />

Photograph<br />

* Fainting 26/08/01 M 39>40 1>4 Illustration<br />

* Health tourists are flocking to Cuba for cheaper, often better


treatment than they can get in the West 02/09/01 M 43>44 1>4<br />

Photographs<br />

* Older people who have regular sex have better physical and<br />

mental health than their chaste counterparts - see Relationships<br />

09/09/01<br />

* Living with Hodgkin's disease 09/09/01 M 45>46 1>4<br />

Photograph<br />

* A sunbed boom is offering light relief for Glaswegians - see<br />

Glasgow 16/09/01<br />

* Now you too can have a film star's smile… but not on the NHS<br />

- see National Health Service 16/09/01<br />

* Parents are being wrongly accused of child abuse by doctors<br />

who fail to recognise the debilitating illness ME in children<br />

16/09/01 B 3 7<br />

* Scientists say tiny specks of dirt have been pinpointed as<br />

causes of Parkinson's disease - see Science 23/09/01<br />

* We all know that steroids are rife among top athletes, but now<br />

they're routinely available at our local gyms 23/09/01 M 45>46<br />

1>4 Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> UK has a shocking record on cardiac disease 30/09/01 M<br />

63>64 1>4 Illustration<br />

* New research shows health conscious consumers are cutting<br />

down on beer, wine and spirits and turning to bottled water and<br />

soft drinks 07/10/01 B 11 1>2 Cartoon<br />

* People suffering from a range of cancers are getting secondclass<br />

treatment because the breast cancer lobby has swallowed<br />

up the vast majority of available expertise and funding 07/10/01<br />

B 12 4>6 Photograph<br />

* Coeliac disease is on the increase 07/10/01 M 55>56 1>4<br />

Photograph<br />

* Paul Wilson on the unique strains that struck down Gerard<br />

Houllier - and so many others before him - see Sport: Football<br />

14/10/01<br />

* Tribunals are awarding large sums to employees suffering<br />

from stress - see Work 14/10/01<br />

* New research has shown that by photographing the tiny blood<br />

vessels at the back of the eye, experts can predict if a patient is at<br />

risk from a stroke 14/10/01 B 15 5>8 Photograph<br />

* General Anxiety Disorder now has official recognition and the<br />

numbers of sufferers are soaring 14/10/01 M 30>38 1>4<br />

Illustrations, photograph<br />

* A lack of information, a life-threatening bacterium and<br />

misdiagnosis has left Pamela Whitby with a very real fear of<br />

pregnancy 14/10/01 M 59>60 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Revealing a mental-health problem can seriously damage your<br />

job prospects, but some employers are ready to listen 21/10/01<br />

M 57>58 1>4 Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong> crisis facing BA and Virgin Atlantic will intensify with the<br />

start of a High Court row over claims that they refused to warn<br />

of the dangers of 'economy class syndrome' - see Aviation<br />

Industry 28/10/01<br />

* Harriet Lane's antenatal classes 28/10/01 R 4 1>7 Photograph,<br />

cartoons<br />

* Tinnitus 28/10/01 M 77>78 1>4 Illustration<br />

* Meningitis: the after effects - see Meningitis 04/11/01<br />

* Meningitis: the after effects 04/11/01 B 23 1>5 Photographs<br />

* Can food-exclusion diets really help alleviate health problems?<br />

04/11/01 M 59>60 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Cannabis is a 'wonder drug' according to the results of the first<br />

clinical trials of the drug 04/11/01 B 6 1>2<br />

OBSERVER INDEX: JAN-DEC <strong>2001</strong><br />

97<br />

* Researchers have found that breast cancer drug, tamoxifen can<br />

trigger tumours in the womb, and cause deep vein thrombosis<br />

04/11/01 B 7 1>2 Photograph<br />

* Doctors have traditionally kept unsettling facts from patients,<br />

but evidence-based medicine empowers both 11/11/01 M 63>64<br />

1>4 Illustration<br />

* An American dieting company is sending out junk mail<br />

disguised as anonymous personal letters to thousands of British<br />

people - see Advertising 18/11/01<br />

* Few women set out to be single mothers but Stephanie Merritt<br />

found the man in her life could not cope with the idea of her<br />

pregnancy - see Merritt, Stephanie 18/11/01<br />

* Sleep paralysis 18/11/01 M 73>74 1>4 Illustration<br />

* Six people were in hospital last night after a suspected<br />

outbreak of E.coli in the village of Eccleston in Lancashire<br />

25/11/01 B 14 5>6<br />

* From what we think to what we do and how we feel… every<br />

move we make is controlled and triggered by our hormones<br />

25/11/01 M 44>48 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Finally, a charter is set to give Britain's six million carers the<br />

support they deserve 25/11/01 M 65>66 1>4 Photographs<br />

* A woman who became the world's first human guinea pig in<br />

pioneering drug trials to find a cure for variant CJD died<br />

yesterday - see BSE/CJD 02/12/01<br />

* Pesticide residues in food are far more toxic than previously<br />

thought, putting people at risk of brain damage and cancer<br />

02/12/01 B 14 7>8<br />

* Mothers are now less likely to have a natural birth than ever<br />

02/12/01 M 49>50 1>4 Illustration<br />

* <strong>The</strong> number of people paying out for private medical treatment<br />

has reached record levels 02/12/01 B 8 7<br />

* Scientists have taken a major step towards cloning organs for<br />

patients suffering from cancer, Alzheimer's or diabetes - see<br />

Cloning 09/12/01<br />

* Controversial new evidence suggesting that ultra-sound scans<br />

might cause mild brain damage in unborn babies is to be<br />

discussed this week at a meeting of high-ranking scientists<br />

09/12/01 B 14 8<br />

* For children, recovering from an accident is hard enough, but<br />

coping with the inner scars can be even harder 09/12/01 M<br />

73>74 1>4 Illustration<br />

* At least one woman in six is so terrified of giving birth that she<br />

induces a miscarriage or avoids becoming pregnant altogether -<br />

see Women 16/12/01<br />

* Coping with an eating disorder in the family is particularly<br />

difficult at Christmas - even more so when it's your mother<br />

who's secretly fasting at the feast - see Eating Disorders<br />

16/12/01<br />

* In their attempt to deal with modern afflictions, medical<br />

historians are unearthing traditional remedies 16/12/01 M 54<br />

1>4 Illustration<br />

HEALTH & SAFETY<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Health and Safety Commission is expected to unveil tough<br />

new guidelines for businesses breaching safety standards<br />

12/08/01 N 2 3>6<br />

* A renowned government laboratory in Oxford working with a<br />

potentially lethal virus breached key safety laws designed to<br />

prevent deadly bugs from escaping and infecting the public<br />

19/08/01 B 10 4>5<br />

HEAR'SAY<br />

* In their short career Hear'Say can boast a No 1 single and


album, a clothing range, toys, a tribute band - even a stalker. It's<br />

a runaway brand phenomenon - see Music: Pop 08/04/01<br />

HEART IS A LONELY HUNTER, THE<br />

* See Classicwatch 21/10/01<br />

HEAVIER THAN HEAVEN<br />

* See Book Reviews - Wazir, Burhan 14/10/01<br />

HENDERSON, JON<br />

* Columnist 20/05/01 S 15 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Columnist 04/11/01 S 13 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Columnist 25/11/01 S 15 1>6 Photographs<br />

HERBAL MEDICINE<br />

* A rare herb once used by Viking warriors to drive themselves<br />

into a blood-thirsty frenzy may hold the cure to a host of modern<br />

aliments, including depression 04/02/01 B 11 1>2 Photograph<br />

HERRING, RICHARD<br />

* See Comedy 28/10/01<br />

HERTZ, NOREENA<br />

* In a special essay for <strong>The</strong> <strong>Observer</strong>, Noreena Hertz argues that<br />

governments' surrender to big business is the deadliest threat<br />

facing democracy today 08/04/01 B 22>23 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Columnist 06/05/01 B 27 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 10/06/01 X 15 1>6 Photographs<br />

HESELTINE, MICHAEL<br />

* Columnist 10/06/01 X 15 1>5 Photograph<br />

* Michael Heseltine's publishing-to-exhibitions group<br />

Haymarket has produced record profits - see Business &<br />

Industry 04/11/01<br />

HEWLETT, WILLIAM<br />

* William Hewlett, the electrical engineer who set up a tiny<br />

electronics company with David Packard in California in 1938,<br />

died yesterday aged 87 - see Hewlett, William 14/01/01<br />

HILDEGARD OF BINGEN<br />

* <strong>The</strong> twelfth-century German nun Hildegard of Bingen defies<br />

easy categories - as her biographer found out 11/03/01 R 8 1>5<br />

Photograph, illustration<br />

HILDEGARD OF BINGEN: THE WOMAN OF HER AGE<br />

* See Book Reviews - Griffiths, Joanna 18/03/01<br />

HILL, PADDY<br />

* Paddy Hill, one of the Birmingham Six wrongly convicted of<br />

the 1974 IRA pub bombing, has rejected a compensation offer of<br />

less than £1m for the 16 years spent in jail 19/08/01 B 11 6>7<br />

HINDUJA AFFAIR, THE<br />

* <strong>The</strong> political scandal that refused to go away 04/02/01 B 8>9<br />

1>7 Photographs<br />

* Peter Mandelson will be cleared of all the main charges against<br />

him by the Government inquiry into the Hinduja passport<br />

scandal which is to be published this week - see Mandelson,<br />

Peter 04/03/01<br />

* Fresh allegations of murky dealings between the Hinduja<br />

brothers and Britain threaten to embarrass Ministers who helped<br />

them obtain their British passports - see Politics 25/03/01<br />

HINGIS, MARTINA<br />

* Tennis star Martina Hingis has found romance with the lawyer<br />

who recently prosecuted a stalker who had made her life a<br />

OBSERVER INDEX: JAN-DEC <strong>2001</strong><br />

98<br />

misery 17/06/01 B 22 7>8 Photograph<br />

HIRST, DAMIEN<br />

* In a candid new book, Damien Hirst hits out at former allies,<br />

reveals his taste for cocaine and alcohol and explains why he's<br />

stopped taking ecstasy 12/08/01 B 3 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Extracts of interviews with the artist, Damien Hirst 07/10/01<br />

R 7 1>6 Photographs<br />

HIS DARK MATERIALS<br />

* See Audiobook Reviews - Redford, Rachel 03/06/01<br />

HIS INVENTION SO FERTILE<br />

* See Book Reviews - Sudjic, Deyan 19/08/01<br />

HISTORY<br />

* Novelist launches crusade to save the world's newspapers and<br />

books from destruction by fanatics of microfilm - see Printed<br />

Text 22/04/01<br />

* Historian Simon Schama's TV trial of 'war criminal' Oliver<br />

Cromwell - see Cromwell, Oliver 06/05/01<br />

* Priceless papers which document Alfred the Great's<br />

foundations of a ninth-century monastery at Athelney have been<br />

discovered at the back of a dusty shelf in a stately home - see<br />

Alfred the Great 29/07/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> sword of St Galgano, said to have been plunged into a<br />

rock by a medieval Tuscan knight, has been authenticated,<br />

bolstering Italy's version of the Excalibur... - see International<br />

Affairs: Europe 16/09/01<br />

* Historians and war veterans have attacked the makers of<br />

'Enigma' the new British blockbuster, for producing a film that is<br />

a 'travesty of history' 07/10/01 B 12 4>6 Photograph<br />

HISTORY OF THE TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT<br />

* See Book Reviews - Hensher, Philip 18/11/01<br />

HISTORY OF THE WIFE, A<br />

* See Book Reviews - Hill, Amelia 25/03/01<br />

HITLER OF HISTORY, THE<br />

* See Book Reviews - Cowley, Jason 28/01/01<br />

HITTING THE GROOVE<br />

* See Book Reviews - Vincent, David 08/07/01<br />

HOBSBAWM, ERIC<br />

* Profile on Eric Hobsbawm, left-wing historian who is<br />

embarking on his most ambitious project yet - the story of his<br />

own remarkable life 21/01/01 B 27 1>6 Photograph<br />

HOCKNEY, DAVID<br />

* <strong>The</strong> old masters weren't simply marvellous painters, says<br />

David Hockney, they used the latest lenses to help them draw so<br />

realistically - see Art 07/10/01<br />

HODGKIN, HOWARD<br />

* Artist Hodgkin Howard says he spends more hours staring at<br />

his work than applying paint, but approaching 70 he says he<br />

starting to get the hang of it 10/06/01 R 3 1>5 Photograph<br />

HOEY, KATE<br />

* Sacked sports minister Kate Hoey has launched a bitter attack<br />

on former colleagues, accusing the Government of being overly<br />

influenced by powerful football chiefs - see Politics 17/06/01<br />

HOGAN, PHIL<br />

* Columnist 07/01/01 M 4 1>3 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 14/01/01 M 5 1>3 Photograph


* Columnist 21/01/01 M 5 1>3 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 28/01/01 M 7 1>3 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 04/02/01 M 5 1>3 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 11/02/01 M 5 1>3 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 18/02/01 M 5 1>3 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 25/02/01 M 7 1>3 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 04/03/01 M 5 1>3 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 11/03/01 M 5 1>3 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 18/03/01 M 5 1>3 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 25/03/01 M 5 1>3 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 08/04/01 M 5 1>3 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 15/04/01 M 5 1>3 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 22/04/01 M 5 1>3 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 29/04/01 M 5 1>3 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 06/05/01 M 5 1>3 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 13/05/01 M 5 1>3 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 20/05/01 M 5 1>3 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 27/05/01 M 5 1>3 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 03/06/01 M 5 1>3 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 10/06/01 M 5 1>3 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 17/06/01 M 5 1>3 Photograph<br />

* Phil Hogan on midlife crisis - see Social Conditions & Trends<br />

24/06/01<br />

* Columnist 24/06/01 M 5 1>3 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 01/07/01 M 5 1>3 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 08/07/01 M 5 1>3 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 15/07/01 M 5 1>3 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 22/07/01 M 5 1>3 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 29/07/01 M 5 1>3 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 26/08/01 M 5 1>3 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 02/09/01 M 5 1>3 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 09/09/01 M 5 1>3 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 16/09/01 M 5 1>3 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 23/09/01 M 5 1>3 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 30/09/01 M 5 1>3 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 07/10/01 M 5 1>3 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 14/10/01 M 5 1>3 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 21/10/01 M 5 1>3 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 04/11/01 M 5 1>3 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 18/11/01 M 4 1>3 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 25/11/01 M 5 1>3 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 02/12/01 M 5 1>3 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 09/12/01 M 5 1>3 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 16/12/01 M 5 1>3 Photograph<br />

HOGMANAY<br />

* <strong>The</strong> cases of whisky are piled high as Barra prepared for a<br />

Hogmanay frenzy - see Scotland 30/12/01<br />

OBSERVER INDEX: JAN-DEC <strong>2001</strong><br />

99<br />

HOLLOWAY, RICHARD<br />

* Columnist 15/04/01 B 27 1>4 Photograph<br />

HOLOCAUST ON TRIAL, THE<br />

* See Book Reviews - Bright, Martin 08/04/01<br />

HOLOCAUST, THE<br />

* Britain is under diplomatic fire for including Armenians killed<br />

in 1915 in its memorial day for genocide victims 21/01/01 B 10<br />

1>8 Photographs<br />

* Britain's first Holocaust Day to remember the victims of the<br />

Holocaust 28/01/01 B 3 1>4 Photograph<br />

* IBM, the American computer giant, has been accused of<br />

helping the Nazis murder six million Jews during the Holocaust<br />

11/02/01 B 22 5>8 Photograph<br />

* A conference of revisionist historians of the Holocaust is due<br />

to go ahead in Jordan today despite an international outcry<br />

08/04/01 B 18 5<br />

* Holocaust victims must move quickly to reclaim assets from<br />

Swiss banks 22/04/01 C 7 1>5 Photograph<br />

* Prudential is facing sanctions in America after snubbing an<br />

international commission set up to trace insurance politics stolen<br />

or lost during the Holocaust - see Financial Institutions 06/05/01<br />

* British Intelligence bugging of German PoWs chit-chat reveals<br />

that Nazi atrocities against women and children were no secret<br />

20/05/01 B 24 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Policies sold to Jews in pre-war Poland are threatening the<br />

expansion plans of Britain's biggest insurer - it's refusal to join<br />

the body that traces Hitler's lost victims is provoking fury in the<br />

US 27/05/01 N 4 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Allianz's $20bn takeover of Dresdner Bank may be blocked in<br />

America unless it meets new demands to compensate Holocaust<br />

survivors - see Financial Institutions 01/07/01<br />

* An agent working for Britain's wartime intelligence services<br />

alerted the Allies to the Nazi plan to eradicate the Jews of<br />

Europe in late 1941 08/07/01 B 21 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Friends claim that Hollywood overlooked the part played by<br />

the Holocaust hero's wife in saving 1,300 Jews from Nazi death<br />

camps - see Schindler, Oskar & Emille 29/07/01<br />

* Prudential faces sanctions in the US unless it decides to join an<br />

international commission set up to trace Holocaust victims'<br />

insurance policies - see Financial Institutions 26/08/01<br />

* Nazis in Britain: the UK has been a haven to 400 Nazi murders<br />

- see Nazis 02/09/01<br />

* Prudential has snubbed a plea by Holocaust campaigners to<br />

join an international commission tracing lost or stolen wartime<br />

insurance policies - see Financial Institutions 02/09/01<br />

* Emilie Schindler, the widow of the industrialist Oskar<br />

Schindler who saved more than 1000 Jews from the gas<br />

chamber, has died a few days short of her 94th birthday in<br />

Germany - see Schindler, Emilie 07/10/01<br />

HOLY WEEK<br />

* Young girls holding palm leaves take part in a Good Friday<br />

procession along the old streets of Braga, northern Portugal<br />

15/04/01 B 17 4>8 Photograph<br />

HOMELESSNESS<br />

* <strong>The</strong> magazine for the homeless, <strong>The</strong> Big Issue, has plans to<br />

become a financial institution as well - see Big Issue, <strong>The</strong><br />

15/04/01<br />

* Children in Need charity has saved the last refuge in the UK<br />

for young runaways 08/07/01 B 9 1>2


* Homeless families are being threatened with having their<br />

children taken away from them - as families were nearly 40<br />

years ago 04/11/01 B 5 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Kevin was 11 when his violent stepdad drove him on the<br />

streets, in Britain 77,000 children run away from home each year<br />

- yet there is no national policy to deal with them 11/11/01 R<br />

1>2 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Four children in a Yorkshire family have been taken into care<br />

after their parents lost their home 16/12/01 B 13 5>8<br />

Photograph<br />

* Ministers are to take emergency action to prevent homeless<br />

families having their children taken into care after <strong>The</strong> <strong>Observer</strong><br />

exposed the threat to hundreds of parents 23/12/01 B 9 1>4<br />

HOMESTEAD<br />

* See Book Reviews - Shapiro, Anna 11/02/01<br />

HONOUR THE DEAD<br />

* See Book Reviews - Guttridge, Peter 03/06/01<br />

HOPKINS, ANTHONY<br />

* Shocked US audiences prove that Anthony Hopkins still has an<br />

appetite for his role in Hannibal - see Film 04/02/01<br />

HOPPER, DENNIS<br />

* Interview with actor Dennis Hopper 14/01/01 M 10>14 1>4<br />

Photographs<br />

HORNBY, NICK<br />

* Interview with author Nick Hornby - see Books Interview, <strong>The</strong><br />

27/05/01<br />

HORSE HEAVEN<br />

* See Audiobook Reviews - Bunce, Kim 24/06/01<br />

HORSEPOLE, LAETITIA, THE MEMOIRS OF...<br />

* See Book Reviews - Potts, Robert 01/07/01<br />

HORST PORTRAITS<br />

* See Photography 04/03/01<br />

HOSKINS, BOB<br />

* Interview with actor, Bob Hoskins 16/12/01 M 31>34 1>4<br />

Photographs<br />

HOTEL CHECK<br />

* London Heathrow Marriott Hotel 12/08/01 E 6 1 Photograph<br />

* Novotel Le Touquet 19/08/01 E 7 4<br />

* La Canne a Sucre, La Rochelle 26/08/01 E 9 4 Photograph<br />

* Hard Rock Hotel, Orlando 02/09/01 E 14 1 Photograph<br />

* Hazlitt's, Soho, London 09/09/01 E 11 4 Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Portobello, London 16/09/01 E 7 4 Photograph<br />

* Buci Latin, Paris 23/09/01 E 7 4 Photographs<br />

* Tannbergerhof, Lech, Austria 30/09/01 E 3 3 Photograph<br />

* Parkland Hotel, St Andrews 07/10/01 E 7 3 Photograph<br />

* Brigstow Hotel, Bristol 14/10/01 E 6 1 Photograph<br />

* West Street, Covent Garden, London 21/10/01 E 15 1>4<br />

Photographs<br />

* Spread Eagle Hotel, Midhurst 04/11/01 E 6 1 Photograph<br />

* Duke's Hotel, Bath 18/11/01 E 12 4 Photograph<br />

* Crown & Castle, Orford, Suffolk 25/11/01 E 12 1>3<br />

Photograph<br />

OBSERVER INDEX: JAN-DEC <strong>2001</strong><br />

100<br />

* Great Eastern Hotel, London 02/12/01 E 12 3 Photograph<br />

* Eulah Country House, Jersey 09/12/01 E 12 4 Photograph<br />

* Hotel Lancaster, Paris 16/12/01 E 10 4 Photograph<br />

HOTEL HONOLULU<br />

* See Book Reviews - MacFarlane, Robert 29/04/01<br />

HOTELS<br />

* English hotels are among the most expensive in the world but<br />

only one makes it into the top 30 in the latest guide to the globe's<br />

most luxurious places to stay 18/03/01 B 16 7>8 Photograph<br />

* If the Lanesborough is good enough for Michael Jackson, then<br />

it's good enough for Ian Belcher, who checks in for a night at<br />

Britain's most expensive hotel suite 18/03/01 E 8>9 1>4<br />

Photographs<br />

* If you wince at the price of a week's stay in a hotel, think of<br />

the bill if you check in for months at a time 08/04/01 E 12>13<br />

1>3 Photographs<br />

* Hotel Barcelona, Exeter 15/04/01 E 9 1 Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Bath Spa, Bath 29/04/01 E 6 4 Photograph<br />

* How my office in Edinburgh was turned into a five-star<br />

bedroom by Alan Ruddock, ex-editor of <strong>The</strong> Scotsman 06/05/01<br />

E 6>7 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Luxury hotels that were once media haunts 06/05/01 E 7 4<br />

* <strong>The</strong> best hotel conversions 03/06/01 E 10>11 1>3<br />

Photographs<br />

* British hotels despair as Americans refuse to travel 16/12/01 E<br />

6>7 1>4 Photograph<br />

HOUDINI'S BOX<br />

* See Book Reviews - Wood, Gaby 22/04/01<br />

HOULLIER, GERARD<br />

* Late-night surgery for the Liverpool FC manager as his<br />

Anfield job goes on hold - see Sport: Football 14/10/01<br />

HOUSE OF DUST, THE<br />

* See Book Reviews - Guttridge, Peter 29/07/01<br />

HOUSE UNLOCKED, A<br />

* See Book Reviews - Connolly, Cressida 26/08/01<br />

HOW IT ENDED<br />

* See Book Reviews - Buttfield, Kirsty 26/08/01<br />

HOW THE DEAD LIVE<br />

* See Book Reviews - Thorpe, Vanessa 13/05/01<br />

HOW TO BE GOOD<br />

* See Book Reviews - Adams, Tim 27/05/01<br />

* See Audiobook Reviews - Bunce, Kim 10/06/01<br />

HOW TO LOSE FRIENDS AND ALIENATE PEOPLE<br />

* See Book Reviews - Anthony, Andrew 11/11/01<br />

HUDDERSFIELD FESTIVAL<br />

* See Music: Classical 02/12/01<br />

HUGHES, KATHRYN<br />

* Columnist 30/12/01 B 25 1>3 Photograph<br />

HUGHES, TED<br />

* <strong>The</strong> first major biography of Ted Hughes, the late poet<br />

laureate, has uncovered details of a previously unknown


extramarital affair 06/05/01 B 4 1>8 Photographs<br />

HUGHES, TED: THE LIFE OF A POET<br />

* See Book Reviews - Gerrard, Nicci 28/10/01<br />

HUGO, VICTOR<br />

* Victor Hugo's descendants are furious that a French journalist<br />

has written and published a sequel to Hugo's masterpiece, Les<br />

Miserables 03/06/01 B 26 1>8 Photographs<br />

HUMAN RIGHTS<br />

* Mark Gibson and other cannabis campaigners hope to fight the<br />

present drug laws under the Human Rights Act - see Drugs &<br />

Drug Abuse 11/02/01<br />

* France's left-wing administration has been accused of<br />

McCarthyism after it was revealed that leading human rights<br />

campaigners have secretly been put under close police<br />

surveillance 10/06/01 B 21 1>4 Photographs<br />

* China shrugs off Olympic warning on human rights - see<br />

International Affairs: S.E. Asia 15/07/01<br />

* Amanda Holden and Les Dennis are the first public figures to<br />

use the new right to privacy, enshrined in the European<br />

Convention of Human Rights 15/07/01 B 6 4>7 Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Foreign Office came under fire from human rights lawyers<br />

and the four Britons jailed and beaten by Italian police during the<br />

riots at the G8 summit meeting in Genoa - see Foreign Office<br />

29/07/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> military regime in Pakistan is preparing to execute a<br />

young illiterate woman despite mounting concerns from human<br />

rights groups - see International Affairs: Indian Sub-Continent<br />

05/08/01<br />

* Britons are amongst the most unethical travellers in the world,<br />

ignoring global environment damage and human rights abuses<br />

28/10/01 B 13 1>8 Photograph, cartoon<br />

* <strong>The</strong> press see an end to freedom in the Human Rights<br />

Convention, but the law is contradictory says Peter Preston - see<br />

Media 18/11/01<br />

* Campaigners are furious that the lingerie manufacturer<br />

Triumph International has rented a factory in Burma paying<br />

workers 70p a day 09/12/01 B 11 1>7 Photographs<br />

HUMPERDINCK, ENGELBERT<br />

* Interview with Engelbert Humperdinck, pop singer 07/10/01<br />

M 10>15 1>4 Photographs<br />

HUNTER, ANJI<br />

* Profile on Anji Hunter, confidante and trusted aide to Tony<br />

Blair 01/04/01 B 27 1>6 Caricature<br />

HUNTER, THE<br />

* See Book Reviews - France, Louise 27/05/01<br />

HUNTINGTON, SAMUEL<br />

* Interview with Samuel Huntington, Harvard political scientist<br />

who predicted a 'clash of civilisations' in 1993 - see Terrorism<br />

21/10/01<br />

HUPPERT, ISABELLE<br />

* Actress Isabelle Huppert loves to play extreme parts 28/10/01<br />

R 6 1>5 Photographs<br />

HUSSEIN, SADDAM<br />

* A decade after the Gulf War, Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein still<br />

sits in his stronghold of Baghdad, John Nichol, who was<br />

captured during the conflict, asks if it was all worth it - see Gulf<br />

War 14/01/01<br />

HUTTON, WILL<br />

OBSERVER INDEX: JAN-DEC <strong>2001</strong><br />

101<br />

* Columnist 07/01/01 B 25 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Columnist 14/01/01 B 30 1>5 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 21/01/01 B 30 1>5 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 28/01/01 B 30 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 04/02/01 B 30 1>5 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 11/02/01 B 30 1>5 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 25/02/01 B 30 1>5 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 04/03/01 B 30 1>5 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 04/03/01 N 9 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Columnist 11/03/01 B 30 1>5 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 18/03/01 B 30 1>5 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 25/03/01 B 30 1>5 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 01/04/01 B 30 1>5 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 08/04/01 B 26 1>5 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 15/04/01 B 26 1>5 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 22/04/01 B 28 1>5 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 29/04/01 B 26 1>5 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 06/05/01 B 28 1>5 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 13/05/01 B 30 1>5 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 20/05/01 B 30 1>5 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 27/05/01 B 30 1>5 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 03/06/01 B 32 1>5 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 10/06/01 B 26 1>5 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 10/06/01 X 6 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Columnist 17/06/01 B 26 1>5 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 24/06/01 B 26 1>5 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 08/07/01 B 30 1>5 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 15/07/01 B 26 1>5 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 22/07/01 B 26 1>5 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 29/07/01 B 30 1>5 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 26/08/01 B 25 1>4 Photograph, illustration<br />

* Columnist 02/09/01 B 24 1>5 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 09/09/01 B 24 1>5 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 30/09/01 B 30 1>5 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 07/10/01 B 30 1>5 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 14/10/01 B 34 1>5 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 18/11/01 B 30 1>5 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 25/11/01 B 30 1>5 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 02/12/01 B 30 1>5 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 09/12/01 B 28 1>5 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 16/12/01 B 26 1>5 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 23/12/01 B 24 1>5 Photograph<br />

HYPNOTHERAPY<br />

* Crooked hypnotherapists are subjecting their clients to<br />

financial extortion and sexual abuse while they are in a trance<br />

27/05/01 B 10 7>8 Photograph<br />

I FAGIOLINI


* See Music: Classical 17/06/01<br />

IANNUCCI, ARMANDO<br />

* Armando Iannucci's dark vision has produced some of the best<br />

British TV comedy of the past 10 years, now he's coming out as<br />

a performer 26/08/01 R 7 1>5 Photographs<br />

IBM AND THE HOLOCAUST<br />

* See Book Reviews - Preston, Peter 18/02/01<br />

IDENTITY CARDS<br />

* Every British adult will have to show a compulsory identity<br />

card to use public services, under plans being drawn up by the<br />

Home Office 30/09/01 B 1, 4 5>6<br />

IDOLISING PICTURES<br />

* See Book Reviews - Jardine, Lisa 28/01/01<br />

IF I DON’T KNOW<br />

* See Audiobook Reviews - Redford, Rachel 19/08/01<br />

IF I DON'T KNOW<br />

* See Book Reviews - Kellaway, Kate 03/06/01<br />

ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS<br />

* Tony Blair has unveiled urgent measures to stem the flood of<br />

up to 50,000 illegal immigrants 04/02/01 B 1 1>3<br />

* After last week's revelations in <strong>The</strong> <strong>Observer</strong>, Tony Blair and<br />

Giuliano Amato join forces to combat Europe's scandalous trade<br />

in human misery 04/02/01 B 31 1>5 Photographs<br />

* Rescue workers help a child across a gangway as they evacuate<br />

a grounded boat carrying up to 1,000 Kurds, believed to have<br />

been trying illegally to enter the EU 18/02/01 B 1 4 Photograph<br />

* 'Appalled' French rescue 1,000 Kurds crammed into migrant<br />

ship 18/02/01 B 3 1>6 Photographs<br />

* A major study of illegal immigrants has found that almost all<br />

of them come to Britain intending to find work 29/04/01 B 12 8<br />

I'M OFF<br />

* See Book Reviews - Burke, Jason 08/04/01<br />

IMMIGRATION<br />

* Immigrants' dreams of a bright future in booming Ireland are<br />

souring amid rising levels of racist violence and intimidation -<br />

see Ireland 19/08/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> population of the UK has passed 60 million, fuelled by<br />

record immigration and increasing life expectancy - see<br />

Population 26/08/01<br />

IN A DRY SEASON<br />

* See Audiobook Reviews - Bunce, Kim 21/01/01<br />

IN MY VIEW<br />

* William Keegan 07/01/01 N 2 3>7 Photograph<br />

* William Keegan 14/01/01 N 2 2>7 Photograph<br />

* William Keegan 21/01/01 N 2 2>7 Photograph<br />

* William Keegan 28/01/01 N 2 2>7 Photograph<br />

* William Keegan 04/02/01 N 2 2>7 Photograph<br />

* William Keegan 11/02/01 N 2 2>7 Photograph<br />

* William Keegan 18/02/01 N 2 2>7 Photograph<br />

* William Keegan 25/02/01 N 2 2>7 Photograph<br />

* William Keegan 04/03/01 N 2 2>7 Photograph<br />

* William Keegan 11/03/01 N 2 2>7 Photograph<br />

OBSERVER INDEX: JAN-DEC <strong>2001</strong><br />

102<br />

* William Keegan 18/03/01 N 2 2>7 Photograph<br />

* William Keegan 25/03/01 N 2 2>7 Photograph<br />

* William Keegan 01/04/01 N 2 2>7 Photograph<br />

* William Keegan 08/04/01 N 2 2>7 Photograph<br />

* William Keegan 15/04/01 N 2 2>7 Photograph<br />

* William Keegan 22/04/01 N 2 2>7 Photograph<br />

* William Keegan 29/04/01 N 2 2>7 Photograph<br />

* William Keegan 06/05/01 N 2 1>8 Photograph<br />

* William Keegan 13/05/01 N 2 1>8 Photograph<br />

* William Keegan 20/05/01 N 2 1>8 Photograph<br />

* William Keegan 27/05/01 N 2 1>8 Photograph<br />

* William Keegan 03/06/01 N 2 1>8 Photograph<br />

* William Keegan 10/06/01 N 2 1>8 Photograph<br />

* William Keegan 17/06/01 N 2 1>8 Photograph<br />

* William Keegan 24/06/01 N 2 1>8 Photograph<br />

* William Keegan 01/07/01 N 2 1>8 Photograph<br />

* William Keegan 08/07/01 N 2 1>8 Photograph<br />

* William Keegan 15/07/01 N 2 1>8 Photograph<br />

* William Keegan 22/07/01 N 2 1>8 Photograph<br />

* William Keegan 29/07/01 N 2 1>8 Photograph<br />

* William Keegan 05/08/01 N 2 1>8 Photograph<br />

* John Llewellyn 12/08/01 N 2 1>8 Photograph<br />

* John Grieve Smith 19/08/01 N 2 1>8 Photograph<br />

* Bill Martin 26/08/01 N 2 1>8 Photograph<br />

* Ed Balls 02/09/01 N 2 1>8 Photograph<br />

* William Keegan 09/09/01 N 2 1>8 Photograph<br />

* William Keegan 16/09/01 N 3 1>6 Photographs, graph<br />

* William Keegan 23/09/01 N 2 1>8 Photograph<br />

* William Keegan 30/09/01 N 2 1>8 Photograph<br />

* William Keegan 07/10/01 N 2 1>8 Photograph<br />

* William Keegan 14/10/01 N 2 1>8 Photograph<br />

* William Keegan 21/10/01 N 2 1>8 Photograph<br />

* William Keegan 28/10/01 N 2 1>8 Photograph<br />

* William Keegan 04/11/01 N 2 1>8 Photograph<br />

* William Keegan 11/11/01 N 2 1>8 Photograph<br />

* William Keegan 18/11/01 N 2 1>8 Photograph<br />

* William Keegan 25/11/01 N 2 1>8 Photograph<br />

* William Keegan 02/12/01 N 2 1>8 Photograph<br />

* William Keegan 09/12/01 N 2 1>8 Photograph<br />

* William Keegan 16/12/01 N 2 1>8 Photograph<br />

* William Keegan 23/12/01 B 19 1>8 Photograph<br />

* William Keegan 30/12/01 B 22 1>8 Photograph<br />

IN THE BLUE HOUSE<br />

* See Book Reviews - Merritt, Stephanie 13/05/01<br />

IN THE EMPIRE OF GENGHIS KHAN<br />

* See Book Reviews - Mellor, Michael 04/11/01


IN THE NAME OF JUSTICE<br />

* See Book Reviews - Snow, Jon 25/02/01<br />

INFERTILITY<br />

* <strong>The</strong> misery and desperation of infertility 14/01/01 M 16>21<br />

1>4 Photographs<br />

* Coping with childlessness 04/02/01 B 19 1>4 Photograph<br />

INFIGHTING ADMIRALS<br />

* See Book Reviews - Morris, Jan 25/02/01<br />

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY<br />

* Public sector IT spending soars to a record £10bn 18/02/01 N<br />

1 5>7<br />

* Single mothers get IT call-up as Labour raises its ambitions for<br />

the New Deal - see Work 11/03/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> dotcom collapse and stock market downturn serve as a<br />

reminder that IT is a means not an end 08/04/01 N 6 1>5<br />

Photograph<br />

INGRAM, TAMARA<br />

* Tamara Ingram has nurtured her way to the top of her<br />

profession and she is quitting Saatchi & Saatchi for rival ad<br />

group McCann-Erickson - see Media 14/10/01<br />

INGRAMS, RICHARD<br />

* Columnist 07/01/01 B 28 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Columnist 14/01/01 B 32 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Columnist 21/01/01 B 32 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Columnist 28/01/01 B 32 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Columnist 04/02/01 B 32 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Columnist 11/02/01 B 32 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Columnist 18/02/01 B 32 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Columnist 25/02/01 B 32 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Columnist 04/03/01 B 31 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Columnist 11/03/01 B 31 2>5 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 18/03/01 B 32 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Columnist 25/03/01 B 32 1>8 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 01/04/01 B 32 1>7 Photograph, illustration<br />

* Columnist 08/04/01 B 27 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Columnist 15/04/01 B 28 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Columnist 22/04/01 B 30 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Columnist 29/04/01 B 28 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Columnist 20/05/01 B 32 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Columnist 27/05/01 B 32 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Columnist 03/06/01 B 34 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Columnist 10/06/01 B 28 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Columnist 17/06/01 B 28 1>7 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 24/06/01 B 28 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Columnist 01/07/01 B 26 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Columnist 08/07/01 B 31 5>6 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 15/07/01 B 28 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Columnist 22/07/01 B 28 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Columnist 29/07/01 B 32 1>7 Photographs<br />

OBSERVER INDEX: JAN-DEC <strong>2001</strong><br />

103<br />

* Columnist 12/08/01 B 27 1>5 Photographs<br />

* Columnist 19/08/01 B 26 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Columnist 26/08/01 B 28 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Columnist 02/09/01 B 26 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Columnist 09/09/01 B 26 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Columnist 16/09/01 B 10 1>5 Photographs<br />

* Columnist 23/09/01 B 11 2>7 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 30/09/01 B 32 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Columnist 07/10/01 B 32 1>5 Photographs<br />

* Columnist 14/10/01 B 36 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Columnist 21/10/01 B 34 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Columnist 28/10/01 B 34 1>8 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 04/11/01 B 33 1>5 Photographs<br />

* Columnist 11/11/01 B 34 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Columnist 18/11/01 B 32 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Columnist 25/11/01 B 32 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Columnist 02/12/01 B 32 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Columnist 09/12/01 B 29 1>8 Photograph, illustration<br />

* Columnist 16/12/01 B 28 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Columnist 23/12/01 B 26 1>7 Photographs<br />

* Columnist 30/12/01 B 30 1>8 Photographs<br />

INLAND REVENUE<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Inland Revenue has made a last minute U-turn on<br />

enforcement of the controversial IR35 rule 08/04/01 N 2 7<br />

INNER CITIES<br />

* West Indies cricket legend Viv Richards heads a campaign to<br />

bring the village green to the inner-city - see Sport: Cricket<br />

20/05/01<br />

* Thousands of crumbling doctors' surgeries will be revamped<br />

using private-sector money under government moves to stop<br />

GPs deserting the inner cities - see Medical Profession 04/11/01<br />

INSIDE AMERICAN POLITICS<br />

* George Szamuely 12/08/01 B 25 1>6 Photograph<br />

INSIDE CORPORATE AMERICA<br />

* Gregory Palast 21/01/01 N 6 1>8 Photograph<br />

* Gregory Palast 04/02/01 N 10 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Gregory Palast 25/02/01 N 7 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Gregory Palast 15/04/01 N 4 1>5 Photographs<br />

* Gregory Palast 29/04/01 N 7 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Gregory Palast 20/05/01 N 6 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Gregory Palast 03/06/01 N 5 1>5 Photographs<br />

* Gregory Palast 01/07/01 N 4 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Gregory Palast 15/07/01 N 4 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Gregory Palast 29/07/01 N 4 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Gregory Palast 12/08/01 N 7 1>6 Photographs, graph<br />

INSIDE EDGE<br />

* Norman Harris 20/05/01 S 10 1>8 Photograph<br />

* Norman Harris 27/05/01 S 6 6>8


* Norman Harris 03/06/01 S 4 1>7<br />

* Norman Harris 10/06/01 S 4 8<br />

* Norman Harris 17/06/01 S 5 1<br />

* Norman Harris 24/06/01 S 8 8 Photograph<br />

* Norman Harris 01/07/01 S 13 1 Photograph<br />

* Norman Harris 08/07/01 S 11 8 Photograph<br />

* Norman Harris 15/07/01 S 12 4>8 Photograph<br />

* Norman Harris 22/07/01 S 7 8 Photograph<br />

* Norman Harris 29/07/01 S 9 1>5 Photograph<br />

* Norman Harris 05/08/01 S 5 8 Illustration<br />

* Norman Harris 12/08/01 S 10 4>8 Illustration<br />

* Norman Harris 19/08/01 S 11 8 Illustration<br />

* Norman Harris 26/08/01 S 15 1<br />

* Norman Harris 02/09/01 S 10 1>2 Illustration<br />

* Cricket news 09/09/01 S 11 1 Illustration<br />

INSIDE FRENCH POLITICS<br />

* Stuart Jeffries 19/08/01 B 23 1>6 Photograph<br />

INSIDE GOVERNMENT<br />

* Gregory Palast 25/03/01 N 6 1>6 Photographs<br />

INSIDE POLITICS<br />

* Andrew Rawnsley 07/01/01 B 25 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Peter Kilfoyle 14/01/01 B 29 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Andrew Rawnsley 21/01/01 B 29 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Andrew Rawnsley 28/01/01 B 29 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Andrew Rawnsley 04/02/01 B 29 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Andrew Rawnsley 11/02/01 B 29 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Andrew Rawnsley 18/02/01 B 29 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Andrew Rawnsley 25/02/01 B 29 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Andrew Rawnsley 04/03/01 B 29 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Andrew Rawnsley 11/03/01 B 29 1>5 Photographs<br />

* Kevin Maguire 15/03/01 B 25 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Andrew Rawnsley 18/03/01 B 29 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Andrew Rawnsley 25/03/01 B 29 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Andrew Rawnsley 01/04/01 B 29 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Andrew Rawnsley 08/04/01 B 25 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Peter Wilby 22/04/01 B 27 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Andrew Rawnsley 29/04/01 B 25 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Andrew Rawnsley 06/05/01 B 24>25 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Andrew Rawnsley 13/05/01 B 29 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Andrew Rawnsley 20/05/01 B 29 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Andrew Rawnsley 27/05/01 B 29 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Andrew Rawnsley 03/06/01 B 31 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Andrew Rawnsley 10/06/01 B 25 1>5 Photographs<br />

* Andrew Rawnsley 17/06/01 B 25 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Andrew Rawnsley 24/06/01 B 25 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Andrew Rawnsley 01/07/01 B 23 1>6 Photograph<br />

OBSERVER INDEX: JAN-DEC <strong>2001</strong><br />

104<br />

* Andrew Rawnsley 08/07/01 B 29 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Andrew Rawnsley 15/07/01 B 25 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Andrew Rawnsley 22/07/01 B 25 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Andrew Rawnsley 29/07/01 B 29 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Andrew Rawnsley 05/08/01 B 27 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Jackie Ashley 26/08/01 B 25 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Jackie Ashley 02/09/01 B 23 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Andrew Rawnsley 09/09/01 B 23 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Andrew Rawnsley 16/09/01 X 25 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Andrew Rawnsley 23/09/01 X 21 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Andrew Rawnsley 30/09/01 B 29 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Andrew Rawnsley 07/10/01 B 29 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Andrew Rawnsley 14/10/01 B 33 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Andrew Rawnsley 21/10/01 B 31 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Andrew Rawnsley 28/10/01 B 31 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Andrew Rawnsley 04/11/01 B 31 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Andrew Rawnsley 11/11/01 B 31 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Andrew Rawnsley 18/11/01 B 29 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Andrew Rawnsley 25/11/01 B 29 2>5 Photograph<br />

* Andrew Rawnsley 02/12/01 B 29 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Andrew Rawnsley 09/12/01 B 27 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Andrew Rawnsley 16/12/01 B 25 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Andrew Rawnsley 23/12/01 B 23 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Andrew Rawnsley 30/12/01 B 27 1>6 Photograph<br />

INSIDE SPORT<br />

* Sports news 14/01/01 S 15 7 Photographs<br />

* Sports news 21/01/01 S 15 7 Photographs<br />

* Sports news 04/02/01 S 15 7 Photographs<br />

* Sports news 25/02/01 S 31 7>8 Photographs<br />

INSLEY, JILL<br />

* Columnist 07/01/01 C 13 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 14/01/01 C 11 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 29/04/01 C 7 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 24/06/01 C 7 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 01/07/01 C 9 1>6 Photograph<br />

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS<br />

* This week marks the first World Intellectual Property Day<br />

22/04/01 B 17 1>8 Photographs<br />

INTELLIGENCE<br />

* Analyses of IQ tests show that people are getting rapidly more<br />

intelligent, or at least getting higher scores 22/04/01 B 1>2 3>6<br />

* Is the intellectual in mortal danger? 08/07/01 R 1>2 1>5<br />

Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong> controversial research that could explain why even the<br />

cleverest people have speech disorders 07/10/01 B 14 1>6<br />

Photographs<br />

INTELLIGENCE SERVICES<br />

* <strong>The</strong> former MI6 officer Richard Tomlinson is to publish his


memoirs in Russia 14/01/01 B 1>2 2>6<br />

* MI6 accused of abusing mentally ill son by parents of Russian<br />

diplomat who became a spy - see International Affairs: Russia<br />

28/01/01<br />

* Reda Hassaine risked his life infiltrating Islamic groups for<br />

police and MI5, but after two years service he was betrayed<br />

18/02/01 B 14 1>6 Photographs<br />

* MI5 and police ordered illegal burglaries in Muslim places of<br />

worship to gather information on alleged Islamic militants<br />

18/02/01 B 2 5>8<br />

* A new play by Paul Greengrass is modelled on the former MI5<br />

renegade, David Shayler, and is to be premiered by the Royal<br />

Shakespeare Company 01/04/01 B 13 7<br />

* Nigel West explains how the Cold War mentality survived the<br />

collapse of Communism 08/04/01 B 15 7>8 Photograph<br />

* Former MI5 officer David Shayler challenged the Government<br />

to investigate 'incompetence, malpractice and crime' in the<br />

intelligence services and drop all charges against him - see<br />

Shayler, David 22/04/01<br />

* Stella Rimington, the former head of MI5, is to take the<br />

unprecedented step of going on the road to promote her<br />

controversial memoirs, due out next month - see Rimington,<br />

Dame Stella 26/08/01<br />

* Dame Stella Rimington, Britain's first female head of MI5, was<br />

condemned by the government for her decision to publish her<br />

controversial memoirs - see Rimington, Dame Stella 09/09/01<br />

* Profile on Dame Stella Rimington, former head of MI5 - see<br />

Rimington, Dame Stella 09/09/01<br />

* MI6 doubles staff to beat fresh terrorist attacks - see Terrorism<br />

07/10/01<br />

* A Muslim Labour peer is to make an official complaint to the<br />

tribunal which investigates the misuse of bugging equipment -<br />

see Politics 16/12/01<br />

* British security services knew of links between shoe bomber<br />

Richard Reid and one of the 11 September hijack suspects<br />

30/12/01 B 1>2 1>4<br />

INTERIORS<br />

* Living history in a Scottish castle 07/01/01 M 58>60 1>4<br />

Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong> <strong>2001</strong> house 14/01/01 M 52>53 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Sir Basil Spence's 60s masterpiece 21/01/01 M 58>61 1>4<br />

Photographs<br />

* Mix-and-match place settings 28/01/01 M 66>67 1>3<br />

Photographs<br />

* Interiors plus 28/01/01 M 69 1>3 Photographs<br />

* Interiors plus 04/02/01 M 61 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Annabel Lewis's new shop, VV Rouleaux Atelier, the lavish<br />

textiles embellish the hand-picked furniture and fixtures<br />

11/02/01 M 58>61 1>3 Photographs<br />

* A 11.5ft by 28ft house 18/02/01 M 72>75 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Interiors plus 18/02/01 M 77 1>4 Photographs<br />

* South Africa's vibrant art scene - in a showroom in east<br />

London 25/02/01 M 72>74 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Interiors plus 25/02/01 M 77 1>4 Photograph, illustrations<br />

* French courturier, Jean-Charles de Castelbajac's home<br />

04/03/01 M 66>69 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Italian style 11/03/01 M 52>55 1>4 Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong> new Elemis beauty spa, Mayfair 18/03/01 M 60>61 1>3<br />

OBSERVER INDEX: JAN-DEC <strong>2001</strong><br />

105<br />

Photographs<br />

* Ruby Hammer's smart Art Deco flat in Marylebone 25/03/01<br />

M 66>69 1>4 Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Japanese design team behind next month's 'JAM: Tokyo<br />

London' exhibition at the Barbican 01/04/01 M 64>67 1>4<br />

Photographs<br />

* Out with the clutter and in with the minimal simplicity of some<br />

of Japan's finest designers 01/04/01 M 69 1>3 Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong> competition for this year's £30,000 Oxo/Peugeot Design<br />

Awards 08/04/01 M 74>75 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Interiors plus 08/04/01 M 77 1>4 Photographs<br />

* For some people the 50s have never gone out of fashion<br />

15/04/01 M 40>43 1>3 Photographs<br />

* Georgina Godley talks about her new designs for the home<br />

22/04/01 M 52>53 1>3 Photographs<br />

* Children's bedrooms 29/04/01 M 58>59 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Interiors plus 29/04/01 M 61 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Paris's L'Hotel has been restored to its former glory 06/05/01<br />

M 64>67 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Interiors plus 06/05/01 M 68>69 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Furniture retailers are turning their houses into show homes<br />

13/05/01 M 64>67 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Interiors plus 13/05/01 M 68>69 1>3 Photographs<br />

* Bold, bright, brash… Marimekko's designs are as groundbreaking<br />

today as they were in the 50s 20/05/01 M 66>67 1>3<br />

Photographs<br />

* Interiors plus 20/05/01 M 69 1>3 Photographs<br />

* For a taste in the very latest in contemporary designs and<br />

futuristic furniture, visit Mode 27/05/01 M 58>59 1>4<br />

Photographs<br />

* Interiors plus 27/05/01 M 61 1>4 Photographs<br />

* A three-bedroom eco house, with conservatory, which has<br />

running costs of only £1 per week 03/06/01 M 50>51 1>3<br />

Photographs<br />

* Part houseboat, part beach hut, Brighton Marina's onebedroom<br />

floating flats give landlubbers a chance to enjoy life on<br />

the ocean wave 10/06/01 M 58>59 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Interiors plus 10/06/01 M 61 1>3 Photographs<br />

* London's great Victorian power stations are slowly running out<br />

of steam, but a series of daring new developments is firing up the<br />

lives of Battersea, Bankside and Lots Road 17/06/01 M 64>69<br />

1>4 Photographs<br />

* Restaurateur Gillian Mosely's mews house is stuffed with<br />

priceless pieces, but she's most proud of its connection to <strong>The</strong><br />

Avengers 24/06/01 M 64>67 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Interiors plus 24/06/01 M 68 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Paper made into art 01/07/01 M 52>53 1>3 Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Institute of Directors' new annexe 08/07/01 M 58>59 1>4<br />

Photographs<br />

* Interiors plus 08/07/01 M 61 1>4 Photographs<br />

* With plastic palms, vibrant cocktails and exotic pool furniture,<br />

you can fake the whole holiday 15/07/01 M 70>75 1<br />

Photographs<br />

* Interiors plus 15/07/01 M 77 1>4 Photographs<br />

* A celebration of Isamu Noguchi's classically modern bamboo<br />

and paper lamps 22/07/01 M 52>53 1 Photographs


* Sue Withers and Andrew Moller's house-cum-gallery gives art<br />

a homely touch 29/07/01 M 52>53 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Gaudi's broken tiles stunned visitors to Barcelona at the turn of<br />

the last century, and still inspire 100 years on 05/08/01 M 58>61<br />

1>4 Photographs<br />

* Peach, vanilla and mint are pastels to be proud of 12/08/01 M<br />

52>53 1>3 Photographs<br />

* Tamsin Blanchard discovers what people really get up to at the<br />

bottom of the garden 19/08/01 M 58>61 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Designer Jo Gordon's flat in Camberwell, south London, is the<br />

perfect bohemian backdrop to her dazzling collection of<br />

knitwear 26/08/01 M 52>53 1>3 Photographs<br />

* Tom Watkins' over-the-top celebration of the 80s 02/09/01 M<br />

58>61 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Three self-builders 09/09/01 M 58>60 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Stockholm accused of 'dirty tricks' as British firms reveal plot<br />

to end our love affair with carpets in favour of wood floors - see<br />

Business & Industry 16/09/01<br />

* For 70 years, passers-by have been intrigued by the mysterious<br />

Isokon building, now, at last, they can go inside, if only for a<br />

week 16/09/01 M 58>59, 61 1>3 Photographs<br />

* Behind closed doors: the pick of London Open House Week<br />

<strong>2001</strong> 16/09/01 M 62 4 Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> colour of the season - aubergine, and a design duo whose<br />

DIY art is adorning the best-dressed walls 23/09/01 M 62>67<br />

1>3 Photographs<br />

* Interiors plus 23/09/01 M 68 1>4 Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong> very finest Italian furniture 30/09/01 M 56>57 1>4<br />

Photographs<br />

* Inspired by the female form and the Paris Metro, France's<br />

hottest designer turned a drab office into a chic pied-a-terre<br />

07/10/01 M 72>74 2>3 Photographs<br />

* Interiors plus 07/10/01 M 76 1>3 Photographs<br />

* You can now design your dream home from the comfort of<br />

your sofa 14/10/01 M 74>79 1>3 Photographs<br />

* Interiors plus 14/10/01 M 81>83 179 1>3<br />

Photographs<br />

* Interiors plus 21/10/01 M 81>83 1>3 Photographs<br />

* How a salvage business turned a factory floor into a family<br />

home 04/11/01 M 76>80 1>3 Photographs<br />

* Interiors plus 04/11/01 M 83 1>4 Photographs<br />

* When designer Marc Newson was asked to choose his<br />

favourite things, the results were pure Boy's Own 11/11/01 M<br />

76>80 1>3 Photographs<br />

* Interiors plus: cool cutlery 11/11/01 M 83 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Prefabricated housing 18/11/01 M 84>89 1>4 Photographs<br />

* An ordinary '70s home turned into a Bauhaus masterpiece<br />

25/11/01 M 76>81 1>3 Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong> next big thing will be a fascination with all things floral<br />

says trendsetter Li Edelkoort 02/12/01 M 64>65 1>4<br />

Photographs<br />

* Interiors plus 02/12/01 M 66 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Mark and Sally Bailey's home is a haven for wood 09/12/01<br />

M 88>91 1>3 Photographs<br />

* Interiors plus 09/12/01 M 92 1>3 Photographs<br />

* Christmas spirit 16/12/01 M 72>75 1>3 Photographs<br />

OBSERVER INDEX: JAN-DEC <strong>2001</strong><br />

106<br />

* Interiors plus 16/12/01 M 77 1>3 Photographs<br />

* How best to give your house a cut-price makeover 30/12/01 M<br />

44>45 1>4 Photograph<br />

INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS: AFRICA<br />

* Heard the one about the black South African comic and the<br />

white audience? 14/01/01 B 23 1>6 Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> killer of Congolese president Laurent Kabila was<br />

identified as an 18-year-old ex-boy soldier 21/01/01 B 25 1>2<br />

* At least 21 people were killed in Zanzibar yesterday as police<br />

and opposition protestors fought running battles on the beaches<br />

and streets 28/01/01 B 21 1>4 Map<br />

* Christian campaigner Baroness Cox is risking her life in Sudan<br />

to buy hundreds of people from slave-traders and set them free<br />

28/01/01 B 26 1>8 Photograph<br />

* How Congolese President Laurent Kabila died at the hands of<br />

his boy soldiers 11/02/01 B 23 1>8 Photograph<br />

* Zimbabwe throws out journalists 18/02/01 B 25 1>8<br />

Photographs<br />

* Zimbabwe's faithful celebrate with style at Victoria Falls - but<br />

local MPs are strangely absent 25/02/01 B 23 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Children fight on in Congo's war 25/02/01 B 25 1>6<br />

Photograph<br />

* As rival militias swarm over a nature park in Congo,<br />

butchering and eating the animals, a rare primate is being<br />

brought to the edge of extinction 04/03/01 B 24 1>8<br />

Photographs<br />

* Zimbabwe's ruler was close to defeat least year, now tactics of<br />

terror and violence appear to have won 04/03/01 B 26 1>7<br />

Photographs<br />

* Julie Flint reports from Nhialdiu in Sudan, where Western cash<br />

pouring into oilfields has intensified a bloody 18-year conflict<br />

11/03/01 B 22 1>8 Photograph, map<br />

* John Bredenkamp, the tycoon and former Smith supporter now<br />

backs Mugabe 25/03/01 B 25 1>2 Photograph<br />

* Pastor John Nduati describes his church as 'the last hospital in<br />

Africa' where Aids victims flock to be healed 08/04/01 B 21<br />

1>8 Photograph<br />

* Chancellor Gordon Brown stepped up pressure on<br />

multinational pharmaceutical companies to allow developing<br />

countries access to drugs to treat serious diseases - see Drugs &<br />

Drug Abuse 15/04/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> lure of getting to Europe and securing a job in it's buoyant<br />

economy is a powerful attraction to Africa's millions of poor and<br />

needy - see Refugees 15/04/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> authorities in the West African state of Benin working<br />

with UNESCO, have laid plans to arrest the operators of a slave<br />

ship 15/04/01 B 17 4>8<br />

* Climbdown will not dent health giants' power, says Paul<br />

Farrelly - see Business & Industry 22/04/01<br />

* Senior executives of De Beers are flying to South Africa this<br />

weekend in a last-ditch attempt to salvage the diamond giant's<br />

£12bn buy-out of the country's Oppenheimer dynasty see<br />

Business & Industry 22/04/01<br />

* An international mission of lawyers has warned that the rule of<br />

law in Zimbabwe is on the point of collapse and the country<br />

risks descending into anarchy 22/04/01 B 19 1>3 Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong> ship under investigation in Benin for allegedly<br />

transporting child salves along the coast of West Africa is owned<br />

by a top Nigerian football player 22/04/01 B 19 4>8<br />

Photographs, map<br />

* While London plays tribute to Mandela, there is evidence in


South Africa that his successor is a tyrant in the making<br />

22/04/01 B 22 1>7 Photographs<br />

* Banning Shakespeare is much ado about everything in South<br />

Africa where the Bard was bigger than the Bible and Marx in the<br />

struggle for freedom from apartheid, says Anthony Sampson<br />

22/04/01 B 27 1>4 Photographs<br />

* David Earnshaw has more reason than most to smile at the<br />

climbdown by the world's most powerful pharmaceutical<br />

companies 22/04/01 N 3 1>3 Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Pretoria Court Case: Why the pharmas gave way, and why<br />

South Africa's joy may be short lived 22/04/01 N 3 1>4<br />

Photograph<br />

* Antony Sher met Mandela in London last week, and the<br />

moment brought back memories of his childhood in South Africa<br />

and his own role in the fight against apartheid - see Apartheid<br />

06/05/01<br />

* Chaos and terror are engulfing Zimbabwe's cities as President<br />

Mugabe's war veterans invade factories and businesses 13/05/01<br />

B 24 1>8 Photograph<br />

* How my son lived as 123 others died at the Accra Sports<br />

Stadium by Cameron Duodu 13/05/01 B 24 7>8 Photograph<br />

* Date set for South African miners' battle with UK firm, Cape<br />

plc over lung disease - see Legal Affairs 27/05/01<br />

* Zimbabwe is facing a tough new stance from its powerful<br />

neighbour, South Africa 27/05/01 B 23 8<br />

* How a tyrant's vicious trade brings terror to West Africa,<br />

investigation into the sinister world of Charles Taylor 27/05/01<br />

B 24>25 1>5 Photographs<br />

* Profile on Thabo Mbeki, President of South Africa since 1999<br />

- see Mbeki, Thabo 10/06/01<br />

* Report from north Kenya where the British Army trains with<br />

live ammunition - and Masai children are maimed and killed by<br />

the ordnance the troops leave behind - see Armed Forces<br />

01/07/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> success of a TV programme in South Africa and a<br />

Minister's home-made remedy sum up two sides of the Aids<br />

battle - see Aids/HIV 29/07/01<br />

* Sixty white families dramatically fled their farms in the<br />

Chinhoyl area of Zimbabwe in fear of their lives 12/08/01 B<br />

1>2 4>8<br />

* Algeria tries to forget its dark, tortured past 12/08/01 B 18>19<br />

1>8 Photographs<br />

* Tens of thousands have been uprooted in the war on Unita and<br />

aid workers now fear mass starvation in Angola 12/08/01 B 21<br />

1>6 Photographs, map<br />

* Jason Burke's harrowing report reveals the full extent of a<br />

brutal dictator's ruthless repression in Zimbabwe 19/08/01 B 1,<br />

3 7>8 Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> army of Zimbabwe's despotic ruler will help to fell trees in<br />

85m acres of Congo rainforest 26/08/01 B 20 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Nigeria orders troops to quell violence 09/09/01 B 19 1>4<br />

* Thanks to Mugabe, thousands are starving and economic ills<br />

have infected the whole region 30/09/01 B 23 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Zimbabwe's opposition leader, Morgan Tsvangirai, has been<br />

attacked by President Mugabe's followers 14/10/01 B 28 1>3<br />

Photograph<br />

* Report on World War I flying ace, Major Jack Poole's legacy<br />

in Sudan - his son Arthur and grandson George 21/10/01 B 27<br />

1>8 Photographs<br />

* Judith Todd was jailed by Ian Smith, now she is fighting for<br />

press freedom in Zimbabwe 28/10/01 B 23 1>3 Photographs<br />

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* A Sudanese businessman, whose pharmaceuticals factory was<br />

destroyed by US cruise missiles in 1998, has multi-million<br />

pound investments in two British security firms - see Nuclear<br />

Industry 04/11/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> British government is blocking moves to get cheap lifesaving<br />

drugs to poor countries ravaged by diseases such as Aids<br />

- see Aids/HIV 04/11/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Foreign Secretary, Jack Straw, threatened diplomatic<br />

action over President Robert Mugabe's threat to treat British<br />

journalists as 'terrorists' 25/11/01 B 11 6>8<br />

* Two members of Zimbabwe's beleaguered opposition who fled<br />

the country after being beaten by Mugabe's supporters, face<br />

deportation from Britain after their asylum claims were refused<br />

02/12/01 B 11 1>2<br />

* Sir Richard Branson is backing the plans of <strong>The</strong> Red Cross to<br />

market its own branded condoms in Africa - see Red Cross, <strong>The</strong><br />

09/12/01<br />

* A Nigerian woman facing death by stoning speaks for the first<br />

time after being sentenced under Islamic law 09/12/01 B 21 1>7<br />

Photograph<br />

* Zimbabwean opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai welcomed<br />

the imposition of the US of limited sanctions against President<br />

Robert Mugabe 23/12/01 B 15 3>7<br />

* A Zimbabwean dissident who was refused asylum in Britain<br />

and sent home has been beaten and tortured by local security<br />

police 30/12/01 B 2 2>4<br />

INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS: AUSTRALASIA<br />

* Pauline Hanson is back from the political wilderness with her<br />

right-wing party One Nation party in Australia 18/02/01 B 24<br />

7>8<br />

* <strong>The</strong> population of Pitcairn Island, descendants of the Bounty's<br />

mutineer's, live in the hope of bounty from tourism 25/03/01 B<br />

3 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Toxic chemicals are killing the Great Barrier Reef - see<br />

Pollution 03/06/01<br />

* A customised pick-up truck now offers police their best hope<br />

of finding the gunman who attacked a British tourist in Australia<br />

and attempted to abduct his girlfriend - see Crime 22/07/01<br />

* An Australian court is to decide whether the action of Prime<br />

Minister John Howard to refuse 430 Afghan boat people<br />

permission to land on Australian soil were legal 16/09/01 B 8<br />

1>4 Photograph<br />

* Australia rewards Michael Howard as the Liberal leader wins<br />

third term as Prime Minister after his tough line on refugees<br />

11/11/01 B 25 1>6 Photographs<br />

* As Australians battle the fires that have raced towards Sydney<br />

since Christmas Day, one small community talk about how they<br />

united to fight the flames 30/12/01 B 17 1>8 Photographs<br />

INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS: BAHAMAS & CARIBBEAN<br />

* V.S. Naipaul said good riddance to Trinidad 50 years ago, now<br />

Merchant-Ivory is filming one of his books there and the island<br />

is holding its breath to see if the prodigal son will return - see<br />

Naipaul 15/04/01<br />

* Environmental campaigners argue that the spectacle of whales<br />

swimming freely, which delights tourists in Dominica, is far<br />

more valuable to the island's economy in the long run 13/05/01<br />

B 21 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Report on the helicopter chase in the Caribbean that saw a<br />

British Royal Navy crew foil a £60m cocaine smuggling run -<br />

see Crime 09/09/01<br />

INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS: CENT. & S. AMERICA<br />

* Two young Britons, jailed for attempting to smuggle drugs out


of Venezuela, have broken their parole and fled back to England<br />

after fearing they would be killed - see Prisons & Prisoners<br />

07/01/01<br />

* Augusto Pinochet, the former Chilean dictator, was allowed to<br />

escape extradition to Spain last year because of plans worked out<br />

over many months by Tony Blair, Robin Cook and Eduardo Frei<br />

07/01/01 B 21 6>8<br />

* At least 30 people died when an earthquake shook Central<br />

America and southern Mexico 14/01/01 B 21 7>8<br />

* Amelia Hill investigates the growing trade in babies taken<br />

from the poor of Central America - see Adoption & Fostering<br />

21/01/01<br />

* In the aftermath of El Salvador's huge earthquake, report on<br />

Santa Tecla's lost children 21/01/01 B 25 1>6 Photographs<br />

* A flood of tapes now airing on TV chat shows uncover the<br />

corrupt heart of Peru 04/02/01 B 25 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Coffee producers are struggling with plummeting world prices<br />

- see Financial 18/02/01<br />

* Marcos leads his guerrilla fighters into Mexico city 11/03/01<br />

B 21 1>7 Photographs<br />

* Bogota's eccentric mayor, Antanas Mockus, had imposed a<br />

city-wide voluntary curfew for men last Friday, to encourage<br />

women to go out on the town while their husbands and<br />

boyfriends stayed at home 11/03/01 B 23 1>8 Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong> hype surrounding the Manic Street Preachers' tour of Cuba<br />

- see Music: Pop 18/03/01<br />

* Ageing ex-President Carlos Menem's plans to marry a former<br />

Miss Universe and win back power in Argentina are running into<br />

trouble 18/03/01 B 24 1>8 Photograph<br />

* A science expedition to Colombia which ended in nine deaths<br />

has led to a feud over blame - and now Hollywood is interested<br />

too 25/03/01 B 23 `>8 Photographs<br />

* A US surveillance plane was supporting a Peruvian Air Force<br />

fighter which shot down an aircraft carrying American<br />

missionaries in the mistaken belief they were drug runners<br />

22/04/01 B 21 6>7 Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> battle to preserve iconic image of Che Guevara will go on<br />

after the death of photographer, Alberto Korda - see Guevara,<br />

Che 27/05/01<br />

* ICI has pulled out of a controversial project by the US to spray<br />

vast areas of Colombia with herbicides to eradicate its cocaine<br />

and heroin trade 01/07/01 B 5 6<br />

* President Bush is planning to escalate the US war against<br />

drugs from South America with new legislation - see<br />

International Affairs: U.S.A. 22/07/01<br />

* Next month Fidel Castro turns 75, he has promoted a<br />

communist Eden in Cuba, but when the legend is dead, will the<br />

revolution outlive the man? - see Castro, Fidel 29/07/01<br />

* A judge in the Colombian capital of Bogota has ordered the<br />

suspension of the US-inspired drug-eradication programme<br />

29/07/01 B 22 5>6<br />

* America's vanishing border: they call it Amexica, the land that<br />

straddles the porous US-Mexico frontier where rapidly<br />

expanding trade is forging a new culture 05/08/01 B 20 1>8<br />

Photographs, map<br />

* Coffee has fallen to its lowest price in decades, plunging<br />

growers into poverty - yet demand in the West is at record levels<br />

- see Business & Industry 12/08/01<br />

* Desperate coffee growers in central and Latin America are<br />

planting coca, the leaf from which cocaine is produced 12/08/01<br />

N 1 1>4 Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> possibility of a fully-fledged financial crisis in Argentina<br />

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could not have come at a worse time 12/08/01 N 7 1>3 Graph<br />

* Teaching terror to Marxist guerrillas in Colombia seemed a<br />

nice earner for the Provos, but the fiasco may cost Sinn Fein<br />

hard-won US support - see Ireland 19/08/01<br />

* Right-wing prisoners are plotting to execute the three Irishmen<br />

accused of teaching terrorist skills to Marxist rebels in<br />

Colombia, according to sources inside the jail - see Ireland<br />

/Northern Ireland 26/08/01<br />

* Profile on Daniel Ortega, who was, 20 years ago, the romantic<br />

hero who led tiny Nicaragua against the might of the US could<br />

be back in November's elections - see Ortega, Daniel 02/09/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> former Peruvian President, Alberto Fujimori, switches<br />

nationality to Japan to escape extradition for mass-murder<br />

charges at home 16/09/01 B 8 1>8<br />

* Peasants leading a popular uprising in Bolivia say there is now<br />

a simple choice between the coca leaf and US aid dollars<br />

16/09/01 B 9 1>7<br />

* Did Gloria Trevi, once Mexico's most successful pop star,<br />

impregnate herself in prison to escape extradition on sexual<br />

abuse charges? 28/10/01 B 27 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Report from Managua on the veteran Sandinista leader who's<br />

reinvented himself in his bid to win back power in today's<br />

Nicaraguan elections 04/11/01 B 25 1>6 Photographs, map<br />

* Teachers, police and doctors have not been paid for months in<br />

Buenos Aires 18/11/01 B 26 1>5 Photograph<br />

* As scandal hits Pele's sports firm, Brazil has to reassess its<br />

revered hero 25/11/01 B 25 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Sir Peter Blake was on a quest to make the world a better place<br />

- but his voyage ended in death - report from the Brazilian state<br />

where river pirates conduct ambushes - see Blake, Sir Peter<br />

09/12/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> economic crisis in Argentina has led to long, angry bank<br />

queues and a rise in panic attacks and suicides 09/12/01 B 23<br />

1>6 Photograph<br />

* At least 25 people died and 200 were injured when a blaze<br />

swept through a prison after a guard gunned down an inmate in<br />

Paraguay 16/12/01 B 22 6<br />

* Many fear the worst as Argentina slides into financial<br />

meltdown over its crippling $132bn debt burden 23/12/01 B 15<br />

1>7 Photograph<br />

* Argentine police use tear gas on protesters in day of chaos<br />

30/12/01 B 17 1>4 Photograph<br />

INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS: EASTERN EUROPE<br />

* Albanians force new Balkan crisis 25/02/01 B 22 1>5<br />

Photograph<br />

* Croats vote to secede from Bosnia 04/03/01 B 21 1>4<br />

* <strong>The</strong> US secretly supported the ethnic Albanian extremists now<br />

behind insurgencies in Macedonia and southern Serbia 11/03/01<br />

B 2 4>7<br />

* War is looming again as border disputes make enemies of old<br />

allies in Macedonia, Nato must deal with a new breed of ethnic<br />

extremists 11/03/01 B 24>25 1>5 Photograph<br />

* All-out war threatens the Balkans 18/03/01 B 1>2 4>8<br />

* Nightmare in Macedonia: ethnic Albanians believe<br />

government will give way but fighting fuels hatred between<br />

communities 18/03/01 B 21 1>8 Photograph<br />

* Returning to Kosovo for the second anniversary of the Nato<br />

bombardment, <strong>Observer</strong> foreign affairs editor Peter Beaumont<br />

meets survivors on both sides of the conflict 25/03/01 M 16>22<br />

1>4 Photographs<br />

* Macedonian activists, outraged at Albanian extremism, are


sending 'flood emails' to newspapers, NGOs and politicians<br />

25/03/01 B 21 1>4<br />

* Report from Tetovo where criminal gangs are being recruited<br />

to unleash a violent outpouring of racial hatred 25/03/01 B 21<br />

1>8 Photographs<br />

* Report from Istanbul on the women who face jail for daring to<br />

accuse the police of sexual abuse 25/03/01 B 22 1>8 Photograph<br />

* You'll never take me alive, vows Serbian leader Slobodan<br />

Milosevic, as special police storm his Belgrade villa 01/04/01 B<br />

1, 3 2>7 Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> disgraced Serbian leader is under siege, special report<br />

from Belgrade 01/04/01 B 22 1>6 Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong> little republic of Moldova has sunk into desperate poverty<br />

08/04/01 B 20 1>8 Photograph<br />

* Evidence that the Yugoslav army deployed a unit for burning<br />

bodies and erasing any trace of Albanians murdered during the<br />

war in Kosovo has emerged from the unlikeliest of places<br />

22/04/01 B 23 5>6<br />

* Turks grieve over deaths of prison hunger strikers 29/04/01 B<br />

18 1>5 Photograph<br />

* Eight Macedonian soldiers were killed and two injured near<br />

the Kosovo border, in the first shooting since an ethnic Albanian<br />

revolt was quelled a month ago 29/04/01 B 21 1>2<br />

* Macedonia is on the brink of declaring a state of war after a<br />

week of sustained attacks on ethnic Albanian rebels 06/05/01 B<br />

20 1>3<br />

* Up to a thousand heavily armed ethnic Albanian militants<br />

seized control of a suburb within shooting distance of<br />

Macedonia's capital Skopje yesterday 10/06/01 B 20 6>7<br />

* Milosevic to face justice: ten years in the life and crimes of<br />

Slobodan Milosevic - see Milosevic, Slobodan 24/06/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Yugoslav government cleared the way for Ex-dictator<br />

Slobodan Milosevic's extradition on war crimes charges - see<br />

Milosevic, Slobodan 24/06/01<br />

* Six years ago, the Serbs attacked the UN 'safe area' of<br />

Gorazde, taking British peacekeepers hostage and isolating<br />

hundreds of others - the survivors remarkable story 24/06/01 M<br />

30>37 1>4 Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong> deposed Yugoslavian President, Slobodan Milosevic, will<br />

use the alleged support of senior Western leaders and diplomats<br />

to bolster his defence when he comes to trial - see Milosevic,<br />

Slobodan 01/07/01<br />

* Leading Hague tribunal lawyer Nancy Pearson, talks of her<br />

battle for evidence linking Milosevic with Kosovo war atrocities<br />

01/07/01 B 17 1>6 Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Croatian government agreed to arrest and hand over two<br />

former generals accused of murdering Serb civilians 08/07/01 B<br />

21 1>7 Photograph<br />

* Radovan Karadzic, Bosnia's most wanted war criminal, has<br />

escaped arrest after a botched attempt to snatch him by soldiers<br />

from the Nato peacekeeping force 15/07/01 B 19 4>7<br />

Photograph<br />

* A former UN police officer is suing a British security firm<br />

over claims that it covered up the involvement of fellow officers<br />

in sex crimes and prostitution rackets in the Balkans - see United<br />

Nations 29/07/01<br />

* Hundreds of British troops are expected to arrive in Macedonia<br />

by the end of this week to help disarm ethnic Albanian guerrillas<br />

in the north of the country - see Armed Forces 05/08/01<br />

* Macedonian truce turns to killing 12/08/01 B 17 1>5<br />

Photograph<br />

* Macedonia's ceasefire will not be stable enough to allow the<br />

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deployment of a Nato weapons-collection force if violations<br />

such as those that left three people dead last week persist<br />

19/08/01 B 17 6<br />

* Nick Thorpe reports on his vain attempt to reunite a captive<br />

and his family in Macedonia 26/08/01 B 17 2>4<br />

* Macedonian rebels retreat to Kosovo 02/09/01 B 20 1>3<br />

Photograph<br />

* Scandal-ridden Solidarity faces electoral disaster, report from<br />

Warsaw 23/09/01 B 10 1>7 Photographs<br />

* Elections in Kosovo promise confirmation of self-rule but<br />

peacekeepers step up efforts to prevent voters being intimidated<br />

18/11/01 B 25 1>7 Photograph<br />

* Moldova was crippled by poverty after throwing off its Soviet<br />

Chains, now a new drugs epidemic is plunging its people into<br />

ruin 02/12/01 B 24 1>8 Photographs, map<br />

* A Director at one of Britain's most prestigious banking<br />

consultancies had been named as a key player in a Russian Mafia<br />

plot to smuggle missiles and ammunition during the Bosnian war<br />

- see Crime 09/12/01<br />

INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS: EUROPE<br />

* American military bases and consular facilities across Italy<br />

were placed on high alert against a possible terrorist attack by<br />

Islamic militants - see International Affairs: USA 07/01/01<br />

* France's highest court has ruled that evidence collected from<br />

witnesses while they were hypnotised by a former police officer<br />

is inadmissible 07/01/01 B 20 1>5 Photograph<br />

* Twenty-three years after the mysterious disappearance of<br />

casino heiress, Agnes Le Roux, in Nice, her former lover is<br />

being investigated for her kidnapping and murder - see Le Roux,<br />

Agnes 14/01/01<br />

* Germany is on tenterhooks waiting to see if a book by the<br />

daughter of terrorist Ulrike Meinhof will lift the lid on the Left's<br />

firebrand past 14/01/01 B 17 1>7 Photographs<br />

* Young terrorists are regarded as heroes in the Basque country<br />

and there are plenty more in the bars of Bilbao ready to fight the<br />

Spanish 'enemy' 14/01/01 B 23 1>8 Photographs<br />

* A guide advising immigrants in Valencia how to wash has<br />

caused controversy 14/01/01 B 26 7>8 Cartoon<br />

* Norway's bid to kill 20 of its grey wolves, an endangered<br />

species only recently restored to the Scandinavian wilderness has<br />

triggered a major diplomatic spat - see Endangered Species<br />

21/01/01<br />

* Protests against globalisation spread across Switzerland after<br />

police beat back demonstrators at the World Economic Forum's<br />

annual meeting 28/01/01 B 21 8<br />

* Christine Deviers-Joncour who is accused of corruption is<br />

vowing to clean up France 28/01/01 B 22 1>8 Photographs<br />

* <strong>Observer</strong> investigation on Bosnia's corrupt elite growing fat on<br />

human cargo smuggled to the West 28/01/01 B 25 1>6<br />

Photographs, map<br />

* After last week's revelations in <strong>The</strong> <strong>Observer</strong>, Tony Blair and<br />

Giuliano Amato join forces to combat Europe's scandalous trade<br />

in human misery - see Illegal Immigrants 04/02/01<br />

* A wave of alarm about youth violence is spreading across<br />

France after one of the capital's sleekest shopping areas became<br />

a battlefield 04/02/01 B 24 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Alfred Sirven, France's most wanted man, has warned he knew<br />

secrets that could implicate at least 100 people in a vast sleaze<br />

scandal 04/02/01 B 25 5>6 Photograph<br />

* Germany declares war on invasion of 'Denglisch' in the<br />

German language 11/02/01 B 26 2>4 Cartoon


* Italian police were questioning a suspected double murderer<br />

who threatened to litter the city of Padua with the corpses of<br />

estate agents 18/02/01 B 25 1>2<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Mafia's chief has been in hiding since 196, now family<br />

letters could trap him 18/02/01 B 26 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Last week they were washed up on the Riviera, now they are<br />

on the move again, Kurdish refugees forced to make yet another<br />

journey - see Refugees 25/02/01<br />

* Later this month in Paris Socialist Party candidate Bertrand<br />

Delanoe is expected to become mayor and he will be the most<br />

powerful openly gay man in the world 04/03/01 B 22 1>8<br />

Photographs<br />

* DNA tests on blood found at the scene of a murder of a<br />

wealthy widow have reopened one of the most baffling criminal<br />

cases in French history 04/03/01 B 23 1>2 Photograph<br />

* Neo-Nazis are gaining a foothold in Iceland, the country<br />

admired by Hitler as a model for the creation of an Aryan super<br />

race - see Neo-Nazis 11/03/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> new film by acclaimed French director Luc Besson was<br />

set to be a box-office hit, but the director is being sued by the<br />

film's scriptwriters - see Film 11/03/01<br />

* Report from Berlin as the Right beats a patriotic drum as a<br />

troubled nation faces its history 25/03/01 B 23 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Sacked French staff of Marks & Spencer demonstrate in Paris,<br />

claiming the firm broke employment laws 08/04/01 B 11 1>8<br />

Photograph<br />

* A costly engagement ring hidden as a surprise on a chocolate<br />

Easter egg has proved the cause of intense pre-marital tension<br />

for a young Italian couple 15/04/01 B 17 4>8<br />

* Lionel Jospin's trouble with women could be the deciding<br />

factor on whether he stands for the French presidency next<br />

spring 15/04/01 B 20 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Profile on Silvio Berlusconi, Italian politician - see Berlusconi,<br />

Silvio 22/04/01<br />

* How Germany's leader finally found his father 22/04/01 B 20<br />

1>8 Photographs<br />

* Novelist Andre Gide would not recognise his Normandy home<br />

after its restoration to the eighteenth-century style 22/04/01 B<br />

21 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Tourists who flock to Florence may soon be charged an<br />

admission fee to enter the city 29/04/01 B 18 4>5 Photograph<br />

* France is becoming more stupid and its political life is being<br />

destroyed because of the nation's growing obsession with sport,<br />

according to a leading French philosopher 29/04/01 B 21 1>3<br />

Photographs<br />

* In Denmark Claus Bork Hansen was riddled with 26 bullets in<br />

a murder some fear could herald the resumption of vicious<br />

warfare between Hell's Angels gangs 06/05/01 B 21 1>2<br />

Photograph<br />

* Italy is in turmoil over an election that has mutated into an<br />

unprecedented contest between Silvio Berlusconi and the<br />

international media 06/05/01 B 21 1>8 Photograph<br />

* France was plunged into controversy as it agonised over<br />

whether its leading politicians knew of a so-called French<br />

'Gestapo in Algeria' that committed atrocities during the war of<br />

independence 06/05/01 B 22 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Italians go to the polls today to elect a new government after a<br />

brutal campaign in which left and right tarred each other as<br />

crooks, liars and tyrants 13/05/01 B 25 8<br />

* A group of young Swiss potholders were rescued after<br />

spending three days trapped underground in a flooded cave in<br />

eastern France 20/05/01 B 25 8<br />

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* <strong>The</strong> introduction of a shorter working week has given French<br />

workers more time to enjoy their leisure pursuits 27/05/01 B 23<br />

1>5 Photograph<br />

* Thousands of Germans will start dieting today as they join in a<br />

Big Brother-style television project designed to help the nation<br />

lose weight 27/05/01 B 26 5>6 Cartoon<br />

* A row is set to erupt between Britain and France over Home<br />

Secretary Jack Straw's refusal to extradite billionaire Nadhmi<br />

Auchi over his alleged role in the Elf-Aquitaine scandal - see<br />

Auchi, Nadhmi 03/06/01<br />

* France's left-wing administration has been accused of<br />

McCarthyism after it was revealed that leading human rights<br />

campaigners have secretly been put under close police<br />

surveillance 10/06/01 B 21 1>4 Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Sicilian port where body parts come in with the cod can no<br />

longer resist an inquiry into the drowning of 283 Pakistanis in<br />

1997 10/06/01 B 21 1>6 Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> opposition Union for French Democracy, France's most<br />

pro-European party will lead attempts to wreck the Nice Treaty<br />

during a parliamentary debate on ratification on Tuesday<br />

10/06/01 B 22 7>8<br />

* Newborn cousins brought into the world to inherit £2m and a<br />

legacy of bitter family strife in France 17/06/01 B 19 1>8<br />

Photograph<br />

* Paralysed Briton ignores doctor's advice and returns to<br />

Germany five years after a vicious assault by neo-Nazis<br />

17/06/01 B 22 1>8 Photograph<br />

* Report from Paris that looks at how the French accept<br />

corruption with little more than a Gallic shrug 01/07/01 B 18<br />

1>8 Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Government is to abandon its support for the controversial<br />

Ilisu dam in Turkey 01/07/01 B 4 5>6<br />

* A British oil company paid $1m to Serbian war criminal Arkan<br />

to settle a score over a secret oil deal to supply Serbia with fuel<br />

01/07/01 B 6 1>4 Photographs<br />

* France is in shock as 11 teenagers are crushed by a falling tree<br />

at a concert 08/07/01 B 24 1>8 Photographs<br />

* President Chirac of France denies corruption in an address to<br />

the nation 15/07/01 B 19 1>3 Photograph<br />

* Despite being embroiled in 'sleaze' Jaques Chirac is<br />

accelerating away from rivals for next year's presidential election<br />

22/07/01 B 19 1>2 Photograph<br />

* Pompeii faces a new catastrophe - thanks to the Mafia<br />

22/07/01 B 20 4>7 Photographs<br />

* Olaia Castresana wanted to be an infant school teacher but<br />

instead she become a separatist bomber and blew herself up at a<br />

holiday apartment in Torrevieja, eastern Spain 29/07/01 B 22<br />

1>6 Photographs<br />

* Bad weather and building projects have combined to create an<br />

erosion crisis in Normandy 05/08/01 B 21 1>6 Photograph<br />

* A leading British hotel chain is at the centre of a controversial<br />

project to reinvent Hitler's former holiday resort as a luxury<br />

leisure complex 05/08/01 B 23 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Three people were killed and five others seriously injured<br />

when a gunman held up a bank in a suburb north of Paris<br />

12/08/01 B 2 6>7<br />

* Jobless figures mock Germany's Chancellor Gerhard<br />

Schroder's election pledge 12/08/01 B 20 7>8 Photograph<br />

* France's favourite food campaigner, sheep farmer Jose Bove, is<br />

back at his most famous battleground - outside McDonald's in<br />

Millau 12/08/01 B 22 1>6 Photographs<br />

* France will be forced to confront a shameful chapter in its


colonial past when it is accused of committing crimes against<br />

humanity after French forces withdrew from Algeria nearly 40<br />

years ago 19/08/01 B 19 7>8 Photograph<br />

* Britons were warned to be on their guard after a huge car bomb<br />

planted by Eta ripped through one of Spain's most popular tourist<br />

resorts 19/08/01 B 2 2>7 Photograph<br />

* Germany in turmoil: Germans enjoy high incomes and an<br />

efficient welfare state, but now Europe's economic powerhouse<br />

faces radical change that its people will find hard to accept<br />

26/08/01 B 16 1>7 Photographs<br />

* Norway's Crown Prince Haakon marries Mette-Marit Tjessem<br />

Hoiby, whose frankness about her wild past sent her popularity<br />

soaring 26/08/01 B 2 5>7 Photograph<br />

* One of Gerhard Schroder's top Ministers was struggling for<br />

political survival after being caught up in a scandal dubbed 'the<br />

Lustwaffe' affair 02/09/01 B 18 1>3 Photographs<br />

* Self-rule is a dangerous issue on an island where vendettas are<br />

a fact of political life - report from Corsica 02/09/01 B 19 1>8<br />

Photographs<br />

* Former First Lady of Greece, Mimi is set for a career as TV<br />

chat hostess 02/09/01 B 20 4>7 Photograph<br />

* Italian mass killer 'was servant of Satanic sect' 09/09/01 B 18<br />

1>6 Photograph<br />

* Wild boars eat path through French Riviera 09/09/01 B 19<br />

7>8 Photograph<br />

* Stockholm accused of 'dirty tricks' as British firms reveal plot<br />

to end our love affair with carpets in favour of wood floors - see<br />

Business & Industry 16/09/01<br />

* Amid fears of injustice, the case of a gay woman accused of<br />

murdering her partner's daughter grips Spain 16/09/01 B 9 1>7<br />

Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong> sword of St Galgano, said to have been plunged into a<br />

rock by a medieval Tuscan knight, has been authenticated,<br />

bolstering Italy's version of the Excalibur legend 16/09/01 B 9 8<br />

* Guy Loudmer, a corrupt auctioneer stole art cash in France -<br />

see Crime 23/09/01<br />

* Cesar Sicre, a 28-year-old heart-throb has turned out to have<br />

been an undercover investigator hired to infiltrate the<br />

underworld of Spanish celebrities 23/09/01 B 10 1>8<br />

Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong> death toll in the Toulouse chemical plant explosion in<br />

France could rise to 40 as rescuers desperately search the<br />

wreckage for 15 missing workers 23/09/01 B 9 1>6 Photograph,<br />

map<br />

* A murderer with four guns and a grudge in the small town of<br />

Zug in Switzerland, causes mayhem 30/09/01 B 25 1>8<br />

Photographs<br />

* Police in Spain back ecstasy quality control at raves - see<br />

Drugs & Drug Abuse 07/10/01<br />

* Sir Richard Branson has been called in by the Belgian Prime<br />

Minister as a potential rescuer for part of the ailing national<br />

airline, Sabena - see Aviation Industry 07/10/01<br />

* Italian Prime Minister, Silvio Berlusconi, in hot water over his<br />

remarks about Islam, is accused also of turning the law to his<br />

benefit 07/10/01 B 25 1>2 Photograph<br />

* France's most critically acclaimed novel has been removed<br />

from the short list for the country's top literary award because it<br />

has been deemed too controversial in the wake of 11th<br />

September attacks 14/10/01 B 29 1>2 Photograph<br />

* Paris has decided to get rid of its motor scooter-borne dog<br />

mess cleaners who, for 20 years, have been striving to mop up<br />

the foul deposits on the French capital's streets 21/10/01 B 27<br />

1>2<br />

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* St. Gotthard tunnel disaster: last week 11 people died in an<br />

inferno that could easily have been avoided - see Disasters<br />

28/10/01<br />

* Next May's French presidential election is shaping up into<br />

something more complicated 28/10/01 B 27 7>8 Photograph<br />

* Security forces push back the crowds during the first tour by<br />

King Mohamed VI to the Moroccan-seized Western Sahara last<br />

week 04/11/01 B 27 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Violent crime epidemic rocks France 04/11/01 B 27 1>7<br />

Photograph<br />

* 'Scream' movies are being blamed by a teenage girl's copycat<br />

killing in Belgium 18/11/01 B 24 1>3 Photograph<br />

* Some French mayors have resigned over a plan to dig up<br />

civilian cemeteries to make way for a new airstrip in<br />

Vermandovillers 18/11/01 B 24 4>6 Photograph<br />

* Patriotic Gibraltar protests at 'disloyal' hand over to Spain by<br />

Tony Blair 25/11/01 B 23 1>6 Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> prospect of a march on the French Prime Minister's office<br />

by thousands of angry policemen haunted Lionel Jospin's dreams<br />

this weekend 25/11/01 B 26 6>7<br />

* After £20,000 award to Down's Syndrome child 'unlucky to be<br />

born', French medics may abandon pre-natal scans - see Mental<br />

Health 02/12/01<br />

* Street battles erupt in Berlin as neo-Nazis back Hitler's army<br />

over atrocities - see Neo-Nazis 02/12/01<br />

* After six years of preparation and controversy the opera world<br />

will flock to Milan next week to watch the first act of La Scala's<br />

riskiest melodrama: renovation 02/12/01 B 23 1>2 Photograph<br />

* France's defence minister, Alain Richard, defused a week of<br />

confrontation with the country's gendarmes 09/12/01 B 21 1>8<br />

Photograph<br />

* Italians turn on Silvio Berlusconi in a battle over EU powers of<br />

arrest 09/12/01 B 21 1>7 Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Leaning Tower of Pisa reopened yesterday after 12 years<br />

when experts battled to stop it toppling 16/12/01 B 1 4<br />

Photograph<br />

* Japan's offer of all-expenses paid trip to Nobel prize officials<br />

outrages Scandinavians 16/12/01 B 20 7>8 Cartoon<br />

* Tourists climbed the Leaning Tower of Pisa in Italy for the<br />

first time in 12 years 16/12/01 B 20 1>8 Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Kremlin accuses Germans of 'making us look like Nazis'<br />

at atrocity museum - see International Affairs: Russia 23/12/01<br />

* Next month the public TV network La Cinq in France will<br />

screen four authors trying to write a collective novel while<br />

closeted in a country house near Paris 23/12/01 B 15 8 Cartoon<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Greeks are close to unmasking the terror group November<br />

17 23/12/01 B 17 6>8 Photograph<br />

INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS: FAR EAST<br />

* Nine people were feared dead after a US navy nuclear<br />

submarine blundered into a collision with a Japanese fishing boat<br />

taking children on a study trip off the coast of Hawaii - see<br />

International Affairs: U.S.A. 11/02/01<br />

* Olympic chiefs scorn plan for volleyball in Beijing's<br />

Tiananmen Square, scene of the 1989 massacre of prodemocracy<br />

campaigners 25/02/01 B 22 5>7 Photographs<br />

* Anti-racists take on Hong Kong's secret shame 04/03/01 B 25<br />

1>2 Photograph<br />

* Japan was braced for its eighth prime minister in eight years<br />

after Yoshiro Mori indicated his intention to resign 11/03/01 B<br />

21 8


* Japan needs another miracle to survive 18/03/01 N 5 1>4<br />

Photograph<br />

* Four Japanese restaurants beyond London - see Restaurants<br />

01/04/01<br />

* Japanese drink: sake - see Food & Drink 01/04/01<br />

* Japanese seaweed - see Food & Drink 01/04/01<br />

* Noto Sushi, Oriental City, London - see Restaurants 01/04/01<br />

* Out with the clutter and in with the minimal simplicity of some<br />

of Japan's finest designers - see Interiors 01/04/01<br />

* Roll your own sushi - see Food & Drink 01/04/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Japanese design team behind next month's 'JAM: Tokyo<br />

London' exhibition at the Barbican - see Interiors 01/04/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> simplicity of a Japanese tea house garden brings a whole<br />

new meaning to an afternoon cuppa - see Gardens 01/04/01<br />

* World sake web - see Food & Drink 01/04/01<br />

* Shopping in Japan 01/04/01 M 14>18 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Tokyo's sex industry 01/04/01 M 20>23 1>4 Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong> fish industry in Japan 01/04/01 M 24>27 1>4<br />

Photographs<br />

* 15 Japanese Anglophiles say why London is their number one<br />

attraction 01/04/01 M 28>31 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Japanese artists who are causing a sensation in their own<br />

country 01/04/01 M 32>35 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Fashion in Japan 01/04/01 M 36>41 1 Photographs<br />

* Fashion plus - six Japanese names 01/04/01 M 43 1>3<br />

Photographs<br />

* Healing with reiki, Japanese, a form of spiritual healing<br />

01/04/01 M 47>48 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Introduction to the special Japan issue 01/04/01 M 8>11 1>4<br />

Photograph, illustration<br />

* Bush's China crisis - see International Affairs: U.S.A.<br />

08/04/01<br />

* Talks between Chinese and US negotiators trying to secure a<br />

way out of the spy plane crisis were still deadlocked over<br />

China's demands for an apology - see International Affairs:<br />

U.S.A. 08/04/01<br />

* In his first full interview, the Karmapa Lama tells about the<br />

danger he faced to win freedom - see Lama, Karmapa 29/04/01<br />

* China's privatisation of its vast railways will copy the British<br />

model by splitting them into passenger operators and a version<br />

of Railtrack for the lines and signalling 13/05/01 N 2 4>7<br />

Photograph<br />

* Japan's Prime Minister, Junichiro Koizumi is loved to the point<br />

of becoming a cult figure 01/07/01 B 20 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Japan's rising nationalism enrages Asia 15/07/01 B 20 1>8<br />

Photographs<br />

* At least 10 people were crushed to death as crowds left a<br />

firework display in Japan 22/07/01 B 22 1>2<br />

* Japan are in shock after 44 die in inferno at sex parlour without<br />

fire escapes 02/09/01 B 17 1>6 Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong> former Peruvian President, Alberto Fujimori, switches<br />

nationality to Japan to escape extradition for mass-murder<br />

charges at home - see International Affairs: Cent. & S. America<br />

16/09/01<br />

* Fallout from the US terror puts Japan's new PM's reforms to<br />

the ultimate test 21/10/01 N 5 1>5 Photographs, graph<br />

* Crown Princess Masako in Japan gave birth to a baby girl<br />

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yesterday, reinforcing calls for a revision of the country's maleonly<br />

succession law 02/12/01 B 21 1>7 Photographs<br />

* Japan's offer of all-expenses paid trip to Nobel prize officials<br />

outrages Scandinavians - see International Affairs: Europe<br />

16/12/01<br />

INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS: INDIAN SUB-CONTINENT<br />

* <strong>The</strong> murder of an Asian greengrocer in London has revealed<br />

how warring families will seek revenge over thousands of miles<br />

- see Crime 21/01/01<br />

* Earthquake toll in India may hit 15,000 28/01/01 B 1>2 5>7<br />

Photograph<br />

* As 14,000 bodies are retrieved from the rubble in Gujarat,<br />

cowboy builders whose work fell apart are under fire 04/02/01<br />

B 23 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Bombay's film industry lives on escapism, but is stalked now<br />

by death 11/02/01 B 26 2>6 Photographs<br />

* Gunfight ends ordeal for hostages in Bangladesh 18/03/01 B<br />

25 7>8 Photograph<br />

* Thousands of East Timorese refugees will be left stranded<br />

across the border in squalid camps in Indonesian West Timor<br />

unless relief efforts are stepped up 01/04/01 B 23 8<br />

* Maoists lay siege to Nepal 08/04/01 B 18 1>5 Photographs<br />

* John Sweeney in Rangoon uncovers the links between Burma's<br />

drug barons and a repressive regime that likes to trumpet to the<br />

world its tough anti-drugs policy 08/04/01 B 19 1>7<br />

Photographs<br />

* An army of 40,000 strong Muslin political zealots has pledged<br />

to defend to the death the embattled Indonesian President,<br />

Abdurrahman Wahid 15/04/01 B 20 7>8 Photograph<br />

* China beats India in the building of Buddha wars 13/05/01 B<br />

26 7>8<br />

* Buddhist monks joined hundreds of thousands of Nepalis<br />

thronging the streets of Kathmandu for the funeral of the four<br />

members of the country's royal family killed by the Crown<br />

Prince on Friday 03/06/01 B 1 1 Photograph<br />

* At least 30 boys a month are being kidnapped in Pakistan to<br />

feed the banned slave trade in racing camel jockeys in the United<br />

Arab Emirates 03/06/01 B 27 1>5 Photographs<br />

* Nepal is in shock after eight members of the royal family were<br />

slaughtered in a late-night drunken row over the heir's marriage<br />

plans 03/06/01 B 3 1>6 Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Sicilian port where body parts come in with the cod can no<br />

longer resist an inquiry into the drowning of 283 Pakistanis in<br />

1997 - see International Affairs: Europe 10/06/01<br />

* Ed Douglas in Nepal visits one of the camps into which<br />

100,000 refugees fleeing ethnic cleansing in Bhutan are<br />

crammed, largely forgotten by the world 24/06/01 B 20 1>6<br />

Photographs<br />

* Pakistan is facing a massive brain drain as record number of<br />

people desperate to leave their politically unstable country<br />

swamp foreign embassies with visa applications 01/07/01 B 19<br />

1>2 Photograph<br />

* Nepal slid deeper into crisis yesterday as Maoist rebels, who<br />

have vowed to topple the unpopular new king, killed at least 40<br />

policemen 08/07/01 B 25 1>2<br />

* Pakistan's military dictator, General Pervez Musharraf went to<br />

New Delhi for a historic three-day summit 15/07/01 B 19 4>5<br />

* Villagers near Jagatsingpur in eastern India battle to beat<br />

floods 22/07/01 B 22 3 Photograph<br />

* Pakistan faces embarrassment over the house where the<br />

nation's founder lived 29/07/01 B 26 1>8 Photographs


* When Indonesian supreme court judge Syafiuddin Kartasamita<br />

left home just after 8am on Thursday he had no reason to suspect<br />

anything was amiss - less than half an hour later he was dead<br />

29/07/01 B 26 7>8 Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> military regime in Pakistan is preparing to execute a<br />

young illiterate woman despite mounting concerns from human<br />

rights groups 05/08/01 B 21 7>8 Photograph<br />

* Hundreds of people flocked to Brunei for the start the<br />

auctioning of 10,000 lots that once belonged to the business<br />

empire of the autocratic sultan's disgraced younger brother<br />

12/08/01 B 21 1>8 Photograph<br />

* East Timor's former resistance leader and current national<br />

hero, Jose Alexandre 'Xanana' Gusmao has announced he is<br />

willing to become the fledgling nation's first president 26/08/01<br />

B 21 5>6<br />

* Lawyers are launching the world's biggest ever class action<br />

against the British Geological Survey over claims it failed to<br />

spot deadly poisons during crucial tests on water in Bangladesh<br />

30/09/01 B 24 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Former Sri Lankan cricket captain, Arjuna Ranatunga, is on<br />

the verge of announcing his entry as a political candidate in<br />

<strong>December</strong>'s Sri Lankan general elections 04/11/01 B 26 7>8<br />

Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> death camps of Burma 11/11/01 M 42>49 1>4<br />

Photographs<br />

* A new film about Lenin by the controversial Russian director<br />

Alexander Sokurov has provoked anger from a coalition of<br />

Indian writers and politicians after it was shown at a film festival<br />

in India 18/11/01 B 25 1>8 Photograph<br />

* President Bush made a personal intervention in the mounting<br />

diplomatic crisis that threatens war between India and Pakistan<br />

30/12/01 B 3 1>4 Photograph<br />

INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS: MIDDLE EAST<br />

* A televised speech by Saddam Hussein failed to convince<br />

doubters that he is alive and well 07/01/01 B 21 1>2<br />

* Police mete out lethal justice to Palestinian spies who are paid<br />

to turn family and neighbours over to Tel Aviv's feared security<br />

services 14/01/01 B 3 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Undercover Israeli soldiers posing as Arabs captured a young<br />

Palestinian woman suspected of luring an Israeli youth to his<br />

death via the internet 21/01/01 B 20 5>8 Photographs<br />

* Saddam Hussein is stronger than ever and a class of<br />

entrepreneurs are exploiting the UN embargo to make fortunes<br />

21/01/01 B 21 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Israeli army deserted by soldiers with a conscience 28/01/01 B<br />

21 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Fifty years ago Ariel Sharon terrorised a Palestinian village,<br />

now he will lead Israel 04/02/01 B 21 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Neal Ascherson assesses Israel's risk of new disasters as<br />

Sharon heads for power 04/02/01 B 21 1>5 Photograph<br />

* Britain broke its own ministerial guidelines banning the sale of<br />

weapons in a dispute in the Western Sahara 04/02/01 B 22 6>7<br />

* <strong>The</strong> murky world of expatriate life in Saudi Arabia has been<br />

rocked by the arrests of three Westerners for murder, but are<br />

they being framed? 11/02/01 B 19 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Ariel Sharon, the new Israeli Prime Minister, moved yesterday<br />

to unity a divided Israel and mollify world opinion by making a<br />

dramatic bid to woo senior left-wing figures into his government<br />

11/02/01 B 22 1>8<br />

* Britain and America vowed to launch fresh air raids against<br />

Iraq despite facing international isolation after Friday's stokes on<br />

radar sites near Baghdad 18/02/01 B 1 1>3 Photograph<br />

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113<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Raid on Iraq: Bush signals a deadly intent 18/02/01 B<br />

20>21 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Iraq is set for nuclear weapons 25/02/01 B 22 5>7<br />

* Saudi Arabian authorities are flouting international law by now<br />

allowing British officials to visit a jailed Briton who faces public<br />

execution 25/02/01 B 7 6>7 Photograph<br />

* Outrage as the defiant Taliban blow away 1,700 years of<br />

history in central Afghanistan 04/03/01 B 21 1>6 Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Freud Society of Vienna has cancelled a lecture by<br />

Edward Said, the Palestinian-American professor, after members<br />

saw a photograph of him poised to hurl a stone at an Israeli<br />

guardhouse 11/03/01 B 21 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Palestinians turn backs on violence 18/03/01 B 22 1>8<br />

Photographs<br />

* As they bury their dead, Palestinians charge Bush with<br />

collusion in Israel's hardline tactics 01/04/01 B 23 1>7<br />

Photograph<br />

* Afghanistan's fundamentalist Taliban rulers have ended its<br />

opium trade - but the world hasn't noticed 01/04/01 B 26 1>7<br />

Photograph<br />

* A conference of revisionist historians of the Holocaust is due<br />

to go ahead in Jordan today despite an international outcry - see<br />

Holocaust, <strong>The</strong> 08/04/01<br />

* Jason Burke in Rafah, Gaza, sees the human tragedy endured<br />

by a people in the grip of mounting violence 15/04/01 B 21 1>8<br />

Photographs<br />

* Now Israel's leader has been forced to retreat 22/04/01 B 21<br />

1>5 Photograph<br />

* Pope John Paul began a historic pilgrimage to Muslin Syria<br />

yesterday with an urgent appeal for peace in the Middle East -<br />

see Pope John Paul 06/05/01<br />

* Afghanistan's worst humanitarian disaster since the Soviet<br />

invasion of 1979 is unfolding as drought, famine and renewed<br />

civil war drive 300 families a day into refugee camps 06/05/01<br />

B 19 1>8 Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong> dwindling community of Mishmar David is on the verge<br />

of making history by becoming the first of Israel's 279 kibbutzim<br />

to be disbanded 06/05/01 B 23 1>5 Photographs<br />

* Hatred going back centuries is unleashed as two Jewish<br />

teenagers are stoned to death 13/05/01 B 25 1>7 Photographs<br />

* Report from Paris where ministers and intellectuals want to<br />

halt the rise in sexist imagery 13/05/01 B 26 1>8 Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong> violence in the Middle East continued to escalate as Israel<br />

launched more air strikes against Palestinian targets 20/05/01 B<br />

2 8<br />

* Grief and defiance as Israel unleashes more air strikes<br />

20/05/01 B 23 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Grieving relatives are leading a groundswell of public fury<br />

over the shoddy building standards that led to Israel's worst ever<br />

civilian disaster 27/05/01 B 23 1>7 Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong> price of petrol could rise by more than 50p a gallon after<br />

Iraq, the world's second largest oil producer, yesterday<br />

announced it was stopping exports tomorrow - see Oil Industry<br />

03/06/01<br />

* Jewish mobs laid siege to a mosque near the site of Friday<br />

night's horrific bombing of a Tel Aviv nightclub 03/06/01 B 1<<br />

25 1>4<br />

* Israel's growing mood for full-scale hostilities in the aftermath<br />

of 18 deaths in a nightclub suicide bomb attack 03/06/01 B 25<br />

1>8 Photographs<br />

* Israeli brothel keepers have the right to buy and sell prostitutes


in the same way that football clubs transfer players 10/06/01 B<br />

19 7>8<br />

* Iran's voice of moderation has landslide win over the clerics<br />

10/06/01 B 20 1>6 Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Palestinians and Israel are resorting to propaganda as the<br />

main weapon in their fight for world opinion 17/06/01 B 17 1>6<br />

Photographs<br />

* While Israel's hawkish Prime Minister rails against Yasser<br />

Arafat as the 'head of a gang of terrorists', he sends his son to try<br />

to negotiate a settlement with the Palestinians 01/07/01 B 19<br />

1>8 Photographs<br />

* A leader of the Palestinian fighters in Rafah in the Gaza strip<br />

says the ceasefire is withering on barren and bloody ground<br />

08/07/01 B 23 1>6 Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> battle for land spawns a brutal new group of Jewish<br />

vigilantes 22/07/01 B 17 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Israel tries to kill top Arafat aide in missile attack on car<br />

05/08/01 B 19 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Comment by Edward Said on Israel 12/08/01<br />

* Police and protesters clash as lorries take away tons of secret<br />

documents from captured Palestinian HQ 12/08/01 B 17 1>5<br />

Photographs<br />

* Masked boys wave Hamas flags at the funeral of two<br />

Palestinian protesters killed by Israeli soldiers in the Gaza strip<br />

12/08/01 B 2 5 Photograph<br />

* As Israeli security forces maintain a high alert for suicide<br />

bombers this weekend, the stranglehold on Gaza continues<br />

19/08/01 B 20 4>8 Photograph<br />

* Jews and Palestinians are queuing up to secure their escape as<br />

the bloody cycle of violence shows no sign of ending 26/08/01<br />

B 17 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Israel kills aide to Gaza security chief 02/09/01 B 17 7>8<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Taliban rulers in Afghanistan have started a trial of<br />

Christian aid workers accused to preaching Christianity<br />

09/09/01 B 16 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Iran wants tourists to sample regal luxury in the city where<br />

Darius held court 09/09/01 B 19 1>6 Photographs<br />

* All that stands between the West and a flood of heroin pouring<br />

out of Afghanistan are the poorly armed, poorly paid border<br />

patrols of Iran - report from the front line of the real war on<br />

drugs 09/09/01 M 26>30 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Kabul empties as the US decides 16/09/01 X 22>23 1>6<br />

Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Islamic mindset 16/09/01 X 22>23 4>6 Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Muslim world has to change, it cannot forever attribute all<br />

its ills to America, writes the Iraqi dissident, Kanan Makiya - see<br />

Terrorism 07/10/01<br />

* Chastened Israel pledges support for Bush but fears remain<br />

that America favours Arabs 07/10/01 B 23 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Prince Leila Pahlavi, the daughter of the Shah of Iran, died<br />

alone, aged just 31 in a London hotel room - see Pahlavi, Leila<br />

14/10/01<br />

* Eight die as Israel hits back 21/10/01 B 4 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Report from Beit Rima where doctors struggle to cope with the<br />

victims of Israel's bloody assault on the West Bank in pursuit of<br />

'terrorists' 28/10/01 B 24>25 1>8 Photographs, map<br />

* Defiant Israelis abandon pull-out 28/10/01 B 3 8<br />

* Palestinians must have a state says US 04/11/01 B 23 7>8<br />

* Even George Bush wants to see a new film about the suffering<br />

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114<br />

in Afghanistan under the Taliban 04/11/01 R 5 1>7 Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong> inside story of the battle for Afghanistan 18/11/01 X 1>8<br />

1>8 Photographs<br />

* US commits to Palestine 18/11/01 B 23 1>8 Photograph<br />

* Women were banished from Iranian stadiums after the 1979<br />

revolution but last week the mullahs relented and let 40 Irish<br />

women attend a crucial world cup game 18/11/01 B 8 1>8<br />

Photographs<br />

* A keynote research paper showing that Middle Eastern Jews<br />

and Palestinians are genetically almost identical has been pulled<br />

from a leading journal, Human Immunology - see Science<br />

25/11/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> case against Ariel Sharon, the Israeli Prime Minister, for<br />

the 1982 massacres in Lebanon's Sabra and Chatila refugee<br />

camps will open this week 25/11/01 B 24 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Secret US plan to launch war against Iraq - see International<br />

Affairs: U.S.A. 02/12/01<br />

* Carnage as suicide bombs hit Jerusalem 02/12/01 B 1, 3 1>6<br />

Photograph<br />

* Interview with Uri Geller who's famous the world over for<br />

bending spoons and who's now planning to bring peace to the<br />

middle east - see Geller, Uri 09/12/01<br />

* Gaza Diary by Sandra Jordan 09/12/01 B 20 6>7 Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Palestinian leader wants his force to arrest militants - but<br />

some recoil at orders to act against their own families 09/12/01<br />

B 20 1>5 Photograph<br />

* Tony Blair fears a major split with America over the Middle<br />

East peace process 16/12/01 B 2 2>7 Photographs<br />

* Report on Palestine's Martyrs 16/12/01 B 21 1>7 Photographs<br />

* One of Saddam Hussein's most senior henchmen was the<br />

organiser of repeated trips to Baghdad by Labour MP George<br />

Galloway 23/12/01 B 10 6>7 Photograph<br />

* New Afghan leader vows to build an era of peace 23/12/01 B<br />

2 2>6 Photograph<br />

* Women continue to cover up in Afghanistan, reluctant to be<br />

the first to take off the burqa 30/12/01 B 18 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Kabul Diary by Peter Beaumont 30/12/01 B 19 1>4<br />

Photograph<br />

* Revealed: Egypt's empire was built on breeze blocks 30/12/01<br />

B 20 1>4 Photographs<br />

INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS: RUSSIA<br />

* Russia's beleaguered atheists have formed a new society to<br />

campaign against the growing power of the Church in<br />

government 07/01/01 B 22 1>8 Photograph<br />

* Museum recalls a regime from Gorbachev's era that Russians<br />

prefer to ignore 14/01/01 B 21 1>6 Photograph<br />

* MI6 accused of abusing mentally ill son by parents of Russian<br />

diplomat who became a spy 28/01/01 B 24 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Tycoon Vladimir Gusinsky, owner of Russia's largest media<br />

group, spectacularly fell out with the clique that runs the<br />

Kremlin - see Media 04/02/01<br />

* Report from St. Petersburg were prostitution and drugs are<br />

fuelling a huge rise in HIV infections 11/02/01 B 25 1>6<br />

Photographs<br />

* Should Western banks do business with a Russian aluminium<br />

giant accused of murder, extortion, fraud and money laundering?<br />

- see Financial Institutions 18/02/01<br />

* As the ageing Russian space station Mir, nears its watery<br />

grave, millions mourn the passing of a national status symbol


18/02/01 B 22 1>8 Photograph, map<br />

* Privatisation plans for the famed Mosfilm studios in Russia<br />

have outraged leaders of a struggling industry 04/03/01 B 23<br />

1>5 Photograph<br />

* 21 killed in Russian car bomb blitz 25/03/01 B 25 1>8<br />

Photographs, map<br />

* Forty years after Yuri Gagarian's historic space flight, his<br />

death intrigues a nation 08/04/01 B 21 1>2 Photograph<br />

* Journalists resign and set up a rival newsroom after 3am raid<br />

on Moscow studios by private security guards 15/04/01 B 17<br />

1>3 Photograph<br />

* Children are recruited for Russia's commando war on tax<br />

dodgers 20/05/01 B 25 1>7 Photograph<br />

* US President invites Russia to help refashion world security by<br />

backing missile shield - see International Affairs: U.S.A.<br />

17/06/01<br />

* According to a secret file which President Putin has unveiled,<br />

the Krelmin asked to join Nato in 1954 17/06/01 B 18 8<br />

* Gilded graveyard of Russia's imperial horses is restored in the<br />

grounds of St Petersburg's grandest imperial palace 17/06/01 B<br />

18 1>8 Photograph<br />

* When Star City was built on the outskirts of Moscow in 1960<br />

its contents were top secret, now it is a tourist destination - see<br />

Space 29/07/01<br />

* What really happened to Russia's 'unsinkable' submarine - see<br />

Kursk, <strong>The</strong> 05/08/01<br />

* Soviet football hero Eduard Streltsov's career was ruined when<br />

he was sent to labour camps because of a rape conviction and the<br />

malice of a woman Politburo member 26/08/01 B 21 1>4<br />

Photograph<br />

* Alfred Kokh, the former Russian Privatisation Minister, sacked<br />

in disgrace, was back in the limelight as the presenter of Greed, a<br />

new TV show 16/09/01 B 8 4>8 Photograph<br />

* Vegetarianism in Russia was forbidden 70 years ago, now<br />

more than a century after the first Russian vegetarianism society<br />

was founded, the meat-free life is flourishing again 30/09/01 B<br />

24 7>8<br />

* Microsoft maverick's café brings new hope to Russian orphans<br />

07/10/01 B 24 3>8 Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong> letter 'e' in the Russian alphabet was devised by writer<br />

Nikolai Karamzin in 1797 and the town where he came from<br />

wants to erect a monument 28/10/01 B 28 7>8<br />

* New film about Lenin by the controversial Russian director<br />

Alexander Sokurov has provoked anger from a coalition of<br />

Indian writers and politicians - see International Affairs: Indian<br />

Sub-Continent 18/11/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Kremlin accuses Germans of 'making us look like Nazis'<br />

at atrocity museum 23/12/01 B 15 3>7 Photograph<br />

INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS: S.E. ASIA<br />

* China's rulers dubbed rebel students 'those bastards' 07/01/01<br />

B 20 3>7 Photographs<br />

* Disgraced Philippine President Joseph Estrada is to face a<br />

judicial investigation for economic plunder 21/01/01 B 20 1>8<br />

Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong> stepfather of a six-year-old girl rescued after being held<br />

hostage by kidnappers for 23 days was flying to the Philippines<br />

last night to be reunited with her 04/02/01 B 22 1>5<br />

Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong> centre of old Saigon stepped back yearly 50 years as<br />

filming started on an Australian adaptation of Graham Greene's,<br />

<strong>The</strong> Quiet American 18/02/01 B 24 1>7 Photographs<br />

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115<br />

* 108 people were killed and dozens injured as a series of blasts<br />

ripped through tower blocks in the northern Chinese city of<br />

Shijiazhuang 18/03/01 B 24 7>8<br />

* China shrugs off Olympic warning on human rights 15/07/01<br />

B 21 7>8<br />

* Coffee beans were supposed to be the answer to Vietnam's<br />

woes but civil strife and environmental destruction are the result<br />

12/08/01 N 3 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Burglars trapped 66 people who died in a hotel inferno in the<br />

Philippines 19/08/01 B 17 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Indonesia's 'midnight terror' sends 1,700 to their deaths<br />

21/10/01 B 26 1>7 Photograph<br />

* China was finally admitted to the World Trade Organisation<br />

yesterday - see World Trade Organisation 11/11/01<br />

INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS: U.S.A.<br />

* Outgoing President Clinton's final orders save forests from<br />

'scorched-earth' policy 07/01/01 B 20 1>2<br />

* American military bases and consular facilities across Italy<br />

were placed on high alert against a possible terrorist attack by<br />

Islamic militants 07/01/01 B 21 3>4<br />

* Mystery surrounds the execution-style murder of Susan<br />

Berman, gangster's daughter and the author of Easy Street<br />

07/01/01 B 21 1>5 Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong> 'Malevolent Seven' whose escape from a Texas prison<br />

sparked one of the biggest manhunts in American history got<br />

away after being left unsupervised having a picnic 07/01/01 B<br />

22 7>8<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Clinton Years 07/01/01 R 4>5 1>4 Photographs<br />

* A new arms race looms after reports that Russia and China are<br />

preparing to enter into a historic pact, spurred on by plans by the<br />

incoming Bush administration - see Arms 14/01/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> new President will be sworn in this week amid a storm<br />

over his choice of Attorney-General 14/01/01 B 19 1>8<br />

Photographs<br />

* Two US leaders - Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton were the<br />

subject of health alerts yesterday 14/01/01 B 2 2>4 Photograph<br />

* America finds its soul in music 14/01/01 R 5 1>5 Photographs<br />

* George W. Bush takes the 35-word presidential oath,<br />

concluding America's longest, closest and most bitter election<br />

21/01/01 B 1>2 1>4 Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> White House handover 21/01/01 B 22>23 1>6<br />

Photographs<br />

* A power struggle is raging in California where there is not<br />

enough electricity to keep the lights on 21/01/01 B 26 1>8<br />

Photographs<br />

* Anger at Clinton's sleazy White House departure 28/01/01 B<br />

21 1>7 Photographs<br />

* With George W Bush in the White House, energy firms<br />

lobbying for deregulation are pushing at an open door 28/01/01<br />

N 4 3>8 Photograph<br />

* Focus on America's moral crusaders 04/02/01 B 17 1>8<br />

Photographs<br />

* A Dutch man has been arrested with attempting to smuggle<br />

Ecstasy into the US by swallowing 3,500 pills 04/02/01 B 26<br />

7>8<br />

* Bill and Hillary Clinton are under pressure to return White<br />

House gifts 04/02/01 B 26 7>8 Photograph<br />

* Vince McMahon has turned wrestling into a billion-dollar<br />

industry, he hopes to inject the sex and violence formula into<br />

American football 04/02/01 B 26 1>8 Photographs


* Report on revelations over the ex-President Clinton's links to a<br />

fugitive financier and his socialite wife 11/02/01 B 24 1>8<br />

Photograph<br />

* Nine people were feared dead after a US navy nuclear<br />

submarine blundered into a collision with a Japanese fishing boat<br />

taking children on a study trip off the coast of Hawaii 11/02/01<br />

B 25 7<br />

* Focus on the Clinton's - see Clinton, Bill & Hillary 25/02/01<br />

* British-owned gun veteran Smith & Wesson is up for sale,<br />

victim of its own attempt to make firearms safer 25/02/01 B 26<br />

1>5 Photograph, cartoon<br />

* <strong>The</strong> US secretly supported the ethnic Albanian extremists now<br />

behind insurgencies in Macedonia and southern Serbia - see<br />

International Affairs: Eastern Europe 11/03/01<br />

* America's torment as boy aged 14 is jailed for life - legal<br />

system attacked for treating a child murderer as an adult<br />

11/03/01 B 26 1>6 Photographs<br />

* A bitter dispute has broken out among the survivors and<br />

relatives of the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing over the<br />

impending execution of bomber Timothy McVeigh 18/03/01 B<br />

26 1>8 Photographs<br />

* New York's political machinery is grinding into gear with the<br />

eight-year tenure of Mayor Rudy Giuliani drawing to a close<br />

later this year 18/03/01 B 26 7>8 Photograph<br />

* Barely 60 days after taking office, America's President George<br />

W. Bush is engaged in a spying row with the Russians and is<br />

upsetting the Chinese with his military plans 25/03/01 B 18 1>8<br />

Photographs<br />

* A few weeks from now Ruth Simmons will make another<br />

piece of black American history along the road paved by Martin<br />

Luther King 25/03/01 B 24 7>8 Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> dump that took New York's rubbish is closed, but the<br />

Mafia will go on making dirty money 25/03/01 B 26 1>8<br />

Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong> President who bought power and sold the world - see<br />

Global Warming 01/04/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> hunt by the FBI of anti-abortionist James Charles Kopp<br />

01/04/01 B 23 1>6 Photographs<br />

* A South Carolina hospital's attempt to deal with its 'crack<br />

babies' has gone all the way to the US Supreme Court - see<br />

Drugs & Drug Abuse 08/04/01<br />

* Media mogul Ted Turner, had been cut adrift from the US<br />

media empire he created by rivals with no tolerance for his<br />

outspoken views - see Turner, Ted 08/04/01<br />

* Bush's China crisis 08/04/01 B 14>15 1>8 Photograph<br />

* Talks between Chinese and US negotiators trying to secure a<br />

way out of the spy plane crisis were still deadlocked over<br />

China's demands for an apology 08/04/01 B 2 4>7 Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> execution of bomber Timothy McVeigh has turned into<br />

showbiz, with the murderer urging all America to watch his<br />

execution 08/04/01 B 20 1>8 Photograph<br />

* A curfew was the only way to subdue the rioting that erupted<br />

after another black fell victim to trigger-happy police in<br />

Cincinnati 15/04/01 B 13 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Lieutenant Patrick Honeck prepares for a hug as he and 23<br />

fellow crew members of the US spy plane at the centre of a row<br />

with China arrived home 15/04/01 B 2 4 Photograph<br />

* Blair's Britain just cultural vandalism says Bush's social policy<br />

guru, Myron Magnet - see Politics 22/04/01<br />

* Investigation into the making of America's greatest mass<br />

murderer - see McVeigh, Timothy 22/04/01<br />

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116<br />

* View on the economy from New York - see Economy<br />

22/04/01<br />

* View on the economy from Silicon Valley - see Economy<br />

22/04/01<br />

* Jenna Bush, one of George Bush's twin daughters, has been<br />

arrested and charged with under-age drinking in Austin, Texas -<br />

see Bush, Jenna 29/04/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong>y say you never forget a brilliant teacher - I know I won't -<br />

he's call Al Glore by Joshuah Bearman, journalism student at<br />

Columbia University, New York - see Gore, Al 29/04/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> First 100 Days: the moderate safeguards in US law are<br />

being swept aside 29/04/01 B 17 1>6 Photographs<br />

* A secret plan by North Korea to train rockets on US cities has<br />

given George Bush the excuse he needed 06/05/01 B 16>17 1>6<br />

Photographs, illustration<br />

* Henry Porter says that in its rush for power the US has given<br />

the world its biggest challenge in 30 years 06/05/01 B 17 1>3<br />

* A 'holy war' manual found in Manchester is claimed to link<br />

four men accused of bombing embassies in East Africa with<br />

Osama bin Laden in a trial which has been running in New York<br />

for nearly 3 months 20/05/01 B 10 1>8 Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong> American doctor who trumpeted a fertility technique using<br />

three genetic parents failed to disclose that along with 15 healthy<br />

babies it produced two foetuses with a rare genetic disorder<br />

20/05/01 B 23 7>8<br />

* A Mormon with five wives and 29 children could face up to 25<br />

years in jail after being found guilty of bigamy in America's<br />

biggest polygamy case in five decades 20/05/01 B 26 1>8<br />

Photographs<br />

* Bush's mission is to burn the taxes and rules that block profits,<br />

his economics chief Glenn Hubbard says 20/05/01 N 6 1>5<br />

Photograph<br />

* Report on how Senator James Jeffords's defection has derailed<br />

the President's conservative agenda 27/05/01 B 21 1>8<br />

Photographs<br />

* Jeb Bush, Florida's governor's political survival is in doubt -<br />

and his brother in the White House is no help 27/05/01 B 26<br />

1>6 Photographs<br />

* America's long battle to isolate Castro's Cuba has led to some<br />

of Britain's blue-chip businessmen being as unwelcome as drug<br />

traffickers and terrorists - see Business & Industry 03/06/01<br />

* Turmoil for Bush as hero Senator John McCain meets<br />

Democrats 03/06/01 B 25 1>4 Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> armed standoff with an alienated family in the woods of<br />

Idaho that raised fears of another shoot-out disaster 03/06/01 B<br />

28 1>8 Photographs<br />

* America holds vigil on bomber Timothy McVeigh's last<br />

moments - see McVeigh, Timothy 10/06/01<br />

* President Bush receives special tuition on Europe to shed his<br />

ignorant image when he crosses the Atlantic 10/06/01 B 22 1>8<br />

Photographs<br />

* US President invites Russia to help refashion world security by<br />

backing missile shield 17/06/01 B 18 1>7 Photograph<br />

* Amelia Hill in New York reports on a new club run by sexual<br />

liberation gurus who are ready to spread the word in Britain<br />

17/06/01 B 19 1>7 Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong> US is blocking new European Commission proposals to<br />

get cheap drugs into developing countries suffering devastating<br />

HIV, malaria and TB pandemics 17/06/01 N 2 5>8<br />

* Leslie Van Houten, the youngest of the murderous cult leader<br />

Charles Manson's Family tells her story for the first time and<br />

says she wants to go free - see Van Houten, Leslie 24/06/01


* <strong>The</strong> missing intern: Chandra Levy, the 24 year-old intern has<br />

vanished and Gary Condit, the Democratic congressman for the<br />

California town of Modesto, faces a barrage of questions<br />

24/06/01 B 15 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Black America divided as leaders vie for supremacy:<br />

Presidential hopeful Al Sharpton has made a stinging attack on<br />

Jesse Jackson from his jail cell 24/06/01 B 21 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Doctors implanted a pager-sized type of pacemaker in the<br />

chest of Dick Cheney to guard against episodes of a rapid<br />

heartbeat after the US Vice-President was found to be<br />

susceptible to them 01/07/01 B 20 7>8<br />

* Official figures show that America is polluting the planet on a<br />

greater scale than ever before 01/07/01 B 20 7>8<br />

* What do ordinary Americans really feel about the Stars and<br />

Stripes? 01/07/01 M 28>31 1>2 Photographs<br />

* New York's high society quivers as barbarians breach the gates<br />

of privilege - report on the extraordinary battle over a private<br />

park 08/07/01 B 22 1>8 Photographs<br />

* It's illegal and dangerous, but in California you can win street<br />

cred behind the wheel of a souped-up Honda 08/07/01 B 25 1>8<br />

Photographs<br />

* In the early hours of this morning, the US was due to launch a<br />

missile that could smash 30 years of global arms control - see<br />

Defence 15/07/01<br />

* Could missing intern Chandra Levy be in disguise? 15/07/01<br />

B 2 4>7 Photographs<br />

* Negotiations in Bonn are optimistic that they will reach a longawaited<br />

deal on the Kyoto Protocol to tackle global warming<br />

despite the boycott by the US - see Kyoto Protocol 22/07/01<br />

* President Bush is planning to escalate the US war against<br />

drugs from South America with new legislation 22/07/01 B 20<br />

1>3 Photograph<br />

* Federal authorities have ordered Johns Hopkins University,<br />

based in Baltimore, to suspend all government-funded medical<br />

research involving people after the death of a woman testing an<br />

unapproved drug 22/07/01 B 22 4>5 Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> US is exploring the development of a 'space-bomber'<br />

which could destroy targets on the other side of the world within<br />

30 minutes 29/07/01 B 1>2 4>8 Photograph<br />

* New York's billionaire mayoral candidate Michael Bloomberg<br />

has hired a construction firm with a criminal record to refurbish<br />

his campaign headquarters 29/07/01 B 23 1>4 Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> gay director of Coors brewery in the US plays havoc with<br />

its clean-cut image 29/07/01 B 23 1>5 Photographs<br />

* Farmland in Oregon has been laid waste so fish can thrive in a<br />

lake 29/07/01 B 25 1>6 Photographs, map<br />

* Stanley O'Neal, descendant of slaves, is set to lead Merrill<br />

Lynch, making history on Wall Street and across the US<br />

29/07/01 N 3 1>5 Photographs<br />

* Puppies descended from a dog that killed a San Francisco<br />

woman by tearing out her throat, are being offered for sale with<br />

their lineage used as a selling point - see Animals 05/08/01<br />

* George W. Bush helping out at a charity homebuilding event<br />

in Waco, Texas 12/08/01 B 25 1>2 Photograph<br />

* A 'miracle' medicine which will treat sleeping sickness that is a<br />

bigger threat than Aids has been found by American scientists -<br />

see Health 19/08/01<br />

* Peter Bart, the editor of the film business trade paper Variety<br />

was suspended from his post on Friday for contravening<br />

journalistic ethics and crossing the boundaries - see Media<br />

19/08/01<br />

* Teaching terror to Marxist guerrillas in Colombia seemed a<br />

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117<br />

nice earner for the Provos, but the fiasco may cost Sinn Fein<br />

hard-won US support - see Ireland 19/08/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> buzz surrounding the band Radiohead in America, is the<br />

biggest for any British act since <strong>The</strong> Beatles - see Music: Pop<br />

19/08/01<br />

* Michael Bloomberg has spent millions on his campaign to<br />

become New York's mayor, but could be derailed by skeletons in<br />

the closet 19/08/01 B 18 1>7 Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong> latest idol of teen America - 'Baby Bomber' Danny<br />

Almonte, the Bronx baseball pitcher has vanished with his father<br />

on the run from an investigation by child welfare authorities<br />

02/09/01 B 19 1>4 Photograph<br />

* No expense will be spared to ensure the safety of American<br />

personnel under President Bush's plans to counter rogue states<br />

using biological, chemical and nuclear weapons 02/09/01 B 20 8<br />

* He left the White House in disgrace after doling out dubious<br />

pardons, now only months later, Bill Clinton's popularity at<br />

home and abroad has reached new heights - see Clinton, Bill<br />

09/09/01<br />

* America loses taste for 'zero tolerance' 09/09/01 B 18 5>6<br />

* College lecturer Vanessa Leggett stands to make a fortune<br />

after becoming a martyr for press freedom in the US 09/09/01 B<br />

19 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Amid the saturation TV coverage, US papers proved their<br />

mettle - see Media 16/09/01<br />

* As the US prepares to reopen for business this week, <strong>Observer</strong><br />

writers describe how the outlook has changed beyond<br />

recognition in key sectors of the global economy - see Economy<br />

16/09/01<br />

* Peasants leading a popular uprising in Bolivia say there is now<br />

a simple choice between the coca leaf and US aid dollars - see<br />

International Affairs: Cent. & S. America 16/09/01<br />

* Robert J. Shiller, the world's leading expert on the psychology<br />

of finance, explores the quixotic mind of the Wall Street trader -<br />

see Financial Institutions 16/09/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> US Federal Reserve and Wall Street's powerful investment<br />

banks are preparing to spend billions of dollars to support the US<br />

stock market, which opens this week since September 11th<br />

16/09/01 N 1 1>7 Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> US Federal Reserve is expected to cut interest rates by 75<br />

basis points in the coming week to shore up consumer and<br />

business confidence following September 11 16/09/01 N 1 1>3<br />

* In their bleakest hour, New Yorkers displayed both heroism<br />

and staunchness, qualities, says Henry Porter, the US must also<br />

show if it is to reassert itself 16/09/01 X 25 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Jamie Doward reports from a sombre New York, where<br />

capitalism is doing its best to recover in the face of a recession<br />

that now looks virtually inevitable - see Business & Industry<br />

23/09/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> many meanings of the Stars and Stripes - see Stars and<br />

Stripes 23/09/01<br />

* America is to lead an unprecedented money-laundering<br />

crackdown on the world's tax havens, promising that the era of<br />

offshore banking secrecy 'is history' 23/09/01 N 1 1>8<br />

* Despite the best efforts of New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani,<br />

US consumers show no signs of spending their way out of<br />

recession 23/09/01 N 1 4>7 Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> US economy is facing further bad news in the coming<br />

weeks as investment banks prepare to cut thousands more jobs<br />

and earnings fall dramatically 23/09/01 N 1 1>3<br />

* <strong>The</strong> founding member of the Aryan Youth Movement,<br />

America's leading racist group, who has famously denounced the<br />

organisation for the past 14 years, says it was part of a plan… -


see Racism 07/10/01<br />

* American radio's top 'shock jock' Rush Limbaugh, reveals his<br />

deafness but vows to carry on broadcasting coast-to-coast<br />

14/10/01 B 29 1>8 Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong> world's most infamous computer hacker - out of jail and<br />

eking a living as an actor in television drama has denounced<br />

America's proposed new Patriot Act 21/10/01 B 26 5>7<br />

Photograph<br />

* Dire employment figures out this week for the US are expected<br />

to be the strongest signal yet that the US economy is in recession<br />

28/10/01 N 1 1>3 Graph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> US are accused of piracy over 'mutant' rice 28/10/01 B 28<br />

1>8 Photographs<br />

* Underfunding, unnecessary errors and a growing debt have left<br />

America's space agency Nasa on the brink of collapse - see Nasa<br />

04/11/01<br />

* US court blow to three strikes law 04/11/01 B 26 7>8<br />

* A 140 year old manuscript by a slave woman's life story has<br />

been unearthed 11/11/01 B 25 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Fear in the air: when Flight 587 dropped out of the sky, it<br />

brought renewed anguish to New York and dealt another<br />

grievous blow to the world's airlines - see Aviation Industry<br />

18/11/01<br />

* US commits to Palestine - see International Affairs: Middle<br />

East 18/11/01<br />

* Violent crime spree spoils New York's Thanksgiving 25/11/01<br />

B 26 1>5 Photograph<br />

* A backroom row is brewing at Time magazine in New York<br />

over whether Osama bin Laden should grace its cover as 'Person<br />

of the Year', in its Christmas special - see bin Laden, Osama<br />

02/12/01<br />

* Ashley Alsup, an American working for ad agency Bartle<br />

Bogle Hegarty in London, on why the rebranding of her country<br />

has become a priority - see Media 02/12/01<br />

* Secret US plan to launch war against Iraq 02/12/01 B 1>2 1>6<br />

* After 11 September, the US introduced laws that, according to<br />

leading American academic Patricia Williams, mirrors the worst<br />

excesses of some dictatorships 02/12/01 B 26 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Gary Condit, the embattled California congressman at the<br />

centre of the investigation into the disappearance of missing<br />

Washington intern Sandra Levy is to seek re-election 09/12/01<br />

B 23 7>8 Photograph<br />

* Tony Blair fears a major split with America over the Middle<br />

East peace process - see International Affairs: Middle East<br />

16/12/01<br />

* President Bush made a personal intervention in the mounting<br />

diplomatic crisis that threatens war between India and Pakistan -<br />

see International Affairs: Indian Sub-Continent 30/12/01<br />

INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND<br />

* <strong>The</strong> IMF has cut its most important summit in decades from a<br />

week to just two days 09/09/01 B 18 5>6<br />

INTERNET<br />

* Lenient sentencing fuels Net child porn - see Pornography<br />

07/01/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> feverish, rumour-fuelled world of internet bulletin boards<br />

has taken a sinister turn, sparking a police fraud squad inquiry<br />

14/01/01 N 1 5>8<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Kilshaws, the curious couple who bought baby twins to<br />

adopt over the Internet from America and courted publicity - see<br />

Internet 21/01/01<br />

OBSERVER INDEX: JAN-DEC <strong>2001</strong><br />

118<br />

* Undercover Israeli soldiers posing as Arabs captured a young<br />

Palestinian woman suspected of luring an Israeli youth to his<br />

death via the internet - see International Affairs: Middle East<br />

21/01/01<br />

* Britain is poised for a wealthy new era as the Venice of the<br />

information age - see Business & Industry 28/01/01<br />

* Money online - see Financial Institutions 28/01/01<br />

* An international online paedophile ring ran for four years<br />

before being smashed by the biggest international police<br />

operation ever - see Paedophiles 11/02/01<br />

* Internet banking - see Financial Institutions 11/02/01<br />

* Jill Insley on an online bank censured for its iffy advertising -<br />

see Financial Institutions 18/02/01<br />

* Management: Internet entrepreneurs failed because they tried<br />

to defy age-old principles - see Work 18/02/01<br />

* Online therapy - see Health 18/02/01<br />

* Thousands of young women are getting sucked into heavy<br />

debts because of the ease of internet shopping, new research has<br />

revealed - see Women 25/02/01<br />

* Why the firms that were meant to bring e-commerce to your<br />

doorstep failed to delivery - see Business & Industry 25/02/01<br />

* Net closes on the thief of sex.com 11/03/01 B 12 5>7<br />

* <strong>Observer</strong> journalist Oliver Owen thought his 10 year old<br />

daughter was playing an innocent game on her computer until he<br />

discovered the sinister reality of her new internet friends<br />

18/03/01 B 17 1>7 Photographs<br />

* To online publishers' despair, printed words are more efficient<br />

- and more profitable 18/03/01 N 9 1>6 Photographs<br />

* A new website for mums is providing an instant, anonymous<br />

shoulder to lean on - not to mention a good place for a moan -<br />

see Social Conditions & Trends 25/03/01<br />

* Macedonian activists, outraged at Albanian extremism, are<br />

sending 'flood emails' to newspapers, NGOs and politicians - see<br />

International Affairs: Eastern Europe 25/03/01<br />

* Internet mogul Cliff Standford has great hopes for his<br />

investment group's all-girl pop band Girls@Play - see Business<br />

& Industry 01/04/01<br />

* In a move that has won grudging praise from the US internet<br />

community, Britain has announced plans for the world's first<br />

'cybrary' or cyber-library 01/04/01 B 12 7>8<br />

* Buying a new car on the net can pay off 01/04/01 C 14>15<br />

1>5 Photographs<br />

* 20 travel websites - see Travel 08/04/01<br />

* MSN, the internet portal owned by Microsoft, will launch a<br />

UK version of an online car buying service which already sells<br />

$8bn of vehicles a year in the US - see Motor Industry 08/04/01<br />

* With Napster's demise there's a fight to make money from<br />

music on the web - but first they have to pacify irate musicians -<br />

see Music: Pop 08/04/01<br />

* Tanya Corrin and her boyfriend chose to live for 100 days in<br />

the gaze of the internet for the sake of art, but as she reveals it<br />

took its toll on their love - and sanity 08/04/01 R 1>2 1>5<br />

Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong> net is breeding sharp and informed TV criticism 15/04/01<br />

R 8 3>5<br />

* Channel 4 is to put cameras into classrooms for a major Big<br />

Brother style internet broadcast - see Education 29/04/01<br />

* Travel firm EBookers has defied internet orthodoxy - see<br />

Business & Industry 06/05/01


* Computer retailers and Microsoft are to join forces with the<br />

police and children's charities in a crackdown on child porn on<br />

the Internet 06/05/01 B 6 6>8 Photograph<br />

* Las Vegas, the world's gambling capital, is poised to enter the<br />

online betting sector for the first time in a move which will send<br />

shudders through European internet gaming firms - see<br />

Gambling 13/05/01<br />

* Paedophiles who adopt false identities to roam the internet in<br />

search of children to abuse face five years in jail under new antistalking<br />

laws - see Paedophiles 20/05/01<br />

* US firms behind internet share floats face a grand jury inquiry<br />

into corruption on share allocations - see Business & Industry<br />

20/05/01<br />

* Wacky web watch: political sites 20/05/01 B 17 1>3<br />

Photograph<br />

* Men and women use the internet in entirely different ways, and<br />

have distinct styles of writing emails, according to new research<br />

20/05/01 B 5 6>7 Cartoon<br />

* Companies still don't understand that virus protection is where<br />

security starts, not where it ends - see Business & Industry<br />

27/05/01<br />

* Dire warnings of a new, highly destructive computer virus<br />

which cannot be detected by security software are spreading<br />

panic across the internet 03/06/01 B 5 1>2<br />

* A four-page special on the net examining new fears over<br />

personal data 10/06/01 C 16 1>5 Photographs<br />

* A few minutes surfing can deliver a deal on insurance<br />

10/06/01 C 17 1>6<br />

* Let the mouse take the strain in planning the perfect house<br />

move 10/06/01 C 18>19 1>3 Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong>y were the new chroniclers of the net age, but online<br />

magazines like Inside.com are being spiked 10/06/01 N 6 1>8<br />

Photographs<br />

* Millions of sham surfers padded the figures issued by websites<br />

during the dotcom frenzy, now writs are flying and the ABC has<br />

been called in to audit the figures - see Business & Industry<br />

17/06/01<br />

* Andrew Pinder, the Prime Minister's e-Envoy, responds to<br />

comments by John Naughton in <strong>The</strong> Networker last week about<br />

the Government Gateway 17/06/01 N 6 2>7<br />

* Larry Ellison, the playboy boss of software giant Oracle<br />

believes the meltdown in the value of technology stocks is<br />

coming to an end - see Business & Industry 24/06/01<br />

* Napster's legal defeat has sparked a wave of innovation -<br />

record companies are set to cash in and so is fresh opposition -<br />

see Music: Pop 24/06/01<br />

* Microsoft, the world's biggest company, can now dominate the<br />

internet in the same way as it controls the computer software<br />

market 01/07/01 N 4 7>8<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Wall Street Journal's subscription website has shown how<br />

internet information services can make money 01/07/01 N 6 1>6<br />

Photographs<br />

* EMI and Virgin will this week become the first major record<br />

labels in Europe to sell music downloaded through the internet -<br />

see Music 08/07/01<br />

* Rival thugs call temporary truce via internet to join forces for<br />

violent clashes at crucial World Cup match - see Violence<br />

15/07/01<br />

* Prices are rising faster on the web than in the shops 15/07/01<br />

C 7 1>6 Graph<br />

* Management: <strong>The</strong> Royal Shakespeare Company is providing a<br />

lesson in surviving the internet age - see Work 22/07/01<br />

OBSERVER INDEX: JAN-DEC <strong>2001</strong><br />

119<br />

* virginwines.com could be the toast of the cyber cellar - see<br />

Food & Drink 22/07/01<br />

* PeopleNews, the online celebrity gossip site, is about to go<br />

under - see Business & Industry 29/07/01<br />

* Code Red, which infected nearly 300,000 computers, cleverly<br />

exploited a weakness in Microsoft's popular internet information<br />

servers - see Computers & Computer Technology 05/08/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> internet boom may be over but there is still a chance for<br />

ordinary punters to make solid, if not spectacular, cash by using<br />

the net - see Personal Finance 05/08/01<br />

* This year's surprise hit in the US is a documentary charting the<br />

dramatic rise and spectacular fall of a $40m internet company<br />

founded by two twentysomething friends - see Film 05/08/01<br />

* Online grocer Tesco.com will extend its claim to be the largest<br />

such business in the world by launching home deliveries in<br />

South Korea - see Retail Industry 12/08/01<br />

* Tesco's online venture has triumphed - for now, but will the<br />

others catch up? - see Retail Industry 12/08/01<br />

* Beleaguered internet encryption firm Baltimore Technologies<br />

will announce hundreds more redundancies when it unveils its<br />

half-year results - see Business & Industry 19/08/01<br />

* Britain's leading football clubs are set to earn huge amounts of<br />

extra income by charging fans to watch them in action on the<br />

internet - see Sport: Football 19/08/01<br />

* Mary Meeker, the Wall Street analyst faces legal action over<br />

her role as 'cheerleader' to Britain's lastminute.com - see<br />

Business & Industry 19/08/01<br />

* Cameron Diaz is tipped to star as the glamorous dotcom<br />

founder of boo.com who helped to squander £100m when the<br />

story is turned into a Hollywood blockbuster - see Film<br />

26/08/01<br />

* Kids are back at school - and so are adults - in clubs and on the<br />

web, it's cool to return to the youth you spent so long escaping<br />

from - see Education 02/09/01<br />

* Laura Ashley, the clothes-to-cushions retailer, will this month<br />

launch its new website - see Retail Industry 02/09/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> internet fuels record credit card fraud 02/09/01 B 8 1>7<br />

Photograph<br />

* Accessing your online accounts could become much easier<br />

with the launch of aggregation services in the UK - see Personal<br />

Finance 30/09/01<br />

* Dan Wagner is to launch a new company, Venda, which aims<br />

to help firms promote their products over the internet - see<br />

Business & Industry 21/10/01<br />

* Card debt soars as shoppers log on to the store that never<br />

closes - the internet - see Consumerism 28/10/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> music industry is being investigated by the US Justice<br />

Department over plans to distribute music over the net - see<br />

Business & Industry 28/10/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Royal British Legion has plans for a roll of honour<br />

website to remember servicemen who died in the two world wars<br />

and may include victims of atrocities - see World War I & II<br />

11/11/01<br />

* Friendsreunited.co.uk has been the online phenomenon of the<br />

year but it is attracting the wrath of teachers after some not so<br />

funny comments from former pupils 11/11/01 B 8 1>7<br />

Photograph<br />

* Happily married and a mother of two, Sally Harris gave up a<br />

career in nursing to act out sexual fantasies on her own website -<br />

see Sexual Behaviour 18/11/01<br />

* With its merciless satires of British TV shows, the website<br />

tvgohome has become essential, but how will it survive the


transition to its new home - television? - see Television<br />

02/12/01<br />

* Rachel Cooke meets her first love from school through the<br />

website friendsreunited.co.uk - see Social Conditions & Trends<br />

02/12/01 R 2 1>5 Photograph<br />

INVENTING HERSELF<br />

* See Book Reviews - Gerrard, Nicci 01/07/01<br />

INVENTING THE VICTORIANS<br />

* See Book Reviews - Jays, David 02/12/01<br />

IN-YER-FACE: BRITISH DRAMA TODAY<br />

* See Book Reviews - Brown, Stephen 06/05/01<br />

IRELAND/NORTHERN IRELAND<br />

* Ronan Bennet's TV series Rebel Heart begins amid a blizzard<br />

of emotive controversy - Robert Kee asks how historically<br />

accurate any drama about Ireland can be - see Television<br />

07/01/01<br />

* Jeffrey Donaldson, the Ulster Unionist MP opposed to the<br />

Good Friday Agreement, has accused the government of bugging<br />

his home and spying on his political allies 04/02/01 B 3 1>4<br />

Photograph<br />

* Dissident Marion Price says 'armed struggle's is likely to go on<br />

04/02/01 B 7 1>2 Photographs<br />

* Ireland has been transformed by its soaring economy, but there<br />

are fears that the 'friendly country' could be losing its soul in the<br />

process 18/02/01 B 16>17 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Top IRA diehards threaten to defect to the Real IRA if a single<br />

gun is surrendered 04/03/01 B 4 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Provos scout terror targets in England 11/03/01 B 6 1>8<br />

Photograph<br />

* Sean O'Hagan has put together a show that unites politics and<br />

culture in Ireland - including an AK47 that's good enough to eat<br />

18/03/01 R 5 1>5 Photographs<br />

* Legal fund shortfall means Real IRA bombing suspects may<br />

escape a trial 25/03/01 B 12 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Senior barristers demand more cash for work on Derry inquiry<br />

as bill soars towards £100m 08/04/01 B 4 1>7 Photographs<br />

* Anger at amnesty for IRA fugitives 15/04/01 B 9 8<br />

* A key IRA informer, in hiding for nearly 20 years, will risk his<br />

life to tell the Bloody Sunday inquiry that former IRA<br />

commander Martin McGuinness did not fire any shorts on the<br />

fateful day 06/05/01 B 9 3>8 Photographs<br />

* An Australian tourist had an ear cut off and two others were<br />

severely beaten by a sectarian mob in Belfast who thought they<br />

were Protestants 13/05/01 B 8 7>8 Photograph<br />

* Good Friday anger may undo David Trimble 20/05/01 B 20<br />

1>8 Photograph<br />

* David Trimble, Northern Ireland's First Minister, vowed last<br />

night to fight for the survival of the Good Friday Agreement<br />

despite the pounding his Ulster Unionist Party suffered in the<br />

election 10/06/01 B 2 6>7<br />

* David Trimble was re-elected leader of the Ulster Unionist<br />

Party yesterday as pressure mounted on republicans to break the<br />

deadlock over the decommissioning of paramilitary weapons<br />

24/06/01 B 2 4>7 Photograph<br />

* David Trimble quits as Northern Ireland's First Minister and<br />

calls on Tony Blair to suspend the Assembly 01/07/01 B 2 2>6<br />

Photographs<br />

* Terror groups recruit and rearm 01/07/01 B 2 7<br />

* Blunt warning for Ulster leaders as peace talks collapse<br />

OBSERVER INDEX: JAN-DEC <strong>2001</strong><br />

120<br />

15/07/01 B 2 3>8<br />

* Two Irish billionaire gamblers have bought a stake in<br />

Manchester Utd, now the club fears a full-scale bid - see Sport:<br />

Football 22/07/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Republic of Ireland's new rich have been flaunting their<br />

fortunes in style 22/07/01 B 16 1>6 Photographs<br />

* David Trimble, leader of the Ulster Unionist Party has<br />

predicted that the Good Friday Agreement will have to be<br />

substantially renegotiated 29/07/01 B 2 6>7<br />

* Two Real IRA terrorist cells are operating in London and are<br />

intent on launching further attacks in the wake of last week's<br />

Ealing bombing 05/08/01 B 1>2 7>8<br />

* Security services in Britain and Ireland have identified the new<br />

leader of the Real IRA, the militia group intent on wrecking the<br />

peace process 05/08/01 B 8>9 1>8 Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Ealing bomb was a sophisticated visual 'spectacular'<br />

deliberately planted to be caught on CCTV for maximum<br />

publicity by the Real IRA 12/08/01 B 2 2>4<br />

* Sins of decommission by Geoffrey Wheatcroft 12/08/01 B 25<br />

1>5 Photograph<br />

* Paddy Hill, one of the Birmingham Six wrongly convicted of<br />

the 1974 IRA pub bombing, has rejected a compensation offer of<br />

less than £1m for the 16 years spent in jail - see Hill, Paddy<br />

19/08/01<br />

* Dramatic new allegations about the scale of the Provisional<br />

IRA's illegal foreign fundraising efforts has emerged 19/08/01 B<br />

1>2 4>6<br />

* Teaching terror to Marxist guerrillas in Colombia seemed a<br />

nice earner for the Provos, but the fiasco may cost Sinn Fein<br />

hard-won US support 19/08/01 B 12>14 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Immigrants' dreams of a bright future in booming Ireland are<br />

souring amid rising levels of racist violence and intimidation<br />

19/08/01 B 9 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Right-wing prisoners are plotting to execute the three Irishmen<br />

accused of teaching terrorist skills to Marxist rebels in<br />

Colombia, according to sources inside the jail where they are<br />

being held 26/08/01 B 8 1>7 Photographs<br />

* Unionists threaten to walk out on Stormont 23/09/01 B 2 1>7<br />

* Belfast in the 21st century is more bigoted and divided than it<br />

was before the terrorist ceasefires seven years ago 23/09/01 B 4<br />

1>6<br />

* A Protestant who escaped the clutches of nationalists in north<br />

Belfast tells about his ordeal 30/09/01 B 11 1>8 Photographs<br />

* A decade after loyalist leader Billy Wright put a price on<br />

journalist Martin O'Hagan's head, hitmen struck 30/09/01 B 6<br />

1>7 Photographs<br />

* Martin McGuinness, Sinn Fein's chief negotiator in the<br />

Northern Ireland peace process, has been appointed chief of staff<br />

of the IRA 07/10/01 B 1 7>8 Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Gaelic Athletic Association has been the bedrock of rural<br />

Irish life, but now its members are in uproar over adverts for<br />

Ireland's first gay magazine 21/10/01 B 8 1>7 Photographs<br />

* Disarming Ulster: How the IRA gave in to US arms pressure<br />

28/10/01 B 10>11 1>8 Photographs<br />

* With a final shove from the US, Sinn Fein brought Northern<br />

Irish politics into the sunlight, but asks Alan Ruddock, can<br />

Unionists play ball? 28/10/01 B 31 1>5 Photographs<br />

* Northern Ireland's faltering political process was back on track<br />

after the Alliance Party voted to change the designation of its<br />

Assembly members to Unionist, allowing David Trimble's reelection<br />

04/11/01 B 3 1>4 Photographs


* Loyalists gloat over the killing of journalist Martin O'Hagan,<br />

as the case is hampered by police links to agents 11/11/01 B 13<br />

1>6 Photographs<br />

* Irish police were co-ordinating a major international<br />

investigation into the deaths of eight refugees whose bodies were<br />

discovered in a freight container near Wexford 09/12/01 B 2<br />

6>7 Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> police chief at the centre of the row over the Omagh<br />

bombing launched a savage attack on 'highly unreliable'<br />

informants who claimed the RUC ignored advance warnings of<br />

an attack 16/12/01 B 7 6>7 Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> folk of Newry in Northern Ireland are getting set for the<br />

switch to Europe's new currency - see Euro, <strong>The</strong> 23/12/01<br />

* Actor James Nesbitt has undertaken his most daunting<br />

professional challenge yet appearing as a Protestant in Bloody<br />

Sunday - see Nesbitt, James 30/12/01<br />

IRISH STORY, THE<br />

* See Book Reviews - McHardy, Anne 21/10/01<br />

IRVINE, ANDREW<br />

* Outrage as climbers bid to find Andrew Irvine's body on<br />

Everest - see Sport: Mountaineering 15/04/01<br />

IRVING, JOHN<br />

* Interview with John Irving, one of America's best lived writers<br />

- see Books Interview, <strong>The</strong> 08/07/01<br />

ISLAM<br />

* Home Front: Islam Special - see Television 19/08/01<br />

* Prince Naseem's Guide to Islam - see Television 19/08/01<br />

ISLAM, FAISAL<br />

* Columnist 15/07/01 B 25 1>5 Photograph<br />

ISSA VALLEY, THE<br />

* See Classicwatch 16/12/01<br />

ITALIAN STYLE<br />

* A 30-page celebration of Italian style 30/09/01 M 28>57<br />

ITO, TOYO<br />

* See Architecture 18/03/01<br />

JACKSON, MICHAEL<br />

* Michael Jackson, Channel 4's outgoing chief executive leaves<br />

a station reeling from the success of Big Brother while dodging<br />

flak for rerunning a satire about paedophiles - see Television<br />

29/07/01<br />

* Sarah Ryle asks whether Michael Jackson's commercial nous<br />

at Channel 4 will export to the US - see Media 29/07/01<br />

* Michael Jackson with Britney Spears at his comeback concert<br />

in Madison Square Garden, New York 09/09/01 B 1 4<br />

Photograph<br />

* Michael Jackson's comeback concert 09/09/01 B 2 4>6<br />

JAGGER, BIANCA<br />

* Columnist 22/07/01 B 27 2>5 Photograph<br />

* Six months on the trail of Bianca Jagger 02/09/01 M 10>14<br />

1>4 Photographs<br />

JAGGER, MICK<br />

* Mick's chicks 02/09/01 M 17 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Desperate for youth appeal, Mick Jagger has launched a teen<br />

website to show that he has not faded away 11/11/01 B 12 1>6<br />

Photographs<br />

OBSERVER INDEX: JAN-DEC <strong>2001</strong><br />

121<br />

* Has the time come for Old Rubber Lips to fade away 25/11/01<br />

B 21 1>6 Photographs<br />

JAMES, CLIVE<br />

* Interview with ex-TV presenter and writer, Clive James<br />

24/06/01 R 3 1>5 Photographs<br />

JAMES, JEREMY<br />

* See Dance 14/01/01<br />

JAMES, LYDIA<br />

* Lydia James, who died last week, wrote Britain's first ever<br />

parenting column in <strong>The</strong> <strong>Observer</strong> in the 1960s, here her son<br />

Oliver James pays tribute 04/11/01 R 4 1>7 Photographs<br />

JAMES, P.D.<br />

* Interview with author P.D. James - see Books Interview, <strong>The</strong><br />

04/03/01<br />

JASON, DAVID<br />

* Profile on actor David Jason 23/12/01 B 21 1>6 Caricature<br />

JOHN DORY<br />

* See Book Reviews - Mars-Jones, Adam 22/04/01<br />

JOHN G<br />

* See Book Reviews - Conrad, Peter 06/05/01<br />

JOHN, ELTON<br />

* Interview with David Furnish, who was advertising honey<br />

when Elton John fell for him - see Furnish, David 09/09/01<br />

JOHNSON, BORIS<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Spectator's ubiquitous editor, Boris Johnson, shows no<br />

sign of wanting to give up the job despite being elected a Tory<br />

MP, but his days may be numbered - see Media 14/10/01<br />

JONES, ALED<br />

* <strong>The</strong> former star choirboy Aled Jones, now the 29 year-old<br />

presenter of Songs of Praise, married Clare Fossett at St Paul's<br />

Church in Covent Garden, London 07/01/01 B 5 4 Photograph<br />

JONES, TERRY<br />

* Columnist 30/12/01 B 29 1>5 Photographs<br />

JOURNALISM<br />

* <strong>The</strong>y say you never forget a brilliant teacher - I know I won't -<br />

he's call Al Glore by Joshuah Bearman, journalism student at<br />

Columbia University, New York - see Gore, Al 29/04/01<br />

JOURNEY HOME, THE<br />

* See Book Reviews - Coward, Ros 06/05/01<br />

JUNO & JULIET<br />

* See Book Reviews - Shapiro, Anna 29/04/01<br />

JUST CAPITAL: THE LIBERAL ECONOMY<br />

* See Book Reviews - Mandelson, Peter 15/04/01<br />

KAEL, PAULINE<br />

* Pauline Kael 1919-<strong>2001</strong>, the film critics' film critic - see<br />

Deaths 09/09/01<br />

KANE, FRANK<br />

* Columnist 18/03/01 N 5 6>8 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 25/03/01 N 2 1>8 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 01/04/01 N 2 7>8 Photograph


* Columnist 08/04/01 N 3 6>8 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 22/04/01 N 3 5>6 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 10/06/01 N 3 1>5 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 24/06/01 N 3 1>3 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 01/07/01 N 3 1>5 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 08/07/01 N 7 5>6 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 15/07/01 N 3 6>8 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 09/09/01 N 3 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 14/10/01 N 3 6 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 04/11/01 N 3 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 18/11/01 N 4 5>7 Photograph<br />

KAPUSCINSKI, RYSZARD<br />

* Interview with Ryszard Kapuscinski who, for more than 40<br />

years, has been unravelling the complexities of Africa for<br />

Western readers 20/05/01 R 3 1>5 Photographs<br />

KARADZIC, RADOVAN<br />

* Radovan Karadzic, Bosnia's most wanted war criminal, has<br />

escaped arrest after a botched attempt to snatch him by soldiers<br />

from the Nato peacekeeping force - see International Affairs:<br />

Eastern Europe 15/07/01<br />

KARAN, DONNA<br />

* Interview with Donna Karan, the queen of New York<br />

09/12/01 M 10>14 1>4 Photographs<br />

KARPF, ANNE<br />

* Columnist 09/09/01 B 22 2>5 Photograph<br />

KARR, MARY<br />

* Interview with author Mary Karr - see Books Interview, <strong>The</strong><br />

24/06/01<br />

KEATING, RONAN<br />

* Ronan Keating is hopes to do what Noel and Robbie failed to<br />

do - conquer America 08/04/01 M 28>32 1>4 Photographs<br />

KEAYS, FLORA<br />

* Flora Keays, the daughter of Lord Parkinson, one of Margaret<br />

Thatcher's key Cabinet Ministers, is to speak publicity about her<br />

life for the first time 23/12/01 B 9 5>8<br />

KEEGAN, WILLIAM<br />

* William Keegan offers some advice to the Chancellor on life<br />

as an older father - see Brown, Gordon 30/12/01<br />

KEELER, CHRISTINE<br />

* Amid the sensational claims in her autobiography, one thing<br />

emerges about Christine Keeler - that she believes she is the real<br />

victim of the Profumo scandal 18/02/01 R 1>2 1>5 Photographs<br />

KEENAN, BRIAN<br />

* <strong>The</strong> motivating story of Brian Keenan's captivity in Beirut<br />

where he spent four years locked up, was to be made into a film<br />

but has been postponed due to the US terrorist attacks 18/11/01<br />

B 11 7 Photograph<br />

KELLNER, PETER<br />

* Columnist 03/06/01 B 15 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 10/06/01 X 8 1>2 Photograph<br />

KELLY, JUDE<br />

* <strong>The</strong>re is a new favourite to run the National <strong>The</strong>atre, will Jude<br />

Kelly surmount the final hurdle? - see <strong>The</strong>atre 09/09/01<br />

OBSERVER INDEX: JAN-DEC <strong>2001</strong><br />

122<br />

KELLY, R<br />

* See Music: Soul 23/09/01<br />

KELNER, SIMON<br />

* Columnist 18/03/01 B 29 1>5 Photograph<br />

KEMP, ARNOLD<br />

* Columnist 10/06/01 X 12 1>5 Photograph<br />

KEMPNER, NAN<br />

* Interview with Nan Kempner, the legendary New York<br />

socialite 12/08/01 M 18>21 1>4 Photographs<br />

KENNEDY, CHARLES<br />

* As Lib Dems muster in Torquay, some fear their leader,<br />

Charles Kennedy, is too soft for the hard fight ahead 18/03/01 B<br />

14 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Election <strong>2001</strong>: Interview with Charles Kennedy, the Lib Dems'<br />

self-deprecating Scot - see Politics 27/05/01<br />

* Columnist 10/06/01 X 14 1>6 Photograph<br />

KENNEDY, JACQUELINE<br />

* An exhibition on Sixties style icon Jacqueline Kennedy has<br />

drown the crowds to New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art -<br />

see Fashion 17/06/01<br />

KENNEDYS, THE<br />

* On the eve of the publication of Robert Bingham's novel,<br />

Amelia Hill unravels the curse of the 'Kentucky Kennedys' - see<br />

Bingham, Robert 01/07/01<br />

KENSUKE'S KINGDOM<br />

* See Audiobook Reviews - Redford, Rachel 22/07/01<br />

KENT, BRUCE<br />

* Columnist 25/03/01 B 31 2>5 Photograph<br />

KESEY, KEN<br />

* Ken Kesey, the influential American author of One Flew Over<br />

the Cuckoo's Nest, died yesterday at the age of 66 in Oregon<br />

11/11/01 B 28 1>8 Photographs<br />

KESSELL, KATRINA<br />

* Euan Ferguson meets... Katrina Kessell, who led the protests<br />

against paedophiles in Portsmouth 04/02/01 B 16 1>6<br />

Photographs<br />

KEY DATA<br />

* Financial information 07/01/01 N 9 1>6<br />

* Financial information 14/01/01 N 8 1>8<br />

* Financial information 21/01/01 N 10 1>8<br />

* Financial information 28/01/01 N 10 1>8<br />

* Financial information 04/02/01 N 8 1>8<br />

* Financial information 11/02/01 N 8 1>8<br />

* Financial information 18/02/01 N 12 1>8<br />

* Financial information 25/02/01 N 8 1>8<br />

* Financial information 04/03/01 N 10 1>8<br />

* Financial information 11/03/01 N 10 1>8<br />

* Financial information 18/03/01 N 10 1>8<br />

* Financial information 25/03/01 N 8 1>8<br />

* Financial information 01/04/01 N 8 1>8<br />

* Financial information 08/04/01 N 8 1>8


* Financial information 15/04/01 N 8 1>8<br />

* Financial information 22/04/01 N 8 1>8<br />

* Financial information 29/04/01 N 9 1>8<br />

* Financial information 06/05/01 N 8 1>8<br />

* Financial information 13/05/01 N 8 1>8<br />

* Financial information 20/05/01 N 9 1>8<br />

* Financial information 27/05/01 N 10 1>8<br />

* Financial information 03/06/01 N 8 1>8<br />

* Financial information 10/06/01 N 8 1>8<br />

* Financial information 17/06/01 N 8 1>8<br />

* Financial information 24/06/01 N 8 1>8<br />

* Financial information 01/07/01 N 8 1>8<br />

* Financial information 08/07/01 N 8 1>8<br />

* Financial information 15/07/01 N 8 1>8<br />

* Financial information 22/07/01 N 8 1>8<br />

* Financial information 29/07/01 N 8 1>8<br />

* Financial information 05/08/01 N 8 1>8<br />

* Financial information 12/08/01 N 8 1>8<br />

* Financial information 19/08/01 N 8 1>8<br />

* Financial information 26/08/01 N 8 1>7<br />

* Financial information 02/09/01 N 6 1>8<br />

* Financial information 09/09/01 N 8 1>8<br />

* Financial information 16/09/01 N 8 1>8<br />

* Financial information 23/09/01 N 8 1>8<br />

* Financial information 30/09/01 N 9 1>8<br />

* Financial information 07/10/01 N 9 1>8<br />

* Financial information 14/10/01 N 6 1>8<br />

* Financial information 21/10/01 N 8 1>8<br />

* Financial information 28/10/01 N 10 1>8<br />

* Financial information 04/11/01 N 8 1>8<br />

* Financial information 11/11/01 N 8 1>8<br />

* Financial information 18/11/01 N 8 1>8<br />

* Financial information 25/11/01 N 8 1>8<br />

* Financial information 02/12/01 N 9 1>8<br />

* Financial information 09/12/01 N 6 1>8<br />

* Financial information 16/12/01 N 6 1>8<br />

KEYNES, JOHN MAYNARD, VOLUME 3<br />

* See Book Reviews - Wachman, Richard 28/10/01<br />

KHAN, JEMIMA<br />

* Profile on Jemima Khan who, just like her late father James<br />

Goldsmith, has taken on the anti-Euro mantle 12/08/01 B 23<br />

1>6 Photograph, caricature<br />

KIDD, JODIE<br />

* Jodie Kidd models a creation by Spanish designer Amaya<br />

Arzuaga at the Natural History Museum to mark the final day of<br />

fashion week - see Fashion 23/09/01<br />

KIDMAN, NICOLE<br />

* Profile on actress Nicole Kidman 11/02/01 B 27 1>6<br />

OBSERVER INDEX: JAN-DEC <strong>2001</strong><br />

123<br />

Photograph, caricature<br />

* Nicole Kidman's joyous face after completing her divorce from<br />

Tom Cruise tells a story 12/08/01 B 14 1>6 Photographs<br />

KILLING PABLO<br />

* See Book Reviews - McCrum, Robert 17/06/01<br />

KILLING TIME<br />

* See Book Reviews - Gerrard, Nicci 07/01/01<br />

KIND OF BLUE<br />

* See Book Reviews - Maunsell, Jerome 18/03/01<br />

KINDRED BRUTES<br />

* See Book Reviews - McHardy, Anne 29/07/01<br />

KING, DON<br />

* <strong>Observer</strong> sports columnist Kevin Mitchell was invited to New<br />

York by Don King… 01/07/01 M 44>53 1>4 Photographs<br />

KITCHENER, LORD<br />

* How war artists censored Lord Kitchener's squint in the<br />

famous Great War poster 14/01/01 B 10 1>6 Photographs<br />

KLUG, FRANCESCA<br />

* Columnist 07/10/01 B 31 2>5 Photograph<br />

KNIGHT, MARION 'SUGE'<br />

* Marion 'Suge' Knight, head of Death Row Records, is about to<br />

get out of jail 05/08/01 R 4 1>5 Photographs<br />

KOCHAN, NICHOLAS<br />

* Columnist 10/06/01 X 11 1>3 Photographs<br />

KOHL, HANNELORE<br />

* What drove Mrs Hennelore Kohl, the wife of the ex-German<br />

chancellor, to suicide? 15/07/01 B 22 1>8 Photographs<br />

KOVACIC, ERNST, AND FRIENDS<br />

* See Music: Classical 07/01/01<br />

KRALL, DIANA<br />

* Interview with Diana Krall - see Music: Jazz 16/09/01<br />

KRAYS, THE<br />

* A new life story tells of Ronnie, his male lovers and how he<br />

goaded Reg into trying gay sex 25/03/01 B 15 1>8 Photographs<br />

KROLL, JULES<br />

* Business is better than ever for Jules Kroll, the original<br />

corporate sleuth 30/09/01 N 16 1>5 Photograph<br />

KRUGER, BARBARA<br />

* See Art 11/02/01<br />

KUBRICK, STANLEY: A LIFE IN PICTURES<br />

* See Television 09/09/01<br />

KUREISHI, HANIF<br />

* Interview with Hanif Kureishi, author - see Books Interview,<br />

<strong>The</strong> 25/02/01<br />

KURSK, THE<br />

* What really happened to Russia's 'unsinkable' submarine<br />

05/08/01 B 16>17 1>8 Photographs<br />

KVARNSTROM, KENNETH & CO<br />

* See Dance 10/06/01<br />

KYOTO AGREEMENT


* Negotiations in Bonn are optimistic that they will reach a longawaited<br />

deal on the Kyoto Protocol to tackle global warming<br />

despite the boycott by the US 22/07/01 B 20 8<br />

* Body Shop founder Anita Roddick has written to the bosses of<br />

20 powerful companies calling on them to join her lead in<br />

boycotting Esso - see Roddick, Anita 12/08/01<br />

* Every country in the world except the US reached agreement<br />

this weekend on how to enforce the Kyoto accord on tackling<br />

climate change 11/11/01 B 25 1>4<br />

LACHENMANN, HELMUT<br />

* See Music: Classical 22/07/01<br />

LADY MACBETH OF MTSENSK<br />

* See Music: Classical 01/07/01<br />

LADY: MY LIFE AS A BITCH<br />

* See Book Reviews - Bedell, Geraldine 12/08/01<br />

LAHR, JOHN<br />

* Interview with John Lahr, who's made his reputation dissecting<br />

the lives of America's rich famous and talented for the readers of<br />

New Yorker magazine, now has two books out 26/08/01 R 3<br />

1>5 Photographs<br />

LAKE WOBEGON SUMMER 1956<br />

* See Book Reviews - Abbany, Zulfikar 21/10/01<br />

LAMA, KARMAPA<br />

* In his first full interview, the Karmapa Lama tells about the<br />

danger he faced to win freedom 29/04/01 B 19 1>7 Photographs<br />

LAMACQ LIVE PIONEERS<br />

* See Radio 25/03/01<br />

LAMB<br />

* See Music: Pop 14/10/01<br />

L'AMORE INDUSTRIOSO<br />

* See Music: Classical 22/04/01<br />

LANDOR'S TOWER<br />

* See Book Reviews - Adams, Tim 08/04/01<br />

LANGUAGE<br />

* Germany declares war on invasion of 'Denglisch' in the<br />

German language - see International Affairs: Europe 11/02/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> British are lousy at learning foreign languages and being<br />

disadvantaged in the European labour market - another official<br />

EU-sponsored report states - see Work 18/03/01<br />

* All of us from Filipino judges to Basque fishermen, conduct<br />

our business in English - and that includes the French 18/03/01<br />

R 1>2 1>5 Photograph, illustration<br />

* <strong>The</strong> German ambassador has asked the Department for<br />

Education if it will consider launching German language classes<br />

for all five year-olds in this country - see Education 20/05/01<br />

* British schoolchildren are being failed by an education system<br />

which does not put enough store on the teaching of foreign<br />

languages 08/07/01 B 13 1>3<br />

* If you wish to be a true European, be multi-lingual, says<br />

German and French ambassadors 08/07/01 B 13 1>2<br />

Photograph<br />

* Judging by sales of teach-yourself kits, would-be linguists<br />

have turned from French, traditionally the UK's most popular<br />

second language, to Spanish 26/08/01 B 6 1>5 Photographs,<br />

cartoon<br />

OBSERVER INDEX: JAN-DEC <strong>2001</strong><br />

124<br />

* As part of the European Union's Year of Languages, French<br />

secondary school children are to watch EastEnders to sharpen<br />

their language skills 30/09/01 B 23 7>7 Cartoon<br />

LARKIN, PHILIP<br />

* Academic uncovers the late Philip Larkin's lost stories of<br />

lesbian sex, thrashings and blackmail in the school dorm<br />

22/04/01 B 3 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Coventry is where poet Philip Larkin said his childhood was<br />

'unspent': its appropriate then that half the sites on the city's new<br />

Larkin trail no longer exist - see Travel 02/09/01<br />

LAST PLACE ON EARTH, THE<br />

* See Book Reviews - Boucher, Caroline 07/01/01<br />

LATE VICTORIAN HOLOCAUSTS<br />

* See Book Reviews - Bright, Martin 11/02/01<br />

LAWRENCE OF ARABIA<br />

* Revealed: the secret marriage of Lawrence of Arabia 10/06/01<br />

B 7 1>8 Photographs<br />

LAWSON, DOMINIC<br />

* Profile on Dominic Lawson, editor of the Sunday Telegraph<br />

28/01/01 B 27 1>6 Photograph, caricature<br />

LAWSON, MARK<br />

* Interview with Mark Lawson, the Late Review host-turnednovelist<br />

28/10/01 R 3 1>7 Photographs<br />

LAWSON, NIGELLA<br />

* Columnist 07/01/01 B 23 1>3<br />

* Columnist 14/01/01 B 27 1>3 Photograph<br />

* Nigella Bites - see Television 20/05/01<br />

LAYING ON OF HANDS, THE<br />

* See Book Reviews - Merritt, Stephanie 02/09/01<br />

LE CARRE, JOHN<br />

* John Le Carre celebrates the life of Yvette Pierpaoli, a fearless<br />

French adventuress whose tragic death his new bestseller, <strong>The</strong><br />

Constant Gardener, foretells 25/02/01 M 16>23 1>4<br />

Photographs<br />

* Robert McCrum on Le Carre's genius 25/02/01 M 23 2>3<br />

Photographs<br />

LE MARIAGE<br />

* See Book Reviews - Thorpe, Vanessa 22/07/01<br />

LE ROUX, AGNES<br />

* Twenty-three years after the mysterious disappearance of<br />

casino heiress, Agnes Le Roux, in Nice, her former lover is<br />

being investigated for her kidnapping and murder 14/01/01 B 26<br />

1>8 Photographs<br />

LEADVILLE<br />

* See Book Reviews - Kemp, Arnold 06/05/01<br />

LEAHY, MICHAEL<br />

* Profile on Michael Leahy, the union chief facing the Corus<br />

axeman 11/02/01 N 4 1>8 Photograph<br />

LEAR, EDWARD: THE COMPLETE VERSE…<br />

* See Book Reviews - Mars-Jones, Adam 11/11/01<br />

LEFT BOOK CLUB ANTHOLOGY<br />

* See Book Reviews - Hensher, Philip 29/07/01<br />

LEFT-HANDED PEOPLE


* <strong>The</strong> biggest study into the mortality rates of left-handed people<br />

has found they are more likely than right-handers to die young<br />

04/02/01 B 1 4>5 Cartoon<br />

LEGAL AFFAIRS<br />

* Clifford Chance, Britain's biggest law firm, is being sued for<br />

up to £1bn by a Canadian construction magnate over alleged<br />

negligence, improper conduct and conflict of interest 21/01/01<br />

N 1 1>2<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Welsh Assembly's chief legal officer believes Corus' plans<br />

to cut 2,500 jobs could be challenged under European Law - see<br />

Business & Industry 18/02/01<br />

* Report on a legal brave new world 04/03/01 C 22>23 1>6<br />

Illustration<br />

* <strong>The</strong> law that says no one acquitted of a crime can be tried for it<br />

again is under threat - the families of some victims now believe<br />

justice is close 11/03/01 B 16>17 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Senior barristers demand more cash for work on Derry inquiry<br />

as bill soars towards £100m - see Ireland 08/04/01<br />

* A legal case has been launched against the furniture chain MFI<br />

amid claims that their flatpack products contain a carcinogenic<br />

chemical 08/04/01 B 9 1>2<br />

* David Earnshaw has more reason than most to smile at the<br />

climbdown by the world's most powerful pharmaceutical<br />

companies - see International Affairs: Africa 22/04/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Pretoria Court Case: Why the pharmas gave way, and why<br />

South Africa's joy may be short lived - see International Affairs:<br />

Africa 22/04/01<br />

* Date set for South African miners' battle with UK firm, Cape<br />

plc over lung disease 27/05/01 B 6 6>7 Photograph<br />

* Claims Direct, the 'no-win, no-fee' personal injury specialist,<br />

which will announce losses of £20m is pinning recovery hopes<br />

on the outcome of a complex legal case being heard this week<br />

24/06/01 N 2 8<br />

* Plans to set up private 'supercourts' as part of the sweeping<br />

reforms of the legal system inflame union leaders opposed to big<br />

business involvement in the public sector 08/07/01 B 2 8<br />

* Britain's extradition laws are to be overhauled to make it easier<br />

to remove people accused of terrorist activity - see Terrorism<br />

16/09/01<br />

* A controversial Channel 4 documentary is to show how the<br />

Prime Minister's wife has emerged from the shadow of her<br />

husband to become one of the most… in the legal profession -<br />

see Blair, Cherie 30/09/01<br />

* Reforms will revolutionise the legal system 07/10/01 B 9 1>8<br />

Photographs<br />

* US court blow to three strikes law - see International Affairs:<br />

U.S.A. 04/11/01<br />

* Lawyers are to be allowed to warn suspect clients that they<br />

plan to tip off law enforcement agencies about concerns they are<br />

handling criminal money 04/11/01 N 2 3>6<br />

* <strong>The</strong> millionaire head of Mercury Asset Management was a<br />

heroine to the £60,000-a-year boss of Unilever's pension fund -<br />

until the fund's value fell - see Financial Institutions 11/11/01<br />

* Holes in the net as legal aid grows - see Personal Finance<br />

02/12/01<br />

* Gay workers rejected for jobs or persecuted in the office<br />

because of their sexuality will for the first time have the right to<br />

sue - see Gay Issues 09/12/01<br />

* Profile on Lord Woolf, champion of human rights, who wants<br />

to lock up dangerous people before they commit a crime - see<br />

Woolf, Lord 30/12/01<br />

OBSERVER INDEX: JAN-DEC <strong>2001</strong><br />

125<br />

LEIGH, VIVIEN: THE LAST PRESS CONFERENCE<br />

* See <strong>The</strong>atre 02/09/02<br />

LEMMON, JACK<br />

* Tribute to Jack Lemmon who died on 27th June <strong>2001</strong> - see<br />

Deaths 01/07/01<br />

LEMPER, UTE<br />

* Interview with actress Ute Lemper 01/07/01 R 6 1>5<br />

Photographs<br />

LENIN, VLADIMIR ILYICH<br />

* A new film about Lenin by the controversial Russian director<br />

Alexander Sokurov has provoked anger from a coalition of<br />

Indian writers and politicians - see International Affairs: Indian<br />

Sub-Continent 18/11/01<br />

LENNON, JOHN<br />

* Neil Spencer distils the truth from the myths that surround<br />

John Lennon's 'Imagine', voted best No 1 single ever - see<br />

Music: Pop 07/01/01<br />

* <strong>Observer</strong> readers declare John Lennon's classic hit single,<br />

Imagine, as the best of all time - see Music: Pop 07/01/01<br />

LESLAU, NICK<br />

* Nick Leslau, the property tycoon and close business associate<br />

of PR magnate Matthew Freud is back one year after liquidating<br />

his quoted real estate firm, Prestbury 24/06/01 N 2 1>4<br />

LESSING, DORIS<br />

* From feminist icon to male champion… Doris Lessing is no<br />

stranger to controversy 09/09/01 M 8>12 1>4 Photographs<br />

LESTER, ADRIAN<br />

* Adrian Lester is being hailed as one of the great Hamlets<br />

22/07/01 R 6 1>5 Photographs<br />

LETO BUNDLE, THE<br />

* See Book Reviews - Cowley, Jason 27/05/01<br />

LETTER FROM FRANCE<br />

* <strong>The</strong> second of a series of bulletins on the new life of the Taylor<br />

family in France 01/04/01 R 4 1>5 Photograph<br />

LETTERS<br />

* Letters to the Editor 07/01/01 B 26 1>5<br />

* Letters to the Editor 14/01/01 B 30 1>5 Cartoon<br />

* Letters to the Editor 21/01/01 B 30 1>5 Photograph<br />

* Letters to the Editor 28/01/01 B 30 1>5<br />

* Letters to the Editor 04/02/01 B 30 1>5 Photograph<br />

* Letters to the Editor 11/02/01 B 30 1>5<br />

* Letters to the Editor 18/02/01 B 30 1>5 Photograph<br />

* Letters to the Editor 25/02/01 B 30 1>5 Photograph, cartoon<br />

* Letters to the Editor 04/03/01 B 30 1>5 Photograph, cartoon<br />

* Letters to the Editor 11/03/01 B 30 1>5 Photograph<br />

* Letters to the Editor 18/03/01 B 30 1>6<br />

* Letters to the Editor 25/03/01 B 30 1>6<br />

* Letters to the Editor 01/04/01 B 30 1>6<br />

* Letters to the Editor 08/04/01 B 26 1>5 Photograph<br />

* Letters to the Editor 15/04/01 B 26 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Letters to the Editor 22/04/01 B 28 1>6 Cartoon


* Letters to the Editor 29/04/01 B 26 1>5<br />

* Letters to the Editor 06/05/01 B 28 1>5 Photograph<br />

* Letters to the Editor 13/05/01 B 30 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Letters to the Editor 20/05/01 B 30 1>5<br />

* Letters to the Editor 27/05/01 B 30 1>5<br />

* Letters to the Editor 03/06/01 B 32 1>5<br />

* Letters to the Editor 10/06/01 B 26 1>5<br />

* Letters to the Editor 17/06/01 B 26 1>5 Photograph<br />

* Letters to the Editor 24/06/01 B 26 1>5<br />

* Letters to the Editor 01/07/01 B 24 1>5 Cartoon<br />

* Letters to the Editor 08/07/01 B 30 1>5<br />

* Letters to the Editor 15/07/01 B 26 1>6<br />

* Letters to the Editor 22/07/01 B 26 1>6<br />

* Letters to the Editor 29/07/01 B 30 1>5<br />

* Letters to the Editor 05/08/01 B 28 1>6 Cartoon<br />

* Letters to the Editor 12/08/01 B 26 1>5 Cartoon<br />

* Letters to the Editor 19/08/01 B 24 1>5 Cartoon<br />

* Letters to the Editor 26/08/01 B 26 1>5<br />

* Letters to the Editor 02/09/01 B 24 1>5 Photograph<br />

* Letters to the Editor 09/09/01 B 24 1>5<br />

* Letters to the Editor 16/09/01 B 12 3>5 Cartoon<br />

* Letters to the Editor 23/09/01 X 22 1>6 Cartoon<br />

* Letters to the Editor 30/09/01 B 30 1>6 Cartoon<br />

* Letters to the Editor 07/10/01 B 30 1>6 Photograph, cartoon<br />

* Letters to the Editor 14/10/01 B 34 1>7 Cartoon<br />

* Letters to the Editor 21/10/01 B 32 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Letters to the Editor 28/10/01 B 32 1>5 Photograph, cartoon<br />

* Letters to the Editor 04/11/01 B 32 1>5 Cartoon<br />

* Letters to the Editor 11/11/01 B 32 1>5 Cartoon<br />

* Letters to the Editor 18/11/01 B 30 1>5<br />

* Letters to the Editor 25/11/01 B 30 1>6 Photograph, cartoon<br />

* Letters to the Editor 02/12/01 B 30 1>5<br />

* Letters to the Editor 09/12/01 B 28 1>5 Cartoon<br />

* Letters to the Editor 16/12/01 B 26 1>5 Photograph<br />

* Letters to the Editor 23/12/01 B 24 1>5<br />

* Letters to the Editor 30/12/01 B 28 3>6<br />

LETTERS FROM THE INSIDE<br />

* See Children's Choice 28/01/01<br />

LETTERS TO A YOUNG CONTRARIAN<br />

* See Book Reviews - Anthony, Andrew 16/12/01<br />

LEWIS, LENNOX<br />

* Boxer Lennox Lewis will spearhead a dramatic new police<br />

recruitment drive amid fears that some forces are failing to hire<br />

enough black and Asian officers - see Police 05/08/01<br />

LEWIS, MARK<br />

* See Art 08/04/01<br />

LEWIS, MICHAEL<br />

OBSERVER INDEX: JAN-DEC <strong>2001</strong><br />

126<br />

* Interview with Michael Lewis, who's made millions capturing<br />

the Zeitgeist greed in the Eighties and the dotcom rush of the<br />

Nineties, on the publication of his book, <strong>The</strong> Future Just<br />

Happened 22/07/01 R 3 1>5 Photographs<br />

LICENSING LAWS<br />

* <strong>The</strong> planned 24-hour licensing bill promised by the Labour<br />

Government now looks unlikely 17/06/01 B 1 2>5<br />

* Last month the Isle of Man government scrapped all licensing<br />

hours and the main effect has been a fall in drink-related<br />

disturbances 12/08/01 B 6 6>8 Photograph<br />

LICKS OF LOVE<br />

* See Book Reviews - Mars-Jones, Adam 25/03/01<br />

LIFE & SOUL<br />

* Energy boosts, soft cheese during breastfeeding and<br />

miraculous milk thistle 14/01/01 M 35 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Jane Clarke 21/01/01 M 43 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Jane Clarke 28/01/01 M 49 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Jane Clarke 04/02/01 M 41 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Jane Clarke 11/02/01 M 39 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Jane Clarke 18/02/01 M 51 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Jane Clarke 25/02/01 M 51 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Jane Clarke 04/03/01 M 49>50 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Jane Clarke 11/03/01 M 59 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Jane Clarke 18/03/01 M 43 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Jane Clarke 25/03/01 M 49 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Jane Clarke 01/04/01 M 45 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Jane Clarke 08/04/01 M 53 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Jane Clarke 15/04/01 M 45 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Jane Clarke 22/04/01 M 37 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Jane Clarke 29/04/01 M 41 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Jane Clarke 06/05/01 M 45 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Jane Clarke 13/05/01 M 47 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Jane Clarke 20/05/01 M 49 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Jane Clarke 27/05/01 M 41 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Jane Clarke 03/06/01 M 35 1>4 Photographs<br />

* John Gibb 10/06/01 M 43>44 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Jane Clarke 17/06/01 M 45 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Jane Clarke 24/06/01 M 45 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Jane Clarke 01/07/01 M 37 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Jane Clarke 08/07/01 M 43 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Jane Clarke 15/07/01 M 49 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Jane Clarke 22/07/01 M 39 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Jane Clarke 29/07/01 M 37 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Jane Clarke 05/08/01 M 45 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Jim Pollard 12/08/01 M 37>38 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Peter Silverton 19/08/01 M 45>46 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Jane Clarke 26/08/01 M 37 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Jane Clarke 02/09/01 M 43 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Jane Clarke 09/09/01 M 43 1>4 Photographs


* Jane Clarke 16/09/01 M 41 1>4 Photographs, illustrations<br />

* Jane Clarke 23/09/01 M 43 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Jane Clarke 30/09/01 M 61 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Jane Clarke 07/10/01 M 53 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Jane Clarke 14/10/01 M 57 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Jane Clarke 21/10/01 M 55 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Jane Clarke 28/10/01 M 75 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Jane Clarke 04/11/01 M 57 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Jane Clarke 11/11/01 M 61 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Jane Clarke 18/11/01 M 71 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Jane Clarke 25/11/01 M 63 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Jane Clarke 02/12/01 M 47 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Jane Clarke 09/12/01 M 71 1>4 Photographs<br />

LIFE ITSELF!<br />

* See Book Reviews - Kellaway, Kate 24/06/01<br />

LIFE SUPPORT<br />

* Writer Lynda La Plante and actress Lynda Bellingham<br />

07/01/01 M 62 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Paul Hedge and Paul Martin of London's Hales Gallery<br />

14/01/01 M 54 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Comedian Dave Gorman and his flatmate Danny Wallace<br />

21/01/01 M 62 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Holocaust survivors Krulik Wilder and Ben Helfgott 28/01/01<br />

M 70 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Crab fishermen and lifeboat crew Billy and John Davies<br />

04/02/01 M 62 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Flamenco dancers Joaquin Cortes and Cristobal Reyes<br />

11/02/01 M 62 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Olympic marksman Richard Faulds and coach Peter Terry<br />

18/02/01 M 78 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Actor Richard Briers and his daughter Lucy 25/02/01 M 78<br />

1>4 Photograph<br />

* Novelists Pat Barker and Wendy Robertson 04/03/01 M 70<br />

1>4 Photograph<br />

* David Sayler, former MI5 officer and his girlfriend, Annie<br />

Machon 11/03/01 M 78 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Rock star Nick Cave and blind gallery owner IM Birtwistle<br />

18/03/01 M 62 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Actress Michelle Collins and Oxfam's celebrity co-ordinator<br />

Claire Lewis 25/03/01 M 70 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Author David Mitchell and Keiko Yoshida 01/04/01 M 70<br />

1>4 Photograph<br />

* Deacon Blue's Lorraine McIntosh and Ricky Ross 08/04/01 M<br />

78 1>4 Photograph<br />

* John Kamara and his prison officer Mark Smout 15/04/01 M<br />

62 1>4 Photograph<br />

* American folksingers Ani DiFranco and Utah Phillips<br />

22/04/01 M 54 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Rockers Charlie Watts and Bill Wyman 29/04/01 M 62 1>4<br />

Photograph<br />

* Actresses Barbara Windsor and Anna Karen 06/05/01 M 70<br />

1>4 Photograph<br />

* Ladysmith Black Mambazo's Albert Mazibuko and Joseph<br />

OBSERVER INDEX: JAN-DEC <strong>2001</strong><br />

127<br />

Shabalala 13/05/01 M 70 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Musicians Chris Difford and Marti Pellow 20/05/01 M 70 1>4<br />

Photograph<br />

* Actress, Louise Ashby and plastic surgeon, Dr. Henri<br />

Kawamoto 27/05/01 M 62 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Vulcanologist Stanley Williams and friend and former student<br />

Marta Calvache 03/06/01 M 54 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Ballet dancers Agnes Oaks and Thomas Edur 10/06/01 M 62<br />

1>4 Photograph<br />

* Actors Maureen Lipman and Simon Williams 17/06/01 M 70<br />

1>4 Photograph<br />

* Glastonbury festival founder Michael Eavis and daughter<br />

Emily 24/06/01 M 70 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Francis Rossi and Rick Parfitt, Status Quo members for 36<br />

years 01/07/01 M 54 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Ravi Shankar and daughter Anoushka 08/07/01 M 62 1>4<br />

Photograph<br />

* Comedians Stewart Lee and Richard Herring 15/07/01 M 78<br />

1>4 Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> country's youngest millionaire Dominic McVey, 16, and<br />

his mother Val 22/07/01 M 54 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Ugandan priest Gideon Byamugisha and Archbishop George<br />

Carey 29/07/01 M 54 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Poet Michael Rosen and eldest son Joe 05/08/01 M 62 1>4<br />

Photograph<br />

* Animators Mark Hall and Brian Cosgrove 12/08/01 M 54 1>4<br />

Photograph<br />

* Friends and daughters of the famous, Jacqueline Dankworth<br />

and Tamsin Olivier 19/08/01 M 62 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Nicky Byrne and Bryan McFadden, members of boyband<br />

Westlife 26/08/01 M 54 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Singer-songwriter Ray Wilson and his personal trainer, Pauline<br />

Kerr 02/09/01 M 62 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Chefs Dominique Prandi and Jean Christophe Novelli<br />

09/09/01 M 62 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Priscilla Carluccio and big brother Terence Conran 16/09/01<br />

M 62 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Wasps and England rugby player, Josh Lewsey and Sergeant<br />

Major Terry Harman 23/09/01 M 70 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Olympic gold medallist Jason Queally and designer Chris Field<br />

30/09/01 M 78 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Fellow aphasia sufferers, Carole Headley and Esmine Barnes<br />

07/10/01 M 78 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Jane McDonald, singer, and Steve Holbrook, a spiritualist<br />

medium 14/10/01 M 86 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Bookie turned club owner Johnny Gold and celebrity<br />

photographer Terry O'Neill 21/10/01 M 86 1>4 Photograph<br />

* DJs Dave Haslam and Mike Pickering 28/10/01 M 94 1>4<br />

Photograph<br />

* Actors, Larry Hagman and Linda Gray 04/11/01 M 86 1>4<br />

Photograph<br />

* Mountaineers Michael Crosthwaite and Bear Grylls 11/11/01<br />

M 86 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Artist Isaac Julien and Skip Gates 18/11/01 M 94 1>4<br />

Photograph<br />

* Publisher Felix Dennis and writer Marsha Rowe 25/11/01 M<br />

86 1>4 Photograph


* Golfer Nick Faldo and caddie Fanny Sunesson 02/12/01 M 70<br />

1>4 Photograph<br />

* Dame Thora Hird, actress, and Alan Bell, director 09/12/01 M<br />

94 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Jimmy Perry and David Croft, writers of Dad's Army 16/12/01<br />

M 78 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Millionaire promoter Vince Power and chef Conrad Gallagher<br />

23/12/01 M 46 1>4 Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Blue Planet's Doug Allan and Sue Flood 30/12/01 M 46<br />

1>4 Photograph<br />

LIFE'S WORK, A<br />

* See Book Reviews - Kellaway, Kate 09/09/01<br />

LIGHTNING ON THE SUN<br />

* See Book Reviews - Shapiro, Anna 22/07/01<br />

LIIKANEN, ERKKI<br />

* Profile on Erkki Liikanen, Europe's IT supremo who wants to<br />

dispel notions of hidebound bureaucracy 29/04/01 N 10 1>8<br />

Photograph<br />

LINDBERG, MAGNUS<br />

* See Music: Classical 09/12/01<br />

LINTEL<br />

* See Book Reviews - Dunmore, Helen 11/03/01<br />

LITERATURE<br />

* <strong>Observer</strong> readers' poll chooses classic work of Shakespeare to<br />

join the eight wonders of the literary world 02/12/01 B 11 1>8<br />

Photographs<br />

LITT, TOBY<br />

* Interview with author Toby Litt - see Books Interview, <strong>The</strong><br />

11/02/01<br />

LITTLE GREEN MAN<br />

* See Book Reviews - Clark, Candida 29/07/01<br />

LITTLEJOHN, RICHARD<br />

* Profile on Richard Littlejohn, Sun columnist, radio and TV<br />

presenter and author 03/06/01 B 29 2>6 Photograph, caricature<br />

LIVELY, PENELOPE<br />

* See Books Interview, <strong>The</strong> 26/08/01<br />

LIVERPOOL<br />

* Liverpool is finally to get a £10m hotel next to the famous<br />

Cavern Club after a long-running row over state subsidies<br />

between the Brussels and the Government - see Cavern Club<br />

11/03/01<br />

* Fear grips Liverpool as a gang feud claims its sixth victim - see<br />

Crime 14/10/01<br />

LIVINGSTONE, KEN<br />

* Ken Livingston, who has pledged to introduce partnership<br />

registration ceremonies in London, may conduct the ceremonies<br />

himself 18/02/01 B 11 7 Cartoon<br />

* Ken Livingstone is to intervene in the case of police<br />

harassment of a black community worker - see Police 18/03/01<br />

* Columnist 10/06/01 X 14 5>6 Photograph<br />

LOACH, KEN<br />

* Red Ken Loach is the last person you would expect to find in<br />

Hollywood 08/04/01 R 9 1>5 Photographs<br />

OBSERVER INDEX: JAN-DEC <strong>2001</strong><br />

128<br />

* Ken Loach has never been afraid to experiment, his new TV<br />

film, <strong>The</strong> Navigators, is no exception - see Television 18/11/01<br />

LOAFER'S GUIDE TO…<br />

* Alabama 3 07/01/01 M 4 1>2 Photograph<br />

* Sexy lectures 14/01/01 M 5 1>2 Photograph<br />

* Julia Query 21/01/01 M 5 1>2 Photograph<br />

* Botox 28/01/01 M 7 1>2 Photograph<br />

* Libyans' outcry as Lockerbie Bombing trial doubts grows<br />

04/02/01 B 2 2>7 Photograph<br />

* Brassai 04/02/01 M 5 1>2 Photograph<br />

* PJ Harvey 11/02/01 M 5 1>2 Photograph<br />

* Luella Bartley 18/02/01 M 5 1>2 Photograph<br />

* Glamour 25/02/01 M 7 1>2 Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> new sisterhood 04/03/01 M 5 1>2 Photograph<br />

* Nelly Furtado 11/03/01 M 5 1>2 Photograph<br />

* Stanley Spencer 18/03/01 M 5 1>2 Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Oscar parties 25/03/01 M 5 1>2 Photograph<br />

* Uni-qlo 01/04/01 M 5 1>2 Photograph<br />

* Omara Portuondo 08/04/01 M 5 1>2 Photograph<br />

* Oxygen 15/04/01 M 5 1>2 Photograph<br />

* James Ellroy 29/04/01 M 5 1>2 Photograph<br />

* Helmut Newton 06/05/01 M 5 1>2 Photograph<br />

* Agatha Christie's new look 13/05/01 M 5 1>2 Photograph<br />

* Chelsea Flower Show 20/05/01 M 5 1>2 Photograph<br />

* Orange Prize for Fiction 27/05/01 M 5 1>2 Photograph<br />

* 233rd RA Summer Exhibition 03/06/01 M 5 1>2 Illustration<br />

* Alanis Morissette 10/06/01 M 5 1>2 Photograph<br />

* Home and Away 17/06/01 M 5 1>2 Photograph<br />

* Voodoo 24/06/01 M 5 1>2 Photograph<br />

* Tricky 01/07/01 M 5 1>2 Photograph<br />

* Daft punk 08/07/01 M 5 1>2 Photograph<br />

* Grand Prix 15/07/01 M 5 1>2 Photograph<br />

* Planet of the Apes 22/07/01 M 5 1>2 Photograph<br />

* Diana Krall 29/07/01 M 5 1>2 Photograph<br />

* Friendsreunited.co.uk 05/08/01 M 5 1>2 Illustration<br />

* Celebrity weddings 12/08/01 M 5 1>2 Photograph<br />

* Mother Clap's Molly House 19/08/01 M 5 1>2 Photograph<br />

* Rob Davis 26/08/01 M 5 1>2 Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Ministry of Sound's 10th Birthday 02/09/01 M 5 1>2<br />

Photograph<br />

* Electric Warrior 09/09/01 M 5 1>2 Photograph<br />

* Fashion attitude dolls 16/09/01 M 5 1>2 Photograph<br />

* Drena de Niro 23/09/01 M 5 1>2 Photograph<br />

* Mike Nelson 30/09/01 M 5 1>2 Photograph<br />

* Michael Clark 07/10/01 M 5 1>2 Photograph<br />

* Donnie Wahlberg 14/10/01 M 5 1>2 Photograph<br />

* Issey Ogata 21/10/01 M 5 1>2 Photograph


* <strong>The</strong> Colony Room 28/10/01 M 5 1>2 Photograph<br />

* Lisa 'left eye' lopes 04/11/01 M 5 1>2 Photograph<br />

* Teenage kicks 11/11/01 M 5 1>2 Photograph<br />

* Louis Walsh 18/11/01 M 4 1>2 Photograph<br />

* Taboo 25/11/01 M 5 1>2 Photograph<br />

* Essential Latin 02/12/01 M 5 1>2 Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Christmas No. 1 09/12/01 M 5 1>2 Photograph<br />

* Pantos 16/12/01 M 5 1>2 Photograph<br />

LONDON<br />

* <strong>The</strong> past is oozing to the surface as drills demolish City blocks<br />

of the 1970s - see Architecture 18/02/01<br />

* A year after London's big wheel threw open its pods to the<br />

public 18/02/01 M 28>31 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Police were called to the scene of an explosion that ripped<br />

through a Post Office sorting office in London 15/04/01 B 2 3<br />

* <strong>The</strong> former South African president Nelson Mandela yesterday<br />

opened a new £10m annex at Southwark Cathedral in London -<br />

see Mandela, Nelson 29/04/01<br />

* London's fall from grace… how the capital of cool lost its<br />

allure 29/04/01 B 8>9 1>8 Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong> ultra-conservative Corporation of London is to force<br />

developers to build affordable homes in East London boroughs if<br />

they want ambitious skyscraper plans to get off the ground<br />

13/05/01 N 1 1>3<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Corporation of London is planning a dramatic expansion<br />

of the Square Mile to cope with huge demands from<br />

international banks and to maintain the City's place as Europe's<br />

top financial centre 03/06/01 N 1 1>7<br />

* A new book makes a shocking claim about London's air: it is<br />

actually the cleanest it has been since the Middle Ages - see<br />

Pollution 10/06/01<br />

* London's great Victorian power stations are slowly running out<br />

of steam, but a series of daring new developments is firing up the<br />

lives of Battersea, Bankside and Lots Road - see Interiors<br />

17/06/01<br />

* A row is brewing over London's skyline, at stake is the future<br />

of some of the highrise residential and commercial towers<br />

planned for the capital - see Property 24/06/01<br />

* If developers destroy London's Spitalfields Market, then every<br />

inner-city site in the country will also come under threat - see<br />

Architecture 15/07/01<br />

* Two Real IRA terrorist cells are operating in London and are<br />

intent on launching further attacks in the wake of last week's<br />

Ealing bombing - see Ireland 05/08/01<br />

* For his debut film, South West Nine, director Richard Parry<br />

wanted to capture the authentic face of Brixton, south London,<br />

so he took to casting straight off its streets - see Parry, Richard<br />

30/09/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> most important planning inquiry since Heathrow Terminal<br />

Five will take place in London which will shape forever the<br />

skyline of many UK cities - see Town Planning 21/10/01<br />

* An attempt to create a new London village is marred by bad<br />

design and execution - see Architecture 28/10/01<br />

LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE<br />

* <strong>The</strong> London Stock Exchange has found a new headquarters in<br />

the controversial Paternoster Square development 08/04/01 N 1<br />

4>6 Illustration<br />

* <strong>The</strong> London Stock Exchange looks set to be odds-on favourite<br />

to win the auction for the Liffe derivatives market - see Financial<br />

OBSERVER INDEX: JAN-DEC <strong>2001</strong><br />

129<br />

Institutions 28/10/01<br />

* Interview with Clara Furse, the first woman chief executive of<br />

the London Stock Exchange - see Furse, Clara 11/11/01<br />

LONDON UNDERGROUND<br />

* Two of Britain's aristocratic families, the Guinnesses and the<br />

Waughs, are launching a system for dispensing short stories on<br />

the London Underground - see Books 07/01/01<br />

* Tony Blair steps in as Tube privatisation fears escalate<br />

07/01/01 N 1 1>3 Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> chief of one of the consortiums bidding to run the London<br />

Underground has threatened the Government with legal action if<br />

substantial changes are made to the financing of the Public-<br />

Private Partnership 04/02/01 N 1 5>7<br />

* Last-ditch talks aimed at reaching a deal on how to fund and<br />

run London's Underground are deadlocked just days before the<br />

deadline 25/02/01 N 1 2>7<br />

* <strong>The</strong> European Investment Bank is ready to lend up to £5bn to<br />

help rescue a publicly controlled London Tube 04/03/01 N 1<br />

1>7<br />

* Could public private partnership ever keep the Tube's head<br />

above water? 04/03/01 N 3 1>4<br />

* How the privatisation of the Underground came off the rails<br />

04/03/01 N 3 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Tube deal rests on safety issues 11/03/01 N 2 7<br />

* Up to £13bn is to be spent upgrading London's Underground<br />

system after an historic agreement on ownership was thrashed<br />

out 18/03/01 B 16 6>8<br />

* Talks about the future of the London Underground collapsed<br />

yesterday 25/03/01 B 5 6>8<br />

* London Underground was accused of 'jumping the gun' on the<br />

hotly disputed public-private partnership scheme for financing<br />

the Tube by putting out contracts to tender before a final<br />

decision is made 22/04/01 N 2 2>4<br />

* Tony Blair overruled the Treasury to strike a deal over the<br />

future of the London Tube amid fear than an ongoing row would<br />

cost Labour seats in the capital 06/05/01 B 11 8<br />

* Transport Secretary Stephen Byers will try to salvage the<br />

public-private partnership plan for the London Tube in last-ditch<br />

talks with London Transport chairman Bob Kiley 01/07/01 N 1<br />

4>5 Photograph<br />

* It's 140 years old and more than three million journeys are<br />

made on it every day 19/08/01 M 32>35 1>3 Photographs<br />

* It's no surprise that the government kept a report on the Tube<br />

from the light of day, writes Will Hutton - see Public/Private<br />

Sector 26/08/01<br />

* Who picks up the tab if public-private partnerships go wrong?<br />

- see Public/Private Sector 28/10/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> viability of the proposed £13bn public-private partnership<br />

for the London Underground is in doubt as bankers get cold feet<br />

11/11/01 N 2 4>8 Photograph<br />

LONDON, MAYOR OF<br />

* One year on, London's Mayor is as popular as ever, but the<br />

champagne is far from flowing 29/04/01 B 9 6>8 Photograph<br />

LONDON: THE BIOGRAPHY<br />

* See Book Reviews - Perry, Jane 12/08/01<br />

LOPEZ, JENNIFER<br />

* Donatella Versace hosted the wedding reception of Jennifer<br />

Lopez and Cris Judd last week 07/10/01 R 2 1>5 Photograph<br />

LOSING IT


* See Book Reviews - MacFarlane, Robert 15/04/01<br />

LOST CITY OF ATLANTIS, THE<br />

* <strong>The</strong> story of the lost city of Atlantis has fascinated academics<br />

and romantics for thousands of years, now an expert has finally<br />

admitted it never existed 16/12/01 B 9 1>2 Illustration<br />

LOST DAUGHTER OF HAPPINESS, THE<br />

* See Book Reviews - Shapiro, Anna 22/07/01<br />

LOUIS: A LIFE OF ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON<br />

* See Book Reviews - King, Eldon 08/07/01<br />

LOVE IN IDLENESS<br />

* See Book Reviews - Shapiro, Anna 29/04/01<br />

LOVE IS WHERE IT FALLS<br />

* See Audiobook Reviews - Redford, Rachel 08/04/01<br />

LOVE OF STONES, THE<br />

* See Book Reviews - Mars-Jones, Adam 21/01/01<br />

LOVE, COURTNEY<br />

* Rock's bad-girl widow, Courtney Love, claims she lives in fear<br />

of deranged fans and vindictive enemies 14/01/01 B 14 1>8<br />

Photographs<br />

LOVING<br />

* See Classicwatch 08/04/01<br />

LOWE, ROB<br />

* Interview with actor Rob Lowe, currently starring in <strong>The</strong> West<br />

Wing 08/07/01 M 10>13 1>4 Photographs<br />

LUCKY JIM<br />

* See Audiobook Reviews - Bunce, Kim 27/05/01<br />

LUHRMANN, BAZ: THE SHOW MUST GO ON<br />

* See Television 09/09/01<br />

LUNDY, MICHAEL<br />

* Michael Lundy is destroying all his possessions - including<br />

clothes, photos and an archive of valuable art - in his new show -<br />

see Art 18/02/01<br />

MACARTHUR, ELLEN<br />

* Exclusive diary of Ellen MacArthur in the Vendee Globe Race<br />

- see Sport: Sailing 04/02/01<br />

* Euan Ferguson in Les Sables D'Olonne watches as France<br />

prepares to welcome Ellen MacArthur, the British sailor who has<br />

become the century's first true heroine - see Sport: Sailing<br />

11/02/01<br />

* Yachtswoman Ellen MacArthur's Diary of her single-handed<br />

trip around the world in 95 days - see Sport: Sailing 11/02/01<br />

* Ellen MacArthur is all at sea in the choppy waters of fame,<br />

says Kevin Mitchell - see Sport: Sailing 18/02/01<br />

* Fiona Campbell talks to Ellen MacArthur - see Sport: Sailing<br />

02/12/01<br />

* <strong>Observer</strong> readers have voted for round-the-world yachtswoman<br />

Ellen MacArthur as Woman of the Year - see Woman of the<br />

Year 30/12/01<br />

MACCABE, COLIN<br />

* Columnist 27/05/01 B 31 1>4 Photograph<br />

MACKAY, DUNCAN<br />

* Columnist 25/02/01 S 31 1>6 Photograph<br />

OBSERVER INDEX: JAN-DEC <strong>2001</strong><br />

130<br />

* Columnist 07/10/01 S 15 1>6 Photographs<br />

MACKAY, FRANCIS<br />

* Profile on Francis Mackay, new chairman of B&Q and Comet<br />

chain 04/11/01 N 14 1>5 Photograph<br />

MACKAY, GREGOR<br />

* Columnist 13/05/01 B 18 1>4 Photograph<br />

MACPHERSON, CONOR<br />

* Conor McPherson's play <strong>The</strong> Weir took him to Hollywood,<br />

before a falling out made him hurry back - his new work<br />

suggests cinema's loss is theatre's gain 04/02/01 R 6 1>5<br />

Photographs<br />

MADELEY, RICHARD<br />

* Profile of husband and wife team Richard Madeley and Judy<br />

Finnigan, who were one of ITV's hottest properties before they<br />

fell out with a new producer and switched to Channel 4<br />

25/11/01 B 27 1>6 Caricatures<br />

MADONNA<br />

* Madonna: <strong>The</strong> Intimate Biography - see Book Reviews -<br />

Thorpe, Vanessa 13/05/01<br />

* See Music: Pop 17/06/01<br />

* A controversial biography of Madonna by bestselling author<br />

Andrew Morton is to be published, and the singer is furious<br />

01/07/01 B 5 1>5 Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong>re's Only One Madonna - see Television 08/07/01<br />

* Madonna's pop concert at Earl's Court 08/07/01 B 29 1>2<br />

Photograph<br />

* Madonna - see Book Reviews - Ellen, Barbara 11/11/01<br />

MAFIA<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Sopranos is television at its best, but, just as the real Mafia<br />

is dying off, this tale of New jersey hoodlums is sending the<br />

Mob movie to its grave 27/05/01 R 1 1>2 Photographs<br />

* Pompeii faces a new catastrophe - thanks to the Mafia - see<br />

International Affairs: Europe 22/07/01<br />

* Celebrity and the Mob: <strong>The</strong> sensational trial surrounding a<br />

strip club in Atlanta, <strong>The</strong> Gold Club, has gripped America with a<br />

string of revelations - see Gold Club, <strong>The</strong> 29/07/01<br />

MAGIC COTTAGE, THE<br />

* See Audiobook Reviews - Bunce, Kim 23/09/01<br />

MAGNETIC FIELDS, THE<br />

* See Music: Pop 21/01/01<br />

MAHAL, TAJ: AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A BLUESMAN<br />

* See Book Reviews - Wazir, Burhan 09/09/01<br />

MAHON, DEREK, SELECTED POEMS<br />

* See Book Reviews - Kinsella, John 14/01/01<br />

MAJOR, JOHN<br />

* John Major, former Tory Prime Minister, takes up a senior post<br />

at Lord's this week - see Sport: Cricket 30/09/01<br />

MAKING SENSE OF THE TROUBLES<br />

* See Book Reviews - McHardy, Anne 07/01/01<br />

MALKOVICH, JOHN<br />

* Interview with John Malkovich, actor and just turned director<br />

30/09/01 R 3 1>5 Photographs<br />

MAN OF THE YEAR


* Who is the most outstanding person of <strong>2001</strong> - readers are<br />

invited to vote 25/11/01 R 4 1>6 Photographs<br />

* <strong>Observer</strong> readers have voted for Prime Minister Tony Blair as<br />

Man of the Year 30/12/01 R 2 1>6 Photographs<br />

MAN WHO BROKE NAPOLEON'S CODES, THE<br />

* See Book Reviews - Burke, Jason 16/09/01<br />

MAN WHO WAS PRIVATE WIDDLE, THE<br />

* See Book Reviews - Summerskill, Ben 18/11/01<br />

MAN WITHIN, THE<br />

* See Classicwatch 20/05/01<br />

MANDELA, NELSON<br />

* Few people heard Nelson Mandela speech at his trial in 1964 -<br />

but none of them forgot it, now after 36 years, the world can hear<br />

a tape of his defiant declaration 11/02/01 B 3 1>8 Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> former South African president Nelson Mandela yesterday<br />

opened a new £10m annex at Southwark Cathedral in London<br />

29/04/01 B 2 4>5 Photograph<br />

* Antony Sher met Mandela in London last week, and the<br />

moment brought back memories of his childhood in South Africa<br />

and his own role in the fight against apartheid - see Apartheid<br />

06/05/01<br />

MANDELSON, PETER<br />

* Peter Mandelson helped a controversial Indian tycoon, who is<br />

currently facing corruption charges, to obtain British citizenship<br />

after he agreed to donate £1bn to the Millennium Dome<br />

21/01/01 B 1>2 1>7<br />

* <strong>The</strong> end of Peter Mandelson and Labour's crisis - see Politics<br />

28/01/01<br />

* War broke out last night between Tony Blair and Peter<br />

Mandelson, the two key architects of New Labour over the<br />

passports-for-favours crisis - see Politics 28/01/01<br />

* Charles Leadbeater regrets the departure from the Cabinet of<br />

Peter Mandelson 28/01/01 B 29 2>6 Photograph<br />

* Profile on Robert Harris, best-selling thriller writer who's<br />

heading the fight-back of the Labour party's fallen angel of spin -<br />

Peter Mandelson - see Harris, Robert 04/02/01<br />

* Fighting to save his name, Mandelson threatens to haunt his<br />

friend Tony Blair all the way to the next election 04/02/01 B<br />

8>9 1>7 Photographs<br />

* Peter Mandelson could make a comeback to an important role<br />

but only if he cleans up his act, a former Labour Party general<br />

secretary has said 11/02/01 B 2 2>7 Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong> official inquiry into the Hinduja passports affair is<br />

expected to say that Peter Mandelson gave confusing answers<br />

25/02/01 B 1>2 4>6<br />

* Peter Mandelson will be cleared of all the main charges against<br />

him by the Government inquiry into the Hinduja passport<br />

scandal which is to be published this week 04/03/01 B 2 2>6<br />

* Columnist 06/05/01 B 27 1>5 Photograph<br />

* Disgraced Labour MP, Peter Mandelson is back in the political<br />

limelight 09/09/01 B 3 1>8 Photograph<br />

* Peter Mandelson feels Britain can benefit from more<br />

integration and even a new energy tax - see European Union<br />

09/12/01<br />

* Peter Mandelson today calls for a move towards common EU<br />

taxes in a radical blueprint for closer European integration - see<br />

European Union 09/12/01<br />

MANIC STREET PREACHERS, THE<br />

OBSERVER INDEX: JAN-DEC <strong>2001</strong><br />

131<br />

* See Music: Pop 11/03/01<br />

MANSFIELD, MICHAEL<br />

* Columnist 11/03/01 B 31 6>7 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 23/09/01 X 20 1>2 Photograph<br />

MANSON, MARILYN<br />

* See Music: Pop 28/01/01<br />

MAP THAT CHANGED THE WORLD, THE<br />

* See Book Reviews - Rayner, Jay 08/07/01<br />

MARBER, PATRICK<br />

* Profile on Patrick Marber, playwright 06/05/01 B 25 1>5<br />

Caricature, photograph<br />

MARCHIONESS DISASTER<br />

* Victims of the Marchioness riverboat tragedy were<br />

unnecessarily mutilated in the rush to identify them, a harrowing<br />

report is expected to show 11/03/01 B 14 7>8 Photograph<br />

MARGINALIA: READERS WRITING IN BOOKS<br />

* See Book Reviews - Jays, David 20/05/01<br />

MARLOWE, CHRISTOPHER<br />

* <strong>The</strong> death of Christopher Marlowe is one of the most enduring<br />

mysteries of literary history - an author claims to know why the<br />

playwright was murdered 01/07/01 B 4 1>4 Photograph<br />

MARQUEZ, GARCIA<br />

* Last words of Garcia Marquez - the ailing Nobel Laureate is<br />

writing the definitive account of his life 21/01/01 B 19 1>7<br />

Photographs<br />

MARR, ANDREW<br />

* Columnist 27/05/01 B 29 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Columnist 29/07/01 B 28 2>5 Photograph<br />

MARRIAGE<br />

* According to a new US bestseller, there's only one way to keep<br />

Mr Right - just don't tell him when he's wrong 28/01/01 R 1>2<br />

1>5 Photographs<br />

* Nevada's desert city had become a marriage mecca so where<br />

better to exchange vows on Valentine's Day 11/02/01 M 24>29<br />

1>3 Photographs<br />

* Bob Rowthorn and Paul Ormerod ditch their Sixties roots to<br />

champion marriage as the best way to raise a family 25/03/01 B<br />

29 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Married women are taking their husbands name again<br />

08/04/01 R 2 1>5 Photograph<br />

* British women are much more attached to marriage than their<br />

European counterparts 22/04/01 B 11 1>8 Photograph<br />

* Remarriage may work for Boris and Barbara Becker, but is it<br />

really a sensible option for the rest of us? 19/08/01 R 4 1>5<br />

Photographs<br />

MARSALIS, WYNTON<br />

* See Music: Jazz 11/02/01<br />

MARSHALL, STEVE<br />

* Railtrack's unpretentious new chief executive has a superhuman<br />

task in winning over the City - profile of Steve Marshall -<br />

see Railway Industry 25/02/01<br />

MARTIN, ANDREW<br />

* Columnist 09/12/01 B 26 2>4 Photograph


MARY GEORGE OF ALLNORTHOVER<br />

* See Book Reviews - Shapiro, Anna 25/03/01<br />

MASHAM, SUE<br />

* Columnist 05/08/01 B 26 2>5 Photograph<br />

MASON, JACKIE<br />

* Jackie Mason in the House - see Radio 11/02/01<br />

* See Comedy 14/10/01<br />

MASTERPRIZE<br />

* See Music: Classical 14/10/01<br />

MATISSE, HENRI<br />

* Former nurse stands to gain a fortune for selling sketches by<br />

the 80 year old Modernist 28/01/01 B 8 1>5 Photograph<br />

MATOUSEK, MARK<br />

* Memoir by Mark Matousek who let thirty-three years pass<br />

before he decided to tack down the father he hardly knew<br />

04/03/01 M 20>25 1>4 Photographs<br />

MATTILA, KARITA<br />

* Interview with soprano Karita Mattila 06/05/01 R 6 1>5<br />

Photographs<br />

MAUVE<br />

* See Book Reviews - McKie, Robin 09/09/01<br />

MAXWELL, KEVIN<br />

* Kevin Maxwell vowed to fight 'to the last' further government<br />

attempts to punish him over the £400m looting of the Mirror<br />

newspaper pension funds 01/04/01 N 1 1>3<br />

* Kevin Maxwell, son of the crooked media tycoon Robert<br />

Maxwell, is fighting a desperate rearguard action to stop a<br />

lawsuit from a former business partner reaching the courts<br />

08/04/01 N 2 2>6<br />

MAXWELL, KEVIN & IAN<br />

* Kevin and Ian Maxwell will be heavily criticised this week in a<br />

long-awaited Department of Trade & Industry report into the<br />

stock market flotation of Mirror Group Newspapers 25/03/01 B<br />

5 3>5 Photograph<br />

MAXWELL, ROBERT<br />

* How the City ignored alarm bells on Robert Maxwell<br />

01/04/01 N 2 1>6 Photographs<br />

MAYLE, PETER<br />

* Interview with Peter Mayle, author on the launch of his new<br />

book on French cuisine 02/09/01 R 3 1>5 Photographs<br />

MAYO, JOHN<br />

* Downfall of a dynamic duo at Marconi: Lord Simpson and<br />

John Mayo - see Business & Industry 08/07/01<br />

MBEKI, THABO<br />

* Profile on Thabo Mbeki, President of South Africa since 1999<br />

10/06/01 B 23 1>6 Caricature<br />

MCCARTHY, PAUL<br />

* See Art 21/10/01<br />

MCCARTNEY, PAUL<br />

* Interview with Paul McCartney on his poetry 11/03/01 R 3<br />

1>5 Photographs<br />

* Focus on the McCartney marriage 29/07/01 B 19 1>8<br />

Photographs<br />

OBSERVER INDEX: JAN-DEC <strong>2001</strong><br />

132<br />

* Paul McCartney first discovered vegetarianism when visiting<br />

an Indian asram with Jane Asher in 1967 23/09/01 B 8 1>6<br />

Photographs<br />

MCCARTNEY, STELLA<br />

* <strong>Observer</strong> Style Editor Tamsin Blanchard on why the<br />

McCartney/Gucci deal is good news for British designers - see<br />

Fashion 01/04/01<br />

* Stella McCartney, Sir Paul's designer daughter, is to trade in<br />

the famous name and fashion label that launched her reputation<br />

to create her own brand of clothes under Gucci 01/04/01 B 3<br />

1>5 Photographs<br />

MCCRUM, ROBERT<br />

* Robert McCrum on Le Carre's genius - see Le Carre, John<br />

25/02/01<br />

* Columnist 10/06/01 X 3 5>6 Photograph<br />

MCCUTCHEON, MARTINE<br />

* Eliza Doolittle has always been an actress's dream part, and the<br />

latest to have her accent knocked into shape is Martine<br />

McCutcheon - see Actors & Actresses 04/03/01<br />

MCDONALD, HENRY<br />

* Columnist 10/06/01 X 12 1>5 Photographs<br />

MCEWAN, IAN<br />

* After winning the Booker Prize in 1998, Ian McEwan's life<br />

was turned upside-down by his ex-wife seeking custody of their<br />

sons - now it's happy families and he's written possibly his best<br />

novel 16/09/01 R 3 1>5 Photographs<br />

MCFADDEN, STEVE<br />

* Mirada Sawyer meets Steve McFadden to find out what a<br />

Rada-trained actor is doing with Phil Mitchell in EastEnders<br />

29/07/01 M 10>13 1>4 Photographs<br />

MCGOVERN, JIMMY<br />

* As the creator of Cracker, Jimmy McGovern was used to<br />

getting his own way, then he wrote a script for Stephen Frears<br />

and it drove him to drink 18/02/01 R 9 1>5 Photographs<br />

MCGOWAN, SHANE<br />

* Interview with Shane McGowan, ex member of <strong>The</strong> Pogues<br />

11/03/01 M 10>14 1>4 Photographs<br />

MCGREGOR, EWAN<br />

* Photograph of actor Ewan McGregor at the Lonach Gathering<br />

in Aberdeenshire 26/08/01 B 1 4 Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> British actor Ewan McGregor was in Berlin last night to<br />

collect a European cinema award for his role as a lovesick writer<br />

in Moulin Rouge 02/12/01 B 2 6 Photograph<br />

* Hollywood heartthrob Ewan McGregor blasts the 'shallow'<br />

acting world as he recasts himself as a wildlife film-maker<br />

30/12/01 B 5 1>8 Photographs<br />

MCQUEEN, ALEXANDER<br />

* Interview with British Designer of the Year, Alexander<br />

McQueen 04/03/01 M 10>17 1>4 Photographs<br />

MCQUEEN, STEVE<br />

* An extract from 'Le Mans', a new biography of the actor Steve<br />

McQueen 30/09/01 R 5 1>5 Photographs<br />

MCVEIGH, TIMOTHY<br />

* <strong>The</strong> execution of bomber Timothy McVeigh has turned into<br />

showbiz, with the murderer urging all America to watch his<br />

execution - see International Affairs: U.S.A. 08/04/01<br />

* Investigation into the making of America's greatest mass


murderer 22/04/01 M 22>27 1>4 Photographs<br />

* In a letter to <strong>Observer</strong> reporter Tracy McVeigh, the Oklahoma<br />

bomber, who faces execution talks about the 'triggers' that led<br />

him to kill 06/05/01 B 1>2 1>7 Photograph<br />

* A ghoulish tourist trail takes visitors to a small motel in<br />

Kansas, where Timothy McVeigh stayed while making his bomb<br />

- see Travel 13/05/01<br />

* FBI blunders have spared the Oklahoma bomber's life for a<br />

month - but have added to the distress of the bereaved as the<br />

killer's orchestrated media campaign rolls on 13/05/01 B 23 1>8<br />

Photographs<br />

* Oklahoma bomber Timothy McVeigh is emerging as a<br />

figurehead for Britain's far-right extremists 27/05/01 B 7 1>2<br />

Photographs<br />

* America holds vigil on bomber Timothy McVeigh's last<br />

moments 10/06/01 B 19 1>6 Photographs<br />

ME TALK PRETTY ONE DAY<br />

* See Book Reviews - Vincent, David 04/02/01<br />

MEANING OF THINGS, THE<br />

* See Book Reviews - Griffiths, Jo 02/09/01<br />

MEDIA<br />

* An insult to new Daily Express owner, Richard Desmond, was<br />

buried in the heart of an obscure editorial by journalist Stephen<br />

Pollard 07/01/01 B 1 4>7 Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> battle for Hearst's San Francisco Examiner is a great story<br />

07/01/01 N 10 1>7 Photograph<br />

* ITV is braced for further bad news this week after admitting<br />

earlier this month that it had failed to meet its peaktime viewing<br />

targets for 2000 14/01/01 N 2 2>7<br />

* Eurocrats killed the plan to merge EMI with Warner, but it<br />

could be second time lucky 14/01/01 N 9 2>8 Photographs<br />

* Problems at Rupert Murdoch's News Corp 21/01/01 N 7 1>6<br />

Photograph<br />

* Profile on Dominic Lawson, editor of the Sunday Telegraph -<br />

see Lawson, Dominic 28/01/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> bitter war between BSkyB and ITV exploded last night<br />

after sources close to the satellite broadcaster said it had gone<br />

cold about taking the terrestrial network on Sky Digital<br />

28/01/01 N 1 1>7<br />

* A secret plan to carry advertising on a new BBC website has<br />

divided staff and outraged competitors 28/01/01 N 6 2>5<br />

Photograph<br />

* Tycoon Vladimir Gusinsky, owner of Russia's largest media<br />

group, spectacularly fell out with the clique that runs the<br />

Kremlin 04/02/01 N 6 2>8 Photograph<br />

* British viewers will have to pay to watch the 2002 World Cup<br />

if a German media company succeed in their plans to deny<br />

coverage to BBC and ITV - see Sport: Football 11/02/01<br />

* Internet collapse and falling TV audiences mar Disney's<br />

success 11/02/01 N 10 2>8 Photograph<br />

* Guy Black and Mark Bolland are two men who wield<br />

remarkable media power 11/02/01 B 18 1>7 Photographs<br />

* Matthew Bannister, the ex-BBC boss who ousted veteran DJs<br />

from Radio 1 is now promoting their superstar successors - see<br />

Bannister, Matthew 18/02/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Sunday Times has bitterly criticised the BBC, accusing it<br />

of waste, mismanagement and dull programming 18/02/01 B 7<br />

1>6 Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Daily Mail and the Daily Express are locked in a vicious<br />

OBSERVER INDEX: JAN-DEC <strong>2001</strong><br />

133<br />

new war and both are determined to land a killer blow 25/02/01<br />

N 4 2>7 Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong> trial of the man accused of murdering TV presenter Jill<br />

Dando is set to become one of the highest-profile court cases as<br />

the media gear up to provide blanket coverage 25/02/01 B 8 6>8<br />

Photograph<br />

* Profile on Rupert Murdoch who is 70 next week - see<br />

Murdoch, Rupert 04/03/01<br />

* Shareholders at ITN are split over proposals to float the<br />

television news provider on the stock market this year 04/03/01<br />

N 1 1>7<br />

* Focus on privacy and the media 04/03/01 B 15 1>8<br />

Photographs<br />

* A feud between novelist Dave Eggers and a New York<br />

journalist highlights the love-hate relationship of celebrity and<br />

press 11/03/01 R 2 1>5 Photographs<br />

* C5 is alive and confounding the critics 11/03/01 N 7 1>6<br />

Photograph<br />

* To online publishers' despair, printed words are more efficient<br />

- and more profitable - see Internet 18/03/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> new head of Britain's principal taste and decency<br />

watchdog has sounded the death knell for the days of the<br />

National Viewers and Listeners Association set up by Mary<br />

Whitehouse 37 years ago 18/03/01 B 4 1>8 Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Express's boss may think staff cuts and Catherine Zeta<br />

Jones's cleavage will spell salvation for his titles, but he'll also<br />

need the vision thing, says Peter Preston 18/03/01 N 7 1>5<br />

Photographs<br />

* Rosie Boycott is to launch a liberal paper as a rival to Max<br />

Hasting's Evening Standard 25/03/01 B 16 1>7 Photographs<br />

* i-D magazine reaches its 21st birthday 25/03/01 M 32>35 1>3<br />

Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong> AOL Time Warner merger is off to a rocky start 25/03/01<br />

N 5 1>4 Photograph<br />

* How the City ignored alarm bells on Robert Maxwell - see<br />

Maxwell, Robert 01/04/01<br />

* C4 wants to build on the success of Big Brother 01/04/01 N 7<br />

7>8 Photograph<br />

* 'Slickergate' could be the least of Mirror editor Piers Morgan's<br />

problems 01/04/01 N 7 1>6 Photographs<br />

* A decade of football commercialisation that enabled top clubs<br />

and BSkyB to grow rich - see Sport: Football 08/04/01<br />

* Media mogul Ted Turner, had been cut adrift from the US<br />

media empire he created by rivals with no tolerance for his<br />

outspoken views - see Turner, Ted 08/04/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> countess's unguarded remarks have dented the reputation<br />

of the royals even further but there was one unexpected victim -<br />

the tabloid paper that set her up - see Wessex, Sophie 08/04/01<br />

* Focus on the role of the press in Britain after a series of highprofile<br />

scandals 15/04/01 B 16 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Office of Fair Trading's inquiry is set to cast cloud over Sky's<br />

future 15/04/01 N 7 3>8 Photograph<br />

* ft.com is right at the heart of the troubles of media group<br />

Pearson 22/04/01 N 9 5>7 Photograph<br />

* When Marjorie Scardino addresses the annual meeting of<br />

Pearson she may find herself facing an audience of shareholders<br />

increasingly sceptical about her stewardship of the media group<br />

22/04/01 N 9 2>4 Photograph, graph<br />

* Peter Preston applauds the editors whose bravery gives the<br />

press a good name 29/04/01 B 18 6>7 Photograph


* Channel 4 will attempt to raise money in the City for fresh<br />

investment 29/04/01 N 2 2>4 Photograph<br />

* Critics accuse Channel 4 of dumbing down and the Tories aim<br />

to privatise it - it's bullish boss says he'll go to the City to fund<br />

his ambitions 29/04/01 N 6 3>8 Photograph<br />

* How my office in Edinburgh was turned into a five-star<br />

bedroom by Alan Ruddock, ex-editor of <strong>The</strong> Scotsman - see<br />

Hotels 06/05/01<br />

* Peter Preston comments on the newspaper tabloid, <strong>The</strong> Sun's<br />

backing of Tony Blair - see Politics 06/05/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> savage world of women's magazines 06/05/01 N 6 1>6<br />

Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong> horse racing industry is dealing with the fallout of<br />

allegations of corruption over a TV deal - see Sport: Horse<br />

Racing 13/05/01<br />

* Carlton believes its bid to televise horse racing failed after it<br />

refused a racing official's 'request for a bung' 13/05/01 N 1 4>6<br />

* Murdoch's empire is struggling on all fronts but the latest deal<br />

could be make or break 13/05/01 N 4 1>5 Photograph<br />

* Graham Norton is so Channel 4, but you can't say the same for<br />

Richard and Judy - the station has provoked critics to ask if<br />

ratings are now its only goal 13/05/01 R 5 1>5 Photographs<br />

* Sex doesn't always sell, as the soft porn barons are beginning<br />

to find out - fewer men are buying top shelf publications<br />

13/05/01 N 7 3>8 Photograph<br />

* As the spotlight turns once again on Express owner Richard<br />

Desmond, a look at the press baron's controversial past - see<br />

Desmond, Richard 20/05/01<br />

* Geri Halliwell's story of how a pop icon can be endlessly<br />

rebuilt, a masterclass in the marketing of a modern celebrity -<br />

see Halliwell, Geri 20/05/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Editor of the Sunday Express, Michael Pilgrim has<br />

launched an attack on his proprietor, tycoon Richard Desmond<br />

20/05/01 B 1>2 5>6<br />

* PR company, Brunswick is a master of fixing the image of top<br />

firms, now it must take a hard look at itself 20/05/01 N 5 1>6<br />

Photographs<br />

* Emap's costly move into the US magazine market has been a<br />

salutary lesson in how not to do it 27/05/01 N 6 2>7<br />

Photographs<br />

* Publisher John Brown's sale of the adult magazine, Viz, was a<br />

very difficult decision says chairman John Brown 27/05/01 N 6<br />

>4 Photograph, cartoon<br />

* PR giant Pat Kingsley wields enormous power on behalf of<br />

star clients - her decision to merge with her main rival now<br />

means publicists have an even tighter grip on the media<br />

03/06/01 B 23 1>8 Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong> owner of Express group, Richard Desmond, has big<br />

ambitions, but can he launch a new Sunday into a red-top market<br />

in decline? 03/06/01 N 7 1>6 Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Government is looking at radical plans to raise billions of<br />

pounds from the part-privatisation of the airwaves - see Politics<br />

10/06/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong>y were the new chroniclers of the net age, but online<br />

magazines like Inside.com are being spiked - see Internet<br />

10/06/01<br />

* All of Murdoch's papers backed Labour, now rules stopping<br />

him adding terrestrial TV to his empire may be relaxed 10/06/01<br />

N 7 1>6 Photograph<br />

* British Horse Racing Board officials will decide at an<br />

emergency meeting whether or not to torpedo Go Racing's<br />

£307m broadcast deal - see Sport: Horse Racing 17/06/01<br />

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* <strong>The</strong> battle to win the next contract to supply news to ITV<br />

exploded when it emerged that one bidder, a media group backed<br />

by BSkyB, is poised to undercut rival ITN's lowest tender<br />

17/06/01 N 1 1>3<br />

* Former car salesman Jim Pattison is causing alarm with his bid<br />

for the leading UK news distributor 17/06/01 N 7 1>6<br />

Photograph<br />

* Aspiring partners Granada and Charlton are struggling as ad<br />

revenues plummet 01/07/01 N 3 1>5 Photograph, graphs<br />

* Does switch-off loom at Ondigital? 01/07/01 N 3 6>8<br />

* Penthouse porn baron Bob Guccione is heading an empire in<br />

crisis 01/07/01 N 7 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Chris Smith, the former Cabinet Minister in charge of sport,<br />

has called for an overhaul of the rules governing sport on TV -<br />

see Sport 08/07/01<br />

* Matthew Freud last week bought back Freud Communications,<br />

the celebrity and consumer PR firm 08/07/01 N 6 1>6<br />

Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Mirror share-dealing affair was reignited last night after it<br />

emerged the Department of Trade & Industry investigators had<br />

opened up a new line of inquiry - see Business & Industry<br />

15/07/01<br />

* Publishers Tina Brown and Harold Evans are finding how love<br />

can turn to loathing 15/07/01 B 17 1>6 Photographs<br />

* AOL Time Warner, the American media firm's £1.1bn<br />

takeover of IPC is a statement of intent in Europe 15/07/01 N 6<br />

1>4 Photographs<br />

* Celebrities have a new ally in their battles with the press on<br />

privacy 15/07/01 N 6 2>5 Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Press Complaints Commission got me banged to rights,<br />

says Alex Renton 22/07/01 N 6 1>8 Photographs<br />

* A consortium run by ITN will be a vital source of outside news<br />

22/07/01 N 7 1>4 Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> full scale of the financial crisis facing new media<br />

companies is revealed today with the publication of a report that<br />

casts serious doubts on the long-term future… - see Business &<br />

Industry 29/07/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> newspaper industry and England's league clubs are on<br />

course for a battle over media rights and match reporting that<br />

could result in journalists refused entry to stadiums - see Sport:<br />

Football 29/07/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> runner-up in Big Brother lands more instant riches than<br />

the winner… but TV and the tabloids gain the most - see<br />

Television 29/07/01<br />

* Sarah Ryle asks whether Michael Jackson's commercial nous<br />

at Channel 4 will export to the US 29/07/01 N 6 2>7<br />

Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong> most expensive place to watch football this season is at<br />

home - see Sport: Football 05/08/01<br />

* A raft of takeovers has ceded 40 per cent of the UK media to<br />

the US without a protest 05/08/01 N 7 1>6 Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong> soaps are awash with brands amid anomalies over product<br />

placement 12/08/01 N 5 1>5 Photograph<br />

* ITV has snatched the Premiership football highlights for more<br />

than £180m but how did the new prime time team perform? - see<br />

Sport: Football 19/08/01<br />

* Online software firm Autonomy is to spawn a new company<br />

focused on the burgeoning interactive TV market - see Business<br />

& Industry 19/08/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> buzz surrounding the band Radiohead in America, is the<br />

biggest for any British act since <strong>The</strong> Beatles - see Music: Pop


19/08/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> PR guru for whom recession holds no fears talks to Conal<br />

Walsh - see Clifford, Max 19/08/01<br />

* ITV's share of the total number of viewers watching television<br />

advertisements has fallen below 50 per cent for the first time<br />

19/08/01 N 1 1>7<br />

* Peter Bart, the editor of the film business trade paper Variety<br />

was suspended from his post on Friday for contravening<br />

journalistic ethics and crossing the boundaries 19/08/01 B 19<br />

1>6 Photographs<br />

* Having made loyal readers of a generation of young men,<br />

publishers must hold on tight as boys grow up to a mature<br />

lifestyle 19/08/01 N 5 1>5 Photograph<br />

* Attempts by ITN to hold on to its ITV news contract by<br />

fighting off a consortium featuring BSkyB will come under<br />

intense fire with the publication of a report - see Business &<br />

Industry 26/08/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> publicist Max Clifford will aim to transform the reputation<br />

of Claims Direct - see Financial Institutions 26/08/01<br />

* Peter Preston on the Tory Press 26/08/01 B 14 7>8<br />

Photograph<br />

* One year on from the MacTaggart lecture in which Greg Dyke<br />

laid out his masterplan for the BBC 26/08/01 N 6 1>8<br />

Photographs<br />

* Steve Barnett argues that the BBC must be allowed a different<br />

vision of children's popular culture 26/08/01 N 6 3>7<br />

Photograph<br />

* Alan Ruddock argues that the tabloid's slide into infotainment<br />

has serious implications for broadsheets 26/08/01 N 7 1>7<br />

Photographs<br />

* When the media buyer agreed to an offer from France's Havas,<br />

WPP's Martin Sorrell felt he'd been misled - see Business &<br />

Industry 02/09/01<br />

* In a notoriously bitchy profession, Phil Hall has a reputation as<br />

one of the nice guys and after being sacked by Rupert Murdoch<br />

has found his dream job as editor-in-chief of Hello! Magazine<br />

02/09/01 N 8 2>8 Photographs<br />

* Bob Gavron pays tribute to his friend Paul Hamlyn, the hugely<br />

successful founder of Octopus Publishing, who died recently -<br />

see Deaths 09/09/01<br />

* College lecturer Vanessa Leggett stands to make a fortune<br />

after becoming a martyr for press freedom in the US - see<br />

International Affairs: U.S.A. 09/09/01<br />

* Sky-style imports threaten quality public service TV, Tim<br />

Gardam, head of programmes at Channel 4, calls for one<br />

regulator to speak up for viewers 09/09/01 N 7 1>5 Photographs<br />

* Interview with Jefferson Hack, who's reported to be dating<br />

supermodel Kate Moss, and editing yet another new hip<br />

magazine - see Hack, Jefferson 16/09/01<br />

* Why should Britain's favourite media babe spend six weeks in<br />

a filthy hut without a television set? - see Frostrup, Mariella<br />

16/09/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> new bi-annual bibles 16/09/01 M 31 3>4 Photographs<br />

* Last week's terrorist atrocity was a grotesque PR stunt which<br />

transfixed the television-consuming masses 16/09/01 N 6 1>5<br />

Photographs<br />

* Terror in America: What the papers say 16/09/01 X 6>7 1>5<br />

Photographs<br />

* Amid the saturation TV coverage, US papers proved their<br />

mettle 16/09/01 N 7 5>8<br />

* An open letter from former Culture Secretary Chris Smith to<br />

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Gavyn Davies, new Chairman of the BBC - see BBC 23/09/01<br />

* Gavyn Davies lands the job of Chairman of the BBC - see<br />

BBC 23/09/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Media Battle: <strong>The</strong> Press by Peter Preston - see Terrorism<br />

23/09/01<br />

* New York diary: Mark Georgiou of BBC's Six O'clock News<br />

on bringing home the reality of Manhattan 23/09/01 N 7 1>4<br />

Photograph<br />

* News Corp's attempt to create a global network by buying<br />

DirecTV is likely to fall victim to the terrorists 30/09/01 N 6<br />

2>7 Photographs<br />

* Since September 11th, television appears to have assumed a<br />

role of greater significance that sceptics on the future of<br />

television could ever have thought possible 30/09/01 N 7 1>6<br />

Photographs<br />

* For 40 years, Private Eye has enraged and amused, as it enters<br />

its fifth decade, can the magazine keep pace with the newer,<br />

darker satire of TV's Brass Eye? - see Private Eye 07/10/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> British journalist, Yvonne Ridley, who is being held in<br />

Afghanistan is to be released - see Terrorism 07/10/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Office of Fair Trading is expected to accuse BSkyB of<br />

acting anti-competitively when it comes to charging its rivals for<br />

its premium channels - see Business & Industry 07/10/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Financial Times' new editor, Andrew Gowers says why he<br />

is unconcerned by falling sales in the UK 07/10/01 N 6 1>6<br />

Photograph<br />

* Newspaper sales are up but coverage is expensive and ad sales<br />

are down, says Peter Preston 07/10/01 N 7 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Profile on journalist Kate Adie, the BBC's best-known war<br />

correspondent - see Adie, Kate 14/10/01<br />

* Harry Harris, the £100,000-a-year football correspondent of<br />

<strong>The</strong> Mirror, has been accused by his editor Piers Morgan of<br />

tearing up his contract to join the rival Express group 14/10/01<br />

B 14 1>8 Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Spectator's ubiquitous editor, Boris Johnson, shows no<br />

sign of wanting to give up the job despite being elected a Tory<br />

MP, but his days may be numbered 14/10/01 N 8 2>6<br />

Photograph<br />

* Tamara Ingram has nurtured her way to the top of her<br />

profession and she is quitting Saatchi & Saatchi for rival ad<br />

group McCann-Erickson 14/10/01 N 9 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Pearson boss Marjorie Scardino says how she, like the media<br />

giant, will weather the financial storm 21/10/01 N 6 1>6<br />

Photograph, graph<br />

* Colin Powell may be talking about a 'long haul' in the war<br />

against terrorism but the media has neither the stomach nor<br />

finances for a protracted campaign 21/10/01 N 7 1>6<br />

Photographs<br />

* German media giant Bertelsmann is preparing plans to bid for<br />

Carlton Communications when media rules are relaxed next year<br />

- see Business & Industry 28/10/01<br />

* Sunday Business, the financial newspaper has been given until<br />

the middle of next month to find new sources of finance or face<br />

possible closure 28/10/01 N 1 1>4<br />

* Taschen has become a world force in the publishing world,<br />

interview with the husband-and-wife team who've built their<br />

fortune on buildings and breasts - see Taschen, Benedikt &<br />

Angelika 04/11/01<br />

* Toby Young's dream came true when he landed a job on<br />

America's leading magazine, Vanity Fair, but things began to go<br />

horribly wrong… - see Young, Toby 04/11/01<br />

* Piers Morgan has won praise for taking the global crisis - and


his newspaper the Daily Mirror - seriously 04/11/01 N 7 1>6<br />

Photographs<br />

* International documents say the Sunday Business must double<br />

its sales to break even, as its management plans ambitious<br />

expansion overseas 11/11/01 N 5 1>3 Photographs<br />

* Journalist Yvonne Ridley's attempt to sneak into Afghanistan<br />

was a disaster, but she doesn't make her a bad mother, as some<br />

critics suggested - see Ridley, Yvonne 18/11/01<br />

* Falling advertising revenues make the culling of certain<br />

magazines aimed at women is inevitable 18/11/01 N 6 3>6<br />

Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong> press see an end to freedom in the Human Rights<br />

Convention, but the law is contradictory says Peter Preston<br />

18/11/01 N 7 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Andrea Catherwood, ITN journalist in Afghanistan, is injured<br />

by shrapnel from a grenade - see Terrorism 25/11/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> BBC has apologised for linking diamond firm Oryx with<br />

the al-Qaeda, but was it manipulated? - see BBC 25/11/01<br />

* Emma Daly mourns the war reporter Julio Fuentes, gunned<br />

down by the Taliban, and explains why his death will not deter<br />

his fellow war reporters 25/11/01 B 20 1>7 Photographs<br />

* Peter Preston looks at rumours that Conrad Black, owner of the<br />

Daily and Sunday Telegraphs, is ready to call it a day 25/11/01<br />

N 7 1>6 Photograph<br />

* A backroom row is brewing at Time magazine in New York<br />

over whether Osama bin Laden should grace its cover as 'Person<br />

of the Year, in its Christmas special - see bin Laden, Osama<br />

02/12/01<br />

* Focus on media market woes 02/12/01 N 3 1>6 Photographs,<br />

graphs<br />

* Ministers are ducking questions on what media firms can buy<br />

02/12/01 N 6 3>6 Photographs<br />

* Ashley Alsup, an American working for ad agency Bartle<br />

Bogle Hegarty in London, on why the rebranding of her country<br />

has become a priority 02/12/01 N 7 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Jon Snow, the award-winning Channel 4 newscaster and one of<br />

Britain's most respected journalists, has launched a furious attack<br />

on ITV for 'reducing its commitment' to news and current affairs<br />

02/12/01 B 9 1>2 Photograph<br />

* David Astor, who died last week, was editor of <strong>The</strong> <strong>Observer</strong><br />

for 27 years - he took risks, challenged authority and gave the<br />

paper an unrivalled reputation across the world - see Astor,<br />

David 09/12/01<br />

* Richard Parsons' victory over Bob Pittman shows that the<br />

shiny new media bandwagon at AOL has been stopped dead in<br />

its tracks 09/12/01 N 4 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Peter Preston asks why there is a fall in female newspaper<br />

readership 09/12/01 N 5 1>6 Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Mirror's former show business writer Matthew Wright,<br />

wrote a damming article on David Soul's play <strong>The</strong> Dead Monkey<br />

even though he did not see it 09/12/01 B 9 3>7 Photographs<br />

* Falls in ad revenue are scaring owners into panic remedies<br />

16/12/01 N 7 1>6 Photographs<br />

* America's Katie Couric's 'ordinariness' has made her TV's bestpaid<br />

presenter - see Couric, Katie 23/12/01<br />

MEDIA DIARY<br />

* Media news snippets 07/01/01 N 10 8 Photograph<br />

* Media news snippets 14/01/01 N 9 1<br />

* Media news snippets 21/01/01 N 7 7 Photograph<br />

* Media news snippets 28/01/01 N 6 1 Photograph<br />

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* Media news snippets 04/02/01 N 6 1<br />

* Media news snippets 11/02/01 N 10 1 Photograph<br />

* Media news snippets 18/02/01 N 8 1 Photograph<br />

* Media news snippets 25/02/01 N 4 1 Photograph<br />

* Media news snippets 11/03/01 N 7 7 Photograph<br />

* Media news snippets 18/03/01 N 7 6 Photographs<br />

* Media news snippets 25/03/01 N 5 5>6 Photograph<br />

* Media news snippets 01/04/01 N 7 1>3 Photographs<br />

* Media news snippets 08/04/01 N 7 7>8 Photograph<br />

* Media news snippets 15/04/01 N 7 1>2 Photographs<br />

* Media news snippets 22/04/01 N 9 1<br />

* Media news snippets 29/04/01 N 6 1>2 Photographs<br />

* Media news snippets 06/05/01 N 6 1>2 Photographs<br />

* Media news snippets 13/05/01 N 7 1>2 Photograph, graph<br />

* Media news snippets 20/05/01 N 5 7 Photograph<br />

* Media news snippets 27/05/01 N 6 1 Photograph<br />

* Media news snippets 03/06/01 N 7 7 Photograph<br />

* Media news snippets 10/06/01 N 7 7 Photograph<br />

* Media news snippets 17/06/01 N 7 7 Photographs<br />

* Media news snippets 24/06/01 N 6 1 Photograph<br />

* Media news snippets 01/07/01 N 7 7 Photograph<br />

* Media news snippets 08/07/01 N 6 1 Photographs<br />

* Media news snippets 15/07/01 N 6 1 Photograph<br />

* Media news snippets 22/07/01 N 7 5>6 Photograph<br />

* Media news snippets 29/07/01 N 6 1 Photograph<br />

* Media news snippets 05/08/01 N 7 1>3 Photograph<br />

* Media news snippets 12/08/01 N 5 6 Photographs<br />

* Media news snippets 19/08/01 N 5 6 Photograph<br />

* Media news snippets 26/08/01 N 6 1>2 Photograph<br />

* Media news snippets 02/09/01 N 8 1<br />

* Media news snippets 09/09/01 N 7 1>2 Photograph<br />

* Media news snippets 30/09/01 N 6 1 Photograph<br />

* Media news snippets 07/10/01 N 7 1>2 Photographs<br />

* Media news snippets 14/10/01 N 8 1<br />

* Media news snippets 21/10/01 N 7 1>3 Photograph<br />

* Media news snippets 28/10/01 N 8 6>7 Photograph<br />

* Media news snippets 04/11/01 N 6 4>5 Photograph<br />

* Media news snippets 11/11/01 N 5 1>4 Photograph, cartoon<br />

* Media news snippets 18/11/01 N 6 4>5 Photographs<br />

* Media news snippets 25/11/01 N 7 7 Cartoon<br />

* Media news snippets 02/12/01 N 7 5>6 Cartoon, photograph<br />

* Media news snippets 09/12/01 N 5 7 Photograph, cartoon<br />

* Media news snippets 16/12/01 N 7 7 Cartoon<br />

MEDICAL PROFESSION<br />

* A crackdown on dangerous doctors will introduce stringent<br />

new measures on GPs who work alone 07/01/01 B 2 4>6<br />

Photograph


* How the doctors have failed my disabled daughter by Linnet<br />

MacIntyre 21/01/01 B 3 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Almost two-thirds of GP have been physically attacked by<br />

patients armed with everything from bricks, computers and<br />

crutches to samurai swords and machetes 25/02/01 B 10 7>8<br />

Photograph<br />

* Doctors and nurses face random testing for drink and drugs<br />

under radical plans being drawn up by NHS trusts - see National<br />

Health Service 11/03/01<br />

* Doctors are set for 'golden hellos' to lure them into general<br />

practice under new plans to tackle a shortage of GPs 11/03/01 B<br />

12 5>7<br />

* Britain's top nursing leader has launched a savage attack on<br />

Labour's recruitment of nurses, a centrepiece of its strategy to<br />

improve the NHS - see National Health Service 20/05/01<br />

* Abused, threatened and trapped - Britain's foreign 'slave<br />

nurses' 27/05/01 B 5 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Nurses and other medical staff in a Carlisle hospital are on the<br />

brink of winning £35m in Europe's largest equal pay case,<br />

claiming that the NHS discriminates against female workers<br />

15/07/01 B 2 2>3<br />

* Nurses quit the ailing NHS for the good life abroad 19/08/01<br />

B 5 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Hospital surgeons will be graded in official league tables to be<br />

published within a year 21/10/01 B 13 1>3 Cartoon<br />

* Thousands of crumbling doctors' surgeries will be revamped<br />

using private-sector money under government moves to stop<br />

GPs deserting the inner cities 04/11/01 B 14 6>7 Photograph<br />

* A senior NHS surgeon whose botched operations left four<br />

women dead has been struck off the medical register 04/11/01 B<br />

15 1>2 Photograph<br />

* A doctor whose criticism of the MMR vaccinations infuriated<br />

Ministers and sparked a fierce debate in the medical profession<br />

claimed he had been forced out of his job - see Vaccinations<br />

02/12/01<br />

MEDICAL RESEARCH<br />

* For £600 parents can protect their newborn by storing blood<br />

from the umbilical cord which contains stem cells 25/02/01 B 3<br />

1>6 Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong> American doctor who trumpeted a fertility technique using<br />

three genetic parents failed to disclose that along with 15 healthy<br />

babies it produced two foetuses with a rare genetic disorder<br />

20/05/01 B 23 7>8<br />

* Hundreds of cancer research projects have produced worthless<br />

or misleading results because scientists have been using<br />

incorrectly identified samples 10/06/01 B 5 1>4<br />

* Dr William Futrell is turning science fiction into fact, but is he<br />

a medical pioneer or modern-day Frankenstein? 11/11/01 M<br />

31>35 1>4 Photographs<br />

MEMOIRS OF AN UNFIT MOTHER<br />

* See Book Reviews - Ellen, Barbara 14/10/01<br />

MEN<br />

* New figures have revealed that men are staying single longer<br />

so they can enjoy a bustling sex life 21/01/01 B 6 6>7 Cartoon<br />

* British men are cleanest in Europe 28/01/01 B 4 1>8<br />

Photograph, cartoon<br />

* More males in their twenties die by their own hand than in car<br />

crashes - MPs are demanding action to stem the tide - see<br />

Suicide 04/03/01<br />

* Scientists have developed a revolutionary new treatment for<br />

baldness - in early trials the drug, dutasteride, has shown<br />

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dramatic success in restoring hair to bald men - see Science<br />

10/06/01<br />

* Father's Day gifts 10/06/01 E 6>7 1>4 Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong> man who's had 46 affairs (and counting) - see<br />

Relationships 17/06/01<br />

* New research suggests men suffer dramatic hormone changes<br />

after the birth of their first child, turning the toughest<br />

unreconstructed man into a big softie 24/06/01 B 7 1>5<br />

Photograph, cartoon<br />

* Ten years after <strong>The</strong>lma & Louise, audiences are still shocked<br />

to see women behaving badly, yet they will happily let men get<br />

away with murder - see Film 15/07/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> biggest ever study of men's figures has revealed that men<br />

are growing taller and are in good shape despite an image of<br />

couch potatoes 22/07/01 B 9 1>7 Photographs, cartoon<br />

* Having made loyal readers of a generation of young men,<br />

publishers must hold on tight as boys grow up to a mature<br />

lifestyle - see Media 19/08/01<br />

* Men are having children later in life but there are genetic<br />

problems with old sperm 19/08/01 M 45>46 1>4 Photographs<br />

* According to a five-year study, men today care more about<br />

equality than behaving badly 26/08/01 B 9 1>8 Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong> deep world of today's teenage male - see Social<br />

Conditions & Trends 09/12/01<br />

* Men fight back over sexist TV adverts 09/12/01 B 7 3>6<br />

Photographs<br />

MEN IN THE OFF HOURS<br />

* See Book Reviews - Kinsella, John 14/01/01<br />

MENTAL HEALTH<br />

* Depression hits one in four adults 07/01/01 B 7 1>6<br />

Photograph<br />

* Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) sufferers are more likely to<br />

have difficulty in controlling spending - see Personal Finance<br />

28/01/01<br />

* Workplace stress has become so bad that thousands of workers<br />

are presenting themselves for treatment with psychiatric<br />

symptoms - see Work 28/01/01<br />

* If you'd spent 15 years watching your son battle manic<br />

depression while state provision for the mentally ill has gone<br />

from poor to scandalous, you'd be mad to 25/02/01 R 1>2 1>5<br />

Photographs<br />

* More males in their twenties die by their own hand than in car<br />

crashes - MPs are demanding action to stem the tide - see<br />

Suicide 04/03/01<br />

* Schizophrenia 'helped the ascent of man' according to<br />

biochemist, David Horrobin 18/03/01 B 6 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Sue Hepworth chronicles the highs and lows of living with<br />

someone who suffers from depression 25/03/01 M 51>52 1>4<br />

Photograph<br />

* One of Britain's leading hospitals discriminated against<br />

children with Down's Syndrome because of the belief that<br />

operating on them was not worthwhile given their condition - see<br />

Hospitals 01/04/01<br />

* Scientists are set to launch a controversial trial aimed at<br />

altering the genetic make-up of patients suffering from<br />

Alzheimer's disease 01/04/01 B 8 1>2 Photograph<br />

* Extract from <strong>The</strong> Noonday Demon by Andrew Solomon, a<br />

novelist who has had three breakdowns in the past five years -<br />

see Solomon, Andrew 06/05/01<br />

* Focus on <strong>The</strong> NHS and mental health - the NHS was accused


of failing a suicidal 22 year-old after her father's mercy killing<br />

trial last week - see National Health Service 20/05/01<br />

* Teenage crushes send rates of depression soaring - and girls<br />

are most at risk - see Teenagers 03/06/01<br />

* World leaders and senior politicians should be tested regularly<br />

for signs of madness, a leading brain scientist will warn today<br />

17/06/01 B 4 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Phil Hogan on midlife crisis - see Social Conditions & Trends<br />

24/06/01<br />

* Report on the scandal of Britain's mentally ill who should be in<br />

hospital, not prison 29/07/01 B 14 1>8 Photographs<br />

* After £20,000 award to Down's Syndrome child 'unlucky to be<br />

born', French medics may abandon pre-natal scans 02/12/01 B<br />

23 1>8 Photograph<br />

* Scientists have taken a major step towards cloning organs for<br />

patients suffering from cancer, Alzheimer's or diabetes - see<br />

Cloning 09/12/01<br />

MERCHANT, NATALIE<br />

* See Music: Pop 11/11/01<br />

MERCURY REV<br />

* See Music: Pop 12/08/01<br />

MERCY AMONG THE CHILDREN<br />

* See Book Reviews - Merritt, Stephanie 09/09/01<br />

MERRITT, STEPHANIE<br />

* Few women set out to be single mothers but Stephanie Merritt<br />

found the man in her life could not cope with the idea of her<br />

pregnancy - see Merritt, Stephanie 18/11/01<br />

MERTHYR TYDFIL<br />

* Report from the once-proud pit centre of Merthyr Tydfil where<br />

a quarter of the working population lives on sickness benefits<br />

22/07/01 B 10 1>8 Photographs<br />

METCALFE, JULIAN<br />

* Profile of Julian Metcalfe, co-founder of Pret A Manger<br />

04/02/01 N 7 1>8 Photograph<br />

MICROFILM<br />

* Novelist launches crusade to save the world's newspapers and<br />

books from destruction by fanatics of microfilm - see Printed<br />

Text 22/04/01<br />

MILBURN, ALAN<br />

* Columnist 21/10/01 B 32 1>5 Photographs<br />

MILLAR, STUART<br />

* Columnist 04/02/01 B 27 1>3 Photograph<br />

MILLENNIUM BRIDGE<br />

* After a shaky start, the Millennium Bridge is undergoing major<br />

surgery 11/03/01 R 5 1>5 Photographs<br />

MILLENNIUM DOME, THE<br />

* Peter Mandelson helped a controversial Indian tycoon, who is<br />

currently facing corruption charges, to obtain British citizenship<br />

after he agreed to donate £1bn to the Dome - see Mandelson,<br />

Peter 21/01/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> sale of the Dome moved a step nearer after it emerged that<br />

controversial bidder legacy is close to securing the support of a<br />

major backer 11/02/01 B 2 2>6<br />

* Gerald Ronson is poised to bid for the Millennium dome, 10<br />

years after he spent six months in jail for his part in the Guinness<br />

insider share dealing scandal - see Ronson, Gerald 25/03/01<br />

OBSERVER INDEX: JAN-DEC <strong>2001</strong><br />

138<br />

* <strong>The</strong> sale of the Millennium Dome in south London has hit a<br />

new hitch that could mean the Government will recoup less<br />

money from the ill-fated visitor attraction that had been<br />

envisaged 21/10/01 N 2 5>8<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Government has found a buyer for the Millennium dome<br />

nearly a year after the failed attraction closed its doors to the<br />

public 16/12/01 B 8 1>3<br />

* <strong>The</strong> chief executive of the Millennium Dome was paid<br />

£440,000 to oversee the demise of the empty visitor attraction<br />

23/12/01 B 2 6>7<br />

MILLER, LEE<br />

* See Photography 14/01/01<br />

MILOSEVIC, MIRA<br />

* Profile on Mira Milosevic, the wife of Slobodan Milosevic<br />

08/07/01 B 27 1>6 Caricature<br />

MILOSEVIC, SLOBODAN<br />

* Milosevic to face justice: ten years in the life and crimes of<br />

Slobodan Milosevic 24/06/01 B 18>19 1>6 Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Yugoslav government cleared the way for Ex-dictator<br />

Slobodan Milosevic's extradition on war crimes charges<br />

24/06/01 B 2 2>4<br />

* Leading Hague tribunal lawyer Nancy Pearson, talks of her<br />

battle for evidence linking Milosevic with Kosovo war atrocities<br />

- see International Affairs: Eastern Europe 01/07/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> deposed Yugoslavian President, Slobodan Milosevic, will<br />

use the alleged support of senior Western leaders and diplomats<br />

to bolster his defence when he comes to trial 01/07/01 B 3 4>5<br />

MIND GAME, THE<br />

* See Book Reviews - Potts, Robert 11/02/01<br />

MINE EYES HAVE SEEN THE GLORY<br />

* See Book Reviews - Wood, Gaby 07/01/01<br />

MINERAL PALACE, THE<br />

* See Book Reviews - Shapiro, Anna 14/01/01<br />

MINISTRY OF DEFENCE, THE<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Ministry of Defence police force is to be transformed into<br />

a rapid response squad ready to intervene in strikes and protests<br />

across the country 04/02/01 B 5 1>2 Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Ministry of Defence has found up to 30 bugs in its<br />

Whitehall headquarters and other buildings 22/04/01 B 9 2<br />

MINOGUE, KYLIE<br />

* Interview with Kylie Minogue, pop singer, former soap starlet,<br />

gay icon 23/09/01 r 3 1>5 Photographs<br />

MIRACLE LIFE OF EDGAR MINT, THE<br />

* See Book Reviews - Shapiro, Anna 19/08/01<br />

MISCARRIAGE OF JUSTICE<br />

* Stephen Downing, victim of what campaigners describe as one<br />

of Britain's worst miscarriages of justice could receive up to £8m<br />

compensation - see Downing, Stephen 18/02/01<br />

* Mike O'Brien wants to stop other wrongfully convicted<br />

prisoners suffering as he did with the launch of the Miscarriages<br />

of Justice Organisation 18/03/01 B 15 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Julia Roberts is to play the part of Wendy Sewell in a<br />

Hollywood film about her murder in 1973, which led to Britain's<br />

longest-running alleged miscarriage of justice - see Film<br />

13/05/01<br />

* Payouts to people wrongly convicted of crimes have hit a<br />

record high, nearly doubling in the last year 13/05/01 B 9 1>2


Photograph<br />

* Paddy Hill, one of the Birmingham Six wrongly convicted of<br />

the 1974 IRA pub bombing, has rejected a compensation offer of<br />

less than £1m for the 16 years spent in jail - see Hill, Paddy<br />

19/08/01<br />

MISCONCEPTIONS<br />

* See Book Reviews - Bedell, Geraldine 16/09/01<br />

MISS WORLD CONTEST<br />

* Julia Morley, widow of Miss World creator Eric Morley, has<br />

branded the beauty pageant she now heads as 'stupid' and 'awful'<br />

15/04/01 B 1 1>7 Photograph<br />

* Presenter Jerry Springer congratulates Agbani Darego, 18,<br />

from Nigeria, after she won the Miss World contest in Sun City,<br />

South Africa 18/11/01 B 5 1 Photograph<br />

MISSING PERSONS<br />

* <strong>The</strong> parent of missing schoolgirl Danielle Jones yesterday<br />

appealed for their daughter to contact them 01/07/01 B 4 5>6<br />

Photograph<br />

* Surjit Athwal's brothers believe she died on a trip to India but<br />

are angry at the Foreign Office's 'lack of concern' 22/07/01 B 8<br />

1>8 Photographs<br />

* Hopes fade for the missing 15 year-old Essex schoolgirl<br />

Danielle Jones who has been missing for eight weeks 12/08/01<br />

B 6 1>5 Photograph<br />

MISSY ELLIOTT<br />

* See Music: Pop 03/06/01 R 13 1>6 Photographs<br />

MITCHELL, KEVIN<br />

* Sports columnist 14/01/01 S 15 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Sports columnist 28/01/01 S 15 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Sports columnist 11/02/01 S 15 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Sports columnist 04/03/01 S 15 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Sports columnist 25/03/01 S 15 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Sports columnist 08/04/01 S 15 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Sports columnist 22/04/01 S 15 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Sports columnist 06/05/01 S 13 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Sports columnist 27/05/01 S 13 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Sports columnist 24/06/01 S 27 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Sports columnist 08/07/01 S 15 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Sports columnist 15/07/01 S 15 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Sports columnist 15/07/01 S 5 5>6 Photograph<br />

* Sports columnist 12/08/01 S 11 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Sports columnist 19/08/01 S 17 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Sports columnist 02/09/01 S 15 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Sports columnist 16/09/01 B 13 1>2 Photograph<br />

* Sports columnist 30/09/01 S 13 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Sports columnist 21/10/01 S 13 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Columnist 28/10/01 B 32 1>5 Photograph<br />

* Sports columnist 09/12/01 S 15 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Sports columnist 16/12/01 S 13 1>6 Photographs<br />

MITCHUM, ROBERT: 'BABY I DON'T CARE'<br />

* See Book Reviews - Mars-Jones, Adam 07/10/01<br />

OBSERVER INDEX: JAN-DEC <strong>2001</strong><br />

139<br />

MITFORD GIRLS, THE<br />

* See Book Reviews - Barber, Lynn 23/09/01<br />

MITNICK, KEVIN<br />

* <strong>The</strong> world's most infamous computer hacker - out of jail and<br />

eking a living as an actor in television drama has denounced<br />

America's proposed new Patriot Act - see International Affairs:<br />

U.S.A. 21/10/01<br />

MOBILE PHONES<br />

* Laws that would make it illegal to use mobile phones while<br />

driving will be demanded next week 08/07/01 B 8 6>7<br />

* Film company Columbia Tri-Star and cinema chain Odeon<br />

have teamed up to use mobile phones to promote Final Fantasy,<br />

the computer animated sci-fi thriller - see Film 12/08/01<br />

* BT Wireless will announce that it has secured a massive<br />

£3.5bn loan facility to help it fund the development of its nextgeneration<br />

mobile phone network - see Business & Industry<br />

16/09/01<br />

* OFTEL, the telecoms regulator, is expected to order mobile<br />

phone companies to cut their charges in a report due out this<br />

week - see Business & Industry 23/09/01<br />

* Hopes for a Christmas boom are fading as the mobile phone<br />

market reaches saturation - see Business & Industry 25/11/01<br />

MOFFAT, SIR BRIAN<br />

* Profile of Sir Brian Moffat, who seeks to bang steelmakers<br />

Corus into shape 14/01/01 N 4 1>8 Photograph<br />

MOGGACH, DEBORAH<br />

* Exclusive short story by Deborah Moggach - see Books<br />

15/07/01 R 6 1>5 Photographs<br />

MOMENT TOWARDS THE END OF THE PLAY, A<br />

* See Book Reviews - Callow, Simon 15/04/01<br />

MOMENTS OF TRUTH<br />

* See Book Reviews - Wood, Gaby 09/09/01<br />

MONEY WRITES<br />

* Margaret Dibben 07/01/01 C 18 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Margaret Dibben 14/01/01 C 22>23 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Margaret Dibben 21/01/01 C 20>21 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Margaret Dibben 28/01/01 C 26 1>6 Photograph, illustration<br />

* Margaret Dibben 04/02/01 C 30>31 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Margaret Dibben 11/02/01 C 24>25 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Margaret Dibben 18/02/01 C 34>35 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Margaret Dibben 25/02/01 C 24>25 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Margaret Dibben 04/03/01 C 34>35 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Margaret Dibben 11/03/01 C 24>25 1>5 Photographs<br />

* Margaret Dibben 18/03/01 C 24>25 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Margaret Dibben 25/03/01 C 26>27 1>3 Photograph<br />

* Margaret Dibben 01/04/01 C 24 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Margaret Dibben 08/04/01 C 19 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Margaret Dibben 15/04/01 C 14>15 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Margaret Dibben 22/04/01 C 19 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Margaret Dibben 29/04/01 C 15 1>5 Photograph<br />

* Margaret Dibben 06/05/01 C 11 1>6 Photographs


* Margaret Dibben 13/05/01 C 14>15 1>3 Photograph<br />

* Margaret Dibben 20/05/01 C 19 1>5 Photographs<br />

* Margaret Dibben 27/05/01 C 14>15 1>3 Photograph<br />

* Margaret Dibben 03/06/01 C 14>15 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Margaret Dibben 10/06/01 C 14>15 3>4 Photograph<br />

* Margaret Dibben 17/06/01 C 15 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Margaret Dibben 24/06/01 C 14 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Margaret Dibben 01/07/01 C 19 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Margaret Dibben 08/07/01 C 15 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Margaret Dibben 15/07/01 C 18>19 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Margaret Dibben 22/07/01 C 15 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Margaret Dibben 29/07/01 C 18>19 1>3 Photograph,<br />

illustration<br />

* Margaret Dibben 05/08/01 C 14>15 1>3 Photograph,<br />

illustration<br />

* Margaret Dibben 12/08/01 C 14>15 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Margaret Dibben 19/08/01 C 14>15 5>6 Photograph<br />

* Margaret Dibben 26/08/01 C 14>15 1>3 Photograph<br />

* Margaret Dibben 02/09/01 C 14>15 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Margaret Dibben 09/09/01 C 14>15 3>4 Photograph<br />

* Margaret Dibben 16/09/01 R 14 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Margaret Dibben 23/09/01 C 11 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Margaret Dibben 30/09/01 C 15 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Margaret Dibben 07/10/01 C 15 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Margaret Dibben 14/10/01 C 18>19 1>5 Photographs<br />

* Margaret Dibben 21/10/01 C 18>19 1>5 Photographs<br />

* Margaret Dibben 28/10/01 C 18>19 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Margaret Dibben 04/11/01 C 7 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Margaret Dibben 11/11/01 C 13 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Margaret Dibben 18/11/01 C 13 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Margaret Dibben 25/11/01 C 17 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Margaret Dibben 02/12/01 C 13 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Margaret Dibben 09/12/01 R 13 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Margaret Dibben 16/12/01 C 13 1>6 Photograph<br />

MONROE, MARILYN<br />

* Revealed: Marilyn as we never new her - tapes shed light on a<br />

bright, liberated women who took the world by storm 16/12/01<br />

B 3 1>5 Photographs<br />

MONTGOMERY, FIELD MARSHAL<br />

* Field Marshal Montgomery, the military hero who defeated<br />

Rommel in North Africa and is regarded as one of Britain's<br />

bravest soldiers, was a homosexual, according to a new<br />

biography 25/02/01 B 15 1>2 Photograph<br />

MOONEY, TONY<br />

* Columnist 19/08/01 B 21 1>3 Photograph<br />

MOORE, BRIAN<br />

* One of Britain's favourite sports TV commentators, Brian<br />

Moore, died yesterday - see Deaths 02/09/01<br />

MOORE, CHARLES<br />

OBSERVER INDEX: JAN-DEC <strong>2001</strong><br />

140<br />

* Euan Ferguson meets… Charles Moore, the reluctant<br />

revolutionary 08/07/01 B 20 1>6 Photographs<br />

MOORE, LUCY<br />

* Columnist 11/02/01 B 29 1>4 Photograph<br />

MOORE, TIM<br />

* Interview with author, Tim Moore - see Books Interview, <strong>The</strong><br />

18/02/01<br />

MORAL MUSE<br />

* Margaret Cook 07/01/01 R 6 2>7 Photograph<br />

* Margaret Cook 14/01/01 R 4 2>7 Photograph<br />

* Margaret Cook 21/01/01 R 4 3>7 Photograph<br />

* Margaret Cook 28/01/01 R 4 2>7 Photograph<br />

* Margaret Cook 04/02/01 R 4 2>7 Photograph<br />

* Margaret Cook 11/02/01 R 4 2>7 Photograph<br />

* Margaret Cook 18/02/01 R 4 3>7 Photograph<br />

* Margaret Cook 25/02/01 R 4 3>7 Photograph<br />

* Margaret Cook 04/03/01 R 4 3>6 Photographs<br />

* Margaret Cook 11/03/01 R 4 2>7 Photograph<br />

* Margaret Cook 18/03/01 R 4 2>7 Photograph<br />

* Margaret Cook 25/03/01 R 4 2>6 Photograph<br />

* Margaret Cook 01/04/01 R 4 2>7 Photograph<br />

* Margaret Cook 08/04/01 R 4 2>7 Photograph<br />

* Margaret Cook 15/04/01 R 4 2>7 Photograph<br />

* Margaret Cook 22/04/01 R 4 2>7 Photograph<br />

* Margaret Cook 29/04/01 R 4 2>7 Photograph<br />

* Margaret Cook 06/05/01 R 4 2>7 Photograph<br />

* Margaret Cook 13/05/01 R 4 3>7 Photograph<br />

* Margaret Cook 20/05/01 R 4 2>7 Photograph<br />

* Margaret Cook 27/05/01 R 4 2>7 Photograph<br />

* Margaret Cook 03/06/01 R 4 2>7 Photograph<br />

* Margaret Cook 10/06/01 R 4 2>7 Photograph<br />

* Margaret Cook 01/07/01 R 4 2>7 Photograph<br />

* Margaret Cook 08/07/01 R 4 1>8 Photograph<br />

* Margaret Cook 22/07/01 R 4 2>7 Photographs<br />

* Margaret Cook 29/07/01 R 4 2>7 Photograph<br />

* Margaret Cook 05/08/01 R 4 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Margaret Cook 12/08/01 R 4 2>6 Photograph<br />

* Margaret Cook 19/08/01 R 4 2>7 Photograph<br />

* Margaret Cook 26/08/01 R 4 2>7 Photograph<br />

* Margaret Cook 02/09/01 R 4 2>7 Photograph<br />

MORALITIES: SEX, MONEY AND POWER…<br />

* See Book Reviews - Flett, Kathryn 27/05/01<br />

MORANDI, GIORGIO<br />

* See Art 27/05/01<br />

MORISSETTE, ALANIS<br />

* Alanis Morissette, the Canadian singer-songwriter signed to<br />

Madonna's Maverick record label, could one day find herself<br />

being traded on the capital markets 03/06/01 N 1 1>3


Photograph<br />

MORLEY, MALCOLM<br />

* See Art 17/06/01<br />

MORRIS, BILL<br />

* Columnist 10/06/01 X 14 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Bill Morris, leader of Britain's second biggest union, will<br />

threaten to throw his weight behind the Liberal Democrats over<br />

Labour's plans for public services - see Trade Unions 01/07/01<br />

MORRIS, CHRIS<br />

* Profile on Chris Morris, controversial satirist 22/07/01 B 23<br />

1>5 Caricature<br />

* <strong>The</strong> man who set Britain talking with a 30-minute TV satire is<br />

already moving on to his next target 05/08/01 B 13 1>8<br />

Photographs<br />

MORRIS, ESTELLE<br />

* In an open letter to Estelle Morris, Richard Dawkins calls on<br />

the Government to think about funding yet more divisive faith<br />

schools - see Education 30/12/01<br />

MORTIMER, EMILY<br />

* Interview with actress, Emily Mortimer 02/12/01 M 26>30<br />

1>4 Photographs<br />

MORTIMER, JOHN<br />

* Columnist 11/11/01 B 30 2>5 Photograph<br />

MORTON, ALISTAIR<br />

* Comment on Railtrack by Alastair Morton 21/10/01 N 4 1>6<br />

Photograph<br />

MORTON, ANDREW<br />

* A controversial biography of Madonna by bestselling author<br />

Andrew Morton is to be published, and the singer is furious - see<br />

Madonna 01/07/01<br />

MOSS, KATE<br />

* Profile on Jefferson Hack, magazine editor and boyfriend of<br />

supermodel Kate Moss - see Hack, Jefferson 26/08/01<br />

* Interview with Jefferson Hack, who's reported to be dating<br />

supermodel Kate Moss, and editing yet another new hip<br />

magazine - see Hack, Jefferson 16/09/01<br />

MOTHER TERESA<br />

* This week a tribunal of Vatican theologians will begin to<br />

consider whether Mother Teresa should be made a saint<br />

19/08/01 B 17 1>5 Photographs<br />

MOTOR INDUSTRY<br />

* Sunderland is braced for huge job losses if Japanese car maker,<br />

Nissan, carries out its threat to move production to France<br />

14/01/01 B 4 1>8 Photograph<br />

* Management: the motor industry's problems are compounded<br />

by autocracy as well as inbreeding - see Work 28/01/01<br />

* Tony Blair, on the line to Nissan's Carlos Ghosn, clinched<br />

Sunderland's victory 28/01/01 N 7 1>8 Photograph<br />

* MG Rover faces £300m loss 11/03/01 N 1 1>7<br />

* One year after news that BMW wanted out, Rover predicts<br />

security with new models and a mystery partner 11/03/01 N 5<br />

1>5 Photograph<br />

* MSN, the internet portal owned by Microsoft, will launch a<br />

UK version of an online car buying service which already sells<br />

$8bn of vehicles a year in the US 08/04/01 N 2 2>4 Photograph<br />

OBSERVER INDEX: JAN-DEC <strong>2001</strong><br />

141<br />

* Leading British car manufacturers are suffering a severe sales<br />

slump, overall sales are rising but motorists prefer to buy imports<br />

06/05/01 N 2 1>2<br />

* BMW is to unveil the new face of England's most famous car,<br />

the Mini 20/05/01 N 1 4>6 Photograph<br />

* Carlos Ghosn, global head of Japanese car giant Nissan, has<br />

issued a stark warning that British abstention from the euro will<br />

jeopardise further investment and jobs - see Euro, <strong>The</strong> 27/05/01<br />

* Interview with Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn, who has closed<br />

plants but says Sunderland is safe for now - see Ghosn, Carlos<br />

27/05/01<br />

* MG Rover, the Longbridge based car company off-loaded by<br />

BMW a year ago, is planning to invest up to £550m in a<br />

replacement for its 45 medium sized car over the next three years<br />

10/06/01 N 1 1>5 Photograph<br />

* MG Rover loss nears £300m 08/07/01 N 2 1>3<br />

* Britain is the most expensive place in Europe to buy a car<br />

22/07/01 B 1 3>6 Photograph<br />

* BMW's successor to the Mini is in such high demand that<br />

customers are willing to pay well above the basic £10,600 on the<br />

road price to jump the waiting list 22/07/01 N 2 5>6 Photograph<br />

* Land Rover is planning to invest £2.5bn in a bid to raise sales<br />

of its four-wheel-drive vehicles from 175,000 to 300,000 by<br />

2006 30/09/01 N 2 3>8<br />

* Despite new regulation to force down prices, UK drivers are<br />

still paying about 50 per cent more than the rest of Europe<br />

14/10/01 C 2>3 1>5 Photograph<br />

* A new car will be unveiled this week called <strong>The</strong> Pod, which is<br />

a revolutionary system to gauge driver's emotions and give a<br />

safer ride - see Road Rage 21/10/01<br />

* MG Rover has been forced to put back its timetable for<br />

breaking even from 2002 to 2003 18/11/01 N 1 5>8<br />

* German car group BMW is close to signing an agreement with<br />

Toyota 16/12/01 N 2 1>5 Photograph<br />

MOTORING<br />

* Suzuki's King Quad 28/01/01 M 61 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Petrol companies face a row with the Government over their<br />

refusal to pass on to motorists tax cuts on environmentally<br />

friendly fuel - see Oil Industry 11/02/01<br />

* Mitsubishi's in-car DVD route planner 18/02/01 M 67 1>4<br />

Photographs<br />

* One in 10 young motorists has driven after taking illegal drugs<br />

- see Drugs & Drug Abuse 04/03/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Porsche Boxster 04/03/01 M 61 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Lexus RX300 SE 18/03/01 M 55 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Buying a new car on the net can pay off - see Internet<br />

01/04/01<br />

* Britons love their cars more than any other Europeans, a major<br />

new EU study shows 08/04/01 B 9 1>7 Photographs<br />

* Bill Bradshaw gets the chance to play Inspector Morse as he<br />

takes a classic Jaguar Mark Two out for the weekend 13/05/01<br />

E 10 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Motorists seem poised to benefit from a new price war among<br />

car insurers after 18 months of big premium riches 08/07/01 C 7<br />

1>8 Photograph<br />

* Parking spaces are harder than ever to find as over zealous<br />

councils fight to cash in on easy income 15/07/01 B 16 1>7<br />

Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Halifax Bank has launched a telephone motor insurance


product aimed at drivers with a clean claims record - see<br />

Personal Finance 29/07/01<br />

* Concrete barriers, hi-tech gizmos and low cunning are set to<br />

force motorists out of their cars and on to public transport - see<br />

Transport 26/08/01<br />

* Cars are a costly habit that you can kick - see Personal Finance<br />

02/09/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> bigger your car, the harder the new green tax will hit your<br />

pocket 14/10/01 C 5>5 1>5 Photograph<br />

* A new car will be unveiled this week called <strong>The</strong> Pod, which is<br />

a revolutionary system to gauge driver's emotions and give a<br />

safer ride 21/10/01 B 7 6>7 Illustration<br />

MOUNT EVEREST<br />

* <strong>The</strong> family of the youngest Briton to climb the world's tallest<br />

mountain, who never made it back, are locked in a bitter dispute<br />

with his guides 11/11/01 B 22 1>6 Photographs<br />

MOUTHING THE WORDS<br />

* See Book Reviews - Shapiro, Anna 25/03/01<br />

MOYET, ALISON<br />

* Interview with eighties pop icon, Alison Moyet 05/08/01 R 3<br />

1>5 Photographs<br />

MOZART<br />

* Doctors say Mozart's music could form a standard part of<br />

treatment of epilepsy - see Health 01/04/01<br />

MRS BLAIR'S DIARY<br />

* Columnist 07/01/01 B 24 2>5 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 14/01/01 B 28 2>5 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 21/01/01 B 28 2>4 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 28/01/01 B 28 2>5<br />

* Columnist 04/02/01 B 28 2>5 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 11/02/01 B 28 2>5 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 18/02/01 B 28 2>5 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 25/02/01 B 28 2>5 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 04/03/01 B 28 2>5 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 11/03/01 B 28 2>5 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 15/03/01 B 24 2>5 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 18/03/01 B 28 2>5 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 25/03/01 B 28 2>5 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 01/04/01 B 28 2>5 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 08/04/01 B 24 2>5 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 22/04/01 B 26 2>5 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 06/05/01 B 26 2>5 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 13/05/01 B 28 2>5 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 20/05/01 B 28 2>5 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 27/05/01 B 28 2>5 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 03/06/01 B 29 1>3 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 10/06/01 B 24 2>5 Photograph<br />

MRS KENNEDY<br />

* See Book Reviews - Rawnsley, Andrew 18/11/01<br />

MRS P'S JOURNEY<br />

OBSERVER INDEX: JAN-DEC <strong>2001</strong><br />

142<br />

* See Book Reviews - Mills, Selina 10/06/01<br />

MUHAMMAD, THE PROPHET<br />

* Profile on <strong>The</strong> Prophet Muhammad, whose name has been<br />

invoked to justify the killing of more than 6,000 people on the<br />

11th September terrorist attacks on New York and Washington<br />

23/09/01 B 12 1>6 Illustrations<br />

MULLAN, JOE<br />

* He tried to kill his father at 14 and had his first breakdown in<br />

his twenties, but at 41 Peter Mullan, award-winning star of My<br />

Name Is Joe, has found peace 07/01/01 M 10>14 1>4<br />

Photographs<br />

MULTITUDE OF SINS, A<br />

* See Book Reviews - Adams, Tim 18/11/01<br />

MUMBA, SAMANTHA<br />

* Samantha Mumba famously sacked three stylists because she<br />

didn't want to wear their clothes - <strong>Observer</strong> fashion editor Jo<br />

Adams takes her shopping… - see Fashion 02/09/01<br />

MUNNERY, SIMON<br />

* With his first TV outing, Fringe darling Simon Munnery has<br />

the mainstream in his sights - see Film 18/02/01<br />

MUNOZ, JUAN<br />

* When Juan Munoz studied art at Croydon, he made a<br />

pilgrimage to the Tate every Sunday, now he takes on the<br />

challenge of the vast space of Tate Modern's Turbine Hall<br />

03/06/01 M 10>14 1>4 Photographs<br />

* See Art 17/06/01<br />

* Juan Munoz died suddenly last week on a beach in Ibiza -<br />

James Lingwood, co-curator of his current triumphant show at<br />

Tate Modern, pays tribute to a brilliant artist and a great friend<br />

02/09/01 R 6 1>5 Photographs<br />

MURDOCH, IRIS: A LIFE<br />

* See Book Reviews - Conrad, Peter 16/09/01<br />

MURDOCH, RUPERT<br />

* Profile on Rupert Murdoch who is 70 next week 04/03/01 N 5<br />

1>5 Photographs<br />

MUSHARRAF, GENERAL PERVEZ<br />

* Profile on General Pervez Musharraf of Pakistan - see<br />

Terrorism 23/09/01<br />

MUSIC<br />

* Review of new releases 07/01/01 R 16 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Review of new releases 14/01/01 R 14 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Review of new releases 21/01/01 R 14 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Review of new releases 28/01/01 R 13 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Review of new releases 04/02/01 R 12 1>7 Photographs<br />

* Vinyl is back, a decade after cd's threatened them to extinction,<br />

sales of records are surging in shops across Britain 04/02/01 B<br />

14 7>8 Photograph<br />

* Review of new releases 11/02/01 R 14 1>7 Photographs<br />

* Review of new releases 18/02/01 R 14 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Review of new releases 25/02/01 R 15 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Review of new releases 04/03/01 R 14 1>7 Photographs<br />

* Review of new releases 11/03/01 R 15 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Review of new releases 18/03/01 R 14 1>8 Photographs


* Review of new releases 25/03/01 R 14 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Review of new releases 01/04/01 R 14 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Review of new releases 08/04/01 R 14 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Review of new releases 15/04/01 R 14 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Review of new releases 22/04/01 R 14 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Review of new releases 29/04/01 R 14 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Review of new releases 06/05/01 R 14 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Review of new releases 13/05/01 R 14 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Review of new releases 20/05/01 R 14 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Review of new releases 27/05/01 R 14 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Review of new releases 03/06/01 R 14 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Review of new releases 10/06/01 R 14 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Review of new releases 17/06/01 R 14 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Review of new releases 24/06/01 R 14 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Review of new releases 01/07/01 R 14 1>8 Photographs<br />

* EMI and Virgin will this week become the first major record<br />

labels in Europe to sell music downloaded through the internet<br />

08/07/01 N 1 1>2 Photograph<br />

* Review of new releases 08/07/01 R 14 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Review of new releases 15/07/01 R 16 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Review of new releases 22/07/01 R 14 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Review of new releases 29/07/01 R 14 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Review of new releases 05/08/01 R 14 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Film music - see Film 12/08/01<br />

* Review of new releases 12/08/01 R 14 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Review of new releases 19/08/01 R 15 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Review of new releases 26/08/01 R 14 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Review of new releases 02/09/01 R 14 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Review of new releases 09/09/01 R 14 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Review of new releases 16/09/01 R 14 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Review of new releases 23/09/01 R 14 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Review of new releases 30/09/01 R 14 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Review of new releases 07/10/01 R 14 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Review of new releases 14/10/01 R 14 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Review of new releases 21/10/01 R 14 1>6 Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong> music industry is being investigated by the US Justice<br />

Department over plans to distribute music over the net - see<br />

Business & Industry 28/10/01<br />

* Review of new releases 28/10/01 R 14 1>8<br />

* Review of new releases 04/11/01 R 14 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Review of new releases 11/11/01 R 13 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Review of new releases 18/11/01 R 14 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Review of new releases 25/11/01 R 14 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Review of new releases 02/12/01 R 14 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Review of new releases 09/12/01 R 12 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Review of new releases 16/12/01 R 14 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Music Watch 2002 30/12/01 R 5 1>6 Photographs<br />

MUSIC: CLASSICAL<br />

OBSERVER INDEX: JAN-DEC <strong>2001</strong><br />

143<br />

* Review of Die Fledermaus/Ernst Kovacic and friends/William<br />

Glock Memorial Concert 07/01/01 R 14 5>8 Photograph<br />

* Review of <strong>The</strong> Elixir of Love/Park Lane Group New Year<br />

Series 14/01/01 R 13 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Review of Schnittke Weekend 21/01/01 R 13 1>8 Photograph<br />

* Review of Haydn's Orfeo/Musica Secreta 28/01/01 R 12 5>8<br />

Photograph<br />

* Review of <strong>The</strong> Rheingold/Tristan und Isolde 04/02/01 R 11<br />

1>7 Photograph<br />

* Review of Tete a Tete/Arditti Quartet 11/02/01 R 13 1>6<br />

* Review of Marriage of Figaro/Marcus Ullman 18/02/01 R 13<br />

1>8 Photographs<br />

* Review of Votzek/London Royal Schools Opera 25/02/01 R<br />

10 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Review of Aida/Turandot 04/03/01 R 12 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Review of Manon/Belcea Quartet/Moscow String<br />

Quartet/Gubaidulina Day 11/03/01 R 16 3>6 Photograph<br />

* Review of Kagel Festival/Evelyn Glennis and Friends/David<br />

Matthews premiere 18/03/01 R 10 1>8 Photograph<br />

* Review of Boulevard Solitude/Tan Dun premiere/David<br />

Bedford premiere 25/03/01 R 13 1>8 Photograph<br />

* Pavarotti's prodigies launch his picnic in the park 25/03/01 B<br />

2 4 Photograph<br />

* Doctors say Mozart's music could form a standard part of<br />

treatment of epilepsy - see Health 01/04/01<br />

* Review of Duke Quartet/Kreutzer Quartet/Goldberg Ensemble<br />

Festival 01/04/01 R 10 3>8 Photograph<br />

* Review of Bach Cantatas/Because I Sing/Bartoli/Boulez<br />

08/04/01 R 13 7>8<br />

* Review of Il Trovatore/Concerts for Holy Week/Parsifal<br />

15/04/01 R 13 1>6<br />

* Review of Polyphony & Orchestra of the Age of<br />

Enlightenment/Eightieth Birthday Concert for Sir Malcolm<br />

Arnold/L'amore industrioso 22/04/01 R 10 1>8 Photograph<br />

* Interview with Sir Simon Rattle, conductor - see Rattle, Sir<br />

Simon 29/04/01<br />

* Review of Pirates of Penzance/<strong>The</strong> Diary of One Who<br />

Disappeared/State of the Nation 29/04/01 R 10 3>8 Photograph<br />

* Interview with soprano Karita Mattila - see Mattila, Karita<br />

06/05/01<br />

* Review of From Morning to Midnight/Carmen 06/05/01 R 13<br />

1>8 Photographs<br />

* Review of Paradise Moscow/Royal Festival Hall Fiftieth<br />

Birthday 13/05/01 R 10 1>4 Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong> marriage between Sir Simon Rattle and the Berlin<br />

Philharmonic Orchestra has been called a match made in heaven,<br />

but now a battle of wills is threatening its consummation - see<br />

Berlin Philharmonic 20/05/01<br />

* Review of Fidelio/Queen of Spades 20/05/01 R 13 1>5<br />

Photographs<br />

* Review of Katya Kabanova/Spirit Child/Andrusier Ensemble<br />

27/05/01 R 10 1>8 Photograph<br />

* Two sopranos spotted singing in Covent Garden are now set to<br />

sign a recording deal that will change their lives 27/05/01 B 11<br />

1>7 Photographs<br />

* Review of Don Giovanni/Le martyre de Saint<br />

Sebastien/Brighton Festival 03/06/01 R 11 1>8 Photographs


* Review of Carmen/Orfeo ed Euridice 10/06/01 R 13 1>6<br />

Photographs<br />

* La Gazzetta and <strong>The</strong> Magic Flute/I Fagiolini 17/06/01 R 10<br />

1>8 Photograph<br />

* Review of Kantan and Damask Drum 17/06/01 R 6 1>5<br />

Photographs<br />

* Review of Rape of Lucretia/<strong>The</strong> Man Who Mistook His Wife<br />

For A Hat/Spitalfields Festival 24/06/01 R 13 1>6<br />

* Review of Kantan/Damask Drum/Lady Macbeth of<br />

Mtsensk/<strong>The</strong> Ring Experience 01/07/01 R 13 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Review of Cheltenham Festival/A Better Place/Fortunio<br />

08/07/01 R 10 3>8 Photographs<br />

* Singer Charlotte Church performed before 70,000 fans at the<br />

Picnic with Pavarotti in Hyde Park, London - see Church,<br />

Charlotte 15/07/01<br />

* Review of Macbeth/Un Ballo in Maschera/God's Lair<br />

15/07/01 R 14 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Review of Jessye Norman/Otello/Helmut Lachenmann<br />

22/07/01 R 13 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Review of Otello/<strong>The</strong> Proms 29/07/01 R 11 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Review of Proms/Owen Wingrave 05/08/01 R 13 1>6<br />

Photograph<br />

* Review of <strong>The</strong> Last Supper/Proms 12/08/01 R 13 1>8<br />

Photographs<br />

* Review of Die Walkure/Richardo i Elena/Dido and Aeneas<br />

26/08/01 R 10 1>7 Photographs<br />

* Review of <strong>The</strong> Proms 02/09/01 R 10 1>8 Photograph<br />

* Review of Saint Francois d'Assise/<strong>The</strong> Proms 09/09/01 R 13<br />

1>8 Photograph<br />

* Review of Leonore/<strong>The</strong> Proms 16/09/01 R 10 1>8<br />

Photographs<br />

* Review of Rigoletto/Cunning Little Vixen 23/09/01 R 11 1>8<br />

Photographs<br />

* Review of Carmen/Turandot/<strong>The</strong> Shout 30/09/01 R 11 1>5<br />

Photograph<br />

* Sir Simon Rattle, Britain's greatest conductor of modern times,<br />

has fired a withering parting shot as he prepares to take up a<br />

senior job in Germany, attacking the Arts Council 30/09/01 B 7<br />

2>7 Photographs<br />

* Review of Jenufa/City of London Sinfonia 07/10/01 R 10 1>8<br />

Photographs<br />

* Review of Masterprize/Mitsuko uchida and Mark Steinberg/<br />

Qingdao Beijing Opera 14/10/01 R 10 3>8 Photograph<br />

* Opera fans worship at the feet of Cecilia Bartoli 14/10/01 R 6<br />

1>7 Photograph<br />

* Review of L'anima del filosofo/<strong>The</strong> Lighthouse: Music <strong>The</strong>atre<br />

Wales 21/10/01 R 10 1>8 Photograph<br />

* Review of CBSO/Athelas Sinfonietta Copenhagen 28/10/01 R<br />

13 1>8 Photograph<br />

* Review of War and Peace 04/11/01 R 9 1>5 Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Marriage of Figaro/Fretwork Tour/Roxanna Panufnik<br />

premiere 11/11/01 R 11 1>6<br />

* Review of Le Nozze di Figaro/Glyndbourne Touring<br />

Opera/War Requiem/BBC Symphony Orchestra/RAM Mason<br />

Ensemble 18/11/01 R 11 1>8<br />

* Blockaded by the Germans, the half-starved citizens of<br />

Leningrad mounted an extraordinary act of resistance… they<br />

blasted the Nazi tanks with Shostakovich's Seventh Symphony -<br />

OBSERVER INDEX: JAN-DEC <strong>2001</strong><br />

144<br />

see World War II 25/11/01<br />

* Review of A Midsummer Night's Dream/Simon Preston<br />

25/11/01 R 11 6>8 Photograph<br />

* After six years of preparation and controversy the opera world<br />

will flock to Milan next week to watch the first act of La Scala's<br />

riskiest melodrama: renovation - see International Affairs:<br />

Europe 02/12/01<br />

* Review of Rake's Progress/Huddersfield Festival 02/12/01 R<br />

11 1>6 Photographs<br />

* As she makes her film debut in Benoit Jacquot's Tosca,<br />

Romanian diva Angela Gheorghiu talks to Peter Conrad - see<br />

Film 09/12/01<br />

* Review of Philip Glass/Magnus Lindberg 09/12/01 R 10 1>2<br />

* Review of Parsifal/Bulgarian Voices etc 16/12/01 R 12 1>5<br />

Photographs<br />

* Classical of the Year: Fiona Maddocks 23/12/01 R 12 1>8<br />

Photographs<br />

* Classical 2002: Fiona Maddocks 30/12/01 R 7 1>6<br />

Photograph<br />

MUSIC: COUNTRY<br />

* Country is the new rebel music 21/10/01 R 14 1>7 Photograph<br />

* Steve Earle and family are coming to London with plenty to<br />

sing about after surviving drugs, alcohol and six marriages - see<br />

Earle, Steve 28/10/01<br />

MUSIC: FOLK<br />

* Martin Carthy is the choirboy who became a folk stalwart<br />

20/05/01 R 14 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Review of Cara Dillon 04/11/01 R 11 1>6 Photographs<br />

MUSIC: GOSPEL<br />

* Review of <strong>The</strong> Blind Boys of Alabama 29/04/01 R 13 1>5<br />

Photograph<br />

MUSIC: JAZZ<br />

* Jazz Café concept is to be taken to Paris, Barcelona and<br />

another top European city 21/01/01 N 1 3>5 Photograph<br />

* Review of Wynton Marsalis at Symphony Hall, Birmingham<br />

11/02/01 R 12 6>8<br />

* Despite illness, Barbara Thompson's musical days are far from<br />

over 01/04/01 R 14 1>8 Photograph<br />

* An insider's guide to the world's best jazz festivals 22/04/01 E<br />

11>14 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Jazz legend Duke Ellington was so overcome with grief when<br />

his mother died that he lay in her bed for two weeks unable to do<br />

anything but weep, according to a new book - see Ellington,<br />

Duke 29/04/01<br />

* Burhan Wazir in Miami finds that Roni Size and Reprazent<br />

have evolved from drum'n'bass 10/06/01 R 14 1>7 Photograph<br />

* Interview with Diana Krall 16/09/01 R 14 1>7 Photograph<br />

* Denys Baptiste's music reflects his charm, says Dave Gelly<br />

04/11/01 r 14 1>7 Photograph<br />

MUSIC: OTHER<br />

* Review of Only Connect: Sound On Film Live 04/03/01 R 11<br />

7>8<br />

* Review of Rokia Traore 15/04/01 R 10 6>8 Photograph<br />

* Review of Womad 05/08/01 R 10 1>7 Photograph<br />

* Review of <strong>The</strong> Big Chill at Lulworth Castle, Dorset 26/08/01<br />

R 13 7>8 Photograph


* Christmas Songs 09/12/01 R 12 1>8 Photograph<br />

MUSIC: POP<br />

* Radiohead attack safe, boring Radio 1 - see Radio 07/01/01<br />

* Sheryl Garratt on Rollo Armstrong 07/01/01 R 16 1>8<br />

Photograph<br />

* <strong>Observer</strong> readers declare John Lennon's classic hit single,<br />

Imagine, as the best of all time 07/01/01 B 6 4>8 Photographs<br />

* Neil Spencer distils the truth from the myths that surround<br />

John Lennon's 'Imagine', voted best No 1 single ever 07/01/01 R<br />

8>9 1>5 Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> new wave of US bands are loud, but just as introspective<br />

as the UK soft rockers 14/01/01 R 13 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Akin Ojumu 21/01/01 R 13 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Review of <strong>The</strong> Magnetic Fields 21/01/01 R 13 7>8<br />

Photograph<br />

* Pop Awards 28/01/01 R 13 3>5<br />

* Review of Marilyn Manson 28/01/01 R 14 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Interview with John Frusciante 04/02/01 R 13 1>5 Photograph<br />

* Review of Ani DiFranco 04/02/01 R 13 1>5 Photographs<br />

* Review of <strong>The</strong> NME Carling Awards Tour/Starsailor 04/02/01<br />

R 13 6>7<br />

* Popstars became ITV's biggest entertainment hit of the year<br />

04/02/01 B 7 1>8 Photograph<br />

* Eminem and Elton John - the ultimate duet 11/02/01 B 1 2>6<br />

Photograph<br />

* Review of Eminem at Manchester Arena 11/02/01 R 11 1>8<br />

Photographs<br />

* Review of U2 at the Astoria, London 11/02/01 R 11 1>6<br />

Photograph<br />

* Review of PJ Harvey 18/02/01 R 11 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Leeroy Thornhill was the one in <strong>The</strong> Prodigy who didn't play<br />

or sing, but even dancers can make albums 18/02/01 R 14 1>8<br />

Photograph<br />

* Review of Richard Ashcroft 25/02/01 R 13 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Review of Fun Lovin' Criminals 04/03/01 R 11 1>6<br />

Photographs<br />

* Shaggy is top dog again 04/03/01 R 14 8 Photograph<br />

* Interview with cult singer-songwriter Will Oldham 04/03/01 R<br />

6 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Interview with Shane McGowan, ex member of <strong>The</strong> Pogues -<br />

see McGowan, Shane 11/03/01<br />

* Review of <strong>The</strong> manic Street Preachers 11/03/01 R 12 1>8<br />

Photographs<br />

* Interview with Nick Cave, musician - see Cave, Nick 18/03/01<br />

* Simon Napier-Bell's career spans a large part of the history of<br />

British pop - now he's spilling the beans - see Napier-Bell,<br />

Simon 18/03/01<br />

* Review of <strong>The</strong> Divine Comedy 18/03/01 R 13 1>5<br />

Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> hype surrounding the Manic Street Preachers tour of Cuba<br />

18/03/01 M 22>25 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Bob Dylan is now approaching 60 with an Oscar almost within<br />

his grasp - he remains infuriating and elusive - see Dylan, Bob<br />

25/03/01<br />

* Review of Sheryl Garratt 25/03/01 R 10 3>8 Photograph<br />

OBSERVER INDEX: JAN-DEC <strong>2001</strong><br />

145<br />

* After a night on the town with Talvin, Sheryl Garratt says the<br />

Mercury prize winner is more inspired than arrogant 25/03/01 R<br />

6 1>5 Photograph<br />

* Adverts and pop music merge into one - see Advertising<br />

01/04/01<br />

* Review of Sugababes 01/04/01 R 13 1>8 Photograph<br />

* Ronan Keating is hoping to do what Noel and Robbie failed to<br />

do - conquer America - see Keating, Ronan 08/04/01<br />

* Review of Stereo MC's 08/04/01 R 13 1>6 Photographs<br />

* In their short career Hear'Say can boast a No 1 single and<br />

album, a clothing range, toys, a tribute band - even a stalker. It's<br />

a runaway brand phenomenon 08/04/01 B 16 1>8 Photographs<br />

* With Napster's demise there's a fight to make money from<br />

music on the web - but first they have to pacify irate musicians<br />

08/04/01 N 7 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Review of Neil Finn, ex-Crowded House frontman 15/04/01 R<br />

10 1>5 Photograph<br />

* Pink Floyd's founding genius Syd Barrett has kept a 30-year<br />

silence - and now he is the most wanted man in music - see<br />

Barrett, Syd 22/04/01<br />

* Review of Papa Roach 22/04/01 R 13 1>5 Photograph<br />

* Review of Air 29/04/01 R 13 1>7 Photographs<br />

* After a lifetime of angst, David Byrne, formerly of Talking<br />

Heads, is about to embrace grubby humanity 29/04/01 R 14 1>7<br />

Photograph<br />

* Review of Spooks 06/05/01 R 13 1>5 Photograph<br />

* At $100,000 a song, Rodney 'Darkchild' Jerkins could revive<br />

Michael Jackson's career 06/05/01 R 14 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Stereo MC's were Britain's biggest band when they went into<br />

the studio to record their next album, nine years later its out<br />

06/05/01 M 24>28 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Interview with musician Bryan Ferry who has regrouped Roxy<br />

Music after 18 years - see Ferry, Bryan 13/05/01<br />

* Interview with pop duo <strong>The</strong> Pet Shop Boys - see Pet Shop<br />

Boys, <strong>The</strong> 13/05/01<br />

* Burhan Wazir on Sparklehorse 13/05/01 R 13 1>8 Photograph<br />

* Being moody and unplugged is suddenly all the rage again and<br />

Tom McRae is moodier than most 13/05/01 R 14 1>6<br />

Photograph<br />

* Interview with pop duo <strong>The</strong> Pet Shop Boys 13/05/01 R 3 1>5<br />

Photographs<br />

* Geri Halliwell's story of how a pop icon can be endlessly<br />

rebuilt, a masterclass in the marketing of a modern celebrity -<br />

see Halliwell, Geri 20/05/01<br />

* Interview with Dido Armstrong, currently the world's best<br />

selling female music star - see Armstrong, Dido 20/05/01<br />

* Another batch of lost albums has just hit the racks, it might be<br />

nice to hear every studio take by the Beach Boys, but is it<br />

necessary? 20/05/01 R 6 1>5 Photographs<br />

* This year's Meltdown Festival in London promises to be as<br />

gently eccentric as its maverick curator, Robert Wyatt - see<br />

Wyatt, Robert 27/05/01<br />

* Review of Pulp 27/05/01 R 10 1>7 Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Proclaimers are back with a fistful of inspired ballads<br />

27/05/01 R 14 1>8 Photograph<br />

* Alanis Morissette, the Canadian singer-songwriter signed to<br />

Madonna's Maverick record label, could one day find herself<br />

being traded on the capital markets - see Morissette, Alanis<br />

03/06/01


* Missy Elliott 03/06/01 R 13 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Review of Limp Bizkit 03/06/01 R 13 1>6 Photographs<br />

* How did Destiny's Child become the biggest pop act on the<br />

planet? - see Destiny's Child 10/06/01<br />

* Yesterday's rock stars are now in record demand, touring and<br />

selling albums, to young fans as well as old 10/06/01 B 12 1>8<br />

Photographs<br />

* Review of Travis 10/06/01 R 13 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Review of Madonna Live in Milan 17/06/01 R 11 1>6<br />

Photographs<br />

* Review of Summer Pop 17/06/01 R 7 6>7 Photographs<br />

* Review of Destiny's Child 24/06/01 R 12 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Napster's legal defeat has sparked a wave of innovation -<br />

record companies are set to cash in and so is fresh opposition<br />

24/06/01 N 7 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Review of Tricky 01/07/01 R 11 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Interview with Jo Strummer, ex member of <strong>The</strong> Clash<br />

01/07/01 R 14 1>8 Photograph<br />

* Madonna's pop concert at Earl's Court - see Madonna<br />

08/07/01<br />

* Review of Lambchop 08/07/01 R 13 1>5 Photograph<br />

* Review of the Beta Band 08/07/01 R 14 1>8 Photograph<br />

* Review of Radiohead 15/07/01 R 13 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Interview with St Germain 15/07/01 R 16 1>7 Photograph<br />

* Interview with Bjork, Ireland's queen of pop - see Bjork<br />

22/07/01<br />

* Review of New Order at Olympia <strong>The</strong>atre, Liverpool 22/07/01<br />

R 11 1>8 Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong>re's one Ink Spot still on the go - Lloyd Washington<br />

22/07/01 R 14 1>7 Photograph<br />

* In 20 years MTV has changed the way we appreciate music<br />

and made the careers of acts as diverse as Madonna and Eminem<br />

- but critics argue that it has also altered the way music is made<br />

22/07/01 R 5 1>5 Photographs<br />

* Profile on Damon Albarn, Blur's ex-frontman who turned his<br />

back on the celebrity limelight - see Albarn, Damon 29/07/01<br />

* Profile on Ed Harcourt, who was shortlisted for the Mercury<br />

Prize last week 29/07/01 R 14 1>7 Photograph<br />

* Interview with eighties pop icon, Alison Moyet - see Moyet,<br />

Alison 05/08/01<br />

* Interview with Missy Elliott - see Elliott, Missy 05/08/01<br />

* Last week Mariah Carey was at the peak of her career, this<br />

week she is in a psychiatric clinic - see Carey, Mariah 05/08/01<br />

* Record sales are soaring 05/08/01 N 1 2>3 Photograph<br />

* Interview with the members of New Order, back almost a<br />

decade later of drink, drugs and debt 12/08/01 M 12>15 1>4<br />

Photographs<br />

* Review of Mercury Rev 12/08/01 R 14 1>8 Photograph<br />

* Interview with Emma Bunton, ex-member of <strong>The</strong> Spice Girls -<br />

see Bunton, Emma 19/08/01<br />

* Interview with Eve 19/08/01 R 14 1>6 Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> buzz surrounding the band Radiohead in America, is the<br />

biggest for any British act since <strong>The</strong> Beatles 19/08/01 B 3 1>7<br />

Photographs<br />

* Review of Macy Gray 26/08/01 R 13 1>6 Photograph<br />

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146<br />

* Interview with Ben Folds, who has a new band but hasn't lost<br />

his irony 26/08/01 R 14 1>7 Photograph<br />

* Review of Basement Jaxx/Faithless 02/09/01 R 11 7>8<br />

* Review of Bjork/Tori Amos 02/09/01 R 11 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Michael Jackson with Britney Spears at his comeback concert<br />

in Madison Square Garden, New York - see Jackson, Michael<br />

09/09/01<br />

* Review of <strong>The</strong> Bangles 09/09/01 R 11 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Interview with Groove Armada 09/09/01 R 14 1>8<br />

Photograph<br />

* Interview with pop singer, Britney Spears - see Spears, Britney<br />

16/09/01<br />

* Review of D12 16/09/01 R 11 1>3 Photograph<br />

* Pop girls before Britney 16/09/01 M 14 1 Photographs<br />

* Interview with Kylie Minogue, pop singer, former soap starlet,<br />

gay icon - see Minogue, Kylie 23/09/01<br />

* Review of Diamanda Galas 23/09/01 R 13 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Interview with Starsailor 23/09/01 R 14 1>8 Photograph<br />

* Review of Spiritualised 30/09/01 R 13 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Interview with Engelbert Humperdinck, pop singer - see<br />

Humperdinck, Engelbert 07/10/01<br />

* Review of Sophie Ellis Bextor 07/10/01 R 13 6>8 Photograph<br />

* UB40, one of Britain's most successful bands, are setting up a<br />

'fame school' in Birmingham with £20m of local authority and<br />

private-sector cash - see Arts, <strong>The</strong> 14/10/01<br />

* Spice Girls Limited has just recorded its first-ever loss,<br />

recently filed accounts show 14/10/01 N 1 4>7 Photograph<br />

* Review of Robbie Williams 14/10/01 R 11 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Review of the duo Lamb 14/10/01 R 14 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Review of Depeche Mode 21/10/01 R 11 1>5 Photograph<br />

* Review of Elektronic 21/10/01 R 11 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Review of Michael Jackson CD: Invincible 21/10/01 R 14 6>8<br />

Photograph<br />

* Did Gloria Trevi, once Mexico's most successful pop star,<br />

impregnate herself in prison to escape extradition on sexual<br />

abuse charges? - see International Affairs: Cent. & S. America<br />

28/10/01<br />

* Review of Andrew WK 28/10/01 R 13 1>6 Photographs<br />

* After a decade of extraordinary bad luck, the Charlatans are<br />

back 28/10/01 R 14 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Review of Jamiroquai 04/11/01 R 11 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Prince's influence on today's leading musicians is undeniable<br />

04/11/01 R 6 1>7 Photographs<br />

* Review of Natalie Merchant 11/11/01 R 12 7>8 Photograph<br />

* Interview with Macy Gray, America's hottest hip-hop diva -<br />

see Gray, Macy 18/11/01<br />

* Review of White Stripes 18/11/01 R 13 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Review of Ryan Adams 25/11/01 R 13 3>8 Photograph<br />

* Zero 7 have earned their heroes' reception 25/11/01 R 14 1>6<br />

Photograph<br />

* So Solid Crew who've swapped the drugs and guns of their<br />

south London estate for pop superstardom 25/11/01 M 33>38<br />

1>4 Photographs<br />

* Mourners queue in Liverpool to bid farewell to George


Harrison, who died after his battle with cancer recently - see<br />

Harrison, George 02/12/01<br />

* Profile on George Harrison 1943-<strong>2001</strong> - see Harrison, George<br />

02/12/01<br />

* Review of Pulp 02/12/01 R 13 1>5 Photographs<br />

* Novelty singles: celebrity karaoke songs 02/12/01 R 14 1>6<br />

Photographs<br />

* Review of Goldfrapp 09/12/01 R 13 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Interview with pop producer, Pete Waterman - see Waterman,<br />

Pete 16/12/01<br />

* Heavy metal spawns a new salvation army 16/12/01 R 12 1>3<br />

* Ancient pop icons aiming to revive their fortunes by duetting<br />

with hip, young stars only succeed in one thing - looking naff<br />

16/12/01 R 6 1>7 Photographs<br />

* Pop of the Year: Neil Spencer 23/12/01 R 13 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Pop 2002: Akin Ojumu 30/12/01 R 11 1>8 Photographs<br />

MUSIC: R&B<br />

* Aaliyah Haughton was just 22 when a plane crash ended her<br />

rise to superstardom - see Haughton, Aaliyah 02/09/01<br />

* Aaliyah, who died last week, had already made R&B her own<br />

02/09/01 R 14 1>7 Photographs<br />

MUSIC: RAP<br />

* Profile on rap singer, Eminem - see Eminem 07/01/01<br />

* Cleared rap star Sean 'Puffy' Combs faces one billion dollars<br />

worth of civil suits as he seeks to keep his corporate empire and<br />

image intact - see Combs, Sean 18/03/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> trials of Puff Daddy, real name Sean Combs - see Combs,<br />

Sean 18/03/01<br />

* Rapper Michael Franti has convictions, but not the kind people<br />

expect in rap 22/04/01 R 14 1>7 Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> godfather of rap is back in the UK - but a judge wants him<br />

to go into rehab after this tour - see Scott-Heron, Gil 15/07/01<br />

* Marion 'Suge' Knight, head of Death Row Records, is about to<br />

get out of jail - see Knight, Marion 'Suge' 05/08/01<br />

* Interview with Saul Williams, who aims to drag rap kicking<br />

and screaming from the ghetto 05/08/01 R 14 1>7 Photograph<br />

MUSIC: ROCK<br />

* Interview with Alice Cooper, ageing rockstar - see Cooper,<br />

Alice 29/04/01<br />

* Review of Neil Young and Crazy Horse 17/06/01 R 11 1>8<br />

Photograph<br />

* Review of <strong>The</strong> Strokes 17/06/01 R 11 7>8 Photograph<br />

* Review of Bob Dylan 15/07/01 R 13 1>8 Photograph<br />

* Review of Patti Smith 29/07/01 R 10 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Nostalgia is the death of rock, says John Strausbaugh 12/08/01<br />

R 5>6 1>5 Photographs<br />

* Review of Super Furry Animals 07/10/01 R 13 1>5<br />

Photographs<br />

* Review of Oasis 14/10/01 R 11 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Desperate for youth appeal, Mick Jagger has launched a teen<br />

website to show that he has not faded away - see Jagger, Mick<br />

11/11/01<br />

* Has the time come for Old Rubber Lips to fade away - see<br />

Jagger, Mick 25/11/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> two sides to musician Ronnie Wood, legendary Rolling<br />

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147<br />

Stone - see Wood, Ronnie 02/12/01<br />

* On the road with <strong>The</strong> Strokes 16/12/01 M 8>12 1>4<br />

Photographs<br />

MUSIC: ROCK 'N' ROLL<br />

* Piano player Johnnie Johnson battles with Chuck Berry for<br />

royalties from the birth of rock 'n' roll 04/03/01 B 25 1>6<br />

Photographs<br />

MUSIC: SOUL<br />

* Manchester's Rae and Christian revive Bobby Womack and the<br />

result in electric 25/02/01 R 15 1>8 Photograph<br />

* Review of Erykah Badu at Brixton Academy, London SW9<br />

22/07/01 R 11 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Review of R Kelly 23/09/01 R 13 1>5 Photograph<br />

* Interview with India Arie Simpson, soul singer - see Simpson,<br />

India Arie 07/10/01<br />

MY BEST FRIEND<br />

* See Book Reviews - Guttridge, Peter 29/07/01<br />

MY DREAM OF YOU<br />

* See Book Reviews - Shapiro, Anna 29/04/01<br />

MY LITTLE BLUE DRESS<br />

* See Book Reviews - Shapiro, Anna 20/05/01<br />

MY MONEY<br />

* Consumer's Association's Mick McAteer 07/01/01 C 20 1>5<br />

Photograph<br />

* Private Eye cartoonist Tony Husband 14/01/01 C 24 1>4<br />

Photograph<br />

* Writer, Yasmin Alibhai-Brown 21/01/01 C 28 1>4<br />

Photograph<br />

* Labour MP, Diane Abbott 28/01/01 C 28 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Rosemary Brown, retirement expert 04/02/01 C 32 1>5<br />

Photograph<br />

* Graham Ward, accountant 11/02/01 C 36 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Geoffrey Tapper, GP 18/02/01 C 36 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Pete Moore, author 25/02/01 C 36 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Mark Powell, first-time writer 04/03/01 C 36 1>5 Photograph<br />

* Rowena Stott, Edith Holden's great niece 11/03/01 C 36 1>5<br />

Photographs<br />

* Disability campaigner Jane Campbell 18/03/01 C 36 1>5<br />

Photograph<br />

* Angela Mason, lesbian and gay adviser to London mayor, Ken<br />

Livingstone 25/03/01 C 36 1>4 Photograph<br />

* John Boden, creator of Boden and Mini-Boden mail-order firm<br />

01/04/01 C 28 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Arthur Helen McLean 08/04/01 C 20 1>5 Photographs<br />

* Children's TV and radio presenter Matt Smith 15/04/01 C 16<br />

1>4 Photograph<br />

* Tracy Worcester, enemy of global greed 22/04/01 C 20 1>4<br />

Photograph<br />

* Body Language author Allan Pease 29/04/01 C 16 1>4<br />

Photograph<br />

* Former TV star, Michael Cashman, now an MEP 06/05/01 C<br />

20 1>5 Photographs<br />

* Anne McNamara, the founder of Manchester's mag for the


homeless, <strong>The</strong> Big Issue 13/05/01 C 16 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Once forensic scientist, now zoologist and entomologist, Dr.<br />

Zakaria Erzinclioglu 20/05/01 C 20 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Sue Limb, author of Dulcie Domum 27/05/01 C 20 1>4<br />

Photograph<br />

* TV presenter, Rhodri Williams 03/06/01 C 16 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Prize-winning writer Harlan Coben 10/06/01 C 20 1>3<br />

Photograph<br />

* Former SmithKline high-flier David Earnshaw 17/06/01 C 16<br />

1>3 Photograph<br />

* Pensions Ombudsman Julian Farrand 24/06/01 C 16 1>4<br />

Photograph<br />

* Alan Debenham, campaigner who wants a seat on the<br />

Nationwide Building Society's board 01/07/01 C 20 1>4<br />

Photograph<br />

* Astrologer, Maggie Hyde 08/07/01 C 16 1>3 Photograph<br />

* Writer, Patrick Gale 15/07/01 C 20 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Businessman Alan McNamara 22/07/01 C 16 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Paul Laity, editor of the Left Book Club Anthology 29/07/01<br />

C 20 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Actor and former Royal Shakespeare Company stalwart, Neil<br />

Caple 05/08/01 C 16 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Sarah Diamond, author 12/08/01 C 16 1>5 Photograph<br />

* Jon Fennell, TV's top pet counsellor 19/08/01 C 16 1>4<br />

Photograph<br />

* Novelist, Tim Parks 26/08/01 C 16 1>3 Photograph<br />

* Paul Hollywood, TV chef 02/09/01 C 16 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Author, Lee Langley 09/09/01 C 16 1>5 Photograph<br />

* Channel 5 newsreader, Bob Butler 16/09/01 R 15 1>6<br />

* Gill Fielding, wealth coach 23/09/01 C 16 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Novelist Louise Bagshawe 30/09/01 C 20 1>3 Photograph<br />

* Crime writer, Tami Hoag 07/10/01 C 20 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Photographer, Amanda Eliasch 14/10/01 C 20 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Novelist, Graham Hurley 21/10/01 C 20 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Ex-soccer star Lee Chapman 28/10/01 C 20 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Writer, Jill Dawson 04/11/01 C 16 1>4 Photograph<br />

MY NAME IS RED<br />

* See Book Reviews - Altinel, Avkar 05/08/01<br />

MYSTIC RIVER<br />

* See Book Reviews - Guttridge, Peter 01/04/01<br />

NAIPAUL, V.S.<br />

* V.S. Naipaul said good riddance to Trinidad 50 years ago, now<br />

Merchant-Ivory is filming one of his books there and the island<br />

is holding its breath to see if the prodigal son will return<br />

15/04/01 R 9 1>5 Photographs<br />

NAPIER-BELL, SIMON<br />

* Simon Napier-Bell's career spans a large part of the history of<br />

British pop - now he's spilling the beans 18/03/01 R 6 1>5<br />

Photographs<br />

NAPOLEON<br />

* Britons are won over by new books and films about the French<br />

leader, Napoleon 26/08/01 B 7 1>4 Photographs<br />

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148<br />

NAPOLEON AND WELLINGTON<br />

* See Book Reviews - Burke, Jason 16/09/01<br />

NASA<br />

* Underfunding, unnecessary errors and a growing debt have left<br />

America's space agency Nasa on the brink of collapse 04/11/01<br />

B 26 1>8 Photograph<br />

NASH, JOHN FORBES<br />

* <strong>The</strong> brilliant mathematician John Forbes Nash was a troubled<br />

young man who grappled mind-bending problems, but a<br />

controversial new film makes no mention of his gay past<br />

23/12/01 B 3 1>6 Photographs<br />

NATIONAL FRONT<br />

* Racial violence flared in Oldham after National Front<br />

supporters descended on the town to try to hold an illegal march<br />

06/05/01 B 2 2>3 Photograph<br />

NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE<br />

* NHS hospitals are turning to Big Issue-style magazine-sellers<br />

to raise cash 21/01/01 B 11 8<br />

* <strong>The</strong> MoD is forced to sign contracts with 40 hospitals outside<br />

state system to beat long waiting lists - see Armed Forces<br />

28/01/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Government plans to make independent scrutiny of the<br />

NHS a criminal offence 28/01/01 B 3 7>8<br />

* Shortage of 4,700 GPs threatens NHS reforms 11/02/01 B 2<br />

5>7<br />

* Secret blueprint of the Tories would deny free NHS treatment<br />

to high earners 25/02/01 B 2 2>7<br />

* In the third series, Faisal Islam runs some tests on the longterm<br />

future of NHS funding 25/02/01 N 6 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Doctors are set for 'golden hellos' to lure them into general<br />

practice under new plans to tackle a shortage of GPs - see<br />

Medical Profession 11/03/01<br />

* Doctors and nurses face random testing for drink and drugs<br />

under radical plans being drawn up by NHS trusts 11/03/01 B<br />

12 5>7 Cartoon<br />

* Jean Brett underwent eye surgery for a disease she didn't have,<br />

her fight for justice has cost £30,000 and exposed failings in the<br />

way the NHS handles complaints 22/04/01 B 16 1>8<br />

Photographs<br />

* One health authority in five is denying patients expensive<br />

drugs in defiance of the government body set up to end NHS<br />

rationing 06/05/01 B 2 6<br />

* Britain's top nursing leader has launched a savage attack on<br />

Labour's recruitment of nurses, a centrepiece of its strategy to<br />

improve the NHS 20/05/01 B 2 2>7 Photograph<br />

* Focus on <strong>The</strong> NHS and mental health - the NHS was accused<br />

of failing a suicidal 22 year-old after her father's mercy killing<br />

trial last week 20/05/01 B 21 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Cherie Blair's visit to a hospital yesterday was in danger of<br />

backfiring after a consultant paediatrician criticised the health<br />

service - see Blair, Cherie 27/05/01<br />

* Health Secretary Alan Milburn plans in July to name and<br />

shame trusts which have failed to meet minimum standards, such<br />

as offering speedy cancer treatments 27/05/01 B 3 1>7<br />

Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> BBC was on a collision course with the Labour Party over<br />

a Panorama programme which alleges that the Government has<br />

'cooked the books' on the number of people being treated by the<br />

NHS 03/06/01 B 12 7>8<br />

* Long waits for treatment by the National Health Service are


forcing many people to consider paying for private treatment -<br />

see Health 10/06/01<br />

* In a damning report to be published this week, the NHS will be<br />

accused of 'institutional racism' 17/06/01 B 10 7>8<br />

* Asylum seekers often arrive with appalling medical conditions,<br />

so why isn't the NHS prepared to help? 24/06/01 M 47>48 1>4<br />

Photograph<br />

* Filthy, gloomy and chaotic: the reality of a new NHS flagship<br />

08/07/01 B 10 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Nurses and other medical staff in a Carlisle hospital are on the<br />

brink of winning £35m in Europe's largest equal pay case,<br />

claiming that the NHS discriminates against female workers<br />

15/07/01 B 2 2>3<br />

* <strong>The</strong> NHS is facing legal actions totalling millions of pounds<br />

from families whose children were killed or suffered brain<br />

damage following treatment at Bristol Royal Infirmary 15/07/01<br />

B 3 1>4 Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> simmering debate on the soaring rate of Caesarean births<br />

was given new impetus when a nursing leader called for a ban on<br />

the NHS except where there is no medical alternative - see<br />

Health 12/08/01<br />

* Nurses quit the ailing NHS for the good life abroad - see<br />

Medical Profession 19/08/01<br />

* Patients facing delays for operations will be sent abroad for<br />

treatment after a Government U-turn on calls to use spare beds in<br />

foreign hospitals 26/08/01 B 2 5>7 Photograph<br />

* Tony Blair was threatened with industrial action in Britain's<br />

hospitals unless he can quash fears over private sector<br />

involvement in public services 09/09/01 B 6 8<br />

* Now you too can have a film star's smile… but not on the NHS<br />

16/09/01 R 4 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Patients could have to pay to see their GP under plans being<br />

considered by Charles Kennedy, leader of the Liberal Democrats<br />

- see Politics 23/09/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> genetic secrets of millions of Britons could be sold off by<br />

the NHS to private drug companies under highly controversial<br />

proposals outlined in leaked government documents - see<br />

Genetics 23/09/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> NHS wastes £18m on poor hospital food, according to a<br />

damning report into the state of hospital catering 23/09/01 B 6<br />

1>3<br />

* <strong>Observer</strong> health editor Anthony Browne, once a passionate<br />

believer in the NHS, tells why he now feels it can never work<br />

and it is only kept alive by wrong-headed idealism 07/10/01 B<br />

26 1>6 Photographs<br />

* <strong>Observer</strong> readers' responses to comments by <strong>The</strong> <strong>Observer</strong><br />

health editor, Anthony Browne on the National Health Service<br />

14/10/01 B 30 1>7 Photographs<br />

* Britain's hospitals face a winter crisis similar to that two years<br />

ago when the NHS came close to collapse, senior doctors have<br />

warned - see Hospitals 28/10/01<br />

* France's medical system is recognised as superior to the NHS,<br />

report from Paris on the lessons that Britain can learn 11/11/01<br />

B 6 1>8 Photographs<br />

* A private healthcare company headed by one of Tony Blair's<br />

closest allies is making millions of pounds from acute NHS staff<br />

shortages 25/11/01 B 1, 3 1>3 Photograph<br />

* NHS - paying for change 02/12/01 B 19 1>7 Photographs<br />

* More than £700m of taxpayers' money allocated for the<br />

National Health Service was not spent last year 02/12/01 B 2<br />

2>7<br />

* Britain's top police officers have called for the mass<br />

OBSERVER INDEX: JAN-DEC <strong>2001</strong><br />

149<br />

prescription of heroin to addicts on the NHS - see Drugs & Drug<br />

Abuse 09/12/01<br />

* Management: We can't save the NHS just by throwing money<br />

at it - see Work 09/12/01<br />

* Patients are paying record amounts out of their own pockets to<br />

buy private treatment from the National Health Service 16/12/01<br />

B 3 1>4<br />

* A medical scanner costing millions of pounds is being used to<br />

treat pets at an NHS hospital that does not have enough nurses to<br />

use it on human patients 23/12/01 B 1 1>6<br />

NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, THE<br />

* Liverpool's Alder Hey Childrens' Hospital is braced for a<br />

violent protest over organ scandal 28/01/01 B 5 1>8<br />

Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong> stepfather of a six-year-old girl rescued after being held<br />

hostage by kidnappers for 23 days was flying to the Philippines<br />

last night to be reunited with her - see International Affairs: S.E.<br />

Asia 04/02/01<br />

* Gunfight ends ordeal for hostages in Bangladesh - see<br />

International Affairs: Indian Sub-Continent 18/03/01<br />

* One of Britain's leading hospitals discriminated against<br />

children with Down's syndrome because of the belief that<br />

operating on them was not worthwhile given their condition<br />

01/04/01 B 2 2>7<br />

* Department of Health officials are trying to persuade hospitals<br />

to plant trees where patients can see them - see Environment<br />

15/04/01<br />

* Britain's hospitals face a winter crisis similar to that two years<br />

ago when the NHS came close to collapse, senior doctors have<br />

warned 28/10/01 B 8 7>8 Photograph<br />

* A hospital in Coventry is expected to be named as the worst in<br />

the country for heart bypass operations 18/11/01 B 7 7>8<br />

NATIONAL LOTTERY<br />

* Camelot director Peter Murphy - the last of the National<br />

Lottery's so called fat cats is to quit his job with a £500,000<br />

payoff 08/04/01 N 1 3>5<br />

* Figures out this week from Camelot are expected to show that<br />

the National Lottery operator has failed to arrest the decline in<br />

ticket sales 25/11/01 N 1 1>4<br />

NATIONAL THEATRE<br />

* <strong>The</strong> long wait for the board of the National <strong>The</strong>atre to anoint<br />

Trevor Nunn's successor is being met with boos and slow<br />

handclaps from potential audiences 24/06/01 B 9 1>7<br />

Photographs<br />

NATO<br />

* Uranium panic grips Nato as a dozen peacekeepers have died<br />

and scores more claim to have been made ill be debris from US<br />

ammunition in the Balkans - see Armed Forces 07/01/01<br />

NAUGHTON, JOHN<br />

* Columnist 28/10/01 N 4 3>7 Photograph<br />

NAZIS<br />

* Nazis in Britain: the UK has been a haven to 400 Nazi<br />

murderers 02/09/01 B 15 1>6 Photographs<br />

* What is the truth about P.G. Wodehouse's relationship with the<br />

Nazi? Robert McCrum has unearthed startling new evidence<br />

thanks to a meeting with one of Plum's fellow wartime... - see<br />

Wodehouse, P.G. 18/11/01<br />

NEIGHBORS: THE DESTRUCTION OF THE JEWISH…<br />

* See Book Reviews - Steiner, George 08/04/01


NELSON, ADMIRAL LORD HORATIO<br />

* Written evidence of the relationship between Nelson and Lady<br />

Emma Hamilton was limited by prudish Victorian editors and an<br />

expert on Nelson has pieced together the censored sections of<br />

correspondence 21/10/01 B 12 1>8 Illustrations<br />

NELSON, MIKE<br />

* See Art 14/10/01<br />

NEO-NAZIS<br />

* Right-wing thugs in Germany are to be offered £30,000 if they<br />

pull out of the neo-Nazi movement 25/02/01 B 26 4>5<br />

* Neo-Nazis are gaining a foothold in Iceland, the country<br />

admired by Hitler as a model for the creation of an Aryan super<br />

race 11/03/01 B 26 5>6<br />

* Neo-Nazi German football hooligans plan to mount attacks on<br />

England supporters in an attempt to create mayhem at this<br />

week's World Cup qualifier in Munich - see Violence 26/08/01<br />

* Street battles erupt in Berlin as neo-Nazis back Hitler's army<br />

over atrocities 02/12/01 B 21 3>5 Photograph<br />

NESBITT, JAMES<br />

* Actor James Nesbitt has undertaken his most daunting<br />

professional challenge yet appearing as a Protestant in Bloody<br />

Sunday 30/12/01 R 3 1>7 Photographs<br />

NETWORKER, THE<br />

* John Naughton 07/01/01 N 8 4>7 Photograph<br />

* John Naughton 14/01/01 N 10 4>7 Photograph<br />

* John Naughton 21/01/01 N 9 1>4 Photograph<br />

* John Naughton 28/01/01 N 8 5>8 Photograph<br />

* John Naughton 04/02/01 N 9 1>4 Photograph<br />

* John Naughton 11/02/01 N 6 4>8 Photograph<br />

* John Naughton 18/02/01 N 5 1>4 Photograph<br />

* John Naughton 25/02/01 N 5 1>4 Photograph<br />

* John Naughton 04/03/01 N 11 1>4 Photograph<br />

* John Naughton 11/03/01 N 11 1>4 Photograph<br />

* John Naughton 18/03/01 N 9 1>4 Photograph<br />

* John Naughton 25/03/01 N 7 1>4 Photograph<br />

* John Naughton 01/04/01 N 6 5>8 Photograph<br />

* John Naughton 08/04/01 N 6 3>6 Photograph<br />

* John Naughton 15/04/01 N 6 5>8 Photograph<br />

* John Naughton 22/04/01 N 6 5>8 Photograph<br />

* John Naughton 29/04/01 N 10 5>8 Photograph<br />

* John Naughton 06/05/01 N 7 1>4 Photograph<br />

* John Naughton 13/05/01 N 6 5>8 Photograph<br />

* John Naughton 20/05/01 N 8 4>7 Photograph<br />

* John Naughton 27/05/01 N 11 1>4 Photograph<br />

* John Naughton 03/06/01 N 4 6>8 Photograph<br />

* John Naughton 10/06/01 N 6 3>8 Photograph<br />

* Andrew Pinder, the Prime Minister's e-Envoy, responds to<br />

comments by John Naughton in <strong>The</strong> Networker last week about<br />

the Government Gateway - see Internet 17/06/01<br />

* John Naughton 17/06/01 N 6 2>7 Photograph<br />

* John Naughton 24/06/01 N 7 1>6 Photograph<br />

OBSERVER INDEX: JAN-DEC <strong>2001</strong><br />

150<br />

* John Naughton 01/07/01 N 6 4>7 Photograph<br />

* John Naughton 08/07/01 N 7 1>4 Photograph<br />

* John Naughton 15/07/01 N 7 1>2 Photograph<br />

* John Naughton 22/07/01 N 10 1>8 Photograph<br />

* John Naughton 29/07/01 N 9 1>4 Photograph<br />

* John Naughton 05/08/01 N 6 5>8 Photograph<br />

* John Naughton 12/08/01 N 6 5>8 Photograph<br />

* John Naughton 19/08/01 N 4 1>4 Photograph<br />

* John Naughton 26/08/01 N 7 6>7 Photograph<br />

* John Naughton 26/08/01 N 7 6>7 Photograph<br />

* John Naughton 09/09/01 N 6 4>7 Photograph<br />

* John Naughton 16/09/01 N 6 3>7 Photograph<br />

* John Naughton 23/09/01 N 9 1>4 Photograph<br />

* John Naughton 30/09/01 N 7 1>4 Photograph<br />

* John Naughton 07/10/01 N 6 7>8 Photograph<br />

* John Naughton 14/10/01 N 8 1>8 Photograph<br />

* John Naughton 21/10/01 N 6 4>7 Photograph<br />

* John Naughton 04/11/01 N 6 1>2 Photograph<br />

* John Naughton 18/11/01 N 6 1>2 Photograph<br />

* John Naughton 25/11/01 N 6 4>7 Photograph<br />

* John Naughton 02/12/01 N 7 1>4 Photograph<br />

* John Naughton 09/12/01 N 5 1>4 Photograph<br />

NEUBERGER, JULIA<br />

* Columnist 03/06/01 B 30 1>6 Photograph<br />

NEW AND COLLECTED POEMS 1931-<strong>2001</strong><br />

* See Book Reviews - Kinsella, John 02/12/01<br />

NEW GIRL, THE<br />

* See Book Reviews - Wood, Gaby 22/07/01<br />

NEW GROVE DICTIONARY OF MUSIC AND MUSICIANS,<br />

THE<br />

* See Book Reviews - Maddocks, Fiona 28/01/01<br />

NEW ORDER<br />

* See Music: Pop 22/07/01<br />

NEW PENGUIN BOOK OF SCOTTISH VERSE, THE<br />

* See Book Reviews - Kemp, Arnold 01/07/01<br />

NEW YORK NOTEBOOK<br />

* Henry Porter 23/09/01 X 23 2>5 Photographs<br />

* Henry Porter 30/09/01 B 29 5 Photograph<br />

* Henry Porter 07/10/01 B 31 1 Photograph<br />

NEWCASTLE<br />

* <strong>The</strong> city that gave us Paul Gascoigne, the Tyne Bridge and<br />

Brown Ale also has a less attractive feature - the lowest number<br />

of university-educated people in the country 01/04/01 B 5 1>5<br />

Photographs<br />

NEWQUAY<br />

* Newquay, Cornwall, became the surfing capital of the UK last<br />

week when it played host to the Rip Curl international festival<br />

05/08/01 B 7 1>8 Photographs


NEWS IN BRIEF<br />

* News snippets 07/01/01 B 4 5>6 Photograph<br />

* News snippets 07/01/01 B 5 1>2 Photographs, map<br />

* Business news snippets 21/01/01 N 2 7<br />

* News snippets 21/01/01 B 5 1>2 Photographs<br />

* News snippets 28/01/01 B 4 7>8 Photographs<br />

* News snippets 04/02/01 B 4 7>8 Photographs<br />

* News snippets 11/02/01 B 4 6>7 Photograph<br />

* News snippets 18/02/01 B 5 1>2 Photograph, illustration<br />

* News snippets 25/02/01 B 4 5 Photographs<br />

* News snippets 04/03/01 B 4 7>8 Photographs<br />

* News snippets 11/03/01 B 6 7>8 Photographs<br />

* Business news snippets 18/03/01 N 2 7<br />

* News snippets 18/03/01 B 4 7>8 Photographs<br />

* News snippets 25/03/01 B 4 7>8 Photographs<br />

* Business news snippets 01/04/01 N 2 7<br />

* News snippets 01/04/01 B 4 6>7 Photographs<br />

* News snippets 08/04/01 B 4 6>7 Photographs<br />

* News snippets 15/04/01 B 4 7>8 Photographs<br />

* News snippets 22/04/01 B 4 7>8 Photographs<br />

* News snippets 29/04/01 B 4 7>8 Photographs<br />

* News snippets 06/05/01 B 4 6>7 Photographs<br />

* News snippets 13/05/01 B 4 7>8 Photographs<br />

* Business news snippets 20/05/01 N 2 8<br />

* News snippets 20/05/01 B 4 7>8<br />

* News snippets 27/05/01 B 4 6>7 Photographs<br />

* News snippets 03/06/01 B 4 7>8 Photographs<br />

* News snippets 10/06/01 B 19 4>5<br />

* Business news snippets 10/06/01 N 2 8<br />

* News snippets 10/06/01 B 6 6 Photographs<br />

* News snippets 17/06/01 B 4 7>8 Photographs<br />

* News snippets 24/06/01 B 4 7>8 Photograph<br />

* News snippets 01/07/01 B 5 1>3 Photograph<br />

* News snippets 15/07/01 B 4 7>8 Photograph<br />

* News snippets 22/07/01 B 21 6>7 Photograph<br />

* News snippets 22/07/01 B 3 1>7 Photographs<br />

* News snippets 29/07/01 B 3 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Business news snippets 05/08/01 N 2 7>8<br />

* News snippets 05/08/01 B 4 5>6 Photograph<br />

* Business news snippets 12/08/01 N 2 7>8<br />

* News snippets 12/08/01 B 4 6>8 Photograph<br />

* News snippets 19/08/01 B 4 6>7 Photograph<br />

* News snippets 26/08/01 B 5 1>7 Photograph<br />

* News snippets 02/09/01 B 4 6>7 Photographs<br />

* News snippets 09/09/01 B 4 2>5 Photograph<br />

* Business news snippets 16/09/01 N 2 7<br />

OBSERVER INDEX: JAN-DEC <strong>2001</strong><br />

151<br />

* News snippets 16/09/01 B 4 7>8 Photograph<br />

* News snippets on the New York terrorist attack 16/09/01 X 4<br />

3>4 Photograph<br />

* News snippets 23/09/01 B 4 7 Photograph<br />

* News snippets from around the world 23/09/01 X 4 7>8<br />

Photograph<br />

* Business news snippets 30/09/01 N 2 1<br />

* News snippets 30/09/01 B 7 1<br />

* Business news snippets 07/10/01 N 2 1<br />

* News snippets 07/10/01 B 9 1>2 Photograph<br />

* News snippets 14/10/01 B 10 7>8 Photograph, illustration<br />

* News snippets 21/10/01 B 8 6>7 Photograph<br />

* Business news snippets 28/10/01 N 2 8<br />

* News snippets 28/10/01 B 7 1>2<br />

* News snippets 04/11/01 B 4 6>7 Photograph<br />

* Business news snippets 11/11/01 N 2 1<br />

* News snippets 11/11/01 B 8 6>7 Photograph<br />

* Business news snippets 18/11/01 N 2 8<br />

* News snippets 18/11/01 B 6 7>8 Photograph<br />

* Business news snippets 25/11/01 N 2 8<br />

* News snippets 25/11/01 B 5 7>8 Photograph<br />

* News snippets 02/12/01 B 10 7>8 Photograph<br />

* News snippets 09/12/01 B 6 7>8 Photograph<br />

* News snippets 16/12/01 B 10 7 Photographs<br />

* News snippets 23/12/01 B 7 1>4 Photograph<br />

* News snippets 30/12/01 B 5 1>2 Photograph<br />

NEWSLINES<br />

* Sports news 07/01/01 S 13 1<br />

* Sports news 14/01/01 S 13 8<br />

* Sports news 21/01/01 S 13 8<br />

* Sports news 28/01/01 S 13 3>7<br />

* Sports news 04/02/01 S 14 8<br />

* Sports news 11/02/01 S 13 5>8<br />

* Sports news 18/02/01 S 14 8<br />

* Sports news 25/02/01 S 30 4>6<br />

* Sports news 04/03/01 S 14 4>5<br />

* Sports news 11/03/01 S 13 7>8<br />

* Sports news 18/03/01 S 13 8<br />

* Sports news 25/03/01 S 14 8<br />

* Sports news 01/04/01 S 16 3>5<br />

* Sports news 08/04/01 S 14 8<br />

* Sports news 15/04/01 S 14 1>5<br />

* Sports news 22/04/01 S 14 7>8<br />

* Sports news 29/04/01 S 12 1>6<br />

* Sports news 06/05/01 S 9 8<br />

* Sports news 20/05/01 S 16 5>8<br />

* Sports news 27/05/01 S 11 8


* Sports news 03/06/01 S 12 7>8<br />

* Sports news 10/06/01 S 9 8<br />

* Sports news 17/06/01 S 11 8<br />

* Sports news 24/06/01 S 26 6>7<br />

* Sports news 01/07/01 S 17 4>7<br />

* Sports news 08/07/01 S 7 8<br />

* Sports news 15/07/01 S 15 5>8<br />

* Sports news 22/07/01 S 15 1>6<br />

* Sports news 29/07/01 S 5 2>6<br />

* Sports news 05/08/01 S 13 1<br />

* Sports news 12/08/01 S 9 4>5<br />

* Sports news 19/08/01 S 13 4>8 Illustration<br />

* Sports news 26/08/01 S 17 3>5<br />

* Sports news 02/09/01 S 14 3>8<br />

* Sports news 09/09/01 S 13 7>8<br />

* Sports news 23/09/01 B 14 1>4<br />

* Sports news 07/10/01 S 14 6<br />

* Sports news 14/10/01 S 10 3>7<br />

* Sports news 21/10/01 S 13 4>6<br />

* Sports news 04/11/01 S 11 8<br />

* Sports news 11/11/01 S 14 5>8<br />

* Sports news 25/11/01 S 5 1>8<br />

* Sports news 02/12/01 S 12 1>8<br />

* Sports news 09/12/01 S 14 5>8<br />

* Sports news 16/12/01 S 14 1>8<br />

* Sports news 23/12/01 S 13 6>7<br />

NICHOLS, PETER<br />

* Peter Nichols's black comedy, A Day in the Death of Joe Egg,<br />

based on coping with his own handicapped child is being<br />

revived… Nichols chronicles its restaging after nearly 35 years -<br />

see <strong>The</strong>atre 23/09/01<br />

NIGHT<br />

* Night workers 04/02/01 M 10>15 1>2 Photographs<br />

* Night life: things to do after dark 04/02/01 M 15 3 Illustration<br />

* DJs - the ladies of the night 04/02/01 M 16>21 1>4<br />

Photographs<br />

* Night life: more things to do after dark 04/02/01 M 21 1>3<br />

Illustration<br />

* Closing time in London 04/02/01 M 22>25 1 Photograph<br />

* Norway - the city where it's night all day 04/02/01 M 26>31 1<br />

Photograph<br />

* Cult author Jake Arnot reflects on the lure of the night<br />

04/02/01 M 8>9 1>4 Photograph<br />

NIGHTCLUBS<br />

* After months of negotiations Peter Stringfellow is poised to<br />

open his second table dancing club in Paris - see Stringfellow,<br />

Peter 11/02/01<br />

* Dancing clubs are big business, raking in millions, but as some<br />

UK firms stumble, US rivals seek a slice of the action 11/02/01<br />

N 3 1>5 Photographs<br />

OBSERVER INDEX: JAN-DEC <strong>2001</strong><br />

152<br />

* Police are to be given radical new powers to arrest club owners<br />

for allowing drugs to be taken in their clubs, prompting a furious<br />

reaction from rave entrepreneurs - see Drugs & Drug Abuse<br />

13/05/01<br />

* Amelia Hill in New York reports on a new club run by women<br />

sexual liberation gurus who are ready to spread the word in<br />

Britain - see International Affairs: U.S.A. 17/06/01<br />

NIGHTMARE TOWN<br />

* See Book Review - Guttridge, Peter 03/05/01<br />

NIKE<br />

* Nike employees continue to face poverty, harassment,<br />

dismissal and violent intimidation despite its pledge three years<br />

ago to improve conditions for the 500,000 strong global<br />

workforce 20/05/01 B 12 1>8 Photographs<br />

NINETEEN TWENTY-ONE<br />

* See Book Reviews - Griffiths, Joanna 24/06/01<br />

NINETY DEGREES NORTH<br />

* See Book Reviews - MacFarlane, Robert 02/09/01<br />

NIP 'N' TUCK<br />

* See Book Reviews - Thorpe, Vanessa 11/11/01<br />

NO GREAT MISCHIEF<br />

* See Book Reviews - Merritt, Stephanie 03/06/01<br />

NOBEL PEACE PRIZE<br />

* Some women who have won the Nobel Peace Prize and why,<br />

in its 100-year history only a fraction of its laureates have been<br />

women 16/12/01 R 2 1>6 Photographs<br />

NOBEL PRIZE<br />

* Japan's offer of all-expenses paid trip to Nobel prize officials<br />

outrages Scandinavians - see International Affairs: Europe<br />

16/12/01<br />

NOBLE SAVAGE, THE<br />

* Myth of <strong>The</strong> Noble Savage is revealed - author says term was<br />

the work of racists, not 18th century philosopher Rousseau<br />

15/04/01 B 9 1>3 Photograph<br />

NOBLE, ADRIAN<br />

* Adrian Noble, defiant RSC director attacks 'snobbery' and<br />

'insulting' critics - see Arts, <strong>The</strong> 25/11/01<br />

NOONDAY DEMON, THE<br />

* See Book Reviews - Gerrard, Nicci 06/05/01<br />

NORMAN, BARRY<br />

* Interview with film critic Barry Norman who, after 29 years of<br />

telling us what's worth seeing at the cinema, is finally hanging<br />

up his notebook and 3-D glasses 27/05/01 R 3 1>5 Photographs<br />

NORMAN, JESSYE<br />

* See Music: Classical 22/07/01<br />

NORTHERN LIGHTS, THE<br />

* See Book Reviews - Sisman, Adam 13/05/01<br />

NORTON, GRAHAM<br />

* Interview with 'camp' presenter Graham Norton who has won<br />

the best entertainer Bafta for the past two years running<br />

28/10/01 M 10>14 1>4 Photographs<br />

NOSE, THE<br />

* See Book Reviews - Mars-Jones, Adam 05/08/01


NOUGHTS & CROSSES<br />

* See Children's Choice 07/01/01<br />

NOYE, KENNETH<br />

* When robber and cop-killer Kenneth Noye was extradited from<br />

Spain for his brutal 'M25' murder, it seemed justice had been<br />

done but the small matter of three tons of stolen bullion remains<br />

25/02/01 M 34>39 1>4 Photographs<br />

NUCLEAR INDUSTRY<br />

* A major disaster was narrowly averted at Selafield's nuclear<br />

waste plant in Cumbria when more than 2,000 tonnes of highlevel<br />

nuclear waste almost exploded 11/02/01 B 6 1>2<br />

* Family struck by cancer tragedy demands an inquiry into the<br />

environmental risks of the work at Devonport nuclear dock in<br />

Plymouth 18/02/01 B 10 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Britain's nuclear weapons project is revealed in the first<br />

officially sanctioned history of the 'super bomb project' by Lorna<br />

Arnold - see H-bomb 15/04/01<br />

* One of the most significant leukaemia clusters has been<br />

discovered among children living near the Oldbury nuclear<br />

power station on the banks of the Severn 29/04/01 B 1>2 8<br />

* <strong>The</strong> shocking revelation about a child leukaemia cluster in the<br />

Severn Valley sounds a radiation health alert for all who live<br />

near nuclear plants 29/04/01 B 6 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Britain's nuclear industry was involved in a top secret<br />

international operation to steal dead babies for up to three<br />

decades, according to newly declassified documents 03/06/01 B<br />

9 1>4 Photograph<br />

* British Nuclear Fuels will this week report a series of severe<br />

operational problems which left it with an operating loss of<br />

nearly £200m last year 24/06/01 N 1 1>4 Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> new Energy Minister, Brian Wilson, has given the<br />

strongest signal yet that the government will support building<br />

more UK nuclear power stations 01/07/01 N 1 1>3 Photograph<br />

* Investigation on the pressures on the new Minister of Energy<br />

to keep atomic power 01/07/01 N 5 1>3 Photograph<br />

* Nuclear generator British Energy has approached the<br />

government over the possibility of buying BNFL's nuclear fuel<br />

manufacturing and reactor services division 05/08/01 N 1 2>5<br />

* Atomic services group British Nuclear Fuels is asking the<br />

government to pay it more for dismantling radioactive plants and<br />

disposing of waste 19/08/01 N 1 5>8<br />

* Brian Watson has imposed harsh discipline at the giant nuclear<br />

site, Sellafield, but it's a tough job 19/08/01 N 7 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Who picks up the tab if public-private partnerships go wrong?<br />

- see Public/Private Sector 28/10/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Government is set to exempt the atomic industry from a<br />

'green' energy tax 04/11/01 N 1 1>3<br />

* A Sudanese businessman, whose pharmaceuticals factory was<br />

destroyed by US cruise missiles in 1998, has multi-million<br />

pound investments in two British security firms which supply 11<br />

nuclear stations 04/11/01 B 2 4>6<br />

* Nuclear generator British Energy plans to take atomic services<br />

group British Nuclear Fuels to the Office of Fair Trading in a<br />

dispute over £300-million-a-year reprocessing contracts<br />

11/11/01 N 2 3>6<br />

NUCLEAR WEAPONS<br />

* Britain's nuclear weapons project is revealed in the first<br />

officially sanctioned history of the 'super bomb project' by Lorna<br />

Arnold 15/04/01 B 9 1>7 Photographs<br />

NUMBER9DREAM<br />

OBSERVER INDEX: JAN-DEC <strong>2001</strong><br />

153<br />

* See Book Reviews - MacFarlane, Robert 11/03/01<br />

NUNN, TREVOR<br />

* Trevor Nunn's latest commercial hit - the revival of My Fair<br />

Lady - has put him at the centre of a bitter dispute 25/03/01 B 6<br />

4>8 Photographs<br />

OASIS<br />

* See Music: Rock 14/10/01<br />

OBEDIENT FATHER, AN<br />

* See Book Reviews - Shapiro, Anna 14/01/01<br />

OBORNE, PETER<br />

* Columnist 23/09/01 X 23 1 Photograph<br />

OBSERVER BESTSELLER LISTS, THE<br />

* Book charts 07/01/01 R 20 1>5<br />

* Book charts 14/01/01 R 18 1>5<br />

* Book charts 21/01/01 R 18 1>5<br />

* Book charts 28/01/01 R 21 1>5<br />

* Book charts 04/02/01 R 18 1>5<br />

* Book charts 11/02/01 R 18 1>5<br />

* Book charts 18/02/01 R 18 1>5<br />

* Book charts 25/02/01 R 20 1>5<br />

* Book charts 04/03/01 R 18 1>6<br />

* Book charts 11/03/01 R 20 1>5<br />

* Book charts 18/03/01 R 18 1>5<br />

* Book charts 25/03/01 R 18 1>5<br />

* Book charts 01/04/01 R 18 1>5<br />

* Book charts 08/04/01 R 18 1>5<br />

* Book charts 15/04/01 R 18 1>5<br />

* Book charts 22/04/01 R 18 1>5<br />

* Book charts 29/04/01 R 18 1>5<br />

* Book charts 06/05/01 R 18 1>5<br />

* Book charts 13/05/01 R 18 1>5<br />

* Book charts 20/05/01 R 18 1>5<br />

* Book charts 27/05/01 R 18 1>5<br />

* Book charts 03/06/01 R 18 1>5<br />

* Book charts 10/06/01 R 18 1>5<br />

* Book charts 17/06/01 R 18 1>5<br />

* Book charts 24/06/01 R 18 1>5<br />

* Book charts 01/07/01 R 18 1>5<br />

* Book charts 08/07/01 R 18 1>5<br />

* Book charts 15/07/01 R 18 1>5<br />

* Book charts 22/07/01 R 18 1>5<br />

* Book charts 29/07/01 R 18 1>5<br />

* Book charts 05/08/01 R 18 1>5<br />

* Book charts 12/08/01 R 18 1>5<br />

* Book charts 19/08/01 R 19 1>5<br />

* Book charts 26/08/01 R 18 1>5<br />

* Book charts 02/09/01 R 18 1>5


* Book charts 09/09/01 R 18 1>5<br />

* Book charts 16/09/01 R 18 1>5<br />

* Book charts 23/09/01 R 18 1>5<br />

* Book charts 30/09/01 R 18 1>5<br />

* Book charts 07/10/01 R 18 1>5<br />

* Book charts 14/10/01 R 18 1>5<br />

* Book charts 21/10/01 R 18 1>5<br />

* Book charts 28/10/01 R 18 1>5<br />

* Book charts 04/11/01 R 18 1>5<br />

* Book charts 11/11/01 R 18 1>5<br />

* Book charts 18/11/01 R 18 1>6<br />

* Book charts 25/11/01 R 16 1>5<br />

* Book charts 02/12/01 R 18 1>5<br />

* Book charts 09/12/01 R 18 1>5<br />

* Book charts 16/12/01 R 18 1>5<br />

* Book charts 23/12/01 R 17 1>5<br />

* Book charts 30/12/01 R 15 1>5<br />

OBSERVER CHRISTMAS APPEAL<br />

* Refugee Action and Action Aid have been chosen as the<br />

charities to benefit from the <strong>Observer</strong>'s Christmas Appeal<br />

02/12/01 B 25 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Report on the work of Refugee Action, describing the plight of<br />

women asylum-seekers in the UK 09/12/01 B 24 1>7<br />

Photograph<br />

* Report on how ActionAid is helping Zimbabweans cope with<br />

Aids 16/12/01 B 22 1>5 Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> work of Refugee Action, one of the charities backed by<br />

<strong>The</strong> <strong>Observer</strong> Christmas Appeal 23/12/01 B 12 1>7 Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> final week of the Christmas Appeal in support of the<br />

charities Refugee Action and Action Aid 30/12/01 B 12 1>5<br />

Photographs<br />

OBSERVER, THE<br />

* <strong>Observer</strong> photographer wins World Press Photo Award - see<br />

Photography 11/02/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> <strong>Observer</strong>'s Economics correspondent, Faisal Islam, has<br />

won the prestigious Wincott Award for young financial<br />

journalist of the year 29/04/01 B 1 1 Photograph<br />

* A reprint of an editorial by David Astor on the Suez Canal,<br />

which appeared in <strong>The</strong> <strong>Observer</strong> on 4 November 1956, and has<br />

been hailed as one of the most significant of the twentieth… -<br />

see Astor, David 09/12/01<br />

* David Astor, who died last week, was editor of <strong>The</strong> <strong>Observer</strong><br />

for 27 years - he took risks, challenged authority and gave the<br />

paper an unrivalled reputation across the world - see Astor,<br />

David 09/12/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> <strong>Observer</strong> wins top award 23/12/01 B 1 1>2 Photographs<br />

O'CONNOR, FRANCES<br />

* Interview with actress Frances O'Connor who stars in A.I.<br />

16/09/01 R 8 1>6 Photographs<br />

ODONE, CRISTINA<br />

* Columnist 21/01/01 B 27 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Columnist 18/02/01 B 27 1>3 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 04/03/01 B 29 1>4 Photograph<br />

OBSERVER INDEX: JAN-DEC <strong>2001</strong><br />

154<br />

* Columnist 11/03/01 B 29 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 15/03/01 B 23 1>3 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 18/03/01 B 31 2>5 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 25/03/01 B 27 1>3 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 01/04/01 B 27 1>3 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 08/04/01 B 23 2>5 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 22/04/01 B 25 1>3 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 29/04/01 B 23 1>3 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 06/05/01 B 29 2>4 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 13/05/01 B 27 1>3 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 20/05/01 B 29 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 27/05/01 B 19 1>5 Photographs<br />

* Columnist 03/06/01 B 33 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Columnist 10/06/01 B 23 1>3 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 17/06/01 B 23 1>3 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 24/06/01 B 23 1>3 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 01/07/01 B 21 1>3 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 08/07/01 B 27 1>3 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 15/07/01 B 23 1>3 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 22/07/01 B 23 1>5 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 29/07/01 B 27 1>3 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 05/08/01 B 29 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 12/08/01 B 23 1>5 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 26/08/01 B 23 1>3 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 02/09/01 B 21 1>3 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 09/09/01 B 21 1>3 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 23/09/01 X 22 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 30/09/01 B 27 1>3 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 07/10/01 B 27 1>3 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 14/10/01 B 31 1>3 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 21/10/01 B 29 1>3 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 28/10/01 B 29 1>3 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 04/11/01 B 31 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 11/11/01 B 29 1>3 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 18/11/01 B 27 1>3 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 25/11/01 B 31 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 02/12/01 B 27 1>3 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 09/12/01 B 25 5>6 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 16/12/01 B 23 1>3 Photograph<br />

OESTREICHER, PAUL<br />

* Columnist 05/08/01 B 28 1>5 Photograph<br />

O'FAOLAIN, NUALA<br />

* On the eve of the publication of her first novel, Nuala<br />

O'Faolain, the outspoken Irish columnist talks about illicit love,<br />

alcohol and the advantages of being a late starter 08/04/01 M<br />

34>38 1>4 Photographs<br />

OFF SCREEN


* Jon Henderson 07/01/01 S 15 1>5<br />

* Jon Henderson 14/01/01 S 15 1>5<br />

* Jon Henderson 21/01/01 S 15 1>5<br />

* Denis Campbell 28/01/01 S 15 1>5<br />

* Jon Henderson 04/02/01 S 15 1>5<br />

* Jon Henderson 11/02/01 S 15 1>5<br />

* Jon Henderson 18/02/01 S 15 1>5<br />

* Jon Henderson 25/02/01 S 31 1>5<br />

* Jon Henderson 04/03/01 S 15 1>5<br />

* Jon Henderson 11/03/01 S 15 1>4<br />

* Jon Henderson 18/03/01 S 15 1>5<br />

* Jon Henderson 25/03/01 S 15 1>5<br />

* Jon Henderson 01/04/01 S 15 1>4<br />

* Dennis Campbell 08/04/01 S 15 1>6<br />

* Jon Henderson 22/04/01 S 15 1>5<br />

* Jon Henderson 29/04/01 S 15 1>5<br />

* Jon Henderson 06/05/01 S 13 7>8<br />

* Jon Henderson 13/05/01 S 11 1>5<br />

* Jon Henderson 20/05/01 S 15 1>3<br />

* Jon Henderson 27/05/01 S 13 1>4<br />

* Jon Henderson 17/06/01 S 15 1>5<br />

* Jon Henderson 24/06/01 S 27 1>5<br />

* Jon Henderson 01/07/01 S 19 1>5<br />

* Dennis Campbell 08/07/01 S 15 7>8<br />

* Jon Henderson 15/07/01 S 15 7>8<br />

* Jon Henderson 29/07/01 S 15 1>5<br />

* Jon Henderson 05/08/01 S 15 1>5<br />

* Dennis Campbell 12/08/01 S 11 1>5<br />

* Jon Henderson 19/08/01 S 17 1>5<br />

* Jon Henderson 26/08/01 S 19 1>5<br />

* Jon Henderson 02/09/01 S 15 1>5<br />

* Jon Henderson 09/09/01 S 15 1>5<br />

* Jon Henderson 23/09/01 B 20 5>7<br />

* Jon Henderson 30/09/01 S 13 1>3<br />

* Jon Henderson 07/10/01 S 15 1>6<br />

* Jon Henderson 14/10/01 S 11 5>6<br />

* Jon Henderson 04/11/01 S 13 1>4<br />

* Jon Henderson 11/11/01 S 13 1>5<br />

* Jon Henderson 18/11/01 S 15 1>4<br />

* Jon Henderson 25/11/01 S 15 1>5<br />

* Jon Henderson 02/12/01 S 15 1>3<br />

* Jon Henderson 09/12/01 S 15 1>4<br />

* Jon Henderson 16/12/01 S 13 1>3<br />

* Jon Henderson 23/12/01 S 13 1>5<br />

OFFICE OF FAIR TRADING<br />

* Bookmakers are lodging a complaint with the Office of Fair<br />

OBSERVER INDEX: JAN-DEC <strong>2001</strong><br />

155<br />

Trading over unfair practices by the British Horseracing Board<br />

to increase the cost of beaming live racing - see Sport: Horse<br />

Racing 07/10/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Office of Fair Trading is expected to accuse BSkyB of<br />

acting anti-competitively when it comes to charging its rivals for<br />

its premium channels - see Business & Industry 07/10/01<br />

OIL INDUSTRY<br />

* Sheikh Yamani has predicted that if oil prices rise as a result of<br />

this week's Opec summit in Vienna, it could lead to a world<br />

recession 14/01/01 N 1 1>7<br />

* Sheikh Yamani tells why a production cut would hurt everyone<br />

- even Opec 14/01/01 N 7 1>8 Photograph<br />

* Petrol companies face a row with the Government over their<br />

refusal to pass on to motorists tax cuts on environmentally<br />

friendly fuel 11/02/01 N 2 7<br />

* <strong>The</strong> price of petrol could rise by more than 50p a gallon after<br />

Iraq, the world's second largest oil producer, yesterday<br />

announced it was stopping exports tomorrow 03/06/01 B 1 2>6<br />

* Crude oil prices could soar through $40 a barrel if the Middle<br />

East crisis escalates into widespread military reprisals for the<br />

terrorist attacks on the US 16/09/01 N 1 3>7 Graph<br />

* Sheikh Yamani tells Oliver Morgan of his exasperation at<br />

Opec's quota-busting members 30/09/01 N 4 1>8 Photograph<br />

* Tony Blair's most trusted aide, Anji Hunter who has taken a<br />

top job with BP, stands to earn tens of thousands of pounds in<br />

additional bonus payments if oil prices and profits soar - see<br />

Politics 18/11/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> City is slashing forecasts for profits at UK and European<br />

Oil giants by more than 20 per cent as ructions between Opec<br />

and other oil producers send expectations of 2002 prices<br />

plummeting 18/11/01 N 1 1>3<br />

* <strong>The</strong> world's most powerful oil man warned that crude prices<br />

could fall through the floor 25/11/01 B 12 7>8<br />

OLIVER, JAMIE<br />

* Celebrity chef Jamie Oliver will open up a restaurant in the<br />

new year staffed entirely by young and disadvantaged<br />

newcomers 23/12/01 B 7 1>5 Photographs<br />

OLIVIER, LAWRENCE<br />

* Interview with actress Joan Plowright on the publication of her<br />

memoirs which reveal the 25 years as Laurence Olivier's wife -<br />

see Plowright, Joan 07/10/01<br />

OMAR, MULLAH MOHAMED<br />

* Profile on Mullah Mohamed Omar, Taliban chief - see<br />

Terrorism 23/09/01<br />

ON BROADCAST<br />

* Steve Barnett 07/01/01 N 10 5>8 Photograph<br />

* Steve Barnett 21/01/01 N 7 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Steve Barnett 04/02/01 N 6 5>8 Photograph<br />

* Steve Barnett 25/02/01 N 4 3>8 Photograph<br />

* Steve Barnett 18/03/01 N 7 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Steve Barnett 01/04/01 N 7 4>8 Photograph<br />

* Steve Barnett 15/04/01 N 7 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Steve Barnett 06/05/01 N 6 4>7 Photograph<br />

* Steve Barnett 20/05/01 N 5 1>5 Photograph<br />

* Steve Barnett 03/06/01 N 7 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Steve Barnett 17/06/01 N 7 1>4 Photograph


* Steve Barnett 01/07/01 N 6 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Steve Barnett 15/07/01 N 6 5>8 Photograph<br />

* Dan Milmo 29/07/01 N 6 4>7 Photograph<br />

* Steve Barnett 16/09/01 N 7 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Steve Barnett 23/09/01 N 6 1>8 Photograph<br />

* Steve Barnett 14/10/01 N 9 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Steve Barnett 04/11/01 N 7 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Steve Barnett 18/11/01 N 7 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Steve Barnett 02/12/01 N 6 1>2 Photograph<br />

* Steve Barnett 16/12/01 N 7 1>4 Photograph<br />

ON GREEN DOLPHIN STREET<br />

* See Book Reviews - Clark, Candida 22/04/01<br />

* See Audiobook Reviews - Bunce, Kim 06/05/01<br />

ON MUSIC<br />

* See Book Reviews - Hensher, Philip 04/02/01<br />

ON SCREEN<br />

* Sport on TV 07/01/01 S 15 6>8<br />

* Sport on TV 14/01/01 S 15 6>8 Photograph<br />

* Sport on TV 21/01/01 S 15 6>8<br />

* Sport on TV 28/01/01 S 15 6>8<br />

* Sport on TV 04/02/01 S 15 6>8 Photograph<br />

* Sport on TV 11/02/01 S 15 6>8<br />

* Sport on TV 18/02/01 S 15 6>8 Photograph<br />

* Sport on TV 25/02/01 S 31 6>8 Photograph<br />

* Sport on TV 04/03/01 S 15 6>8 Photograph<br />

* Sport on TV 11/03/01 S 15 5>7<br />

* Sport on TV 18/03/01 S 15 6>8 Photograph<br />

* Sport on TV 25/03/01 S 15 6>8 Photograph<br />

* Sport on TV 01/04/01 S 15 5>6 Photograph<br />

* Sport on TV 08/04/01 S 15 7>8 Photograph<br />

* Sport on TV 15/04/01 S 14 5>7 Photograph<br />

* Sport on TV 22/04/01 S 15 6>8 Photograph<br />

* Sport on TV 29/04/01 S 15 6>8 Photograph<br />

* Sport on TV 06/05/01 S 13 7>8 Photograph<br />

* Sport on TV 13/05/01 S 11 6>8 Photograph<br />

* Sport on TV 20/05/01 S 15 4>6 Photograph<br />

* Sport on TV 27/05/01 S 13 5>8<br />

* Sport on TV 03/06/01 S 13 4>6 Photograph<br />

* Sport on TV 10/06/01 S 11 7>8 Photograph<br />

* Sport on TV 17/06/01 S 15 6>8<br />

* Sport on TV 24/06/01 S 27 6>8 Photograph<br />

* Sport on TV 01/07/01 S 19 6>8 Photograph<br />

* Sport on TV 08/07/01 S 15 7>8 Photographs<br />

* Sport on TV 15/07/01 S 15 7>8<br />

* Sport on TV 22/07/01 S 15 6>8 Photograph<br />

* Sport on TV 29/07/01 S 15 6>8 Photograph<br />

OBSERVER INDEX: JAN-DEC <strong>2001</strong><br />

156<br />

* Sport on TV 05/08/01 S 15 6>8 Photograph<br />

* Sport on TV 12/08/01 S 11 6>8 Photograph<br />

* Sport on TV 19/08/01 S 17 6>8 Photograph<br />

* Sport on TV 26/08/01 S 19 6>8 Photograph<br />

* Sport on TV 02/09/01 S 15 6>8 Photograph<br />

* Sport on TV 09/09/01 S 15 6>8 Photograph<br />

* Sport on TV 16/09/01 B 18 7>8 Photograph<br />

* Sport on TV 23/09/01 B 20 5>7<br />

* Sport on TV 30/09/01 S 13 4>5 Photograph<br />

* Sport on TV 07/10/01 S 15 7>8 Photograph<br />

* Sport on TV 14/10/01 S 11 7>8 Photograph<br />

* Sport on TV 21/10/01 S 13 7>8<br />

* Sport on TV 04/11/01 S 13 5>8<br />

* Sport on TV 11/11/01 S 13 6>8 Photograph<br />

* Sport on TV 18/11/01 S 15 5>8 Photograph<br />

* Sport on TV 25/11/01 S 15 6>8 Photograph<br />

* Sport on TV 02/12/01 S 15 4>6 Photograph<br />

* Sport on TV 09/12/01 S 15 5>8 Photograph<br />

* Sport on TV 16/12/01 S 13 4>6<br />

* Sport on TV 23/12/01 S 13 6>8 Photograph<br />

* Sport on TV 30/12/01 S 13 2>5 Photograph<br />

ON SNOOKER<br />

* See Book Reviews - Trelford, Donald 14/10/01<br />

ON THE MARKET<br />

* Fleming Funds Isa 14/01/01 C 15 1<br />

* Britannic Retirement Solutions With-Profits Annuity 21/01/01<br />

C 19 1<br />

* Gartmore Focus Funds 28/01/01 C 17 1<br />

* Old Mutual UK Select Smaller Companies Fund 04/02/01 C<br />

19 1<br />

* Jupiter Global Green Investment Trust 11/02/01 C 13 1<br />

* Scottish Value Management ISA 18/02/01 C 15 1<br />

* Foreign & Colonial Blue 25/02/01 C 21 1<br />

* Liverpool Victoria With-Profits Growth Bond 04/03/01 C 17<br />

1<br />

* Aberdeen American Monthly Income Isa 11/03/01 C 17 1<br />

* ABN Amro UK Select Opportunities Fund 11/03/01 C 17 1<br />

* Norwich Union Sustainable Future Funds 18/03/01 C 15 1<br />

* KeyWorld Holiday Investment Bond 01/04/01 C 17 1<br />

* Exeter Chameleon Life-stage ISA 08/04/01 C 17 1<br />

* Framlington UK Smaller Companies Fund 15/04/01 C 11 1<br />

* Rathbone Global Companies Fund 22/04/01 C 13 1<br />

* Chartwell Guaranteed Return Bond 29/04/01 C 11 1<br />

* SocGen Sterling Corporate Bond Unit Trust 06/05/01 C 13 1<br />

* First Property Investment 13/05/01 C 11 1<br />

* Merrill Lynch Defined Returns 20/05/01 C 13 1<br />

* HSBC Three-Fund Isa 27/05/01 C 11 1


* Framlington Absolute Growth Fund 03/06/01 C 13 1<br />

* New Star UK Growth and European Growth Funds 10/06/01<br />

C 13 1<br />

* Jupiter Portfolio Service 17/06/01 C 11 1<br />

* Newcastle Global Guaranteed Equity Bond (Issue 2) 24/06/01<br />

C 11 1<br />

* Gartmore Stable Growth Fund 01/07/01 C 13 1<br />

* Chartwell Maximiser Isa 08/07/01 C 11 1<br />

* Bradford & Bingley Double Savings Bond 15/07/01 C 13 1<br />

* BFS Managed Properties 22/07/01 C 11 1<br />

* Merrill Lynch FTSE 100 Growth Pip 29/07/01 C 13 1<br />

* NDF Income Plan 05/08/01 C 11 1<br />

* Abbey National Extra Income and Growth Plan 3 12/08/01 C<br />

13 1<br />

* Yorkshire Bank Guaranteed Equity Bond 19/08/01 C 11 1<br />

* Eurolife Blue Chip Plus Plan 26/08/01 C 11 1<br />

* Northern Rock and Legal & General: balances - choices<br />

second edition 02/09/01 C 11 1<br />

* Isis UK Dynamic, Aim Growth and UK Smaller Markets funds<br />

09/09/01 C 11 1<br />

* GAM Star American Focus Fund 16/09/01 R 7 1<br />

* Five Arrows Monthly Income Fund 23/09/01 C 7 1<br />

* Inora Life Offshore Generation Bond 30/09/01 C 18 5<br />

* Go Private Clients' Savings Account 07/10/01 C 13 1<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Income & Growth Generator 14/10/01 C 15 1<br />

* Exeter Hidden Value Portfolio 21/10/01 C 15 1<br />

* Thomas & Friends Children's Investment Plan 28/10/01 C 15<br />

1<br />

* FundsNetwork Balanced Performance and Famous Five<br />

packages 04/11/01 C 11 1<br />

* ABN Amro N American Growth Fund 11/11/01 C 5 1<br />

* Friends Ivory & Sime European Assets Trust 25/11/01 C 15 1<br />

* Schroder Split Investment Fund 02/12/01 C 11 1<br />

* MFS UK Equity, Continental European Equity and US Growth<br />

Equity funds 09/12/01 R 11 1<br />

* Inora Life Protected Profit Bond 16/12/01 C 11 1<br />

ON THE PRESS<br />

* Peter Preston 14/01/01 N 9 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Peter Preston 28/01/01 N 6 3>6 Photograph<br />

* Hugh Stephenson 11/02/01 N 10 5>8 Photograph<br />

* Peter Preston 18/02/01 N 8 5>8 Photograph<br />

* Peter Preston 11/03/01 N 7 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Peter Preston 25/03/01 N 5 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Peter Preston 08/04/01 N 7 1>5 Photograph, graph<br />

* Peter Preston 15/04/01 N 7 5>8 Photographs<br />

* Peter Preston 22/04/01 N 9 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Peter Preston 29/04/01 N 6 5>8 Photograph<br />

* Peter Preston 13/05/01 N 7 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Peter Preston 27/05/01 N 6 5>8 Photograph<br />

OBSERVER INDEX: JAN-DEC <strong>2001</strong><br />

157<br />

* Peter Preston 10/06/01 N 7 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Peter Preston 24/06/01 N 6 4>7 Photograph<br />

* Peter Preston 08/07/01 N 6 4>7 Photograph<br />

* Peter Preston 22/07/01 N 6>7 6>8 Photograph<br />

* Peter Preston 12/08/01 N 5 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Peter Preston 19/08/01 N 5 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Peter Preston 02/09/01 N 8 5>8 Photograph<br />

* Peter Preston 16/09/01 N 7 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Peter Preston 30/09/01 N 6 2>6 Photograph<br />

* Peter Preston 28/10/01 N 9 1>8 Photograph<br />

* Peter Preston 11/11/01 N 5 4>6 Photographs<br />

ONCE AND FUTURE KING, THE<br />

* See Classicwatch 24/06/01<br />

ONCE IN A HOUSE ON FIRE<br />

* See Audiobook Reviews - Bunce, Kim 07/10/01<br />

ONE FOR MY BABY<br />

* See Book Reviews - Merritt, Stephanie 24/06/01<br />

ONE MARKET UNDER GOD<br />

* See Book Reviews - Adams, Tim 04/02/01<br />

O'NEAL, STANLEY<br />

* Stanley O'Neal, descendant of slaves, is set to lead Merrill<br />

Lynch, making history in Wall Street and across the US - see<br />

International Affairs: U.S.A. 29/07/01<br />

ONLY IN LONDON<br />

* See Book Reviews - Mars-Jones, Adam 03/06/01<br />

ONO, YOKO<br />

* Interview with Yoko Ono 04/11/01 M 10>14 1>4 Photographs<br />

OPEN SECRET<br />

* See Book Reviews - Rose, David 16/09/01<br />

OPIE, JULIAN<br />

* See Art 11/02/01<br />

OPPENHEIMER, NICKY<br />

* Profile on Nicky Oppenheimer, De Beers' new chief 04/03/01<br />

N 4 1>8 Photograph<br />

ORBACH, SUSIE<br />

* Columnist 24/06/01 B 27 1>4 Photograph<br />

ORGAN TRANSPLANTS<br />

* Clint Hallam was given a new hand after an accident in prison,<br />

he has now had it amputated in a secret operation 04/02/01 B 4<br />

1>8 Photographs<br />

ORNAMENTALISM<br />

* See Book Reviews - McCrum, Robert 06/05/01<br />

ORTEGA, DANIEL<br />

* Profile on Daniel Ortega, who was, 20 years ago, the romantic<br />

hero who led tiny Nicaragua against the might of the US could<br />

be back in November's elections 02/09/01 B 21 1>6 Caricature<br />

OSBORNE, JOHN<br />

* Six years after playwright, John Osborne's death, his widow<br />

has received a request from his publisher for an advance paid on<br />

uncompleted work 21/01/01 B 5 1>8 Photographs


OSMOND, DONNY<br />

* Interview with Donny Osmond who is back after 20 years in<br />

the wilderness 25/03/01 M 10>15 1>4 Photographs<br />

OTHER SIDE OF EDEN, THE<br />

* See Book Reviews - Coward, Ros 28/01/01<br />

OUR WEDDINGS<br />

* See Book Reviews - Merritt, Stephanie 05/08/01<br />

OUR WORLD IS OUR WEAPON<br />

* See Book Reviews - Wazir, Burhan 04/03/01<br />

OUTHWAITE, TAMZIN<br />

* Leaving EastEnders will make Tamzin Outhwaite one of the<br />

BBC's highest paid stars 25/11/01 R 8 1>4 Photographs<br />

OXFORD COMPANION TO THE EARTH, THE<br />

* See Book Reviews - McKie, Robin 07/01/01<br />

OXYGEN<br />

* See Book Reviews - Adams, Tim 16/09/01<br />

PAEDOPHILES<br />

* Euan Ferguson meets... Katrina Kessell, who led the protests<br />

against paedophiles in Portsmouth - see Kessell, Katrina<br />

04/02/01<br />

* An international online paedophile ring ran for four years<br />

before being smashed by the biggest international police<br />

operation ever 11/02/01 B 12 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Horror of paedophilia is acted out on stage, some scenes are<br />

too graphic for its boy star to see - see <strong>The</strong>atre 25/02/01<br />

* Paedophiles who adopt false identities to roam the internet in<br />

search of children to abuse face five years in jail under new antistalking<br />

laws 20/05/01 B 4 7>8<br />

* American investigators hunting Eric Franklin Rosser, one of<br />

the most dangerous paedophiles in the world, believe he may be<br />

in the UK and have alerted British police 17/06/01 B 11 1>2<br />

Photograph<br />

* Serious sex offenders including rapists and paedophiles, will<br />

be refused early release from prison under a crackdown by<br />

Home Secretary David Blunkett designed to ease public concern<br />

- see Crime 01/07/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> head of Channel 4 defended his decision to screen a<br />

controversial spoof about paedophilia - see Television 29/07/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> sex offenders' register containing the addresses of 15,000<br />

criminals, is to be doubled in size as the government reacts to<br />

criticism that it is not doing enough to stop paedophiles - see<br />

Crime 29/07/01<br />

* A harrowing memoir by film-making Don Boyd on the abuse<br />

he suffered at one of the country's leading public schools<br />

19/08/01 M 22>27 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Police want new powers to lock up paedophiles 16/12/01 B<br />

1>2 7>8 O<br />

* Experts now believe that the south coast resorts have become a<br />

magnet for child molesters 23/12/01 B 7 6>8 Photograph<br />

PAHLAVI, LEILA<br />

* Prince Leila Pahlavi, the daughter of the Shah of Iran, died<br />

alone, aged just 31 in a London hotel room 14/10/01 M 18>24<br />

1>4 Photographs<br />

PAINTED HOUSE, A<br />

* See Book Reviews - Guttridge, Peter 04/02/01<br />

PAMPALONI, AMOS<br />

OBSERVER INDEX: JAN-DEC <strong>2001</strong><br />

158<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Italian captain who inspired the novel and new movie<br />

'Captain Corelli's Mandolin' says my love was platonic 08/04/01<br />

B 7 1>7 Photographs<br />

PANDORA'S HANDBAG<br />

* See Book Reviews - Heawood, Jonathan 23/12/01<br />

PARANOID PARENTING<br />

* See Book Reviews - Freely, Maureen 25/03/01<br />

PARK LANE GROUP NEW YEAR SERIES<br />

* See Music: Classical 14/01/01<br />

PARKINSON, LORD<br />

* Flora Keays, the daughter of Lord Parkinson, one of Margaret<br />

Thatcher's key Cabinet Ministers, is to speak publicity about her<br />

life for the first time - see Keays, Flora 23/12/01<br />

PARRY, RICHARD<br />

* For his debut film, South West Nine, director Richard Parry<br />

wanted to capture the authentic face of Brixton, south London,<br />

so he took to casting straight off its streets 30/09/01 R 9 1>5<br />

Photographs<br />

PARSONS, TONY<br />

* Interview with Tony Parsons, author of Man And Boy<br />

07/01/01 R 3 1>5 Photograph<br />

PASSING MEASURES: A COLLECTION OF POEMS<br />

* See Book Reviews - Kinsella, John 14/01/01<br />

PATEL, CHAI<br />

* Columnist 27/05/01<br />

PAYMASTER, THE<br />

* See Book Reviews - Barnett, Antony 01/04/01<br />

PEARSON, NEIL<br />

* Interview with actor Neil Pearson who would rather talk<br />

politics than acting 09/09/01 R 6 1>5 Photographs<br />

PELE<br />

* As scandal hits Pele's sports firm, Brazil has to reassess its<br />

revered hero - see International Affairs: Cent. & S. America<br />

25/11/01<br />

PELL, BENJI<br />

* Benji Pell, known for rummaging through the dustbins of the<br />

rich and famous, is suing jewellery heir John Mappin over the<br />

promise to make a movie of his life 06/05/01 B 11 1>2<br />

Photograph<br />

PELTZER, DAVE<br />

* Dave Peltzer is no literary genius but his memoirs of abused<br />

childhood are bestsellers, who's buying these books and why?<br />

02/09/01 R 1>2 1>4 Photographs<br />

PENDENNIS<br />

* Columnist 01/04/01 B 19 7 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 08/04/01 B 17 6 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 15/04/01 B 27 5 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 22/04/01 B 29 5 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 29/04/01 B 27 5 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 06/05/01 B 29 5 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 13/05/01 B 31 5 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 27/05/01 B 31 5 Photograph


* Columnist 03/06/01 B 33 5 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 10/06/01 B 27 5 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 17/06/01 B 27 5 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 24/06/01 B 27 7 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 15/07/01 B 27 6 Photographs<br />

* Columnist 22/07/01 B 27 5 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 29/07/01 B 31 6 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 05/08/01 B 29 5 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 12/08/01 B 27 7 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 19/08/01 B 25 5 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 26/08/01 B 27 5 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 02/09/01 B 25 5 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 09/09/01 B 25 5 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 16/09/01 B 10 6 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 23/09/01 B 11 6 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 30/09/01 B 31 7 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 07/10/01 B 31 6 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 14/10/01 B 35 7 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 21/10/01 B 33 7 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 28/10/01 B 33 6 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 04/11/01 B 33 6 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 11/11/01 B 33 6 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 18/11/01 B 31 6 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 09/12/01 B 29 5 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 16/12/01 B 27 6 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 23/12/01 B 25 7 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 30/12/01 B 29 5 Photograph<br />

PENN, SEAN<br />

* Interview with actor Sean Penn 06/05/01 M 10>14 1>4<br />

Photographs<br />

PENN, SEAN & ROBIN WRIGHT<br />

* Since they met while filming State of Grace in 1990, Sean<br />

Penn and Robin Wright Penn have made four more movies<br />

together 14/10/01 R 7 1>6 Photographs<br />

PEOPLE OF THE SEA, THE<br />

* See Classicwatch 18/03/01<br />

PEPPERED MOTH, THE<br />

* See Book Reviews - Mars-Jones, Adam 07/01/01<br />

PERFECT FOOL, THE<br />

* See Book Reviews - Merritt, Stephanie 15/07/01<br />

PERFECT TENSE<br />

* See Book Reviews - Merritt, Stephanie 14/01/01<br />

PERFECT…<br />

* Alberto Alessi's perfect design 14/01/01 M 6 4 Photograph<br />

* Anil Bhoyrul's perfect scam 21/01/01 M 6 4 Photograph<br />

* Auction 28/01/01 M 8 4 Photograph<br />

* Night out by Peter Stringfellow 04/02/01 M 6 4 Photograph<br />

OBSERVER INDEX: JAN-DEC <strong>2001</strong><br />

159<br />

* Love letter 11/02/01 M 6 4 Photograph<br />

* Maria Grachvogel's perfect fashion show 18/02/01 M 6 4<br />

Photograph<br />

* Ian Rankin's perfect villain 25/02/01 M 8 4 Photograph<br />

* Lulu Guinness's handbag 04/03/01 M 6 4 Photograph<br />

* Sacha Distel's perfect lounge music 11/03/01 M 6 4<br />

Photograph<br />

* Al Alvarez's perfect polker game 18/03/01 M 6 4 Photograph<br />

* Jilly Cooper's perfect art dealer 25/03/01 M 6 4 Photograph<br />

* Takeshi Kitano's perfect leading man 01/04/01 M 6 4<br />

Photograph<br />

* Vidal Sasoon's perfect haircut 08/04/01 M 6 4 Photograph<br />

* Keith Waterhouse's perfect lunch 15/04/01 M 6 4 Photograph<br />

* See Television 29/04/01<br />

* Boy band 29/04/01 M 6 4 Photograph<br />

* Amy Tan's perfect pet 06/05/01 M 6 4 Photograph<br />

* Vonda Shepard's perfect big break 13/05/01 M 6 4 Photograph<br />

* Douglas Ankrah's perfect summer cocktail 20/05/01 M 6 4<br />

Photograph<br />

* Phil Treacy's perfect hat 27/05/01 M 6 4 Photograph<br />

* Kim Gordon's perfect rock chick 03/06/01 M 6 4 Photograph<br />

* Baroness Helena Kennedy QC's perfect cause 10/06/01 M 6 4<br />

Photograph<br />

* Patsy Palmer's perfect market 17/06/01 M 6 4 Photograph<br />

* Mike Stoller's perfect musical 24/06/01 M 6 4 Photograph<br />

* Julian Glover's perfect Shakespeare part 01/07/01 M 6 4<br />

Photograph<br />

* Sir Henry Cooper's perfect boxer 15/07/01 M 6 4 Photograph<br />

* Ron Arad's perfect design student 22/07/01 M 6 4 Photograph<br />

* Alexei Sayle's perfect all-you-can-eat buffet 29/07/01 M 6 4<br />

Photograph<br />

* Elkie Brooks's perfect way to unwind 05/08/01 M 6 4<br />

Photograph<br />

* Sebastian Coe's perfect athlete 12/08/01 M 6 4 Photograph<br />

* Pauline McLynn's perfect tax return 19/08/01 M 6 4<br />

Photograph<br />

* Sir Geoff Hurst's perfect hat trick 26/08/01 M 6 4 Photograph<br />

* Suzanne Vega's perfect day in New York 02/09/01 M 6 4<br />

Photograph<br />

* Paulo Coehlo's perfect football match 09/09/01 M 6 4<br />

Photograph<br />

* Julien Macdonald's perfect fashion party 16/09/01 M 6 4<br />

Photograph<br />

* Charlie Dimmock's perfect circus performer 23/09/01 M 6 4<br />

Photograph<br />

* Don McCullin's perfect war photograph 30/09/01 M 6 4<br />

Photograph<br />

* Douglas Hurd's perfect retirement 07/10/01 M 6 4 Photograph<br />

* Margaret Forster's perfect wife 14/10/01 M 6 4 Photograph<br />

* Ian Botham's perfect catch 21/10/01 M 6 4 Photograph<br />

* Ben de Lisi's perfect dress 28/10/01 M 6 4 Photograph


* Douglas Coupland's perfect family 04/11/01 M 6 3<br />

Photograph<br />

* Ricky Tomlinson's perfect comedian 11/11/01 M 6 4<br />

Photograph<br />

* Teresa Gorman's perfect government 18/11/01 M 6 4<br />

Photograph<br />

* Irvine Welsh's perfect piss-up 25/11/01 M 6 4 Photograph<br />

* Archaeological find 02/12/01 M 6 4 Photograph<br />

* Beverley Knight's perfect workout 09/12/01 M 6 4 Photograph<br />

* Tricky's perfect spliff 16/12/01 M 6 4 Photograph<br />

PERSONAL FINANCE<br />

* A financial look at how families struggle to cope with the<br />

worst childcare provision in Europe - see Families & Family<br />

Life 18/11/81<br />

* Investor of the Year: faith in the old economy pays off<br />

07/01/01 C 15 1>4 Illustration<br />

* <strong>The</strong> secrets of making your tax return pain free 07/01/01 C 16<br />

1>4 Photographs<br />

* In the first of a series on check-ups for finances, Margaret<br />

Dibben goes back to budgeting basics 07/01/01 C 2>6 2>3<br />

Photographs<br />

* Halifax's Intelligence Finance subsidiary is warning against<br />

trusting best-buy tables 07/01/01 C 7 1>5 Photograph<br />

* Tony Blair is to pledge no income tax rise in new parliament -<br />

see Politics 14/01/01<br />

* Help! I want to move my bank account 14/01/01 C 11 1<br />

* Policyholders at Equitable Life are being asked to surrender<br />

part of their guarantee in order to give everyone a chance of<br />

better payouts 14/01/01 C 17 1>5 Photograph<br />

* High-flying females fear they will be on the giving end of<br />

settlements under the new pension-sharing rules 14/01/01 C<br />

18>19 1>4 Photographs<br />

* According to a recent report by the DTI on consumer attitudes<br />

to switching energy and telephone suppliers, apathy abounds<br />

14/01/01 C 2>5 2>5 Photographs<br />

* Even with a bad debt record you may still borrow 14/01/01 C<br />

20 1>5 Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> pros and cons of fixed-rate versus discount mortgages<br />

14/01/01 C 20 1>6<br />

* Childcare 14/01/01 C 6>7 1>3 Photographs<br />

* Insurance policies that will help pay the vet's bill 14/01/01 C 9<br />

1>2 Photograph<br />

* Occupational pension schemes 21/01/01 C 12 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Alternative investments 21/01/01 C 14>15 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Regulars want to avoid another pensions mis-selling drama<br />

21/01/01 C 17 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Guide to buying only the insurance you need 21/01/01 C 2>6<br />

1>4 Photograph<br />

* Special feature on lump-sum investments 21/01/01 C 22>27<br />

1>6 Photographs<br />

* Help! I'm wary about shopping online 21/01/01 C 7 1<br />

* Inflation is dead but could deflation exist? 28/01/01<br />

* Forms for 1999/2000 tax year must reach the Inland Revenue<br />

by midnight on Wednesday 28/01/01 C 19 3>6<br />

* Continuing the series on how to fix your finances - an instant<br />

test could cut your mortgage bills by thousands every year<br />

OBSERVER INDEX: JAN-DEC <strong>2001</strong><br />

160<br />

28/01/01 C 2>6 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Emerging markets: Shanghai shares soared last year but funds<br />

are now backing off 28/01/01 C 21 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) sufferers are more likely to<br />

have difficulty in controlling spending 28/01/01 C 7 1>6<br />

Photograph<br />

* Alternative investments 04/02/01 C 16>17 1>5 Photographs<br />

* With-profits investment funds, one of the UK's most popular<br />

forms of investment will be dismissed by the Consumers'<br />

Association this week as a poor deal 04/02/01 N 2 7<br />

* How to kick your debt habit 04/02/01 C 2>3 2>5 Photographs<br />

* It's hard for the self-employed to obtain a mortgage 04/02/01<br />

C 21 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Up to 10,000 widows are losing out because of quirks in the<br />

armed forces pension scheme 04/02/01 C 22 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Should policyholders with Equitable Life take out their money<br />

- or wait? 04/02/01 C 26>27 1>6 Photograph<br />

* As rival managers fight each other for your money, Helen<br />

Pridham asks whether global-theme funds offer a genuinely new<br />

approach, or are just a fad 04/02/01 C 28>29 1>5 Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> perils of robbing Peter to pay Paul 04/02/01 C 4>5 1>6<br />

Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> government plans a seal of approval for good-value plastic<br />

04/02/01 C 6 2>3 Photograph<br />

* Help! Should I buy a with-profits bond? 04/02/01 C 7 1<br />

* Banking by numbers 04/02/01 C 8>9 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Internet banking - see Financial Institutions 11/02/01<br />

* Wedding costs - see Weddings 11/02/01<br />

* How to keep more of your income for yourself 11/02/01 C<br />

2>7 1>3 Photographs<br />

* Crisis at the Equitable: calmer waters ahead if holders of<br />

guarantees accept the Halifax offer 11/02/01 C 20, 22., 1>6<br />

Photograph<br />

* Crisis at the Equitable: Dinah Austin, an Equitable investor<br />

who had become an old hand at savings scrapes 11/02/01 C 21<br />

1>6 Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> rate cut helps, but there are cheaper mortgages out there<br />

anyway 11/02/01 C 23>24 1>5 Photograph<br />

* Special feature on ISAs 11/02/01 C 26>34 1>6<br />

* Neasa MacErlean on Portillo's plan to overhaul tax on savings<br />

11/02/01 C 8 1>6<br />

* Compound interest has been the eighth wonder of the world -<br />

and anyone can benefit 18/02/01 C 13 1>4<br />

* Alternative investments 18/02/01 C 18>19 1>5 Illustrations<br />

* <strong>The</strong> hard reality of our retirement prospects 18/02/01 C 2>3<br />

2>3 Photograph<br />

* Jill Insley looks into the claims management revolution<br />

18/02/01 C 25 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Fiona Williams tests the medals of fund-rankers 18/02/01 C<br />

26>27 1>4 Illustration<br />

* Budget <strong>2001</strong> 18/02/01 C 28>29 1>4 Photographs<br />

* It's best to start a pension fund early, but our action plan aims<br />

to help whatever your age 18/02/01 C 4>8 1>5 Photographs<br />

* Help! How can I get a better rate for my savings? 18/02/01 C<br />

9 1<br />

* Thousands of young women are getting sucked into heavy


debts because of the ease of internet shopping, new research has<br />

revealed - see Women 25/02/01<br />

* Cheaper mortgages from Nationwide and Halifax could set an<br />

industry standard 25/02/01 C 10>11 1>3 Photograph<br />

* If lenders won't pass on the base rate exchange, customers<br />

must shop around for cards and loans, says Jill Insley 25/02/01<br />

C 12 1>5 Photograph<br />

* Help! How can I switch to a new bank easily? 25/02/01 C 13 1<br />

* Government plans to encourage large-scale private saving for<br />

retirement could be heading for failure 25/02/01 N 2 2>6<br />

* Saving for the long term 25/02/01 C 2>3 1>3 Illustration<br />

* Accident insurance could prove a lifesaver if your could is<br />

injured 25/02/01 C 23 1>5 Photograph<br />

* Investment Trusts 25/02/01 C 27>34 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Past performance on investment funds can be misleading, but it<br />

shouldn't be ignored 25/02/01 C 4 1>5 Photograph<br />

* Get to grips with the dash for growth 25/02/01 C 5>6 1>3<br />

Photograph<br />

* As markets fall, it is even more vital to think long term<br />

25/02/01 C 6>7 2>3 Photograph<br />

* Personal finance case study 25/02/01 C 7 4>6 Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Tories' complicated tax plan is open to abuse, says Maria<br />

Scott 25/02/01 C 8>9 1>5 Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> mortgage price war 04/03/01 C 10 1>6<br />

* Insurers who give all but the healthiest a hard time 04/03/01 C<br />

12 1>6 Photograph<br />

* How a personal trainer can help you get rich 04/03/01 C<br />

18>19 1>5 Photographs<br />

* How to keep your income up as rates on your savings slide<br />

04/03/01 C 2>3 1>5 Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> new spending habits of good-time Britain 04/03/01 C<br />

26>27 1>5 Photograph<br />

* Swap your TESSA for a younger model 04/03/01 C 28>29<br />

2>3 Photograph<br />

* Investor of the Year 04/03/01 C 29 1>3 Photograph<br />

* Investors are being misled by IFA reports on funds that are<br />

distributed in newspapers 04/03/01 C 32 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Income generated products 04/03/01 C 4>7 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Proposals to increase our tax bill 04/03/01 C 8 1>6<br />

Photograph<br />

* Help! Should I shun cashback warranties? 04/03/01 C 9 1<br />

* Help! Which is the best current account? 11/03/01 C 15 1<br />

* <strong>The</strong> winners and losers after four years of Labour 11/03/01 C<br />

2>11 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Donating to charity 11/03/01 C 23 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Special report on ISAs 11/03/01 C 27>35 1>3 Photographs<br />

* Check before cancelling a trip to the country to see if you are<br />

covered for the foot & mouth epidemic - see Travel 18/03/01<br />

* Pension planning 18/03/01 C 10>11 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Equity release schemes allow you to gain income without<br />

selling up 18/03/01 C 12>13 1>3 Photograph<br />

* You can part-own a racehorse on monthly payments 18/03/01<br />

C 18>19 1>3 Photographs<br />

* Joanna Moorhead on the joys and financial juggling involved<br />

in raising a Walton-sized brood 18/03/01 C 2>5 1>4<br />

OBSERVER INDEX: JAN-DEC <strong>2001</strong><br />

161<br />

Photographs<br />

* How to judge the competence of a financial adviser 18/03/01<br />

C 23 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Round-up of imminent tax changes 18/03/01 C 26, 28 1>5<br />

Photograph<br />

* Invest in your pension now, while the breaks are there for the<br />

having 18/03/01 C 30 1>3<br />

* You can protect your retirement from capital gains tax, if you<br />

take a risk 18/03/01 C 32 1>5 Photograph<br />

* Scottish Widows policy holders are among 750,000 facing a<br />

Capital Gains Tax bill 18/03/01 C 33 1>4 Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> £4.6bn a year that UK taxpayers wrongly give to the<br />

Inland Revenue and some legal ways of paying less this time<br />

18/03/01 C 34>35 1>3<br />

* Falling markets 18/03/01 C 6>7 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Making pension payments after tax rather than gross has its<br />

drawbacks 18/03/01 C 8 1>5 Photograph<br />

* Help! How can I save on my car insurance? 18/03/01 C 9 1<br />

* Use available allowances to full advantage by investing before<br />

April 25/03/01<br />

* Mortgages by Neasa MacErlean 25/03/01 C 10 1>6<br />

* <strong>The</strong> cost of owning a pet 25/03/01 C 12>13 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Alternative investments 25/03/01 C 18>19 1>4 Photograph,<br />

illustration<br />

* MPs rush Equitable Life pensions report 25/03/01 C 21 1>6<br />

* Mortgage protection insurance 25/03/01 C 24>25 1>3<br />

Photograph<br />

* Company boss gets Chancellor to help with his pension<br />

25/03/01 C 28>29 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Generosity can now reap even richer rewards from the Inland<br />

Revenue 25/03/01 C 30>31 1>3 Photograph<br />

* New rules will give Pep investors the chance to diversify<br />

25/03/01 C 32>33 1>4 Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong> growth in house prices is expected to raise substantially<br />

the proportion of deaths that result in an Inheritance Tax<br />

payment 25/03/01 C 35 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Help! Should I cash in my endowment policy? 25/03/01 C 7 1<br />

* We are moving into a period of economic nervousness<br />

25/03/01 C 8 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Protected Funds by Jill Insley 25/03/01 C 9 1>2<br />

* Savings by Jill Insley 25/03/01 C 9 1>6 Photograph<br />

* A guide on how to organise your tax year now - and save<br />

money 01/04/01 C 18 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Five days to get in your last-minute Isa 01/04/01 C 18>19 1>6<br />

Photograph<br />

* Stakeholder Pensions 01/04/01 C 2>6 1>5 Photographs<br />

* A guide for newcomers to the higher-rate tax payers' club<br />

01/04/01 C 21 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Cynical government moves are blamed for the 6.4 per cent<br />

hike in Council Tax 01/04/01 C 22 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Investment trusts geared up for a fall 01/04/01 C 27 1>6<br />

* More than a million older people are expected to be missing<br />

out on new means tested state benefits 01/04/01 C 27 1>2<br />

* Help! What is a bear market? 01/04/01 C 7 1<br />

* How to claim back overpaid tax 06/04/01 C 10 1>5


* Alternative investments 08/04/01 C 10>11 1>6 Illustrations<br />

* It's easy to let life insurance slip way down the list of your<br />

priorities 08/04/01 C 14>15 3>4<br />

* Stakeholder Pensions - experts fear small savers face benefit<br />

trap 08/04/01 C 6 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Firms are muddled over the new stakeholder pensions<br />

08/04/01 C 7 1>3 Photograph<br />

* Want a tax break? Be a sperm donor 08/04/01 C 7 1>4<br />

Photograph<br />

* Children can inherit your Air Miles too 15/04/01 C 11 1>6<br />

* Some lenders face disciplinary action for measly rates<br />

15/04/01 C 13 1>5 Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> boom in 'free' finance on the high street is luring millions<br />

into debt 15/04/01 C 2>5 1>6 Photographs<br />

* A Stakeholder pension is not as complicated as it seems<br />

15/04/01 C 6 1>4 Illustration<br />

* Alternative investments 22/04/01 C 10>11 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Tax: Self-assessment update 22/04/01 C 14 1>5<br />

* Retirement planning 22/04/01 C 9 1>6<br />

* Stakeholder pension: work on the side can help you get your<br />

share 29/04/01 C 13 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Labour's plan to give all newborn children a solid financial<br />

start 29/04/01 C 14 1>6 Photograph<br />

* A fresh wave of lay-offs is coming from bosses who feel no<br />

guilt 29/04/01 C 2>3 1>3 Photographs<br />

* Redundancy: Know your rights 29/04/01 C 3 2<br />

* Life after redundancy for Peter Green, former business<br />

development manager 29/04/01 C 4 1>3 Photograph<br />

* It is nearly always worth signing on after you've been made<br />

redundant 29/04/01 C 4>5 3>4<br />

* Redundancy: now you're free to find a new life but think<br />

before spending that big cheque 29/04/01 C 5 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Six page special report on finance for the over-50s 06/05/01 C<br />

14>19 1>6 Photographs<br />

* In a time of low inflation savers are the real winners, it's<br />

borrowers who should beware 06/05/01 C 2>4 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Top survival tips for borrowers 06/05/01 C 3 3<br />

* Former City banker Crista Lyon has structured her pension<br />

plans to cope with both continuing low inflation and the<br />

possibility that interest rates could rise again 06/05/01 C 4 1>2<br />

Photograph<br />

* What is in store for members if three insurers demutualise<br />

06/05/01 C 7 1>5 Photograph<br />

* Stakeholder pensions - make sure your pension pays the right<br />

person 06/05/01 C 9 1>4 Photograph<br />

* How your vote in the forthcoming General Election could hit<br />

your pocket 13/05/01 C 2 1>3 Illustration<br />

* Labour's new incentives to work - and a boost for pensioners<br />

13/05/01 C 3 1>6 Photograph<br />

* A raft of tax cuts and rises in allowances were promised in the<br />

Tories' election manifesto last week, all funded by £8bn cuts in<br />

public spending 13/05/01 C 4>5 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Many Lib Dem proposals on personal finance are similar to<br />

those they made at the last election, but this time they are<br />

making an effort to appeal to pensioners 13/05/01 C 4>5 5>6<br />

Photograph<br />

* Political regional and interest parties have many interesting<br />

OBSERVER INDEX: JAN-DEC <strong>2001</strong><br />

162<br />

personal finance policies 13/05/01 C 4>5 5>6 Photograph<br />

* Last week's base rate cut could be the last one this year that is<br />

passed on fully to mortgage borrowers 13/05/01 C 7 1>2<br />

* Pensions Crisis: fire and fury predicted at Equitable Life's<br />

AGM 20/05/01 C 14 1>5<br />

* Today you can arrange almost every area of your finances in a<br />

socially responsible way - a four-page special report 20/05/01 C<br />

15>18 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Investors should ignore marketing and think for themselves<br />

20/05/01 C 2>4 1>6 Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong> smart buyers guide to a balanced portfolio 20/05/01 C 4 5<br />

Photograph<br />

* More stealth taxes likely as Labour lays off incomes 20/05/01<br />

C 6>7 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Few pension plans will provide a comfortable retirement at 65,<br />

let alone 55 27/05/01 C 2>3 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Pensions: it's tough for those without an employers help<br />

27/05/01 C 3 1>3<br />

* Tesco staff pensions 27/05/01 C 3 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Firms need not ditch final salary plans 27/05/01 C 4 1>3<br />

* Public sector pension schemes are considered to be some of the<br />

best around 27/05/01 C 4 4>6 Photograph<br />

* More than 7,000 investors in a Eurolife Assurance High<br />

Income Bond have been told that some of their money will be<br />

held in reserve for a potential tax bill owed by the company<br />

27/05/01 C 5 1>2<br />

* Getting older shouldn't stop you going on holiday, but your<br />

search for travel insurance may take more time 27/05/01 C 7<br />

1>6<br />

* Alternative investments 27/05/01 C 8>9 1>5 Photographs<br />

* Choosing an accountant 03/06/01 C 11 1>6<br />

* Taxes, pensions, long-term care and benefits featured strongly<br />

in the election campaign: what the main parties would do for a<br />

cross-section of voters 03/06/01 C 2>5 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Retirement planning 03/06/01 C 7 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Six in 10 people under the age of 26 are in debt, with the<br />

under-20s showing the least concern about their borrowing<br />

03/06/01 C 8>9 1>5 Photographs<br />

* Long waits for treatment by the National Health Service are<br />

forcing many people to consider paying for private treatment -<br />

see Health 10/06/01<br />

* Endowments: victims of the mis-selling scandal are being<br />

offered new help in their fight for justice 10/06/01 C 10>11 3>5<br />

* BT investors who want to buy shares in the company's rights<br />

issue have only days left to act 10/06/01 C 15 3>6<br />

* Being in the red is now a fact of student life 10/06/01 C 2>3<br />

1>3 Photograph<br />

* Election <strong>2001</strong> see gains for babies and the old 10/06/01 C 6>7<br />

1>5 Photographs<br />

* Managing debt: at last action is planned against cowboy debt<br />

managers 17/06/01 C 12>13 1>3 Illustration<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Organisation for Economic Co-operation and<br />

Development is expected to delay the deadline for its publication<br />

of a blacklist of tax havens 24/06/01 N 2 4>6 Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> State is monitoring our finances 24/06/01 C 2>4 1>6<br />

Photographs<br />

* About 500,000 people with motor and household insurance<br />

policies at the collapsed Independent Insurance are being


encouraged to move their policies rapidly to other insurers<br />

24/06/01 C 7 1>2<br />

* Alternative investments 24/06/01 C 8>9 1>3 Illustrations<br />

* Tips from the Credit Card Research Group for getting the most<br />

out of your cards 01/07/01 C 10 1 Photograph<br />

* Skimming - copying a valid credit card for fraudulent use -<br />

cost the credit card industry £102.8m last year, pushing up<br />

charges for customers 01/07/01 C 10>11 2 Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> best plastic for shoppers abroad 01/07/01 C 10>11 2>3<br />

Photograph<br />

* Customer Finance Awards 01/07/01 C 14>18 1>6<br />

Photographs<br />

* More and more of us are quitting our jobs to travel abroad -<br />

often with the blessing of our employers 01/07/01 C 2>3, 5 2>4<br />

Photographs<br />

* How mortgage lenders are getting tough with rate-chasers<br />

08/07/01 C 13 1>3 Photograph<br />

* Alternative finance: a community scheme paying dividends<br />

08/07/01 C 14 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Membership of mutuals still has its privileges but competitive<br />

ex-mutuals are giving building societies a run for our money<br />

08/07/01 C 2 2>5 Photograph<br />

* On average mutuals offer the best deals - there are exceptions<br />

08/07/01 C 3>4 1>6 Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> low-paid are spurning stakeholder plans, and the well-off<br />

are cashing in 15/07/01 C 10>11 1>5 Photographs<br />

* Corporate bonds are worth a look 15/07/01 C 17 1>6<br />

* People retiring with substantial pension funds are at risk of<br />

being sold in appropriate investment bonds 15/07/01 C 19 3>5<br />

* After years of penalising customers for mishandling their<br />

accounts, the banks could be about to get a taste of their own<br />

medicine 15/07/01 C 2>3 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Best deals for changing bank accounts 15/07/01 C 5 1>2<br />

* Top tips for a smooth bank account move 15/07/01 C 5 3>5<br />

* <strong>The</strong> latest developments at Equitable Life and the lessons to be<br />

learned from the collapse of Independent Insurance - see<br />

Financial Institutions 22/07/01<br />

* Investors feel appalled, shattered, incredibly let down by<br />

Equitable Life 22/07/01 C 3 1>4 Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Management Company travel policies are failing to pay<br />

out a claim 22/07/01 C 4>5 4 Photograph<br />

* What consumers can do to avoid being let down by an insurer<br />

22/07/01 C 4>5 4>5<br />

* A guide to insurance policies 22/07/01 C 6 1>5 Photographs<br />

* How the oil giant BP became a 'socially sound' investment<br />

22/07/01 C 7 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Emotive oversimplification by the Inland Revenue can lead to<br />

real hardship 29/07/01 C 10>11 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Whatever became of… Manek Growth 29/07/01 C 13 1>3<br />

Graphs<br />

* A revamped Consumer Credit Act should end extortionate<br />

lending and help borrowers 29/07/01 C 14 1>6 Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> share slump has exposed the questionable record of withprofits<br />

investment funds used by millions 29/07/01 C 2>4 2>4<br />

Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Halifax Bank has launched a telephone motor insurance<br />

product aimed at drivers with a clean claims record 29/07/01 C<br />

5 1>2<br />

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163<br />

* Equitable Life's reassurances have not quelled fears for<br />

investors - see Financial Institutions 05/08/01<br />

* Alternative investments: Alpacas 05/08/01 C 11 1>6<br />

Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> internet boom may be over but there is still a chance for<br />

ordinary punters to make solid, if not spectacular, cash by using<br />

the net 05/08/01 C 13 1>6 Photographs<br />

* As an even lower interest rate fuels the loan boom, it's time to<br />

cut up the credit cards 05/08/01 C 2>4 2>5 Photographs, graph<br />

* Female finance 05/08/01 C 6 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Equitable Life's ability to recover may depend on how<br />

aggrieved members feel - see Financial Institutions 12/08/01<br />

* Tony Blair will have to raise taxes by the equivalent of 4p in<br />

the pound to deliver on public-service spending promises in his<br />

second term, says in influential think-tank 12/08/01 B 1 1>3<br />

* <strong>The</strong> shocking rise forecast in the homes and pensions for the<br />

young 12/08/01 C 2>5 2>5 Photographs<br />

* Insurance companies will be forced to tell investors how they<br />

can get the best deal from maturing pensions and endowments<br />

that they cash in early - see Financial Institutions 19/08/01<br />

* Whatever became of… b2 19/08/01 C 11 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Stakeholder pensions online 19/08/01 C 13 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Ways of trimming spending 19/08/01 C 2>4 2>4 Photographs<br />

* Holidaymakers lodging claims on their travel insurance<br />

policies have been given a helping hand by the Financial<br />

Services Ombudsman 19/08/01 C 5 1>2<br />

* Zero trusts 19/08/01 C 6 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Pensions 19/08/01 C 7 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Banks and building societies are heading for renewed<br />

confrontation with customers and regulators over the derisory<br />

rates of interest paid on many savings accounts - see Financial<br />

Institutions 26/08/01<br />

* Whatever became of… F&C Higher Income Fund 26/08/01 C<br />

11 1>6 Graph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> open market option is your right to hunt for the best<br />

income on annuities 26/08/01 C 13 1>6<br />

* In 40 per cent of savings accounts rates are so low that deposits<br />

lose their value due to inflation - and it's set to get worse<br />

26/08/01 C 2>4 1>4 Photographs<br />

* People travelling to the Eurozone are being urged to use euro<br />

traveller's cheques rather than local currency traveller's cheques<br />

as part of the move to gear up for the launch of the euro<br />

26/08/01 C 5 1>2 Photograph<br />

* Endowment fund holders can do better selling than cashing in<br />

26/08/01 C 7 1>3<br />

* Alternative investments 26/08/01 C 8>9 1>3 Illustrations<br />

* <strong>The</strong>re's lots to gain from tax-free trusts 02/09/01 C 11 1>6<br />

* Mainstream lenders are now reaching out to the millions who<br />

have poor credit ratings 02/09/01 C 13 1>6 Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> endowment crisis has hit millions yet regulators refuse a<br />

full review 02/09/01 C 2 2>5<br />

* Isa-linked mortgages 02/09/01 C 3 2>3<br />

* Endowment policy case studies 02/09/01 C 4>5 1>6<br />

* Cars are a costly habit that you can kick 02/09/01 C 6 1>4<br />

Photograph<br />

* How one mortgage customer of the Halifax Bank could see<br />

refunds for thousands 09/09/01 C 13 1>6 Photograph


* Small investors are continuing to shun the Government's new<br />

flagship scheme for promoting private pension saving amid<br />

continued stock market turmoil 09/09/01 N 2 1>3 Photograph<br />

* Filling in a tax return speedily 09/09/01 C 2>4 1>6<br />

Photographs<br />

* How a NatWest bungle left one customer less than satisfied<br />

09/09/01 C 5 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Funds are expected to trade normally tomorrow following the<br />

reopening of the US stock markets - see Financial Institutions<br />

16/09/01<br />

* Widowers still don't have equal pension benefits 16/09/01 R<br />

11 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Guide for the self-employed 16/09/01 R 12>13 1>3<br />

Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> end of big money: survival guide to beating the slump<br />

16/09/01 R 2>6 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Some travellers stranded in North America last week, or whose<br />

flights from the UK were cancelled, will not be entitled to<br />

compensation from travel insurers 16/09/01 R 6 3>6 Photograph<br />

* Four-page special on lower-risk tax-efficient ideas for<br />

uncertain times 23/09/01 C 12>15 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Employers may offer part-time work, unpaid leave or<br />

redeployment as alternatives to redundancy, but all require<br />

adjustment to a lower income 23/09/01 C 2 4>6<br />

* If you dream of taking an unpaid career break but don't want to<br />

cut all your ties with your employer, your wish may be granted<br />

sooner than you think 23/09/01 C 2 1>6<br />

* <strong>The</strong> prospect of lower homeloan costs following the<br />

emergency cut in UK interest rates provided relief in a week of<br />

otherwise gloomy financial news 23/09/01 C 3 1>3<br />

* Policyholders with Equitable Life are receiving weighty<br />

documents outlining the board's proposals for plugging the black<br />

hole in Equitable's finances 23/09/01 C 6 1>6 Photograph<br />

* National Savings have zero risk but derisory returns 30/09/01<br />

C 12>13 1>3<br />

* Double-digit returns on investments will be rare in the future<br />

30/09/01 C 2 3>5<br />

* <strong>The</strong> British workforce needs to find the means to save an extra<br />

£27bn a year to live comfortably in retirement, research for the<br />

insurance industry has revealed 30/09/01 N 2 1>4<br />

* Pensions gap brings call for new policy from the government<br />

30/09/01 C 2>3 2>5 Photograph<br />

* Eighteen months ago three financial advisers devised<br />

portfolios - how they are faring today 30/09/01 C 4>5 1>6<br />

Photograph<br />

* Accessing your online accounts could become much easier<br />

with the launch of aggregation services in the UK 30/09/01 C<br />

6>7 4>5<br />

* Special feature on ISAs 07/10/01 C 16, 18>19 1>4<br />

Photographs<br />

* Investing maturing TESSAs 07/10/01 C 17 1>2<br />

* <strong>The</strong> shares shakedown may push people towards property, but<br />

it is not a one-way bet 07/10/01 C 2>3 2>5 Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Government's new pension scheme kicks off tomorrow,<br />

but many bosses are ignoring it 07/10/01 C 6>7 1>5<br />

Photographs<br />

* Anyone hoping to sell an endowment policy on the secondhand<br />

market may receive a disappointing price 07/10/01 C 9<br />

1>2<br />

* Financial advisers are the target of a new charity drive<br />

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164<br />

14/10/01 C 13 1>6 Photograph<br />

* With rates low and shares volatile, you have to invest carefully<br />

or risk capital 14/10/01 C 6>7 1>3 Photograph<br />

* Investments without the gobbledegook 21/10/01 C 17 1>6<br />

Illustration<br />

* People aged 45 to 64 should expect to be wooed by financial<br />

advertisers over the next few years 21/10/01 C 17 1>3<br />

Photograph<br />

* Pensions: how the product-buying public really feels 21/10/01<br />

C 2>3 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Former Minister Frank Field has a plan to replace the old<br />

system of state pension 21/10/01 C 4 1>6 Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> disillusionment of small investors and pension savers with<br />

the life insurance industry is reflected in the views of readers<br />

21/10/01 C 5 1>2<br />

* Few lenders automatically move loyal customers onto their<br />

most favourable mortgage 21/10/01 C 6>7 1>5 Photographs<br />

* Alternative investments 21/10/01 C 8>9 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Men's reign as breadwinner and head of the household is over,<br />

women are taking control of money matters - see Social<br />

Conditions & Trends 28/10/01<br />

* Banking from home will raise your interest rate 28/10/01 C 17<br />

1>6 Photograph<br />

* Rip-off financial advisers 28/10/01 C 2>7 2>3 Photograph<br />

* Special report on pensions 04/11/01 C 12>15 1>6<br />

Photographs<br />

* Dicing with debt 11/11/01 C 2>3 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Special report on ISAs 11/11/01 C 8>11 1>3 Photographs<br />

* Major lenders face a crackdown over the way they deal with<br />

borrowers who are struggling with debt - see Financial<br />

Institutions 18/11/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Government is making it easier for employees to feel part<br />

of things by the launch of the Employee Share Alliance (ESA)<br />

18/11/01 C 14>15 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Alternative investments 18/11/01 C 6 1>3 Photographs<br />

* Investment trusts 18/11/01 C 8>9 1>4 Illustration<br />

* With-profits deals are to be clarified 25/11/01 C 12>13 1>3<br />

Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> events of 11 September could affect how much your<br />

wages rise next year 25/11/01 C 18>19 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Christmas shoppers face rip-offs that could plunge them into<br />

years of debt 25/11/01 C 2>3 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Card users who expect to repay the cost of their Christmas<br />

over several months should look for those offering the cheapest<br />

deals 25/11/01 C 3 1>3 Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> financial implications of Cohabitation 25/11/01 C 6 1>6<br />

Photographs<br />

* Alternative investments 25/11/01 C 8>9 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Employers are closing coveted final salary schemes in<br />

increasing numbers - see Business & Industry 02/12/01<br />

* Early retirement on health grounds is becoming a perk of the<br />

past 02/12/01 C 14>15 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Holes in the net as legal aid grows 02/12/01 C 2>3 1>4<br />

Photograph, illustration<br />

* Pre-Budget Report: How tax is replacing benefits 02/12/01 C<br />

4>5 1>4<br />

* <strong>The</strong> abolition of Stamp Duty on cheap properties in


disadvantaged areas is unlikely to boost the flagging housing<br />

market 02/12/01 C 4>5 3 Photograph<br />

* Career breaks and maternity leave can wreak havoc with<br />

pension planning 02/12/01 C 6 1>6 Photograph<br />

* A new law would require accountants to shop clients 02/12/01<br />

C 7 1>5 Photograph<br />

* Despite changes to the law to end discrimination, women still<br />

face a more uncertain old age than men - see Women 09/12/01<br />

* HSBC borrowers whose discounted mortgages are linked to<br />

the bank's old standard variable rate must make individual<br />

complaints if they want to benefit from discounted rates - see<br />

Financial Institutions 09/12/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Gift Aid will not help those charities collecting soon-to-be<br />

obsolete European coins - see Charities 09/12/01<br />

* Women are suffering much more than men from Britain's<br />

pensions 'time bomb' - see Women 09/12/01<br />

* Maria Scott looks at the pros and cons of grasping the shaky<br />

lifeline on offer to Equitable Life voters 09/12/01 R 2>3 1>6<br />

Photograph<br />

* Interest rate assumptions undermine aid for the elderly<br />

09/12/01 R 6 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Investors seeking solid returns from a turbulent stock market<br />

are returning to property funds - see Property 16/12/01<br />

* Travel insurance is often the last thing young travellers think<br />

about before roaming the globe and it could cost them dear - see<br />

Travel 16/12/01<br />

* A guide to claiming from blundering utilities 16/12/01 C 2>3<br />

1>6 Photograph<br />

* Business focus on pension funds 16/12/01 N 5 1>6<br />

Photographs<br />

* Maria Scott and Neasa MacErlean hand out the year's personal<br />

finance plaudits, brickbats, and must-try-harders 23/12/01 B 20<br />

1>8 Photographs<br />

* Despite a disastrous and turbulent year, equity funds still offer<br />

hope to canny investors 30/12/01 B 23 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Jill Insley takes an optimistic view of consolations the New<br />

Year will offer buyers, sellers and savers 30/12/01 B 24 1>6<br />

Photographs<br />

* Swapping your holdings into a collective fund can cut hassle<br />

and worry 29/07/02 C 9 1>6<br />

PHILLIPS, ANDREW<br />

* Columnist 29/07/01 B 31 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 02/12/01 B 31 1>4 Photograph<br />

PHILLIPS, SIAN<br />

* Interview with actress Sîan Phillips on the publication of her<br />

autobiography, Public Places 29/07/01 R 3 1>5 Photographs<br />

PHILOSOPHICAL INVESTIGATIONS<br />

* See Book Reviews - Steiner, George 28/01/01<br />

PHOTOGRAPHY<br />

* Review of Lee Miller and Erwin Wurm 14/01/01 R 11 1>8<br />

Photographs<br />

* <strong>Observer</strong> photographer wins World Press Photo Award<br />

11/02/01 B 22 3 Photograph<br />

* A year after London's big wheel threw open its pods to the<br />

public - see London 18/02/01<br />

* Review of Brassai: the Soul of Paris 25/02/01 R 12 1>8<br />

Photographs<br />

OBSERVER INDEX: JAN-DEC <strong>2001</strong><br />

165<br />

* Photographer Amanda Eliasch has been given £1,000 by each<br />

of five women to transform themselves from their everyday<br />

selves 25/02/01 M 28>31 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Review of Horst Portraits: 60 Years of Style at the National<br />

Portrait Gallery 04/03/01 R 10 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Police who swooped on a London gallery claim pictures of two<br />

naked children, snapped by their mother, are obscene - but only a<br />

pervert could imagine that says Tierney Gearon 11/03/01 B 3<br />

1>6 Photographs<br />

* Top photographers share their travel experiences 25/03/01 E<br />

2>3, 9 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Review of Migrations at <strong>The</strong> New Art Gallery Walsall<br />

15/04/01 R 11 1>7 Photographs<br />

* Review of Annie Leibovitz: Nudes at the Shine Gallery,<br />

London 22/04/01 R 11 1>6 Photographs<br />

* In 1974, Daniel Meadows took to the road in a double-decker<br />

bus to take portraits of anybody who wanted one - 20 years later<br />

he returned to the people and places... 13/05/01 M 18>25 1>6<br />

Photographs<br />

* Review of exhibitions, Open City: Street Photographers Since<br />

1950/Helmut Newton 20/05/01 R 11 1>6 Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong> battle to preserve the iconic image of Che Guevara will go<br />

on after the death of photographer, Alberto Korda - see Guevara,<br />

Che 27/05/01<br />

* Koo Stark's dating days with Prince Andrew are long behind<br />

her, as are her brushes with the paparazzo, but as Koo Stark<br />

launches are now photographic exhibition, all her scars are still<br />

on show 17/06/01 R 3 1>5 Photographs<br />

* Martin Parr is sent to Paris armed only with his cameras and a<br />

sense of humour… 22/07/01 M 29>37 1>2 Photographs<br />

* Put together Britain's most controversial photography and the<br />

<strong>Observer</strong> Hodge Award and you can a series of powerful and<br />

uncompromising images 12/08/01 M 26>31 1>3 Photographs<br />

* Sarah Moon's mysteriously delicate images of women<br />

dramatically changed the face of fashion photography 21/10/01<br />

M 43>49 1>3 Photographs<br />

* Previously unseen pictures taken by the Photography Branch<br />

of the Metropolitan Police, a century after the unit was set up -<br />

see Police 04/11/01<br />

* When the impossible happened in New York, Magnum<br />

photographers rush out to record it - the results, beautiful and<br />

terrible, are now on show - see Terrorism 25/11/01<br />

PICADOR BOOK OF CRICKET, THE<br />

* See Book Reviews - Bouquet, Jonathan 10/06/01<br />

PICASSO, PABLO<br />

* Picasso's erotic works to blue for British eyes 25/02/01 B 24<br />

1>8 Photographs<br />

* How does a TV series avoid sensationalising the life of an<br />

artist who relished scandal? - Picasso: Magic and Death a new<br />

three part series on Channel 4 - see Television 10/06/01<br />

PLANER, NIGEL<br />

* Interview with actor Nigel Planer 04/03/01 M 28>32 1>4<br />

Photographs<br />

PLATH, SYLVIA, THE JOURNALS OF…<br />

* See Book Reviews - Merritt, Stephanie 15/04/01<br />

PLEASING MYSELF<br />

* See Book Reviews - Conrad, Peter 05/08/01<br />

PLOWRIGHT, JOAN


* Interview with actress Joan Plowright on the publication of her<br />

memoirs which reveal the 25 years as Laurence Olivier's wife<br />

07/10/01 R 3 1>5 Photographs<br />

POETRY<br />

* Sahara Sunday Spain is 9, writes poetry and is being hailed as<br />

a star in America - see Spain, Sahara Sunday 04/02/01<br />

* Killed in Crossfire by Tom Paulin 18/02/01 R 15 4<br />

* Anne Riddler, poet, who died earlier this month is remembered<br />

by Peter Forbes - see Riddler, Anne 28/10/01<br />

* By turning men's idea of poetry on its head, women poets<br />

discovered a voice for themselves 04/11/01 R 2 1>6<br />

Photographs<br />

POKER: BETS, BLUFFS AND BAD BEATS<br />

* See Book Reviews - Buckley, Will 18/03/01<br />

POLICE<br />

* Britain's biggest police force is racist, according to its own<br />

staff 14/01/01 B 2 2>7 Photograph<br />

* How police failed race attack victim - see Racism 04/02/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Ministry of Defence police force is to be transformed into<br />

a rapid response squad ready to intervene in strikes and protests<br />

across the country - Ministry of Defence 04/02/01<br />

* Ken Livingstone is to intervene in the case of police<br />

harassment of a black community worker 18/03/01 B 2 4>6<br />

Photograph<br />

* Crime fears as five police stations shut each month since<br />

Labour came into power - see Crime 25/03/01<br />

* Police budgets are being slashed under Labour, with a study<br />

showing that Tony Blair has halved the annual increase to forces<br />

across England 15/04/01 B 11 1>2<br />

* Police were accused of over-reacting to the threat of May Day<br />

violence in London and creating an atmosphere which makes a<br />

serious riot more likely - see Demonstrations & Protests<br />

29/04/01<br />

* Unrepentant police are refusing to apologise to bystanders<br />

penned in by riot officers at the end of last week's May Day anticapitalist<br />

demonstrations 06/05/01 B 12 1>8 Photograph<br />

* British police are likely to be the first in the world to acquire a<br />

national database that can identify criminals from foot prints<br />

20/05/01 B 9 7<br />

* British police officers could soon be using a non-lethal<br />

'supergun' developed in the US to maintain order during riots and<br />

periods of civil unrest 03/06/01 B 7 1>2 Illustration<br />

* A covert operation by West Midlands police against a gang of<br />

crack dealers put the lives of two elite undercover officers at risk<br />

- report on a catalogue of errors - see Crime 10/06/01<br />

* Underperforming police forces across the country are to be<br />

'named and shamed' in a set of league tables to be published later<br />

this year 17/06/01 B 3 1>3 Photograph<br />

* Paul Whitehouse, the Chief Constable of Sussex who resigned<br />

last week has called for a public inquiry into the events that led<br />

to him being forced out - see Whitehouse, Paul 01/07/01<br />

* Tranquilliser guns are to be issued to police in an attempt to<br />

halt the number of fatal shootings by armed officers 15/07/01 B<br />

1>2 1>3 Cartoon<br />

* Police officers involved in dealing with the Bradford race riots<br />

are launching a claim for millions of pounds in damages over the<br />

'trauma' they suffered 29/07/01 B 1 1>3<br />

* Elite police firearms units are facing a recruitment crisis that<br />

threatens to reduce dramatically the numbers of armed police<br />

available to patrol Britain's streets 29/07/01 B 10 1>2<br />

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166<br />

* <strong>The</strong> family of an unarmed man shot dead in his bedroom by<br />

police have been denied a public inquiry and inquest into the<br />

death 05/08/01 B 14 5>7 Photograph<br />

* Boxer Lennox Lewis will spearhead a dramatic new police<br />

recruitment drive amid fears that some forces are failing to hire<br />

enough black and Asian officers 05/08/01 B 5 6>7 Photograph<br />

* British police are being armed 'by stealth' as gun use reaches<br />

record levels 05/08/01 B 5 1>5 Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> makers of a documentary on deaths in police custody are<br />

defying threats to stop the film being shown 12/08/01 B 10 1>6<br />

Photographs<br />

* Police officers are to face random drug tests in an<br />

unprecedented crackdown on the growing problem of substance<br />

abuse in forces throughout Britain 19/08/01 B 1 1>3<br />

* Nick Ross, the presenter of the BBC's Crimewatch<br />

programme, has launched a bitter attack on the Government's<br />

crime policies, accusing Ministers of ignoring victims in favour<br />

of criminals - see Crime 21/10/01<br />

* Senior police officers have called for ecstasy to be treated as<br />

less dangerous then heroin or cocaine, just days after the<br />

Government ordered a relaxation of the cannabis laws - see<br />

Drugs & Drug Abuse 28/10/01<br />

* Previously unseen pictures taken by the Photography Branch<br />

of the Metropolitan Police, a century after the unit was set up<br />

04/11/01 M 18>24 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Police attitudes to Ecstasy may be softening, but some old<br />

ravers are beginning to worry that there's a price to pay for the<br />

good times they had 10 years ago - see Drugs & Drug Abuse<br />

25/11/01<br />

* Police forces across the world will get unrestricted access to<br />

medical records and bank details of Britons under radical powers<br />

granted by the new anti-terrorism Bill 25/11/01 B 12 7>8<br />

* Senior police officers are at loggerheads - should they pursue<br />

users of ecstasy or switch to softly-softly? 25/11/01 B 22 1>7<br />

Photographs<br />

* Home Secretary, David Blunkett has signalled the single<br />

biggest overhaul of failing police forces 02/12/01 B 1, 3 7>8<br />

* <strong>The</strong> worst police force in England and Wales is Greater<br />

Manchester, according to an <strong>Observer</strong> survey 02/12/01 B 9 3>8<br />

* Britain's top police officers have called for the mass<br />

prescription of heroin to addicts on the NHS - see Drugs & Drug<br />

Abuse 09/12/01<br />

* Police want new powers to lock up paedophiles - see<br />

Paedophiles 16/12/01<br />

* Police are demanding new powers from the Government that<br />

would allow them to take DNA samples from thousands of<br />

corpses in a bid to solve serious crimes - see Crime 23/12/01<br />

POLITICS<br />

* As the row over million pound donations to the Labour Party<br />

continues, a look at the schmoozers who set up the deals and<br />

how they go about convincing people to splash their cash<br />

07/01/01 B 15 1>8 Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Prime Minister will reject calls for state funding of<br />

political parties because he does not believe that voters would<br />

stomach the millions of pounds it would cost the taxpayer<br />

07/01/01 B 2 2>3<br />

* Labour vetoes softening of stance on drug laws 07/01/01 B 3<br />

1>4<br />

* William Hague's Shadow Cabinet plan escape after an election<br />

they expect to lose 07/01/01 B 4 7>8<br />

* Education and Employment Secretary, David Blunkett insists<br />

that jobs are 'there for the taking' and that anyone under 50 who


can work must do so 14/01/01 B 12 7>8<br />

* Tony Blair is to pledge no income tax rise in new parliament<br />

14/01/01 B 3 1>4<br />

* Peter Mandelson helped a controversial Indian tycoon, who is<br />

currently facing corruption charges, to obtain British citizenship<br />

after he agreed to donate £1bn to the Dome - see Mandelson,<br />

Peter 21/01/01<br />

* New Labour puts 'emotional literacy' at the heart of the<br />

political agenda 21/01/01 B 11 1>7 Photographs<br />

* Tony Blair faces the humiliating prospect of being represented<br />

by an empty chair as ITV prepares to go ahead with a televised<br />

debate involving the leaders of the three main political parties<br />

21/01/01 B 2 4>7<br />

* In Germany, the foreign minister admits to the headstrong folly<br />

of his youth and then gets back to work, in Britain, only a perfect<br />

past is good enough, writes Neal Ascherson 21/01/01 B 29 1>4<br />

Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Tories will try to scupper a government ban on cigarette<br />

advertising in a T-turn triggering a furious row over their links to<br />

the tobacco industry 21/01/01 B 4 7>8 Photograph<br />

* Charles Leadbeater regrets the departure from the Cabinet of<br />

Peter Mandelson - see Mandelson, Peter 28/01/01<br />

* New Labour has turned to advertising bad boy Trevor Beattie -<br />

see Beattie, Trevor 28/01/01<br />

* Pre-election tax cuts look to be off the agenda as a softening<br />

UK economy and acceleration in spending on public services<br />

puts the squeeze on the size of the Treasury's surplus - see<br />

Financial 28/01/01<br />

* War broke out last night between Tony Blair and Peter<br />

Mandelson, the two key architects of New Labour over the<br />

passports-for-favours crisis 28/01/01 B 1>2 1>4 Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> end of Peter Mandelson and Labour's crisis 28/01/01 B<br />

15>19 1>7 Photographs<br />

* Focus groups show female votes falling out of love with New<br />

Labour - see Women 04/02/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> political scandal that refused to go away - see Hinduja<br />

Affair, <strong>The</strong> 04/02/01<br />

* Blair fires starting pistol for single currency marathon - see<br />

Euro, <strong>The</strong> 11/02/01<br />

* Peter Mandelson could make a comeback to an important role<br />

but only if he cleans up his act, a former Labour Party general<br />

secretary has said - see Mandelson, Peter 11/02/01<br />

* A look at how the culture clash between Whitehall and the<br />

software providers has led to a string of expensive failures - see<br />

Information Technology 18/02/01<br />

* Amid the sensational claims in her autobiography, one thing<br />

emerges about Christine Keeler - that she believes she is the real<br />

victim of the Profumo scandal - see Keeler, Christine 18/02/01<br />

* Profile on former Olympic champion turned politician,<br />

Sebastian Coe - see Coe, Sebastian 18/02/01<br />

* Public sector IT spending soars to a record £10bn - see<br />

Information Technology 18/02/01<br />

* Two Government senior figures attacked Alastair Campbell,<br />

the Prime Minister's official spokesman, for saying that the<br />

education system was littered with 'bog standard<br />

comprehensives' - see Education 18/02/01<br />

* Tony Blair admits fears of voter apathy 18/02/01 B 2 3>5<br />

* Doubts over Tony Blair's deal on defence with President Bush<br />

- see Defence 25/02/01<br />

* George Szamuely comments on the Bush-Blair summit - see<br />

Szamuely, George 25/02/01<br />

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* Government plans to encourage large-scale private saving for<br />

retirement could be heading for failure - see Personal Finance<br />

25/02/01<br />

* Michael Portillo faced intense pressure to reveal the full scale<br />

of his business affairs after leaked documents showed he was<br />

given secret payments by an oil giant - see Portillo, Michael<br />

25/02/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> government is under pressure to secure the future of the<br />

Govan and Scotstoun shipyards in Glasgow by awarding them a<br />

contract to build two naval support ships - see Shipbuilding<br />

25/02/01<br />

* William Hague was so disillusioned by splits and rows within<br />

his party that he considered resigning a year ago - see Hague,<br />

William 25/02/01<br />

* Election countdown - the Tories' impossible task 25/02/01 B<br />

21 1>7 Photograph<br />

* Maternity pay boosted as the Budget targets women voters -<br />

see Women 04/03/01<br />

* Peter Mandelson will be cleared of all the main charges against<br />

him by the Government inquiry into the Hinduja passport<br />

scandal which is to be published this week - see Mandelson,<br />

Peter 04/03/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> productivity gap between Britain and the US has widened<br />

dramatically since New Labour came to power, despite<br />

numerous Government efforts to close it - see Business &<br />

Industry 04/03/01<br />

* Budget countdown 04/03/01 B 16 1>8 Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Mandelson affair: the Hammond Report exonerates<br />

Ministers - but deep in its pages it exposes the subtler ways in<br />

which money still buys influences 04/03/01 B 18>19 1>8<br />

Illustrations<br />

* Tory leader, William Hague, says 'Britain will be a foreign<br />

land' in his appeal to swing voters 04/03/01 B 2 2>4<br />

* Poll shows that a third of Tory party activists want William<br />

Hague to quit and Michael Portillo to become leader 04/03/01 B<br />

6 4>7 Photograph<br />

* Tony Blair is to paint an apocalyptic vision of a world being<br />

ravaged by global warming in a speech aimed at facing down<br />

critics who say that he does not take green issues seriously<br />

04/03/01 B 6 1>3<br />

* Chancellor Gordon Brown's record and the effect his policies<br />

have had in changing the way wealth is distributed in Britain<br />

today 04/03/01 N 6>7 1>5 Photographs<br />

* Labour is to harness the teenage craze for mobile phone textmessaging<br />

to get its election slogans, campaign instructions and<br />

encouragements to vote flashed to thousands of supporters<br />

04/03/01 B 7 1>2 Cartoon<br />

* Single mothers get IT call-up as Labour raises its ambitions for<br />

the New Deal - see Work 11/03/01<br />

* Tony Blair was facing a fresh sleaze row over a leaked memo<br />

suggesting Downing Street intervened in a planning application<br />

by billionaire arms broker Wafic Said 11/03/01 B 1>2 3>5<br />

* Tony Blair believes the loss of Peter Mandelson has been a<br />

severe blow to the Government 11/03/01 B 2 2>7 Photograph<br />

* Defence contractor BAE says it will close down shipyards if<br />

Ministers don't promise to give it the orders it wants - see<br />

Business & Industry 18/03/01<br />

* Foreign Office Minister Keith Vaz has personally overturned<br />

decisions by immigration officers an unprecedented 50 times -<br />

see Vaz, Keith 18/03/01<br />

* John Prescott was at the centre of a furious row over his<br />

decision to use private-sector lobbyists working for the transport<br />

industry to advise him during the general election - see Prescott,


John 18/03/01<br />

* Tony Blair is to put his religious beliefs at the centre of the<br />

general election campaign and call for a new style of ethical<br />

politics where the church is the bedrock of local communities<br />

18/03/01 B 13 7>8<br />

* Week 5: Foot & Mouth is no longer a disaster just in rural<br />

areas - it has become a major political drama that may threaten<br />

Blair's plans to win again - see Foot & Mouth Crisis 25/03/01<br />

* Fresh allegations of murky dealings between the Hinduja<br />

brothers and Britain threaten to embarrass Ministers who helped<br />

them obtain their British passports 25/03/01 B 3 1>4<br />

Photograph<br />

* It's compelling television and the most biting political satire for<br />

a generation, Robert McCrum celebrates Rory Bremner and his<br />

dazzling team - see Television 01/04/01<br />

* Profile on Anji Hunter, confidante and trusted aide to Tony<br />

Blair - see Hunter, Anji 01/04/01<br />

* Tony Blair clears the way for a June election 01/04/01 B 1>2<br />

1<br />

* <strong>The</strong> battle over the timing of the election 01/04/01 B 14 1>7<br />

Photographs<br />

* Blair's babes were supposed to change the male-dominated<br />

world of politics for ever, but they have had a battle on their<br />

hands even to survive 01/04/01 B 4 1>7 Photographs<br />

* In a special essay for <strong>The</strong> <strong>Observer</strong>, Noreena Hertz argues that<br />

governments' surrender to big business is the deadliest threat<br />

facing democracy today - see Hertz, Noreena 08/04/01<br />

* Lord Ashcroft, the Conservative Party treasurer, is being sued<br />

in the US over his alleged role in a corporate scandal - see<br />

Ashcroft, Lord 08/04/01<br />

* Lord Birt, the former BBC boss named as Tony Blair's 'crime<br />

tsar' in a blaze of publicity, has been quietly pensioned off amid<br />

mounting criticism - see Birt, Lord 08/04/01<br />

* New rights for mothers choosing to work part-time will be<br />

drawn up by an independent commission under plans being<br />

considered by Tony Blair 08/04/01 B 8 7>8<br />

* Education Secretary David Blunkett made it clear that he<br />

would not be returning to the job after the General Election - see<br />

Education 15/04/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> exploitation of genetic testing by insurers is set to be<br />

outlawed by the Government - see Genetics 15/04/01<br />

* Labour is to declare 'a war of attrition' against the BBC during<br />

the general election campaign 15/04/01 B 2 4>5<br />

* Ed Vulliamy joins John Prescott, the Deputy PM on the New<br />

York subway to hear his views on Kyoto, the Tube - and Miles<br />

Davis - see Prescott, John 22/04/01<br />

* Euan Ferguson meets… Tony Booth, the PM's father-in-law -<br />

see Booth, Tony 22/04/01<br />

* Labour is set to tackle the crisis in the rail industry with a<br />

major shake-up... - see Railway Industry 22/04/01<br />

* Rebel Tories, and a nicely timed speech about curry, have put<br />

the explosive issue of race on top of the election agenda - see<br />

Race 22/04/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Labour Party was accused of being 'institutionally racist'<br />

after an investigation revealed it will fail to hit its own target on<br />

electing black and Asian MPs at the next election - see Racism<br />

22/04/01<br />

* Some of the last election's losers relive the tears and the<br />

tantrums 22/04/01 M 14>20 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Blair's Britain just cultural vandalism says Bush's social policy<br />

guru, Myron Magnet 22/04/01 B 23 1>4 Photograph<br />

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* Labour's plan to give all newborn children a solid financial<br />

start - see Personal Finance 29/04/01<br />

* Leading Conservatives in William Hague's Treasury team are<br />

seeking to change tax laws which would directly benefit a<br />

business man who has donated millions of pounds to the party<br />

29/04/01 B 1>2 1>3 Photograph<br />

* Lord Taylor, the black Conservative leader who has fiercely<br />

criticised William Hague's stance on race, is to be gagged this<br />

week by the party 29/04/01 B 2 2>7<br />

* Alistair Beaton, author of the satirical hit 'Feelgood', chances<br />

on a secret memo from the Prime Minister seeking a livelier<br />

manifesto 29/04/01 B 24 2>5<br />

* Comment by Peter Mandelson - see Mandelson, Peter<br />

06/05/01<br />

* Tony Blair overruled the Treasury to strike a deal over the<br />

future of the London Tube amid fears than an ongoing row<br />

would cost Labour seats in the capital - see London<br />

Underground 06/05/01<br />

* A tough package of crime measures is to be made the launch<br />

pad for Tony Blair's electoral appeal to Britain's middle ground<br />

06/05/01 B 1 4>7<br />

* Chancellor Gordon Brown may have to refund billions of<br />

pounds in tax to multinational companies following a deluge of<br />

lawsuits after the European Court of Justice ruled discrimination<br />

06/05/01 N 1 1>7 Photograph<br />

* Countdown to polling day 06/05/01 B 14 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Peter Preston comments on the newspaper tabloid, <strong>The</strong> Sun's<br />

backing of Tony Blair 06/05/01 B 14 7>8<br />

* Varied personal opinions of the Labour Party 06/05/01 B 24<br />

2>4 Photographs<br />

* Tony Blair secretly scrapped an official report detailing how<br />

Britain's public services are still failing under New Labour amid<br />

fears that it would give ammunition to the Tories close to the<br />

election 06/05/01 B 6 1>7<br />

* A fresh attempt to crack down on cartels, rogue traders and<br />

anti-competitive companies will be the centrepiece of Labour's<br />

election manifesto plans for business - see Business & Industry<br />

13/05/01<br />

* A raft of tax cuts and rises in allowances were promised in the<br />

Tories' election manifesto last week, all funded by £8bn cuts in<br />

public spending - see Personal Finance 13/05/01<br />

* How your vote in the forthcoming General Election could hit<br />

your pocket - see Personal Finance 13/05/01<br />

* Labour has wooed business - but the relationship is fragile -<br />

see Business & Industry 13/05/01<br />

* Labour's new incentives to work - and a boost for pensioners -<br />

see Personal Finance 13/05/01<br />

* Many Lib Dem proposals on personal finance are similar to<br />

those they made at the last election, but this time they are<br />

making an effort to appeal to pensioners - see Personal Finance<br />

13/05/01<br />

* A group of 60 prominent businessmen are set to endorse<br />

Labour's economic record in a letter to be published in <strong>The</strong><br />

Times tomorrow 13/05/01 N 1 2>6<br />

* New poll joy for Blair as Tories lose high earners 13/05/01 B<br />

1 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Six-page special on Election <strong>2001</strong> 13/05/01 B 13>18 1>8<br />

Photographs<br />

* A former aide to the Hinduja brothers accused Downing Street<br />

of lying about a meeting between Tony Blair and the<br />

controversial Indian tycoons in June 1998 13/05/01 B 2 7>8


* Tories in turmoil as candidates defy Hague over joining the<br />

euro 13/05/01 B 2 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Britain is to impose a cap on the number of people granted<br />

asylum as part of a government clampdown on one of the most<br />

delicate issues facing politicians - see Asylum Seekers 20/05/01<br />

* Britain's top nursing leader has launched a savage attack on<br />

Labour's recruitment of nurses, a centrepiece of its strategy to<br />

improve the NHS - see National Health Service 20/05/01<br />

* Election focus on <strong>The</strong> Euro - see Euro, <strong>The</strong> 20/05/01<br />

* Labour is planning to launch a sweeping review of the sources<br />

and security of Britain's energy supply as an urgent policy<br />

initiative if it wins the election - see Energy 20/05/01<br />

* More stealth taxes likely as Labour lays off incomes - see<br />

Personal Finance 20/05/01<br />

* Vodafone executive and lifelong Conservative Chris Gent has<br />

fallen out with William Hague over his position on Europe and<br />

the single currency 20/05/01<br />

* Oliver Letwin, the Tory Treasury spokesman at the heart of<br />

last week's gaffe over tax cuts, may pay for his mistake with his<br />

seat 20/05/01 B 12 7>8<br />

* <strong>The</strong> political week 20/05/01 B 13 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Election <strong>2001</strong> special 20/05/01 B 13>18 1>8 Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Big Issue No 2: Asylum 20/05/01 B 15 6<br />

* William Hague faced an embarrassing row over his campaign<br />

strategy as opinion polls revealed that Labour has lengthened its<br />

lead to 19 points 20/05/01 B 2 2>7 Photograph<br />

* An Iraqi-born British billionaire has been helped by Foreign<br />

Office Minister Keith Vaz in his attempts to avoid extradition -<br />

see Fraud 27/05/01<br />

* Cherie Blair's visit to a hospital yesterday was in danger of<br />

backfiring after a consultant paediatrician criticised the health<br />

service - see Blair, Cherie 27/05/01<br />

* Investment in hospitals, schools and transport infrastructure<br />

sunk to its lowest sustained level since the Second World War<br />

during Labour's four years in power, a new analysis reveals<br />

27/05/01 N 1 1>3<br />

* <strong>The</strong> strange case of Keith Vaz, the Iraqi tycoon and Interpol<br />

27/05/01 B 13 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Election <strong>2001</strong>: Interview with Charles Kennedy, the Lib Dems'<br />

self-deprecating Scot 27/05/01 B 14>15 2>6 Photographs<br />

* Election <strong>2001</strong> special 27/05/01 B 14>20 1>6 Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Big Issue No 3: <strong>The</strong> euro 27/05/01 B 17 5<br />

* Tony Blair is to join the list of party leaders who have made<br />

themselves the star of the show 27/05/01 B 2 2>7 Photographs<br />

* Tory businessmen to desert William Hague over anti-euro<br />

stance 27/05/01 B 2 2>7<br />

* Behind the electoral dogfights an unspoken consensus on the<br />

role of the private sector in rescuing ailing public services has<br />

emerged 27/05/01 N 3 1>8 Photographs, graphs<br />

* Election <strong>2001</strong>: How to make sense of the tax debate 27/05/01<br />

N 8>9 1>6 Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong> BBC was on a collision course with the Labour Party over<br />

a Panorama programme which alleges that the Government has<br />

'cooked the books' on the number of people being treated by the<br />

NHS - see BBC 03/06/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Government should abandon university tuition fees,<br />

according to William Straw, the Home Secretary's son - see<br />

Education 03/06/01<br />

* Tories switch tack in face of poll rout 03/06/01 B 1 5>8<br />

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* Election <strong>2001</strong>: 8-page special 03/06/01 B 13>22<br />

* <strong>The</strong> big issue No. 4: Privatisation 03/06/01 B 14 1<br />

* Blair's blueprint for new term with schools and law shake-up<br />

03/06/01 B 2 2>8<br />

* Portillo is ready to put Tory leadership bid on hold 03/06/01 B<br />

2 2>7 Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> race debate that ignores black people's hopes 03/06/01 B<br />

21 1>5 Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Greens 03/06/01 B 22 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Robin Marris says the maths of the election makes stealth taxes<br />

the only hope for the poor 03/06/01 N 3 1>5 Photographs<br />

* Under Labour macro policy is disappearing 03/06/01 N 3 1>5<br />

Photographs, graphs<br />

* Sex, drugs and drink are par for the course for any teenager,<br />

but if mum and dad happen to be called Blair, or maybe Bush, it<br />

doesn't half cramp your style - see Families & Family Life<br />

10/06/01<br />

* Union leaders who represent millions of public sector workers<br />

are to launch a campaign against Government plans for greater<br />

private involvement in health and education - see Trade Unions<br />

10/06/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Government is looking at radical plans to raise billions of<br />

pounds from the part-privatisation of the airwaves 10/06/01 N 1<br />

1>5<br />

* Election <strong>2001</strong>: <strong>The</strong> Verdict, 16-page special 10/06/01 X 1>16<br />

1>8 Photographs<br />

* Tony Blair axed Robin Cook from the Foreign Office because<br />

he feared a major row was about to erupt between the former<br />

Foreign Secretary and the chancellor, Gordon Brown, over entry<br />

to the euro 10/06/01 B 1>2 1>6 Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong> British Iraqi-born tycoon, Nadhmi Auchi, who is wanted<br />

for questioning in France over his alleged role in the Elf-<br />

Aquitaine scandal, has given thousands of pounds in political<br />

donations 10/06/01 B 10 1>6<br />

* Election <strong>2001</strong>: How the PM has surrounded himself with<br />

loyalists for the battle to come on the euro 10/06/01 B 13>14<br />

1>6 Photographs<br />

* Election <strong>2001</strong>: Blair's Cabinet 10/06/01 B 14 7>8 Photographs<br />

* Election <strong>2001</strong>: Mary Riddell sees the designer labels of the last<br />

term go, replaced by the Blair clan, 1950s style 10/06/01 B 14<br />

1>6 Photographs<br />

* Election <strong>2001</strong>: <strong>The</strong> Tories: By jumping before he was pushed,<br />

Hague hoped to save his party from a messy fight, he was wrong<br />

10/06/01 B 15 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Greens at War: environmentalists said our planet was doomed<br />

to die, now one man says they are wrong 10/06/01 B 16 1>8<br />

Photographs<br />

* Ann Widdecombe will make a determined pitch for the Tory<br />

leadership today by staking out her claim to lead the party on a<br />

strong right-wing agenda 10/06/01 B 2 2>4<br />

* Profile on the millionaire philanthropist, John Paul Getty, who<br />

has just donated £5m to the Tory Party - see Getty, John Paul<br />

17/06/01<br />

* John Major will today back Tory leadership challenger<br />

Michael Portillo 17/06/01 B 1, 3 1<br />

* Tory battles: Michael Portillo's leadership quest 17/06/01 B<br />

14>15 1>6 Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Government is braced for a major clash over Franco-<br />

German plans for a European tax to support institutions based in<br />

Brussels 17/06/01 B 2 2>6


* Five days after the election, Michael Portillo finally reveals his<br />

ambitions to lead the Conservative Party 17/06/01 B 25 1>2<br />

Photograph<br />

* Sacked sports minister Kate Hoey has launched a bitter attack<br />

on former colleagues, accusing the Government of being overly<br />

influenced by powerful football chiefs 17/06/01 B 7 1>2<br />

Photographs<br />

* Roy Hattersley, former deputy leader of the Labour Party,<br />

launched a savage attack on Tony Blair and called for a 'counter<br />

coup' by party members to restore Labour's principles - see<br />

Hattersley, Roy 24/06/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> former Tory Party treasurer, Lord Ashcroft, is to take legal<br />

action against two Cabinet ministers over a 'dirty tricks'<br />

campaign - see Ashcroft, Lord 24/06/01<br />

* Three of the leading contenders for the Tory leadership broke<br />

with the party's traditional hardline opposition to drugs by<br />

calling for a major debate on the legalisation of cannabis<br />

24/06/01 B 1 2>7<br />

* New Labour's great dilemma: Tony Blair has realised that<br />

voters are fed up with crumbling public services - and his answer<br />

is to bring in the private sector 24/06/01 B 13 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Secret papers show that Parliamentary pension portfolio<br />

includes millions in 'unethical' investments 24/06/01 B 2 2>7<br />

* Parliament's pensions scandal: the unethical investments<br />

behind MPs' pensions 24/06/01 N 3 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Kenneth Clarke, the former Tory Chancellor and a contender<br />

for leadership of the party, travelled to Vietnam to support a<br />

controversial plan to build a $40m cigarette manufacturing plant<br />

24/06/01 B 6 4>8 Photographs<br />

* Michael Portillo has apologised to rivals over a 'dirty tricks'<br />

campaign threatening to sour the race for the Tory leadership -<br />

see Portillo, Michael 01/07/01<br />

* Peter Gershon, Whitehall's new companion of 'intelligent'<br />

purchasing took a pay cut to teach value for money to the civil<br />

service - see Public/Private Sector 01/07/01<br />

* Profile on Kenneth Clarke, Tory Party leader candidate - see<br />

Clarke, Kenneth 01/07/01<br />

* Politicians are demanding an ethical pension fund for MPs<br />

after <strong>The</strong> <strong>Observer</strong> revealed that their retirement money has been<br />

invested in cigarette firms and arms manufacturers 01/07/01 N 2<br />

7>8<br />

* Euan Ferguson meets… Charles Moore, the reluctant<br />

revolutionary - see Moore, Charles 08/07/01<br />

* Tony Blair is to dump the government's "annual report" after<br />

accusations that it was an expensive exercise in spin 08/07/01 B<br />

13 5>7<br />

* 'Confessor' heard the diary of Hague's disastrous campaign<br />

08/07/01 B 9 4>6<br />

* Fears over a Tory leadership ballot fix and allegations of<br />

treachery against Amanda Platell 08/07/01 B 9 1>3 Photograph<br />

* Andrew Rawnsley caused a political sensation with his book<br />

Servants of the People - extract from his updated bestseller - see<br />

Rawnsley, Andrew 15/07/01<br />

* BAT, the tobacco company employing Tory leadership hopeful<br />

Ken Clarke as deputy chairman has been doing business deals<br />

with a suspected Serbian smuggler - see Tobacco Industry<br />

15/07/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> spectre of the cash for passports scandal cast a fresh cloud<br />

over Tony Blair's administration as a new book revealed details<br />

of Downing Street's involvement in the Hinduja affair 15/07/01<br />

B 1 5 Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> screening of senior Tory aide Amanda Platell's election<br />

diary could end her greatest enemy's career 15/07/01 B 3 1>4<br />

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Photographs<br />

* Influential Tory MP Alan Duncan has become embroiled in a<br />

criminal investigation over an allegedly illegal multi-million<br />

pound oil deal - see Duncan, Alan 22/07/01<br />

* Ken Clarke has ordered his backers to 'shut up about the euro'<br />

for fear of igniting a row during the Tory leadership campaign<br />

that could split the party - see Euro, <strong>The</strong> 22/07/01<br />

* Mary Archer whispers in the ear of her husband, the disgraced<br />

Tory peer, Jeffrey Archer, as he prepares to return to prison after<br />

his mother's funeral service - see Archer, Jeffrey & Mary<br />

22/07/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> tortuous path that led to the final burial of Michael<br />

Portillo's hopes to lead the Conservative Party - see Portillo,<br />

Michael 22/07/01<br />

* Amanda Platell, William Hague's former chief spin doctor, is<br />

backing Iain Duncan Smith to become the new Conservative<br />

Party leader 05/08/01 B 6 5>6 Photograph<br />

* Rebel Labour MPs will try to force a return to traditional party<br />

principles during an unprecedented autumn of discontent<br />

05/08/01 B 6 7 8<br />

* BNP members tucked into cakes during the group's Red, White<br />

and Blue summer event in Mid-Wales - see British National<br />

Party, <strong>The</strong> 12/08/01<br />

* Photograph of Ken Clarke on the campaign trail for the<br />

leadership of the Tory Party with his wife, Gillian - see Clarke,<br />

Kenneth 19/08/01<br />

* William Hague warned that the Tories would 'slide back into<br />

divisions over Europe' unless they elected Iain Duncan Smith<br />

leader, as the Conservative leadership contest took a bitter twist<br />

19/08/01 B 2 4>6 Photograph<br />

* It's time to put vision back into politics and for Labour to dare<br />

admit that a just society must be paid for with higher taxes,<br />

argues Matthew Taylor, head of No 10's favourite think tank<br />

19/08/01 B 24 1>5 Photograph<br />

* Conservatives in crisis - see Conservative Party, <strong>The</strong> 26/08/01<br />

* Kenneth Clark, fighting to become the Tory leader, signalled<br />

that there would be a natural purge of Eurosceptic members from<br />

the Conservative Party is he wins - see Clarke, Kenneth<br />

26/08/01<br />

* Peter Preston on the Tory Press - see Media 26/08/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Prime Minister is expected to concede in a keynote speech<br />

to union leaders next month that the proposals to involve<br />

commercial firms in public services could have been handled<br />

better 26/08/01 B 6 6>8 Photograph<br />

* Tony Blair can triumph in a referendum on the euro if he<br />

tackles his 'hopeless' opponents hard enough, according to a new<br />

report - see Euro, <strong>The</strong> 02/09/01<br />

* Tony Blair has been thrown a lifeline over the growing antiprivatisation<br />

revolt after unions agreed to a crucial watering<br />

down of their opposition 02/09/01 B 10 8<br />

* Iain Duncan Smith, the Tory leadership candidate, changes<br />

tack on Section 28, which forbids the 'promotion of<br />

homosexuality', as rivals accuse him of betraying his principles<br />

02/09/01 B 2 2>7<br />

* Disgraced Labour MP, Peter Mandelson is back in the political<br />

limelight - see Mandelson, Peter 09/09/01<br />

* Iain Duncan Smith believes he can emulate his father's heroic<br />

wartime exploits, beating Kenneth Clarke to become Tory leader<br />

- see Smith, Iain Duncan 09/09/01<br />

* Interview with actor Neil Pearson who would rather talk<br />

politics than acting - see Pearson, Neil 09/09/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> leading contender in the race to be the new chairman of


the BBC will demand that his deputy is a known Conservative<br />

supporter - see BBC 09/09/01<br />

* We will survive, argues the distinguished Conservative<br />

historian, Robert Blake - see Blake, Robert 09/09/01<br />

* A high-flying Labour Minister has secretly held a two-year<br />

directorship of a property company hoping to develop student<br />

accommodation with the help of private finance initiative<br />

funding 09/09/01 B 4 2>5 Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> fragile Tory truce surrounding Iain Duncan Smith was<br />

shattered with blunt warnings from senior figures that he is only<br />

'on probation' as leader 16/09/01 B 1 4>8<br />

* Gaps in Iain Duncan Smith's team reveal deep rifts in the<br />

Conservative party 16/09/01 B 6 1>6 Photograph, cartoon<br />

* Terror in America: <strong>The</strong> Prime Minister's balance act - Blair<br />

tries to juggle caution and boldness 16/09/01 X 6 1>6<br />

Photograph<br />

* Terror in America: UK "hawks" and "doves" 16/09/01 X 6<br />

2>4 Photographs<br />

* Tony Blair has given the green light to one of the most hardhitting<br />

reports on the case for Britain joining the single currency<br />

- see Euro, <strong>The</strong> 23/09/01<br />

* Patients could have to pay to see their GP under plans being<br />

considered by Charles Kennedy, leader of the Liberal Democrats<br />

23/09/01 B 4 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Labour's policies have increased racism in the criminal justice<br />

system and encouraged abuse of asylum seekers to distract from<br />

widespread 'institutional racism', according to a report - see<br />

Racism 30/09/01<br />

* Countdown to the euro: Labour's euro strategy - see Euro, <strong>The</strong><br />

07/10/01<br />

* Just 3 per cent of voters recognise key members of the<br />

Conservative Party shadow cabinet - see Conservative Party, <strong>The</strong><br />

07/10/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Spectator's ubiquitous editor, Boris Johnson, shows no<br />

sign of wanting to give up the job despite being elected a Tory<br />

MP, but his days may be numbered - see Media 14/10/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Tories have quietly dropped plans to give parents and<br />

patients vouchers to pay for private education and healthcare<br />

14/10/01 B 13 7>8<br />

* <strong>The</strong> first official portrait of the PM is unveiled this week - see<br />

Blair, Tony 28/10/01<br />

* Gordon Brown wants his pre-Budget Report to mend the<br />

Government's increasingly strained relations with British<br />

business - see Business & Industry 18/11/01<br />

* Pre-Budget Report: Chancellor Gordon Brown's target: low<br />

tax, high spending - see Economy 18/11/01<br />

* Tony Blair's most trusted aide, Anji Hunter who has taken a<br />

top job with BP, stands to earn tens of thousands of pounds in<br />

additional bonus payments if oil prices and profits soar 18/11/01<br />

B 10 6>7<br />

* A doom-laden report from its advisers will tell the Government<br />

that despite its efforts the transport crisis is worse than ever - see<br />

Transport 25/11/01<br />

* A private healthcare company headed by one of Tony Blair's<br />

closest allies is making millions of pounds from acute NHS staff<br />

shortages - see National Health Service 25/11/01<br />

* Patriotic Gibraltar protests at 'disloyal' hand over to Spain by<br />

Tony Blair - see International Affairs: Europe 25/11/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> elderly are each to be given £200 every winter until the<br />

next general election as part of a government drive that will cost<br />

tax payers £8bn - see Elderly, <strong>The</strong> 25/11/01<br />

OBSERVER INDEX: JAN-DEC <strong>2001</strong><br />

171<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Foreign Secretary, Jack Straw, threatened diplomatic<br />

action over President Robert Mugabe's threat to treat British<br />

journalists as 'terrorists' - see International Affairs: Africa<br />

25/11/01<br />

* NHS - paying for change - see National Health Service<br />

02/12/01<br />

* MPs want to know who paid for what during a visit to Hong<br />

Kong by the former Cabinet Minister, Peter Mandelson<br />

02/12/01 B 6 1>8 Photograph<br />

* David Blunkett was accused of 'bullying' after warning Iain<br />

Duncan Smith to face the 'dangerous consequences' of opposing<br />

Government's Anti-terrorism Bill - see Terrorism 09/12/01<br />

* Peter Mandelson feels Britain can benefit from more<br />

integration and even a new energy tax - see European Union<br />

09/12/01<br />

* Peter Mandelson today calls for a move towards common EU<br />

taxes in a radical blueprint for closer European integration - see<br />

European Union 09/12/01<br />

* Jay Rayner meets… Shirley Williams, Liberal Democrat, who<br />

at 71 is still fizzing with enthusiasm - see Williams, Shirley<br />

16/12/01<br />

* Tony Blair denied that a groundbreaking call the European<br />

Union for it to have its own constitution was a move towards a<br />

superstate - see European Union 16/12/01<br />

* Tony Blair fears a major split with America over the Middle<br />

East peace process - see International Affairs: Middle East<br />

16/12/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Conservatives are facing a decade in the political<br />

wilderness because of a growing bias against the party in the<br />

British electoral system 16/12/01 B 12 6>8 Photograph<br />

* A Muslim Labour peer is to make an official complaint to the<br />

tribunal which investigates the misuse of bugging equipment<br />

16/12/01 B 2 4>7 Photograph<br />

* Ann Widdecombe escapes Parliamentary pressures and treats<br />

her mother to the haunting beauty of Norway's Arctic wilderness<br />

- see Travel 23/12/01<br />

* Downing Street hints that 19-month-old Leo Blair has been<br />

given the controversial triple vaccine - see Blair, Leo 23/12/01<br />

* Flora Keays, the daughter of Lord Parkinson, one of Margaret<br />

Thatcher's key Cabinet Ministers, is to speak publicity about her<br />

life for the first time - see Keays, Flora 23/12/01<br />

* For the Blair's, privacy is paramount, and they lashed out at<br />

demands that they should reveal whether their son received the<br />

triple vaccine - see Blair, Tony & Cherie 23/12/01<br />

* Former Foreign Office Minister Keith Vaz faces claims that he<br />

may have received a payment from a rich businessman wanted<br />

for questioning in France - see Vaz, Keith 23/12/01<br />

* One of Saddam Hussein's most senior henchmen was the<br />

organiser of repeated trips to Baghdad by Labour MP George<br />

Galloway - see International Affairs: Middle East 23/12/01<br />

* Plans to ensure that juries in race cases have a quota of ethnic<br />

minority members are to be rejected by the Government - see<br />

Race 23/12/01<br />

* Damian Green, the Conservative education spokesman, is to<br />

spend a week teaching in school - see Education 30/12/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Government is to spend millions of pounds selling Europe<br />

and the single currency to the British public next year - see Euro,<br />

<strong>The</strong> 30/12/01<br />

* Aspiring women MPs suffer such blatant sex discrimination<br />

that all three main parties are at risk of being sued, a report<br />

claims 23/09/10 B 5 7>8 Cartoon<br />

POLKE, SIGMAR


* See Art 14/01/01<br />

POLLUTION<br />

* Britain is facing a pollution disaster because of the hundreds of<br />

thousands of carcasses being burned or buried as the<br />

Government fights foot & mouth disease - see Foot & Mouth<br />

Crisis 01/04/01<br />

* Toxic chemicals are killing the Great Barrier Reef 03/06/01 B<br />

27 6>7 Photograph<br />

* A new book makes a shocking claim about London's air: it is<br />

actually the cleanest it has been since the Middle Ages 10/06/01<br />

B 3 1>7 Photograph<br />

* A damning international report names Scotland as the worst<br />

polluter in Europe - see Scotland 14/10/01<br />

POOLE, MAJOR JACK<br />

* Report on World War I flying ace, Major Jack Poole's legacy<br />

in Sudan - his son Arthur and grandson George - see<br />

International Affairs: Africa 21/10/01<br />

POP<br />

* See Book Reviews - Shapiro, Anna 04/11/01<br />

POPE JOHN PAUL II<br />

* Pope John Paul II closes the Holy Door in St Peter's Basillica<br />

at the Vatican, ending the Roman Catholic Church Holy Year<br />

<strong>2001</strong> 07/01/01 B 2 4 Photograph<br />

* Pope John Paul began a historic pilgrimage to Muslim Syria<br />

yesterday with an urgent appeal for peace in the Middle East<br />

06/05/01 B 23 6>8 Photograph<br />

* Pope John Paul II arrived in Ukranine for a five day visit and<br />

stepped straight into a war over whether the Vatican is trying to<br />

erode the power of the Orthodox Church 24/06/01 B 2 5<br />

Photograph<br />

POPULAR CULTURE<br />

* Award-winning journalist and documentary-maker Sorious<br />

Samura condemns the so-called reality TV currently dominating<br />

our screens and calls for more air time for the true stories - see<br />

Samura, Sorious 17/06/01<br />

* Germaine Greer on 'reality TV' 24/06/01 R 1>2 1>5<br />

Photographs<br />

* Eighties TV shows are back, old bands are reforming and<br />

everybody's got a lava lamp… 19/08/01 R 1>2 1>5 Photographs<br />

* Steve Barnett argues that the BBC must be allowed a different<br />

vision of children's popular culture - see Media 26/08/01<br />

POPULATION<br />

* <strong>The</strong> population of the UK has passed 60 million, fuelled by<br />

record immigration and increasing life expectancy 26/08/01 B<br />

1>2 2>5 Graph<br />

PORNOGRAPHY<br />

* Lenient sentencing fuels Net child porn 07/01/01 B 5 1>3<br />

Photograph<br />

* Last week an adult video store was fined £5,000 for selling soft<br />

porn, Confessions of a Sex Maniac, under the label hard-core<br />

porn - see Videos 28/01/01<br />

* Computer retailers and Microsoft are to join forces with the<br />

police and children's charities in a crackdown on child porn on<br />

the Internet - see Internet 06/05/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> British view of porn has changed, we are no longer<br />

shocked and neither is the censor, so sex shops and filmmakers<br />

are preparing for a boom time 03/06/01 R 8 1>5 Photographs<br />

* Penthouse porn baron Bob Guccione is heading an empire in<br />

crisis - see Media 01/07/01<br />

OBSERVER INDEX: JAN-DEC <strong>2001</strong><br />

172<br />

PORTER, HENRY<br />

* Columnist 18/02/01 B 29 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Columnist 01/04/01 B 29 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Columnist 22/04/01 B 29 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Columnist 14/10/01 B 33 1>5 Photographs<br />

* Columnist 11/11/01 B 32 1>5 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 23/12/01 B 23 1>6 Photographs<br />

PORTILLO, MICHAEL<br />

* Michael Portillo faced intense pressure to reveal the full scale<br />

of his business affairs after leaked documents showed he was<br />

given secret payments by an oil giant 25/02/01 B 1 1>3<br />

* Michael Portillo has apologised to rivals over a 'dirty tricks'<br />

campaign threatening to sour the race for the Tory leadership<br />

01/07/01 B 9 6>7 Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> tortuous path that led to the final burial of Michael<br />

Portillo's hopes to lead the Conservative Party 22/07/01 B<br />

12>13 1>7 Photographs<br />

PORTS, COLE<br />

* Your Sensational - <strong>The</strong> Cole Porter Story - see Radio 09/12/01<br />

POST OFFICE, THE<br />

* <strong>The</strong> new Post Office has the ambition to do much more than<br />

deliver letters 18/02/01 C 31 1>6 Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> French Post Office wants to deliver letters in the UK when<br />

licences become available for operators to launch alternative<br />

services to the Royal Mail later this year - see Business &<br />

Industry 03/06/01<br />

* Royal Mail managing director Richard Dykes is resigning next<br />

month after two years of poor performance that have seen mail<br />

volumes drop and performance targets go unmet - see Business<br />

& Industry 08/07/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Post Office is looking for new ways to cope with the<br />

demand for home deliveries 22/07/01 N 1 1>2 Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Royal Mail's Nobel guru, Professor Brian Josephson, is in<br />

a row with scientists as an issue of six special stamps goes on<br />

sale this week 30/09/01 B 10 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Management: Rebranding the Post Office was a disaster - see<br />

Work 16/12/01<br />

POUND, EZRA, POEMS SELECTED<br />

* See Book Reviews - Kinsella, John 14/01/01<br />

POVERTY<br />

* Almost 250,000 children in Britain's poorest households have<br />

become worse off since 1997 when Labour took power, says a<br />

new study 18/02/01 B 12 1>2<br />

* Hungary children and people begging are not what we want to<br />

see on holiday, but how do you cope with your conscience?<br />

03/06/01 E 2>3 1>4 Photographs<br />

POWELL, CHRIS<br />

* Columnist 20/05/01 B 19 1>2 Photograph<br />

POWELL, COLIN<br />

* Profile on Colin Powell, the youngest man to hold America's<br />

most powerful military post, and the first black man 30/09/01 B<br />

27 1>6 Caricature<br />

POWER, VINCE<br />

* Profile on rags-to-riches music king, Vince Power 21/01/01 N<br />

4 1>8 Photographs


POWER: THE ESSENTIAL WORKS<br />

* See Book Reviews - Conrad, Peter 15/04/01<br />

POWERBOOK, THE<br />

* See Book Reviews - Merritt, Stephanie 29/04/01<br />

PRESCOTT, JOHN<br />

* John Prescott was at the centre of a furious row over his<br />

decision to use private-sector lobbyists working for the transport<br />

industry to advise him during the general election 18/03/01 B 3<br />

1>4 Photograph<br />

* Ed Vulliamy joins John Prescott, the Deputy PM on the New<br />

York subway to hear his views on Kyoto, the Tube - and Miles<br />

Davis 22/04/01 B 10 1>7 Photograph<br />

PRESCOTT, SIR MARK<br />

* Interview with Sir Mark Prescott - see Sport: Horse Racing<br />

07/10/01<br />

PRESTON, PETER<br />

* Peter Preston comments on the newspaper tabloid, <strong>The</strong> Sun's<br />

backing of Tony Blair - see Politics 06/05/01<br />

* Columnist 13/05/01 B 18 2>6 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 20/05/01 B 20 7>8 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 27/05/01 B 17 1>3 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 03/06/01 B 22 5>6 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 10/06/01 X 13 1>3 Photographs<br />

* Columnist 26/08/01 B 14 7>8 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 09/12/01 B 27 1>5 Photographs<br />

PRESTON, SIM<br />

* See Music: Classical 25/11/01<br />

PREVIN, ANDRE<br />

* Andre Previn's Music Hour - see Radio 09/12/01<br />

PRISONS & PRISONERS<br />

* One of the killers of James Bulger could move into a new<br />

home in the North-west within miles of the Bootle shopping<br />

centre where the toddler was snatched - see Bulger, James<br />

07/01/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> 'Malevolent Seven' whose escape from a Texas prison<br />

sparked one of the biggest manhunts in American history got<br />

away after being left unsupervised having a picnic - see<br />

International Affairs: USA 07/01/01<br />

* Two young Britons, jailed for attempting to smuggle drugs out<br />

of Venezuela, have broken their parole and fled back to England<br />

after fearing they would be killed 07/01/01 B 12 1>2<br />

Photographs<br />

* Saudi Arabian authorities are flouting international law by now<br />

allowing British officials to visit a jailed Briton who faces public<br />

execution - see International Affairs: Middle East 25/02/01<br />

* Letters published in <strong>The</strong> Sun could keep James Bulger's killers<br />

in jail…if they're genuine 25/02/01 B 12 1>7 Photographs<br />

* Bullying regimes and a breakdown of respect for authority<br />

have led to a staggering increase in violence at young offender<br />

institutions 04/03/01 B 12 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Crime pays handsomely for Britain's private jails 11/03/01 N<br />

12 1>6 Photograph, graphs<br />

* Prison officers will be told this week that they should call all<br />

inmates by their first name or, if their charges prefer, Mr,<br />

madam, Ms or Miss 20/05/01 B 1 2>4 Photograph<br />

OBSERVER INDEX: JAN-DEC <strong>2001</strong><br />

173<br />

* Britain will have the second biggest prison population in the<br />

western world within six years 27/05/01 B 10 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Prison drama - it features corruption, lesbianism, drugs and<br />

violence - so no wonder millions of viewers love ITV's hit prison<br />

drama even if the critics hate it - see Prisons & Prisoners<br />

10/06/01<br />

* A prisoner serving life in the so-called Bangkok Hilton, the<br />

notorious Thai jail, is set to become the latest Briton abroad to be<br />

freed due to a change in the Government's policy 10/06/01 B 9 7<br />

Photograph<br />

* Police from two forces in the North of England have launched<br />

investigations into the leaking of pictures that could identify the<br />

killers of James Bulger after their release from secure detention<br />

17/06/01 B 1 2>5 Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> killers of James Bulger will learn this week if they can go<br />

free, but new identities for Jon Venables and Robert Thompson<br />

may not be enough to protect them from vigilantes 17/06/01 B<br />

8>9 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Ethnic minorities account for more than 20 per cent of<br />

prisoners in jails in England and Wales, prompting fears the<br />

criminal justice system is increasingly racially biased - see<br />

Racism 24/06/01<br />

* Thousands of inmates are trapped in the revolving door of<br />

reoffending - few are taught the skills that would keep them free<br />

- see Work 01/07/01<br />

* Training persistent young offenders to drive forklift trucks is a<br />

rehabilitation project at HM Young Offenders Institution in<br />

Reading - see Work 08/07/01<br />

* Report on the scandal of Britain's mentally ill who should be in<br />

hospital, not prison - see Mental Health 29/07/01<br />

* Paddy Hill, one of the Birmingham Six wrongly convicted of<br />

the 1974 IRA pub bombing, has rejected a compensation offer of<br />

less than £1m for the 16 years spent in jail - see Hill, Paddy<br />

19/08/01<br />

* A disabled prisoner has won compensation for discrimination<br />

in a landmark case likely to lead to a catalogue of similar claims<br />

26/08/01 B 8 5>7<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Home Secretary has started a major review of sentencing<br />

which could see greater political and public involvement in<br />

dealing with offenders - two leading lawyers urge caution<br />

02/09/01 B 23 1>5 Photographs<br />

* A sailor who has spent the past 13 years trying to prove<br />

himself innocent of murder and rape could soon be freed after<br />

vital new evidence was uncovered in a police filing cabinet<br />

21/10/01 B 11 1>7 Photographs<br />

* Did Gloria Trevi, once Mexico's most successful pop star,<br />

impregnate herself in prison to escape extradition on sexual<br />

abuse charges? - see International Affairs: Cent. & S. America<br />

28/10/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> French company responsible for the discredited asylum<br />

voucher scheme is in line to win lucrative government contracts<br />

to build and run two private prisons for women 11/11/01 B 12<br />

5>6<br />

* A plane-spotter who is one of 12 Britons being held in two of<br />

Greece's notoriously overcrowded prisons on suspicion of spying<br />

made an emotional plea for their freedom 18/11/01 B 5 1>5<br />

Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> leader of a group of British plane-spotters held in prison in<br />

Greece on suspicion of spying travelled to Turkey earlier this<br />

year 02/12/01 B 2 2>5 Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> row over the imprisoned British plane-spotters threatened<br />

to erupt into a major diplomatic incident 09/12/01 B 2 4>7<br />

Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> 12 British plane-spotters held for more than a month in


Greek jails on suspicion of spying arrived home yesterday<br />

16/12/01 B 8 4 Photograph<br />

PRITCHARD, STEPHEN<br />

* Introducing Stephen Pritchard, <strong>Observer</strong> Readers' Editor<br />

04/03/01 B 31 5>6 Photograph<br />

* Readers' Editor 01/04/01 B 31 5>6 Photograph<br />

* Readers' Editor 06/05/01 B 25 6 Photograph<br />

* Readers' Editor 03/06/01 B 29 1 Photograph<br />

* Readers' Editor 01/07/01 B 25 5>6 Photograph<br />

* Readers' Editor 05/08/01 B 28 1>5 Photograph<br />

* Readers' Editor 02/09/01 B 22 2>5 Photograph<br />

* Readers' Editor 07/10/01 B 28 2>5 Photograph<br />

* Readers' Editor 04/11/01 B 29 1>3 Photograph<br />

* Readers' Editor 02/12/01 B 31 7>8 Photograph<br />

PRIVATE EYE<br />

* For 40 years, Private Eye has enraged and amused, as it enters<br />

its fifth decade, can the magazine keep pace with the newer,<br />

darker satire of TV's Brass Eye 07/10/01 R 1>2 1>5<br />

Photographs<br />

PROCLAIMERS, THE<br />

* See Music: Pop 27/05/01<br />

PROPELLERHEAD<br />

* See Book Reviews - Moore, Lucy 13/05/01<br />

PROPERTY<br />

* <strong>The</strong> UK market should stay strong, and for once the South East<br />

is not the most lively 07/01/01 C 10 1>6 Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> pros and cons of installing a swimming pool 14/01/01 C<br />

12 1>6 Photograph<br />

* House auctions 14/01/01 C 13 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Some councils will buy back former council homes 14/01/01<br />

C 20 1>4<br />

* You need to do some homework if you buy a property on<br />

reused land 21/01/01 C 10 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Exchange homes with an overseas family for cheaper holidays<br />

28/01/01 C 8 1>4 Photograph<br />

* A faster way to buy and sell homes promises less hassle, but<br />

watch out for early snags 04/02/01 C 14>15 1>3 Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> pitfalls of just-built homes 11/02/01 C 16 1>6 Illustration<br />

* Properties in France are still offering value for Britons looking<br />

for a holiday home - or more 18/02/01 C 20>21 1>3 Photograph<br />

* Trying to sell a home in a flood area will be tough, prices may<br />

have sunk but as the panic recedes, buyers will be back 25/02/01<br />

C 14>15 1>3 Photographs<br />

* What 'fixtures and fittings' can be involved in today's housing<br />

market 04/03/01 C 13 1>6<br />

* Are residents' parking zones out of control? 04/03/01 C 14>15<br />

1>5 Photograph<br />

* It used to be barns, now churches and schools are being turned<br />

into homes 11/03/01 C 18>19 1>5 Photographs<br />

* Selling your home can mean big savings 11/03/01 C 20 1>6<br />

Photographs<br />

* Buying to let 18/03/01 C 16>17 1>5 Photographs<br />

* Housing - the market by Tracey Boles 25/03/01 C 11 1>2<br />

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Photograph<br />

* What drives the British obsession with owning property<br />

25/03/01 C 2>6 2>4 Photographs<br />

* Redundant Ministry of Defence houses are being sold off for<br />

anything from £30,000 to £2.75m 25/03/01 C 22>23 1>5<br />

Photographs<br />

* Buying a home is more popular than ever, despite high<br />

property prices 01/04/01 C 10>11 1>3 Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong> sun is still shining on the property market on Millionaires'<br />

Row 08/04/01 N 3 1>5 Photograph<br />

* If you want a tip on where to buy a house which will rise in<br />

value, just turn to the Business section - company relocations are<br />

immensely influential in determining property values 08/04/01<br />

C 8>9 1>6 Map<br />

* BP Amoco's pension fund is selling a 10-acre Mayfair estate<br />

for up to £330m 15/04/01 N 5 5>8 Photograph<br />

* Don't go to the hassle of moving - build an extension 15/04/01<br />

C 8>9 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Homebuying: is now the right time to move? 22/04/01 C<br />

15>17 1>6 Photographs<br />

* People living in flood-risk areas are being redlined by insurers<br />

22/04/01 C 2>5 1>3 Photographs<br />

* How local authorities are trying to force builders to cater for<br />

moderate earners 29/04/01 C 6 1>5 Photograph<br />

* Oil-rich Arabs are poised to invest hundreds of millions of<br />

pounds in central London property 06/05/01 N 2 3>6<br />

* Economic downturn is starting to bite, but not for estate agents<br />

06/05/01 C 6 1>6 Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> ultra-conservative Corporation of London is to force<br />

developers to build affordable homes in East London boroughs if<br />

they want ambitious skyscraper plans to get off the ground - see<br />

London 13/05/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> coming General Election will make little difference to<br />

property prices 13/05/01 C 6 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Keeping cowboy builders out of your home 13/05/01 C 8>9<br />

1>6 Photograph<br />

* In the latest instalment of her occasional diary on living in<br />

France, Natalie Sutton finds she needs more than love to marry<br />

in France 20/05/01 C 10>11 3>5 Photograph<br />

* In Wandsworth, what were once high-rise nightmares are now<br />

luxury apartments 20/05/01 C 10>11 1>6 Photographs<br />

* More than 500 years after they left, the English are returning to<br />

Gascony in France to buy property 27/05/01 C 12>13 1>6<br />

Photographs, map<br />

* Express route to selling luxury homes 03/06/01 C 12 1>6<br />

Photograph<br />

* Let the mouse take the strain in planning the perfect house<br />

move - see Internet 10/06/01<br />

* Celebrities pay a buying agent to house-hunt 10/06/01 C<br />

10>11 1>6 Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> flurry of new skyscraper schemes has forced two<br />

government quangos to unite for the first time by issuing<br />

planning guidance to developers and local authorities 10/06/01<br />

N 2 4>6 Photographs<br />

* Thousands of families each year take the plunge and build their<br />

dream home - the benefits and potential pitfalls 17/06/01 C 8>9<br />

1>2 Photograph<br />

* A row is brewing over London's skyline, at stake is the future<br />

of some of the highrise residential and commercial towers<br />

planned for the capital 24/06/01 C 12 1>5 Illustration


* A scheme offering expert advice from architects for very little<br />

24/06/01 C 13 1>2<br />

* A law that took effect today means homeowners around<br />

Britain could soon find themselves suddenly ordered to pay<br />

repairs bills around £3,000 to drains under their houses 01/07/01<br />

C 6 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Rises in house prices are expected to splutter to a halt later this<br />

year as homeowners face the consequences of economic<br />

slowdown 08/07/01 N 2 8<br />

* Property is set to follow shares and job vacancies into<br />

economic slowdown 08/07/01 N 4 1>8 Graphs<br />

* Property for sale on flight paths are being discounted 08/07/01<br />

C 8>9 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Properties with a sea view are always the first to be sold and<br />

are up to 50 per cent more expensive 15/07/01 C 8 1>8<br />

Photograph<br />

* Action on the 'seller's pack' is the key to judging Labour's<br />

performance on housing 15/07/01 C 9 1>6<br />

* <strong>The</strong> new Notting Hill - in south London 22/07/01 C 14 1>6<br />

Photograph<br />

* Guide to searching out and surviving the traps that wreck<br />

property purchases and sales 29/07/01 C 16>17 1>4<br />

Photographs<br />

* A holiday home in Florida can almost pay for itself in rent<br />

from Disney fans 05/08/01 C 8>9 1>3 Photographs<br />

* Natalie Sutton continues her diary of restoring a hamlet in the<br />

south of France 12/08/01 C 8>9 2>5 Photographs<br />

* Prices have doubled in the celebrity territory of Beaconsfield<br />

12/08/01 C 8>9 1>3 Photographs<br />

* Loft conversions 19/08/01 C 8>9 1>5<br />

* <strong>The</strong> first signs of a property crash in the commercial sector are<br />

now evident 26/08/01 N 4 6<br />

* Changing a listed building can be a nightmare, but most<br />

succeed and the payoff is great 26/08/01 C 6 1>5 Photographs<br />

* Leading mortgage lenders are raising their forecasts for<br />

increases in house prices following another buoyant month<br />

02/09/01 N 1 1>2<br />

* Urban decay will be swept away by safe, green communities if<br />

co-housing enthusiasts have their way 02/09/01 C 8>9 1>5<br />

Photograph<br />

* Rising house prices have also meant rising rents as first-time<br />

buyers, forced off the property ladder by fears of a slump, stay<br />

with their landlords 09/09/01 C 8>9 1>4 Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong> single biggest culprit in the high cost of moving is stamp<br />

duty 16/09/01 R 9 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Future houses 23/09/01 C 9 1>4 Photograph<br />

* House prices are showing early signs of slowdown in the wake<br />

of the international political and economic crisis 30/09/01 N 1<br />

5>8<br />

* Terrorism has cast a shadow over a highly attractive sector, the<br />

buy-to-let market 30/09/01 C 8>9 1>6 Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> shares shakedown may push people towards property, but<br />

it is not a one-way bet - see Personal Finance 07/10/01<br />

* Palatial piles are now a dime a dozen - almost - report on<br />

sagging prices in the shires 07/10/01 C 4>5 1>5 Photographs<br />

* Up to 5 million people in 2 million homes are at risk of<br />

flooding over the next few weeks 14/10/01 C 10 1>6<br />

Photograph<br />

* Property Ladder - see Television 21/10/01<br />

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175<br />

* Landlords can let universities take the strain of finding tenants<br />

and collecting money 21/10/01 C 13 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Property can earn £750 a day as a film location 28/10/01 C<br />

10>11 1>4 Photographs<br />

* House prices in some parts of London are set to fall sharply,<br />

according to a new service that reflects what property owners<br />

think will happen to the value of their homes 28/10/01 N 2 4>7<br />

Photograph<br />

* Clear evidence of a slow-down in the housing market will<br />

come from the country's biggest lender, Halifax, this week<br />

04/11/01 N 2 3>6<br />

* Don't expect house prices to fall if Britain joins the single<br />

currency 25/11/01 C 10>11 1>3 Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong> abolition of Stamp Duty on cheap properties in<br />

disadvantaged areas is unlikely to boost the flagging housing<br />

market - see Personal Finance 02/12/01<br />

* Prices of upmarket houses in London have plunged by up to 20<br />

per cent in the past three months 02/12/01 N 1 1<br />

* Plan to bring valuations in line with house price rises will hit<br />

the poor worst 02/12/01 C 8>9 1>5 Photograph<br />

* Lenders are moving to speed up sales 09/12/01 R 8>9 1>6<br />

Photograph<br />

* Another instalment of the British property owners in France<br />

09/12/01 R 9 3>6 Photograph<br />

* Buying a home before it's built can pay off - even in a falling<br />

market 16/12/01 C 8>9 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Investors seeking solid returns from a turbulent stock market<br />

are returning to property funds 16/12/01 C 8>9 1>4<br />

PROSTITUTION<br />

* Completion of a three-part investigation into child prostitution<br />

14/01/01 B 12 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Israeli brothel keepers have the right to buy and sell prostitutes<br />

in the same way that football clubs transfer players - see<br />

International Affairs: Middle East 10/06/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> numbers of boys being forced into prostitution is an untold<br />

scandal 09/12/01 B 14 1>7 Photograph<br />

PROVINCE OF NIGHT<br />

* See Book Reviews - Mars-Jones, Adam 29/07/01<br />

PSYCHIATRY<br />

* Profile on Anthony Clare, Radio 4's resident psychiatrist - see<br />

Clare, Anthony 13/05/01<br />

PSYCHOLOGY<br />

* Freud resisted the call of the movies, but an <strong>Observer</strong>-backed<br />

film festival devoted to reading the subconscious mind shows<br />

how his work has influenced directors - see Film 17/06/01<br />

PUBERTY<br />

* Pre-teen puberty is a myth, claim doctors 04/03/01 B 3 1>4<br />

Photograph<br />

PUBLIC HOUSES<br />

* <strong>The</strong> people of a Pennine village are raising a float to buy and<br />

reopen their local pub, <strong>The</strong> Robin Hood 29/07/01 C 7 1>4<br />

Photographs<br />

PUBLIC PLACES<br />

* See Audiobook Reviews - Bunce, Kim 12/08/01<br />

PUBLIC RELATIONS<br />

* Julia Hobsbawm comments on Public Relations 07/10/01 N 6<br />

5>8 Photograph


* Endless revelations about stars' lives can be just a PR tool - see<br />

Celebrities 09/12/01<br />

PUBLIC/PRIVATE SECTOR<br />

* Behind the electoral dogfights an unspoken consensus on the<br />

role of the private sector in rescuing ailing public services has<br />

emerged - see Politics 27/05/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> private sector should not been seen as the bogeyman, it is<br />

the saviour of healthcare and education for all, says Chai Patel<br />

27/05/01 N 3 1>8 Photograph<br />

* Union leaders who represent millions of public sector workers<br />

are to launch a campaign against Government plans for greater<br />

private involvement in health and education - see Trade Unions<br />

10/06/01<br />

* Ministers have backed down in their attempts to conceal the<br />

identities of private sector staff working within government<br />

departments 17/06/01 B 5 7>8<br />

* New Labour's great dilemma: Tony Blair has realised that<br />

voters are fed up with crumbling public services - and his answer<br />

is to bring in the private sector - see Politics 24/06/01<br />

* Bill Morris, leader of Britain's second biggest union, will<br />

threaten to throw his weight behind the Liberal Democrats over<br />

Labour's plans for public services - see Trade Unions 01/07/01<br />

* Peter Gershon, Whitehall's new companion of 'intelligent'<br />

purchasing took a pay cut to teach value for money to the civil<br />

service 01/07/01 N 5 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Firms developing schools and prisons pocket millions as the<br />

'risk' factor dwindles - see Business & Industry 08/07/01<br />

* Plans to set up private 'supercourts' as part of the sweeping<br />

reforms of the legal system inflame union leaders opposed to big<br />

business involvement in the public sector - see Legal Affairs<br />

08/07/01<br />

* Developers and city financiers are changing the terms of loans<br />

used to build prisons, schools and hospitals for the Government<br />

in order to make extra profits running into multi-millions of<br />

pounds 08/07/01 N 1 1>4<br />

* Allyson Pollock calculates the rich pickings - and social cost -<br />

of partnership deals 08/07/01 N 5 1>5 Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Prime Minister is expected to concede in a keynote speech<br />

to union leaders next month that the proposals to involve<br />

commercial firms in public services could have been handled<br />

better - see Politic 26/08/01<br />

* It's no surprise that the government kept Tube report from the<br />

light of day, writes Will Hutton 26/08/01 B 6 6>8 Photograph<br />

* Construction companies have warned the Government that its<br />

much-vaunted public infrastructure investment programme is<br />

undeliverable unless the controversial private finance… - see<br />

Business & Industry 02/09/01<br />

* Tony Blair has been thrown a lifeline over the growing antiprivatisation<br />

revolt after unions agreed to a crucial watering<br />

down of their opposition - see Politics 02/09/01<br />

* Tony Blair was threatened with industrial action in Britain's<br />

hospitals unless he can quash fears over private sector<br />

involvement in public services - see National Health Service<br />

09/09/01<br />

* Who picks up the tab if public-private partnerships go wrong?<br />

28/10/01 N 5 1>6 Photograph<br />

PULITZER: A LIFE<br />

* See Book Reviews - Preston, Peter 02/12/01<br />

PULLMAN, DAVID<br />

* David Pullman, banking whizzkid, is offering the world's<br />

biggest superstars the chance to have tomorrow's riches today<br />

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176<br />

03/06/01 N 6 4>6 Photograph<br />

PULLMAN, PHILIP<br />

* Philip Pulman's tales of good and evil are a far cry from C.S.<br />

Lewis and A.A. Milen, but to the horror of the religious Right<br />

they are a runaway hit 26/08/01 B 18 1>6 Photographs<br />

PULP<br />

* See Music: Pop 27/05/01<br />

* See Music: Pop 02/12/01<br />

PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS, THE<br />

* See Book Reviews - Mendelson, Charlotte 06/05/01<br />

PUTNAM, ROBERT<br />

* Columnist 25/03/01 B 28 2>5 Photograph<br />

QUEEN MOTHER, THE<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Queen Mother wipes her shoes in disinfectant at Sandown<br />

Park racecourse 11/03/01 B 5 4>5 Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Queen Mother receives flowers from the crowd gathered<br />

outside Clarence House, London, to celebrate her 101st birthday<br />

05/08/01 B 1 4 Photograph<br />

* Thousands of well-wishers turned out alongside senior<br />

members of the royal family to see the Queen Mother celebrate<br />

her 101st birthday 05/08/01 B 3 1>6 Photographs<br />

QUICK ESCAPES<br />

* Last minute travel bargains 08/04/01 E 24 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Last minute travel bargains 15/04/01 E 20 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Last minute travel bargains 22/04/01 E 24 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Last minute travel bargains 06/05/01 E 20 4<br />

* Last minute travel bargains 13/05/01 E 24 4<br />

* Last minute travel bargains 20/05/01 E 20 4 Photograph<br />

* Last minute travel bargains 27/05/01 E 24 4<br />

* Last minute travel bargains 03/06/01 E 20 4<br />

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* Last minute travel bargains 17/06/01 E 11 4<br />

* Last minute travel bargains 24/06/01 E 20 4<br />

* Last minute travel bargains 01/07/01 E 20 4<br />

* Last-minute travel bargains 15/07/01 E 15 4<br />

* Last minute travel bargains 29/07/01 E 8 2>3<br />

* Last minute travel bargains 05/08/01 E 14 1>3 Photograph<br />

* Last minute travel bargains 12/08/01 E 15 1>3<br />

* Last minute travel bargains 19/08/01 E 10 2>3<br />

* Last minute travel bargains 26/08/01 E 12 4<br />

* Last minute travel bargains 02/09/01 E 24 4<br />

* Last minute travel bargains 09/09/01 E 20 4<br />

* Last minute travel bargains 16/09/01 E 20 4<br />

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* Last minute travel bargains 30/09/01 E 20 4<br />

QUICK GETAWAYS<br />

* Last minute travel bargains 07/10/01 E 20 4<br />

* Last minute travel bargains 14/10/01 E 20 4<br />

* Last minute travel bargains 21/10/01 E 24 3>5


* Last minute travel bargains 28/10/01 E 20 4<br />

* Last minute travel bargains 04/11/01 R 20 4<br />

* Last minute travel bargains 11/11/01 E 12 4<br />

* Last minute travel bargains 18/11/01 E 20 3>4<br />

* Last minute travel bargains 25/11/01 E 20 4<br />

* Last minute travel bargains 02/12/01 E 20 4<br />

* Last minute travel bargains 09/12/01 E 20 4<br />

* Last minute travel bargains 16/12/01 E 16 2>3<br />

* Last minute travel bargains 23/12/01 R 21 1>4<br />

QUIZZES<br />

* <strong>The</strong> <strong>Observer</strong> Sports Quiz <strong>2001</strong> - see Sport 23/12/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> quiz of <strong>2001</strong> 23/12/01 R 8 1>5 Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong> River Café New Year Quiz 30/12/01 M 12>17 1>8<br />

Photographs<br />

RACE<br />

* Rebel Tories, and a nicely timed speech about curry, have put<br />

the explosive issue of race on top of the election agenda<br />

22/04/01 B 14>15 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Lord Taylor, the black Conservative leader who has fiercely<br />

criticised William Hague's stance on race, is to be gagged this<br />

week by the party - see Politics 29/04/01<br />

* Labelling our children as 'mixed race' in the census does them<br />

no favours, says Sophie Radice - see Social Conditions & Trends<br />

13/05/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> race debate that ignores black people's hopes - see Politics<br />

03/06/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Aboriginal Team of 1868, cricket's first tourists, were<br />

treated as a racial rather than sporting curiosity - see Sport:<br />

Cricket 10/06/01<br />

* Boxer Lennox Lewis will spearhead a dramatic new police<br />

recruitment drive amid fears that some forces are failing to hire<br />

enough black and Asian officers - see Police 05/08/01<br />

* Clichés are swept aside in a radical drama series that gives<br />

black actors what they want - a great script - see Television<br />

07/10/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> new Othello stands out as a bold ITV commission - see<br />

Television 25/11/01<br />

* Race in Britain: 12 page special 25/11/01 X 1>12 1>6<br />

Photographs<br />

* Race - voices of Britain 16/12/01 B 16 1>7 Photographs<br />

* Plans to ensure that juries in race cases have a quota of ethnic<br />

minority members are to be rejected by the Government<br />

23/12/01 B 3 1>4 Photograph<br />

RACISM<br />

* Greg Dyke, the director-general of the BBC, has condemned<br />

the corporation as 'hideously white' and said its race relations are<br />

as bad as those in some police forces - see Dyke, Greg 07/01/01<br />

* Britain's biggest police force is racist, according to its own<br />

staff - see Police 14/01/01<br />

* How police failed race attack victim 04/02/01 B 5 1>8<br />

Photographs<br />

* Race attacks are almost 10 times more likely to happen in rural<br />

areas, according to an exclusive <strong>Observer</strong> survey 18/02/01 B 2<br />

5>8<br />

* <strong>The</strong> hidden truth behind race crimes in Britain 18/02/01 B 8>9<br />

1>6 Photographs<br />

OBSERVER INDEX: JAN-DEC <strong>2001</strong><br />

177<br />

* Alice Walker's new book tells the true story of her marriage -<br />

an odyssey of love and pain that mirrored America's journey to<br />

racial equality - see Walker, Alice 25/02/01<br />

* Anti-racists take on Hong Kong's secret shame - see<br />

International Affairs: Far East 04/03/01<br />

* America's acceptance of interracial love in the movies has<br />

come a long way since Sidney Poitier and even early Spike Lee,<br />

but some things about still beyond the pale - see Film 25/03/01<br />

* A curfew was the only way to subdue the rioting that erupted<br />

after another black fell victim to trigger-happy police in<br />

Cincinnati - see International Affairs: U.S.A. 15/04/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Labour Party was accused of being 'institutionally racist'<br />

after an investigation revealed it will fail to hit its own target on<br />

electing black and Asian MPs at the next general election<br />

22/04/01 B 1>2 1>2<br />

* Racial violence flared in Oldham after National Front<br />

supporters descended on the town to try to hold an illegal march<br />

- see National Front 06/05/01<br />

* One of the two boys freed from court after an allegedly 'racist'<br />

attack on an Asian schoolmate had previously assaulted the same<br />

child when they were both aged nine - see Crime 13/05/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> mother of a 10 year-old Asian victim of an alleged racial<br />

assault by a classmate has spoken for the first time about the<br />

eight year ordeal of her family 20/05/01 B 7 1>2<br />

* Extremists plan rallies in Oldham and Bradford to trigger<br />

Asian backlash and launch summer of hate 03/06/01 B 5 1>8<br />

Photographs<br />

* In a damning report to be published this week, the NHS will be<br />

accused of 'institutional racism' - see National Health Service<br />

17/06/01<br />

* Paralysed Briton ignores doctor's advice and returns to<br />

Germany five years after a vicious assault by neo-Nazis - see<br />

International Affairs: Europe 17/06/01<br />

* Ethnic minorities account for more than 20 per cent of<br />

prisoners in jails in England and Wales, prompting fears the<br />

criminal justice system is increasingly racially biased 24/06/01<br />

B 12 1>6 Photographs<br />

* A British Jew and a black American found their careers<br />

blighted by racial discrimination but in 1956 they found a way to<br />

fight back by winning a Wimbledon title - see Sport: Tennis<br />

01/07/01<br />

* A damning dossier on British politicians and the media goes to<br />

the UN as police probe a firebomb attack on an Asian family in<br />

the north of England 01/07/01 B 1>2 1>3<br />

* Far Right picks next race target 01/07/01 B 10 1>8<br />

Photographs<br />

* British theatre is racist, with black and Asian actors routinely<br />

sidelined - so does black theatre need a home of its own? - see<br />

<strong>The</strong>atre 08/07/01<br />

* Britain's racial divide: only the BNP is gaining from the<br />

violence that is sweeping the North - see Riots 15/07/01<br />

* Report from Sighthill in Glasgow where the hysteria following<br />

the murder of the Kurdish refugee Firsat Yildiz has split an<br />

estate that once welcomed asylum seekers - see Asylum Seekers<br />

12/08/01<br />

* Immigrants' dreams of a bright future in booming Ireland are<br />

souring amid rising levels of racist violence and intimidation -<br />

see Ireland 19/08/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> United States' threat to boycott a world conference on<br />

racism in South Africa has fuelled debate among black leaders<br />

and thinkers over placing a price on suffering 26/08/01 B 18<br />

1>8<br />

* However well intentioned, the plans for massive reparations to


US blacks will only deepen the racial divide, says Will Hutton<br />

26/08/01 B 25 1>4 Photograph, illustration<br />

* Secret talks were under way to try to rescue from collapse the<br />

United Nation's anti-racism conference in South Africa - see<br />

United Nations 02/09/01<br />

* Africans back down at the UN race talks - see United Nations<br />

09/09/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> BBC is facing a complaint about its coverage of the<br />

British National Party and its leader - see BBC 09/09/01<br />

* Religious groups rush to apply for state grants to open<br />

segregated state schools as opponents warn of racial tension and<br />

cultural divides - see Education 30/09/01<br />

* Labour's policies have increased racism in the criminal justice<br />

system and encouraged abuse of asylum seekers to distract from<br />

widespread 'institutional racism', according to a report 30/09/01<br />

B 11 1>2<br />

* <strong>The</strong> founding member of the Aryan Youth Movement,<br />

America's leading racist group, who has famously denounced the<br />

organisation for the past 14 years, says it was part of a plan to<br />

infiltrate the right 07/10/01 B 25 1>6 Photographs<br />

* When artist George Shaw moved to Eastwood, the town DH<br />

Lawrence had nothing good to say about, he found its natural<br />

outlook - racism - see Racism 21/10/01<br />

* A poll carried out by the <strong>Observer</strong> paints a picture of a nation<br />

unhappy with its multi-cultural heritage 25/11/01 B 6 1>7<br />

Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong> controversy surrounding the savage gang assault on a<br />

young Asian student took a new twist when the victim accused<br />

the jury which tried the case against two footballers of racial… -<br />

see Crime 16/12/01<br />

RADIO<br />

* Review of Gold Domes, Black Earth/Objects of Desire/Little<br />

Words 07/01/01 R 22 4>6<br />

* Radiohead attack safe, boring Radio 1 07/01/01 B 9 1>7<br />

Photographs<br />

* Review of Hello Sarge, I'm the Doctor/<strong>The</strong> Archers/Classic<br />

FM 14/01/01 R 20 4>6<br />

* Review of From Crocodile Dung to Electrocution/<strong>The</strong><br />

Countryside Debates/From Our Own Correspondent 21/01/01 R<br />

20 5>8<br />

* Review of <strong>The</strong> Victoria Season 28/01/01 R 22 4>5<br />

* Review of Fallen Angels/Wildlife Ranger/Taking a Stand<br />

04/02/01 R 12 8<br />

* Review of Jackie Mason in the House/<strong>The</strong> Jewish Journey:<br />

1,000 Years of Jewish Life in Britain 11/02/01 R 20 4>8<br />

* Review of World at One/Goodbye Village, Hello City/Radio 5<br />

Live 18/02/01 R 10 1>4<br />

* Review of Summoned By Bells/Bayeux Tapestry/Autumn<br />

Sonata 25/02/01 R 11 7>8<br />

* Review of <strong>The</strong> Archers/Farming Today 04/03/01 R 10 7>8<br />

* Review of Richter Night 11/03/01 R 12 1>8<br />

* Review of <strong>The</strong> Funniest Thing I Ever Heard/<strong>The</strong> Monkhouse<br />

Archives/Little Britain/TalkSport 18/03/01 R 13 6>8<br />

* Review of Wild Europe/Sex and the Scientist/Lamacq Live<br />

Pioneers/Stand-Ups and Strumpets 25/03/01 R 11 7>8<br />

* Kate Kellaway 01/04/01 R 11 7>8<br />

* Review of <strong>The</strong> Reith Lectures <strong>2001</strong>/Start the Week/Sunday<br />

Service 08/04/01 R 13 1>6<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Psychology of Fame/Godfather of Heroin/Mark Steel<br />

OBSERVER INDEX: JAN-DEC <strong>2001</strong><br />

178<br />

Lectures/Martin Amis 15/04/01 R 13 7>8<br />

* Review of Go 4 It/<strong>The</strong> Towns That Frank Built 22/04/01 R 20<br />

1>5<br />

* Review of Font Row/Money Box/You and Yours/Home Truths<br />

29/04/01 R 20 1>5<br />

* Review of John Gaunt Morning Show/Angel 06/05/01 R 20<br />

1>5<br />

* Profile on Anthony Clare, Radio 4's resident psychiatrist - see<br />

Clare, Anthony 13/05/01<br />

* Review of International Dawn Chorus Day/Today 13/05/01 R<br />

20 4>6<br />

* Review of Today/<strong>The</strong> Archive Hour/Music Mix: Times<br />

Changed - Dylan at 60 20/05/01 R 11 7>8<br />

* Review of Election Call/<strong>The</strong> Freud Songbook/Spies Like Us,<br />

<strong>The</strong> Archive Hour/MacZimmerman's Blues 27/05/01 R 20 4>8<br />

Photograph<br />

* Review of Goons Night/Omnibus/Meridian/High Contrast<br />

03/06/01 R 13 7>8 Photograph<br />

* Review of Kitchen Cornucopia/Mamihlapinatapai/Counting<br />

Chickens/Music Matters 10/06/01 R 13 7>8 Photograph<br />

* Review of Nightwaves/Late 17/06/01 R 14 4>8<br />

* Interview with Radio One's breakfast show host, Sara Cox -<br />

see Cox, Sara 24/06/01<br />

* Review of Life as an Infant/Melancholy Baby 24/06/01 R 13<br />

7>8 Photograph<br />

* Chris Evans's departure from Virgin Radio was front page<br />

news and the saga was all too familiar - see Evans, Chris<br />

01/07/01<br />

* Review of An Un-English Englishman/<strong>The</strong> Road to<br />

Refuge/My Last Duchess/Rita, Sue and Bob Too/A State<br />

Affair/Kew Gardens 01/07/01 R 13 7>8<br />

* Review of Have Kombi - Will Travel/Crossing<br />

Continents/New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival/Sara Cox<br />

08/07/01 R 20 1>4<br />

* Review of On the Ropes/Looks Like Rain/Looks Like Rain<br />

Again/Private Passions 15/07/01 R 20 5>8<br />

* Review of Radio Five Live/<strong>The</strong> Real Jeffrey Archer/Sunday<br />

Play: <strong>The</strong> Bogus Woman 22/07/01 R 20 4>6<br />

* Review of Desert Island Discs/With Great Pleasure/Try This<br />

One at Home/Moby Dick/Electric Journeys/How to Make Love<br />

for the 900th Time and Still Enjoy It 05/08/01 R 20 5>8<br />

* Review of Book Club 12/08/01<br />

* Review of Stage and Screen/Ball Over Broadway/Today<br />

19/08/01 R 20 4>6<br />

* Review of <strong>The</strong> Archive Hour/Proms/Soul Music 26/08/01 R<br />

20 4>8<br />

* Review of Woman's Hour/Self-Portrait From Behind/<strong>The</strong> Kids<br />

Are All High 02/09/01 R 20 4>6<br />

* Review of <strong>The</strong> Routes of English/Book at Bedtime: Heart of<br />

Darkness/Book of the Week: In the Footsteps of Mr<br />

Kurtz/Behind the Heart of Darkness 09/09/01 R 20 5>8<br />

* Review of From Our Own Correspondent/Composer of the<br />

Week/talkSPORT/Jazz File/Jazzmatazz 16/09/01 R 13 1>5<br />

* Review of <strong>The</strong> Wheel of Fortune/King Lear/Sunday<br />

Format/Charlie Watts on Charlie Parker/Looking After Number<br />

One - the Bob Geldof Story 23/09/01 R 13 7>8<br />

* Review of Night Waves: Undercurrents/Assault<br />

Course/Seminal Soul/A Swallow's Journey 30/09/01 R 20 5>7


* Review of It's My Story: Paddington/Vicar's Wives 07/10/01<br />

R 20 5>8<br />

* Review of Routes of English/Act First/Pride and Prejudice<br />

14/10/01 R 20 1>4<br />

* Review of Heroes or Zeroes/Adventures in Poetry/Work in<br />

Progress 21/10/01 R 13 4>6<br />

* Review of <strong>The</strong> World Today/Ivanov/Heart of the Matter<br />

28/10/01 R 20 5>8<br />

* Review of In the Psychiatrist's Chair/Blunt Speaking/Fatal<br />

Loins/In Tune/Meridian Music Review 04/11/01 R 13 4>6<br />

* Review of <strong>The</strong> Irving Trial/<strong>The</strong> Choice/Pick of the World<br />

11/11/01 R 12 4>6<br />

* Review of Crossing Continents/Start the Week/Meridian<br />

18/11/01 R 13 7>8<br />

* Review of Book of the Week: <strong>The</strong> Real Mrs Miniver/Making<br />

Terror, Breaking Terror/Jimmy Young 25/11/01 R 11 1>5<br />

* Review of <strong>The</strong> Archive Hour/Melly on Jelly/<strong>The</strong> Trojan<br />

Women/Medea - Mapping the Edge/Dear Doctor<br />

Goebbels/Brandreth on Office 02/12/01 R 15 5>8<br />

* Review of Democracy and Language/Oxygen/You're<br />

Sensational - <strong>The</strong> Cole Porter Story/Andre Previn's Music Hour<br />

09/12/01 R 11 7>8<br />

* Review of <strong>The</strong> Jimmy Young Show/Classic Serial - Don't<br />

Look Now 16/12/01 R 13 4>6<br />

* Radio of the Year: Sue Arnold 23/12/01 R 11 7>8 Photograph<br />

* Review of Get Stuffed/Ned Sherrin's <strong>The</strong>atrical Anecdotes/<strong>The</strong><br />

Archers 23/12/01 R 24 4>8<br />

* Review of A Green Christmas/Frozen/Carols from King's<br />

College/Comedy Store Special 30/12/01 R 13 3>5<br />

RADIOHEAD<br />

* See Music: Pop 15/07/01<br />

RAILWAY INDUSTRY<br />

* <strong>The</strong> railway industry is to be in disarray for another six months<br />

28/01/01 N 2 2>6<br />

* Cheap, reliable, safe - Europe's model railways put us to shame<br />

04/02/01 B 13 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Railtrack's SOS for £2bn 18/02/01 N 1 1>7<br />

* Railtrack's unpretentious new chief executive has a superhuman<br />

task in winning over the City - profile of Steve Marshall<br />

25/02/01 N 6 1>5 Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> families of five of the 10 victims of the Selby rail crash<br />

visited the site yesterday 04/03/01 B 2 5>6 Photograph<br />

* 'Give us the chance to run rail network' says National Express<br />

11/03/01 N 1 1>4<br />

* Railtrack admits delays will stretch way past Easter 11/03/01<br />

B 3 1>4<br />

* Railtrack seeks £1.5bn to avoid losing vital 'A' rating 18/03/01<br />

N 2 2>6<br />

* <strong>The</strong> management of Britain's railways is so shambolic that<br />

passengers safety is still being compromised, five months after<br />

four people were killed in the Hatfield crash 18/03/01 B 5 6>8<br />

* <strong>The</strong> cost to Railtrack of the Hatfield crash could double to<br />

£1.2bn as train operators demand huge extra payments for lost<br />

business 25/03/01 N 1 5>8<br />

* Railtrack is close to luring Sir John Parker for what is widely<br />

regarded as the most difficult job in British business today,<br />

Chairman of Railtrack 25/03/01 N 6 1>4 Photograph<br />

OBSERVER INDEX: JAN-DEC <strong>2001</strong><br />

179<br />

* Automatic braking systems to prevent disaster such as<br />

Paddington rail crash could cost up to £10bn and take at least 10<br />

years 25/03/01 B 7 1>2<br />

* Railtrack is to be stripped of it's key role in the second stage of<br />

the Channel Tunnel rail link and replaced by US construction<br />

giant Bechtel 01/04/01 N 1 1>7<br />

* James Dunn, nine, the son of Steve Dunn, the freight train<br />

driver killed in the Selby rail crash, clutches a teddy bear as he<br />

attends a service for the 10 victims at York Minster 01/04/01 B<br />

2 5 Photograph<br />

* Train drivers are still passing red lights near London's<br />

Paddington station because signals are confusing and often<br />

blocked from view 01/04/01 B 5 1>3 Photograph<br />

* Virgin is poised to sue Railtrack this week for up to £150m to<br />

cover losses caused by disruption following last year's Hatfield<br />

crash 15/04/01 N 2 2>6<br />

* Labour is set to tackle the crisis in the rail industry with a<br />

major shake-up that will include encouraging a takeover of all or<br />

part of Railtrack if it wins the forthcoming general election<br />

22/04/01 N 1 3>5<br />

* Brussels wants to force other European railways to follow the<br />

British example and separate infrastructure management from<br />

train operators - but with special safeguards to 'avoid doing a<br />

Railtrack' 22/04/01 N 7 1>2<br />

* Railtrack's broken promises of a shiny new railway show the<br />

limitations of the private sector 22/04/01 N 7 1>8 Photograph,<br />

graph<br />

* China's privatisation of its vast railways will copy the British<br />

model by splitting them into passenger operators and a version<br />

of Railtrack - see International Affairs: Far East 13/05/01<br />

* John Robinson, the new chairman of Railtrack faces a tough<br />

time 20/05/01 N 4 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Railtrack is preparing to increase its demand for a taxpayerbacked<br />

bail-out to £3bn, setting it on a collision course with the<br />

Government and industry regulators 27/05/01 N 2 1>3<br />

Photograph<br />

* Railtrack and British Transport Police have deployed a<br />

helicopter and photographer to monitor the worst areas in Britain<br />

for rail vandalism and trespassing 10/06/01 B 9 1>6<br />

Photographs<br />

* Sir Alastair Morton is stepping down from his role as rail tsar<br />

and could leave the post within weeks 24/06/01 N 1 1>7<br />

* One of the government's most senior advisers on rail policy<br />

has said that Railtrack should be broken up 01/07/01 N 2 6>8<br />

Photograph<br />

* Things may not get much better with Britain's rail service until<br />

2016 15/07/01 B 1 1>7<br />

* Railtrack must be broken up if the industry is to have any<br />

chance of recovering from deep crisis 22/07/01 N 1 5>8<br />

* Transport Secretary, Stephen Byers' short-term fix for the<br />

railway industry is discouraging the private investment that<br />

could get Britain back on track 22/07/01 N 4 1>7 Photographs<br />

* Railtrack's new chairman, John Robinson, is set to axe<br />

hundreds of senior and middle management jobs 05/08/01 N 1<br />

4>6<br />

* Railtrack directors and managers are almost certain to escape<br />

corporate manslaughter charges for the Paddington rail crash<br />

16/09/01 N 2 3>6<br />

* <strong>The</strong> London Stock Exchange has launched an inquiry into<br />

trading in Railtrack's shares 14/10/01 N 1 1>7<br />

* Interview with Alan Bloom, the administrator charged with<br />

bringing Railtrack back in line 14/10/01 N 16 1>5 Photograph


* <strong>The</strong> Railtrack fiasco 14/10/01 N 3>5 1>6 Photographs,<br />

illustrations, graph<br />

* Stephen Byers, the Transport Secretary, has rejected demands<br />

to compensate Railtrack investors 14/10/01 B 8 1>7<br />

Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Government is proposing to protect Railtrack's<br />

replacement from being ruined by the type of catastrophe that<br />

drove its predecessor to bankruptcy 21/10/01 N 1 1>7<br />

* Can Stephen Byers put back the railway's shattered dream<br />

together again? 21/10/01 N 4 1>5 Cartoon<br />

* Interview with Richard Bowker who tells why he took the<br />

impossible job of being in charge of preventing the collapse of<br />

our rail system - see Bowker, Richard 28/10/01<br />

* New rail chief, Richard Bowker, demands an extra £1bn a year<br />

from the Government 28/10/01 N 1 5>8<br />

* Transport Secretary Stephen Buyers will offer the<br />

chairmanship of the not-for-profit successor to the insolvent<br />

Railtrack 11/11/01 N 1 1>7 Photograph<br />

* Christian Wolmar and Neal Lawson argue that Transport<br />

Minister Stephen Byers should be backed not sacked for his<br />

handling of the crisis that killed off Railtrack 11/11/01 B 33 1>4<br />

Photographs<br />

* Improvements worth billions of pounds for Britain's ailing rail<br />

network are to be put on hold indefinitely because of the<br />

Government decision to force Railtrack into administration<br />

11/11/01 B 9 6>7 Photograph<br />

* Bank of America is considering a bid for Railtrack 02/12/01 N<br />

1 5>8<br />

* Railtrack chief executive Steve Marshall is set to defy the<br />

Government's appointed administrator if he tries to oust him<br />

from the disgraced company 09/12/01 N 1 5>7<br />

* Profile on Railtrack's new chief executive, John Armitt - see<br />

Armitt, John 16/12/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> new Railtrack chief executive John Armitt is supporting<br />

plans to boost rock-bottom staff morale by raising salaries in an<br />

attempt to prevent valued engineers leaving the company<br />

16/12/01 N 2 4>8<br />

* Airport delays should have sent us back to trains, but lines<br />

were crossed 16/12/01 E 8 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Fresh calls are being made for an investigation into the market<br />

for Railtrack shares in the day's leading to the company's<br />

collapse 23/12/01 B 18 1>8<br />

* Thames Trains has filed a multi-million-pound lawsuit against<br />

the Health and Safety Inspectorate 23/12/01 B 18 3>7<br />

* Britain's railways are on the brink of a catastrophic safety<br />

breakdown 30/12/01 B 1>2 6>8<br />

* Crisis on the railways 30/12/01 B 4 1>8 Photographs<br />

RAINFOREST<br />

* <strong>The</strong> army of Zimbabwe's despotic ruler will help to fell trees in<br />

85m acres of Congo rainforest - see International Affairs: Africa<br />

26/08/01<br />

RAMPLING, CHARLOTTE<br />

* Interview with actress, Charlotte Rampling 21/01/01 R 3 1>5<br />

Photographs<br />

RANDLE, MICHAEL<br />

* Columnist 14/10/01 B 35 1>4 Photograph<br />

RANKIN, IAN<br />

* Interview with crime writer, Ian Rankin - see Books Interview,<br />

<strong>The</strong> 18/03/01<br />

OBSERVER INDEX: JAN-DEC <strong>2001</strong><br />

180<br />

RANTZEN, ESTHER<br />

* <strong>The</strong> family feud of Esther Rantzen with her step daughter,<br />

Cassandra Wilcox 18/02/01 B 5 1>6 Photograph<br />

RAPE OF LUCRETIA<br />

* See Music: Classical 24/06/01<br />

RAPHAEL<br />

* Restorers believe Raphael aimed to make an honest woman of<br />

his adored model, La Fornarina 29/04/01 B 7 1>5 Illustrations<br />

RATTLE, SIR SIMON<br />

* Interview with Simon Rattle, conductor 29/04/01 R 6 1>5<br />

Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong> marriage between Sir Simon Rattle and the Berlin<br />

Philharmonic Orchestra has been called a match made in heaven,<br />

but now a battle of wills is threatening its consummation - see<br />

Berlin Philharmonic 20/05/01<br />

* Sir Simon Rattle, Britain's greatest conductor of modern times,<br />

has fired a withering parting shot as he prepares to take up a<br />

senior job in Germany, attacking the Arts Council - see Music:<br />

Classical 30/09/01<br />

* Sir Simon Rattle: From Birmingham to - see Book Reviews -<br />

Maddocks, Fiona 28/10/01<br />

RAUSING, HANS<br />

* Interview with Hans Rausing ,who is Britain's richest man<br />

thanks to the Tetra Pak empire 05/08/01 N 5 1>5 Photographs<br />

RAVENHILL, MARK<br />

* Why has gay writer Mark Ravenhill chosen a peculiar<br />

eighteenth-century fetish as the backdrop to his latest play<br />

19/08/01 R 5 1>4 Photographs<br />

RAVERAT, GWEN: FRIENDS, FAMILY & AFFECTIONS<br />

* See Book Reviews - McCrum, Robert 24/06/01<br />

RAWNSLEY, ANDREW<br />

* Columnist 20/05/01 B 19 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 03/06/01 B 21 1>5 Photograph<br />

* Andrew Rawnsley caused a political sensation with his book<br />

Servants of the People - extract from his updated bestseller<br />

15/07/01 R 1>2, 18 1>4 Photographs<br />

READING LYRICS<br />

* See Book Reviews - Hawtree, Christopher 14/01/01<br />

READING PICTURES<br />

* See Book Reviews - Julius, Anthony 11/03/01<br />

REAGAN, RONALD<br />

* Two US leaders - Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton were the<br />

subject of health alerts yesterday - see International Affairs:<br />

USA 14/01/01<br />

REBECCA'S TALE<br />

* See Book Reviews - Hensher, Philip 23/09/01<br />

RECYCLING<br />

* See Book Reviews - Hopkin, James 02/09/01<br />

RED CROSS, THE<br />

* Sir Richard Branson is backing the plans of <strong>The</strong> Red Cross to<br />

market its own branded condoms in Africa 09/12/01 N 1 2>3<br />

Photograph<br />

RED DANCER, THE


* See Book Reviews - Shapiro, Anna 01/07/01<br />

RED DOG<br />

* See Book Reviews - Flett, Kathryn 30/09/01<br />

* See Audiobook Reviews - Bunce, Kim 28/10/01<br />

RED DUST: A PATH THROUGH CHINA<br />

* See Book Reviews - Marsden, Philip 10/06/01<br />

RED ROOM, THE<br />

* See Book Reviews - Guttridge, Peter 15/07/01<br />

* See Audiobook Reviews - Redford, Rachel 04/11/01<br />

REEVES, KEANU<br />

* On location in Savannah, Georgia for his latest film, Keanu<br />

Reeves remains as elusive as ever 18/02/01 R 5 1>5<br />

Photographs<br />

REFLECTIONS ON BLUE WATER<br />

* See Book Reviews - King, Eldon 10/06/01<br />

REFORMING BRITAIN<br />

* See Book Reviews - Preston, Peter 22/04/01<br />

REFUGEES<br />

* <strong>Observer</strong> investigation on Bosnia's corrupt elite growing fat on<br />

human cargo smuggled to the West - see International Affairs:<br />

Europe 28/01/01<br />

* Last week they were washed up on the Riviera, now they are<br />

on the move again, Kurdish refugees forced to make yet another<br />

journey 25/02/01 B 25 1>8 Photographs, map<br />

* <strong>The</strong> lure of getting to Europe and securing a job in its buoyant<br />

economy is a powerful attraction to Africa's millions of poor and<br />

needy 15/04/01 B 18 1>6 Photographs, map<br />

* Afghanistan's worst humanitarian disaster since 1979 is<br />

unfolding as drought, famine and renewed civil war drive 300<br />

families a day into refugee camps - see International Affairs:<br />

Middle East 06/05/01<br />

* Ed Douglas in Nepal visits one of the camps into which<br />

100,000 refugees fleeing ethnic cleansing in Bhutan are<br />

crammed, largely forgotten by the world - see International<br />

Affairs: Indian Sub-Continent 24/06/01<br />

REGENERATION<br />

* Prince Charles's new initiative reflects his passion for urban<br />

regeneration 18/02/01 C 10 1>6 Photographs<br />

* A Sheffield steelworks reborn as a $46m hi-tech science<br />

adventure playground - see Science 08/04/01<br />

REGIMENTAL AFFAIR, A<br />

* See Book Reviews - Bouquet, Jonathan 18/03/01<br />

REID, STUART<br />

* Columnist 16/09/01 B 10 1>5 Photograph<br />

RELATIONSHIPS<br />

* Gavan Naden describes his relationship with his father<br />

07/01/01 R 6 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Emily Barr went round the world hoping she would find<br />

herself, instead she found a husband 11/02/01 R 4 1>5<br />

Photographs<br />

* 50 per cent of Britons claim work-related tiredness affects their<br />

private lives 04/03/01 B 13 1>8 Photographs, cartoon<br />

* Bob Rowthorn and Paul Ormerod ditch their Sixties roots to<br />

champion marriage as the best way to raise a family - see<br />

Marriage 25/03/01<br />

OBSERVER INDEX: JAN-DEC <strong>2001</strong><br />

181<br />

* A new book, <strong>The</strong> Marriage Sabbatical, recommends taking a<br />

sabbatical from your partner to boost long-term relationships is<br />

poised to become a bestseller 25/03/01 B 8 1>8 Photograph,<br />

cartoon<br />

* <strong>The</strong> man who's had 46 affairs (and counting) 17/06/01 M<br />

20>32 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Infidelity part 2: the devastating effects of infidelity across<br />

three generations of Ann Pearlman's family 24/06/01 M 18>24<br />

1>4 Photographs<br />

* Abused, vulnerable and articulate, 16-year-old Vonnie was a<br />

perfect subject for a BBC video diary 10 year's ago, it had a<br />

dramatic effect on her life and her producer, Polly Steele - see<br />

Children 05/08/01<br />

* Rising house prices are breaking up relationships by forcing<br />

unmarried couples to rush into cohabitation for financial reasons,<br />

according to social trend experts 02/09/01 B 11 1>2 Photograph<br />

* Older people who have regular sex have better physical and<br />

mental health than their chaste counterparts 09/09/01 B 6 1>7<br />

Photographs<br />

* Sooner or later most couples split up - there's a skill to saying<br />

goodbye and staying friends 07/10/01 R 4 1>4 Photographs<br />

* While Allied forces are making war on bin Laden, those of us<br />

left behind are making love 14/10/01 R 2 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Cold Feet, ITV's groundbreaking drama, is back with a darker<br />

edge, switching the emphasis from commitment to falling apart -<br />

see Television 11/11/01<br />

* A leading authority on sexual behaviour says last week's<br />

survey into Britain sexual habits reveals a sad downside to<br />

liberated attitudes among the young - see Sexual Behaviour<br />

02/12/01<br />

* How to compete with ex appeal 30/12/01 R 4 1>7<br />

Photographs<br />

RELIABLE ESSAYS: THE BEST OF CLIVE JAMES<br />

* See Book Reviews - Conrad, Peter 01/07/01<br />

RELIGION<br />

* MI5 and police ordered illegal burglaries in Muslim places of<br />

worship to gather information on alleged Islamic militants - see<br />

Intelligence Services 18/02/01<br />

* Tony Blair is to put his religious beliefs at the centre of the<br />

general election campaign and call for a new style of ethical<br />

politics where the church is the bedrock - see Politics 18/03/01<br />

* Religion has been a target for TV comedy since Derek Nimmo,<br />

now the creator of Father Ted has taken to the page with a spoof<br />

memoir of an old-school Catholic that bears comparison to Flann<br />

O'Brien 25/03/01 R 5 1>5 Photographs<br />

* Schools are to be told axe Easter holidays and replace them<br />

with a non-religious 'Spring break' - see Education 27/05/01<br />

* Pope John Paul II arrived in Ukranine for a five day visit and<br />

stepped straight into a war over whether the Vatican is trying to<br />

erode the power of the Orthodox Church - see Pope John Paul II<br />

24/06/01<br />

* Religion will never provide a moral framework for<br />

technological change, argues the distinguished philosopher A.C.<br />

Grayline 12/08/01 B 26 1>5 Photograph<br />

* Philip Pulman's tales of good and evil are a far cry from C.S.<br />

Lewis and A.A. Milen, but to the horror of the religious Right<br />

they are a runaway hit - see Pullman, Philip 26/08/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Taliban rulers in Afghanistan have started a trial of<br />

Christian aid workers accused to preaching Christianity - see<br />

International Affairs: Middle East 09/09/01<br />

* Religious groups rush to apply for state grants to open


segregated state schools as opponents warn of racial tension and<br />

cultural divides - see Education 30/09/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Muslim world has to change, it cannot forever attribute all<br />

its ills to America, writes the Iraqi dissident, Kanan Makiya - see<br />

Terrorism 07/10/01<br />

* Church schools are failing pupils and are not as good as the<br />

Government and parents believe, according to an influential new<br />

report - see Education 14/10/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> public is deeply sceptical about Government plans for an<br />

increase in the number of religious schools, a poll for <strong>The</strong><br />

<strong>Observer</strong> reveals - see Education 11/11/01<br />

* A Buddhist monk is turning an island off the west coast of<br />

Scotland into a multi-faith mediation centre - see Buddhism<br />

23/12/01<br />

REQUIEM FOR THE EAST<br />

* See Book Reviews - Adams, Tim 05/08/01<br />

RESTAURANTS<br />

* Valvona & Crolla, Edinburgh 07/01/01 M 51 1>3 Photograph<br />

* Gastro, London SW4 14/01/01 M 45 2>3 Photograph<br />

* Heathers, London SE8 21/01/01 M 51 2>3 Photograph<br />

* Restaurants from Hell - see Television 28/01/01<br />

* Tuscan Steak, London WC2 28/01/01 M 57 2>3 Photograph<br />

* Late-night places to eat 04/02/01 M 51 1>4<br />

* <strong>The</strong> New Diamond, London WC2 04/02/01 M 51 1>4<br />

Photographs<br />

* Four new restaurants given the Michelin star 11/02/01 M 48<br />

1>4<br />

* Zaika, London SW3 11/02/01 M 48 1>4 Photographs<br />

* A taste of Italy 18/02/01 M 62 1>4<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Trevi, London N5 18/02/01 M 62 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Authentic Spanish restaurants 25/02/01 M 59 1>4<br />

* Cigala, London WC1 25/02/01 M 59 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Food emporias 04/03/01 M 58 1>4<br />

* Movenpick Marche Restaurant, London SW1 04/03/01 M 58<br />

1>4 Photographs<br />

* Jay Rayner charts the fears, frustrations and extravagant hopes<br />

of three restaurateurs 11/03/01 M 18>23 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Four chicken-licking good restaurants 11/03/01 M 73 1>4<br />

* Kitchen, Covent Garden and Great Queen Street, London<br />

11/03/01 M 73 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Aurora, Lexington Street, London and Aurora, Great Eastern<br />

Hotel, London 18/03/01 M 53 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Two of a kind - places with the same name 18/03/01 M 53<br />

1>4<br />

* London's best known chefs are rushing to open restaurants in<br />

Scotland 25/03/01 B 14 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Four great pizzerias 25/03/01 M 58 1>4<br />

* Neon, London SW9 25/03/01 M 58 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Four Japanese restaurants beyond London 01/04/01 M 56 1>4<br />

* Noto Sushi, Oriental City, London 01/04/01 M 56 1>4<br />

Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Conservatory Restaurant, Lanesborough Hotel, London<br />

08/04/01 M 67 1>4 Photographs<br />

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* Four French restaurants in Britain 15/04/01 M 54 1>4<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Great House, Lavenham, Suffolk 15/04/01 M 54 1>4<br />

Photographs<br />

* Restaurants with traditional English puds 22/04/01 M 45 1>4<br />

* Well View Hotel, Moffat, Dumfriesshire 22/04/01 M 45 1>4<br />

Photograph<br />

* Corinthian, Glasgow 29/04/01 M 51 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Country pubs with blackboard menus 06/05/01 M 56 1>4<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Walter de Cantelupe Inn, Worcestershire 06/05/01 M 56<br />

1>4 Photographs<br />

* Book extract by American writer, Adam Gapnik, living in<br />

Paris writing for the New Yorker, and in a bloody battle to save<br />

his favourite brassiere 13/05/01 R 1>2 1>5 Photographs<br />

* Four of the hottest curry restaurants 13/05/01 M 59 1>4<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Cinnamon Club 13/05/01 M 59 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Four restaurants for grand dining at reasonable prices<br />

20/05/01 M 60 1>4<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Connaught, London W1 20/05/01 M 60 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Notting Hill's 12th House 27/05/01 M 53 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Hakkasan, London W1 10/06/01 M 53 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Rebato's, South Lambeth Road, London SW8 17/06/01 M 54<br />

1>4 Photographs<br />

* Four vegetarian restaurants 24/06/01 M 55 1>4<br />

* Neat Brassiere, Oxo Tower Wharf, London 24/06/01 M 55<br />

1>4 Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Black Bull, Cliffe, Nr Rochester, Kent 01/07/01 M 45<br />

1>3 Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong> best of readers worst restaurant experiences 08/07/01 M<br />

51 1>3 Illustration<br />

* Jay Rayner meets… chef, Marcus Wareing - see Wareing,<br />

Marcus 15/07/01<br />

* Namh, <strong>The</strong> Halkin Hotel, London SW1 15/07/01 M 63 1>3<br />

Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Fox Pub and Dining Room, London EC2 22/07/01 M 49<br />

1>3 Photographs<br />

* Loch Fyne Restaurant, Winchester 29/07/01 M 47 1>3<br />

Photographs<br />

* Four great local trattorias 05/08/01 M 55 1>4<br />

* Rosmarino, London NW8 05/08/01 M 55 1>4 Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Walpole Arms, Norfolk 12/08/01 M 43 1>4 Photographs<br />

* La Trouvaille, London W1 19/08/01 M 53 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Babylon, <strong>The</strong> Roof Gardens, London W8 26/08/01 M 45 1>4<br />

Photographs<br />

* Conrad Gallagher, London W1 02/09/01 M 51 1>4<br />

Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Churchill Arms, Paxford, Gloucestershire 09/09/01 M 53<br />

1>4 Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Providores and Tapa Room, London W1 16/09/01 M 53<br />

1>4 Photographs<br />

* Four pubs serving superior grub 23/09/01 M 54 1>4<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Eyre Brothers Restaurant, London EC2 23/09/01 M 54<br />

1>4 Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Red House Inn, Whitchurch, Hampshire 30/09/01 M 70<br />

1>4 Photograph


* Hidden gems found by Jim Ainsworth 30/09/01 M 71 3<br />

Photograph<br />

* West Street, London WC2 07/10/01 M 62 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Four old favourites that don't go by the book 14/10/01 M 65<br />

1>4<br />

* New Rodos, London WC2 14/10/01 M 65 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Pacific Edge, Romford, Essex 21/10/01 M 65 1>4<br />

Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Afghan Kitchen, London N1 28/10/01 M 84 1>4<br />

Photograph<br />

* Hotel du Vin and Bistro, Bristol 04/11/01 M 67 1>4<br />

Photograph<br />

* Gordon Ramsay at Claridge's, London W1 11/11/01 M 71 1>4<br />

Photographs<br />

* Gifto's Lahore Karahi, Southall, Middlesex 18/11/01 M 78>79<br />

1>3 Photographs<br />

* L'Oranger, London SW1 25/11/01 M 71 1>4 Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Golden Palace, Harrow 02/12/01 M 56 1>2 Photograph<br />

* Selfridges, Oxford Street, London W1 09/12/01 M 82 1>4<br />

Photograph<br />

* Tsunami, London SW4 16/12/01 M 65 1>2 Photographs<br />

* Thackeray's, Tunbridge Wells, Kent 30/12/01 M 37 1>4<br />

Photographs<br />

RETAIL INDUSTRY<br />

* Boots will this week disappoint the City as another crop of<br />

British retailers announce their Christmas trading figures<br />

14/01/01 N 2 7<br />

* Tesco is hoping to entice customers across the UK to bank, top<br />

up their pensions, and buy their cornflakes at the same time - see<br />

Financial Institutions 21/01/01<br />

* Littlewood's, the catalogue and department store group, faces<br />

further setbacks in its struggle to revitalise following a flat<br />

Christmas and disappointing <strong>January</strong> sales 21/01/01 N 2 2>6<br />

* Profile of Iceland's new chief executive, Bill Grimsey - see<br />

Grimsey, Bill 28/01/01<br />

* As Marks & Spencer struggles with yet another set of shrunken<br />

sales figures, Heather Connon looks as the history of rescue<br />

operations mounted for ailing high street chains 28/01/01 N 3<br />

1>8 Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong> days of the supermarket check-out may be numbered, a<br />

British company is perfecting a machine for pricing shipping<br />

without removing items from a basket or trolley - see Science<br />

04/02/01<br />

* Supermarkets' grip on farmers is to be smashed by a new law -<br />

see Farms & Farming 04/03/01<br />

* Littlewood's, the struggling department store and catalogues<br />

group, has splashed out almost £500,000 on a luxury home for<br />

its chief executive 11/03/01 N 1 5>8<br />

* Food giant Sainsbury's is not past its sell-by date yet 25/03/01<br />

N 3 1>3 Photograph<br />

* M&S chairman, Luc Vandevelde, is a victim of his own<br />

optimism 25/03/01 N 3 4>6 Photographs<br />

* Arcadia will announce that it is to sell some of its best known<br />

high street names, including Hawkshead, Racing Green and<br />

Principles, to concentrate on Top Shop, Evans and Dorothy<br />

Perkins 01/04/01 N 2 2>6<br />

* Lawsuits and leaks add to Marks & Spencer's woes 08/04/01<br />

* Sacked French staff of Marks & Spencer demonstrate in Paris,<br />

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183<br />

claiming the firm broke employment laws - see International<br />

Affairs: Europe 08/04/01<br />

* 'Exclusivity' looks dangerous as the war with Tesco spreads<br />

08/04/01 N 5 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Supermarket chain Sainsbury's is being accused by nutrition<br />

experts of misleading parents with it's new Blue Parrot Café<br />

range of foods targeted at children 15/04/01 B 6 7>8<br />

* Marks & Spencer intends to block a bonus payment of<br />

£810,000 to it's controversial chairman Luc Vandevelde<br />

22/04/01 B 1 8 Photograph<br />

* Thousands of union members from the Continent who have<br />

been demonstrating against job cuts and closures by Marks &<br />

Spencer will be descending on London for more protest marches<br />

13/05/01 N 1 4>5 Photograph<br />

* Profile on Simon Wolfson, retail company Next's chief<br />

executive-in-waiting - see Wolfson, Simon 20/05/01<br />

* M&S sales just go on falling 20/05/01 N 1>7<br />

* Tesco staff pensions - see Personal Finance 27/05/01<br />

* Marks & Spencer is so concerned about its ailing fashion<br />

products that it is offering clothing ranges chosen by its buyers<br />

to a select group of customers, months before they appear in the<br />

shops 27/05/01 N 1 4>6<br />

* As the queen of the high street, Marks & Spencer, struggles to<br />

find a winning formula, Laura Ashley, Mothercare and Safeway<br />

have gone back to basics to raise sales 27/05/01 N 5 1>7<br />

Photographs, graphs<br />

* Marks & Spencer's, the troubled giant is struggling to define its<br />

'classic' style 27/05/01 N 5 5>8 Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> nation's canniest shoppers could have told the City many<br />

months ago what is now concrete evidence - Zara, a Spanish<br />

export, is high streets ahead of other retailers 27/05/01 N 5 1>3<br />

Photograph<br />

* Boots' shaky domination of the health and beauty market will<br />

suffer another blow when new figures for the over the counter<br />

medicines market show it has lost its top spot 03/06/01 N 2 2>5<br />

* Kingfisher's largest investors may rush to sell shares in the<br />

newly demerged General Merchandise business when it floats<br />

next month 10/06/01 N 2 1>4<br />

* Jorge Vergara's company Grupo Omnilife is looking to buy the<br />

Body Shop 10/06/01 N 5 1>5 Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> flotation of Woolworth's and Superdrug should allow the<br />

core business to grow 10/06/01 N 5 1>5 Photograph, graph<br />

* Retail figures seem to support the new wisdom: that the Bank<br />

of England will raise interest rates in the autumn in order to curb<br />

spending - see Economy 17/06/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> cost of white goods and TVs is set to tumble from today as<br />

Tesco fires the first shots in a new price war 17/06/01 N 2 5>6<br />

* Woolworth's targets Matalan's Monro as new chief executive<br />

01/07/01 N 1 4>6<br />

* Supermarket giant J Sainsbury and Boots, the UK's leading<br />

chemist chain, have taken the first steps in a process that could<br />

end up in a multi-billion pound merger 08/07/01 N 1 1>7<br />

* Luc Vandevelde, chairman of Marks & Spencer, will this week<br />

reveal that a recovery in the chain's core fashion business is as<br />

far away as ever 08/07/01 N 2 3>7<br />

* Sales of upmarket 'baby cuisine' have increased at Tesco by<br />

300 per cent and the company is keen to link celebrity names<br />

with its range 08/07/01 N 2 1>2 Photograph<br />

* Prices are rising faster on the web than in the shops - see<br />

Internet 15/07/01<br />

* Argos predicts high street slump 29/07/01 N 1 1>7


* Sales are booming, but chief executive of Argos, Terry Duddy<br />

is not celebrating yet 29/07/01 N 10 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Online grocer Tesco.com will extend its claim to be the largest<br />

such business in the world by launching home deliveries in<br />

South Korea 12/08/01 N 1 5>8<br />

* Tesco's online venture has triumphed - for now, but will the<br />

others catch up? 12/08/01 N 6 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Tesco is understood to be negotiating a deal with Disney that<br />

would see branded play areas in some of its 600 stores 26/08/01<br />

N 2 4>5 Photograph<br />

* Laura Ashley, the clothes-to-cushions retailer, will this month<br />

launch its new website 02/09/01 N 1 4>7 Photograph<br />

* John Lewis partners - the shop's staff - at the Oxford Street<br />

flagship store have voted for Sunday trading to continue beyond<br />

the Christmas period 09/09/01 N 2 4>7 Photograph<br />

* French department store group Pinault-Printemps-Redoute has<br />

confirmed its interest in buying Marks & Spencer's 18 French<br />

shops 16/09/01 N 2 3>6<br />

* Retail analysts says they will wait to separate the hype from<br />

the reality when Marks & Spencer launches its long awaited Per<br />

Una collection designed by George Davis 23/09/01 N 2 4>7<br />

* Tesco, Britain's biggest supermarket, is to be reported to the<br />

Advertising Standards Authority over its high-profile £100m<br />

campaign of price cuts, amid claims that many prices had in fact<br />

gone up 30/09/01 N 1 1>4<br />

* Arcadia, the fashion retailer, will this week sell four of its<br />

chains to a management buyout team for more than £20m<br />

30/09/01 N 2 3>5<br />

* Kingfisher will announce this week that it has appointed<br />

Compass chairman Francis Mackay as successor to Sir John<br />

Banham 30/09/01 N 2 6>8 Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> boss of Japanese clothing giant Uniqlo sees suburbia as<br />

the key to aggressive UK expansion 30/09/01 N 4 1>8<br />

Photograph<br />

* Marks & Spencer will unveil poor sales figures following a<br />

botched launch of the Per Una clothing range 07/10/01 N 1 1>4<br />

Photograph, graph<br />

* Fresh evidence has emerged that Tesco raised its prices in the<br />

weeks before it began its new £100m price cutting campaign<br />

07/10/01 N 2 3>6<br />

* Alarming new evidence shows that UK consumers are<br />

tightening their belts in the wake of the attacks on the US<br />

14/10/01 N 1 4>7<br />

* Shoppers stay at home during the half-term school holidays -<br />

see Consumerism 28/10/01<br />

* An Icelandic workaholic with a taste for making money is keen<br />

to bring the joys of Miss Selfridge to the US malls 28/10/01 N 3<br />

1>5 Photograph<br />

* Retail minnow Baugur's bid for Arcadia seemed sudden, but it<br />

was all a well-planned strategy 28/10/01 N 3 1>8 Photograph,<br />

graph<br />

* Luc Vendevelde will step down as chief executive of Marks<br />

and Spencer next year, but will stay on as chairman 11/11/01 N<br />

1 3>5<br />

* Interview with Luc Vandevelde, chief executive at Marks and<br />

Spencer 11/11/01 N 7 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Couples have been caught on CCTV smooching in Safeway's<br />

new-look wines and spirits section 18/11/01 N 1 4>5<br />

Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> High Street giant, Marks & Spencer has learnt its lesson<br />

and is now giving its customers the classics they want 18/11/01<br />

B 22 1>8 Photographs<br />

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184<br />

* Interview with Safeway's new chief executive Carlos Criado-<br />

Perez - see Criado-Perez, Carlos 25/11/01<br />

* Levi Strauss is planning to sell a wider range of jeans and<br />

jackets at almost half their high-street prices, despite winning<br />

last week's court battle to prevent Tesco... - see Business &<br />

Industry 25/11/01<br />

* Management: Interview with Ikea boss Anders Dahlvig and<br />

Ikea's reputation - see Work 25/11/01<br />

* Most Britons may oppose the single currency, but half of the<br />

UK's main retailers will accept it - see Euro, <strong>The</strong> 25/11/01<br />

* Every time Ikea tries to fix customer gridlock it gets 20 per<br />

cent more sales 25/11/01 N 10 5>7 Photograph<br />

* Sam Roddick, daughter of <strong>The</strong> Body Shop's Anita Roddick, is<br />

taking her first foray into retail with a sex emporium - see<br />

Roddick Sam 09/12/01<br />

* Shares in retailers have outperformed the rest of the stock<br />

market by 33 per cent so far this year 09/12/01 N 2 5>7<br />

* A story of falling profits and exiting colleagues for the Al-<br />

Fayed empire - see Business & Industry 16/12/01<br />

* Six directors of Harrods have quit the firm in the last 12<br />

months 16/12/01 N 1 1>4<br />

* Marks and Spencer opens its first stores in India 16/12/01 N 2<br />

4>8 Photograph<br />

* Across the country, small businesses hit by the foot and mouth<br />

epidemic are enjoying a sales bonanza and consumers are<br />

fuelling a Christmas spending 23/12/01 B 11 1>3 Cartoon<br />

* Harrods has stunned many of its suppliers of designer goods by<br />

unilaterally deciding to pay them less for items already ordered<br />

23/12/01 B 18 8<br />

RETREAT<br />

* See Book Reviews - Shapiro, Anna 30/09/01<br />

RICH, MARC<br />

* Profile on Marc Rich - one of the FBI's most wanted men who<br />

won a controversial pardon 13/05/01 M 28>34 1>4 Photographs<br />

RICHARDSON, JOLEY<br />

* Actress Joley Richardson has finally found a way to make her<br />

name her own 30/12/01 M 4>8 1>4 Photographs<br />

RIDDELL, MARY<br />

* Columnist 07/01/01 B 24 2>5 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 14/01/01 B 28 2>5 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 21/01/01 B 28 2>5 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 28/01/01 B 28 2>5 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 04/02/01 B 28 2>5 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 11/02/01 B 28 2>5 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 18/02/01 B 28 2>5 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 25/02/01 B 28 2>5 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 04/03/01 B 28 2>5 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 11/03/01 B 28 2>5 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 15/03/01 B 24 2>5 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 18/03/01 B 28 2>5 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 01/04/01 B 28 2>5 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 08/04/01 B 24 2>5 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 22/04/01 B 26 2>5 Photograph


* Columnist 29/04/01 B 24 2>5 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 06/05/01 B 26 2>5 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 13/05/01 B 28 2>5 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 20/05/01 B 28 2>5 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 27/05/01 B 28 2>5 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 03/06/01 B 31 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Columnist 10/06/01 B 24 2>5 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 17/06/01 B 24 2>5 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 24/06/01 B 24 2>5 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 01/07/01 B 22 2>5 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 08/07/01 B 28 2>5 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 15/07/01 B 24 2>5 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 22/07/01 B 24 2>5 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 05/08/01 B 26 2>5 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 12/08/01 B 24 2>5 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 19/08/01 B 21 2>5 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 02/09/01 B 22 2>5 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 09/09/01 B 22 2>5 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 16/09/01 X 26 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 23/09/01 X 21 1>5 Photographs<br />

* Columnist 30/09/01 B 28 2>5 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 07/10/01 B 28 2>5 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 14/10/01 B 32 2>5 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 21/10/01 B 30 2>5 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 28/10/01 B 30 1>5 Photograph, cartoon<br />

* Columnist 04/11/01 B 30 2>5 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 18/11/01 B 28 2>5 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 25/11/01 B 28 2>5 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 02/12/01 B 28 2>5 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 09/12/01 B 26 2>5 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 16/12/01 B 24 2>5 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 23/12/01 B 22 2>5 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 30/12/01 B 27 1>6 Photographs<br />

RIDDLER, ANNE<br />

* Anne Riddler, poet, who died earlier this month is remembered<br />

by Peter Forbes 28/10/01 R 18 15 Photograph<br />

RIDLEY, IAN<br />

* Sports columnist 15/04/01 S 15 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Sports columnist 01/07/01 S 19 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Sports columnist 18/11/01 S 15 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Sports columnist 23/12/01 S 13 1>5 Photographs<br />

RIDLEY, YVONNE<br />

* Journalist Yvonne Ridley's attempt to sneak into Afghanistan<br />

was a disaster, but she doesn't make her a bad mother, as some<br />

critics suggested 18/11/01 R 3 1>7 Photographs<br />

RIGHT AS RAINE<br />

* See Book Reviews - Guttridge, Peter 01/04/01<br />

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185<br />

RIGHT HAND OF SLEEP, THE<br />

* See Book Reviews - Shapiro, Anna 11/02/01<br />

RIMINGTON, DAME STELLA<br />

* Stella Rimington, the former head of MI5, is to take the<br />

unprecedented step of going on the road to promote her<br />

controversial memoirs, due out next month 26/08/01 B 7 5>6<br />

* Dame Stella Rimington, Britain's first female head of MI5, was<br />

condemned by the government for her decision to publish her<br />

controversial memoirs 09/09/01 B 2 2>6<br />

* Profile on Dame Stella Rimington, former head of MI5<br />

09/09/01 B 21 1>6 Caricature<br />

RIOTS<br />

* Britain's racial divide: only the BNP is gaining from the<br />

violence that is sweeping the North 15/07/70 B 14>15 1>6<br />

Photographs<br />

* British police officers could soon be using a non-lethal<br />

'supergun' developed in the US to maintain order during riots and<br />

periods of civil unrest - see Police 03/06/01<br />

* Weeks of riots and rallies have given Oldham a huge BNP vote<br />

and a worldwide notoriety that it cannot afford 10/06/01 B 6<br />

1>7 Photographs<br />

* Bradford under siege after day of race riots 08/07/01 B 1>2<br />

1>6 Photographs<br />

* Racial unrest in Stoke as youths pelt police 15/07/01 B 2 5>7<br />

* Far-right extremists are planning a new series of racist marches<br />

aimed at provoking British Asians into rioting 22/07/01 B 6 6>8<br />

Photograph<br />

* Police officers involved in dealing with the Bradford race riots<br />

are launching a claim for millions of pounds in damages over the<br />

'trauma' they suffered - see Police 29/07/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Foreign Office came under fire from human rights lawyers<br />

and the four Britons jailed and beaten by Italian police during the<br />

riots at the G8 summit meeting in Genoa - see Foreign Office<br />

29/07/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> riots in Genoa last week produced scenes of appalling<br />

violence but what went on in the police cells afterwards was<br />

worse 29/07/01 B 16>17 1>8 Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Asian populations of northern English towns hit by racial<br />

unrest this summer will see explosive growth in the next decade<br />

05/08/01 B 12 7>8<br />

* Exposed: secret plot to start race riots 02/09/01 B 4 1>7<br />

Photographs<br />

* An unpublished report said that Bradford Council was 'an<br />

ostrich' avoiding the problems of a divided community for two<br />

decades 16/09/01 B 2 1>8 Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> summer of race riots on British streets was fuelled partly<br />

by resentment among local groups who believed other races<br />

were being favoured for Government grants 09/12/01 B 8 1>4<br />

Photograph<br />

RIVALS, THE: THE INTIMATE STORY OF A POLITICAL<br />

MARRIAGE<br />

* See Book Reviews - Hare, David 23/09/01<br />

ROACH, PAPA<br />

* See Music: Pop 22/04/01<br />

ROBERTS, JULIA<br />

* Profile on American actress, Julia Roberts 25/03/01 B 27 1>6<br />

Caricature<br />

* Hollywood drops in on troops: Julia Roberts and fellow<br />

Hollywood stars arrived to meet US service personnel - see


Terrorism 09/12/01<br />

ROBERTSON-GLASGOW, RAYMOND<br />

* Profile of the late Raymond Robertson-Glasgow former cricket<br />

correspondent 25/02/01 S 28>29 1>5 Photographs<br />

ROBINSON, ANNE<br />

* Interview with Anne Robinson, journalist and presenter of<br />

TV's <strong>The</strong> Weakest Link 21/10/01 M 8>13 1>4 Photographs<br />

ROCK, GRAHAM<br />

* A Sporting Life: Graham Rock, 1945-<strong>2001</strong> - Graham Rock<br />

agreed to write this account of his life when he knew that,<br />

because of cancer, there was little of it left 18/11/01 S 8>9 1>6<br />

Photographs<br />

RODDICK, ANITA<br />

* Body Shop founder Anita Roddick has written to the bosses of<br />

20 powerful companies calling on them to join her lead in<br />

boycotting Esso 12/08/01 N 2 1>2 Photograph<br />

RODDICK, SAM<br />

* Sam Roddick, daughter of <strong>The</strong> Body Shop's Anita Roddick, is<br />

taking her first foray into retail with a sex emporium 09/12/01<br />

M 43>46 1>4 Photographs<br />

RODGERS, RICHARD<br />

* As the centenary of the composer Richard Rodgers<br />

approaches, Peter Conrad assesses how well South Pacific has<br />

aged while Trevor Nunn tells him his stage version will be more<br />

abrasive than the film 18/11/01 R 5 1>5 Photographs<br />

ROGERS, RICHARD<br />

* Columnist 28/01/01 B 31 2>5 Photograph<br />

ROHMER, ERIC<br />

* Rare interview with director Eric Rohmer who, at 81, is still<br />

bucking the trends 02/09/01 R 8 1>5 Photographs<br />

ROIPHE, KATIE<br />

* Columnist 25/02/01 B 31 1>4 Photograph<br />

ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Roman Catholic Church is considering plans to allow the<br />

remains of an inspirational French saint, St Terese, to tour<br />

Britain after visits to Russia, France and Ireland 06/05/01 B 11<br />

3>7 Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong> church has torn my life apart, says abused Catholic<br />

01/07/01 B 6 5>8 Photographs<br />

RONSON, GERALD<br />

* Gerald Ronson is poised to bid for the Millennium dome, 10<br />

years after he spent six months in jail for his part in the Guinness<br />

insider share dealing scandal 25/03/01 N 1 1>7 Photograph<br />

ROSE, DAVID<br />

* Columnist 01/07/01 B 23 1>5 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 05/08/01 B 27 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 26/08/01 B 24 2>5 Photographs<br />

ROTH, PHILIP<br />

* A conversation with Philip Roth, author 01/07/01 R 15 4>6<br />

ROTTERS' CLUB, THE<br />

* See Book Reviews - Mars-Jones, Adam 25/02/01<br />

ROWLING, J.K.<br />

* J.K. Rowling's mother died of multiple sclerosis at 45, the<br />

bestselling author still can't write about her without tears, and is<br />

OBSERVER INDEX: JAN-DEC <strong>2001</strong><br />

186<br />

determined to help other victims of MS 29/04/01 R 1>2 1>5<br />

Photograph<br />

* J.K. Rowling, author of the Harry Potter novels has secretly<br />

married 30/12/01 B 11 1>2 Photograph<br />

ROYAL FAMILY, THE<br />

* Laurens van der Post, revered by Margaret Thatcher and Prince<br />

Charles, hid the fact he fathered a child with a girl of 14 - see<br />

Van der Post, Laurens 04/02/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Queen is being advised by the inventor of 'Cool Britannia'<br />

and the creator of <strong>The</strong> Big Breakfast on how to modernise the<br />

monarchy 01/04/01 B 9 1>7 Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong> countess's unguarded remarks have dented the reputation<br />

of the royals even further but there was one unexpected victim -<br />

the tabloid paper that set her up - see Wessex, Sophie 08/04/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> royal family faced a major breakdown in its relations with<br />

the Government after taped conversations revealed the Countess<br />

of Wessex's scorn for Tony and Cherie Blair - see Wessex,<br />

Sophie 08/04/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Sophie Tapes: word by word, Sophie digs herself deeper<br />

into trouble - see Wessex, Sophie 08/04/01<br />

* On 1st July, just weeks before her 20th wedding anniversary,<br />

Diana would have turned 40... it is only now that her true legacy<br />

is beginning to take effect - see Diana, Princess of Wales<br />

10/06/01<br />

* Tougher limits are to be set on royals' business lives 08/07/01<br />

B 2 5>7 Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Earl and Countess of Wessex, furious over scrutiny of<br />

their finances, have boycotted public duties for the rest of the<br />

year - see Wessex, <strong>The</strong> Earl and Countess of… 19/08/01<br />

* As Prince William gives his last interview before starting a<br />

four-year degree in art history at St Andrews, report on what the<br />

heir to the throne hopes to learn from... - see William, Prince<br />

23/09/01<br />

* See <strong>The</strong>atre 04/11/01<br />

* Prince Harry enjoys the annual Eton Wall Game - see Harry,<br />

Prince 25/11/01<br />

* A dispute has emerged that accuses Prince Charles's aide,<br />

Mark Bolland, of damaging the royal family by leaking stories to<br />

the press to improve the Prince's image 02/12/01 B 7 1>7<br />

Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong> results of the largest survey for a decade of attitudes to the<br />

monarchy 30/12/01 B 3 1>6 Photographs<br />

ROYAL SHAKESPEARE COMPANY, THE<br />

* As the Royal Shakespeare Company begins its monumental<br />

staging of Shakespeare's entire history cycle, Sam West and his<br />

fellow kings describe the pleasures and pitfalls of this royal flush<br />

08/04/01 R 5 1>6 Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Royal Shakespeare Company is making a fresh attempt to<br />

lose its image as an outdated and conservative institution<br />

01/07/01 B 11 1>2<br />

RSPB<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Royal Society for the Protection of Birds has issued a<br />

radical call to roll back the effects of intensive farming and<br />

development and recreate Britain's natural landscapes - see<br />

Environment 29/07/01<br />

RUCKING & MAULING<br />

* Rugby news 07/01/01 S 10 1 Photographs<br />

* Rugby news 14/01/01 S 10 1 Photographs<br />

* Rugby news 21/01/01 S 10 1 Photographs


* Rugby news 28/01/01 S 10 7 Photographs<br />

* Rugby news 04/02/01 S 4 1 Photographs<br />

* Rugby news 11/02/01 S 11 7 Photographs<br />

* Rugby news 18/02/01 S 2 1 Photographs<br />

* Rugby news 25/02/01 S 24 1 Photographs<br />

* Rugby news 04/03/01 S 2 1 Photographs<br />

* Rugby news 11/03/01 S 14 1>2 Photographs<br />

* Rugby news 18/03/01 S 12 1 Photographs<br />

* Rugby news 25/03/01 S 13 7 Photographs<br />

* Rugby news 01/04/01 S 12 4>6 Photographs<br />

* Rugby news 08/04/01 S 2 1 Photographs<br />

* Rugby news 15/04/01 S 13 5 Photographs<br />

* Rugby news 22/04/01 S 10 1 Photographs<br />

* Rugby news 29/04/01 S 11 1>3 Photographs<br />

* Rugby news 13/05/01 S 9 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Rugby news 30/09/01 S 10 1 Photographs<br />

* Rugby news 07/10/01 S 10 1 Photographs<br />

* Rugby news 21/10/01 S 10 5>7 Photographs<br />

* Rugby news 28/10/01 S 10 1 Photographs<br />

* Rugby news 04/11/01 S 10 1 Photographs<br />

* Rugby news 11/11/01 S 2 1 Photographs<br />

* Rugby news 18/11/01 S 16 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Rugby news 25/11/01 S 2 1 Photographs<br />

* Rugby news 02/12/01 S 11 7 Photographs<br />

* Rugby news 09/12/01 S 10 1 Photographs<br />

* Rugby news 16/12/01 S 12 1 Photographs<br />

* Rugby news 23/12/01 S 11 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Rugby news 30/12/01 S 12 1 Photographs<br />

RUDDOCK, ALAN<br />

* Columnist 27/05/01 B 20 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Columnist 10/06/01 B 27 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 28/10/01 B 31 1>5 Photographs<br />

RUNCIMAN, RUTH<br />

* Euan Ferguson meets… Ruth Runciman - waging war on<br />

Britain's antiquated drug laws is just one of her crusades<br />

14/01/01 B 18 1>6 Photographs<br />

RUSSELL, KEN<br />

* Euan Ferguson meets… Ken Russell 11/02/01 B 21 1>6<br />

Photographs<br />

RUSSIA AND THE RUSSIANS<br />

* See Book Reviews - Meek, James 10/06/01<br />

RYDER, WINONA<br />

* Stars behind bars: Winona Ryder's arrest is part of a<br />

Hollywood tradition - see Celebrities 16/12/01<br />

S.O.S.<br />

* See Book Reviews - Gerrard, Nicci 29/07/01<br />

SAATCHI, CHARLES<br />

* Profile on Charles Saatchi, the creative half of advertising's<br />

OBSERVER INDEX: JAN-DEC <strong>2001</strong><br />

187<br />

famous duo looks set to irritate the art world with a challenge to<br />

Tate Modern 02/12/01 B 27 1>6 Caricature<br />

SACKS, OLIVER<br />

* Interview with Oliver Sacks, author - see Books Interview, <strong>The</strong><br />

09/12/01<br />

SACRED MONSTERS, SACRED MASTERS<br />

* See Book Reviews - Conrad, Peter 16/12/01<br />

SAGE, LORNA<br />

* Lorna Sage 1943-<strong>2001</strong> - see Deaths 14/01/01<br />

SAID & DONE<br />

* 2000 awards 07/01/01 S 2 1>2 Photographs<br />

* Football news 14/01/01 S 2 1>2 Photographs<br />

* Football news 21/01/01 S 2 1>2 Photographs<br />

* Football news 28/01/01 S 2 1>2 Photographs<br />

* Football news 04/02/01 S 6 1>2 Photographs<br />

* Football news 11/02/01 S 2 1>2 Photographs<br />

* Football news 18/02/01 S 6 1>2 Photographs<br />

* Football news 25/02/01 S 6 1>2 Photographs<br />

* Football news 04/03/01 S 6 1>2 Photographs<br />

* Football news 11/03/01 S 6 1>2 Photographs<br />

* Football news 18/03/01 S 6 1>2 Photographs<br />

* Football news 25/03/01 S 2 1>2 Photographs<br />

* Football news 01/04/01 S 2 1>2 Photographs<br />

* Football news 08/04/01 S 6 1>2 Photographs<br />

* Football news 15/04/01 S 2 1>2 Photographs<br />

* Football news 22/04/01 S 2 1>2 Photographs<br />

* Football news 29/04/01 S 2 1>2 Photographs<br />

* Football news 06/05/01 S 2 1>2 Photographs<br />

* Football news 13/05/01 S 2 2>7 Photographs<br />

* Football news 20/05/01 S 2 1>2 Photographs<br />

* Football news 27/05/01 S 2 1.2 Photographs<br />

* Football news 19/08/01 S 2 1>2 Photographs<br />

* Football news 26/08/01 S 2 1>2 Photographs<br />

* Football news 02/09/01 S 6 1>2 Photographs<br />

* Football news 09/09/01 S 2 1>2 Photographs<br />

* Football news 23/09/01 B 22 1>2 Photographs<br />

* Football news 30/09/01 S 2 1>2 Photographs<br />

* Football news 07/10/01 S 7 1>2 Photographs<br />

* Football news 14/10/01 S 2 1>2 Photographs<br />

* Football news 21/10/01 S 2 1>2 Photographs<br />

* Football news 28/10/01 S 2 1>2 Photographs<br />

* Football news 04/11/01 S 2 1>2 Photographs<br />

* Football news 11/11/01 S 8 1>2 Photographs<br />

* Football news 18/11/01 S 2 1>2 Photographs<br />

* Football news 25/11/01 S 6 1>2 Photographs<br />

* Football news 02/12/01 S 2 1>2 Photographs<br />

* Football news 09/12/01 S 2 1>2 Photographs


* Football news 16/12/01 S 2 1>2 Photographs<br />

* Football news 23/12/01 S 2 1>2 Photographs<br />

* Football news 30/12/01 S 2 1>2 Photographs<br />

SAID, BILL<br />

* Columnist 25/11/01 B 28 2>6 Photograph<br />

SAID, EDWARD<br />

* Columnist 12/08/01 B 17 6>7 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 16/09/01 X 27 1>6 Photograph<br />

SAINSBURY, LORD<br />

* Lord Sainsbury has given his backing to the building of an<br />

animal testing laboratory to be built in the middle of green-belt<br />

land in Cambridge 04/11/01 B 8 5>6 Photograph<br />

SALEM, MARC<br />

* See Variety 14/10/01<br />

SALMON, PETER<br />

* As the new boss of BBC sport, Peter Salmon has a fight on his<br />

hands 20/05/01 M 34>38 1>4 Photographs<br />

SAMARITANS, THE<br />

* <strong>The</strong> helpline charity for the suicidal will launch an appeal for<br />

more volunteers after their numbers dropped to the lowest level<br />

since 1975 02/09/01 B 3 6>7 Photographs<br />

SAME SEA, THE<br />

* See Book Reviews - Adams, Tim 18/02/01<br />

SAMURA, SORIOUS<br />

* Award-winning journalist and documentary-maker Sorious<br />

Samura condemns the so-called reality TV currently dominating<br />

our screens and calls for more air time for the true stories of life<br />

over death 17/06/01 B 25 1>4 Photographs<br />

SARDAR, ZIAUDDIN<br />

* Columnist 16/09/01 X 24 1.6 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 23/09/01 X 21 6>7 Photograph<br />

SARLER, CAROL<br />

* Columnist 07/01/01 B 27 5>6 Photographs<br />

* Columnist 21/01/01 B 31 5>6 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 28/01/01 B 27 1>3 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 04/02/01 B 31 6>7 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 11/02/01 B 31 5>6 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 18/03/01 B 31 6>7 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 05/08/01 B 25 1>3 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 26/08/01 B 27 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 09/09/01 B 25 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 25/11/01 B 29 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Columnist 16/12/01 B 27 1>5 Photographs<br />

SATIRE<br />

* For 40 years, Private Eye has enraged and amused, as it enters<br />

its fifth decade, can the magazine keep pace with the newer,<br />

darker satire of TV's Brass Eye? - see Private Eye 07/10/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> absurdities of war still give ammunition for quick-thinking<br />

satirists such as 2DTV 21/10/01 R 8 1>6 Photographs<br />

SATYR, THE<br />

OBSERVER INDEX: JAN-DEC <strong>2001</strong><br />

188<br />

* See Book Reviews - Jays, David 21/01/01<br />

SAWYER, MIRANDA<br />

* Columnist 04/03/01 M 3 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 11/03/01 M 3 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 19/08/01 M 3 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 26/08/01 M 3 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 09/12/01 M 3 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 16/12/01 M 3 1>4 Photograph<br />

SCARGILL, ARTHUR<br />

* Euan Ferguson meets… Arthur Scargill, politician and exminer's<br />

leader 18/02/01 B 19 1>5 Photographs<br />

SCHINDLER, EMILIE<br />

* Emilie Schindler, the widow of the industrialist Oskar<br />

Schindler who saved more than 1000 Jews from the gas<br />

chamber, has died a few days short of her 94th birthday in<br />

Germany 07/10/01 B 23 7>8 Photograph<br />

SCHINDLER, OSKAR & EMILLE<br />

* Friends claim that Hollywood overlooked the part played by<br />

the Holocaust hero's wife in saving 1,300 Jews from Nazi death<br />

camps 29/07/01 B 3 1>5 Photographs<br />

SCHOOLING<br />

* See Book Reviews - Shapiro, Anna 19/08/01<br />

SCHWIMMER, DAVID<br />

* Interview with David Schwimmer, who plays Ross in Friends<br />

25/11/01 M 8>14 1>4 Photographs<br />

SCIENCE<br />

* Warp-drive engines could soon be propelling spacecraft across<br />

the solar system 07/01/01 B 13 1>8 Illustration<br />

* What's in a name? - now scientists have an answer - our names<br />

reveal the nature of our genes and our biological past 14/01/01<br />

B 6 1>6 Photograph<br />

* A leading palaeontologist believes he has found the cause of<br />

extinctions of whole species - the human cold - see Extinctions<br />

28/01/01<br />

* Bid to land on asteroid could save Earth from disaster<br />

04/02/01 B 11 1>8 Illustration<br />

* <strong>The</strong> days of the supermarket check-out may be numbered, a<br />

British company is perfecting a machine for pricing shipping<br />

without removing items from a basket or trolley 04/02/01 B 13<br />

1>4 Cartoon<br />

* Scientists have made a radical breakthrough in our<br />

understanding of human behaviour with the discovery that we<br />

possess far fewer genes than previously thought 11/02/01 B 1<br />

1>3<br />

* Discovering we're more than the sum of our genes affects<br />

understanding of free will, reports Robin McKie 11/02/01 B 6<br />

3>8 Photograph<br />

* Flying a light aircraft will soon be as easy, and safer than,<br />

driving a car, according to aviation experts 25/02/01 B 10 1>8<br />

Illustrations<br />

* Britain is to spearhead a European programme aimed at<br />

protecting Earth from global destruction caused by asteroid<br />

collisions 25/02/01 B 4 1>5 Photograph<br />

* A Sheffield steelworks reborn as a $46m hi-tech science<br />

adventure playground 08/04/01 E 9 1>3 Photograph<br />

* Scientists are preparing to infect patients with Aids viruses in<br />

an attempt to treat them for cancers and disabling inherited


diseases 22/04/01 B 3 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Men and women could one day grow limbs lost in accidents or<br />

regenerate organs destroyed by illness 29/04/01 B 10 7>8<br />

Photograph<br />

* British scientists revealed a dramatic success in the fight<br />

against cancer in which they used a radical new drug to starve<br />

tumours of oxygen 13/05/01 B 4 1>8 Photograph<br />

* British scientists have found that parasites can provide<br />

protection against serious immune disorders 13/05/01 B 8 1>8<br />

Photographs<br />

* Scientists have succeeded in developing a bizarre new weapon<br />

in the fight against pollution: pigs that have been genetically<br />

engineered to make perfect manure 20/05/01 B 7 1>5<br />

Photograph<br />

* Scientists have discovered the whites of our eyes are unique<br />

among primates and played a crucial role in our evolution<br />

27/05/01 B 7 1>8 Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong> International Space Station is opening its doors to big<br />

business and offering the commercial opportunity of a lifetime<br />

03/06/01 B 12 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Scientists have developed a revolutionary new treatment for<br />

baldness - in early trials the drug, dutasteride, has shown<br />

dramatic success in restoring hair to bald men 10/06/01 B 1 1>6<br />

Cartoon<br />

* Scientists have found a way to prevent our planet overheating:<br />

move it to a cooler spot 17/06/01 B 11 1>8 Illustration<br />

* Scientists will today announce a startling medical<br />

breakthrough which could lead to the development of a simple<br />

injection cure for brain damage and spinal cord injuries<br />

01/07/01 B 1 4>7 Cartoon<br />

* Challenging science: the risk of skin cancer, the causes of<br />

global warming, the dangers of high cholesterol - one expert says<br />

it's all bunk 01/07/01 B 16 1>7 Photographs<br />

* Medicine and ethics: the stem cell research debate 08/07/01 B<br />

18 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Researchers are developing a cream that will allow men and<br />

women to change their skin colour 15/07/01 B 9 1>8<br />

Photographs<br />

* Scientists are developing a scanner that could prevent cars<br />

from colliding by forcing locusts to watch clips from Star Wars<br />

films 29/07/01 B 15 6>7 Photograph<br />

* A 'miracle' medicine which will treat sleeping sickness that is a<br />

bigger threat than Aids has been found by American scientists -<br />

see Health 19/08/01<br />

* Scientists are developing super-tanks which would use<br />

powerful magnets to met and destroy incoming missiles and<br />

shells 19/08/01 B 11 1>5 Illustrations<br />

* <strong>The</strong> world's first centre for the investigation of genocide is to<br />

be set up by British scientists with experience of working on<br />

some of the most appalling war crimes of modern times - see<br />

Genocide 26/08/01<br />

* Markets may be in the doldrums, but every month, scientists<br />

and financiers meet over canapés in a London hospital to tap a<br />

funding bonanza, known as Biotech Wednesday - see Business<br />

& Industry 09/09/01<br />

* Scientists have created the ultimate GM crop: contraceptive<br />

corn 09/09/01 B 1 2>6 Cartoon<br />

* Scientists say tiny specks of dirt have been pinpointed as<br />

causes of Parkinson's disease 23/09/01 B 8 5>6<br />

* European Union scientists have secretly given their blessing to<br />

controversial experiments in which live monkeys will be<br />

infected with mad cow disease - see BSE 30/09/01<br />

OBSERVER INDEX: JAN-DEC <strong>2001</strong><br />

189<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Royal Mail's Nobel guru, Professor Brian Josephson, is in<br />

a row with scientists as an issue of six special stamps goes on<br />

sale this week - see Post Office, <strong>The</strong> 30/09/01<br />

* Scientists have discovered how to use tobacco to save lives<br />

14/10/01 B 11 1>2<br />

* Profile on physicist, Stephen Hawking - see Hawking, Stephen<br />

21/10/01<br />

* Experts claim that the BBC's 'Walking with Beasts' blurs fact<br />

and fiction to add drama - see BBC 11/11/01<br />

* At biotechnology company laboratories across the US,<br />

researchers are trying to develop the first drugs to deal with<br />

forgetfulness 11/11/01 B 27 6>8 Cartoon<br />

* <strong>The</strong> reason for humanity developing a prowess to walk on two<br />

legs has baffled palaeontologists for decades 18/11/01 B 7 1>7<br />

Photograph<br />

* A keynote research paper showing that Middle Eastern Jews<br />

and Palestinians are genetically almost identical has been pulled<br />

from a leading journal, Human Immunology 25/11/01 B 24 7>8<br />

* Directors of the Science Museum in London have drawn up<br />

controversial plans to turn the popular attraction into a high-tech<br />

theme park with shops, fast-food outlets and coffee bars<br />

02/12/01 B 10 1>8 Cartoon, photograph<br />

SCOOP<br />

* See Classicwatch 04/03/01<br />

SCOTLAND<br />

* <strong>The</strong> young men of Fraserburgh blow their wages on hard<br />

drugs, making the Scottish port Britain's narcotics capital - see<br />

Drugs & Drug Abuse 28/01/01<br />

* Irate investors want City watchdogs to investigate whether a<br />

Scottish unit trust was wrong to surrender to a US vulture fund -<br />

see Financial Institutions 18/02/01<br />

* North of the border the elderly will get free help for their<br />

everyday needs - see Elderly, <strong>The</strong> 18/02/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> government is under pressure to secure the future of the<br />

Govan and Scotstoun shipyards in Glasgow by awarding them a<br />

contract to build two naval support ships - see Shipbuilding<br />

25/02/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Scottish lobby insists Edinburgh should be home to the<br />

merged banks, Halifax and Bank of Scotland - see Financial<br />

Institutions 29/04/01<br />

* Cara Henderson leads a battle against bigotry that has reached<br />

the Scottish Parliament 06/05/01 B 7 7>8 Photograph<br />

* A damning international report names Scotland as the worst<br />

polluter in Europe 14/10/01 B 12 1>8 Photographs<br />

* A Buddhist monk is turning an island off the west coast of<br />

Scotland into a multi-faith mediation centre - see Buddhism<br />

23/12/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> cases of whisky are piled high as Barra prepared for a<br />

Hogmanay frenzy 30/12/01 B 8 1>8 Photographs<br />

SCOTT, MARIA<br />

* Columnist 21/01/01 C 7 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 28/01/01 C 9 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 04/02/01 C 7 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 11/02/01 C 11 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 18/02/01 C 9 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 25/02/01 C 13 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 04/03/01 C 9 1>6 Photograph


* Columnist 11/03/01 C 15 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 18/03/01 C 9 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 25/03/01 C 7 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 01/04/01 C 7 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 08/04/01 C 5 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 15/04/01 C 7 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 22/04/01 C 6 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 06/05/01 C 5 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 13/05/01 C 7 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 20/05/01 C 5 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 27/05/01 C 5 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 03/06/01 C 5 5>6 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 10/06/01 C 6>7 4>5 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 17/06/01 C 7 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 08/07/01 C 5 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 15/07/01 C 5 1>3 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 22/07/01 C 4 1>3 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 29/07/01 C 5 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 05/08/01 C 5 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 12/08/01 C 11 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 19/08/01 C 5 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 26/08/01 C 5 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 02/09/01 C 7 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 09/09/01 C 7 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 16/09/01 R 7 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 23/09/01 C 7 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 30/09/01 C 3 1>3 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 07/10/01 C 9 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 14/10/01 C 11 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 21/10/01 C 5 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 28/10/01 C 15 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 04/11/01 C 5 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 11/11/01 C 2 2>5 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 18/11/01 C 5 1>2 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 25/11/01 C 4 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 02/12/01 C 5 3>6 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 09/12/01 R 4 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 16/12/01 C 6 1>6 Photograph<br />

SCOTT-HERON, GIL<br />

* <strong>The</strong> godfather of rap is back in the UK - but a judge wants him<br />

to go into rehab after this tour 15/07/01 R 7 1>5 Photographs<br />

SEA ROAD, THE<br />

* See Book Reviews - Carty, Peter 16/12/01<br />

SEA ROOM<br />

* See Book Reviews - Preston, Peter 21/10/01<br />

SEABISCUIT<br />

OBSERVER INDEX: JAN-DEC <strong>2001</strong><br />

190<br />

* See Book Reviews - Oliver, Brian 08/07/01<br />

SEARCH FOR ROOTS, THE<br />

* See Book Reviews - Mars-Jones, Adam 24/06/01<br />

SEBALD, W.G.<br />

* <strong>The</strong> highly acclaimed German-born writer W.G. Sebald, author<br />

of the cult novels Austerlitz and Vertigo, has been killed in a<br />

road accident in Norfolk at the age of 57 - see Deaths 16/12/01<br />

SECOMBE, SIR HARRY<br />

* Prince Charles pays tribute to Sir Harry Secombe 15/04/01 B<br />

7 1>4 Photographs<br />

SECRET HEART<br />

* See Children's Choice 11/03/01<br />

SELF, JONATHAN<br />

* Jonathan Self is about to muscle in on his brother Will's<br />

territory, but he's not the first… - see Families & Family Life<br />

27/05/01<br />

SENIOR SERVICE<br />

* See Book Reviews - Wood, Gaby 18/11/01<br />

SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS, A<br />

* See Book Reviews - Kellaway, Kate 22/07/01<br />

SERRANO, ANDRES<br />

* See Art 14/10/01<br />

SERVANTS OF THE PEOPLE<br />

* See Book Reviews - Mellor, Michael 19/08/01<br />

SEVEN DAUGHTERS OF EVE, THE<br />

* See Book Reviews - McKie, Robin 27/05/01<br />

SEXUAL ABUSE<br />

* A crackdown is to be launched against counsellors and<br />

therapists after cases of abuse, including sexual abuse, were<br />

uncovered - see <strong>The</strong>rapists 02/09/01<br />

SEXUAL BEHAVIOUR<br />

* Hoping to repeat the global success of Viagra, researchers are<br />

now trying to unravel the secrets of women's sexuality 11/02/01<br />

B 7 1>6 Photograph<br />

* When it comes to sex, the film world is more neurotic than<br />

erotic - directors tell how the deal with love scenes - see Film<br />

25/02/01<br />

* 50 per cent of Britons claim work-related tiredness affects their<br />

private lives - see Relationships 04/03/01<br />

* Viagra, better health and divorce have led to pensioners being<br />

more promiscuous - and their rates of sexual disease are soaring<br />

- see Elderly, <strong>The</strong> 08/04/01<br />

* Nearly half of all women suffer from sexual dysfunction, but<br />

the Berman sisters are two doctors who aim to change all that at<br />

their California clinic - see Women 06/05/01<br />

* A vibrator is no longer just a girl's best friend, it's a fashion<br />

accessory 21/10/01 R 4 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Happily married and a mother of two, Sally Harris gave up a<br />

career in nursing to act out sexual fantasies on her own website<br />

18/11/01 M 19>24 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Erotica may become Britain's first publicly quoted sex<br />

company - see Business & Industry 02/12/01<br />

* A leading authority on sexual behaviour says last week's<br />

survey into Britain's sexual habits reveals a sad downside to<br />

liberated attitudes among the young 02/12/01 B 20 1>6


Photograph<br />

* Sam Roddick, <strong>The</strong> Body Shop's Anita Roddick's daughter, is<br />

taking her first foray into retail with a sex emporium - see<br />

Roddick Sam 09/12/01<br />

SEXUAL CHEMISTRY<br />

* See Book Reviews - Jack, Ian 03/06/01<br />

SEXUAL CHEMISTRY: A HISTORY OF THE<br />

CONTRACEPTIVE PILL<br />

* See Book Reviews - Wood, Gaby 10/06/01<br />

SHACKLETON, SIR ERNEST<br />

* Hollywood stars Russell Crowe and Kenneth Branagh will<br />

both portray Sir Ernest Shackleton in two screen treatments of<br />

the explorer's heroic attempt on the South Pole in 1915 02/09/01<br />

B 9 1>5 Photographs<br />

* Interview with Kenneth Branagh who is starring as Antarctic<br />

hero Shackleton in a C4 TV drama - see Branagh, Kenneth<br />

09/12/01<br />

SHAH, MOHAMED ZAHIR<br />

* Profile on Mohamed Zahir Shah, the former King of<br />

Afghanistan - see Terrorism 23/09/01<br />

SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM<br />

* Selected William Shakespeare Poems - see Book Reviews -<br />

Kinsella, John 14/01/01<br />

* A new study suggests that many of William Shakespeare's<br />

female characters were actually gay 02/09/01 B 5 1>6<br />

Photographs<br />

* <strong>Observer</strong> readers' poll chooses classic work of Shakespeare to<br />

join the eight wonders of the literary world - see Literature<br />

02/12/01<br />

* A team of developers plan to build a large commercial theme<br />

park in Stratford-upon-Avon, devoted entirely to the playwright,<br />

Shakespeare - see Arts, <strong>The</strong> 16/12/01<br />

SHAYLER, DAVID<br />

* Former MI5 officer David Shayler challenged the Government<br />

to investigate 'incompetence, malpractice and crime' in the<br />

intelligence services and drop all charges against him 22/04/01<br />

B 8 6>8 Photograph<br />

SHIPBUILDING<br />

* Shipbuilder Cammell Laird and new cruise line Luxus have<br />

applied for aid from the French government to seal a $500<br />

contract for new ships - see Business & Industry 18/02/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> government is under pressure to secure the future of the<br />

Govan and Scotstoun shipyards in Glasgow by awarding them a<br />

contract to build two naval support ships 25/02/01 N 2 7<br />

SHOW AND TELL: NEW YORKER PROFILES<br />

* See Book Reviews - Conrad, Peter 02/09/01<br />

SHUTTLEWORTH, JOHN<br />

* See Comedy 08/04/01<br />

SIAMESE TWINS<br />

* Gracie Attard, the surviving Siamese twin who was separated<br />

from her sister and whose right to life was, just months ago,<br />

being weighed in a British courtroom, is to go home to Gozo<br />

17/06/01 B 4 7>8 Photograph<br />

SIEGE, THE<br />

* See Book Reviews - Williams, Michael 10/06/01<br />

SIGNAC, PAUL: TRAVELS IN FRANCE<br />

OBSERVER INDEX: JAN-DEC <strong>2001</strong><br />

191<br />

* See Art 01/07/01<br />

SIGNER, ROMAN<br />

* See Art 09/12/01<br />

SILLITOE, ALAN<br />

* Interview with writer Alan Sillitoe 01/04/01 R 3 1>5<br />

Photographs<br />

SIMPSON, INDIA ARIE<br />

* Interview with India Arie Simpson, soul singer 07/10/01 R 6<br />

1>5 Photographs<br />

SIMPSON, LORD<br />

* Downfall of a dynamic duo at Marconi: Lord Simpson and<br />

John Mayo - see Business & Industry 08/07/01<br />

* Ousted Marconi chief executive Lord Simpson looks set to<br />

receive an additional £800,000 cash windfall from the company -<br />

see Business & Industry 09/09/01<br />

* Ousted Marconi chief executive Lord Simpson is battling to<br />

secure a £1.2m 'pension' payment from the stricken telecoms<br />

company he left two weeks ago - see Business & Industry<br />

16/09/01<br />

SISTER CRAZY<br />

* See Book Reviews - Shapiro, Anna 30/09/01<br />

SKIPPING CHRISTMAS<br />

* See Audiobook Reviews - Bunce, Kim 23/12/01<br />

SLAVERY<br />

* A 140 year old manuscript by a slave woman's life story has<br />

been unearthed - see International Affairs: U.S.A. 11/11/01<br />

* Plans for a permanent memorial to the legacy of slavery are in<br />

tatters following a bitter feud over the Government's refusal to<br />

apologise for Britain's role in the trade 25/11/01 B 12 1>3<br />

Photograph<br />

SMALL BOY AND OTHERS, A<br />

* See Book Reviews - Litt, Toby 28/10/01<br />

SMELL<br />

* See Book Reviews - Shapiro, Anna 01/07/01<br />

SMITH, CHRIS<br />

* Columnist 08/07/01 B 29 1>5 Photograph<br />

SMITH, IAIN DUNCAN<br />

* William Hague warned that the Tories would 'slide back into<br />

divisions over Europe' unless they elected Iain Duncan Smith<br />

leader, as the Conservative leadership contest took a bitter... -<br />

see Politics 19/08/01<br />

* Iain Duncan Smith believes he can emulate his father's heroic<br />

wartime exploits, beating Kenneth Clarke to become Tory<br />

leader, but is he big enough to hold the fractured party together?<br />

09/09/01 B 12 1>6 Photographs<br />

* David Blunkett was accused of 'bullying' after warning Iain<br />

Duncan Smith to face the 'dangerous consequences' of opposing<br />

Government's Anti-terrorism Bill - see Terrorism 09/12/01<br />

SMITH, JON<br />

* Jon Smith has helped bring managing soccer stars out of the<br />

brown envelopes era into the entertainment business 02/12/01 N<br />

14 1>5 Photograph<br />

SMITH, PATTI<br />

* Review of Patti Smith - see Music: Rock 29/07/01<br />

SMOKING


* Kicking the habit 01/07/01 R 4 1>5 Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Government has scrapped plans for tough new curbs on<br />

smoking in the workplace after fierce lobbying from the pub and<br />

restaurant trade 29/07/01 B 2 5>7<br />

* Stanton Glantz, an American who helped banish smoking from<br />

California now has Britain in his sights 29/07/01 B 20 1>8<br />

Photographs<br />

SNAKE OIL AND OTHER PREOCCUPATIONS<br />

* See Book Reviews - Preston, Peter 01/07/01<br />

SOCIAL CONDITIONS & TRENDS<br />

* 99 ways to change your life 07/01/01 M 18>24 1>4<br />

Photographs, illustrations<br />

* Our lives are ruled by numbers - from credit cards and surveys<br />

to school league tables, but the more we measure our lives, the<br />

less we actually live them 14/01/01 R 1>2 1>5 Illustration<br />

* Advertising watchdogs deplore it, children snigger when they<br />

hear it, but does anyone else still care about Ken Tynan's<br />

expletive? 14/01/01 R 4 1>4 Photograph<br />

* If we really wanted to keep our thoughts private, we wouldn't<br />

write anything down - so do people who keep diaries secretly<br />

hope someone will read them? - see Diaries 28/01/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> new genda agenda 28/01/01 M 16>20 1>4 Photographs<br />

* A lifestyle manager could make your life easier by handling<br />

boring jobs for you 28/01/01 C 18>19 1>4 Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong> clock runs our lives, and the more we try to save time the<br />

less we seem to have, now the backlash against haste has begun<br />

04/02/01 R 4 1>5 Photographs<br />

* Kids prefer TV to most other activities in the home 18/02/01<br />

R 4 1>5 Photograph<br />

* When a woman no longer turns a man's head, does she cease to<br />

exist?, asks Sophie Radice 25/02/01 R 4 1>4 Photograph<br />

* When it comes to petty vandalism, drug taking, drinking,<br />

smoking and mixing with the wrong crowd, middle class<br />

teenagers from two parent families are outdoing the working<br />

class kids from broken homes 25/02/01 B 7 1>5 Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong> new spending habits of good-time Britain - see Personal<br />

Finance 04/03/01<br />

* Are you a whizz at work but hopeless at home? - you could do<br />

with a lifestyle manager 04/03/01 R 4 1>5 Photographs<br />

* A controversial new book says parent's obsessive fears about<br />

children's safety are a bigger threat than bullies or paedophiles<br />

11/03/01 B 13 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Charm, the skill the Nineties sneered at, is back 11/03/01 R 4<br />

1>5 Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong> new head of Britain's principal taste and decency<br />

watchdog has sounded the death knell for the days of the<br />

National Viewers and Listeners Association set up by Mary<br />

Whitehouse - see Media 18/03/01<br />

* Think before you decide to work from home - see Work<br />

18/03/01<br />

* Britons are less liberal, more stressed, more dishonest and<br />

much less patriotic than we like to think according to a major<br />

survey 18/03/01 B 1>2 4>8<br />

* Respondents in a study rated a wonderful life that ended<br />

abruptly as better than one with additional mildly pleasant years<br />

- labelled as the James Dean effect 25/03/01 B 16 1>7<br />

Photograph<br />

* A new website for mums is providing an instant, anonymous<br />

shoulder to lean on - not to mention a good place for a moan<br />

25/03/01 R 4 1>5 Photograph, illustration<br />

OBSERVER INDEX: JAN-DEC <strong>2001</strong><br />

192<br />

* Every year dozens of desperate mothers risk prison for<br />

abandoning their babies 01/04/01 B 16>17 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Email offers limitless scope for misunderstanding and<br />

embarrassment… 08/04/01 R 4 1>5 Photographs<br />

* Analyses of IQ tests show that people are getting rapidly more<br />

intelligent, or at least getting higher scores - see Intelligence<br />

22/04/01<br />

* Bosses are demanding that staff dress up again as 'Dress-down<br />

Friday' makes people rude, lazy and flirtatious according to a<br />

study 22/04/01 R 4 1>5 Photographs<br />

* Celebrity fatherhood for the over-fifties 29/04/01 R 4 1>5<br />

Photographs<br />

* Women who choose the increasingly popular path to middleaged<br />

motherhood are not just taking medical risks: they are also<br />

likely to lose their closest friends - see Women 06/05/01<br />

* Britain's obsession with breasts 06/05/01 B 15 1>7<br />

Photographs<br />

* New York women are desperate to go out with British men -<br />

but not on account of their old-fashioned charm and courtesy<br />

06/05/01 R 4 1>5 Photographs<br />

* Labelling our children as 'mixed race' in the Census does them<br />

no favours, says Sophie Radice 13/05/01 R 4 1>5 Photographs<br />

* Children used to be a necessity: they continued the line,<br />

followed in the family firm, were the guardians of our values,<br />

looked after us in old age, but those reasons are all redundant…<br />

03/06/01 R 1>2 1>5 Photographs<br />

* Sam Taylor's third story in a series of bulletins about his new<br />

life in France 10/06/01 R 4 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Phil Hogan on midlife crisis 24/06/01 R 4 1>5 Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong> first snapshot of the country's elite by the VIPer (Very<br />

Important People) research panel since the general election<br />

shows how they shop, who they admire and what they believe<br />

are hot issues 24/06/01 B 8 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Why do we feel the need to kiss in public? 01/07/01 R 2 1>5<br />

Photograph<br />

* Business and Society: Economic realities by Will Hutton - see<br />

Business & Industry 08/07/01<br />

* Business and Society: Employment conditions by Oliver<br />

Morgan - see Business & Industry 08/07/01<br />

* Business and Society: Green campaigner by Matt Phillips - see<br />

Business & Industry 08/07/01<br />

* Business and Society: Guidelines by Hillary Sutcliffe - see<br />

Business & Industry 08/07/01<br />

* Business and Society: Industry and the environment - see<br />

Business & Industry 08/07/01<br />

* Business and Society: Inner-city funding by Sir Ronald Cohen<br />

- see Business & Industry 08/07/01 N<br />

* Business and Society: Investment by Heather Connon - see<br />

Business & Industry 08/07/01<br />

* Business and Society: Keynote by Roger Cowe - see Business<br />

& Industry 08/07/01<br />

* Business and Society: Poverty by Alison Benjamin - see<br />

Business & Industry 08/07/01<br />

* Business and Society: <strong>The</strong> role of NGO's by Roger Cowe - see<br />

Business & Industry 08/07/01<br />

* Business and Society: Whistleblowers by Conal Walsh - see<br />

Business & Industry 08/07/01<br />

* Business and Society: Workers' rights by Steve Tibbett - see<br />

Business & Industry 08/07/01


* Successful women too often become anonymous appendages<br />

when they hook up with famous boyfriends - see Women<br />

08/07/01<br />

* Report from the once-proud pit centre of Merthyr Tydfil where<br />

a quarter of the working population lives on sickness benefits -<br />

see Merthyr Tydfil 22/07/01<br />

* In a new study, the findings for the first time make a direct link<br />

between a teenager's family environment and his or her attitude<br />

to sex 22/07/01 B 1>2 1>2 Cartoon<br />

* Society rocks to a new beat: now ultra-cool and upper-class are<br />

best friends 05/08/01 R 4 1>5 Photograph<br />

* A finer appreciation of players' assets is one way that football<br />

widows can endure the coming season 12/08/01 R 4 1>5<br />

Photographs<br />

* You see them off to university and think your job is done, but<br />

as young adults increasingly fail to cope with a changing world,<br />

parents are learning that it's not over - not by a long chalk<br />

26/08/01 R 1>2 1>5 Photographs, illustration<br />

* Does swimming mean a couple of lengths at the local pool or a<br />

transcendental experience? 26/08/01 R 4 1>5 Photographs<br />

* John Hooper, journalist and writer on Europe for 13 years, says<br />

our xenophobia is beyond a joke - see Xenophobia 02/09/01<br />

* Kids are back at school - and so are adults - in clubs and on the<br />

web, it's cool to return to the youth you spent so long escaping<br />

from - see Education 02/09/01<br />

* Rising house prices are breaking up relationships by forcing<br />

unmarried couples to rush into cohabitation for financial reasons,<br />

according to social trend experts - see Relationships 02/09/01<br />

* Fourth in a series of bulletins on the new life of Sam Taylor<br />

and his family, who left London for rural France nearly a year<br />

ago 23/09/01 R 4 1>5 Photographs<br />

* Women on their own have always induced panic in the rest of<br />

society - see Women 30/09/01<br />

* When it comes to status, it's still a jungle out there 30/09/01 R<br />

1>2 11>5 Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong> infamous tower blocks that have dominated the skyline in<br />

Glasgow for more than 40 years are facing demolition - see<br />

Glasgow 07/10/01<br />

* Profile on EastEnders - Britain's favourite soap is watched by<br />

one in four of the population… with murder, abortion, gay love,<br />

underage sex, racial tension… it's the Dickens of our times<br />

07/10/01 B 27 1>6 Caricatures<br />

* Most divorced fathers want to see their children and most kids<br />

want to see their dads, so why does society make it difficult for<br />

this simplest of things to happen? - see Families & Family Life<br />

21/10/01<br />

* According to new research by the Equal Opportunities<br />

Commission, sex stereotyping is having an enormous impact on<br />

the lives and career choices of children - see Gender 28/10/01<br />

* Men's reign as breadwinner and head of the household is over,<br />

women are taking control of money matters 28/10/01 B 22 1>7<br />

Illustration<br />

* According to new research, youth is a false elixir with the truth<br />

being that ageing makes us happy 04/11/01 B 9 1>2 Photograph<br />

* War, winter, looming recession: A-Z of beating the gloom<br />

11/11/01 B 23 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Rachel Cooke meets her first love from school through the<br />

website friendsreunited.co.uk 02/12/01 R 1>2 1>6 Photographs<br />

* At work, looks used to be secondary to the way you did the job<br />

- Britain has given in to a grooming frenzy as the office party<br />

season starts 02/12/01 R 2 1>6 Photographs<br />

OBSERVER INDEX: JAN-DEC <strong>2001</strong><br />

193<br />

* <strong>The</strong> deep world of today's teenage male 09/12/01 M 26>36<br />

1>4 Photographs<br />

* How to be popular 16/12/01 M 14>18 1>4 Illustrations<br />

* Going Home: our experience where we first lived has a<br />

profound effect on our adult lives 23/12/01 M 4>29 1>4<br />

Photographs<br />

* 50 things we'll be glad to see the back of in 2002 30/12/01 B<br />

14 1>7 Photographs<br />

SOCIAL SERVICES<br />

* <strong>The</strong> inquiry opens this week into the trail of incompetence and<br />

neglect that led to the torture and death of a fostered child from<br />

Africa - see Child Abuse 23/09/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> inquiry into the death of 8-year-old Victoria Climbie is<br />

being stalled by Haringey Council's social workers - see Child<br />

Abuse 09/12/01<br />

SODERBERGH, STEVEN<br />

* Hollywood's other Steven is launching his most ambitious film<br />

07/01/01 R 7 1>5 Photographs<br />

SOLAR POWER<br />

* If Jeremy Leggett gets his way, the roof over your head will<br />

soon be providing all the energy you can use 15/07/01 M 34>38<br />

1>2 Photographs<br />

SOLOMON, ANDREW<br />

* Extract from <strong>The</strong> Noonday Demon by Andrew Solomon, a<br />

novelist who has had three breakdowns in the past five years<br />

06/05/01 R 1>2 1>5 Photographs<br />

SOMEONE TO WATCH OVER ME<br />

* See Book Reviews - McAllister, Nicola 12/08/01<br />

SOMETHING LIKE A HOUSE<br />

* See Book Reviews - MacFarlane, Robert 21/01/01<br />

SON OF WAR, A<br />

* See Book Reviews - Gerrard, Nicci 17/06/01<br />

SONDHEIM AND LLOYD WEBBER<br />

* See Book Reviews - Hensher, Philip 19/08/01<br />

SOPRANOS, THE<br />

* Behind the scenes of <strong>The</strong> Sopranos 02/09/01 M 30>36 1>4<br />

Photographs<br />

SOUL, DAVID<br />

* Interview with actor and singer, David Soul 08/04/01 R 3 1>5<br />

Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Mirror's former show business writer Matthew Wright,<br />

wrote a damming article on David Soul's play <strong>The</strong> Dead Monkey<br />

even though he did not see it - see Media 09/12/01<br />

SOUNDING OFF<br />

* Vanessa Thorpe 14/01/01 R 6 1>5 Photographs<br />

* Peter Conrad 21/01/01 R 6 1>7 Photograph<br />

* Sam Taylor 28/01/01 R 6 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Emma Lindsey 04/02/01 R 6 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Philip French 04/03/01 R 6 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Ted Craig 11/03/01 R 8 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Melvyn Bragg 18/03/01 R 6 1>7 Photographs<br />

* Charlie Skelton 25/03/01 R 6 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Nelson David 01/04/01 R 6 1>6 Photographs


* Deyan Sudjic 15/04/01 R 6 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Susannah Clapp 22/04/01 R 6 3>6 Photographs<br />

* Simon Callow 29/04/01 R 6 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Alistair Beaton 06/05/01 R 6 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Oliver Owen 13/05/01 R 6 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Deyan Sudjic 20/05/01 R 6 1>6 Photographs<br />

* John Tusa 27/05/01 R 6 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Jude Kelly 03/06/01 R 6 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Matt Wolf 10/06/01 R 6 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Edward Helmore 08/07/01 R 6 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Philip French 15/07/01 R 8 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Sam Taylor 22/07/01 R 6 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Campbell Stevenson 19/08/01 R 6 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Deyan Sudjic 02/09/01 R 6 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Lorraine Heggessey 16/09/01 R 6 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Deyan Sudjic 23/09/01 R 6 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Venu Dhupa 30/09/01 R 6 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Ian Stone 07/10/01 R 6 1>7 Photographs<br />

* Peter Conrad 14/10/01 R 7 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Will Buckley 04/11/01 R 6 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Philip French 25/11/01 R 7 1>5 Photograph<br />

SOUTH BANK SHOW<br />

* As the South Bank Show enters its twenty-fifth season,<br />

Melvyn Bragg argues that rather than killing off the arts,<br />

television has widened their appeal - see Arts, <strong>The</strong> 30/09/01<br />

SPACE<br />

* Warp-drive engines could soon be propelling spacecraft across<br />

the solar system - see Science 07/01/01<br />

* Photograph of American Dennis Tito, who paid $14m to<br />

become the world's first space tourist, before boarding the<br />

Russian Soyuz-TM rocket - see Tito, Dennis 29/04/01<br />

* When Sputnik went into orbit, Dennis Tito's ambitions went<br />

sky-high too - see Tito, Dennis 29/04/01<br />

* Robin McKie finds much to enjoy at the National Space<br />

Centre, which opened yesterday 01/07/01 E 7 1>4 Photographs<br />

* When Star City was built on the outskirts of Moscow in 1960<br />

its contents were top secret, now it is a tourist destination<br />

29/07/01 M 26>29 1>4 Photographs<br />

SPAIN, SAHARA SUNDAY<br />

* Sahara Sunday Spain is 9, writes poetry and is being hailed as<br />

a star in America 04/02/01 B 3 1>6 Photographs<br />

SPEARS, BRITNEY<br />

* Interview with pop singer, Britney Spears 16/09/01 M 10>14<br />

1>4 Photographs<br />

SPEECH<br />

* <strong>The</strong> controversial research that could explain why even the<br />

cleverest people have speech disorders - see Intelligence<br />

07/10/01<br />

SPENCER, EARL<br />

* As his formidable female ancestors go on show at the National<br />

Portrait Gallery, Earl Spencer tells Tim Adams how Diana's<br />

memorial has helped make Althorp less of a mausoleum and<br />

OBSERVER INDEX: JAN-DEC <strong>2001</strong><br />

194<br />

more of a home 23/09/01 R 5 1>5 Photographs<br />

SPENCER, STANLEY<br />

* See Art 25/03/01<br />

SPIKE ISLAND: THE MEMORY OF A MILITARY<br />

HOSPITAL<br />

* See Book Reviews - McAllister, Nicola 22/04/01<br />

SPIRITUALISED<br />

* See Music: Pop 30/09/01<br />

SPOOKS<br />

* See Music: Pop 06/05/01<br />

SPORT<br />

* Sports letters 07/01/01 S 12 1>8 Photograph<br />

* Tony Ansell's opinion on <strong>Observer</strong> Sports' <strong>2001</strong> forecasts<br />

07/01/01 S 16 1>6 Photograph<br />

* FA's shock U-turn on Wembley Stadium - see Wembley<br />

Stadium 14/01/01<br />

* Sports letters 14/01/01 S 12 2>5 Photographs<br />

* Sports heroes sign up for campaign to tear the nation's idle<br />

youths away from TV and computers 14/01/01 B 13 1>8<br />

Photographs<br />

* Sports letters 21/01/01 S 14 1>6<br />

* Sports letters 28/01/01 S 15 7>8<br />

* Some of Britain's biggest sports stars are in talks with the BBC<br />

about becoming television personalities after they retire<br />

28/01/01 B 8 7>8 Photograph<br />

* Sports letters 11/02/01 S 15 7>8<br />

* Obituary on Alan Ross, who died last week aged 78 - he was<br />

football correspondent of <strong>The</strong> <strong>Observer</strong> 1950-54 and cricket<br />

correspondent 1954-72 - see Deaths 18/02/01<br />

* Sports letters 18/02/01 S 9 6<br />

* Sports letters 04/03/01 S 15 7>8<br />

* Sports letters 11/03/01 S 15 8<br />

* Sports letters 25/03/01 S 15 7>8<br />

* Interview with ex-footballer and TV presenter, Gary Lineker -<br />

see Lineker, Gary 01/04/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> remarkable story of Meijer Stad who was a good<br />

footballer and an excellent runner - he was also left for dead by a<br />

Nazi execution squad - see Stad, Meijer 01/04/01<br />

* Sport news snippets 01/04/01 S 15 7>8<br />

* Sports letters 08/04/01 S 15 7>8<br />

* Sports letters 03/06/01 S 13 1>3<br />

* Sports letters 10/06/01 S 6 1>6<br />

* <strong>The</strong> troubled faces of sport after a simmering day exploded on<br />

the playing fields of England and Australia 24/06/01 S 1 1>3<br />

Photographs<br />

* Sports letters 24/06/01 S 27 7>8<br />

* <strong>The</strong> 10 greatest cheats in sports history 01/07/01 M 4>5 1>5<br />

Photographs<br />

* Last month's 10 worst fashion statements in the history of sport<br />

01/07/01 M 6 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Chris Smith, the former Cabinet Minister in charge of sport,<br />

has called for an overhaul of the rules governing sport on TV<br />

08/07/01 B 3 1>2


* Jon Henderson 15/07/01 S 9 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Sports letters 29/07/01 S 15 7>8<br />

* Sports letters 12/08/01 S 11 7>8<br />

* Sports letters 19/08/01 S 17 7>8<br />

* Sports letters 26/08/01 S 16 1>3 Photograph<br />

* Sports news from home and abroad 16/09/01 B 16 1>4<br />

Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Gaelic Athletic Association has been the bedrock of rural<br />

Irish life, but now its members are in uproar over adverts for<br />

Ireland's first gay magazine - see Ireland/Northern Ireland<br />

21/10/01<br />

* Sports bodies face allegations that hundreds of young athletes<br />

have been subjected to physical and verbal abuse by coaches<br />

meant to groom them for stardom - see Child Abuse 28/10/01<br />

* Newcastle United chairman Freddy Shepherd urged the FA to<br />

site a new national stadium in Birmingham 04/11/01 S 12 1>2<br />

* Women in sport: Seeking sport's heroines 04/11/01 S 9 1>6<br />

Photographs<br />

* Sports letters 11/11/01 S 6 1>4<br />

* Sports book of the year 25/11/01 S 12 6>7 Photographs<br />

* Sports letters 02/12/01 S 5 1>3<br />

* BBC Sports Personality of the Year - see Television 16/12/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> <strong>Observer</strong> Sports Quiz <strong>2001</strong> 23/12/01 S 6>7 1>8<br />

Photographs<br />

* Sports letters 23/12/01 S 9 1>8<br />

* If you want clear, concise and considered appraisals of their<br />

art, then sportsmen and women are the last people to ask says<br />

Kevin Mitchell 30/12/01 S 10>11 1>6 Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong> <strong>Observer</strong> Sports Calendar 2002 30/12/01 S 8>9 1>8<br />

Photographs<br />

SPORT IN SHORT<br />

* Results & fixtures 07/01/01 S 13 2>8<br />

* Results & fixtures 14/01/01 S 13 1>8<br />

* Results & fixtures 21/01/01 S 13 1>7<br />

* Results & fixtures 28/01/01 S 5 1>6<br />

* Results & fixtures 04/02/01 S 5 1>8<br />

* Results & fixtures 11/02/01 S 12 1>6<br />

* Results & fixtures 18/02/01 S 4 5>8 Photograph<br />

* Results & fixtures 25/02/01 S 30 1>6<br />

* Results & fixtures 04/03/01 S 4 5>8<br />

* Results & fixtures 11/03/01 S 12 1>8<br />

* Results & fixtures 18/03/01 S 14 1>8<br />

* Results & fixtures 25/03/01 S 4 1>8<br />

* Results & fixtures 01/04/01 S 13 4>8<br />

* Results & fixtures 08/04/01 S 13 1>4<br />

* Results & fixtures 15/04/01 S 10 6>8<br />

* Results & fixtures 22/04/01 S 6 3>6<br />

* Results & fixtures 29/04/01 S 12 5>8<br />

* Results & fixtures 06/05/01 S 5 3>8<br />

* Results & fixtures 13/05/01 S 5 1>8<br />

* Results & fixtures 27/05/01 S 12 6>8<br />

OBSERVER INDEX: JAN-DEC <strong>2001</strong><br />

195<br />

* Results & fixtures 03/06/01 S 10 2>7<br />

* Results & fixtures 10/06/01 S 9 4>7<br />

* Results & fixtures 17/06/01 S 14 4>6<br />

* Results & fixtures 24/06/01 S 26 1>5<br />

* Results & fixtures 01/07/01 S 8 1>4<br />

* Results & fixtures 08/07/01 S 15 1>8<br />

* Results & fixtures 15/07/01 S 13 1>6<br />

* Results & fixtures 22/07/01 S 10 4>7<br />

* Results & fixtures 29/07/01 S 5 1>5<br />

* Results & fixtures 05/08/01 S 13 2>6<br />

* Results & fixtures 19/08/01 S 15 5>8<br />

* Results & fixtures 26/08/01 S 5 1>4<br />

* Results & fixtures 02/09/01 S 10 8<br />

* Results & fixtures 02/09/01 S 11 1>4<br />

* Results & fixtures 09/09/01 S 12 1>4<br />

* Results & fixtures 16/09/01 B 18 4>6<br />

* Results & fixtures 23/09/01 B 14 5>7<br />

* Results & fixtures 07/10/01 S 11 1>6<br />

* Results & fixtures 14/10/01 S 11 1>4<br />

* Results & fixtures 21/10/01 S 12 1>5<br />

* Results & fixtures 28/10/01 S 11 1>8<br />

* Results & fixtures 04/11/01 S 11 1>8<br />

* Results & fixtures 11/11/01 S 4 5>8<br />

* Results & fixtures 18/11/01 S 10 1>8<br />

* Results & fixtures 25/11/01 S 4 5>8<br />

* Results & fixtures 02/12/01 S 12 1>8<br />

* Results & fixtures 09/12/01 S 7 1>8<br />

* Results & fixtures 16/12/01 S 10 1>8<br />

* Results & fixtures 23/12/01 S 12 1>6<br />

* Results & fixtures 30/12/01 S 13 1>6<br />

SPORT ON TV<br />

* Pick of the week 28/10/01 S 13 5>8<br />

SPORT: AMERICAN FOOTBALL<br />

* Baltimore must cope with Oakland's fearsome fans 14/01/01 S<br />

16 3>8 Photograph<br />

* Richard Wetherell 28/01/01 S 12 4>6 Photograph<br />

* Superbowl Sunday 28/01/01 S 12 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Vince McMahon has turned wrestling into a billion-dollar<br />

industry, he hopes to inject the sex and violence formula into<br />

American football - see International Affairs: U.S.A. 04/02/01<br />

* Across the States the temperatures soar and down on the field<br />

men are dying 05/08/01 S 11 1>6 Photograph<br />

SPORT: ATHLETICS<br />

* Next year's Commonwealth Games is heading for a £60m<br />

shortfall<br />

* Duncan Mackay 28/01/01 S 13 3>5 Photograph<br />

* I owe so much to Cathy Freeman, says Donna Fraser 18/02/01<br />

S 13 5>6


* Duncan Mackay 04/03/01 S 14 6>8<br />

* Duncan Mackay in Lisbon 11/03/01 S 12 1>8 Photographs<br />

* James Davis 22/04/01 S 16 1>8 Photographs<br />

* £30m will be ploughed into next year's troubled<br />

Commonwealth Games in Manchester to stop the event<br />

becoming a failure 20/05/01 B 6 7>8 Photograph<br />

* Duncan Mackay on a sprinter who listens to his mum<br />

03/06/01 S 14 5>8<br />

* Will Buckley 03/06/01 S 14 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Duncan Mackay on how the split from CJ Hunter will enable<br />

champion to cash in 10/06/01 S 7 1>5 Photograph<br />

* Duncan Mackay 17/06/01 S 11 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Duncan Mackay 24/06/01 S 26 1>7 Photographs<br />

* Duncan Mackay on 400m runner's tilt at the top spot 01/07/01<br />

S 5 3>8 Photograph<br />

* Will Buckley on oldtimers still on track for Gold 01/07/01 S 5<br />

2>8 Photographs<br />

* Jason Henderson at Alexander Stadium 15/07/01 S 5 1>8<br />

Photograph<br />

* Duncan Mackay 22/07/01 S 13 7>8<br />

* Duncan Mackay on unsung superstar's return to England<br />

22/07/01 S 13 7>8 Photograph<br />

* Bill Bradshaw 29/07/01 S 12 1>5<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Superstars 29/07/01 S 12 3>8 Photographs<br />

* World Championships: Duncan Mackay 29/07/01 S 12 1>2<br />

Photograph<br />

* Britain's medal contenders 29/07/01 S 13 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Edmonton timetable 29/07/01 S 13 1>8 Photograph<br />

* Will Buckley 29/07/01 S 13 7>8 Photographs<br />

* Duncan Mackay 05/08/01 S 13 2>6<br />

* World Athletic Championships: Duncan Mackay on the row<br />

brewing over Denise Lewis's lost lustre 05/08/01 S 13 7>8<br />

Photograph<br />

* Defending champion Gail Devers's nails were as impressive as<br />

her performance at the World Athletics Championships in<br />

Edmonton, Canada 12/08/01 B 1 4 Photograph<br />

* Athletics results 12/08/01 S 4 1>3<br />

* World Championships: Duncan Mackay in Edmonton<br />

12/08/01 S 4 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Duncan Mackay at Edmonton 12/08/01 S 5 7>8 Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> BBC has dumped Cathy Freeman, the Olympic 400 metres<br />

champion after her television debut as presenter 12/08/01 S 5<br />

2>5 Photograph<br />

* World Championships: Duncan Mackay on the Briton carrying<br />

hopes of a medal 12/08/01 S 5 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Duncan Mackay says, with a little help athletics here can boom<br />

again 19/08/01 S 9 1>6<br />

* Matthew Yates on cheating athletes and their drugs providers<br />

19/08/01 S 9 1>5 Photographs<br />

* Readers' letters 19/08/01 S 9 2>5<br />

* Duncan Mackay finds it tough to tell good guys from bad<br />

26/08/01 S 15 7>8 Photograph<br />

* Duncan Mackay in Brisbane 09/09/01 S 11 2>8<br />

* Plans to build a world-class national athletics stadium in north<br />

OBSERVER INDEX: JAN-DEC <strong>2001</strong><br />

196<br />

London are to be scrapped 30/09/01 B 7 8<br />

* Duncan Mackay on the case of Ludmila Engquist 11/11/01 S<br />

13 7>8 Photograph<br />

* Jon Henderson on a young athlete hoping for a BBC boost<br />

09/12/01 S 11 1>8 Photograph<br />

SPORT: BASEBALL<br />

* American sporting legend, Cal Ripken, says farewell 24/06/01<br />

S 28 1>5 Photographs<br />

SPORT: BASKETBALL<br />

* Profile on Mark Cuban, Dallas Mavericks' owner 25/02/01 S<br />

32 1>5 Photograph<br />

* Caspar Weintrub 17/06/01 S 10 1>4 Photograph<br />

SPORT: BOWLS<br />

* A sport with an elderly image could be perfect for an internet<br />

makeover 14/01/01 S 12 1>4 Photograph<br />

SPORT: BOXING<br />

* BBC chase Prince Hamed TV deal 14/01/01 S 13 1>7<br />

Photograph<br />

* Kevin Mitchell watches as the Muhammad Ali bandwagon<br />

rolls on 21/01/01 S 12 1>3 Photograph<br />

* Jon Henderson 04/02/01 S 12 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Kevin Mitchell 04/02/01 S 12 1>5 Photographs<br />

* Kevin Mitchell 18/02/01 S 12 3>5<br />

* Forgotten and broke, former champion Witherspoon continues<br />

the struggle to realise his long-held dreams 25/02/01 S 28 1>6<br />

Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> selling of the world's most famous sportsman, Muhammad<br />

Ali has run its course, says Kevin Mitchell 18/03/01 S 15 7>8<br />

* Desert Classic in Nevada: Kevin Mitchell 01/04/01 S 16 1>8<br />

Photographs<br />

* Steve Bunce at Wembley 08/04/01 S 13 5>8<br />

* Kevin Mitchell 15/04/01 S 10 1>7 Photograph<br />

* Joe Calzaghe put British boxing firmly back on its feet<br />

29/04/01 S 16 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Kevin Mitchell 29/04/01 S 16 1>7 Photograph<br />

* Heavyweight occasion at Wembley 13/05/01 S 12 1>5<br />

Photographs<br />

* Kevin Mitchell at Wembley Arena 20/05/01 S 12 1>8<br />

Photograph<br />

* Steve Bunce in Belfast 10/06/01 S 12 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Thousands gather in New York to witness a gruelling rematch<br />

of boxing dynasties that went the distance as the daughter's of<br />

Ali and Frazier fought each other 10/06/01 B 3 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Nigel Benn, one of Britain's best fighters, has admitted that a<br />

chronic addiction to casual sex made him so depressed he tried<br />

to commit suicide - see Benn, Nigel 17/06/01<br />

* Steve Bunce at Wembley 17/06/01 S 16 1<br />

* Steve Bunce 24/06/01 S 22 7>8 Photographs<br />

* A surgeon reconstructed Alan Minter's face after Marvin<br />

Hagler sliced it open - Patrick Whitfield is a rate mix - medical<br />

professional and lifelong boxing supporter 24/06/01 S 23 1>5<br />

Photographs<br />

* Kevin Mitchell was invited to New York by Don King - see<br />

King, Don 01/07/01<br />

* Steve Bunce at Wembley 29/07/01 S 4 8


* Boxer Lennox Lewis will spearhead a dramatic new police<br />

recruitment drive amid fears that some forces are failing to hire<br />

enough black and Asian officers - see Police 05/08/01<br />

* Kevin Mitchell on Mike Tyson who's back in hot water<br />

05/08/01 S 11 1>5 Photographs<br />

* Kevin Mitchell in Newcastle 23/09/01 B 15 7>8 Photograph<br />

* Fighting Back: <strong>The</strong> Michael Watson Story - see Television<br />

30/09/01<br />

* Kevin Mitchell 07/10/01 S 14 1>5 Photographs<br />

* Kevin Mitchell in Copenhagen 14/10/01 S 12 1>5<br />

Photographs<br />

* Herman Miller in Glasgow 21/10/01 S 12 1>5 Photograph<br />

* Interview with a boxing legend, Jake La Motta 21/10/01 S 9<br />

1>6 Photographs<br />

* War, Baby: <strong>The</strong> Glamour of violence by Kevin Mitchell - see<br />

Book Reviews - Moss, Stephen 28/10/01<br />

* Steve Bunce at MEN Arena, Manchester 28/10/01 S 11 7>8<br />

* Profile on Naseem Hamed, fading ex-champion 11/11/01 S 6<br />

1>4 Photograph<br />

* Steve Bunce 11/11/01 S 6 5>6<br />

* Will Buckley at ringside for a boxing night with a difference<br />

18/11/01 S 16 7>8 Photograph<br />

* Fear and losing in Las Vegas: Lewis won but Don King lost<br />

out, says Steve Bunce 25/11/01 S 12 1>6 Photographs<br />

* On the eve of a powerful new film, the reality and legend of<br />

Muhammad Ali - see Ali, Muhammad 16/12/01<br />

SPORT: CLIMBING<br />

* <strong>The</strong> world's most exciting climber is a 20-year-old from<br />

Cumbria with model looks - Leo Houding 01/07/01 M 54>57<br />

1>4 Photographs<br />

SPORT: CRICKET<br />

* Tough times for counties and the Caribbean 07/01/01 S 12<br />

1>8 Photographs<br />

* Steve Waugh's record breakers face selection problems<br />

07/01/01 S 16 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Match-fix sensation 14/01/01 S 1 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Stephen Thorpe in Trinidad 14/01/01 S 16 1>2<br />

* Vic Marks on the future of Test Matches 14/01/01 S 16 1>8<br />

Photograph<br />

* England A's management have the task of maximising squad<br />

exposure 21/01/01 S 13 1>3<br />

* Guyana's unpredictable Carl Hooper comes out of retirement<br />

to face England A 21/01/01 S 13 1>4 Photograph<br />

* South Africa's captain, Shaun Pollock joins the centurions<br />

21/01/01 S 13 4>7<br />

* Match-fixing probe deepens as former Test star says sexual<br />

favours and lavish presents were offered to top players 21/01/01<br />

B 6 1>5 Photographs<br />

* England A Tour 28/01/01 S 13 1>2<br />

* Match-fix Latest 28/01/01 S 13 3>7<br />

* Vic Marks 28/01/01 S 13 1>2 Photograph<br />

* Match-fixing statements passed on to the CPS 04/02/01 S 13<br />

1>8<br />

* Stephen Thorpe on the rapid rise of one of cricket's late<br />

developers - Ian Ward 04/02/01 S 13 1>6 Photograph<br />

OBSERVER INDEX: JAN-DEC <strong>2001</strong><br />

197<br />

* Vic Marks 04/02/01 S 13 7>8 Photograph<br />

* Match fix latest 11/02/01 S 13 1>8<br />

* Stephen Thorpe in Castries 11/02/01 S 13 1>2<br />

* Arjuna Ranatunga on why Sri Lanka will beat England<br />

11/02/01 S 16 1>8 Photograph<br />

* England's build-up is going well in Sri Lanka but elsewhere<br />

preparations are being schedule 11/02/01 S 16 1>3<br />

* On Tour with James Davis 11/02/01 S 16 4>8 Photographs<br />

* Interview with Graham Thorpe, England's middle-order<br />

batsman by Will Buckley 18/02/01 S 13 1>5 Photographs<br />

* England in Sri Lanka 18/02/01 S 16 1>7<br />

* Stephen Thorpe in Anguilla on the 'A' Tour 18/02/01 S 16 8<br />

* Profile of the late Raymond Robertson-Glasgow former cricket<br />

correspondent - see Robertson-Glasgow, Raymond 25/02/01<br />

* Aussie Ashes 'only four Tests' 25/02/01 S 2 7>8<br />

* First Test: Sri Lanka v England 25/02/01 S 2 1>7 Photograph<br />

* James Davis on tour 25/02/01 S 2 1>6 Photograph<br />

* As England's bowlers and broadcasters toil in unfamiliar<br />

surroundings, Vic Marks sees a Sri Lankan batsman feel totally<br />

at home 25/02/01 S 3 1>8 Photograph<br />

* Mike Gatting and Arjuna Ranatunga on the First Test: Sri<br />

Lanka v England 25/02/01 S 3 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Australia looking to extend their winning record in India<br />

25/02/01 S 4 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Kevin Mitchell on international cricket 25/02/01 S 4 1>8<br />

Photographs<br />

* England in Sri Lanka 04/03/01 S 12>13 1>5 Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Bodyline Mystery 04/03/01 S 14 1>8 Photograph,<br />

illustration<br />

* Controversy continued to dog the fourth day of the second Test<br />

match between Sri Lanka and England in Kandy 11/03/01 S 1 8<br />

* Former England captain Alec Stewart faces another meeting<br />

with Sir Paul Condon's anti-corruption squad when England<br />

return from their Sri Lanka tour 11/03/01 S 2 3>6 Photograph<br />

* England in Sri Lanka 11/03/01 S 2>3 1>7 Photographs<br />

* Test matches: Pakistan prosper despite injury rumours, while<br />

South Africa are going for it in Guyana 11/03/01 S 4 1>8<br />

Photograph<br />

* Time for change: what has been going on in Sri Lanka is<br />

cheating, pure and simple 11/03/01 S 4 1>8 Photograph<br />

* Darren Gough bowled over as England triumph in Sri Lanka<br />

18/03/01 B 1 4 Photograph<br />

* Hero Thorpe celebrates as England clinch fourth successive<br />

series win 18/03/01 S 1 1>3 Photograph<br />

* England in Sri Lanka: Vic Marks 18/03/01 S 2 1>8<br />

Photographs<br />

* England in Sri Lanka: Arjuna Ranatunga 18/03/01 S 3 1>3<br />

Photographs<br />

* England in Sri Lanka: James Davis On Tour 18/03/01 S 3 1>4<br />

Photograph<br />

* England in Sri Lanka: Mike Gatting 18/03/01 S 3 4>5<br />

Photograph<br />

* England in Sri Lanka: Mike Gatting says the game is in danger<br />

of falling apart, and elsewhere a tough remedy is suggested<br />

18/03/01 S 4 1>4 Photographs


* Vic Marks 18/03/01 S 4 5<br />

* Vic Marks on Sri Lanka's controversial wicketkeeper, Kumar<br />

Sangakkara 18/03/01 S 4 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Solid Inzamam 18/03/01 S 5 4>5<br />

* Stephen Thorpe at Queen's Park Oval, Trinidad 18/03/01 S 5<br />

4>5<br />

* Test Cricket: India's new hero - WX Laxman 18/03/01 S 5<br />

1>3 Photograph<br />

* DJ Rutnagur, who has watched Test cricket for more than 50<br />

years, praises the India-Australia series, and regrets it was not<br />

longer 25/03/01 S 10 1>5 Photograph<br />

* International cricket: Vic Marks 25/03/01 S 10 1>6<br />

Photograph<br />

* In a society obsessed with ostentation, the West Indies hero,<br />

Courtney Walsh, shows where true wealth lies 25/03/01 S 11<br />

1>5 Photograph<br />

* Vic Marks 25/03/01 S 11 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Martin Palmer in Indore, India 01/04/01 S 14 8<br />

* Vic Marks looks at England's lack of youthful talent 01/04/01<br />

S 14 6>7 Photograph<br />

* Coaching bible gets Aussie update 08/04/01 S 14 1>5<br />

* Sacked Pakistan coach Javed Miandad has accused his team of<br />

deliberately losing a one-day series to New Zealand in February<br />

08/04/01 S 14 6>8<br />

* Mike Gatting on the big task facing Middlesex's new coach<br />

15/04/01 S 16 3>8 Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> new season Dawns - Will Buckley 15/04/01 S 16 1>3<br />

Photograph<br />

* What's new in county cricket this season… 15/04/01 S 16 4>6<br />

Photograph<br />

* English cricketers are almost twice as likely to commit suicide<br />

than the average male - see Suicide 22/04/01<br />

* Cricket scoreboards 22/04/01 S 13 1>8<br />

* Kent v Surrey 22/04/01 S 13 8<br />

* Middlesex v Worcestershire 22/04/01 S 13 3>7<br />

* Somerset v Lancashire 22/04/01 S 13 1>3 Photograph<br />

* Vic Marks says money talks in country cricket 22/04/01 S 13<br />

1>8 Photograph<br />

* Herman Miller 29/04/01 S 13 8<br />

* Kent v Yorkshire 29/04/01 S 13 1>3 Photograph<br />

* Scoreboards 29/04/01 S 13 1>8<br />

* Sussex v Worcestershire 29/04/01 S 13 3>7<br />

* Vic Marks 29/04/01 S 13 1>8 Photograph<br />

* Cricket roundup: Norman Harris 06/05/01 S 11 1>3<br />

Photograph<br />

* Cricket scoreboards and fixtures 06/05/01 S 11 4>8<br />

* Essex v Surrey 06/05/01 S 11 4>8<br />

* Jon Henderson 06/05/01 S 11 1>7 Photographs<br />

* British Universities v Pakistan 06/05/01 S 14 1>5 Photograph<br />

* Top lawyer has been appointed by the West Indies Cricket<br />

Board to investigate any allegation of match-fixing by their<br />

players 06/05/01 S 14 2>5<br />

* Vic Marks looks at England's first hurdle of the summer<br />

06/05/01 S 14 1>6 Photograph<br />

OBSERVER INDEX: JAN-DEC <strong>2001</strong><br />

198<br />

* Scoreboards 13/05/01 S 10 1>8<br />

* England prepare for the first Test 13/05/01 S 8 1>8<br />

Photographs<br />

* Cricket roundup 13/05/01 S 9 1>3 Photograph<br />

* Gloucestershire v Middlesex 13/05/01 S 9 1>3<br />

* Kent v Pakistan 13/05/01 S 9 1>3<br />

* First Test: scoreboard 20/05/01 S 10 3>4 Photograph<br />

* First Test: Vic Marks at Lord's 20/05/01 S 10 1>2 Photograph<br />

* Kevin Mitchell 20/05/01 S 10 5>8 Photograph<br />

* Mike Brearley 20/05/01 S 11 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Mike Gatting 20/05/01 S 11 7>8 Photograph<br />

* Vic Marks 20/05/01 S 11 1>7 Photograph<br />

* West Indies cricket legend Viv Richards heads a campaign to<br />

bring the village green to the inner-city 20/05/01 B 11 1>8<br />

Photographs<br />

* Middlesex v Durham 20/05/01 S 12 5>7<br />

* Scoreboards and fixtures 20/05/01 S 12 1>8<br />

* Yorkshire v Essex 20/05/01 S 12 1>4 Photograph<br />

* England cricket captain Nasser Hussain launched an attack on<br />

young British Asians who support Pakistan and India instead of<br />

their adopted homeland 27/05/01 B 11 1>2 Photograph<br />

* Mike Brearley on shades of grey in cricket's honour code<br />

27/05/01 S 13 7>8 Photograph<br />

* County championship details 27/05/01 S 6 1>5<br />

* Kent v Glamorgan 27/05/01 S 6 7>8<br />

* Surrey v Essex 27/05/01 S 6 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Warwickshire v Sussex 27/05/01 S 6 6>8<br />

* Yorkshire v Northants 27/05/01 S 6 1>5<br />

* Cricket details 27/05/01 S 7 5>8<br />

* Test cricketers across the world are putting up a wall of silence<br />

to stop Lord Condon and his anti-corruption squad from nailing<br />

the crooks 27/05/01 S 7 1>4<br />

* Vic Marks 27/05/01 S 7 1>7 Photographs<br />

* West Indies: decline and fall of a once-proud team 27/05/01 S<br />

7 1>8<br />

* Interview with Darren Gough, England's most charismatic<br />

cricketer since Ian Botham - see Gough, Darren 03/06/01<br />

* Kevin Mitchell at Worcester 03/06/01 S 2 1>8 Photograph<br />

* Scoreboard 03/06/01 S 2 3>4<br />

* Second Test: Norman Harris 03/06/01 S 2 5>8<br />

* Second Test: Vic Marks at Old Trafford 03/06/01 S 2 1>2<br />

* Second Test: Mike Brearley hails two young Yorkshiremen<br />

03/06/01 S 3 1>3 Photographs<br />

* Second Test: Mike Gatting on Pakistan's portly batsman<br />

03/06/01 S 3 3>7 Photograph<br />

* Second Test: Vic Marks on the old foe warming up in<br />

Worcester 03/06/01 S 3 8 Photograph<br />

* Cricket details 03/06/01 S 4 1>3 Photograph<br />

* Cricket round-up 03/06/01 S 4 4>5<br />

* Leicestershire v Somerset 03/06/01 S 4 3>7<br />

* Northamptonshire v Lancashire 03/06/01 S 4 1>3 Photograph


* Scoreboards 03/06/01 S 4 6>7<br />

* Australian Tour: Kevin Mitchell 10/06/01 S 2 1>6<br />

Photographs<br />

* Australian Tour: Tom Moody's view 10/06/01 S 2 7>8<br />

Photograph<br />

* Australian Tour: Pakistan v Australia 10/06/01 S 3 1>5<br />

Photograph<br />

* Australian Tour: Vic Marks on the need to avoid 'bits and<br />

pieces' players 10/06/01 S 3 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Cricket details 10/06/01 S 4 5>7<br />

* Kent v Yorkshire 10/06/01 S 4 1>4<br />

* Leicestershire v Lancashire 10/06/01 S 4 5>7<br />

* Scoreboards 10/06/01 S 4 1>4<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Aboriginal Team of 1868, cricket's first tourists, were<br />

treated as a racial rather than sporting curiosity 10/06/01 S 4<br />

1>7 Photograph<br />

* Cricket details 17/06/01 S 5 6>8 Photograph<br />

* Norman Harris 17/06/01 S 5 2>8<br />

* Scoreboards 17/06/01 S 5 2>5<br />

* Vic Marks on a hard slog ahead for England 17/06/01 S 5 2>8<br />

Photographs<br />

* Players and supporters were outraged after Australian cricketer<br />

Michael Bevan was struck by a full can of beer as he stood with<br />

his team mates on the balcony of the pavilion at Lord's cricket<br />

ground 24/06/01 B 1 4>7 Photograph<br />

* England selectors face a grilling but it's not a witch-hunt<br />

24/06/01 S 6 8 .<br />

* Natwest Trophy Final: Vic Marks at Lord's 24/06/01 S 6 1>2<br />

Photograph<br />

* Northamptonshire v Somerset 24/06/01 S 6 5>8<br />

* Sussex v Nottinghamshire 24/06/01 S 6 1>4<br />

* England were beaten by the best in the world, says Ed Giddins<br />

24/06/01 S 7 8 Photograph<br />

* James Davis, a spectator during the last tour of Pakistan, on<br />

why the home fans dared not invade the pitch 24/06/01 S 7 1>7<br />

Photograph<br />

* Natwest Trophy Final: Burham Wazir follows the crowds of<br />

Pakistani cricket fans to Lord's and sees a jocular day turn sour<br />

24/06/01 S 7 1>7 Photographs<br />

* Benson and Hedges Cup: Darren Bicknell returns to <strong>The</strong> Oval<br />

to confront a familiar face 24/06/01 S 8 3>7 Photographs<br />

* Cricket details 24/06/01 S 8 3>5 Photograph<br />

* Match-fix Exclusive: Lord Condon, cricket's anti-corruption<br />

crusader, has put England's acting captain, Alec Stewart, on the<br />

spot/Chris Lewis 'fix' probe is over 24/06/01 S 8 1>2<br />

* Scoreboards 24/06/01 S 8 6>7<br />

* England's women attempt to cast off their 'poor relations' status<br />

and put themselves on the international lmap - at both cricket<br />

and football 24/06/01 S 9 1>6<br />

* England's women attempt to cast off their 'poor relations' status<br />

and put themselves on the international map - at both cricket and<br />

football 24/06/01 S 9 1>5 Photographs<br />

* Cricket details 01/07/01 S 13 6>8 Photograph<br />

* David Townsend in Canada sees the cricket World Cup battle<br />

begin 01/07/01 S 13 2>8 Photograph<br />

* Scoreboard 01/07/01 S 13 2>5<br />

OBSERVER INDEX: JAN-DEC <strong>2001</strong><br />

199<br />

* Surrey v Lancashire 01/07/01 S 13 2>6 Photograph<br />

* Yorkshire v Leicestershire 01/07/01 S 13 7>8<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Ashes <strong>2001</strong>: four page special 01/07/01 S 9>12 1>8<br />

Photographs<br />

* Shane Warne's English Summer - see Television 08/07/01<br />

* Cricket details 08/07/01 S 11 6>7 Photograph<br />

* Middlesex v Nottinghamshire 08/07/01 S 11 3>7 Photograph<br />

* Scoreboards 08/07/01 S 11 3>5<br />

* <strong>The</strong> stalwart of cup kings Gloucester tells Vic Marks that<br />

England will suffer if they downgrade the role of wicketkeeper<br />

08/07/01 S 12 1>8 Photograph<br />

* Ashes: <strong>The</strong> First Test 08/07/01 S 12>13 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Debate on the England Captaincy by Vic Marks and Kevin<br />

Mitchell 15/07/01 S 12 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Australia v Somerset 15/07/01 S 13 7>8<br />

* Cricket details 15/07/01 S 13 2>5<br />

* Surrey v Gloucester 15/07/01 S 13 1>6 Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Second Test: Vic Marks at Lord's 22/07/01 S 5 1>7<br />

Photographs<br />

* Derbyshire v Warwickshire 22/07/01 S 6 7>8<br />

* Kevin Mitchell 22/07/01 S 6 1>3 Photographs<br />

* Lancashire v Somerset 22/07/01 S 6 3>6 Photograph<br />

* Moody's View 22/07/01 S 6 4>5 Photograph<br />

* Sussex v Durham 22/07/01 S 6 1>2<br />

* Cricket details 22/07/01 S 7 5>7 Photograph<br />

* Mike Brearley 22/07/01 S 7 1>7 Photographs<br />

* Scoreboards 22/07/01 S 7 1>4<br />

* Rodney Marsh has revealed why he has taken the remarkable<br />

decision to switch jobs and countries by becoming the first<br />

director of the new England cricket academy 29/07/01 S 1 1>6<br />

Photograph<br />

* Australia v Hampshire 29/07/01 S 7 2>6 Photograph<br />

* County scoreboards 29/07/01 S 7 2>5 Photograph<br />

* Glamorgan v Somerset 29/07/01 S 7 1<br />

* Lancashire v Yorkshire 29/07/01 S 7 7>8<br />

* Profile on Rodney Marsh by Vic Marks 29/07/01 S 8 1>5<br />

Photograph<br />

* Vic Marks 29/07/01 S 8 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Brave new world by Vic Marks 29/07/01 S 9 1>3 Photograph<br />

* Cricket tables and fixtures 29/07/01 S 9 6>8<br />

* Rodney Marsh on cricket - taken from his columns in <strong>The</strong><br />

<strong>Observer</strong> 29/07/01 S 9 1>5<br />

* Third Test: Vic Marks at Trent Bridge 05/08/01 S 2 3>8<br />

Photographs<br />

* Vic Marks' Ashes verdict on England 05/08/01 S 2 1>2<br />

Photographs<br />

* Third Test: Kevin Mitchell 05/08/01 S 3 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Third Test: Mike Brearley 05/08/01 S 3 1>5 Photographs<br />

* Moody's view 05/08/01 S 4 1>5 Photograph<br />

* Profile on England's paceman, Glenn McGrath 05/08/01 S 4<br />

1>4 Photographs


* Gloucestershire v Hampshire 05/08/01 S 5 5>7<br />

* Kent v Somerset 05/08/01 S 5 1<br />

* Scoreboards 05/08/01 S 5 1>5 Photograph<br />

* Surrey v Yorkshire 05/08/01 S 5 2>7 Photograph<br />

* Tables and fixtures 05/08/01 S 5 6>7<br />

* Vic Marks 05/08/01 S 5 2>4<br />

* Middlesex v Gloucestershire 12/08/01 S 8 6>7<br />

* Scoreboards 12/08/01 S 8 1>3<br />

* Surrey v Glamorgan 12/08/01 S 8 8<br />

* Tables and fixtures 12/08/01 S 8 4>5<br />

* Vic Marks 12/08/01 S 8 3>7<br />

* Warwickshire v Somerset 12/08/01 S 8 1>2 Photograph<br />

* Vic Marks 12/08/01 S 9 1>3 Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Ashes: Moody's view 19/08/01 S 10 4>7 Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Ashes: Verdict by Vic Marks 19/08/01 S 10 1>8<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Ashes: Vic Marks at Headingley 19/08/01 S 10 1>3<br />

Photograph<br />

* Jon Henderson speaks to Kent's summer sensation - David<br />

Fulton 19/08/01 S 11 1>7 Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Ashes: Kevin Mitchell 19/08/01 S 11 1>7 Photograph<br />

* County championship cricket 19/08/01 S 13 1>8 Photograph<br />

* Scoreboards 19/08/01 S 13 1>6<br />

* Tables & fixtures 19/08/01 S 13 7>8 Photograph<br />

* Fifth Test: Vic Marks on trouble ahead for England's stay-athome<br />

pair 26/08/01 S 12 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Fifth Test: Mike Brearley 26/08/01 S 13 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Fred Trueman 26/08/01 S 14 8 Photograph<br />

* Kevin Mitchell 26/08/01 S 14 1>7 Photograph<br />

* Martin Palmer at Kandy 26/08/01 S 14 5>7<br />

* Vic Marks on the fascinating battles in the C & G final<br />

26/08/01 S 14 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Yorkshire celebrate a return to the glory days… but the<br />

disenchantment with Gough rumbles on 26/08/01 S 14 1>7<br />

Photographs<br />

* Lancashire v Essex 26/08/01 S 15 2>6 Photograph<br />

* Scoreboards 26/08/01 S 15 4>6 Photograph<br />

* Tables and Fixtures 26/08/01 S 15 2>3 Photograph<br />

* Kevin Mitchell at Lord's 02/09/01 S 10 3>8 Photographs<br />

* Vic Marks 02/09/01 S 11 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Vic Marks looks at a long hard winter ahead 02/09/01 S 11<br />

7>8 Photograph<br />

* Scoreboards 09/09/01 S 10 1>5<br />

* South Africa v Zimbabwe 09/09/01 S 10 8<br />

* Sussex v Warwickshire 09/09/01 S 10 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Tables and fixtures 09/09/01 S 10 6>7<br />

* Test scoreboards 09/09/01 S 10 8<br />

* Yorkshire v Surrey 09/09/01 S 10 1>4<br />

* Derbyshire v Warwickshire 16/09/01 B 14 1>2<br />

* Scoreboards 16/09/01 B 14 3>7<br />

OBSERVER INDEX: JAN-DEC <strong>2001</strong><br />

200<br />

* Will Buckley 16/09/01 B 14 3>7<br />

* Vic Marks on the fight for places on tour in Zimbabwe<br />

30/09/01 S 11 1>4 Photographs<br />

* John Major, former Tory Prime Minister, takes up a senior post<br />

at Lord's this week 30/09/01 B 12 1>6 Photographs<br />

* England on Tour 07/10/01 S 16 1>8 Photograph<br />

* Herman Miller in Bulawayo 14/10/01 S 10 8<br />

* <strong>The</strong> increasing number of women cricket players 14/10/01 S<br />

10 1>7<br />

* Vic Marks 21/10/01 S 9 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Players' fears are a nightmare for selectors, says Vic Marks<br />

28/10/01 S 14 7>8 Photograph<br />

* Mike Brearley talks to Michael Artherton 28/10/01 S 8>9 1>6<br />

Photographs<br />

* Vic Marks looks at the winter menu and while there is plenty<br />

of choice England aren't dish of the day 28/10/01 S 9 4>5<br />

* D.J. Rutnagur in Bloemfontein 04/11/01 S 12 1>2<br />

* England set for subcontinent 04/11/01 S 14 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Vic Marks examines the strategy for a very tough tour<br />

11/11/01 S 14 1>8 Photographs<br />

* BC Pires finds West Indians looking to the usual suspect when<br />

searching for a saviour 18/11/01 S 13 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Bill Bradshaw 18/11/01 S 13 7>8 Photograph<br />

* David Hopps in Mumbai 18/11/01 S 13 1>4<br />

* DJ Rutnagur in Port Elizabeth 18/11/01 S 13 5>8<br />

* Will Buckley talks to Sir Gary Sobers 25/11/01 S 13 1>5<br />

Photographs<br />

* A crisis looms in world cricket, say Vic Marks and DJ<br />

Rutnagur 25/11/01 S 16 1>7 Photographs<br />

* David Hopps in Hyderabad 25/11/01 S 16 3>5<br />

* Martin Palmer in Pretoria 25/11/01 S 16 6>7<br />

* Mike Gatting 25/11/01 S 16 8 Photograph<br />

* Kevin Mitchell 02/12/01 S 12 1>8 Photograph<br />

* Andy Wilson on Fat Freddie's rebirth as a front-line bowler<br />

02/12/01 S 13 1>5<br />

* Vic Marks in Mohali 02/12/01 S 13 1>5 Photograph<br />

* Vic Marks and Andy Wilson on India's warring off the field<br />

09/12/01 S 12 1>4<br />

* Vic Marks on Test Cricket 09/12/01 S 12 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Vic Marks reports on another spat with Mr Dalmiya 09/12/01<br />

S 12 5>8<br />

* Michael McLean: On tour in India 09/12/01 S 13 1>6<br />

* Vic Marks casts an envious eye over the world's keepers<br />

09/12/01 S 13 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Vic Marks at Ahmedabad 16/12/01 S 10 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Vic Marks on Test Cricket 16/12/01 S 10 5>8<br />

* Diana Dargie at Adelaide Oval 16/12/01 S 11 8<br />

* Herman Miller 16/12/01 S 11 4>7<br />

* Mike Brearley in Ahmedabad 16/12/01 S 11 1>3 Photograph<br />

* Mike Brearley in Bangalore 23/12/01 S 10 3>8 Photographs<br />

* Vic Marks in Bangalore 23/12/01 S 10 1>2 Photograph


* Fred Trueman 23/12/01 S 11 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Vic Marks 23/12/01 S 11 1>3 Photograph<br />

* Greg Buckle in Melbourne 30/12/01 S 13 1<br />

* Vic Marks 30/12/01 S 14 7>8 Photograph<br />

SPORT: CROSS-COUNTRY<br />

* Duncan Mackay in Ostend 25/03/01 S 12 1>5 Photographs<br />

SPORT: CYCLING<br />

* William Fotheringham on a bleak season ahead for Britain's<br />

Olympic medallist 11/02/01 S 14 8 Photograph<br />

* Will Fotheringham on a new role for the unlucky Olympian<br />

25/02/01 S 30 1>3 Photograph<br />

* William Fotheringham 24/06/01 S 5 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Escape Special on Cycling - see Travel 01/07/01<br />

* Tour de France: William Fotheringham 01/07/01 S 19 7>8<br />

Photograph<br />

* Tour de France: <strong>The</strong> opening skirmishes in Dunkirk 08/07/01<br />

S 7 2>7 Photographs<br />

* Tour de France 15/07/01 S 10 1>8<br />

* Tour de France: William Fotheringham's week on tour<br />

15/07/01 S 11 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Tour de France <strong>2001</strong>: Armstrong unstoppable 22/07/01 S 16<br />

1>6 Photograph<br />

* William Fotheringham 22/07/01 S 16 5>6 Photograph<br />

* Tour de France 29/07/01 S 16 1>5 Photograph<br />

* William Fotheringham off stage on the Tour de France<br />

29/07/01 S 16 7>8 Photograph<br />

* A memorial to Tom Simpson, Britain's greatest cyclist will<br />

finally be opened in his home town 35 years after his death<br />

12/08/01 S 4 7>8 Photograph<br />

* Will Fotheringham 02/09/01 S 12 1<br />

SPORT: EQUESTRIANISM<br />

* Genevieve Murphy in La Baule, France 06/05/01 S 10 1<br />

* Genevieve Murphy at Hickstead 29/07/01 S 5 1<br />

* Genevieve Murphy at Hickstead 26/08/01 S 19 7>8<br />

SPORT: FOOTBALL<br />

* Morecambe v Ipswich Town 07/01/01 S 2 3>8<br />

* Southend Utd v Kingstonian 07/01/01 S 2 3>4<br />

* Watford v Everton 07/01/01 S 2 5>8 Photograph<br />

* FA Cup: Bolton Wdrs v Yeovil Town 07/01/01 S 3 1>2<br />

* FA Cup: Charlton Athletic v Dagenham & R 07/01/01 S 3<br />

1>6 Photograph<br />

* FA Cup: Sunderland v Crystal Palace 07/01/01 S 3 3>4<br />

* FA Cup: Walsall v West Ham Utd 07/01/01 S 3 7>8<br />

* Football results 07/01/01 S 4 1>8<br />

* Cup Review 07/01/01 S 5 6>8 Photograph<br />

* FA Cup: Carlisle v Arsenal 07/01/01 S 5 3>7 Photograph<br />

* FA Cup: Leeds Utd v Barnsley 07/01/01 S 5 1>4<br />

* FA Cup: Leyton Orient v Tottenham Hotspur 07/01/01 S 5<br />

1>2 Photograph<br />

* FA Cup: Liverpool v Rotherham Utd 07/01/01 S 5 8<br />

OBSERVER INDEX: JAN-DEC <strong>2001</strong><br />

201<br />

* FA Cup: Manchester City v Birmingham City 07/01/01 S 5<br />

1>4<br />

* FA Cup: Swindon Town v Coventry City 07/01/01 S 5 5<br />

* Alan Smith 07/01/01 S 6 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Ian Ridley on Fulham 07/01/01 S 6>7 1>5 Photographs<br />

* Paul Wilson 07/01/01 S 7 6<br />

* Paul Wilson 07/01/01 S 7 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Derby day in Milan 07/01/01 S 8 1>6<br />

* <strong>The</strong> fall and fall of Eddie Newton 07/01/01 S 8 1>6<br />

Photographs<br />

* Jon Henderson meets the voluble Gloucester captain ahead of<br />

his side's biggest game to date 07/01/01 S 9 1>5 Photograph<br />

* Talk of John Gregory and his coaching team quitting Aston<br />

Villa for Newcastle Utd 14/01/01 S 1 1>8 Photograph<br />

* Brazil's football crisis 14/01/01 B 16 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Arsenal v Chelsea 14/01/01 S 2 3>7 Photograph<br />

* FA must learn from Vieira error says Ian Ridley 14/01/01 S 2<br />

3>7 Photograph<br />

* Middlesbrough v Derby 14/01/01 S 2 8<br />

* Southampton v Charlton Athletic 14/01/01 S 2 3>7<br />

* Aston Villa v Liverpool 14/01/01 S 3 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Everton v Tottenham 14/01/01 S 3 1>4<br />

* Kenny's Stretford end 14/01/01 S 3 6>8 Photograph<br />

* Manchester City v Leeds Utd 14/01/01 S 3 7>8<br />

* Newcastle Utd v Coventry City 14/01/01 S 3 5>8<br />

* <strong>The</strong> cost of injuries: £55m 14/01/01 S 3 1>5<br />

* Football results 14/01/01 S 4 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Evergreen Merson has moved back into the frame 14/01/01 S<br />

5 1>8<br />

* Spotlight on Eriksson 14/01/01 S 5 1>4 Photographs<br />

* West Ham Utd v Sunderland 14/01/01 S 5 4>8 Photograph<br />

* Bradford City v Manchester Utd 14/01/01 S 6 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Gordon Strachan says a bad patch can be good news 14/01/01<br />

S 6 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Simon Kuper's World Football 14/01/01 S 6 7>8 Photograph<br />

* Alan Smith 14/01/01 S 7 1>8 Photograph<br />

* Dossier on financial irregularities at Gillingham was ignored<br />

by FA 14/01/01 S 7 8 9<br />

* League review 14/01/01 S 7 1>8<br />

* Millwall v Wigan Athletic 14/01/01 S 7 1>3 Photograph<br />

* Rotherham Utd v Bristol City 14/01/01 S 7 3>5<br />

* Stoke City v Reading 14/01/01 S 7 6>7<br />

* Amy Lawrence on the ups and downs of football's lesser lights<br />

14/01/01 S 8 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Ian Ridley on the ups and downs of football's lesser lights<br />

14/01/01 S 8 1>5 Photographs<br />

* Buying Alan Sugar's stake in Tottenham Hotspur could give<br />

Eric much-needed focus, but will the City be as keen? - see<br />

Business & Industry 21/01/01<br />

* Tony Adams announces his retirement from international<br />

football - see Adams, Tony 21/01/01


* Sven-Goran Eriksson saw Manchester Utd move 14 points<br />

clear of their rivals and said he was impressed with the standard<br />

of English football 21/01/01 S 1 1>8<br />

* Derby v Manchester City 21/01/01 S 2 3>5<br />

* Liverpool v Middlesbrough 21/01/01 S 2 3>6<br />

* Manchester Utd v Aston Villa 21/01/01 S 2 7>8 Photograph<br />

* Tottenham v Southampton 21/01/01 S 2 6>8<br />

* Chelsea v Ipswich Town 21/01/01 S 3 1>4<br />

* Coventry City v Everton 21/01/01 S 3 1>4<br />

* Leeds United v Newcastle United 21/01/01 S 3 4>8<br />

Photograph<br />

* Leicester v Arsenal 21/01/01 S 3 1>3<br />

* Football results 21/01/01 S 4 1>8<br />

* Arsenal in fight for new stadium 21/01/01 S 5 8<br />

* Simon Kuper sees last year's heroes go down without a fight<br />

21/01/01 S 5 1>8 Photograph<br />

* Watford v Fulham 21/01/01 S 5 1>7<br />

* Will Buckley sees Norwich win a grim relegation tussle<br />

21/01/01 S 5 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Alan Smith 21/01/01 S 6 6 Photograph<br />

* Amy Lawrence 21/01/01 S 6 1>5 Photographs<br />

* Neil Moxley 21/01/01 S 6 1>5 Photograph<br />

* Ian Ridley 21/01/01 S 7 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Paul Wilson 21/01/01 S 7 1>3 Photographs<br />

* Sport on the Internet 21/01/01 S 8>9 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Interview with footballer Tony Adams - see Adams, Tony<br />

28/01/01<br />

* Tony Adams is likely to quit club football as the same time as<br />

his retirement from international football 28/01/01 S 1 2>3<br />

* Tottenham could lose £11m record signing Sergei Rebrov to<br />

Milan and Chelsea's Dennis Wise may move to Fulham<br />

28/01/01 S 1 2>3<br />

* Gordon Strachan 28/01/01 S 11 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Blackburn Rovers v Derby County 28/01/01 S 2 1>4<br />

* Leeds Utd v Liverpool 28/01/01 S 2 3>7 Photograph<br />

* Southampton v Sheffield Weds 28/01/01 S 2 5>8<br />

* Wycombe v Wolverhampton 28/01/01 S 2 8<br />

* Aston Villa v Leicester City 28/01/01 S 3 3>8<br />

* Everton v Tranmere Rovers 28/01/01 S 3 1>2<br />

* Football review 28/01/01 S 3 3>8 Photograph<br />

* Manchester City v Coventry City 28/01/01 S 3 3>8<br />

Photograph<br />

* Sunderland v Ipswich Town 28/01/01 S 3 1>2<br />

* Football results 28/01/01 S 4 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Bristol City v Kingstonian 28/01/01 S 5 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Dagenham & R v Charlton Athletic 28/01/01 S 5 1>6<br />

* Simon Kuper's World Football 28/01/01 S 5 7>8<br />

* Amy Lawrence on a contrite Cup star heading north 28/01/01<br />

S 6 1>5 Photographs<br />

* Manchester Utd v West Ham Utd: Focus on the French<br />

28/01/01 S 6 1>5 Photograph<br />

OBSERVER INDEX: JAN-DEC <strong>2001</strong><br />

202<br />

* Paul Wilson 28/01/01 S 6 1>5 Photographs<br />

* Football results 04/02/01 S 10 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Carlisle Utd v Kidderminster 04/02/01 S 11 6>8<br />

* Middlesbrough v Manchester City 04/02/01 S 11 1>5<br />

Photograph<br />

* Nick Callow and Jason Tomas 04/02/01 S 11 1>8<br />

* Paul Wilson considers the reasons for Middlesbrough's<br />

resurgence 04/02/01 S 11 6>8 Photograph<br />

* Sheffield Weds v Watford 04/02/01 S 11 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Bradford City v Aston Villa 04/02/01 S 6 8<br />

* Derby County v Sunderland 04/02/01 S 6 3>7<br />

* Ipswich Town v Leeds Utd 04/02/01 S 6 3>7 Photograph<br />

* Leicester City v Chelsea 04/02/01 S 6 3>8<br />

* Coventry City v Arsenal 04/02/01 S 7 3>8<br />

* Football news with Bill Bradshaw 04/02/01 S 7 1>2<br />

* Liverpool v West Ham Utd 04/02/01 S 7 1>3 Photograph<br />

* Manchester Utd v Everton 04/02/01 S 7 3>6<br />

* Tottenham v Charlton Athletic 04/02/01 S 7 7>8<br />

* Alan Smith 04/02/01 S 8 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Ian Ridley 04/02/01 S 8 1>5 Photographs<br />

* Interview with Michael Knighton, ex-owner of Carlisle United<br />

04/02/01 S 9 1>6 Photographs<br />

* British viewers will have to pay to watch the 2002 World Cup<br />

if a German media company succeed in their plans to deny<br />

coverage to BBC and ITV 11/02/01 S 1 1>8<br />

* One of Valencia's top internationals has claimed that a<br />

Champions League match against Manchester Utd last season<br />

was 'fixed' 11/02/01 S 1 8<br />

* Aston Villa v Middlesbrough 11/02/01 S 2 5>8<br />

* Manchester City v Tottenham Hotspur 11/02/01 S 2 3>8<br />

* Southampton v Bradford City 11/02/01 S 2 1>4<br />

* Sunderland v Liverpool 11/02/01 S 2 3>8 Photograph<br />

* Arsenal v Ipswich Town 11/02/01 S 3 4>8 Photograph<br />

* Chelsea v Manchester Utd 11/02/01 S 3 1>3<br />

* Everton v Leicester City 11/02/01 S 3 5>8<br />

* Gordon Strachan 11/02/01 S 3 1>8 Photograph<br />

* Leeds Utd v Derby County 11/02/01 S 3 1>4<br />

* Football results 11/02/01 S 4 1>8<br />

* Brighton & Hove Albion v Cardiff City 11/02/01 S 5 8<br />

* Football review 11/02/01 S 5 1>2<br />

* Nationwide Conference results 11/02/01 S 5 1>7<br />

* Sheffield Utd v Birmingham City 11/02/01 S 5 3>7<br />

Photograph<br />

* David Barnes talks to two players Wenger would like on his<br />

own side 11/02/01 S 6 1>6<br />

* With few surprises expected in the race at home, it's all eyes on<br />

the Champions League, says Paul Wilson 11/02/01 S 6 1>3<br />

Photograph<br />

* Amy Lawrence in Paris 11/02/01 S 7 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Herman Miller on how hot air can inflate a share price<br />

11/02/01 S 7 5


* Simon Kuper's World Football 11/02/01 S 7 1>4 Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Sports Minister, Kate Hoey has reopened the controversial<br />

debate about bringing back terraces at top grounds 18/02/01 S 1<br />

2>3<br />

* Football results 18/02/01 S 10 1>8 Photograph<br />

* FA Cup report by Amy Lawrence 18/02/01 S 11 7>8<br />

* Focus on Europe 18/02/01 S 11 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Interview with Michael Gray, Sunderland left-back by Bill<br />

Bradshaw 18/02/01 S 12 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Paul Wilson on Sven's new script with old names 18/02/01 S<br />

12 7>8 Photograph<br />

* Nationwide Conference league details 18/02/01 S 4 1>4<br />

* Bolton W v Blackburn R 18/02/01 S 6 3>5<br />

* League review by Jason Tomas 18/02/01 S 6 3>8<br />

* Southampton v Trenmere Rovers 18/02/01 S 6 6>8<br />

* Wycombe W v Wimbledon 18/02/01 S 6 3>8 Photograph<br />

* Birmingham City v West Brom 18/02/01 S 7 1>5 Photograph<br />

* Leicester City v Bristol City 18/02/01 S 7 2>8<br />

* Paul Harris on FA Cup football 18/02/01 S 7 1<br />

* Stoke City v Port Vale 18/02/01 S 7 6>8<br />

* Sunderland v West Ham 18/02/01 S 7 2>4 Photograph<br />

* Tottenham Hotspur v Stockport County 18/02/01 S 7 4>8<br />

* Sports focus on Liverpool FC 18/02/01 S 8>9 1>5<br />

Photographs<br />

* It's all in the head, Sven's guru tells England team 25/02/01 B<br />

1 1>6 Cartoon<br />

* Amy Lawrence on the Worthington Cup Final 25/02/01 S 10<br />

1>6 Photographs<br />

* Paul Wilson on the Worthington Cup Final 25/02/01 S 10 7>8<br />

Photograph<br />

* David Barnes on the Champions League 25/02/01 S 11 6<br />

* Gordon Strachan on the Champions League 25/02/01 S 11<br />

1>5 Photographs<br />

* Paul Wilson on the finest young stars 25/02/01 S 12 1>5<br />

Photograph<br />

* Paul Wilson on Sven Eriksson 25/02/01 S 12, 21 1>5<br />

Photograph<br />

* Dennis Campbell on England and Sven Eriksson 25/02/01 S<br />

21 5 Photographs<br />

* World Cup Special 25/02/01 S 22>23 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Amy Lawrence 25/02/01 S 5 1>5 Photograph<br />

* Managers silence on transfers could kill game, says Arsene<br />

Wenger 25/02/01 S 5 1>8<br />

* Smoking Barthez ignores Ferguson 25/02/01 S 5 1>6<br />

Photograph<br />

* Coventry City v Charlton Athletic 25/02/01 S 6 3>7<br />

* Ipswich Town v Everton 25/02/01 S 6 3>5<br />

* Leicester City v Sunderland 25/02/01 S 6 8<br />

* Middlesbrough v Southampton 25/02/01 S 6 6>7<br />

* Bradford City v West Ham Utd 25/02/01 S 7 7>8<br />

* Hull City v Barnet 25/02/01 S 7 1>5<br />

OBSERVER INDEX: JAN-DEC <strong>2001</strong><br />

203<br />

* League review by Jason Tomas 25/02/01 S 7 6>8 Photograph<br />

* Oxford Utd v Millwall 25/02/01 S 7 1>5<br />

* Tottenham Hotspur v Leeds Utd 25/02/01 S 7 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Football results 25/02/01 S 8 1>8 Photograph<br />

* Bill Bradshaw 25/02/01 S 9 6>8 Photograph<br />

* Derby County v Aston Villa 25/02/01 S 9 1>5<br />

* Football results 25/02/01 S 9 1>8<br />

* Newcastle Utd v Manchester City 25/02/01 S 9 1>5<br />

Photograph<br />

* Football results 04/03/01 S 10 1>8<br />

* Alan Smith 04/03/01 S 11 1>8 Photograph<br />

* Amy Lawrence 04/03/01 S 11 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Real Madrid v Barcelona 04/03/01 S 11 1>3 Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Celtic divide in Belfast 04/03/01 S 11 7>8 Photograph<br />

* Leading players condemn union plan to shake up the transfer<br />

system 04/03/01 B 14 1>7 Photographs<br />

* Other football results 04/03/01 S 4 1>4<br />

* Arsenal v West Ham Utd 04/03/01 S 6 3>7 Photograph<br />

* Coventry City v Chelsea 04/03/01 S 6 3>7<br />

* Derby County v Tottenham 04/03/01 S 6 8<br />

* Everton v Newcastle Utd 04/03/01 S 6 1>4<br />

* Middlesbrough v Charlton Athletic 04/03/01 S 6 5>8<br />

* League review 04/03/01 S 7 1>4<br />

* Leeds Utd v Manchester Utd 04/03/01 S 7 7>8<br />

* Leicester City v Liverpool 04/03/01 S 7 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Luton Town v Bristol Rovers 04/03/01 S 7 5>8<br />

* Manchester City v Southampton 04/03/01 S 7 1>4<br />

* This week in Europe 04/03/01 S 7 5>6<br />

* Focus on new England and new coach Sven-Goran Eriksson<br />

04/03/01 S 8>9 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Second chance for Premiership 'failures' as the scouts line up at<br />

Lilleshall 04/03/01 S 8>9 1>5 Photograph<br />

* Roy Essandoh's header in the second minute of added time<br />

ensured lowly Wycombe Wanders beat Leicester City for a place<br />

in the FA cup semi-finals 11/03/01 B 1 1>2 Photograph<br />

* UEFA Chief's call for firm action against 'global teams' at big<br />

clubs 11/03/01 S 1 1>8<br />

* Football results 11/03/01 S 10 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Simon Kuper's World Football 11/03/01 S 11 1>6<br />

Photographs<br />

* World Cup Football - the Great TV Debate 11/03/01 S 11 1>6<br />

Photographs<br />

* Arsenal v Blackburn Rovers 11/03/01 S 6 3>7 Photograph<br />

* Fulham v QPR 11/03/01 S 6 3>7<br />

* Gordon Strachan on the art of substitutions 11/03/01 S 6 8<br />

Photograph<br />

* Review by Jason Tomas 11/03/01 S 6 3>7<br />

* Aston Villa v Ipswich Town 11/03/01 S 7 1>8<br />

* Leicester City v Wycombe Wanderers 11/03/01 S 7 1>8<br />

Photographs


* This week in the Champions League 11/03/01 S 7 1>8<br />

Photograph<br />

* Amy Lawrence on Michael Carrick, up and coming product of<br />

West Ham's youth academy 11/03/01 S 8 1>5 Photograph<br />

* Paul Wilson 11/03/01 S 8 1>5 Photographs<br />

* Ian Ridley hopes Stan Collymore will come back to the game<br />

refreshed 11/03/01 S 9 1>5 Photograph<br />

* Football results 18/03/01 S 10 1>8<br />

* Hartlepool v Brighton 18/03/01 S 11 3>7<br />

* League Reviews: Jason Tomas 18/03/01 S 11 8<br />

* Newcastle Utd v Middlesbrough 18/03/01 S 11 1>2<br />

* Non-league football results 18/03/01 S 11 1>7<br />

* Nottingham Forest v Bolton Wanderers 18/03/01 S 11 3>7<br />

* Wycombe come down to earth with a hard-earned win over<br />

Oldham 18/03/01 S 11 3>6 Photograph<br />

* Readers' debate: Should World Cup finals be available to pay<br />

TV, or should they be protected? 18/03/01 S 16 1>8<br />

* Bradford City v Manchester City 18/03/01 S 6 1>8<br />

* Charlton Athletic v Leeds Utd 18/03/01 S 6 3>7<br />

* Manchester Utd v Leicester City 18/03/01 S 6 3>7 Photograph<br />

* Southampton v Everton 18/03/01 S 6 8<br />

* Chelsea v Sunderland 18/03/01 S 7 5>8<br />

* Tottenham Hotspur v Coventry City 18/03/01 S 7 7>8<br />

* West Ham Utd v Ipswich Town 18/03/01 S 7 1>4<br />

* What next for Tottenham?: Amy Lawrence 18/03/01 S 7 1>6<br />

Photographs<br />

* World Cup: England - Paul Wilson 18/03/01 S 8 1>5<br />

Photographs<br />

* Focus on the shift of power in Europe: Amy Lawrence<br />

18/03/01 S 8>9 1>5 Photographs<br />

* Ian Ridley on Arsenal's old warhorse, Tony Adams 18/03/01 S<br />

9 5>6 Photograph<br />

* World Cup: Scotland - Glenn Gibbons 18/03/01 S 9 1>5<br />

Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> careers and freedom of three top footballers are on a knifeedge<br />

after one of them changed his story over a gang assault on a<br />

student - see Crime 25/03/01<br />

* England 2 Finland 1: Skipper Beckham blasts stunning winner<br />

to lift World Cup hopes 25/03/01 S 1 1>8 Photograph<br />

* Skipper David Beckham celebrates after scoring a brilliant<br />

individual winner as England beat Finland 25/03/01 B 1 4>5<br />

Photograph<br />

* England v Finland 25/03/01 S 2 3>8 Photograph<br />

* Germany v Albania 25/03/01 S 2 3>8<br />

* Ian Ridley praises Beckham, Seaman and the Anfield pitch<br />

25/03/01 S 3 1>7 Photographs<br />

* Paul Wilson says David Beckham may one day lift the World<br />

Cup 25/03/01 S 3 1>8<br />

* Paul Wilson says England's defensive frailties are still to<br />

apparent 25/03/01 S 3 8 Photograph<br />

* Armenia v Wales 25/03/01 S 4 1>4<br />

* Northern Ireland v Czech Republic 25/03/01 S 4 5>8<br />

* World Cup: Cyprus v Rep of Ireland 25/03/01 S 4 1>3<br />

OBSERVER INDEX: JAN-DEC <strong>2001</strong><br />

204<br />

Photograph<br />

* World Cup: Scotland v Belgium 25/03/01 S 4 3>8<br />

* Amy Lawrence 25/03/01 S 5 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Despite a recent defection, Garry Cook finds Pakistan's<br />

manager in confident mood 25/03/01 S 5 5<br />

* World Cup 2002: Uefa qualifying, the story so far… 25/03/01<br />

S 5 1>9 Photographs<br />

* Alan Smith 25/03/01 S 6 1>7 Photographs<br />

* Football results 25/03/01 S 6 1>8 Photograph<br />

* Birmingham City v Sheffield Wed 25/03/01 S 7 7>8<br />

* Burnley v QPR 25/03/01 S 7 4>8<br />

* Ian Ridley interviews Steve Claridge, one of Millwall's newlysigned<br />

veterans 25/03/01 S 7 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Leyton Orient v York City 25/03/01 S 7 1>3<br />

* World Cup Football: Albanians sometimes take the game too<br />

seriously 25/03/01 S 8 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Nationwide Conference League Table 01/04/01 S 13 1>3<br />

* Chelsea v Middlesbrough 01/04/01 S 2 3>6 Photograph<br />

* Coventry City v Derby County 01/04/01 S 2 1>6<br />

* Sunderland v Leeds Utd 01/04/01 S 2 7>8<br />

* West Ham Utd v Everton 01/04/01 S 2 7>8<br />

* Arsenal v Tottenham Hotspur 01/04/01 S 3 6>8<br />

* Bradford City v Newcastle 01/04/01 S 3 1>4<br />

* Footballer, David Rocastle dies at 33 01/04/01 S 3 1>4<br />

Photograph<br />

* Ian Ridley on the tough task ahead for Spurs' prodigal son<br />

01/04/01 S 3 1>5 Photographs<br />

* Football results 01/04/01 S 4 1>8 Photograph<br />

* League review 01/04/01 S 5 1>3<br />

* Liverpool v Manchester Utd 01/04/01 S 5 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Manchester City v Aston Villa 01/04/01 S 5 4>8<br />

* Nationwide derby day 01/04/01 S 5 4 Photographs<br />

* Walsall v Millwall 01/04/01 S 5 5>7<br />

* West Bromwich v Watford 01/04/01 S 5 5>7<br />

* Ryan Giggs tells the world 'I'm proud of black roots' 01/04/01<br />

S 6 1>6 Photograph<br />

* World Cup Football: Paul Wilson 01/04/01 S 6 1>8<br />

Photographs<br />

* Champion's League: Amy Lawrence 01/04/01 S 7 1>2<br />

Photograph<br />

* Champions: Previews 01/04/01 S 7 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Preview of Leeds Utd v Deportivo 01/04/01 S 7 3>6<br />

Photographs<br />

* Football results 08/04/01 S 10 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Celtic v St Mirren 08/04/01 S 11 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Paul Wilson on Martin O'Neill, Celtic manager 08/04/01 S 11<br />

1>4<br />

* Simon Kuper on Wim Jansen, ex-Celtic manager 08/04/01 S<br />

11 5>8<br />

* Amy Lawrence in praise of Arsenal's dynamic midfielder,<br />

Patrick Viera, coveted by the elite 08/04/01 S 12 1>4


Photograph<br />

* How did the fans do? 08/04/01 S 12 5<br />

* Paul Wilson looks at how opponents have worked Manchester<br />

Utd out 08/04/01 S 12 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Paul Wilson says David O'Leary's team are no longer a<br />

surprise package 08/04/01 S 12 5>6 Photograph<br />

* A decade of football commercialisation that enabled top clubs<br />

and BSkyB to grow rich 08/04/01 N 4 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Hull v Scunthorpe Utd 08/04/01 S 6 3>7<br />

* League review: Jason Tomas 08/04/01 S 6 3>8<br />

* Millwall v Rotherham Utd 08/04/01 S 6 3>7 Photograph<br />

* Portsmouth v Nottingham Forest 08/04/01 S 6 8<br />

* Aston Villa v West Ham Utd 08/04/01 S 7 8<br />

* Derby County v Chelsea 08/04/01 S 7 1>5<br />

* Everton v Man City preview formation 08/04/01 S 7 6>7<br />

* Leeds Utd v Southampton 08/04/01 S 7 1>3 Photograph<br />

* Leicester City v Coventry City 08/04/01 S 7 3>7<br />

* FA Cup Semi-Finals: Arsenal v Tottenham preview 08/04/01<br />

S 8 3 Photograph<br />

* FA Cup Semi-Finals: Arsenal's Wiltord talks to Amy<br />

Lawrence 08/04/01 S 8 1>2 Photographs<br />

* FA Cup Semi-Finals: David Pleat tells Ian Ridley about 'new<br />

Spurs' 08/04/01 S 8 4>5 Photograph<br />

* FA Cup Semi-Finals: It's been a long wait, Robbie Fowler tells<br />

Paul Wilson 08/04/01 S 9 4>5 Photograph<br />

* FA Cup Semi-Finals: Wycombe skipper Keith Ryan talks to<br />

Bill Bradshaw 08/04/01 S 9 1>2 Photograph<br />

* FA Cup Semi-Finals: Wycombe v Liverpool preview 08/04/01<br />

S 9 3 Photograph<br />

* Rangers hero Jim Baxter, who has died aged 61 after a battle<br />

against cancer - see Deaths 15/04/01<br />

* Other football 15/04/01 S 10 1>6<br />

* Manchester Utd v Coventry City 15/04/01 S 2 3>5<br />

Photographs<br />

* Manchester Utd: <strong>The</strong> fans' view - player-by-player assessment<br />

15/04/01 S 2 3>5 Photograph<br />

* Ian Ridley on the Champions' - Manchester Utd 15/04/01 S 3<br />

1>4 Photograph<br />

* Simon Kuper on the quiet man with a thirst for medals - Jaap<br />

Stam 15/04/01 S 3 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Football results 15/04/01 S 4 1>8 Photograph<br />

* Champions League Football: Amy Lawrence 15/04/01 S 5<br />

1>4 Photographs<br />

* Arsenal v Middlesbrough 15/04/01 S 6 1>3 Photograph<br />

* Chelsea v Southampton 15/04/01 S 6 1>8<br />

* Ipswich Town v Newcastle Utd 15/04/01 S 6 7>8<br />

* Leicester City v Manchester City 15/04/01 S 6 1>4<br />

* Sunderland v Tottenham 15/04/01 S 6 5>8<br />

* West Ham Utd v Derby County 15/04/01 S 6 3>6<br />

* Aston Villa v Everton 15/04/01 S 7 1>2<br />

* Grimsby Town v Watford 15/04/01 S 7 4>7<br />

* Huddersfield v Fulham 15/04/01 S 7 3>8 Photograph<br />

OBSERVER INDEX: JAN-DEC <strong>2001</strong><br />

205<br />

* Nationwide League: Lawrie Madden and Jason Tomas<br />

15/04/01 S 7 3>8<br />

* Bill Bradshaw 15/04/01 S 8 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Gordon Strachan 15/04/01 S 8 1>5 Photograph<br />

* Manchester City boss Joe Royle looks back on a brutal top<br />

flight season 15/04/01 S 9 1>3 Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> <strong>Observer</strong> guide to who's going down… 15/04/01 S 9 1>4<br />

Photograph<br />

* Premiership: plenty still to play for at the top and bottom<br />

22/04/01 S 1 1>5 Photograph<br />

* Roy Keane, Manchester Utd skipper faces ban after red card<br />

for vicious assault on old enemy Alfie Haaland 22/04/01 S 1<br />

1>3 Photographs<br />

* Bradford City v Derby County 22/04/01 S 2 6>8<br />

* Chelsea v Charlton Athletic 22/04/01 S 2 3>5<br />

* Ipswich Town v Coventry City 22/04/01 S 2 7>8 Photograph<br />

* Leicester City v Middlesbrough 22/04/01 S 2 3>6<br />

* Arsenal v Everton 22/04/01 S 3 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Manchester Utd v Manchester City 22/04/01 S 3 1>6<br />

* Sunderland v Newcastle 22/04/01 S 3 1>8<br />

* West Ham manager Harry Redknapp has no place for Joe Cole<br />

in his ideal line-up 22/04/01 S 3 7>8 Photograph<br />

* West Ham Utd v Leeds Utd 22/04/01 S 3 7>8<br />

* Football results 22/04/01 S 4 1>8<br />

* Aston Villa v Southampton 22/04/01 S 5 1<br />

* Football conference 22/04/01 S 5 1>5<br />

* League review: Jason Tomas 22/04/01 S 5 2>8<br />

* Other football 22/04/01 S 5 6>8<br />

* Yeovil Town v Rushden & Diamonds 22/04/01 S 5 2>7<br />

Photograph<br />

* Glenn Hoddle has admitted he will have failed in his task at<br />

Tottenham if he had not got the club into the Champions League<br />

within five years 22/04/01 S 6 3>6<br />

* <strong>The</strong> fight against relegation 22/04/01 S 6 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Three-page special on the winners and losers in Europe<br />

22/04/01 S 7>9 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Alan Shearer is resigned to having another operation on his<br />

injured knee in the US 29/04/01 S 1 6<br />

* David Beckham has responded to Roy Keane's criticisms of<br />

Manchester United by claiming the Champions are 'a great team'<br />

29/04/01 S 1 1>5<br />

* Italian football's doping scandal 29/04/01 S 15 7>8<br />

* Coventry City v Liverpool 29/04/01 S 2 3>7 Photograph<br />

* Everton v Bradford City 29/04/01 S 2 8<br />

* Middlesbrough v Manchester Utd 29/04/01 S 2 3>5<br />

* Southampton v Sunderland 29/04/01 S 2 6>7<br />

* Derby County v Arsenal 29/04/01 S 3 1>4<br />

* Leeds Utd v Chelsea 29/04/01 S 3 1>8 Photograph<br />

* Manchester City v West Ham Utd 29/04/01 S 3 1>4<br />

* Football results 29/04/01 S 4 1>8 Photograph<br />

* Crystal Palace v Wolverhampton 29/04/01 S 5 3


* Football conference league 29/04/01 S 5 1>5<br />

* Garry Cook on Eyal Berkovic 29/04/01 S 5 3>8<br />

* League Review: Jason Tomas 29/04/01 S 5 4>7 Photograph<br />

* Newcastle Utd v Leicester City 29/04/01 S 5 1>2<br />

* Other football 29/04/01 S 5 6>8<br />

* Tottenham v Aston Villa 29/04/01 S 5 1>2<br />

* Wrexham v Millwall 29/04/01 S 5 8<br />

* When the dream factory breaks down: Bill Bradshaw 29/04/01<br />

S 6 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Ian Ridley 29/04/01 S 7 1>5 Photographs<br />

* Simon Kuper's world football 29/04/01 S 7 6>8 Photograph<br />

* Champions League semi-finals 29/04/01 S 8 1>6 Photographs<br />

* It's four years since Eric Cantona hung up his boots and went<br />

into movies - see Cantona, Eric 06/05/01<br />

* Adam Crozier, the FA's chief executive was last night<br />

embroiled in a political row over the ill-starred Wembly<br />

redevelopment 06/05/01 S 1 6>7<br />

* Juan Pablo Angel, the £9.5m striker who could not land a shot<br />

on target for Aston Villa, scored the late goal that broke<br />

Coventry's hearts 06/05/01 S 1 1>5 Photograph<br />

* Bradford City v Middlesbrough 06/05/01 S 2 1>4<br />

* Leicester City v Tottenham Hotspur 06/05/01 S 2 5>8<br />

* Liverpool v Newcastle 06/05/01 S 2 3>8 Photograph<br />

* Manchester Utd v Derby County 06/05/01 S 2 3>8<br />

* Arsenal v Leeds Utd 06/05/01 S 3 1>3 Photograph<br />

* Ian Ridley sees a familiar fractious scrap unfold again<br />

06/05/01 S 3 3>8<br />

* Paul Wilson 06/05/01 S 3 1>8<br />

* <strong>The</strong> race for next season's European places… 06/05/01 S 3<br />

5>8<br />

* Football results 06/05/01 S 4 1>8 Photograph<br />

* Aston Villa v Coventry 06/05/01 S 5 1>5 Photograph<br />

* Gordon Strachan is defiant after relegation heartbreak<br />

06/05/01 S 5 1>8 Photograph<br />

* Other football 06/05/01 S 5 1>2<br />

* Preview by Amy Lawrence on Arsenal in the FA Cup final<br />

06/05/01 S 6 5>6 Photograph<br />

* Preview by Ian Ridley on the FA Cup final 06/05/01 S 6 1>6<br />

Photograph<br />

* Preview by Paul Wilson on Liverpool in the FA Cup final<br />

06/05/01 S 6 1>2 Photograph<br />

* Amy Lawrence on the 1971 Gunners' final hero Charlie<br />

George 06/05/01 S 7 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Barnet v Torquay Utd 06/05/01 S 8 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Chelsea v Everton 06/05/01 S 8 7>8<br />

* Sunderland v Charlton Athletic 06/05/01 S 8 7>8<br />

* West Ham Utd v Southampton 06/05/01 S 8 7>8<br />

* Will Buckley meets the man who saved Carlisle Utd,<br />

goalkeeper, Jimmy Glass 06/05/01 S 8 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Five-minute, two-goal blast from Michael Owen wins the FA<br />

Cup for Liverpool 13/05/01 S 1 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Michael Owen is mobbed by team-mates after scoring his<br />

OBSERVER INDEX: JAN-DEC <strong>2001</strong><br />

206<br />

second goal for Liverpool in the FA Cup Final 13/05/01 B 1 1<br />

Photograph<br />

* FA Cup Final Arsenal v Liverpool 13/05/01 S 2 1>7<br />

Photograph<br />

* Amy Lawrence on how Cardiff came up trumps in the FA Cup<br />

Final 13/05/01 S 3 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Verdict by Ian Ridley on the FA Cup Final 13/05/01 S 3 1>5<br />

Photograph<br />

* Ian Ridley bids farewell to a famous Premiership ground<br />

13/05/01 S 4 1>7 Photographs<br />

* Will Buckley remembers when the FA Cup final was held at<br />

Wembley 13/05/01 S 4 1>7 Photographs<br />

* FA Carling Premiership 13/05/01 S 5 1>8<br />

* Nationwide Football: the play-offs 13/05/01 S 5 1>8<br />

Photographs<br />

* Sports focus on UEFA Cup Final 13/05/01 S 6>7 1>5<br />

Photographs<br />

* Sir Alex Ferguson, the most successful football manager of his<br />

era, was forced out of Manchester Utd by a plot organised by<br />

club directors - Ferguson, Sir Alex 20/05/01<br />

* Manchester United have held secret talks with representatives<br />

of Martin O'Neill aimed at ensuring the Celtic boss replaces Sir<br />

Alex Ferguson at Old Trafford 20/05/01 S 1 2>3 Photograph<br />

* Robbie Fowler celebrates his spectacular goal that put<br />

Liverpool on the way to a 4-0 victory over Charlton and a place<br />

in the Champions' League 20/05/01 S 1 1 Photograph<br />

* Coventry City v Bradford City 20/05/01 S 2 6>7<br />

* Manchester City v Chelsea 20/05/01 S 2 3>5<br />

* Southampton v Arsenal 20/05/01 S 2 8<br />

* Tottenham Hotspur v Manchester Utd 20/05/01 S 2 3>7<br />

Photograph<br />

* Charlton Athletic v Liverpool 20/05/01 S 3 1>3 Photograph<br />

* Derby County v Ipswich Town 20/05/01 S 3 1>7<br />

* Leeds Utd v Leicester City 20/05/01 S 3 3>7<br />

* Sepp Blatter, the President of Fifa could ultimately lose his job<br />

over the decision to postpone the world club championship<br />

20/05/01 S 3 8<br />

* Everton v Sunderland 20/05/01 S 4 1>2<br />

* Middlesbrough v West Ham Utd 20/05/01 S 4 1>2<br />

* Newcastle Utd v Aston Villa 20/05/01 S 4 1>2<br />

* Results 20/05/01 S 4 3>7<br />

* Premiership review 20/05/01 S 5 1>5 Photographs<br />

* Amy Lawrence on Celtic's Treble fantasy 20/05/01 S 6 1>6<br />

Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong>re's more than a touch of Shankly about Houllier's<br />

spectacular revival of Liverpool, says Paul Wilson 20/05/01 S 6<br />

1>5 Photographs<br />

* Alex Nyarko's attitude was just too casual says editor of<br />

Everton fanzine 20/05/01 S 7 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Interview with Alex Nyarko who walked out on Everton last<br />

month after being confronted by a fan on the pitch 20/05/01 S 7<br />

1>5 Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Everton curse: how good players turn bad… 20/05/01 S 7<br />

5>6 Photograph<br />

* Focus on the dismantling of the Ferguson dynasty at<br />

Manchester Utd 20/05/01 S 8>9 1>5 Photographs


* Tottenham Hotspur's joy at securing Teddy Sheringham was<br />

soured when they admitted skipper Sol Campbell had decided to<br />

quit the club on a Bosman free transfer 27/05/01 S 1 1>8<br />

Photographs<br />

* International Football: England - Ian Ridley 27/05/01 S 2 3>8<br />

Photograph<br />

* International Football: England - Paul Wilson 27/05/01 S 2<br />

3>8 Photographs<br />

* Celtic v Hibernian 27/05/01 S 3 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Leyton Orient v Blackpool 27/05/01 S 3 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Martin O'Neill's Celtic completed a historic domestic treble at<br />

Hampden Park and then the manager dedicated their success to<br />

the club's legion of fans 27/05/01 S 3 4>8 Photograph<br />

* Results & fixtures 27/05/01 S 3 1>4<br />

* Champions League Football: Amy Lawrence 27/05/01 S 4<br />

1>3 Photographs<br />

* Champions League Football: Brian Oliver looks at the<br />

ingredients needed to conquer Europe 27/05/01 S 4 1>6<br />

Photograph<br />

* Manchester Utd have broken through the £20m barrier for<br />

Premiership television income 27/05/01 S 5 7>8<br />

* Peter Lansley and Adrian Milledge on two tough rivals battling<br />

for Division One 27/05/01 S 5 1>6<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Play-offs: Ian Whittell 27/05/01 S 5 1>6 Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong> season is over but for hundreds of players rejected by their<br />

clubs, the waiting game is just starting 27/05/01 B 9 1>8<br />

Photographs<br />

* Eric Cantona believes that Manchester Utd should try to<br />

persuade Johan Cruyff to take over as manager when Sir Alex<br />

Ferguson steps down 03/06/01 S 1 1>8 Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> days of England's football thugs reputation around the<br />

world could finally be over 03/06/01 B 11 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Tales from the Tabs: the latest transfer stories 03/06/01 S 6<br />

1>6 Photographs<br />

* World Cup Football: Paul Wilson says England's coach must<br />

be very satisfied 03/06/01 S 6 1>6 Photograph<br />

* World Cup Football: Pete Lansley 03/06/01 S 6 1>7<br />

* World Cup European Qualifying Tables 03/06/01 S 7 1>6<br />

* World Cup Football news 03/06/01 S 7 7>8<br />

* World Cup Football: Ian Whittell sees a war of words turn into<br />

a pitch battle 03/06/01 S 7 4>8 Photographs<br />

* World Cup Football: Wales v Poland 03/06/01 S 7 1>5<br />

* <strong>The</strong> FA want rid of the violent image attached to the national<br />

team's supporters - and are wooing women, families and other<br />

decent fans 03/06/01 S 8>9 1>5 Photographs<br />

* Ian Ridley says the Prime Minister should show he is serious<br />

about British sport by announcing a promotion 03/06/01 S 9<br />

5>6 Photograph<br />

* World Football: Italy, Nepal and Japan 10/06/01 S 11 8<br />

Photograph<br />

* International Football: Paul Wilson 10/06/01 S 5 1>7<br />

Photographs<br />

* Tales from the Tabs: the latest transfer stories 10/06/01 S 5<br />

1>6 Photographs<br />

* Sacked sports minister Kate Hoey has launched a bitter attack<br />

on former colleagues, accusing the Government of being overly<br />

influenced by powerful football chiefs - see Politics 17/06/01<br />

OBSERVER INDEX: JAN-DEC <strong>2001</strong><br />

207<br />

* Fifa: football in drugs crisis 17/06/01 S 1 1>6<br />

* Football results 17/06/01 S 14 7>8<br />

* England need the all-rounder to come good says Vic Marks<br />

17/06/01 S 5 2>5<br />

* Fallout from passport and drugs scandals threatens presence of<br />

top stars in Japan and South Korea 17/06/01 S 7 1>8<br />

Photographs<br />

* Tales from the Tabs: the latest transfer stories… 17/06/01 S 7<br />

1>8 Photographs<br />

* World football news 17/06/01 S 7 1>8<br />

* Simon Kuper's World Football 17/06/01 S 8 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Chelsea at summit of debt mountain 17/06/01 S 8>9 1>5<br />

Photograph<br />

* Next season starts before this one finishes 17/06/01 S 9 1>4<br />

Photographs<br />

* Premiership <strong>2001</strong>-02: Club by club fixture guide 24/06/01 S<br />

10, 19>20 1>5 Photographs<br />

* Claudio Caniggia's gamble in swapping South America for<br />

Scotland will be handsomely rewarded when the Argentina<br />

World Cup striker completes his £1m move from Dundee to<br />

Rangers 24/06/01 S 21 2>4<br />

* Eric Cantona could be in trouble again after offering his<br />

qualified support to players who take recreational drugs such as<br />

cocaine 24/06/01 S 21 8<br />

* Football's ruling bodies threatened to wreck the game's new<br />

'independent watchdog' if a former senior policeman they saw as<br />

too fan friendly was given the job 24/06/01 S 21 6>8<br />

* Frank de Boer faces ruin after failing a drugs test - now he is<br />

fighting back 24/06/01 S 21 1>7 Photographs<br />

* Sol Campbell's troubled leaving of Tottenham took another<br />

twist when it emerged that Barcelona are becoming increasingly<br />

frustrated by his delaying tactics 24/06/01 S 21 1>5 Photograph<br />

* Sepp Blatter, the Fifa president, will face questions from his<br />

own executive committee over alleged corruption in the<br />

appointment of sports marketing company Traffic 01/07/01 S 20<br />

7>8<br />

* <strong>The</strong> number of tickets available to England's most loyal<br />

supporters is being cut by tens of thousands in a FA drive to<br />

banish the yob culture 01/07/01 S 20 7>8<br />

* Celtic's rights issue aims to raise £25m to keep up in the<br />

transfer market and fuel its ambitions in Europe 01/07/01 N 5<br />

4>6 Photographs<br />

* Tales from the Tabs: the latest transfer stories 01/07/01 S 6<br />

1>6 Photographs<br />

* Transfer saga of the summer 01/07/01 S 6 1>6 Photographs<br />

* World Cup 2002 01/07/01 S 7 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Bill Bradshaw on the season of transfer deals 08/07/01 S 16<br />

1>8 Photographs<br />

* Premiership pre-season: the fixtures list 08/07/01 S 16 5>7<br />

* Tales from the Tabs: the latest transfer stories… 08/07/01 S<br />

16 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Rival thugs call temporary truce via internet to join forces for<br />

violent clashes at crucial World Cup match - see Violence<br />

15/07/01<br />

* Ken Bates is set to open his bitter feud with the Football<br />

Association by staging an audacious bid to become the<br />

organisation's vice-chairman 15/07/01 S 8 5<br />

* Profile on Juan Sebastian Vernon 15/07/01 S 8 1>4<br />

Photographs


* Tales from the Tabs: the latest transfer stories 15/07/01 S 8<br />

1>6 Photograph<br />

* Crackdown to protect young stars 22/07/01 S 14 1>7<br />

* John Patrick is 'into Manchester United for long term' says Bill<br />

Bradshaw 22/07/01 S 14 8<br />

* Tales from the Tabs: the latest transfer stories 22/07/01 S 14<br />

1>6 Photograph<br />

* Vieira stays at Arsenal 22/07/01 S 14 1>7 Photograph<br />

* Two Irish billionaire gamblers have bought a stake in<br />

Manchester Utd, now the club fears a full-scale bid 22/07/01 N<br />

5 1>5 Photographs, graph<br />

* Interview with Arsenal manager, Arsene Wenger - see<br />

Wenger, Arsene 29/07/01<br />

* Wealthy Formula 1 team boss Eddie Jordan is about to buy a<br />

stake in Manchester United 29/07/01 S 1 7>8<br />

* Tales from the Tabs: the latest transfer stories 29/07/01 S 2<br />

1>6 Photographs<br />

* Football results and fixtures 29/07/01 S 3 1>6<br />

* Liverpool are undone in Amsterdam while it is too easy for the<br />

Scottish champions looking south 29/07/01 S 3 1>7 Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> newspaper industry and England's league clubs are on<br />

course for a battle over media rights and match reporting that<br />

could result in journalists being refused entry to stadiums<br />

29/07/01 S 3 1>8<br />

* Derby County finally ended the Fabrizio Ravanelli transfer<br />

saga after they agreed to the Italian possibly becoming the Rams'<br />

next manager 29/07/01 S 4 6>7<br />

* Pre-season friendly, QPR v Chelsea 29/07/01 S 4 1>5<br />

Photograph<br />

* Simon Kuper's World Football 29/07/01 S 4 1>7 Photograph<br />

* Fans of top football teams will be banned from receiving<br />

tickets for away games to prevent potential disaster caused by<br />

supporters standing up in all-seater stadia 05/08/01 B 1>2 4>8<br />

Cartoon<br />

* Amy Lawrence 05/08/01 S 10 1>3 Photographs<br />

* Bill Bradshaw 05/08/01 S 10 4>6 Photographs<br />

* Season <strong>2001</strong>-2: where to watch live football involving British<br />

teams 05/08/01 S 10 1>6 Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong> most expensive place to watch football this season is at<br />

home 05/08/01 B 12 1>8 Photograph<br />

* Ian Whittell meets Steve McClaren at Middlesbrough's training<br />

ground 05/08/01 S 16 2>8 Photographs<br />

* Tales from the Tabs: the latest transfer stories 05/08/01 S 16<br />

1>6 Photographs<br />

* Burnley v Chelsea 05/08/01 S 6 3>8<br />

* Dennis Campbell 05/08/01 S 6 8<br />

* Football results & fixtures 05/08/01 S 6 3>8<br />

* Ipswich v PSV Eindhoven 05/08/01 S 6 3>7 Photograph<br />

* Millwall v Tottenham 05/08/01 S 6 1>2<br />

* Denis Campbell on why League chief David Burns believes it<br />

is time for a radical change 05/08/01 S 7 3>6 Photograph<br />

* Profile on Kevin Keegan, the new manager at Manchester City<br />

05/08/01 S 7 1>3 Photographs<br />

* Division One: Local verdicts on the season ahead 05/08/01 S<br />

8 1>7 Photographs<br />

* Gordon Strachan 05/08/01 S 8 1>4 Photographs<br />

OBSERVER INDEX: JAN-DEC <strong>2001</strong><br />

208<br />

* Division Three 05/08/01 S 9 4>6 Photograph<br />

* Division Two 05/08/01 S 9 1>3 Photograph<br />

* A finer appreciation of players' assets is one way that football<br />

widows can endure the coming season - see Social Conditions &<br />

Trends 12/08/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Premiership 16 page special 12/08/01 X 1>16 1>5<br />

Photographs<br />

* League review: Jason Tomas 12/08/01 S 2 7>8<br />

* Results and fixtures 12/08/01 S 2 1>8 Photograph<br />

* Wolverhampton v Portsmouth 12/08/01 S 2 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Manchester City v Watford 12/08/01 S 3 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Results & fixtures 12/08/01 S 3 1>8 Photograph<br />

* Stockport County v Coventry City 12/08/01 S 3 7>8<br />

* Wimbledon v Birmingham City 12/08/01 S 3 1>4<br />

* York City v Rushden & Diamonds 12/08/01 S 3 5>8<br />

* Wembley is set to remain the home of English football after a<br />

government inquiry - see Wembley Stadium 19/08/01<br />

* Britain's leading football clubs are set to earn huge amounts of<br />

extra income by charging fans to watch them in action on the<br />

internet 19/08/01 N 2 4>6 Photograph<br />

* Charlton v Everton 19/08/01 S 2 8<br />

* Leeds Utd v Southampton 19/08/01 S 2 3>7<br />

* Leicester City v Bolton Wanderers 19/08/01 S 2 3>7<br />

Photograph<br />

* Tottenham v Aston Villa 19/08/01 S 2 1>8<br />

* Derby County v Blackburn 19/08/01 S 3 1>4<br />

* Middlesbrough v Arsenal 19/08/01 S 3 1>8 Photograph<br />

* Sunderland v Ipswich Town 19/08/01 S 3 1>4<br />

* Manchester United's 'Fame' school 19/08/01 M 36>39 1>4<br />

Photographs<br />

* Football results 19/08/01 S 4 1>8<br />

* Fowler's penalty furore 19/08/01 S 5 8<br />

* Liverpool v West Ham Utd 19/08/01 S 5 1>7 Photograph<br />

* Amy Lawrence 19/08/01 S 6 3>6 Photograph<br />

* Jon Henderson 19/08/01 S 6 1>5 Photograph<br />

* Bristol City v Swindon Town 19/08/01 S 7 2>6<br />

* League Review: Jason Tomas 19/08/01 S 7 7>8<br />

* Norwich City v Manchester City 19/08/01 S 7 2>6<br />

Photograph<br />

* Portsmouth v Bradford City 19/08/01 S 7 1<br />

* <strong>The</strong> <strong>Observer</strong>'s occasional sports investment adviser picks his<br />

winners for the new football season 19/08/01 S 7 1>5<br />

Illustration<br />

* Ian Ridley 19/08/01 S 8 1>6 Photographs<br />

* ITV has snatched the Premiership football highlights for more<br />

than £180m but how did the new prime time team perform?<br />

19/08/01 B 8 7>8 Photograph<br />

* Paul Wilson on England under Sven 19/08/01 S 8 1>2<br />

* Steve McClaren 19/08/01 S 8 3>6 Photograph<br />

* Michael Crick, the crusading journalist is investigating the<br />

Manchester United boss for a new biography - see Crick,<br />

Michael 26/08/01


* Neo-Nazi German football hooligans plan to mount attacks on<br />

England supporters in an attempt to create mayhem at this<br />

week's World Cup qualifier in Munich - see Violence 26/08/01<br />

* Jaap Stam is on his way from Manchester Utd to Lazio in a<br />

£16m deal 26/08/01 S 1 2<br />

* Germany-England World Cup Showdown: Ian Ridley<br />

26/08/01 S 10 1>5 Photograph<br />

* Germany-England World Cup Showdown: Paul Wilson<br />

26/08/01 S 10 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Germany-England World Cup Showdown: Bill Bradshaw<br />

26/08/01 S 11 2>4<br />

* Germany-England World Cup Showdown: Simon Kuper<br />

26/08/01 S 11 1>5 Photographs<br />

* Fifth Test: Vic Marks at the Oval 26/08/01 S 12 7>8<br />

Photograph<br />

* Fifth Test: Kevin Mitchell on a split in the Australian camp<br />

26/08/01 S 13 1>7 Photograph<br />

* Fifth Test: Moody's View 26/08/01 S 13 8 Photograph<br />

* Blackburn Rovers v Tottenham Hotspur 26/08/01 S 2 3>8<br />

Photograph<br />

* Fulham v Derby County 26/08/01 S 2 3>5<br />

* Ipswich Town v Charlton Athletic 26/08/01 S 2 6>8<br />

* Arsenal v Leicester City 26/08/01 S 3 2>5 Photograph<br />

* Everton v Middlesbrough 26/08/01 S 3 1<br />

* Southampton v Chelsea 26/08/01 S 3 2>8<br />

* West Ham Utd v Leeds Utd 26/08/01 S 3 2>8<br />

* Football results 26/08/01 S 4 1>8<br />

* League Review: Jason Tomas 26/08/01 S 5 3>7<br />

* Nottingham Forest v Crystal Palace 26/08/01 S 5 1>3<br />

Photograph<br />

* Queen's Park Rangers v Reading 26/08/01 S 5 8<br />

* Amy Lawrence on the pretenders challenging for Madrid's<br />

crown 26/08/01 S 6 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Ian Ridley on why players should respect the referee 26/08/01<br />

S 6 5>8 Photographs<br />

* Interview with manager Roy Hodgson, who is relishing his<br />

latest Italian challenge 26/08/01 S 7 1>5 Photographs<br />

* Juventus look sharper for Zidane's exit 26/08/01 S 7 1>5<br />

* Amy Lawrence 26/08/01 S 8 1>5 Photograph<br />

* Gordon Strachan 26/08/01 S 8 6 Photograph<br />

* Paul Wilson speculates on the shock departure of Jaap Stam<br />

from Old Trafford 26/08/01 S 8 1>5 Photograph<br />

* Glenn Gibbons 26/08/01 S 9 1>5 Photograph<br />

* World Cup Football: Ian Whittell 26/08/01 S 9 1>5<br />

Photograph<br />

* One of Britain's favourite sports TV commentators, Brian<br />

Moore, died yesterday - see Deaths 02/09/01<br />

* Dazzling England sweep to 5-1 triumph in Munich 02/09/01 B<br />

1>2 1>5 Photographs<br />

* FA Cup and non-league football 02/09/01 S 11 5>8<br />

* Tributes poor in for Sven's men 02/09/01 B 2 2>3<br />

* World Cup: Germany v England 02/09/01 S 2>3 1>7<br />

Photographs<br />

OBSERVER INDEX: JAN-DEC <strong>2001</strong><br />

209<br />

* Football results 02/09/01 S 4 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Ian Ridley 02/09/01 S 5 1>8 Photograph<br />

* Steve McClaren 02/09/01 S 5 1>8 Photographs<br />

* World Cup Football: Paul Wilson 02/09/01 S 5 1>5<br />

Photographs<br />

* Paul Wilson puts England's night of glory into perspective<br />

02/09/01 S 6 3>7 Photograph<br />

* Republic of Ireland v Holland 02/09/01 S 6 3>7 Photograph<br />

* Simon Kuper 02/09/01 S 6 3>8<br />

* Wales v Armenia 02/09/01 S 6 8<br />

* Denmark v Northern Ireland 02/09/01 S 7 1>6<br />

* Grimsby Town v Barnsley 02/09/01 S 7 1>3<br />

* League review: Jason Tomas 02/09/01 S 7 4>8<br />

* Scotland v Croatia 02/09/01 S 7 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Will Buckley on a famous night framed on the small screen<br />

02/09/01 S 7 7>8 Photograph<br />

* Derby v West Ham 09/09/01 S 2 8<br />

* Leicester City v Ipswich Town 09/09/01 S 2 3>7<br />

* Liverpool v Aston Villa 09/09/01 S 2 3>7<br />

* Sunderland v Blackburn Rovers 09/09/01 S 2 1>8<br />

* Tessa Jowell, the Minister for Culture, Media and Sport, is<br />

swinging towards Birmingham as her preferred site for England's<br />

national football stadium 09/09/01 N 2 4>8<br />

* Chelsea v Arsenal 09/09/01 S 3 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Leeds Utd v Bolton Wanderers 09/09/01 S 3 7>8<br />

* Manchester Utd v Everton 09/09/01 S 3 1>4<br />

* Football results 09/09/01 S 4 1>8<br />

* Bill Bradshaw 09/09/01 S 5 1>2<br />

* Crystal Palace v Millwall 09/09/01 S 5 8<br />

* League review: Jason Tomas 09/09/01 S 5 3>7<br />

* Middlesbrough v Newcastle 09/09/01 S 5 1>2<br />

* Non-league and overseas football 09/09/01 S 5 2>8<br />

* West Bromwich v Manchester City 09/09/01 S 5 3>7<br />

* Bill Bradshaw 09/09/01 S 6 1>6<br />

* World Cup Exclusive: Mick McCarthy 09/09/01 S 6 1>5<br />

* Glenn Gibbons on Scotland's future 09/09/01 S 7 1>6<br />

* World Cup Special: Amy Lawrence in Doha, Qatar 09/09/01<br />

S 7 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Gordon Strachan 09/09/01 S 8 1>6 Photograph<br />

* World Cup: <strong>The</strong> New England - Paul Wilson 09/09/01 S 8<br />

1>5 Photographs<br />

* Champions League: British clubs' opponents this week<br />

09/09/01 S 9 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Goal machine Micael Chopra, 17, is set to become the<br />

Premiership's first home-grown British Asian star - and his debut<br />

will be a cultural landmark for a new generation of fans<br />

09/09/01 B 9 1>5 Photographs<br />

* World Cup: <strong>The</strong> aristocrats - Ian Ridley 09/09/01 B 9 1>5<br />

Photograph<br />

* Sport closes down in the US - but America's World Cup<br />

youngsters play on 16/09/01 B 13 3>8 Photograph


* Amy Lawrence 16/09/01 B 16 1>3 Photographs<br />

* Champion's League: British clubs' opponents this week<br />

16/09/01 B 16 3>6<br />

* Football results 16/09/01 B 16 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Bolton Wanderers v Southampton 16/09/01 B 18 8<br />

* Derby County v Leicester City 16/09/01 B 18 1>7 Photograph<br />

* Middlesbrough v West Ham Utd 16/09/01 B 18 1>7<br />

* Tales from the tabs 16/09/01 B 18 1>3 Photographs<br />

* Everton v Liverpool 16/09/01 B 19 1>5 Photograph<br />

* League review: Jason Tomas 16/09/01 B 19 5>8<br />

* Manchester City v Birmingham City 16/09/01 B 19 1>4<br />

* Portsmouth v Crystal Palace 16/09/01 B 19 1>4<br />

* <strong>The</strong> tall order facing Glenn Hoddle as he takes on his former<br />

club 16/09/01 B 19 1>5<br />

* Fulham v Arsenal 16/09/01 B 20 7>8<br />

* Manchester Utd v Manchester Ltd 16/09/01 B 20 1>6<br />

Photographs<br />

* Gazza confesses - see Gascoigne, Paul 23/09/01<br />

* Interview with footballer Paul Gascoigne, who admits to being<br />

an alcoholic - see Gascoigne, Paul 23/09/01<br />

* Premiership football: Paul Wilson 23/09/01 B 20 1>5<br />

Photographs<br />

* Steve McClaren 23/09/01 B 20 1>3 Photograph<br />

* Football results 23/09/01 B 21 1>8 Photograph<br />

* Blackburn Rovers v Everton 23/09/01 B 22 3>7 Photograph<br />

* Champions League: British clubs' opponents this week<br />

23/09/01 B 22 1>4<br />

* Leicester City v Fulham 23/09/01 B 22 3>7<br />

* Sunderland v Charlton Athletic 23/09/01 B 22 8<br />

* Arsenal v Bolton Wdrs 23/09/01 B 23 7>8<br />

* League Review: Jason Tomas 23/09/01 B 23 4>8<br />

* Manchester Utd v Ipswich Town 23/09/01 B 23 1>6<br />

Photograph<br />

* Norwich City v Burnley 23/09/01 B 23 1>3<br />

* Liverpool v Tottenham 23/09/01 B 24 1>8 Photograph<br />

* Sports Minister urges parents to lead coaching revolution<br />

23/09/01 B 6 4>8 Photographs, cartoon<br />

* Charlton Athletic v Leicester City 30/09/01 S 2 3>7<br />

Photograph<br />

* Derby County v Arsenal 30/09/01 S 2 3>7<br />

* Everton v West Ham Utd 30/09/01 S 2 8<br />

* Manchester Utd is to unveil record profit figures and an<br />

expansion of its off-the-pitch business activities this week<br />

30/09/01 N 2 5>6 Photograph<br />

* Middlesbrough v Southampton 30/09/01 S 2 3>8<br />

* Tottenham Hotspur v Manchester Utd 30/09/01 S 3 1>4<br />

Photograph<br />

* Football results 30/09/01 S 4 1>8 Photograph<br />

* Bolton Wanderers v Sunderland 30/09/01 S 5 1>2<br />

* Division One: how the fans and the bosses rated yesterday's<br />

games 30/09/01 S 5 1>8 Photographs<br />

OBSERVER INDEX: JAN-DEC <strong>2001</strong><br />

210<br />

* Gillingham v Coventry City 30/09/01 S 5 8<br />

* League Review: Jason Tomas 30/09/01 S 5 3>7 Photograph<br />

* Interview with Craig Bellamy, Newcastle player 30/09/01 S 6<br />

1>3 Photograph<br />

* Premiership Today: Fulham v Chelsea 30/09/01 S 6 3>5<br />

* Today in the Premiership: probable lineups and TV details<br />

30/09/01 S 6 6 Photographs<br />

* Will Buckley watches a screening of Mike Bassett: England<br />

Manager with a few brave souls and its leaves him feeling gutted<br />

30/09/01 S 6 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Gordon Strachan talks for the first time about his sacking from<br />

Coventry City 30/09/01 S 7 1>8 Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Arsenal and former England skipper, Tony Adams, says<br />

he is willing to join any planned PFA strike so that sportsmen<br />

and women in the painful throes of addictive illness can receive<br />

help 30/09/01 S 7 1>8 Photograph<br />

* England's World Cup Mission: Paul Wilson 30/09/01 S 8 1>5<br />

Photograph<br />

* England's World Cup Mission: Tony Adams, former England<br />

captain, on his country's coach, Sven-Goran Eriksson 30/09/01<br />

S 8 1>5 Photographs<br />

* Daniel Howden on Greece's world cup fortunes 30/09/01 S 9<br />

1>3 Photograph<br />

* Simon Kuper says the bloated diet of club football threatens<br />

Fifa's global feast 30/09/01 S 9 4>5 Photograph<br />

* World Cup qualifying: how they stand 30/09/01 S 9 1>3<br />

Photograph<br />

* Five years ago the City piled into football, results have been<br />

disastrous but the field is not entirely being abandoned - see<br />

Business & Industry 07/10/01<br />

* Interview with cricketer Shane Warne - see Sport: Cricket<br />

07/10/01<br />

* Interview with Vinnie Jones, footballer turned actor - see<br />

Jones, Vinnie 07/10/01<br />

* Peter Kenyon runs Manchester Utd, the biggest club in the<br />

world, as yet, he says, it has only just begun to tap the potential<br />

of its fan base - see Business & Industry 07/10/01<br />

* World Cup 2002: England v Greece 07/10/01 S 2>3 1>8<br />

Photographs<br />

* World Cup 2002: Amy Lawrence at Old Trafford traces<br />

Eriksson's trail of glory 07/10/01 S 4 1>7 Photograph<br />

* World Cup 2002: Ian Ridley at Old Trafford on the FA's man<br />

at the top 07/10/01 S 4 1>8 Photograph<br />

* World Cup 2002: What Sven said 07/10/01 S 4 8<br />

* Steve McClaren says England's right-back has huge influence<br />

on the pitch and in the dressing room 07/10/01 S 5 1>8<br />

Photographs<br />

* World Cup 2002: Kevin Mitchell at Old Trafford on an icon to<br />

match Big Dunc 07/10/01 S 5 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Champions League: This week's matches 07/10/01 S 6 1>8<br />

Photographs<br />

* World Cup 2002: Yesterday's qualifying results 07/10/01 S 6<br />

1>8 Photographs<br />

* Rep of Ireland v Cyprus 07/10/01 S 7 3>7 Photograph<br />

* World Cup 2002: Malta v Northern Ireland 07/10/01 S 7 5>8<br />

* World Cup 2002: Scotland v Latvia 07/10/01 S 7 3>7<br />

* World Cup 2002: Wales v Belarus 07/10/01 S 7 1>4


* World Cup Review: Tom Davies 07/10/01 S 7 8<br />

* World Cup 2002: How to get there 07/10/01 S 8 1>8 Map<br />

* World Cup 2002: <strong>The</strong> First Timers 07/10/01 S 8 1>5<br />

* World Cup 2002: <strong>The</strong> Hosts 07/10/01 S 8 6>8<br />

* Big names making news 07/10/01 S 9 1>6<br />

* Interview with Kevin Phillips, Sunderland's 100-goal striker<br />

07/10/01 S 9 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Kevin Mitchell 14/10/01<br />

* Management: Eriksson has transformed English football, he<br />

could do the same for UK business - see Work 14/10/01<br />

* Late-night surgery for the Liverpool FC manager as his<br />

Anfield job goes on hold 14/10/01 S 1 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Charlton Athletic v Middlesbrough 14/10/01 S 2 3>7<br />

* Ipswich Town v Everton 14/10/01 S 2 3>7<br />

* Liverpool v Leeds Utd 14/10/01 S 2 3>7 Photograph<br />

* Southampton v Arsenal 14/10/01 S 2 8<br />

* Bolton Wders v Newcastle Utd 14/10/01 S 3 1>4<br />

* Chelsea v Leicester City 14/10/01 S 3 1>4<br />

* Sunderland v Manchester Utd 14/10/01 S 3 1>8 Photograph<br />

* Football results 14/10/01 S 4 1>8 Photograph<br />

* Crystal Palace v Wimbledon 14/10/01 S 5 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Division One: how the fans and bosses rated yesterday's games<br />

14/10/01 S 5 1>4 Photographs<br />

* League review: Jason Tomas 14/10/01 S 5 7>8<br />

* Watford v Sheffield Wed 14/10/01 S 5 1>8<br />

* Champions League: This week's matches 14/10/01 S 6 1>8<br />

Photographs<br />

* Interview with David Jones, Wolves manager 14/10/01 S 6<br />

1>6 Photographs<br />

* Paul Wilson on the unique strains that struck down Gerard<br />

Houllier - and so many others before him 14/10/01 S 7 1>6<br />

Photographs<br />

* Roy Gardner, chief executive of Centrica, is to succeed Sir<br />

Roland Smith as chairman of Manchester United next March -<br />

see Business & Industry 21/10/01<br />

* Manchester Utd crash again 21/10/01 S 1 1>3 Photographs<br />

* Arsenal v Blackburn Rovers 21/10/01 S 2 3>6 Photograph<br />

* Everton v Aston Villa 21/10/01 S 2 3>8<br />

* Manchester Utd v Bolton 21/10/01 S 2 7>8<br />

* Amy Lawrence on the task that faces jean Tigana's side as they<br />

find the Premiership a very different ballgame 21/10/01 S 3 1>6<br />

Photograph<br />

* Derby County v Charlton 21/10/01 S 3 5>8<br />

* Leicester City v Liverpool 21/10/01 S 3 1>8 Photograph<br />

* Today's Premiership games 21/10/01 S 3 7>8<br />

* West Ham Utd v Southampton 21/10/01 S 3 1>4<br />

* Football results 21/10/01 S 4 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Brighton v Oldham 21/10/01 S 5 7>8<br />

* Division One: how the fans and bosses rated yesterday's games<br />

21/10/01 S 5 1>8 Photographs<br />

* League Review: Jason Tomas 21/10/01 S 5 3>8<br />

OBSERVER INDEX: JAN-DEC <strong>2001</strong><br />

211<br />

* Wolverhampton Wanderers v Crystal Palace 21/10/01 S 5 1>3<br />

Photograph<br />

* Simon Kuper on a sad end for international football's greatest<br />

survivor 21/10/01 S 6>7 5>6 Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Title Contenders: Paul Wilson and Ian Ridley on the tale<br />

of two Uniteds 21/10/01 S 6>7 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Champions League: British clubs in action this week 21/10/01<br />

S 8 1>8<br />

* Gordon Strachan 21/10/01 S 8 2>5 Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> pressures of management 21/10/01 S 8 1>5 Cartoons<br />

* Football's rulers have offered the players' union an extra £2m<br />

per year in a bid to end the bitter dispute which is threatening to<br />

spiral into strike action 28/10/01 S 1 2>3<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Republic of Ireland's inspirational captain Roy Keane is a<br />

major injury worry ahead of their World Cup play-off 28/10/01<br />

S 1 2>3<br />

* Aston Villa v Bolton 28/10/01 S 2 3>7<br />

* Charlton Athletic v Liverpool 28/10/01 S 2 3>7 Photograph<br />

* Fulham v Southampton 28/10/01 S 2 8<br />

* Tottenham v Middlesbrough 28/10/01 S 2 1>7<br />

* Ian Whittell on the patient striker who is crucial to Manchester<br />

Utd 28/10/01 S 3 1>4<br />

* Manchester Utd v Leeds Utd 28/10/01 S 3 1>8 Photograph<br />

* Sunderland v Arsenal 28/10/01 S 3 1>4<br />

* Football results 28/10/01 S 4 1>8 Photograph<br />

* Division One: how the fans and bosses rated yesterday's games<br />

28/10/01 S 5 1>8 Photographs<br />

* League review: Jason Tomas 28/10/01 S 5 1>5<br />

* Steve McClaren 28/10/01 S 5 6>8 Photographs<br />

* Stuart Barnes sees the Nationwide League's oldest pro Tony<br />

Ford take the rough with the smooth 28/10/01 S 5 1>5<br />

Photograph<br />

* Everton v Newcastle Utd 28/10/01 S 6 4>7<br />

* FA Cup fourth round results 28/10/01 S 6 8<br />

* Will Buckley 28/10/01 S 6 1>7 Photographs<br />

* Champions League: British clubs in action this week 28/10/01<br />

S 7 1>8<br />

* England's Hopefuls: Amy Lawrence 28/10/01 S 7 1>6<br />

Photographs<br />

* Six in the World Cup frame 28/10/01 S 7 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Wembley Stadium, the scene of English football's greatest<br />

World Cup triumph in 1966, will not be rebuilt - see Wembley<br />

Stadium 04/11/01<br />

* David Seaman, a significant figure in England's qualifications<br />

for the World Cup finals, is facing the prospect of a shoulder<br />

operation 04/11/01 S 1 1>8 Photograph<br />

* Leicester City v Sunderland 04/11/01 S 2 3>8<br />

* Southampton v Blackburn 04/11/01 S 2 1>8 Photograph<br />

* West Ham Utd v Fulham 04/11/01 S 2 3>8 Photograph<br />

* Bolton Wanderers v Everton 04/11/01 S 3 1>7<br />

* Middlesbrough v Derby County 04/11/01 S 3 1>7 Photograph<br />

* Newcastle Utd v Aston Villa 04/11/01 S 3 1>7 Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> FA has charged top football agent, Dennis Roach with


seeking or receiving sizeable irregular payments 04/11/01 S 3 8<br />

Photograph<br />

* Football results 04/11/01 S 4 1>8 Photograph<br />

* Division One: how the fans and bosses rated yesterday's games<br />

04/11/01 S 5 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Gordon Strachan on a new challenge on the South Coast<br />

04/11/01 S 5 1>8 Photograph<br />

* League review: Jason Tomas 04/11/01 S 5 1>8<br />

* Millwall v Coventry City 04/11/01 S 5 1>5 Photograph<br />

* Paul Wilson 04/11/01 S 6 1>5 Photographs<br />

* England's elite 04/11/01 S 6>7 1>5 Photograph<br />

* Amy Lawrence 04/11/01 S 7 1>5 Photograph<br />

* Amy Lawrence 04/11/01 S 8 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Paul Wilson 04/11/01 S 8 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Simon Kuper's World Football 04/11/01 S 8 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Football results 11/11/01 S 10 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Ian Ridley on British football's endless love affair with booze<br />

11/11/01 S 11 1>7 Photograph<br />

* Sir Alex Ferguson is going back on to the training pitch in an<br />

effort to halt the champions' dramatic slump 11/11/01 S 11 8<br />

* What is wrong with Manchester United? 11/11/01 S 11 1>7<br />

Photographs<br />

* Division One: fans and bosses rate yesterday's games 11/11/01<br />

S 12 2>5 Photographs<br />

* Jason Tomas: League Review 11/11/01 S 12 1<br />

* Stoke City v Brentford 11/11/01 S 12 2>5 Photograph<br />

* Amy Lawrence 11/11/01 S 7 7>8 Photograph<br />

* Brian Homewood 11/11/01 S 7 1>6<br />

* World Cup Play-Off: Republic of Ireland v Iran 11/11/01 S 7<br />

1>6 Photograph<br />

* Austria v Turkey 11/11/01 S 8 3>8<br />

* England v Sweden 11/11/01 S 8 3>8 Photograph<br />

* Ian Ridley 11/11/01 S 9 7>8 Photograph<br />

* Steve McClaren 11/11/01 S 9 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Ukraine v Germany 11/11/01 S 9 1>6<br />

* Women were banished from Iranian stadiums after the 1979<br />

revolution but last week the mullahs relented and let 40 Irish<br />

women attend a crucial world cup game - see International<br />

Affairs: Middle East 18/11/01<br />

* English football is heading for its first major strike after the<br />

players' union rejected a much-improved offer of £52m over<br />

three years from the game's authorities 18/11/01 S 1 8<br />

* <strong>The</strong> FA are likely to probe Tottenham Hotspur after fans hurl<br />

missiles at their one-time hero and the Arsenal team bus is<br />

attacked 18/11/01 S 1 1>7 Photograph<br />

* Aston Villa v Middlesbrough 18/11/01 S 2 8<br />

* Blackburn v Liverpool 18/11/01 S 2 3>7 Photograph<br />

* Derby v Southampton 18/11/01 S 2 3>7<br />

* FA Cup: first-round highlights 18/11/01 S 3 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Fulham v Newcastle Utd 18/11/01 S 3 1>6<br />

* Manchester Utd v Leicester City 18/11/01 S 3 7>8<br />

* Tottenham Hotspur v Arsenal 18/11/01 S 3 1>6 Photograph<br />

OBSERVER INDEX: JAN-DEC <strong>2001</strong><br />

212<br />

* Football results 18/11/01 S 4 1>8 Photograph<br />

* Division One: how the fans and bosses rated yesterday's games<br />

18/11/01 S 5 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Ian Whittel on the Republic of Ireland 18/11/01 S 5 1>8<br />

Photograph<br />

* League review: Jason Tomas 18/11/01 S 5 1>4<br />

* Portsmouth v Manchester City 18/11/01 S 5 5>8 Photographs<br />

* Paul Wilson talks to Jerzy Dudek 18/11/01 S 6 2>6<br />

Photograph<br />

* Preview of Liverpool v Barcelona 18/11/01 S 6 2>6<br />

Illustration<br />

* Champions League second phase chart 18/11/01 S 7 1>6<br />

Photograph<br />

* Previews of Bayern Munch v Manchester Utd/Deportivo La<br />

Coruna v Arsenal 18/11/01 S 7 1>6<br />

* As scandal hits Pele's sports firm, Brazil has to reassess its<br />

revered hero - see International Affairs: Cent. & S. America<br />

25/11/01<br />

* Football results 25/11/01 S 10 1>8 Photograph<br />

* Division One: how the fans and bosses rated yesterday's games<br />

25/11/01 S 11 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Shay Given, the Irish Republic's World Cup hero talks of<br />

grenades and glory to Luke Nicoli 25/11/01 S 11 1>7<br />

Photograph<br />

* World Cup Football: Amy Lawrence reports from Rome on<br />

Lazio's 1-0 win over Juventus 25/11/01 S 11 1>7 Photograph<br />

* World Cup Football: Hope of World Cup seeding relies on<br />

outside forces, says Gerry Cox 25/11/01 S 11 8<br />

* Letters on Ian Ridley's World Cup column last week 25/11/01<br />

S 12 1>5 Photograph<br />

* A decade on, rebel clubs demand to board football's gravy train<br />

with a second league under the Premier banner - but the bighitters<br />

will stall it 25/11/01 S 5 1>6 Photograph<br />

* A revolutionary plan for cross-border competition will leave<br />

smaller clubs facing ruin say critics 25/11/01 B 5 1>6<br />

Photograph<br />

* Gordon Strachan 25/11/01 S 5 1>8 Photograph<br />

* What fans of First Division clubs think of a two-division<br />

Premier League 25/11/01 S 5 7>8<br />

* Chelsea v Blackburn Rovers 25/11/01 S 6 3>7 Photograph<br />

* Leicester City v Everton 25/11/01 S 6 8<br />

* Newcastle Utd v Derby County 25/11/01 S 6 3>7<br />

* Slack FA must punish Spurs says Ian Ridley 25/11/01 S 6 6>7<br />

* West Ham Utd v Tottenham Hotspur 25/11/01 S 6 1>5<br />

* Bolton Wanderers v Fulham 25/11/01 S 7 1>2<br />

* Brentford v Queen's Park Rangers 25/11/01 S 7 4>8<br />

* League review: Jason Tomas 25/11/01 S 7 3<br />

* Preston North End v Crystal Palace 25/11/01 S 7 4>8<br />

Photographs<br />

* Southampton v Charlton Athletic 25/11/01 S 7 1>2<br />

* Ian Ridley talks to John Gregory of Aston Villa 25/11/01 S 8<br />

1>5 Photograph<br />

* Preview of Arsenal v Man Utd by Paul Wilson 25/11/01 S<br />

8>9 1>5 Photographs<br />

* Amy Lawrence hears Ipswich's plans for recovery 25/11/01 S


9 4>6 Photograph<br />

* Paul Wilson on deficiencies in Liverpool's tactics 25/11/01 S<br />

9 1>3 Photograph<br />

* Jon Smith has helped bring managing soccer stars out of the<br />

brown envelopes era into the entertainment business - see Smith<br />

Jon 02/12/01<br />

* Two billionaire friends of Sir Alex Ferguson are preparing to<br />

launch a bid for control of Manchester United - just as the team<br />

slumped yet again to a shock defeat 02/12/01 S 1 1>8<br />

Photograph<br />

* Amy Lawrence previews Arsenal v Juventus in the Champions<br />

League 02/12/01 S 16 1>7 Photographs<br />

* Blackburn v Middlesbrough 02/12/01 S 2 8<br />

* Charlton Athletic v Newcastle Utd 02/12/01 S 2 3>7<br />

* Derby County v Liverpool 02/12/01 S 2 3>7 Photograph<br />

* League review: Jason Tomas 02/12/01 S 2 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Aston Villa v Leicester City 02/12/01 S 3 7>8 Photograph<br />

* Crystal Palace v Burnley 02/12/01 S 3 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Ipswich Town v Arsenal 02/12/01 S 3 1>6<br />

* Japan for fans 02/12/01 B 3 8<br />

* Manchester Utd v Chelsea 02/12/01 S 3 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Sunderland v West Ham Utd 02/12/01 S 3 7>8<br />

* Why even Sven-Goran Eriksson will struggle to stay calm after<br />

learning that his side will play Argentina, Sweden and Nigeria<br />

02/12/01 B 3 1>7 Photographs<br />

* Football results 02/12/01 S 4 1>8 Photograph<br />

* Paul Wilson talks to Steven Gerrard of Liverpool 02/12/01 S 5<br />

1>5 Photographs<br />

* Division One: how the fans and bosses rated yesterday's games<br />

02/12/01 S 6 2>7 Photographs<br />

* Ian Ridley says that a national league can survive the Phoenix<br />

02/12/01 S 6 2>7 Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> big split - for and against 02/12/01 S 6 2>6 Photograph<br />

* World Cup four-page special 02/12/01 S 7>10 1>6<br />

Photographs<br />

* Profile on Arsenal manager, Arsene Wenger - see Wenger,<br />

Arsene 09/12/01<br />

* Premiership officials are prepared to get it wrong to beat the<br />

cheats 09/12/01 S 1 2>3 Photograph<br />

* FA Cup Football preview: Jason Tomas 09/12/01 S 16 1>5<br />

Photograph<br />

* FA Cup Review: Jason Tomas 09/12/01 S 16 4>5<br />

* Hinckley Utd v Cheltenham Town 09/12/01 S 16 4>5<br />

* Manchester Utd v West Ham Utd 09/12/01 S 2 3>8<br />

Photograph<br />

* Steve McClaren 09/12/01 S 2 1>8 Photograph<br />

* Manchester Utd have acquired a new Irish investor 09/12/01 S<br />

3 1>4<br />

* Paul Wilson 09/12/01 S 3 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Football results 09/12/01 S 4 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Crystal Palace v Manchester City 09/12/01 S 5 1>6<br />

Photograph<br />

* Division One: how the fans and bosses rated yesterday's games<br />

09/12/01 S 5 1>8 Photographs<br />

OBSERVER INDEX: JAN-DEC <strong>2001</strong><br />

213<br />

* Letters on the Phoenix Debate 09/12/01 S 5 1>8<br />

* Sheffield Wed v Millwall 09/12/01 S 5 7>8<br />

* Charlton Athletic v Tottenham Hotspur 09/12/01 S 6 2>6<br />

* Derby County v Bolton Wanderers 09/12/01 S 6 1<br />

* Leicester City v Southampton 09/12/01 S 6 2>8<br />

* Liverpool v Middlesbrough 09/12/01 S 6 2>6 Photograph<br />

* Overseas keepers rule in the Premiership, says Bill Bradshaw<br />

09/12/01 S 6 7>8<br />

* Fulham v Everton 09/12/01 S 7 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Gordon Strachan 09/12/01 S 7 7>8 Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> ugly side of football 09/12/01 S 8 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Amy Lawrence on Arsenal 09/12/01 S 9 1>5 Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong> controversy surrounding the savage gang assault on a<br />

young Asian student took a new twist when the victim accused<br />

the jury which tried the case against two footballers of racial… -<br />

see Crime 16/12/01<br />

* Leeds Utd manager David O'Leary criticised his star players<br />

Jonathan Woodgate and Lee Bowyer after their trail on grievous<br />

bodily harm 16/12/01 S 1 2 3<br />

* Jonathan Woodgate and Lee Bowyer walked free from court -<br />

but the case found English football guilty of producing a<br />

generation of thuggish millionaire players in an alcohol-fuelled<br />

culture 16/12/01 B 15 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Bolton Wdrs v Charlton Athletic 16/12/01 S 2 8<br />

* Everton v Derby County 16/12/01 S 2 3>7<br />

* Southampton v Sunderland 16/12/01 S 2 1>8<br />

* West Ham Utd v Arsenal 16/12/01 S 2 3>7 Photograph<br />

* Middlesbrough v Manchester Utd 16/12/01 S 3 1>7<br />

Photograph<br />

* Newcastle Utd v Blackburn Rovers 16/12/01 S 3 4>7<br />

* Norwich City v Coventry City 16/12/01 S 3 8<br />

* Tottenham v Fulham 16/12/01 S 3 1>3<br />

* Football results 16/12/01 S 4 1>8 Photograph<br />

* Division One: how the fans and bosses rated yesterday's games<br />

16/12/01 S 5 1>8 Photographs<br />

* League review: Luke Nicolai and Jason Tomas 16/12/01 S 5<br />

1>8 Photograph<br />

* Millwall: the fans respond 16/12/01 S 5 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Focus on the culture at Leeds Utd's Elland Road and Jonathan<br />

Woodgate's conduct 16/12/01 S 6 1>5 Photographs<br />

* Leeds Utd chairman Peter Ridsdale wants to gag referees, but<br />

Ian Ridley warns of dangerous echoes of the 1970s 16/12/01 S<br />

6>7 1>6<br />

* Paul Wilson talks to Dave Bassett, Leicester City's new<br />

manager 16/12/01 S 7 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Will Buckley finds touchy Chelsea in a strop as Liverpool go<br />

all defensive 16/12/01 S 7 5>6<br />

* Brighton's chairman Dick Knight is trying to keep his club on<br />

the rise but first they need a home, says Amy Lawrence<br />

16/12/01 S 8 1>5 Photographs<br />

* Simon Kuper's World Football 16/12/01 S 8 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Bowyer's back - but I wouldn't buy him, says his own<br />

chairman 23/12/01 S 1 1>3 Photograph<br />

* Nicolas Anelka initially rejected his shock loan move to


Liverpool because of a long-standing dispute with Gerard<br />

Houllier 23/12/01 S 1 4>5<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Leeds Utd controversy was reignited despite a goal scored<br />

by Lee Bowyer, as club chiefs made conflicting statements over<br />

his conduct 23/12/01 B 1 8<br />

* Focus on Liverpool v Arsenal 23/12/01 S 14 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Derby County v Aston Villa 23/12/01 S 2 1>8<br />

* Manchester Utd v Southampton 23/12/01 S 2 3>8 Photograph<br />

* Tottenham Hotspur v Ipswich Town 23/12/01 S 2 3>8<br />

* Charlton Athletic v Blackburn Rovers 23/12/01 S 3 1>4<br />

* Leeds Utd v Newcastle Utd 23/12/01 S 3 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Paul Wilson finds the venerable Bobby Robson in no mood for<br />

talk of the title 23/12/01 S 3 1>4<br />

* Football results 23/12/01 S 4 1>8 Photograph<br />

* League review: Jason Tomas 23/12/01 S 4 4>8<br />

* Burnley v Millwall 23/12/01 S 5 6<br />

* Division One: how the fans and bosses rated yesterday's games<br />

23/12/01 S 5 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Ken Livingstone comments on Wembley Stadium plans<br />

23/12/01 S 5 7>8 Photograph<br />

* Leicester City v West Ham Utd 23/12/01 S 5 1>2 Photograph<br />

* Sunderland v Everton 23/12/01 S 5 2>5<br />

* Gordon Strachan 23/12/01 S 8 3>8 Photograph<br />

* Leeds on Trial by Kevin Mitchell 23/12/01 S 8 1>8<br />

Photographs<br />

* Newcastle Utd v Chelsea 30/12/01 S 1 1>8 Photograph<br />

* Simon Kuper's World Football 30/12/01 S 14 1>8<br />

Photographs<br />

* Blackburn Rovers v Derby County 30/12/01 S 2 3>7<br />

* Bolton Wanderers v Leicester City 30/12/01 S 2 8<br />

* Everton v Charlton Athletic 30/12/01 S 2 1>7<br />

* West Ham Utd v Liverpool 30/12/01 S 2 3>7 Photograph<br />

* Arsenal v Middlesbrough 30/12/01 S 3 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Aston Villa v Tottenham H 30/12/01 S 3 7>8<br />

* Ipswich Town v Sunderland 30/12/01 S 3 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Football results 30/12/01 S 4 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Division One: how the fans and bosses rated yesterday's games<br />

30/12/01 S 5 1>6 Photographs<br />

* League review: Jason Tomas 30/12/01 S 5 1>5<br />

* Manchester City v Burnley 30/12/01 S 5 6>8<br />

* Southampton v Leeds Utd 30/12/01 S 5 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Can the Champions catch up? 30/12/01 S 6 1>7 Photographs<br />

* Jon Henderson talks to Chris Coleman, Fulham captain<br />

30/12/01 S 6>7 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Amy Lawrence 30/12/01 S 7 7>8 Photograph<br />

* Andy Cole has joined Blackburn Rovers in a £7.6m transfer<br />

deal from Manchester Utd 30/12/01 S 7 1>6 Photograph<br />

SPORT: GOLF<br />

* Mark Garrod in Melbourne 07/01/01 S 15 1>8<br />

* Clifton Brown in Kapalua, Hawaii 14/01/01 S 16 1>8<br />

OBSERVER INDEX: JAN-DEC <strong>2001</strong><br />

214<br />

* Alistair Tait in Johannesburg 21/01/01 S 14 1>7<br />

* Mark Garrod in Sydney 11/02/01 S 13 1>4<br />

* Bill Elliott on the maturing of Peter McEvoy's prodigy<br />

25/02/01 S 30 7>8 Photographs<br />

* Colin Montgomerie in the Caltex Singapore Masters 25/02/01<br />

S 30 7>8<br />

* Dubai Desert Classic 04/03/01 S 16 7>8<br />

* Phil Casey in Qatar 11/03/01 S 12 1>8 Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> supposedly unbeatable Tiger Woods has apparently been<br />

cut down to size by a golf ball he is not allowed to touch<br />

11/03/01 B 14 1>8 Photograph, illustration<br />

* Jon Henderson on the challenge of the southpaws 25/03/01 S<br />

16 7>8 Photograph<br />

* Mark Garrod in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida 25/03/01 S 16<br />

3>6<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Masters build-up: Bill Elliott on the revival of an Augusta<br />

contender 25/03/01 S 16 1>3 Photographs<br />

* Is Tiger Wood's the world's greatest sportsman? - Bill Elliott<br />

01/04/01 S 8 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Is Tiger Wood's the world's greatest sportsman? - Will Buckley<br />

01/04/01 S 8 1>4 Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> reigning Masters champion isn't as polished at PR as the<br />

favourite, but he's confident that he can retain his title next<br />

Sunday 01/04/01 S 9 1>6<br />

* Who can stop the Tiger at Augusta? <strong>Observer</strong> experts give<br />

their view 01/04/01 S 9 1>6 Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Masters: Jeff Williams & Bill Elliott 08/04/01 S 13 1>5<br />

Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Masters: Bill Elliot at Augusta 08/04/01 S 16 1>8<br />

Photographs<br />

* Bill Elliott says this could be just the start of a Woods era<br />

15/04/01 S 15 1>8 Photograph<br />

* Will Buckley: make way for a Woods dynasty 15/04/01 S 15<br />

3>6<br />

* Phil Case in Quinta do Lago 29/04/01 S 12 1>4<br />

* Bill Elliott at <strong>The</strong> Belfry 13/05/01 S 8 2>8 Photograph<br />

* Will Buckley longs for the trill of a mobile phone at the Golf<br />

Club in St Leon-Rot 20/05/01 S 16 5>8<br />

* Will Buckley looks at a Kiwi being reeled in by the master<br />

20/05/01 S 16 1>8 Photographs<br />

* A 12 year-old competes in this week's US Open - Beverly<br />

Klass played when she was 10 - Will Buckley on the girl prodigy<br />

27/05/01 S 11 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Bill Elliott at Wentworth 27/05/01 S 11 1>7 Photograph<br />

* Bill Elliott at Woburn 03/06/01 S 12 7>8 Photograph<br />

* Bill Elliott at Forest of Arden 10/06/01 S 12 5>8<br />

* US Open and the Ryder Cup: Bill Elliott 10/06/01 S 6 1>6<br />

Photographs<br />

* Interview with Seve Ballesteros by Kevin Mitchell 10/06/01 S<br />

7 1>5 Photographs<br />

* How tailing Tiger helped revive Bjorn 17/06/01 S 6 1>7<br />

Photograph<br />

* US Open: Bill Elliott at Southern Hills 17/06/01 S 6 1>7<br />

Photographs<br />

* US Open: win or lose, Tiger pulls in the viewers says Bill<br />

Elliott 17/06/01 S 6 8


* Alistair Tait at Slaley Hall 24/06/01 S 25 1>5 Photograph<br />

* Bill Elliott 24/06/01 S 25 1>8 Photograph<br />

* Interview with Golfer Nick Faldo - see Faldo, Nick 01/07/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Irish Open in Cork 01/07/01 S 20 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Bill Elliott in County Kildare 08/07/01 S 7 1 Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Open <strong>2001</strong> 15/07/01 S 10 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Alistair Tate at Loch Lomond 15/07/01 S 14 1>5 Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Open <strong>2001</strong>: Langer and Woosnam turn back the clock<br />

22/07/01 S 2>3 3>7 Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Open <strong>2001</strong>: Today's top contenders 22/07/01 S 2>3 1>2<br />

Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Open <strong>2001</strong>: Tiger falters with a wayward round while<br />

Parnevik the nearly man sees sense in keeping a low profile<br />

22/07/01 S 4 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Bill Elliott on US ups and Welsh downs at <strong>The</strong> Open 29/07/01<br />

S 5 7>8 Photograph<br />

* Golf details 29/07/01 S 5 3>5<br />

* Martin Palmer in Noordwijk 29/07/01 S 5 2>5 Photograph<br />

* Bill Elliott 05/08/01 S 12 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Diana Dargy at Sunningdale 05/08/01 S 12 6>8<br />

* Phil Casey in Malmo 05/08/01 S 12 6>7<br />

* Bill Elliott at Celtic Manor 12/08/01 S 12 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Bill Elliott on the USPGA 12/08/01 S 12 7>8 Photograph<br />

* Bill Elliott on a new English pro aiming high in America<br />

19/08/01 S 16 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Will Buckley at Duluth, Georgia 19/08/01 S 16 1>8<br />

Photograph<br />

* Will Buckley watches Tiger Woods back in the supporting cast<br />

19/08/01 S 16 1>8 Photograph<br />

* Phil Case at Gleneagles 26/08/01 S 20 7>8<br />

* Bill Elliott on the enduring strength of a true nice guy - Mark<br />

James 02/09/01 S 14 3>8 Photographs<br />

* Countdown to the Ryder Cup 02/09/01 S 14 1>8 Photograph<br />

* Bill Elliott looks at changes at the Ryder Cup venue 09/09/01<br />

S 15 7>8 Photograph<br />

* Bill Elliott 14/10/01 S 10 1>3 Photographs<br />

* Brian Creighton at St Andrews 21/10/01 S 13 1>3<br />

* Retief Goosen is in prime position to add the European Order<br />

of Merit to his US Open title 28/10/01 S 11 6<br />

* Alistair Tait in San Roque 18/11/01 S 12 8<br />

SPORT: GYMNASTICS<br />

* Miranda Sawyer travels to the Gymnastics World Cup Final in<br />

Glasgow 14/01/01 M 24>27 1>4 Photographs<br />

SPORT: HORSE RACING<br />

* Graham Rock on all-weather courses 07/01/01 S 14 1>6<br />

Photograph<br />

* Racing results 07/01/01 S 14 3>6<br />

* Gatherer to pick up Pierse prize 14/01/01 S 14 5>6<br />

* Graham Rock at Ascot 14/01/01 S 14 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Racing results 14/01/01 S 14 1>4<br />

* John McKeown 21/01/01 S 14 1>6<br />

OBSERVER INDEX: JAN-DEC <strong>2001</strong><br />

215<br />

* Graham Rock at Cheltenham 28/01/01 S 14 1>5 Photograph<br />

* Racing results 28/01/01 S 14 5>7<br />

* Graham Rock at Sandown 04/02/01 S 14 1>7 Photograph<br />

* Will Buckley at Newbury 11/02/01 S 14 1>7 Photograph<br />

* Graham Rock at Ascot 18/02/01 S 14 1>4 Photograph<br />

* James Davis samples the delights of Sri Lanka's betting culture<br />

18/02/01 S 14 1>7<br />

* Racing results 18/02/01 S 14 1>3<br />

* Gary Nutting 25/02/01 S 27 1>7 Photographs<br />

* Results from five meetings 25/02/01 S 27 5>7<br />

* All-weather racing is likely to keep the sport's show on the<br />

road as the foot and mouth disease continues to spread 04/03/01<br />

S 13 1>5 Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Queen Mother wipes her shoes in disinfectant at Sandown<br />

Park racecourse - see Queen Mother, <strong>The</strong> 11/03/01<br />

* Graham Rock at Sandown 11/03/01 S 13 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Racing results 11/03/01 S 13 1>2<br />

* Graham Rock at Lingfield 18/03/01 S 14 1>3<br />

* Frankie Dettori was jeered in Dubai 25/03/01 S 14 1>7<br />

Photograph<br />

* Racing results 25/03/01 S 14 5>8<br />

* Will Buckley meets Sir Stanley Clarke, who has applied a<br />

'trickle up' policy to racecourse stewardship 25/03/01 S 9 1>5<br />

Photographs<br />

* Eddie Fremantle's tips on the Grand National 01/04/01 S 10<br />

4>5<br />

* Grand National Declarations and Tony Paley's Guide 01/04/01<br />

S 10>11 4>5<br />

* Interview with Grand National legend, Bob Champion<br />

01/04/01 S 10>11 1>5 Photographs<br />

* Graham Rocks tips on the Grand National 01/04/01 S 11 1>2<br />

* Racing results 01/04/01 S 14 1>3<br />

* Chaos as only four horses finish in the Grand National<br />

08/04/01 B 1 4>8 Photograph<br />

* Finishers and fallers in the Grand National 08/04/01 S 4 7<br />

* Graham Rock at Aintree 08/04/01 S 4 2>6 Photograph<br />

* Rest of racing results 08/04/01 S 4 2>6<br />

* Grand National: What they said after the big race 08/04/01 S 5<br />

1>4<br />

* Grand National: Will Buckley sees a great event become a<br />

bizarre ritual 08/04/01 S 5 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Racing results 15/04/01 S 11 5>8<br />

* Racing news 15/04/01 S 14 6<br />

* Graham Rock 22/04/01 S 14 1>5 Photographs<br />

* Jon Freeman at Ayr 22/04/01 S 14 6<br />

* Results 22/04/01 S 14 1>2<br />

* Brian Radford 29/04/01 S 14 7>8 Photograph<br />

* Graham Rock at Sandown 29/04/01 S 14 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Racing results 29/04/01 S 14 4>6<br />

* Will Buckley 29/04/01 S 14 1>6<br />

* Interview with Lester Piggott, racing icon - see Piggott, Lester


06/05/01<br />

* Racing results 06/05/01 S 10 4>8<br />

* Eddie the Shoe 06/05/01 S 12 7>8 Photograph<br />

* Graham Rock at Newmarket 06/05/01 S 12 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Carlton believes its bid to televise horse racing failed after it<br />

refused a racing official's 'request for a bung' - see Media<br />

13/05/01<br />

* Graham Rock at Lingfield 13/05/01 S 10 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Racing results 13/05/01 S 10 3>8<br />

* <strong>The</strong> horse racing industry is dealing with the fallout of<br />

allegations of corruption over a TV deal 13/05/01 N 5 1>8<br />

Photographs<br />

* Graham Rock at Newbury 20/05/01 S 14 1>5 Photographs<br />

* Racing results 20/05/01 S 14 1>6<br />

* Graham Rock 27/05/01 S 12 2>6 Photographs<br />

* Racing results 27/05/01 S 12 1>5<br />

* Eddie the Shoe 03/06/01 S 10 3>5 Photograph<br />

* Graham Rock on this week's Classics 03/06/01 S 10 1>7<br />

Photograph<br />

* Graham Rock talks to Kieren Fallon 03/06/01 S 10 1>5<br />

Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong> unstoppable Irish team at the Epsom Classics 10/06/01 S<br />

1 2 Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Derby: Eddie the Shoe 10/06/01 S 10 1>8 Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Derby: Graham Rock at Epsom 10/06/01 S 10 1>8<br />

Photographs<br />

* Racing results 10/06/01 S 11 1>3<br />

* Alan English on telephone tipping lines 17/06/01 S 12 1>6<br />

Photographs<br />

* Eddie the Shoe 17/06/01 S 12 3>5 Photograph<br />

* Royal Ascot: Graham Rock 17/06/01 S 13 1>5 Photograph<br />

* Racing results 17/06/01 S 14 1>3<br />

* British Horse Racing Board officials will decide at an<br />

emergency meeting whether or not to torpedo Go Racing's<br />

£307m broadcast deal 17/06/01 N 2 1>3 Photograph<br />

* Eddie the Shoe 24/06/01 S 24 7>8 Photograph<br />

* Graham Rock at Royal Ascot 24/06/01 S 24 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Royal Ascot diary 24/06/01 S 25 1>3 Photographs<br />

* Herman Miller 01/07/01 S 17 1<br />

* Eddie the Shoe 01/07/01 S 18 6>7 Photograph<br />

* Graham Rock 01/07/01 S 18 1>5 Photographs<br />

* After a long period of decline, the Derby this year regained its<br />

place as one of England's greatest days out 01/07/01 M 30>37<br />

1>4 Photographs<br />

* Racing results 01/07/01 S 8 5>8<br />

* Racing results 08/07/01 S 10 5>8<br />

* Eddie the Shoe 08/07/01 S 14 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Graham Rock at Sandown 08/07/01 S 14 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Racing results 15/07/01 S 13 7>8<br />

* Eddie the Shoe 15/07/01 S 14 6>7 Photograph<br />

* Graham Rock 15/07/01 S 14 8<br />

OBSERVER INDEX: JAN-DEC <strong>2001</strong><br />

216<br />

* Century of defeats looms for cult figure of National Hunt: Will<br />

Buckley 22/07/01 S 12 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Graham Rock 22/07/01 S 13 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Tony Paley 22/07/01 S 13 1>3 Photograph<br />

* Galileo shows his greatness in thrilling Ascot showdown<br />

29/07/01 S 1 1 Photograph<br />

* Graham Rock at Ascot 29/07/01 S 10 2>7 Photographs<br />

* Eddie the Shoe 29/07/01 S 11 8 Photograph<br />

* Graham Rock runs his eye over this week's Glorious<br />

Goodwood meeting 29/07/01 S 11 1>7<br />

* Results 29/07/01 S 11 1>7<br />

* Will Buckley sees true class laid on for classless hordes<br />

29/07/01 S 11 1>7 Photographs<br />

* Racing results 05/08/01 S 11 1>8<br />

* Eddie the Shoe 05/08/01 S 14 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Goodwood: Graham Rock 05/08/01 S 14 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Eddie the Shoe 12/08/01 S 10 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Graham Rock at Ascot 12/08/01 S 10 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Eddie the Shoe 19/08/01 S 14 5>8 Photograph<br />

* Graham Rock 19/08/01 S 14 1>5 Photographs<br />

* Graham Rock at Newbury 19/08/01 S 15 2<br />

* Eddie the Shoe 26/08/01 S 18 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Graham Rock at Goodwood 26/08/01 S 18 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Racing results 26/08/01 S 5 5>8<br />

* Will Buckley on the delights of Cartmel 02/09/01 S 12>13<br />

2>8 Photographs<br />

* Eddie the Shoe 02/09/01 S 13 7>8 Photograph<br />

* Graham Rock at Sandown 02/09/01 S 14 1>2<br />

* Racing results 09/09/01 S 12 5>8<br />

* Graham Rock at Leopardstown 09/09/01 S 16 1>4<br />

Photographs<br />

* Jockeys taking part in the Irish St Leger at <strong>The</strong> Curragh<br />

racecourse observe a minute's silence to mark last week's tragedy<br />

in New York 16/09/01 B 1 4 Photograph<br />

* Graham Rock at Doncaster 16/09/01 B 14 8<br />

* Graham Rock 23/09/01 B 15 7>8<br />

* Eddie the Shoe 30/09/01 S 12 1>5 Photographs<br />

* Will Buckley at Ascot 30/09/01 S 14 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Interview with Sir Mark Prescott 07/10/01 S 12 1>8<br />

Photograph<br />

* Eddie the Shoe predicts a shock result at Longchamp 07/10/01<br />

S 13 1>5 Photographs<br />

* Will Buckley 07/10/01 S 13 6>7 Photograph<br />

* Bookmakers are lodging a complaint with the Office of Fair<br />

Trading over what it believes are unfair practices by the British<br />

Horseracing Board to increase the cost of beaming live racing<br />

into bookies 07/10/01 N 2 5>6 Photograph<br />

* Racing results and fixtures 21/10/01 S 12 6>8<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Breeder's Cup 21/10/01 S 14 7>8<br />

* Will Buckley at Newmarket 21/10/01 S 14 1>6 Photographs<br />

* David Ashforth and Jon Lees of the Racing Post 28/10/01 S


12 1>8 Photograph<br />

* Eddie the Shoe 28/10/01 S 12 1>5 Photograph<br />

* Racing results 28/10/01 S 13 1>4<br />

* Tony Paley 04/11/01 S 12 3>8 Photographs<br />

* Racing results 11/11/01 S 12 6>8<br />

* A Sporting Life: Graham Rock, 1945-<strong>2001</strong> - Graham Rock<br />

agreed to write this account of his life when he knew that,<br />

because of cancer, there was little of it left - see Rock, Graham<br />

18/11/01<br />

* Racing results 18/11/01 S 12 4>7<br />

* Eddie the Shoe 18/11/01 S 14 7>8 Photograph<br />

* Will Buckley at Cheltenham 18/11/01 S 14 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Eddie the Shoe 25/11/01 S 14 1>5 Photograph<br />

* Hennessy Day: Lucy Cavendish in Newbury 02/12/01 S 14<br />

1>6 Photographs<br />

* Will Buckley on John Oaksey, racing's great unsung hero<br />

02/12/01 S 14 7>8 Photographs<br />

* Will Buckley at Sandown Park 09/12/01 S 14 1>6<br />

Photographs<br />

* Legal wins right to go for King George 16/12/01 S 14 4>5<br />

* Eddie the Shoe 23/12/01 S 12 1>8 Photograph<br />

* Will Buckley at Ascot 23/12/01 S 12 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Martin Palmer in Leopardstown 30/12/01 S 13 6<br />

SPORT: ICE HOCKEY<br />

* Ice hockey violence 21/01/01 S 12 4>7 Photographs<br />

SPORT: ICE SKATING<br />

* Ice skating on the outside rink at Somerset House, London<br />

09/12/01 R 4 1>7 Photographs<br />

SPORT: MARATHON RUNNING<br />

* Duncan Mackay 22/04/01 S 16 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Marathons round the world 22/04/01 E 6>7 1>4 Photographs<br />

SPORT: MODERN PENTATHLON<br />

* World Championships 22/07/01 S 10 1>5 Photograph<br />

SPORT: MOTOR RACING<br />

* Minister urged to axe Ecclestone's ad ban exemption as nontobacco<br />

sponsors flock to Grand Prix racing 07/01/01 B 12 1>8<br />

Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong> battle for control of Formula One by Europe's big<br />

carmakers 11/02/01 N 1 3>6 Photograph<br />

* Bernie Ecclestone's latest smoke and mirrors manoeuvres on<br />

the global Formula One circuit reveal the tycoons gritty<br />

determination to stay in pole position 11/02/01 N 9 1>8<br />

Photographs<br />

* Grand Prix <strong>2001</strong> Special 25/02/01 S 13>20 1>6 Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong> glory days of the 60s 25/02/01 M 66>67 1>3 Photographs<br />

* Australian Grand Prix 04/03/01 S 16 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Maurice Hamilton looks at how to avoid further tragedies<br />

11/03/01 S 13 1>8 Photograph<br />

* Maurice Hamilton in Sepang 18/03/01 S 5 1>8 Photograph<br />

* Maurice Hamilton 25/03/01 S 16 1>8 Photograph<br />

* Maurice Hamilton at Interlagos 01/04/01 S 14 1>5<br />

Photographs<br />

OBSERVER INDEX: JAN-DEC <strong>2001</strong><br />

217<br />

* Maurice Hamilton says man from Bogota is one to watch<br />

08/04/01 S 14 1>8 Photograph<br />

* San Marino Grand Prix - Maurice Hamilton at Imola 15/04/01<br />

S 14 1>5 Photograph<br />

* Maurice Hamilton says there is now a three-way fight<br />

22/04/01 S 15 7>8 Photograph<br />

* Spanish Grand Prix: Maurice Hamilton in Barcelona 29/04/01<br />

S 12 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Maurice Hamilton on the effect of F1's revised rules 06/05/01<br />

S 9 1>8 Photograph<br />

* Maurice Hamilton in Austria 13/05/01 S 11 7>8 Photograph<br />

* Maurice Hamilton on why Montoya is becoming a pain<br />

20/05/01 S 15 7>8 Photograph<br />

* Indy 500: Oliver Owen on a racer set to break the mould<br />

27/05/01 S 10 8<br />

* Monaco Grand Prix: Maurice Hamilton in Monte Carlo<br />

27/05/01 S 10 1>7 Photographs<br />

* Maurice Hamilton on a bad week for Ferrari's main rivals<br />

03/06/01 S 13 7>8 Photograph<br />

* Maurice Hamilton in Montreal 10/06/01 S 8 1>8 Photograph<br />

* Formula One: Maurice Hamilton 17/06/01 S 15 7>8<br />

Photograph<br />

* Maurice Hamilton 17/06/01 S 16 1>8 Photograph<br />

* European Grand Prix: Maurice Hamilton 24/06/01 S 22 1>6<br />

Photographs<br />

* Germany dominate motor racing but it wasn't always so, says<br />

Maurice Hamilton 24/06/01 S 22 1>6<br />

* French Grand Prix: Maurice Hamilton 01/07/01 S 8 1>7<br />

Photographs<br />

* Maurice Hamilton on the troubles at McLaren 08/07/01 S 7<br />

2>8 Photograph<br />

* Simone Abdelnur, the Brazilian girlfriend of Scottish Formula<br />

One driver David Coultard watches his qualifying round<br />

anxiously from the sidelines for the British Grand Prix 15/07/01<br />

B 1 4 Photographs<br />

* Formula One: British Grand Prix 15/07/01 S 16 1>3<br />

Photograph<br />

* British Grand Prix <strong>2001</strong> 15/07/01 S 6>7 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Fifty years ago to the weekend, a portly Argentine delivered a<br />

first grand-prix victory and a legend was born 15/07/01 S 7 1>5<br />

Photograph<br />

* Maurice Hamilton on a dull race that sunk home hopes<br />

22/07/01 S 15 7>8 Photograph<br />

* German Grand Prix: Maurice Hamilton at Hockenheim<br />

29/07/01 S 6 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Maurice Hamilton muses on the luck of Schumacher 05/08/01<br />

S 15 7>8 Photograph<br />

* Maurice Hamilton 12/08/01 S 7 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Maurice Hamilton at the Hungarian Grand Prix 19/08/01 S 15<br />

3>7 Photographs<br />

* Motor sport legend Ken Tyrrell died yesterday, aged 77 - see<br />

Deaths 26/08/01<br />

* Maurice Hamilton 26/08/01 S 16 4>6 Photograph<br />

* Maurice Hamilton at Spa 02/09/01 S 10 1>7 Photograph<br />

* Maurice Hamilton on a miraculous escape at Spa 09/09/01 S<br />

14 1>4 Photograph


* Antonio Banderas is to play Ayrton Senn, who died in a blaze<br />

of glory, in a Hollywood movie that will electrify the world of<br />

Formula 1 16/09/01 B 3 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Formula One: Maurice Hamilton 23/09/01 B 14 1>7<br />

Photograph<br />

* Maurice Hamilton at Rockingham 23/09/01 B 14 1>7<br />

Photograph<br />

* Maurice Hamilton in Indianapolis 30/09/01 S 14 7>8<br />

Photograph<br />

* Maurice Hamilton 07/10/01 S 16 7>8 Photograph<br />

* Maurice Hamilton at Suzuka 14/10/01 S 12 6>8 Photograph<br />

* Maurice Hamilton's best and worst of the season 14/10/01 S<br />

12 6>8 Photograph<br />

* Maurice Hamilton sees the FIA admit to shooting themselves<br />

in the foot 28/10/01 S 11 6>8<br />

SPORT: MOUNTAINEERING<br />

* Outrage as climbers bid to find Andrew Irvine's body on<br />

Everest 15/04/01 B 3 1>8 Photographs<br />

SPORT: OLYMPICS<br />

* Denis Campbell 28/01/01 S 16 3>8<br />

* Duncan Mackay 04/02/01 S 13 1>8 Photograph<br />

* Olympic officials are to hold emergency meetings over<br />

mounting fears that sport is about to be transformed by the<br />

creation of a breed of genetically engineered 'super-athletes'<br />

13/05/01 B 12 1>5 Photographs, cartoon<br />

* Beijing's Olympics bid 01/07/01 B 14 1>7 Photographs<br />

* Princess Anne is to use her vote as one of Britain's two<br />

International Olympic Committee members to stop Beijing<br />

hosting the 2008 games - see Anne, Princess 08/07/01<br />

* China shrugs off Olympic warning on human rights - see<br />

International Affairs: S.E. Asia 15/07/01<br />

* Moscow, Friday afternoon as Beijing is announced to be the<br />

venue of the 2008 Olympics 15/07/01 B 25 1>2 Photograph<br />

* Duncan Mackay 22/07/01 S 11 1>6<br />

* No sport has been expelled from the Olympic Games in the<br />

past 50 years, but triathlon is on the brink of oblivion 16/12/01<br />

S 14 1>8 Photograph<br />

SPORT: PEDESTRIANISM<br />

* In 1809 Britain was preparing to take on Napoleon but on<br />

Newmarket Heath one man, Captain Robert Barclay was<br />

wagering a fortune that he could complete the ultimate test... -<br />

see Barclay, Capt. Robert 12/08/01<br />

SPORT: RALLYING<br />

* Thrills and spills in the Mauritian Desert in the twenty-third<br />

Paris-Dakar Rally for bikes, cars and trucks 14/01/01 S 16 3<br />

Photograph<br />

* Maurice Hamilton in Monte Carlo 21/01/01 S 10 1>8<br />

Photograph<br />

* Maurice Hamilton 18/11/01 S 12 1>3<br />

* Two stages of the Network Q Rally of Great Britain were<br />

cancelled after a competing car left the road and injured 13<br />

spectators 25/11/01 S 1 1>8<br />

SPORT: ROWING<br />

* Matthew Pinsent is beaten - but has more than 3,500 crews in<br />

his wake on a bleak day on the Thames 18/03/01 S 16 1>2<br />

Photograph<br />

* Daniel Topolski describes drama on the Thames 25/03/01 S<br />

OBSERVER INDEX: JAN-DEC <strong>2001</strong><br />

218<br />

14 5>8<br />

* Daniel Topolski 17/06/01 S 14 2>8 Photographs<br />

* Daniel Topolski in Vienna 01/07/01 S 8 8<br />

* Daniel Topolski at Henley 08/07/01 S 11 1>2<br />

* Daniel Topolski 19/08/01 S 13 1>3<br />

* Daniel Topolski 26/08/01 S 20 1>6 Photographs<br />

SPORT: RUGBY<br />

* Bath v Northampton 07/01/01 S 10 5>7<br />

* Bristol v Gloucester 07/01/01 S 10 2>4<br />

* Tetley's Bitter Cup: Newcastle v Sale 07/01/01 S 10 2>7<br />

Photograph<br />

* Llanelli v Glasgow Cal 07/01/01 S 11 1>4<br />

* Rotherham v Saracens 07/01/01 S 11 1>4<br />

* Tetley's Bitter Cup: Harlequins v Leicester 07/01/01 S 11 1>8<br />

Photograph<br />

* Heineken Cup: Eddie Butler 07/01/01 S 9 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Castres v Bath 14/01/01 S 10 2>4<br />

* Newport v Munster 14/01/01 S 10 5>7<br />

* Pau v Leicester 14/01/01 S 10 2>7 Photograph<br />

* Eddie Butler 14/01/01 S 11 7>8 Photograph<br />

* Gloucester v Llanelli 14/01/01 S 11 2>6 Photograph<br />

* Heineken Cup: the details 14/01/01 S 11 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Results and fixtures 14/01/01 S 11 5>8<br />

* Rugby review 14/01/01 S 11 1<br />

* Leicester v Glasgow 21/01/01 S 10 2>6<br />

* Roma v Gloucester 21/01/01 S 10 2>6 Photograph<br />

* Toulouse v Cardiff 21/01/01 S 10 7<br />

* Eddie Butler takes a look at the future and sees trouble<br />

21/01/01 S 11 7>8 Photograph<br />

* Heineken Cup: Stade Francais v Swansea 21/01/01 S 11 2>6<br />

Photograph<br />

* Heineken Cup: the details 21/01/01 S 11 1>3<br />

* Rugby results 21/01/01 S 11 4>7<br />

* Rugby review 21/01/01 S 11 1<br />

* Heineken Cup Rugby: Gloucester v Cardiff 28/01/01 S 10 1>6<br />

Photograph<br />

* Results & fixtures 28/01/01 S 10 3>8<br />

* Stade Francais v Pau 28/01/01 S 10 1>2<br />

* Sunday preview 28/01/01 S 10 1>6<br />

* Eddie Butler 28/01/01 S 7 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Six Nations Rugby Special 28/01/01 S 7>9 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Eddie Butler 28/01/01 S 8 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Kevin Mitchell on Martin Johnson 28/01/01 S 8 1>5<br />

Photographs<br />

* Six Nations Rugby: the details 04/02/01 S 2 6>7 Photograph<br />

* Six Nations Rugby: Verdict by Eddie Butler 04/02/01 S 2 8<br />

Photograph<br />

* Six Nations Rugby: Vic Marks 04/02/01 S 2 1>5<br />

* Six Nations Rugby: Wales v England 04/02/01 S 2>3 1>7


Photograph<br />

* Six Nations Rugby: Kevin Mitchell on a young gun outfiring<br />

his Welsh rival 04/02/01 S 3 2>5 Photograph<br />

* Six Nations Rugby: Wales v England - Men of the Match<br />

04/02/01 S 3 1>2 Photographs<br />

* Andy Wilson 04/02/01 S 4 1>8<br />

* Six Nations Rugby: Eddie Butler & Norman Harris on France<br />

v Scotland 04/02/01 S 4 2>7 Photographs<br />

* Six Nations Rugby: Italy v Ireland 04/02/01 S 5 1>8<br />

Photographs<br />

* Eddie Butler on Six Nations Rugby 11/02/01 S 10 1>8<br />

Photograph<br />

* Gloucester v Wasps 11/02/01 S 10 1>4<br />

* London Irish v Leicester 11/02/01 S 10 5>8<br />

* John Henderson talks to Dick Greenwood, father of Will<br />

Greenwood, English rugby's man of the moment 11/02/01 S 11<br />

1>6 Photograph<br />

* Results & fixtures 11/02/01 S 11 1>4<br />

* St Helens v Wigan 11/02/01 S 12 7>8<br />

* Andy Wilson 18/02/01 S 12 6>8<br />

* Jason Robinson's debut in the England v Italy Six Nations<br />

match 18/02/01 S 2 2>5<br />

* Six Nations Rugby: England v Italy 18/02/01 S 2 6>7<br />

* Eddie Butler says Dublin now looks set to stage title decider in<br />

the Six Nations 18/02/01 S 2>3 2>7 Photograph<br />

* Eddie Butler on the Six Nations 18/02/01 S 3 6<br />

* Vic Marks on the Six Nations 18/02/01 S 3 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Herman Miller on Scotland v Wales Six Nations 18/02/01 S 4<br />

2>5<br />

* Man of the Match in Scotland v Wales Six Nations match<br />

18/02/01 S 4 1 Photograph<br />

* Six Nations Rugby: Scotland v Wales 18/02/01 S 4 6>7<br />

Photograph<br />

* Michael Aylwin on the Tetley Cup Final 18/02/01 S 5 7>8<br />

* Norman Harris on the Tetley Cup Final 18/02/01 S 5 7>8<br />

* Six Nations Rugby: Ireland v France 18/02/01 S 5 1>6<br />

Photographd<br />

* Six Nations Rugby 25/02/01 S 24>25 2>7 Photographs<br />

* Bath v Gloucester 25/02/01 S 26 7>8<br />

* Castleford v Leeds 25/02/01 S 26 1>4<br />

* Leicester v Saracens 25/02/01 S 26 3>6<br />

* Rugby results and fixtures 25/02/01 S 26 5>8<br />

* Tetley's bitter Cup Final: Harlequins v Newcastle 25/02/01 S<br />

26 1>3 Photograph<br />

* Graham Rock 25/02/01 S 27 8<br />

* Six Nations: England v Scotland 04/03/01 S 2 2>7 Photograph<br />

* Ian Malin on how England are in another dimension 04/03/01<br />

S 3 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Six Nations: the details 04/03/01 S 3 1>3 Photograph<br />

* Eddie Butler on referees feeling the squeeze 04/03/01 S 4 7>8<br />

Photograph<br />

* Six Nations: Italy v France 04/03/01 S 4 1>6 Photographs<br />

OBSERVER INDEX: JAN-DEC <strong>2001</strong><br />

219<br />

* London Broncos v Leeds Rhinos 04/03/01 S 5 1>5<br />

Photograph<br />

* New challengers are needed to liven season, says Andy Wilson<br />

04/03/01 S 5 6>8<br />

* Rugby results and fixtures 04/03/01 S 5 3>4<br />

* Harlequins v Bath 11/03/01 S 14 3>5<br />

* Hull Sharks v Leeds Rhinos 11/03/01 S 14 8<br />

* Northampton v Leicester 11/03/01 S 14 3>7 Photograph<br />

* Results & fixtures 11/03/01 S 14 1>7<br />

* Review by Michael Aylwin 11/03/01 S 14 6>7<br />

* Michael Aylwin 11/03/01 S 16 8<br />

* Six Nations: Eddie Butler 11/03/01 S 16 1>7 Photograph<br />

* Eddie Butler says the clubs should fall in behind the RFU<br />

18/03/01 S 12 1>8 Photograph<br />

* Norman Harris 18/03/01 S 12 2>5<br />

* Six Nations: Scotland v Italy 18/03/01 S 12 6>7 Photograph<br />

* Castleford v Wigan 18/03/01 S 13 6>8<br />

* Dennis Campbell on a new novel that lifts the lid on drink,<br />

drugs and orgies on Britain's top rugby players on tour 18/03/01<br />

B 13 1>6 Photographs, cartoon<br />

* Rugby results 18/03/01 S 13 3>5<br />

* Six Nations: France v Wales 18/03/01 S 13 1>7 Photograph<br />

* Six Nations: the details 18/03/01 S 13 1>2 Photograph<br />

* Leicester v Newcastle 18/03/01 S 14 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Sale v Gloucester 18/03/01 S 14 7>8<br />

* London v St Helens 25/03/01 S 12 5>6<br />

* Eddie Butler looks at a battle between two sets of initials<br />

25/03/01 S 13 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Norman Harris sees an under-used talent used at last 25/03/01<br />

S 13 3>6 Photograph<br />

* Rugby results & fixtures 25/03/01 S 13 3>8<br />

* Swansea v Cardiff 25/03/01 S 13 1>2<br />

* Bath v Bristol 01/04/01 S 12 6>8<br />

* Harlequins v Sale 01/04/01 S 12 6>8<br />

* Leeds Rhinos v St Helens 01/04/01 S 12 1>5 Photograph<br />

* Rugby results and fixtures 01/04/01 S 12 1>3<br />

* Eddie Butler 01/04/01 S 13 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Interview with Leicester's Dorian West by Jon Henderson<br />

01/04/01 S 13 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Will Buckley on the Inter Hospital Challenge Cup 08/04/01 S<br />

14 3>7 Photograph<br />

* Eddie Butler looks at rugby's cross-code hypocrisy 08/04/01 S<br />

2 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Six Nations Rugby: England v France 08/04/01 S 2 2>7<br />

Photograph<br />

* Six Nations: the details 08/04/01 S 2 7 Photograph<br />

* Castleford Tigers v Warrington Wolves 08/04/01 S 3 4>8<br />

* Eddie Butler 08/04/01 S 3 3>8<br />

* Norman Harris 08/04/01 S 3 1>3 Photograph<br />

* Rugby results and fixtures 08/04/01 S 3 1>3


* Andy Wilson 15/04/01 S 11 1>7<br />

* Eddie Butler on how Gallic invention crossed the Channel<br />

15/04/01 S 11 1>7 Photograph<br />

* Rugby results and fixtures 15/04/01 S 11 1>4<br />

* Sale v Wasps 15/04/01 S 11 1>3<br />

* European competition could keep our waning interest in rugby<br />

alive, says Eddie Butler 15/04/01 S 12>13 1>5 Photographs<br />

* Sports Focus: A Sorry tale from the other Six Nations by Eddie<br />

Butler 15/04/01 S 12>13 1>5 Photographs<br />

* Stade Francais v Munster 22/04/01 S 10 2>7 Photograph<br />

* Hull v Bradford Bulls 22/04/01 S 11 5>8<br />

* Kevin Mitchell enjoys the aggression at Vicarage Road<br />

22/04/01 S 11 2>8 Photographs<br />

* Leicester v Gloucester 22/04/01 S 11 1>3 Photograph<br />

* Rugby results 22/04/01 S 11 1>4<br />

* Andy Wilson on league's historic day at union's home<br />

22/04/01 S 12 3>8 Photographs<br />

* Eddie Butler 22/04/01 S 12 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Jon Henderson on next weekend's Premiership games<br />

22/04/01 S 12 1>3 Photograph<br />

* Bradford Bulls v St Helens 29/04/01 S 10 1>8 Photograph<br />

* Eddie Butler sees no class war as Union HQ is invaded<br />

29/04/01 S 10 5>8 Photograph<br />

* St Helen's coach Ian Millward was effusive in his praise for the<br />

enormous achievement of his St Helens heroes 29/04/01 S 10<br />

5>8<br />

* Bath v Newcastle 29/04/01 S 11 2>6 Photograph<br />

* Eddie Butler says praise for the Lions party is worrying<br />

29/04/01 S 11 7>8 Photograph<br />

* Leicester v London Irish 29/04/01 S 11 2>6<br />

* Northampton v Saracens 29/04/01 S 11 1<br />

* Rugby results & fixtures 29/04/01 S 11 6>8<br />

* Eddie Butler 06/05/01 S 10 7>8 Photograph<br />

* Leicester v Northampton 06/05/01 S 10 2>6 Photograph<br />

* Rugby results and fixtures 06/05/01 S 10 2>3<br />

* Rugby review 06/05/01 S 10 1<br />

* Andy Wilson on next April's Challenge Cup final and the<br />

problems with the Millennium Stadium 06/05/01 S 9 5>7<br />

* Castleford Tigers v Bradford Bulls 06/05/01 S 9 1>4<br />

* Rugby results and fixtures 13/05/01 S 10 1>2<br />

* Wakefield v Hull 13/05/01 S 10 1>4<br />

* Eddie Butler meets a livewire lynchpin lifting Leicester<br />

13/05/01 S 9 4>8 Photograph<br />

* Norman Harris 13/05/01 S 9 4>8 Photographs<br />

* Eddie Butler 20/05/01 S 13 4>8 Photograph<br />

* Heineken Cup Final: Leicester v Stade Francais 20/05/01 S 13<br />

1>8 Photograph<br />

* James Hammond 20/05/01 S 13 1>6<br />

* Man of the Match: Pat Howard 20/05/01 S 13 7>8 Photograph<br />

* Michael Aylwin 20/05/01 S 13 1>3<br />

* Hull v Wigan Warriors 20/05/01 S 14 7>8<br />

OBSERVER INDEX: JAN-DEC <strong>2001</strong><br />

220<br />

* Wakefield v Leeds 27/05/01 S 12 7<br />

* Eddie Butler 27/05/01 S 5 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Austin Healy: Player's View 27/05/01 S 8 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Eddie Butler on the Lion's coach who's keeping his plan of<br />

campaign under wraps 27/05/01 S 8>9 1>5 Photographs<br />

* St Helens v Bradford Bulls 03/06/01 S 14 5>8<br />

* Canada v England 03/06/01 S 4 8<br />

* Lions Tour: Eddie Butler 03/06/01 S 5 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Lions Tour: Kevin Mitchell 03/06/01 S 5 1>5 Photographs<br />

* Lions on Tour: Eddie Butler 10/06/01 S 8 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Castleford v Hull 10/06/01 S 9 1>3<br />

* Lions on Tour: Austin Healey 10/06/01 S 9 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Lions on Tour: Australia v NZ Maoris 10/06/01 S 9 1>7<br />

* London Broncos v Bradford Bulls 17/06/01 S 14 1>8<br />

* Lions Tour: Queensland Reds v British Lions 17/06/01 S 2<br />

1>6 Photographs<br />

* South Africa v France 17/06/01 S 2 6>8<br />

* USA v England 17/06/01 S 2 1>5<br />

* Lions Tour: Austin Healey 17/06/01 S 3 1>3 Photographs<br />

* Lions Tour: Diary by Eddie Butler 17/06/01 S 3 1>8<br />

Photograph<br />

* Lions Tour: Verdict by Eddie Butler 17/06/01 S 3 3>8<br />

* Lions Tour: Andy Wilson 17/06/01 S 4 1>5 Photograph<br />

* Lions Tour: How good is Jason Robinson? Experts give their<br />

views 17/06/01 S 4 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Lions Tour details 24/06/01 S 2 1>8<br />

* Lions Tour: NSW Waratahs v British Lions 24/06/01 S 2 1>8<br />

Photographs<br />

* Lions Tour: Austin Healey, Player's View 24/06/01 S 3 1>4<br />

Photographs<br />

* Martin Palmer in Christchurch 24/06/01 S 3 1>4<br />

* South Africa v France 24/06/01 S 3 1>4<br />

* Eddie Butler talks to two players who will go head-to-head in<br />

the rough and tumble of the opening Test 24/06/01 S 4 1>5<br />

Photograph<br />

* Lions Tour: Tour Diary, Eddie Butler 24/06/01 S 4 1>8<br />

Photographs<br />

* England's Josh Lewsey may have to quit the Army 24/06/01 S<br />

5 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Salford v Castleford 24/06/01 S 5 7>8<br />

* Lions Tour: Australia v British Lions 01/07/01 S 2 1>8<br />

Photograph<br />

* Hull v St. Helens 01/07/01 S 20 5>6<br />

* Lions Tour: Austin Healey, Player's View 01/07/01 S 3 1>2<br />

Photographs<br />

* Lions Tour: How they rated/Man of the Match/Tour details<br />

01/07/01 S 3 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Lions Tour: Michael Alwyn 01/07/01 S 3 8<br />

* Lions Tour: <strong>The</strong> Australian Viewpoint 01/07/01 S 3 3>7<br />

* Lions Tour: Eddie Butler explains why Matt Dawson made his<br />

outburst 01/07/01 S 4 3>8


* Lions Tour: <strong>The</strong> Lion's No 8 answered his critics with a try<br />

and a great performance 01/07/01 S 4 4>8 Photograph<br />

* Lions Tour: <strong>The</strong> Voice of Dissent 01/07/01 S 4 1>2<br />

Photograph<br />

* Lions Tour: Tour Diary, Eddie Butler 01/07/01 S 5 1>2<br />

Photograph<br />

* Saint Helen's v Warrington 08/07/01 S 10 1>4<br />

* Lions Tour: Second Test 08/07/01 S 8>10 1>7 Photograph<br />

* Lions Tour: Australia v Lions 15/07/01 S 2 2>7 Photograph<br />

* Lions Tour: Austin Healey - Player's View 15/07/01 S 3 1>4<br />

* Lions Tour: <strong>The</strong> Australian viewpoint 15/07/01 S 3 5>8<br />

* Lions Tour: Tour diary - Eddie Butler 15/07/01 S 4 1>6<br />

Photograph<br />

* Lions Tour: the verdict - Eddie Butler 15/07/01 S 4>5 1>6<br />

Photographs<br />

* Andy Wilson 22/07/01 S 10 6>7<br />

* Warrington v London 22/07/01 S 10 8<br />

* Lion's scapegoat by Eddie Butler 22/07/01 S 8 1>6<br />

Photographs<br />

* Brian Oliver, sports editor 22/07/01 S 8>9 1>5 Photographs<br />

* Profile on Austin Healey by Kevin Mitchell 22/07/01 S 9 1>4<br />

Photographs<br />

* Andy Wilson 29/07/01 S 14 1>7<br />

* Lions Tour Aftermath: Steve Black 29/07/01 S 14 1>8<br />

Photographs<br />

* Michael Aylwin 29/07/01 S 14 8<br />

* South Africa v Australia 29/07/01 S 14 1>3 Photograph<br />

* Warrington v Bradford 05/08/01 S 16 1<br />

* Leeds v Bradford 12/08/01 S 5 6>8<br />

* New Zealand v Australia 12/08/01 S 9 1>3<br />

* Castleford v Leeds 19/08/01 S 15 3>7<br />

* Herman Miller at Eden Park, Auckland 26/08/01 S 17 6>8<br />

* Andy Wilson 26/08/01 S 19 7>8<br />

* Huddersfield v Hull 02/09/01 S 15 7>8<br />

* Eddie Butler 02/09/01 S 8 4>6 Photographs<br />

* Six to watch in <strong>2001</strong>-2 02/09/01 S 8 4>6 Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong> season ahead 02/09/01 S 8 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Australia v New Zealand 02/09/01 S 9 1>5 Photograph<br />

* Gloucester v Northampton 02/09/01 S 9 6<br />

* Jon Henderson talks to Quin's main man 02/09/01 S 9 1>5<br />

Photographs<br />

* Leicester v Wasps 09/09/01 S 12 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Northampton v Bath 09/09/01 S 12 1>4<br />

* Rugby review: Michael Aylwin 09/09/01 S 12 5>7<br />

* Sale v Newcastle 09/09/01 S 12 8<br />

* Eddie Butler, Austin Healey's self-confessed ghost, says<br />

history can now be rewritten 09/09/01 S 13 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Rugby results 09/09/01 S 13 1>3<br />

* Wakefield v Huddersfield 09/09/01 S 13 4>6<br />

* Bath v Saracens 16/09/01 S 15 4>8 Photograph<br />

OBSERVER INDEX: JAN-DEC <strong>2001</strong><br />

221<br />

* Gloucester v Leicester Tigers 16/09/01 S 15 1>3<br />

* Rugby results and fixtures 16/09/01 S 15 2>4<br />

* St Helens v Leeds 23/09/01 S 14 8<br />

* Eddie Butler 23/09/01 S 16 1>7 Photographs<br />

* Kevin Mitchell 23/09/01 S 17 3>7<br />

* Leicester v Bath 23/09/01 S 17 6>8<br />

* Sale v Gloucester 23/09/01 S 17 1>3<br />

* Scotland v Ireland 23/09/01 S 17 1>3 Photograph<br />

* Verdict: Eddie Butler 23/09/01 S 17 8<br />

* Heineken Cup: Biarritz v Bath 30/09/01 S 10 2>6<br />

* Heineken Cup: Irish ignore last weekend 30/09/01 S 10 6>8<br />

* Heineken Cup: Swansea v Edinburgh 30/09/01 S 10 2>6<br />

* Results and fixtures 30/09/01 S 10 1>5<br />

* Heineken Cup: Bridgend v Harlequins 30/09/01 S 11 4>8<br />

Photograph<br />

* Heineken Cup: Eddie Butler hails return of the game's<br />

redeemer 30/09/01 S 11 1>8 Photograph<br />

* Heineken Cup: Leicester v Llanelli 30/09/01 S 11 1>3<br />

Photograph<br />

* Bath v Swansea 07/10/01 S 10 6>8<br />

* Results and fixtures 07/10/01 S 10 1>5<br />

* Wendell Sailor makes his Queensland debut, while another<br />

winger stars at the Rec 07/10/01 S 10 2>4<br />

* Wigan v St Helens 07/10/01 S 10 2>8 Photograph<br />

* Eddie Butler says Wales will face fired-up foe in Cardiff<br />

07/10/01 S 11 1>8 Photograph<br />

* Harlequins v Munster 07/10/01 S 11 7>8<br />

* Newport v Toulouse 07/10/01 S 11 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Grand Final: Bradford Bulls v Wigan Warriors 14/10/01 S 8<br />

1>4 Photograph<br />

* Bath v Sale 14/10/01 S 9 1>3<br />

* Eddie Butler says Ireland's best chance is to stage a one-off<br />

counter-revolution 14/10/01 S 9 1>8 Photograph<br />

* Northampton v Leicester 14/10/01 S 9 5>8<br />

* Wales v Ireland 14/10/01 S 9 1>8 Photograph<br />

* Six Nations: Ireland v England 21/10/01 S 10 1>8<br />

Photographs<br />

* Eddie Butler on an unusual Six Nations that felt familiar<br />

21/10/01 S 11 1>5 Photograph<br />

* Rugby results 21/10/01 S 11 6>8<br />

* Six Nations: Kevin Mitchell on how the big freeze hit England<br />

again 21/10/01 S 11 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Leicester v Saracens 21/10/01 S 12 6>7<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Premiership is not proving a happy place for Bath this<br />

season 21/10/01 S 12 8<br />

* Eddie Butler compares and contrasts the Irish and Welsh<br />

28/10/01 S 10 2>7 Photograph<br />

* Michael Alwyn on Rugby Union 28/10/01 S 10 5>7<br />

* Northampton v Montferrand 28/10/01 S 10 7<br />

* Perpignan v Leicester 28/10/01 S 10 2>6 Photograph<br />

* Rugby Union results, tables and fixtures 28/10/01 S 10 1>4


* Edinburgh v Bath 28/10/01 S 11 1>5<br />

* Edinburgh v Bath 28/10/01 S 11 1>5<br />

* Heineken Cup: Cardiff v Glasgow 28/10/01 S 11 1>5<br />

Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Tangled Mane: <strong>The</strong> Lions tour to Australia <strong>2001</strong> by Eddie<br />

Butler - see Book Reviews - Owen, Oliver 04/11/01<br />

* Cool reception for Samoa 04/11/01 S 10 5>8<br />

* Results, tables and fixtures 04/11/01 S 10 1>4<br />

* Rugby Union: Will Buckley hears all about Austin Healey's<br />

new book 04/11/01 S 10 2>7 Photographs<br />

* Bath v Edinburgh 04/11/01 S 11 1>3<br />

* Leicester v Perpignan 04/11/01 S 11 1>4<br />

* Newcastle v Toulouse 04/11/01 S 11 5>7<br />

* Rugby review: Michael Aylwin 04/11/01 S 11 4>7<br />

Photograph<br />

* England v Australia 11/11/01 S 2 2>7 Photograph<br />

* Man of the Match: Jonny Wilkinson 11/11/01 S 2 7<br />

Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Australian Viewpoint 11/11/01 S 2 1>6<br />

* International Rugby Union: <strong>The</strong> Verdict by Eddie Butler<br />

11/11/01 S 3 1>4 Photographs<br />

* What they said… 11/11/01 S 3 1>4<br />

* Will Buckley 11/11/01 S 3 5>8 Photograph<br />

* Bristol v Gloucester 11/11/01 S 4 7>8<br />

* France v South Africa 11/11/01 S 4 7>8<br />

* Rugby League: Andy Wilson 11/11/01 S 4 1>6<br />

* Rugby results and fixtures 11/11/01 S 4 1>4<br />

* Scotland v Tonga 11/11/01 S 4 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Andy Wilson watches former League men on Union's big day<br />

11/11/01 S 5 7>8<br />

* Eddie Butler 11/11/01 S 5 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Jon Henderson 11/11/01 S 5 5>8 Photographs<br />

* Wales v Argentina 11/11/01 S 5 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Profile on Clive Woodward, Manager, England Rugby<br />

Football Union team - see Woodward, Clive 18/11/01<br />

* England v Romania 18/11/01 S 10 1>3 Photograph<br />

* Michael Aylwin 18/11/01 S 10 3>8 Photograph<br />

* Eddie Butler on why the Welsh have stopped believing in<br />

Graham Henry 18/11/01 S 11 1>8 Photograph<br />

* Rugby results 18/11/01 S 11 1>3<br />

* Sale v Leicester 18/11/01 S 11 4>8<br />

* Wales v Tonga 18/11/01 S 11 2>7<br />

* Great Britain v Australia 18/11/01 S 12 1>3 Photograph<br />

* Paul Wilson says Britain must wake up - the dream is over<br />

18/11/01 S 12 4>7 Photograph<br />

* France v Australia 18/11/01 S 16 1>6<br />

* Ireland v New Zealand 18/11/01 S 16 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Eddie Butler 25/11/01 S 2 2>7<br />

* England v South Africa 25/11/01 S 2 2>6 Photographs<br />

* Eddie Butler cannot decide on the proper world order<br />

OBSERVER INDEX: JAN-DEC <strong>2001</strong><br />

222<br />

25/11/01 S 3 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Vic Marks 25/11/01 S 3 5>7 Photograph<br />

* We have all become accustomed to the idea of an emotional<br />

Clive Woodward 25/11/01 S 3 1>4<br />

* Australia's coach Chris Anderson was rushed to hospital with<br />

chest pains for the second time this week during last night's<br />

Ashes Test in Wigan 25/11/01 S 4 3>6<br />

* Great Britain v Australia 25/11/01 S 4 1>3 Photograph<br />

* Rugby results 25/11/01 S 4 1>3<br />

* Scotland v New Zealand 25/11/01 S 4 7>8<br />

* Eddie Butler fears Australia might be pulling a fast one<br />

02/12/01 S 11 1>8 Photograph<br />

* Gloucester v Leeds 02/12/01 S 11 1>2<br />

* Harlequins v Sale 02/12/01 S 11 3>6 Photograph<br />

* Rugby results 02/12/01 S 11 1>5<br />

* <strong>The</strong> stranglehold that the Irish provinces have seized on the<br />

inaugural Celtic League may not have been broken 02/12/01 S<br />

11 6<br />

* Bath v Gloucester 09/12/01 S 10 2>6 Photograph<br />

* Northampton v Wasps 09/12/01 S 10 7<br />

* Rugby results 09/12/01 S 10 2>7<br />

* Eddie Butler on the aliens waiting at the gates of Europe<br />

09/12/01 S 11 1>7 Photograph<br />

* Jon Henderson 09/12/01 S 11 8 Photograph<br />

* Leicester v Bristol 09/12/01 S 11 1>2<br />

* Sale v London Irish 09/12/01 S 11 3>7 Photograph<br />

* Bath v London Irish 16/12/01 S 12 2>6 Photograph<br />

* Leicester v Exeter 16/12/01 S 12 1>4<br />

* Results and cup draw 16/12/01 S 12 5>8<br />

* Roundup by Richard Wetherell 16/12/01 S 12 7<br />

* Sale v Harlequins 16/12/01 S 12 2>6<br />

* Eddie Butler looks at the need to arrest development of the<br />

defence 16/12/01 S 9 5 Photograph<br />

* Eddie Butler on the Welsh Rugby Union 16/12/01 S 9 1>5<br />

* Kevin Mitchell talks to Jason Leonard 16/12/01 S 9 1>4<br />

Photographs<br />

* Harlequins v Leicester 23/12/01 S 10 3>8<br />

* Eddie Butler looks at how to break down the barricades in<br />

Rugby Union 23/12/01 S 11 7>8 Photograph<br />

* Bath v Bristol 30/12/01 S 12 2>4<br />

* Eddie Butler on a year that provided much to celebrate<br />

30/12/01 S 12 2>7 Photograph<br />

* Gloucester v Newcastle 30/12/01 S 12 2>7 Photograph<br />

* Northampton v London Irish 30/12/01 S 12 5>7<br />

SPORT: SAILING<br />

* Euan Ferguson meets… Pete Goss, marine yatchsman and<br />

adventurer - see Goss, Pete 07/01/01<br />

* Bob Fisher 14/01/01 S 12 5<br />

* Bob Fisher 21/01/01 S 13 1>8<br />

* Bob Fisher 28/01/01 S 13 8<br />

* Ellen MacArthur is in sight of winning the world's toughest


yacht race 28/01/01 B 20 1>7 Photographs, map<br />

* Bob Fisher looks at the benefits of hosting the America's Cup<br />

04/02/01 S 16 1>8<br />

* Exclusive diary of Ellen MacArthur in the Vendee Globe Race<br />

04/02/01 S 16 1>5 Photographs<br />

* Yachtswoman Ellen MacArthur's Diary of her single-handed<br />

trip around the world in 95 days 11/02/01 S 8>9 1>6<br />

Photographs<br />

* Euan Ferguson in Les Sables D'Olonne watches as France<br />

prepares to welcome Ellen MacArthur, the British sailor who has<br />

become the century's first true heroine 11/02/01 B 9 1>5<br />

Photographs<br />

* Ellen MacArthur is all at sea in the choppy waters of fame,<br />

says Kevin Mitchell 18/02/01 S 13 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Report on the America's Cup 25/02/01 S 29 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Bob Fisher 11/03/01 S 13 7>8<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Sydney to Hobart is renowned as the world's toughest<br />

race, and 1998 was the toughest yet: the capsizing of the ill-fated<br />

Sword of Orien and the death of Glyn Charles 10/06/01 M<br />

32>36 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Round the Island Race 17/06/01 S 16 2>4 Photograph<br />

* Bob Fisher on a brutally tough challenge that has a timeless<br />

appeal 12/08/01 S 6 1>6<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Volvo Ocean Race will really start to hurt when the crews<br />

leave Cape Town 23/09/01 S 13 1>4 Photographs<br />

* A week at Sea 30/09/01 S 13 7 Illustrations, map<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Volvo Ocean Race 07/10/01 S 15 7 Map<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Volvo Ocean Race 14/10/01 S 11 7 Map<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Volvo Ocean Race 21/10/01 S 13 7 Map<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Volvo Ocean Race 28/10/01 S 13 7>8<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Volvo Ocean Race 04/11/01 S 13 7>8 Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Volvo Ocean Race 18/11/01 S 15 7 Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Volvo Ocean Race 25/11/01 S 15 7 Map<br />

* Fiona Campbell talks to Ellen MacArthur 02/12/01 S 13 6>8<br />

Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Volvo Ocean Race 02/12/01 S 15 7<br />

* Sir Peter Blake was on a quest to make the world a better place<br />

- but his voyage ended in death - report from the Brazilian state<br />

where river pirates conduct ambushes - see Blake, Sir Peter<br />

09/12/01<br />

* Bob Fisher on the Volvo Ocean racers mourning a legend - Sir<br />

Peter Blake 09/12/01 S 15 7>8<br />

* <strong>Observer</strong> readers have voted for round-the-world yatchswoman<br />

Ellen MacArthur as Woman of the Year - see Woman of the<br />

Year 30/12/01<br />

* Bob Fisher in Hobart 30/12/01 S 13 2>5 Photograph<br />

SPORT: SHOW JUMPING<br />

* Genevieve Murphy 17/06/01 S 14 1<br />

SPORT: SKY DIVING<br />

* Two men will attempt to break the sound barrier in daring<br />

attempts 04/11/01 B 9 1>4 Photograph<br />

SPORT: SNOOKER<br />

* Rocket Ronnie turns to 'adviser' Ambrose Mendy 07/01/01 S<br />

13 1>8<br />

* Will Buckley 04/02/01 S 14 1>8 Photograph<br />

OBSERVER INDEX: JAN-DEC <strong>2001</strong><br />

223<br />

* Phil Yates at Wembley 11/02/01 S 12 7>8<br />

* Phil Yates in Aberdeen 15/04/01 S 11 8<br />

* Phil Yates at the Crucible 22/04/01 S 14 7>8<br />

* Phil Yates at the Crucible 29/04/01 S 16 8<br />

* World Championship: Phil Yates in Sheffield 06/05/01 S 9<br />

1>7 Photograph<br />

SPORT: SNOWBOARDING<br />

* New research shows snowboarding is far more hazardous than<br />

skiing 01/07/01 B 8 3>5 Photograph<br />

SPORT: SUPER BOWL<br />

* Oliver Owen assesses the powerhouse contenders for this<br />

season's Super Bowl 09/09/01 S 13 1>6<br />

SPORT: SURFING<br />

* My favourite surfing spots by Dan Luger, Rugby Union player<br />

01/07/01 M 37 3 Photographs<br />

* Newquay, Cornwall, became the surfing capital of the UK last<br />

week when it played host to the Rip Curl international festival -<br />

see Newquay 05/08/01<br />

* Making waves on the West Coast of Ireland where busloads of<br />

foreigners are invading the Irish waves 09/09/01 S 14 1>5<br />

Photographs<br />

SPORT: SWIMMING<br />

* Bob Ballard in Fukuoka, Japan 29/07/01 S 5 6>8<br />

* Oliver Owen hears how an Aussie is lifting British hopes<br />

05/08/01 S 13 2>8 Photograph<br />

* Does swimming mean a couple of lengths at the local pool or a<br />

transcendental experience? - see Social Conditions & Trends<br />

26/08/01<br />

SPORT: TENNIS<br />

* Interview with tennis star Andre Agassi - see Agassi, Andre<br />

07/01/01<br />

* Jon Henderson 07/01/01 S 13 2>8 Photographs<br />

* Martin Palmer in Sydney 14/01/01 S 13 3>7 Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> first Grand Slam of <strong>2001</strong> 14/01/01 S 9 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Jon Henderson on the Australian Open Tennis 21/01/01 S 16<br />

1>8<br />

* Jon Henderson on the Australian Open Tennis 28/01/01 S 16<br />

1>8 Photographs<br />

* Will Buckley 28/01/01 S 16 1>7 Photograph<br />

* French celebrate home win, while holders Spain lose in Davis<br />

Cup 11/02/01 S 13 3>8 Photograph<br />

* World number one, Martina Hingis, keeps her title deeds with<br />

second win in two weeks 25/02/01 S 30 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Jon Henderson 04/03/01 S 14 1>3<br />

* Jon Henderson 18/03/01 S 16 3>6 Photograph<br />

* Jon Henderson on a Davis Cup captain's coals-to-Newcastle tie<br />

01/04/01 S 16 6>8<br />

* Jon Henderson in Birmingham 08/04/01 S 14 1>2 Photograph<br />

* Jon Henderson 22/04/01 S 10 1>8 Photograph<br />

* Jon Henderson 29/04/01 S 12 7>8 Photographs<br />

* Jason Horowitz in Rome 13/05/01 S 8 6>8<br />

* Richard Jago in Berlin 13/05/01 S 8 2>5<br />

* Richard Jago in Hamburg 20/05/01 S 14 7>8


* French Open Tennis: Chris Bowers 27/05/01 S 14 1>4<br />

Photographs<br />

* French Open Tennis: Jon Henderson 27/05/01 S 14 2>4<br />

Photographs<br />

* Interview with the World No. 1 tennis star, Martina Hingis -<br />

see Hingis, Martina 03/06/01<br />

* French Open: Jon Henderson in Paris 03/06/01 S 11 1>6<br />

Photographs<br />

* French Open: Jon Henderson on a bad-tempered end to a rainy<br />

day 03/06/01 S 11 1>5 Photograph<br />

* Steroids is the menace that stalks tennis - stars back new<br />

crackdown on drug cheats as game strives to keep its image<br />

clean 03/06/01 B 7 1>8 Photographs<br />

* A jubilant Jennifer Capriati at the French Open final 10/06/01<br />

S 1 1>3 Photograph<br />

* French Open Tennis: Jon Henderson in Paris 10/06/01 S 12<br />

1>8 Photographs<br />

* Will Buckley 17/06/01 S 10 1>5 Photographs<br />

* Chris Bowers 17/06/01 S 11 1>3 Photographs<br />

* Jon Henderson 17/06/01 S 11 1>7 Photograph<br />

* Wimbledon <strong>2001</strong>: 8 page special 24/06/01 S 11>18 1>8<br />

Photographs<br />

* Wimbledon <strong>2001</strong>: Interview with Lleyton Hewitt 01/07/01 S<br />

14 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Jon Henderson at Wimbledon 01/07/01 S 15 2>6 Photograph<br />

* Wimbledon <strong>2001</strong>: A Rusedski and Henman semi-final is a real<br />

possibility 01/07/01 S 15 2>6<br />

* Wimbledon <strong>2001</strong>: Frew McMillan 01/07/01 S 15 7>8<br />

Photograph<br />

* Wimbledon <strong>2001</strong>: Will Buckley sees the love affair with an<br />

Honorary Brit 01/07/01 S 15 1<br />

* Paul Wilson at Wimbledon 01/07/01 S 16 1>2 Photograph<br />

* Wimbledon <strong>2001</strong>: Results 01/07/01 S 16 3>5<br />

* Wimbledon Diary 01/07/01 S 16 3>5 Photographs<br />

* Wimbledon <strong>2001</strong>: Will Buckley 01/07/01 S 17 1>8<br />

Photographs<br />

* A British Jew and a black American found their careers<br />

blighted by racial discrimination but in 1956 they found a way to<br />

fight back by winning a Wimbledon title 01/07/01 M 40>43 1>4<br />

Photographs<br />

* Frew McMillan on Peter Sampras 08/07/01<br />

* 1936 when Fred Perry won Wimbledon 08/07/01 S 2 1>3<br />

Photographs<br />

* Wimbledon <strong>2001</strong>: Henman's rain check 08/07/01 S 2>3 1>8<br />

Photographs<br />

* Tim Henman frustrated by rain as Bill Clinton charms the<br />

Wimbledon crowd 08/07/01 S 3 1>5 Photographs<br />

* Jon Henderson on Pete Sampras 08/07/01 S 4 1>3<br />

* Wimbledon <strong>2001</strong>: <strong>The</strong> Men's Final 08/07/01 S 4 1>6<br />

Photographs<br />

* Wimbledon <strong>2001</strong>: Centre Court has been upstaged by the<br />

screen on the big green at Wimbledon 08/07/01 S 5 1>6<br />

Photograph<br />

* Wimbledon <strong>2001</strong>: Jon Henderson on Britain's big hope<br />

08/07/01 S 5 1>5 Photographs<br />

* Tennis diary 08/07/01 S 6 7 Photograph<br />

OBSERVER INDEX: JAN-DEC <strong>2001</strong><br />

224<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Williamses 08/07/01 S 6 1>8 Photograph<br />

* Wimbledon <strong>2001</strong>: <strong>The</strong> Women's Final 08/07/01 S 6 1>6<br />

Photographs<br />

* Tony Jacklin's thrilling triumph got the European game<br />

swinging in the 1960s 15/07/01 S 11 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Profile on Goran Ivanisevic 15/07/01 S 9 1>7 Photographs<br />

* Jon Henderson 05/08/01 S 12 1>5 Photograph<br />

* Richard Jago 12/08/01 S 5 1>5<br />

* US Open build-up 19/08/01 S 18 1>4 Photograph<br />

* US Open: Jon Henderson 26/08/01 S 16 1>6<br />

* US Open: Kevin Mitchell 26/08/01 S 16 1>4 Photographs<br />

* US Open: Jon Henderson 26/08/01 S 17 2>4 Photographs<br />

* US Open: men's draw 26/08/01 S 17 1<br />

* US Open: women's draw 26/08/01 S 17 5<br />

* Jon Henderson 02/09/01 S 16 5>6 Photograph<br />

* US Open: Iain Carter at Flushing Meadows 02/09/01 S 16 1>4<br />

Photograph<br />

* US Open tennis 09/09/01 S 11 2>8 Photographs<br />

* Davis Cup 23/09/01 S 15 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Jon Henderson on the race for Masters places 30/09/01 S 11<br />

5>8 Photograph<br />

* Iain Carter in Stuttgart 21/10/01 S 12 1>8<br />

* Iain Carter in Bolton 28/10/01 S 14 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Iain Carter in Munich 04/11/01 S 14 1>5 Photograph<br />

* Jon Henderson analyses why Tim Henman failed again<br />

04/11/01 S 14 1>8 Photograph<br />

* Jon Henderson 11/11/01 S 14 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Will Buckley joins some old pros hamming it up 09/12/01 S<br />

13 7>8 Photographs<br />

* Jon Henderson reflects on a year of big-name separations<br />

16/12/01 S 13 7>8 Photograph<br />

* Wimbledon champion Goran Ivanisevic begins his time in the<br />

Croatian military by taking the formal oath of allegiance at a<br />

swearing-in service in Zagreb 16/12/01 B 19 1 Photograph<br />

SPORT: TRIATHLON<br />

* Steve Downes 24/06/01 S 26 8<br />

* Triathlon is in crisis with talk of mismanagement and splits<br />

22/07/01 S 11 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Triathlon's version of the London Marathon takes place today<br />

26/08/01 S 15 7>8<br />

SPORT: WINTER SPORTS<br />

* Looking ahead to Salt Lake City 11/02/01 S 12 1>6<br />

Photographs<br />

* Will Buckley 11/02/01 S 12 1>6<br />

SPORT: WRESTLING<br />

* <strong>The</strong> world most notorious female wrestler, Chyna 01/07/01 M<br />

20>26 1>4 Photographs<br />

SPOTTISWOODE, CLARE<br />

* Interview with former gas regular Clare Spottiswoode<br />

09/12/01 N 12 1>5 Photograph<br />

SPREAD BETTING


* How the spread betting market works 15/04/01 N 8 5>7<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Gladiator 15/04/01 N 8 5>8<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Gladiator 22/04/01 N<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Gladiator 29/04/01 N 9 6>8 Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Gladiator 06/05/01 N 8 6>8 Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Gladiator 13/05/01 N 8 6>8 Graphs<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Gladiator 20/05/01 N 9 5>7 Graph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Gladiator 27/05/01 N 10 5>7 Graph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Gladiator 03/06/01 N 8 5>7 Graph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Gladiator 10/06/01 N 8 5>7 Graph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Gladiator 17/06/01 N 8 5>7 Graph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Gladiator 24/06/01 N 8 5>7 Graph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Gladiator 01/07/01 N 8 5>7 Graph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Gladiator 08/07/01 N 8 5>7 Graph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Gladiator 15/07/01 N 8 5>7 Graph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Gladiator 22/07/01 N 8 5>7 Graph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Gladiator 29/07/01 N 8 5>7 Graph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Gladiator 05/08/01 N 8 5>7 Graph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Oppidan Scholar 12/08/01 N 8 5>7 Graphs<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Gladiator 19/08/01 N 8 5>7 Graph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Gladiator 26/08/01 N 8 5>7 Graph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Gladiator 02/09/01 N 6 5>7 Graph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Gladiator 09/09/01 N 8 5>7 Graph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Gladiator 23/09/01 N 8 5>7 Graph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Gladiator 30/09/01 N 9 5>7 Graph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Gladiator 07/10/01 N 9 5>7 Graph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Oppidan Scholar 14/10/01 N 6 5>7 Graphs<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Oppidan Scholar 21/10/01 N 8 5>7 Graphs<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Gladiator 28/10/01 N 10 5>7 Graph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Gladiator 04/11/01 N 8 5>7 Graph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Gladiator 11/11/01 N 8 5>7 Graph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Gladiator 18/11/01 N 8 5>7 Graph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Gladiator 25/11/01 N 8 5>7 Graph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Gladiator 02/12/01 N 9 5>7 Graph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Gladiator 09/12/01 N 6 5>7 Graph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Gladiator 16/12/01 N 6 5>7 Graph<br />

SPRING, KIT<br />

* When Kit Spring fell pregnant, she thought she could complete<br />

a thesis and be with her baby - four years and two daughters<br />

later… 18/03/01 N 12 1>8 Photographs<br />

SPUTNIK SWEETHEART<br />

* See Book Reviews - Green, Zoe 03/06/01<br />

SPY'S LIFE, A<br />

* See Book Reviews - Williams, Michael 22/07/01<br />

* See Book Reviews - Redford, Rachel 02/09/01<br />

ST GERMAIN<br />

* See Music: Pop 15/07/01<br />

OBSERVER INDEX: JAN-DEC <strong>2001</strong><br />

225<br />

ST THERESE<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Roman Catholic Church is considering plans to allow the<br />

remains of an inspirational French saint, St Terese, to tour<br />

Britain after visits to Russia, France and Ireland - see Roman<br />

Catholic Church 06/05/01<br />

STAN AND OLLIE<br />

* See Book Reviews - French, Philip 04/11/01<br />

STARK, KOO<br />

* Koo Stark's dating days with Prince Andrew are long behind<br />

her, as are her brushes with the paparazzi, but as Koo Stark<br />

launches her new photographic exhibition, all her scars are still<br />

on show 17/06/01 R 3 1>5 Photographs<br />

STARR, DON<br />

* Don Starr is a Canadian tax lawyer and is our most influential<br />

film producer - but he knows nothing about movies 12/08/01 N<br />

4 1>8 Photographs<br />

STARS AND STRIPES<br />

* <strong>The</strong> many meanings of the Stars and Stripes 23/09/01 R 1>2<br />

1>5 Photographs<br />

STARSAILOR<br />

* See Music: Pop 23/09/01<br />

STATE OF THE NATION<br />

* See Music: Classical 29/04/01<br />

STEPHENSON, PAMELA<br />

* Billy Connolly: <strong>The</strong> early years: extract from Billy Connolly's<br />

extraordinary biography by his wife, Pamela Stephenson - see<br />

Connolly, Billy 23/09/01<br />

STEREO MC'S<br />

* See Music: Pop 08/04/01<br />

STEVENS, SIR JOHN<br />

* Sir John Stevens, Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police<br />

narrowly cheated death when his light aeroplane crash landed<br />

04/02/01 B 2 4>5 Photograph<br />

STILL SHE HAUNTS ME<br />

* See Book Reviews - Shapiro, Anna 04/11/01<br />

STOCKWATCH<br />

* Edited by Nick Mathiason 14/01/01 N 8 6>8 Graph<br />

* Edited by Paul Farrelly 21/01/01 N 10 6>8 Graph<br />

* Edited by Heather Connon 28/01/01 N 10 6>8 Graph<br />

* Edited by Paul Farrelly 04/02/01 N 8 6>8 Graph<br />

* Edited by Paul Farrelly 11/02/01 N 8 6>8 Graph<br />

* Edited by Paul Farrelly 18/02/01 N 12 6>8 Graph<br />

* Edited by Paul Farrelly 25/02/01 N 8 6>8 Graph<br />

* Edited by Jamie Doward 04/03/01 N 10 6>8 Graph<br />

* Edited by Paul Farrelly 11/03/01 N 10 6>8 Graph<br />

* Edited by Paul Farrelly 18/03/01 N 10 6>8 Graph<br />

* Edited by Paul Farrelly 25/03/01 N 8 6>8 Graph<br />

* Edited by Paul Farrelly 01/04/01 N 8 6>8 Graph<br />

* Edited by Paul Farrelly 08/04/01 N 8 6>8 Graph<br />

STONE AGE<br />

* Research on Stone Age art shows that fear of werewolves goes


ack 10,000 years 25/11/01 B 11 1>5 Photographs<br />

STONE CARVERS, THE<br />

* See Book Reviews - Allardice, Lisa 19/08/01<br />

STONE, CAROL<br />

* Hilly Janes meets Carol Stone, the undisputed queen of the<br />

networking circuit and some of her 14,000 friends in high places<br />

18/03/01 M 16>20 1>4 Photographs<br />

STORYTELLER: THE LIVES OF LAURENS VAN DER<br />

POST<br />

* See Book Reviews - Thorpe, Vanessa 30/09/01<br />

STRANG, GAVIN<br />

* Columnist 25/11/01 B 31 6>7 Photograph<br />

STRANGE GARDENS<br />

* See Book Reviews - Green, Zoe 12/08/01<br />

STRANGER FROM PARADISE, THE<br />

* See Book Reviews - Hensher, Philip 13/05/01<br />

STRANGER'S EYE AND LETTER TO DANIEL, A<br />

* See Audiobook Reviews - Redford, Rachel 25/02/01<br />

STRENGTH OF POETRY, THE<br />

* See Book Reviews - Conrad, Peter 18/02/01<br />

STRINGFELLOW, PETER<br />

* After months of negotiations Peter Stringfellow is poised to<br />

open his second table dancing club in Paris 11/02/01 N 1 4>6<br />

STUDENTS<br />

* A 'gap' year in a developing country is de rigueur for students,<br />

but some find themselves unwelcome, and ripped off 15/04/01<br />

R 4 1>5 Photograph<br />

* Cocaine is becoming the drug of choice among students<br />

22/04/01 B 11 1>2 Photograph<br />

* Being in the red is now a fact of student life - see Personal<br />

Finance 10/06/01<br />

* Some schools are better than others in helping students find<br />

decent part-time employment 10/06/01 C 4 1>5<br />

* Students could get longer to pay back their loans under<br />

Government plans to ward off a growing rebellion over<br />

university finance 12/08/01 B 13 1>2 Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> number of unsuitable and under-qualified students being<br />

shoe-horned into courses to meet university admission targets<br />

could result in the highest level of dropouts by Christmas<br />

19/08/01 B 10 6>7<br />

* More young people are forced to live with mum and dad while<br />

studying 30/09/01 C 8>9 3>6 Photograph<br />

* Girls cope better with student life than boys 04/11/01 B 7 1>7<br />

Photograph<br />

SUGABABES<br />

* See Music: Pop 01/04/01<br />

SUICIDE<br />

* More males in their twenties die by their own hand than in car<br />

crashes - MPs are demanding action to stem the tide 04/03/01 B<br />

5 1>7 Photograph<br />

* English cricketers are almost twice as likely to commit suicide<br />

than the average male 22/04/01 B 9 1<br />

* Tragic despair that led to suicide of a boy aged 10, who had<br />

been expelled from his school 10/06/01 B 5 1>6 Photographs<br />

OBSERVER INDEX: JAN-DEC <strong>2001</strong><br />

226<br />

SUMMER OF A DORMOUSE, THE<br />

* See Audiobook Reviews - Bunce, Kim 26/08/01<br />

SUPER FURRY ANIMALS<br />

* See Music: Rock 07/10/01<br />

SUPER-CANNES<br />

* See Book Reviews - McKie, Robin 29/07/01<br />

SURREALISTS<br />

* <strong>The</strong> secret life of the surrealists 26/08/01 M 16>19 1>3<br />

Photographs<br />

SURVIVING GALERAS<br />

* See Book Reviews - King, Eldon 08/07/01<br />

SWEETEST DREAM, THE<br />

* See Book Reviews - Ettler, Justine 23/09/01<br />

SYLVESTER, DAVID<br />

* Film critic Philip French remembers his friend and mentor,<br />

David Sylvester, who died on 19th June <strong>2001</strong> - see Deaths<br />

24/06/01<br />

SZAMUELY, GEORGE<br />

* George Szamuely comments on the Bush-Blair summit<br />

25/02/01 B 29 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Columnist 08/04/01 B 25 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Columnist 16/09/01 X 26 6>7 Photograph<br />

TARBUCK, LISA<br />

* Interview with Lisa Tarbuck, actress and TV presenter<br />

14/10/01 M 40>45 1>4 Photographs<br />

TASCHEN, BENEDIKT & ANGELIKA<br />

* Taschen has become a world force in the publishing world,<br />

interview with the husband-and-wife team who've built their<br />

fortune on buildings and breasts 04/11/01 M 30>36 1>4<br />

Photographs<br />

TATTENHAM CORNER<br />

* Horse racing news 07/01/01 S 14 7 Photographs<br />

* Horse racing news 14/01/01 S 14 7 Photographs<br />

* Horse racing news 21/01/01 S 14 7 Photographs<br />

* Horse racing news 28/01/01 S 14 6 Photographs<br />

* Horse racing news 11/02/01 S 14 4>7 Photographs<br />

* Horse racing news 18/02/01 S 14 4>5 Photographs<br />

* Horse racing news 25/02/01 S 27 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Horse racing news 04/03/01 S 13 6>7 Photographs<br />

* Horse racing news 11/03/01 S 13 3>4 Photographs<br />

* Horse racing news 18/03/01 S 14 4>6 Photographs<br />

* Horse racing news 25/03/01 S 9 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Horse racing news 01/04/01 S 14 4>6 Photographs<br />

* Horse racing news 08/04/01 S 4 1 Photographs<br />

* Horse racing news 15/04/01 S 14 7 Photographs<br />

* Horse racing news 22/04/01 S 14 3>4 Photographs<br />

* Horse racing news 29/04/01 S 14 1>3 Photographs<br />

* Horse racing news 06/05/01 S 13 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Horse racing news 13/05/01 S 10 7 Photographs


* Horse racing news 20/05/01 S 14 1>3 Photographs<br />

* Horse racing news 27/05/01 S 12 1 Photographs<br />

* Horse racing news 03/06/01 S 10 1>2 Photographs<br />

* Horse racing news 10/06/01 S 11 4>5 Photographs<br />

* Horse racing news 17/06/01 S 12 1>2 Photographs<br />

* Horse racing news 01/07/01 S 17 2>3 Photographs<br />

* Horse racing news 08/07/01 S 14 7 Photographs<br />

* Horse racing news 15/07/01 S 15 1>2 Photographs<br />

* Horse racing news 22/07/01 S 13 4>5 Photographs<br />

* Horse racing news 29/07/01 S 10 1 Photographs<br />

* Horse racing news 05/08/01 S 14 7 Photographs<br />

* Horse racing news 12/08/01 S 10 7 Photographs<br />

* Horse racing news 19/08/01 S 15 1 Photographs<br />

* Horse racing news 26/08/01 S 18 7 Photographs<br />

* Horse racing news 02/09/01 S 13 4>5 Photographs<br />

* Horse racing news 09/09/01 S 16 2>3 Photographs<br />

* Horse racing news 23/09/01 B 15 1>2 Photographs<br />

* Horse racing news 30/09/01 S 12 6>7 Photograph<br />

* Horse racing news 07/10/01 S 13 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Horse racing news 14/10/01 S 10 5>7 Photographs<br />

* Horse racing news 21/10/01 S 14 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Horse racing news 28/10/01 S 12 6>7 Photograph<br />

* Horse racing news 04/11/01 S 12 3>6 Photographs<br />

* Horse racing news 11/11/01 S 12 7>8 Photographs<br />

* Horse racing news 18/11/01 S 14 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Horse racing news 25/11/01 S 14 6>7 Photographs<br />

* Horse racing news 02/12/01 S 14 1>3 Photographs<br />

* Horse racing news 09/12/01 S 14 7 Photographs<br />

* Horse racing news 16/12/01 S 14 6>7 Photographs<br />

* Horse racing news 23/12/01 S 12 7 Photographs<br />

* Horse racing news 30/12/01 S 13 7 Photographs<br />

TAYLOR-WOOD, SAM<br />

* Sam Taylor-Wood who was nominated for the Turner Prize<br />

expected to attend the ceremony with her art-dealer husband but<br />

instead she watched the coverage from a chemotherapy ward<br />

11/11/01 M 10>17 1>4 Photographs<br />

* See Art 25/11/01<br />

TEACHING PROFESSION<br />

* Thousands of teachers are to be brought out of retirement as<br />

the Government tries to solve the crisis in the classrooms<br />

07/01/01 B 1 4>7<br />

* Profile on Anna White, the headteacher who has won praise<br />

for turning round Britain's worst secondary school - see White,<br />

Anna 11/03/01<br />

* Teachers are asking for substantial improvements to their<br />

pension scheme 11/03/01 C 12>13 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Teachers - see Television 25/03/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Government will face a call to introduce an 'exit poll' for<br />

teachers leaving the profession as part of efforts to ease the crisis<br />

of classroom drop-outs 24/06/01 B 12 7>8<br />

OBSERVER INDEX: JAN-DEC <strong>2001</strong><br />

227<br />

* As a key adviser urges a halt to the staff exodus, Education<br />

Secretary Estelle Morris promises major reforms 02/09/01 B 12<br />

1>7 Photographs<br />

* A professional body set up by the Government for teachers<br />

only last year is to have a one-off state handout of £2.1 to avert a<br />

financial crisis 16/09/01 B 2 4>8<br />

* One of Britain's biggest teaching unions has issued a stern<br />

warning to parents and teachers that author J.K. Rowling's Harry<br />

Potter creation could lead children to the sinister world of the<br />

occult 04/11/01 B 1 1>7 Cartoon<br />

* Friendsreunited.co.uk has been the online phenomenon of the<br />

year but it is attracting the wrath of teachers after some not so<br />

funny comments from former pupils - see Internet 11/11/01<br />

* Amid the worst shortage of teachers in 20 years, training is<br />

becoming more accessible 25/11/01 N 11 1>6 Photograph<br />

TEENAGERS<br />

* Teenage crushes send rates of depression soaring - and girls<br />

are most at risk 03/06/01 B 6 1>8 Photographs, cartoon<br />

* A leading authority on sexual behaviour says last week's<br />

survey into Britain sexual habits reveals a sad downside to<br />

liberated attitudes among the young - see Sexual Behaviour<br />

02/12/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> deep world of today's teenage male - see Social<br />

Conditions & Trends 09/12/01<br />

TELEVISION<br />

* Kids' TV is now big business, with merchandising spin-offs<br />

worth millions - see Business & Industry 07/01/01<br />

* Channel 4's new digital channel offers a choice of popular US<br />

imports and hip new shows 07/01/01 R 12 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Ronan Bennet's TV series Rebel Heart begins amid a blizzard<br />

of emotive controversy - Robert Kee asks how historically<br />

accurate any drama about Ireland can be 07/01/01 R 13 1>4<br />

Photographs<br />

* Review of Castaway/Gentlemen's Relish/Scandalous<br />

Women/<strong>The</strong> 1940s House/Sword of Honour/Frasier 07/01/01 R<br />

22 1>7 Photograph<br />

* Review of <strong>The</strong> Secret Life of Happiness/Living By <strong>The</strong> Book:<br />

<strong>The</strong> Rules/Perfect Breasts/To Diet For/Confidence Lab 14/01/01<br />

R 20 1>8 Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> growing trend for no-holds barred TV game shows with<br />

the announcement of a Dutch series in which single women<br />

select a sperm donor from a range of competitors 14/01/01 B 6<br />

7>8<br />

* Review of Everyman: Hallelujah Kids/In A Land of Plenty/A<br />

Touch of Frost/<strong>The</strong> West Wing 21/01/01 R 20 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Interview with actor Sanjeev Bhaskar who has progressed from<br />

'Goodness Gracious Me' to the Kama Sutra 21/01/01 R 9 1>5<br />

Photographs<br />

* Review of Sex and <strong>The</strong> City/Better Sex/Jungle<br />

Janes/Challenger: Go For Launch/Restaurants From<br />

Hell/Changing Rooms 28/01/01 R 22 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Popstars became ITV's biggest entertainment hit of the year -<br />

see Music: Pop 04/02/01<br />

* Review of Popstars/Adrian Mole, <strong>The</strong> Cappuccino<br />

Years/Rebel Heart/Second Sight 04/02/01 R 20 1>8<br />

Photographs<br />

* Spaced, TV's weirdest sitcom is back for another series<br />

04/02/01 R 8 1>5 Photograph<br />

* Review of Boy Meets Girl/Omnibus: Nancy Mitford/Position<br />

Impossible/<strong>The</strong> Real Erich Von Daniken/Tonight With Trevor<br />

McDonald 11/02/01 R 20 1>8 Photographs


* As the creator of Cracker, Jimmy McGovern was used to<br />

getting his own way, then he wrote a script for Stephen Frears<br />

and it drove him to drink - see McGovern, Jimmy 18/02/01<br />

* Review of Silent Witness/Tribe/Blood on the Carpet/Love In A<br />

Cold Climate 18/02/01 R 20 1>8 Photographs<br />

* With his first TV outing, Fringe darling Simon Munnery has<br />

the mainstream in his sights 18/02/01 R 8 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Wannabe stars get another chance in the BBC's TV talent<br />

contest - see BBC 25/02/01<br />

* Review of Hotel/Best of Both Worlds/Metrosexuality/When<br />

Louis Met Paul and Debbie/Middle Classes 25/02/01 R 22 1>8<br />

Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong> squirm factor will be hard to avoid this week when one<br />

awards ceremony after another hits our TV screens 25/02/01 R 8<br />

1>5 Photographs<br />

* Review of EastEnders/In Deep/Nearly Popstars/Langan<br />

Behind the Lines/<strong>The</strong> West Wing 04/03/01 R 20 1>8<br />

Photographs<br />

* Profile of Lord Waheed Alli, co-founder of Planet 24 and<br />

'reviver' of the motel soap, Crossroads - see Alli, Lord Waheed<br />

11/03/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> makers of This Life have cast Andrew Lincoln as another<br />

reluctant adult who can't cope with responsibility - this time as a<br />

neurotic teacher 11/03/01 R 11 1>5 Photographs<br />

* Review of <strong>The</strong> Human Face/Horizon/Fertility<br />

Tourists/ER/Crossroads 11/03/01 R 22 1>8 Photographs<br />

* As two new films satirise the excesses of TV, Adam Smith<br />

asks why does Hollywood always sneer at the small screen? - see<br />

Film 18/03/01<br />

* Review of Celebrity Big Brother/<strong>The</strong> Great Dot Con/Trouble<br />

at the Top: Searching for Sex… 18/03/01 R 20 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Religion has been a target for TV comedy since Derek Nimmo,<br />

now the creator of Father Ted has taken to the page with a spoof<br />

memoir of an old-school Catholic... - see Religion 25/03/01<br />

* Review of Happiness/Teachers/<strong>The</strong> Hunt/Silent Witness<br />

25/03/01 R 20 1>8 Photographs<br />

* After Popstars, get ready for Soapstars 25/03/01 R 8 1>5<br />

Photographs<br />

* Melvyn Bragg says it's time we celebrated TV 01/04/01 R 1>2<br />

1>5 Photographs<br />

* It's compelling television and the most biting political satire for<br />

a generation, Robert McCrum celebrates Rory Bremner and his<br />

dazzling team 01/04/01 B 19 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Review of <strong>The</strong> Sound of Music Children: After <strong>The</strong>y Were<br />

Famous/Little Women: A Day in the Life of a Tweenager/Walk<br />

On By 01/04/01 R 20 1>8 Photographs<br />

* America's favourite dysfunctional family - cartoons aside - has<br />

now arrived in Britain - Malcolm in the Middle 01/04/01 R 8<br />

1>4 Photograph<br />

* Review of Through the Eyes of the Old/Malcolm in the<br />

Middle/Clocking Off/EastEnders 08/04/01 R 20 1>8<br />

Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> net is breeding sharp and informed TV criticism - see<br />

Internet 15/04/01<br />

* Trigger Happy TV hits a new high in hidden camera comedy -<br />

see Comedy 15/04/01<br />

* Review of Positive Women/<strong>The</strong> Pride of Britain Awards/Ride<br />

the Wild Surf 15/04/01 R 20 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Review of Faking It/<strong>The</strong> Whistleblower/Your Money or Your<br />

Life/This Is Your Life 22/04/01 R 20 1>8 Photographs<br />

OBSERVER INDEX: JAN-DEC <strong>2001</strong><br />

228<br />

* Review of <strong>The</strong> Savages/Murder in Mind/Perfect/Tonight with<br />

Trevor McDonald 29/04/01 R 20 1>8 Photographs<br />

* It was pulled in the States, but the BBC is backing God, the<br />

Devil and Bob 29/04/01 R 8 1>4 Cartoon<br />

* Review of <strong>The</strong> Ad Factor/News/Home Stories/Hollywood<br />

Knives/Cutting Edge: Bus Pass Bandits 06/05/01 R 20 1>8<br />

Photographs<br />

* Britain's latest prime-time TV quiz, <strong>The</strong> Brainiest Kid in<br />

Britain will pit child against child in the ultimate battle of young<br />

wits 06/05/01 B 9 1>2 Photograph<br />

* Review of <strong>The</strong> Secret Rulers of <strong>The</strong> World/Cutting Edge:<br />

Brian's Story/Annie Goes To Hollywood/Perfect Strangers<br />

13/05/01 R 20 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Review of Perfect Strangers/Nigella Bites/Sam's Game/Greed<br />

20/05/01 R 20 1>8 Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Sopranos is television at its best, but, just as the real Mafia<br />

is dying off, this tale of New Jersey hoodlums is sending the<br />

Mob movie to its grave - see Mafia 27/05/01<br />

* Review of Survivor/Surviving the Iron Age/<strong>The</strong> Fabulous<br />

Bagel Boys/EastEnders 27/05/01 R 20 1>8 Photographs<br />

* A raw new Channel 4 drama asks what it takes to turn five<br />

'ordinary' lads into gang rapists 27/05/01 R 8 1>5 Photographs<br />

* Review of <strong>The</strong> Glass/<strong>The</strong> Likely Lads/Inside Clouds 03/06/01<br />

R 20 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Several new BBC sitcoms may face the axe 03/06/01 R 9 1>4<br />

Photographs<br />

* Survivor contestant in the US is to take the TV show's makers,<br />

CBS, to court 10/06/01 B 11 1>8 Photograph<br />

* Prison drama - it features corruption, lesbianism, drugs and<br />

violence - so no wonder millions of viewers love ITV's hit prison<br />

drama even if the critics hate it 10/06/01 B 18 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Review of Men Only/Score/Football Stories: Psycho/<strong>The</strong>y<br />

Think It's All Over 10/06/01 R 20 1>6 Photographs<br />

* How does a TV series avoid sensationalising the life of an<br />

artist who relished scandal? - Picasso: Magic and Death a new<br />

three part series on Channel 4 10/06/01 R 8 1>5 Photographs<br />

* Review of Teenage Kicks/Harrow: <strong>The</strong> School on the<br />

Hill/Dispatches: Unforgiven 17/06/01 R 20 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Award-winning journalist and documentary-maker Sorious<br />

Samura condemns the so-called reality TV currently dominating<br />

our screens and calls for more air time for the true stories of life<br />

over death 17/06/01 B 25 1>4 Photographs<br />

* One of the contestants in 'reality' TV show Castaway, us to sue<br />

the BBC for libel over the show's 'descent into farce' 17/06/01 B<br />

5 1>5 Photograph<br />

* Review of Can You Live Without…?/Big<br />

Brother/Survivor/<strong>The</strong> Drugs Laws Don't Work: <strong>The</strong> Phoney War<br />

24/06/01 R 20 1>8 Photographs<br />

* A new TV show from the US, Crime Scene Investigation, has<br />

attracted 20m viewers in the US, and should have you tuning<br />

into Channel 5 24/06/01 R 8 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Review of Wimbledon/<strong>The</strong> Cazalets/People Like Us/World of<br />

Pub 01/07/01 R 20 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Interview with actor Rob Lowe, currently starring in <strong>The</strong> West<br />

Wing - see Lowe, Rob 08/07/01<br />

* Review of When Tennis Ruled the World/Botham's<br />

Ashes/Shane Warne's English Summer/<strong>The</strong>re's Only One<br />

Madonna 08/07/01 R 20 1>8 Photographs<br />

* A new series of mini-dramas set in a restaurant offers plenty of<br />

food for thought 08/07/01 R 8 1>4 Photographs


* <strong>The</strong> cult American TV series, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, is to<br />

have its British spin-off 08/07/01 B 8 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Will and Grace was acclaimed in the states for the perceptive<br />

portrayal of its gay protagonist, but Philip Hensher believes the<br />

hit sitcom reinforces some of the old stereotypes 15/07/01 R 10<br />

1>5 Photographs<br />

* Review of Hot Wax/Reputations: Richard Burton/Speed/Table<br />

12 15/07/01 R 20 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Review of <strong>The</strong> Secret Life of Us/Mersey Beat/Raising Tennis<br />

Aces/<strong>The</strong> New Rulers of the World/Big Brother 22/07/01 R 20<br />

1>8 Photographs<br />

* Big Brother is simply great TV says Sean O'Hagan 22/07/01 R<br />

9 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Mirada Sawyer meets Steve McFadden to find out what a<br />

Rada-trained actor is doing with Phil Mitchell in EastEnders -<br />

see McFadden, Steve 29/07/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> head of Channel 4 defended his decision to screen a<br />

controversial spoof about paedophilia 29/07/01 B 1>2 8<br />

Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> original cast of Only Fools and Horses, Britain's most<br />

popular sitcom, will begin filming one of three new BBC<br />

episodes in November 29/07/01 B 11 4>8 Photograph<br />

* Review of Survivor/Big Brother/Brass Eye Special 29/07/01 R<br />

20 1>8 Photographs<br />

* 15 weeks of fame for Brian Dowling, the winner of TV's Big<br />

Brother 29/07/01 B 29 1>2 Photograph<br />

* Michael Jackson, Channel 4's outgoing chief executive leaves<br />

a station reeling from the success of Big Brother while dodging<br />

flak for rerunning a satire about paedophiles 29/07/01 B 29 1>5<br />

Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> runner-up in Big Brother lands more instant riches than<br />

the winner… but TV and the tabloids gain the most 29/07/01 B<br />

7 1>8 Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong> BBC is to be given the green light for a major expansion<br />

of its television channels to include a new BBC3 youth channel<br />

and an upmarket BBC4 for culture and arts programmes - see<br />

BBC 05/08/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Government is poised to scrap the long-standing rule<br />

banning ITV from owning its news provider - see ITV 05/08/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Government is poised to scrap the long-standing rule<br />

banning ITV from owning its news provider 05/08/01 N 1 1>7<br />

* Review of Men In <strong>The</strong> Woods/Alpha: Will It Change their<br />

Lives? 05/08/01 R 20 1>5 Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Secret Life of Us is one of Australia's most successful<br />

television exports - why has another examination of<br />

twentysomething's lives become such a hit? 05/08/01 R 9 1>5<br />

Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> hit show, Big Brother's winner has spent only 30 minutes<br />

with his family since filming ended - and friends blame Channel<br />

4 - see Big Brother 12/08/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> soaps are awash with brands amid anomalies over product<br />

placement - see Media 12/08/01<br />

* TV show Big Brother's winner has spent only 30 minutes with<br />

his family since filming ended - and friends blame Channel 4<br />

12/08/01 B 13 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Review of Take Me/Celebrity Sleepover/Four Weeks To Find<br />

A Girlfriend 12/08/01 R 20 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Ronan Bennett's new prison comedy, Lucky Break 12/08/01 R<br />

7 1>5 Photographs<br />

* Ricky Gervais has created a finely tuned character in David<br />

Brent in <strong>The</strong> Office, the surprise television hit of the summer<br />

OBSERVER INDEX: JAN-DEC <strong>2001</strong><br />

229<br />

12/08/01 R 9 1>4 Photographs<br />

* ITV has snatched the Premiership football highlights for more<br />

than £180m but how did the new prime time team perform? - see<br />

Sport: Football 19/08/01<br />

* Review of Space/Stars and <strong>The</strong>ir Doubles/Pretending to Be<br />

Judith/Prince Naseem's Guide to Islam/Home Front: Islam<br />

Special/<strong>The</strong> Office 19/08/01 R 20 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Armando Iannucci's dark vision has produced some of the best<br />

British TV comedy of the past 10 years, now he's coming out as<br />

a performer - see Iannucci, Armando 26/08/01<br />

* Attempts by ITN to hold on to its ITV news contract by<br />

fighting off a consortium featuring BSkyB will come under<br />

intense fire with the publication of a report - see Business &<br />

Industry 26/08/01<br />

* On the of the BBC's most senior figures branded reality TV<br />

programmes 'humiliating, manipulative and sick' in an attack on<br />

a form of television that draws big ratings 26/08/01 B 1 4>6<br />

* Review of EastEnders/Newsnight 26/08/01 R 20 1>8<br />

Photographs<br />

* Dawn Airey, chief executive of Channel 5, defended her<br />

decision to screen a documentary series about the mass murders<br />

of Fred West 26/08/01 B 5 1>7 Photographs<br />

* Behind the scenes of <strong>The</strong> Sopranos - see Sopranos, <strong>The</strong><br />

02/09/01<br />

* Our public service broadcaster has no business chasing ratings<br />

through new channels, says Disney TV chief Paul Robinson - see<br />

BBC 02/09/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> future of TV: it's the biggest revolution in decades at the<br />

BBC, with two new channels and a whole new brief to keep<br />

Britain entertained and informed 02/09/01 B 13 1>6<br />

Photographs<br />

* Review of Absolutely Fabulous/Bedtime/Going Native<br />

02/09/01 R 20 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Bob is gay, rose is straight… and they're a loving couple - a<br />

new TV series from Queer as Folk writer Russell T. Davies, who<br />

reveals his real-life inspiration 02/09/01 R 9 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Sky-style imports threaten quality public service TV, Tim<br />

Gardam, head of programmes at Channel 4, calls for one<br />

regulator to speak up for viewers - see Media 09/09/01<br />

* Review of A Small Summer Party/<strong>The</strong> Armando Iannucci<br />

Shows/Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures/Baz Luhrmann: <strong>The</strong><br />

Show Must Go On 09/09/01 R 20 1>8 Photograph<br />

* Television's critics have got is wrong says Peter Bazalgette,<br />

creator of Channel 4's <strong>The</strong> Big Brother 09/09/01 B 3 1>6<br />

Photographs<br />

* Review of 'Orrible/Bob and Rose/Blue Planet 16/09/01 R 13<br />

1>7 Photographs<br />

* Terror in America: Images that mocked all powers of<br />

description 16/09/01 X 19 5>6 Photographs<br />

* Channel 4's new weapon in the battle to win back millions of<br />

young viewers is a precocious 26-year-old architect whose<br />

favourite buildings include McDonald's and Tesco 16/09/01 B 3<br />

1>6 Photograph<br />

* Audiences have lot their appetites for hijackings and violence,<br />

just as in the years after the war and the JFK assassination,<br />

escapist entertainment will dominate TV and the movies - see<br />

Film 23/09/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> new chairman of the BBC Gavyn Davies, pledges to steer<br />

the BBC from house-and-garden obsession - see BBC 23/09/01<br />

* Perfect Match/Would Like To Meet/Armadillo 23/09/01 R 20<br />

1>8 Photographs


* Dominic Savage tells Geraldine Bedell about his new factmeets-fiction<br />

drama on a runaway 12 year old girl 23/09/01 R 8<br />

1>4 Photographs<br />

* As part of the European Union's Year of Languages, French<br />

secondary school children are to watch EastEnders to sharpen<br />

their language skills - see Language 30/09/01<br />

* As the South Bank Show enters its twenty-fifth season,<br />

Melvyn Bragg argues that rather than killing off the arts,<br />

television has widened their appeal - see Arts, <strong>The</strong> 30/09/01<br />

* Review of Temptation Island/<strong>The</strong> Most Evil Men in<br />

History/Fighting Back: the Michael Watson Story 30/09/01 R<br />

20 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Profile on EastEnders - Britain's favourite soap is watched by<br />

one in four… with murder, abortion, gay love, underage sex,<br />

racial tension… it's the Dickens of our times - see EastEnders<br />

07/10/01<br />

* Review of Band of Brothers/EastEnders/Terror in America:<br />

<strong>The</strong> British Victims and Survivors 07/10/01 R 20 1>8<br />

Photographs<br />

* Clichés are swept aside in a radical drama series that gives<br />

black actors what they want - a great script 07/10/01 R 8 1>5<br />

Photographs<br />

* Review of TV News/Joined: <strong>The</strong> Secret World of Siamese<br />

Twins/Real Life: <strong>The</strong> Fattest Men in Britain 14/10/01 R 20 1>8<br />

Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong> absurdities of war still give ammunition for quick-thinking<br />

satirists such as 2DTV - see Satire 21/10/01<br />

* Review of Sweet Revenge/Not All Houses Are<br />

Square/Property Latter 21/10/01 R 13 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Charities fear a backlash over TV sitcom's Mr Nasty - see<br />

Charities 28/10/01<br />

* Rupert Murdoch wins the rights to the Indian version of Who<br />

Wants To Be A Millionaire for his StarTV entertainment channel<br />

28/10/01 B 14 4>5 Photograph<br />

* Review of Coolhunters/<strong>The</strong> Naked Chef/Victoria Wood's<br />

Sketch Show Story 28/10/01 R 20 1>8 Photographs<br />

* In the scramble for primetime ratings, Saturday evening has<br />

become TV's graveyard slot 28/10/01 R 8 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Review of Jordan: Living Without Fame/Linda Green/My<br />

Uncle Silas/Gimme Gimme Gimme 04/11/01 R 13 1>8<br />

Photographs<br />

* ITV's cutting-edge new drama Night and Day is no ordinary<br />

soap 04/11/01 R 8 1>5 Photographs<br />

* Review of Faking It/Omnibus: <strong>The</strong> Billy Elliot Boy/Night and<br />

Day 11/11/01 R 20 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Cold Feet, ITV's groundbreaking drama, is back with a darker<br />

edge, switching the emphasis from commitment to falling apart<br />

11/11/01 R 6 1>5 Photographs<br />

* Cash-strapped ITV Digital is to declare a counterfeiters'<br />

amnesty on its smart-cards - see Business & Industry 18/11/01<br />

* It's time to give women a chance as chatshow hosts says<br />

Kathryn Flett 18/11/01 R 2 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Review of <strong>The</strong> Kumars at No 42/Dr Terrible's House of<br />

Horrible/Mr Charity/Home Front/It's A Girl Thing/<strong>The</strong> Farmer<br />

Wants a Wife 18/11/01 R 20 1>8 Photographs]#<br />

* Ken Loach has never been afraid to experiment, his new TV<br />

film, <strong>The</strong> Navigators, is no exception 18/11/01 R 6 1>7<br />

Photographs<br />

* Leaving EastEnders will make Tamzin Outhwaite one of the<br />

BBC's highest paid stars - see Outhwaite, Tamzin 25/11/01<br />

* Profile of husband and wife team Richard Madeley and Judy<br />

OBSERVER INDEX: JAN-DEC <strong>2001</strong><br />

230<br />

Finnigan, who were one of ITV's hottest properties before they<br />

fell out with a new producer and switched to Channel 4 - see<br />

Madeley, Richard 25/11/01<br />

* Review of Being Mick/Omnibus: Syd Barrett/Cold Feet<br />

25/11/01 R 18 1>8 Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong> new Othello stands out as a bold ITV commission<br />

25/11/01 R 7 1>5 Photographs<br />

* Jon Snow, the award-winning Channel 4 newscaster and one of<br />

Britain's most respected journalists, has launched a furious attack<br />

on ITV for 'reducing its commitment' to news - see Media<br />

02/12/01<br />

* Review of Richard and Judy/Kenyon Confronts/Linda<br />

Green/Bridge 02/12/01 R 15 1>8 Photograph<br />

* With its merciless satires of British TV shows, the website<br />

tvgohome has become essential, but how will it survive the<br />

transition to its new home - television? 02/12/01 R 8 1>5<br />

Photograph<br />

* Interview with Kenneth Branagh who is starring as Antarctic<br />

hero Shackleton in a C4 TV drama - see Branagh, Kenneth<br />

09/12/01<br />

* Review of <strong>The</strong> Navigators/Swallow/<strong>The</strong> Way We Live<br />

Now/Band of Brothers 09/12/01 R 20 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Profile on Mark Thompson who may one day run the BBC but<br />

meanwhile in the new head of Channel 4 - see Thompson, Mark<br />

16/12/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> critically-acclaimed ITV comedy romance Cold Feet<br />

failed to win a single award at last night's British Comedy<br />

Awards - see Comedy 16/12/01<br />

* Review of <strong>The</strong> BBC Sports Personality of the Year/<strong>The</strong> Turner<br />

Prize/When Louis Met <strong>The</strong> Hamilton's/Bigamy 16/12/01 R 13<br />

1>8 Photographs<br />

* Television of the Year: Kathryn Flett 23/12/01 R 14 1>8<br />

Photographs<br />

* Review of Trouble at the Top/Battle Centre/So That Was<br />

Christmas 23/12/01 R 24 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Actor James Nesbitt has undertaken his most daunting<br />

professional challenge yet appearing as a Protestant in Bloody<br />

Sunday - see Nesbitt, James 30/12/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Lost World/Hamilton Mattress/Ivor the Invisible/<strong>The</strong><br />

Private Dirk Bogarde/Othello 30/12/01 R 13 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Television 2002: Akin Ojumu 30/12/01 R 8 1>8 Photographs<br />

TELL NO ONE<br />

* See Book Reviews - Guttridge, Peter 29/07/01<br />

TEN KEY THINGS ABOUT…<br />

* Revenge 07/01/01 B 25 5<br />

* Identical twins 14/01/01 B 29 5<br />

* Queen Victoria 21/01/01 B 29 4<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Mitfords 04/02/01 B 29 5<br />

* Orgasms 11/02/01 B 29 5<br />

* Bigamy 18/02/01 B 29 5<br />

* Lent 25/02/01 B 29 5<br />

* UFOs 04/03/01 B 29 5<br />

* Chocolate 15/03/01 B 25 5<br />

* Spring 18/03/01 B 29 6<br />

* Motherhood 25/03/01 B 29 5<br />

* April Fool's Day 01/04/01 B 29 5


* <strong>The</strong> Census 08/04/01 B 25 5<br />

* Perfume 22/04/01 B 27 5<br />

* Space travel 29/04/01 B 25 5<br />

* Sandwiches 13/05/01 B 29 5<br />

* Pubs 20/05/01 B 29 5<br />

* Cocaine 27/05/01 B 29 5<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Epsom Derby 03/06/01 B 31 5<br />

TERRORISM<br />

* See also International Affairs: Terrorism Crisis, <strong>The</strong><br />

* American military bases and consular facilities across Italy<br />

were placed on high alert against a possible terrorist attack by<br />

Islamic militants - see International Affairs: USA 07/01/01<br />

* Extremists move animal rights into terrorism - see Animals<br />

14/01/01<br />

* Germany is on tenterhooks waiting to see if a book by the<br />

daughter of terrorist Ulrike Meinhof will lift the lid on the Left's<br />

firebrand past - see International Affairs: Europe 14/01/01<br />

* Young terrorists are regarded as heroes in the Basque country<br />

and there are plenty more in the bars of Bilbao ready to fight the<br />

Spanish 'enemy' - see International Affairs: Europe 14/01/01<br />

* A 'holy war' manual found in Manchester is claimed to link<br />

four men accused of bombing embassies in East Africa with<br />

Osama bin Laden in a trial which has been running in New York<br />

for 3 months 20/05/01 B 10 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Oklahoma bomber Timothy McVeigh is emerging as a<br />

figurehead for Britain's far-right extremists - see McVeigh,<br />

Timothy 27/05/01<br />

* Olaia Castresana wanted to be an infant school teacher but<br />

instead she become a separatist bomber and blew herself up at a<br />

holiday apartment in Torrevieja - see International Affairs:<br />

Europe 29/07/01<br />

* As the Saudi bomber begins his life sentence in a US jail for<br />

the bombing of the American embassy in Nairobi, Jason Burke<br />

uncovers the secret FBI files on the suicide bomber… - see<br />

al'Owhali, Mohammed 05/08/01<br />

* Security services in Britain and Ireland have identified the new<br />

leader of the Real IRA, the militia group intent on wrecking the<br />

peace process - see Ireland 05/08/01<br />

* Two Real IRA terrorist cells are operating in London and are<br />

intent on launching further attacks in the wake of last week's<br />

Ealing bombing - see Ireland 05/08/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Ealing bomb was a sophisticated visual 'spectacular'<br />

deliberately plants to be caught on CCTV for maximum<br />

publicity by the Real IRA - see Ireland 12/08/01<br />

* Britons were warned to be on their guard after a huge car bomb<br />

planted by Eta ripped through one of Spain's most popular tourist<br />

resorts - see International Affairs: Europe 19/08/01<br />

* Teaching terror to Marxist guerrillas in Colombia seemed a<br />

nice earner for the Provos, but the fiasco may cost Sinn Fein<br />

hard-won US support - see Ireland 19/08/01<br />

* Airports face turmoil after security crackdown - see Aviation<br />

Industry 16/09/01<br />

* Greg Dyke, director-general of the BBC, issued an apology<br />

after a live edition of Question Time during which members of<br />

the audience expressed anti-American views - see BBC<br />

16/09/01<br />

* Jockeys taking part in the Irish St Leger at <strong>The</strong> Curragh<br />

racecourse observe a minute's silence to mark last week's tragedy<br />

in New York - see Sport: Horse Racing 16/09/01<br />

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231<br />

* Kabul empties as the US decides - see International Affairs:<br />

Middle East 16/09/01<br />

* Profiles on Osama Bin Laden - see Bin Laden, Osama<br />

16/09/01<br />

* Terror in America: Images that mocked all powers of<br />

description - see Television 16/09/01<br />

* Terror in America: <strong>The</strong> Prime Minister's balance act - Blair<br />

tries to juggle caution and boldness - see Politics 16/09/01<br />

* Terror in America: UK "hawks" and "doves" - see Politics<br />

16/09/01<br />

* Terror in America: What the papers say - see Media 16/09/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Islamic mindset - see International Affairs: Middle East<br />

16/09/01<br />

* Peace protesters take to New York streets 16/09/01 X 1 1>8<br />

Photograph<br />

* Get ready for war, Bush tells America 16/09/01 X 1, 3 1>8<br />

Photographs<br />

* Terror in America: Special Edition 16/09/01 X 1>28 1>8<br />

Photographs<br />

* War on America: 8 page picture special 16/09/01 X1 1>8 1>4<br />

Photographs<br />

* How the US will wage war against an unseen enemy 16/09/01<br />

X 10 1>6 Photographs, map<br />

* How to strike at the world's most inaccessible land by Julian<br />

Thompson 16/09/01 X 10 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Terror in America: <strong>The</strong> Inside Story 16/09/01 X 11>18 1>6<br />

Photographs<br />

* Terror in America: Intelligence blunders 16/09/01 X 19 1>4<br />

Photograph<br />

* Britain's extradition laws are to be overhauled to make it easier<br />

to remove people accused of terrorist activity 16/09/01 X 2 6>8<br />

* Security forces in global hunt for terrorist cells 16/09/01 X 2<br />

2>8 Photographs<br />

* Terror in America: <strong>The</strong> heroes 16/09/01 X 20>21 1>6<br />

Photographs<br />

* Terror in America: <strong>The</strong> World Trade Centre 16/09/01 X<br />

20>21 3>6 Photograph<br />

* Terror in America: Profiles of some of the victims by the New<br />

York Times 16/09/01 X 28 1>4 Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong> full text of yesterday's radio address to the American<br />

people by President Bush 16/09/01 X 3 8<br />

* New York buries the few, but still they search for the many<br />

16/09/01 X 4>5 1>6 Photographs<br />

* "We watched our child die" say British couple watching the<br />

New York terrorist attacks live on TV 16/09/01 X 5 1>6<br />

Photograph<br />

* Bush's New York visit does little to mollify his critics<br />

16/09/01 X 7 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Terror in America: US "hawks" and "doves" 16/09/01 X 7 2>5<br />

Photographs<br />

* New York diary: Mark Georgiou of BBC's Six O'clock News<br />

on bringing home the reality of Manhattan - see Media 23/09/01<br />

* British troops will lead an international coalition alongside<br />

America to wage war on Afghanistan in the next 10 days<br />

23/09/01 X 1, 3 1>6 Photograph<br />

* War on Terrorism: Special Edition 23/09/01 X 1>24 1>7<br />

Photographs


* Cantor's tragedy: the survivors who search for solace 23/09/01<br />

X 10 1>5 Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong> countdown: marching to the brink of battle 23/09/01 X<br />

11>14 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Profile on General Pervez Musharraf of Pakistan 23/09/01 X<br />

12 4>7 Photograph<br />

* Profile on Mullah Mohamed Omar, Taliban chief 23/09/01 X<br />

13 7>8 Photograph<br />

* Language of conflict by Euan Ferguson 23/09/01 X 14 3>6<br />

* Profile on Mohamed Zahir Shah, the former King of<br />

Afghanistan 23/09/01 X 14 8 Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Afghan Connection 23/09/01 X 15>16 1>3 Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong> double life of suicide pilot, Mohamed Atta 23/09/01 X 17<br />

1>6 Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong> motive: roots of the crisis 23/09/01 X 17 1>6<br />

* Bush's finest hour: Profile on George W. Bush 23/09/01 X 18<br />

1>8 Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Media Battle: <strong>The</strong> Press by Peter Preston 23/09/01 X 19<br />

1>6 Photographs<br />

* American airline pilots are refusing to take off with Arabs - or<br />

people who look like Arabs 23/09/01 X 2 2>6<br />

* Charity had links with Bin laden 23/09/01 X 2 7>8<br />

* Hollywood Appeal 23/09/01 X 2 2>6 Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong> UK connection 23/09/01 X 2 2>8<br />

* Leading Conservative commentator Peter Oborne argues that<br />

bombing Afghanistan misses the point, we should look to the<br />

terrorist within our walls 23/09/01 X 23 1 Photograph<br />

* A letter from New York: Award-winning novelist Peter Carey<br />

writes to Robert McCrum, <strong>The</strong> <strong>Observer</strong>'s literary editor, telling<br />

of his day on 11th September in New York 23/09/01 X 24 1>6<br />

Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong> front line: Border tensions 23/09/01 X 3 1>8<br />

Photographs, map<br />

* Global Economy 23/09/01 X 4 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Britain: <strong>Observer</strong> Poll 23/09/01 X 5 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Britain: Peace Movement 23/09/01 X 5 5<br />

* Haunting stories of British victims 23/09/01 X 5 1>4<br />

Photographs<br />

* New York: <strong>The</strong> emotional scars 23/09/01 X 7 1>8<br />

Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong> authorities in New York estimated that casualties in the<br />

World Trade Centre disaster could be up to a thousand less than<br />

the floating figure of 6,333 23/09/01 X 7 8<br />

* Britain's Role: Afghanistan is in striking range of SAS in the<br />

Gulf 23/09/01 X 8 6>7<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Dirty War: CIA gets go-ahead for a return to murderous<br />

Cold War tactics 23/09/01 X 8 1>5<br />

* Military Options: America prepares 23/09/01 X 8>9 1>6<br />

Photographs<br />

* Terrorism Crisis: Are civil liberties at risk? - see Civil<br />

Liberties 30/09/01<br />

* US investigators trying to seize Osama bin Laden's assets are<br />

examining the relationship between two London-based banks<br />

and the Sudanese AIShamal Islamic Bank 30/09/01 N 1 5>7<br />

* US and Britain are to strike terror camps within days 30/09/01<br />

B 1>2 1>4 Photograph<br />

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232<br />

* Reports and analysis on the terrorism crisis 30/09/01 B 13>22<br />

1>6 Photographs, maps<br />

* Inside Afghanistan 30/09/01 B 2>3 2>6 Photographs, map<br />

* American and British troops are to target a £20bn stockpile of<br />

opium and heroin which intelligence officials believe is about to<br />

be released onto the world market by Osama bin Laden and the<br />

Taliban 30/09/01 B 3 5>6<br />

* Business Focus: Funding Terror 30/09/01 N 3 1>6 Photograph<br />

* If terrorists were behind the largest insider trading scam in<br />

history, where is the evidence? 30/09/01 N 3 1>5 Graph<br />

* London-based terror chief plotted mayhem in Europe 30/09/01<br />

B 3 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Crisis news in brief 30/09/01 B 4 7>8 Photograph<br />

* Security Blitz 30/09/01 B 4 1>8<br />

* Spy Blunder 30/09/01 B 4 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Ground Zero: the first tours of the devastated site of the World<br />

Trade Centre are being offered to relatives of the nearly 6,000<br />

people who perished 30/09/01 B 5 6>8 Photograph<br />

* Yvonne Ridley, the British journalist seized by Taliban forces<br />

in Afghanistan is being interrogated under suspicion of spying<br />

30/09/01 B 5 1>5 Photographs<br />

* Big accountancy firms are facing unprecedented US<br />

government demands to disclose confidential information on<br />

clients based in tax havens following the attacks in New York -<br />

see Financial Institutions 07/10/01<br />

* Terror in America: <strong>The</strong> British Victims - see Television<br />

07/10/01<br />

* It's time for war, Bush and Blair tell Taliban 07/10/01 B 1>2<br />

1>6 Photograph<br />

* Eight pages of reports and analysis on the terrorism crisis<br />

07/10/01 B 15>22 1>5 Photographs<br />

* MI6 doubles staff to beat fresh terrorist attacks 07/10/01 B 2<br />

2>4 Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> British journalist, Yvonne Ridley, who is being held in<br />

Afghanistan is to be released 07/10/01 B 2 5>7 Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Muslim world has to change, it cannot forever attribute all<br />

its ills to America, writes the Iraqi dissident, Kanan Makiya<br />

07/10/01 B 29 1>5 Photographs<br />

* Crisis in brief 07/10/01 B 3 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Report from the frontline by Maggie O'Kane in Northern<br />

Afghanistan 07/10/01 B 3 1>8 Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong> US identifies Pentagon suicide attacker as having role in<br />

planning the bombing of USS Cole 07/10/01 B 5 1>3<br />

Photograph<br />

* Two banks owned by the Taliban still have active operations in<br />

London 07/10/01 B 5 4>7 Photograph<br />

* A senior Libyan official accused of involvement in the<br />

Lockerbie bombing and branded 'the master of terror' has been<br />

welcomed by the Foreign Office 07/10/01 B 6 4>5 Photograph<br />

* Profiteers exploiting the World Trade Centre atrocity were<br />

condemned as 'sleazy hawkers' 07/10/01 B 6 1>5<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Government is to demand that broadcasters consider<br />

censoring video messages from Osama bin Laden 14/10/01 B 1<br />

8<br />

* Tony Blair says we must be ready for war casualties 14/10/01<br />

B 1>2 1>7<br />

* US hawks accuse Iraq over anthrax 14/10/01 B 1>2 1>4<br />

Photographs


* <strong>The</strong> Battle for Afghanistan: Reports and Analysis 14/10/01 B<br />

17>27 1>8 Photographs<br />

* 20,000 people march in London for peace 14/10/01 B 2 4>5<br />

Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> battle for Afghanistan: US admits lethal blunders<br />

14/10/01 B 2 2>7 Photograph<br />

* France's most critically acclaimed novel has been removed<br />

from the short list for the country's top literary award because it<br />

has been deemed too controversial in the wake of 11th<br />

September attacks 14/10/01 B 29 1>2 Photograph<br />

* An Afghan journalist's remarkable story has deeply moved the<br />

Prime Minister 14/10/01 B 3 1>5 Photographs<br />

* Crisis in brief 14/10/01 B 3 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Terrorism, not Islam, is the target for this just war, we must<br />

change but not be defeatist, says Henry Porter 14/10/01 B 33<br />

1>5 Photographs<br />

* Osama bin Laden is hiding in the mountains in Afghanistan, a<br />

son of his has claimed 14/10/01 B 4 8<br />

* Manhattan notebook 14/10/01 B 5 1>5 Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong> war on the ground 14/10/01 B 5 6>7<br />

* Germ warfare 14/10/01 B 6 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Security: US names London cleric as suspect 14/10/01 B 6<br />

5>6<br />

* Colin Powell may be talking about a 'long haul' in the war<br />

against terrorism but the media has neither the stomach nor<br />

finances for a protracted campaign - see Media 21/10/01<br />

* Comment by Jason Burke, an expert on Afghanistan, who has<br />

covered the conflict since day one - see Burke, Jason 21/10/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> UK stock market has already recovered from the US<br />

attack, and in the aftermath of terror, some industries are<br />

positively booming - see Business & Industry 21/10/01<br />

* UN's smallpox terror alert 21/10/01 B 1 7>8<br />

* US special forces attack Taliban in fierce firefight 21/10/01 B<br />

1, 3 1>6 Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> firefighters of East 29th St talk about fate, fear and the<br />

miracle of survival 21/10/01 M 14>25 1>3 Photographs<br />

* Reports and analysis on the Terrorism Crisis 21/10/01 B<br />

15>25 1>8 Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong> UN are set to appeal for a halt to the bombing of<br />

Afghanistan 21/10/01 B 2 4>6 Photograph<br />

* Elite US Rangers storm Taliban spiritual leader, Mullah<br />

Omar's mountain fort 21/10/01 B 2>3 1>6 Illustrations, map<br />

* Interview with Samuel Huntington, Harvard political scientist<br />

who predicted a 'clash of civilisations' in 1993 21/10/01 B 28<br />

1>8 Photographs<br />

* Anthrax hoaxers face 7 years in jail 21/10/01 B 3 5>6<br />

* <strong>The</strong> man who stepped forward yesterday to announce the start<br />

of America's ground war on world terrorism was General<br />

Richard Myers 21/10/01 B 3 1>4 Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> London-based Islamic cleric Abu Qatada claims British<br />

security services offered him a chance to escape to Afghanistan<br />

21/10/01 B 4 7>8 Photograph<br />

* Cast of stars give the US a show of support in Madison Square<br />

Gardens 21/10/01 B 5 4>6 Photograph<br />

* Crisis in brief 21/10/01 B 5 1>2<br />

* <strong>The</strong> war against terrorism is expected to cost Britain £13bn,<br />

with the loss of more than 100,000 jobs before Christmas<br />

21/10/01 B 5 1>2<br />

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233<br />

* Every war needs its writers, but as long as they are excluded<br />

from the battle zone the Afghan conflict will never capture the<br />

popular imagination - and we will never know the truth<br />

28/10/01 R 1>2 1>6 Photograph, illustration<br />

* Tony Blair moved to head off growing unease about the<br />

direction of the war in Afghanistan by making an unprecedented<br />

plea to the British public not to show any weakening of 'moral<br />

purpose' 28/10/01 B 1>2 1>6 Photograph<br />

* An investigation into the life of Osama bin Laden 28/10/01 B<br />

15>20 1>3 Photographs<br />

* Neo-Nazi extremists within the US could be behind the deadly<br />

wave of anthrax attacks against America 28/10/01 B 2 5>8<br />

Photograph<br />

* War on Afghanistan: First UK casualties of war on terrorism<br />

were recruited to fight with the Taliban 28/10/01 B 2 2>8<br />

* Jason Burke in Peshawar reveals the harrowing story behind<br />

the death of Abdul Haq 28/10/01 B 3 1>7 Photograph<br />

* Crisis in brief 28/10/01 B 4 5>7 Photograph<br />

* FBI suspects a Birmingham man paid rent on a San Diego<br />

apartment used as a base by hijackers who crashed into the<br />

Pentagon 28/10/01 B 4 1>5 Photographs<br />

* Paul Bergne has been appointed Tony Blair's special<br />

representative for Afghanistan 28/10/01 B 4 5>7 Photograph<br />

* Saddam Hussein's adviser warned there would be 'grave<br />

consequences' across the Arab world if Iraq became a target of<br />

military action on the war against terrorism 28/10/01 B 4 6>7<br />

* Britain dismisses bin Laden's most recent broadcast as<br />

'desperate fantasy' - see Bin Laden, Osama 04/11/01<br />

* Focus Special on the Terrorism Crisis 04/11/01 B 16>22 1>6<br />

Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong> number of people who support the deployment of British<br />

troops in Afghanistan has risen to almost 60 per cent 04/11/01 B<br />

2 7<br />

* <strong>The</strong> US is to launch a massive airlift to supply Afghanistan's<br />

rebel forces with arms and ammunition 04/11/01 B 2 2>7<br />

Photograph<br />

* Britain is to be placed under a state of 'public emergency' as<br />

part of a move to allow internment without trial of suspected<br />

terrorists 11/11/01 B 1 1>6 Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> allies' fresh assault forces mass retreat 11/11/01 B 1, 4<br />

7>8<br />

* Focus special on the terrorism crisis 11/11/01 B 15>21 1>3<br />

Photographs<br />

* Bin Laden taunts the West: 'I'm ready to die' 11/11/01 B 2 2>8<br />

Photograph<br />

* Growing fears in America about the emergency security<br />

measures introduced after 11 September attacks culminated in a<br />

ferocious editorial in the New York Times 11/11/01 B 2 4>7<br />

Photograph<br />

* 'Muslims have the right to attack America' 11/11/01 B 2>3<br />

6>8<br />

* Crisis in brief 11/11/01 B 3 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Saddam to face 'hour of justice' hints Bush 11/11/01 B 3 7>8<br />

Photograph<br />

* Tanks and trenches were abandoned as the Northern Alliance,<br />

after weeks of American bombing, finally launched their assault<br />

11/11/01 B 4>5 1>4 Map<br />

* British troops 'in peril' as the net closes on bin Laden 18/11/01<br />

B 1>2 1>7 Photograph<br />

* Crucial evidence linking both Osama bin Laden's al-Qaeda


network with the Taliban to the suicide hijackings on New York<br />

and Washington on 11 September has been uncovered in secret<br />

documents 18/11/01 B 1>2 3>7<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Battle for Afghanistan: reports, analysis and comment<br />

18/11/01 B 16>20 1>8 Photographs<br />

* A suicide letter written by one of the alleged pilots in the 11<br />

September attacks to his girlfriend in Germany has been<br />

intercepted by investigators in the US 18/11/01 B 2 8<br />

* Confusion of the death of bin Laden's chief aide 18/11/01 B 2<br />

2>7 Photograph<br />

* Afghans armed with rocks vent their hatred on the dead<br />

18/11/01 B 3 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Crisis in brief 18/11/01 B 3 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Britain is to push for an early expansion of the European rapid<br />

reaction force to respond to events such as those of 11<br />

September in the US 18/11/01 B 4 7>8 Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Battle for Afghanistan 18/11/01 B 4 1>6 Photograph<br />

* A diamond mining firm falsely linked by the BBC to Osama<br />

bin Laden has launched a multi-million pound claim for damages<br />

against the corporation - see BBC 25/11/01<br />

* Dame Judi Dench has been chosen by families of the British<br />

victims of the 11 September attacks on New York and<br />

Washington to lead a service of remembrance in Westminster<br />

Abbey - see Dench, Dame Judi 25/11/01<br />

* Emma Daly mourns the war reporter Julio Fuentes, gunned<br />

down by the Taliban, and explains why his death will not deter<br />

his fellow war reporters - see Media 25/11/01<br />

* Making Terror, Breaking Terror - see Radio 25/11/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> BBC has apologised for linking diamond firm Oryx with<br />

the al-Qaeda, but was it manipulated? - see BBC 25/11/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> fall of Kundoz: surrender kills the dreams of the Taliban<br />

25/11/01 B 1>2 7>8 Photographs<br />

* When the impossible happened in New York, Magnum<br />

photographers rush out to record it - the results, beautiful and<br />

terrible, are now on show 25/11/01 R 1>2 1>6 Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Battle for Afghanistan: four pages of news and comment<br />

25/11/01 B 17>20 1>3 Photographs<br />

* Andrea Catherwood, ITN journalist in Afghanistan, is injured<br />

by shrapnel from a grenade 25/11/01 B 2 2>4 Photograph<br />

* Britain's armed forces are facing a funding black hole of<br />

£500m a year because of the additional pressures of the war on<br />

terrorism 25/11/01 B 2 7>8<br />

* Letters show the dark secrets of the school for atrocities -<br />

report from bin Laden's secret terror camp in Khowst 25/11/01<br />

B 3 1>6 Photographs, map<br />

* <strong>The</strong> US is poised to dispatch a wave of elite Marines into<br />

Afghanistan 25/11/01 B 3 1>8 Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> real story of Flight 93 02/12/01 B 15>16 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Focus on Afghanistan: After the Taliban 02/12/01 B 18 1>6<br />

Photograph<br />

* Fighting was raging in the south-western Afghan province of<br />

Kandahar last night amid reports that tribal fighters had captured<br />

a sector of the airport there 02/12/01 B 2 4>7 Photograph<br />

* Battle for Afghanistan: the Taliban who came back from the<br />

dead 02/12/01 B 4>5 1>4 Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong> case for tough action against Iraq 02/12/01 B 4>5 3>4<br />

Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Northern Alliance agree to UN authority 02/12/01 B 5<br />

6>8<br />

OBSERVER INDEX: JAN-DEC <strong>2001</strong><br />

234<br />

* Hollywood drops in on troops: Julia Roberts and fellow<br />

Hollywood stars arrived to meet US service personnel 09/12/01<br />

B 1 4 Photograph<br />

* American forces have already flown surveillance flights over<br />

Somalia looking for al-Qaeda forces to target in the next stage of<br />

the global war on terror 09/12/01 B 1, 3 14>6<br />

* Where will the US now take its fight against terror? 09/12/01<br />

B 15>17 1>6 Photographs<br />

* David Blunkett was accused of 'bullying' after warning Iain<br />

Duncan Smith to face the 'dangerous consequences' of opposing<br />

the Government's Anti-terrorism Bill 09/12/01 B 4 5>7<br />

* War in Afghanistan: Last Stand by Jason Burke in Tora Bora<br />

09/12/01 B 4 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Crisis in brief 09/12/01 B 5 6 Photograph<br />

* War in Afghanistan: Divided City by Peter Beaumont in<br />

Quetta 09/12/01 B 5 1>5 Photographs<br />

* Chilling plans for a devastating bomb attack on London have<br />

been discovered in a terrorist base in Afghanistan 16/12/01 B<br />

1>2 1>3<br />

* Allied rifts fuel fears on British troops' mission 16/12/01 B 4<br />

6>7<br />

* War in Afghanistan: radio picks up voice of bin Laden<br />

16/12/01 B 4 1>5 Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> CIA may have set up videotape 'confession' from bin<br />

Laden 16/12/01 B 5 1>5 Photographs<br />

* New Afghan leader vows to build an era of peace - see<br />

International Affairs: Middle East 23/12/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Greeks are close to unmasking the terror group November<br />

17 - see International Affairs: Europe 23/12/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> event that defined <strong>2001</strong> - 11 September 23/12/01 R 1 1<br />

Photograph<br />

* Worldwide hunt for 20 roaming terror ships 23/12/01 B 1>2<br />

4>6<br />

* Special report on the Terrorism Crisis 23/12/01 B 4>6 1>6<br />

Photographs<br />

* British security services knew of links between shoe bomber<br />

Richard Reid and one of the 11 September hijack suspect - see<br />

Intelligence Services 30/12/01<br />

* Women continue to cover up in Afghanistan, reluctant to be<br />

the first to take off the burqa - see International Affairs: Middle<br />

East 30/12/01<br />

* We may never find bin Laden, President Bush concedes<br />

30/12/01 B 19 5>6 Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> making of a terrorist: Richard Reid turned to Islam to find<br />

a way of going straight, but fanatics transformed him into the<br />

shoe bomber who tried to blow up a jet 30/12/01 B 6>7 1>8<br />

Photographs<br />

TESTAMENT OF YVES GUNDRON, THE<br />

* See Book Reviews - Merritt, Stephanie 11/03/01<br />

THAW, JOHN<br />

* Profile on actor John Thaw as he faces up to the prospect of<br />

defeating cancer 24/06/01 B 23 1>5 Caricature<br />

THEATRE<br />

* Review of <strong>The</strong> Rivals/<strong>The</strong> Glass Slipper/Mother Goose<br />

07/01/01 R 15 1>8 Photograph<br />

* A triumphant enactment of grisly cautionary tales for children<br />

has achieved cult status and arrives in the West End next month<br />

14/01/01 R 12 1>6 Photograph


* Review of Spinning into Butter 14/01/01 R 12 4>8<br />

Photograph<br />

* Profile on Deborah Warner, theatrical director - see Warner,<br />

Deborah 21/01/01<br />

* A Wedding Story/La Lupa/BlackSky White 21/01/01 R 12<br />

4>7<br />

* Review of Le Costume/<strong>The</strong> Tempest/Entertaining Mr Sloane<br />

28/01/01 R 11 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Does Ian Rickson have the same magic touch as Stephen<br />

Daldry as the artistic director of the Royal Court 28/01/01 R 6<br />

1>5 Photograph<br />

* Conor McPherson's play <strong>The</strong> Weir took him to Hollywood,<br />

before a falling out made him hurry back - his new work<br />

suggests cinema's loss is theatre's gain - see McPherson, Conor<br />

04/02/01<br />

* Interview with Amanda Donohoe, who is back in town after<br />

spending the last 11 years in LA, and about to take over from<br />

Jerry Hall in <strong>The</strong> Graduate - see Donohoe, Amanda 04/02/01<br />

* Review of Medea/Feelgood/the Downsizing of Hell 04/02/01<br />

R 11 1>5 Photographs<br />

* Review of Mouth to Mouth/Japes/Martha, Josie and the<br />

Chinese Elvis 11/02/01 R 13 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Review of Six Characters in Search of an Author/Credible<br />

Witness/Fourteen Songs, Two Weddings and a Funeral 18/02/01<br />

R 10 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Review of Port Authority/Playboy of the Western<br />

World/Mister Heracles 25/02/01 R 10 3>8 Photograph<br />

* Horror of paedophilia is acted out on stage, some scenes are<br />

too graphic for its boy star to see 25/02/01 B 5 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Review of Measure for Measure/Marat/Sade/Les Justes/Under<br />

the Doctor 04/03/01 R 12 1>8<br />

* Director Richard Eyre calls British theatre 'bowel-churning' but<br />

is it really that bad? 04/03/01 B 19 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Review of Unheimlich Spine/King John/Loveplay 11/03/01 R<br />

13 7>8<br />

* Review of My Fair Lady/Edward II/<strong>The</strong> Servant/Spirit<br />

18/03/01 R 10 1>7 Photographs<br />

* Trevor Nunn's latest commercial hit - the revival of My Fair<br />

Lady - has put him at the centre of a bitter dispute - see Nunn,<br />

Trevor 25/03/01<br />

* Review of Lulu/Boston Marriage/Semi-Monde/A Midsummer<br />

Night's Dream 25/03/01 R 11 1>6 Photograph<br />

* A new play by Paul Greengrass is modelled on the former MI5<br />

renegade, David Shayler, and is to be premiered by the Royal<br />

Shakespeare Company - see Intelligence Services 01/04/01<br />

* Review of King John/A Russian in the Woods/Luminosity<br />

01/04/01 R 13 1>6 Photographs<br />

* As the Royal Shakespeare Company begins its monumental<br />

staging of Shakespeare's entire history cycle, Sam West and his<br />

fellow kings describe the pleasures and pitfalls - see Royal<br />

Shakespeare Company 08/04/01<br />

* Review of Blasted/Ghosts/<strong>The</strong> Mill on the Floss/<strong>The</strong> Coming<br />

World 08/04/01 R 11 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Review of <strong>The</strong> Far Side of the Moon/Underworld/<strong>The</strong><br />

Ramayana 15/04/01 R 13 1>5 Photographs<br />

* Review of Storm/Love in a Wood/Suip! 22/04/01 R 11 7>8<br />

Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Vagina Monologues has become a global theatrical<br />

phenomenon 22/04/01 R 5 1>5 Photographs<br />

OBSERVER INDEX: JAN-DEC <strong>2001</strong><br />

235<br />

* Review of Richard III/Presence/<strong>The</strong> Female Odd Couple<br />

29/04/01 R 10 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Could Mel Brooks's hit musical, <strong>The</strong> Producers, signal the end<br />

of a British supremacy and the birth of a new era on Broadway?<br />

29/04/01 R 5 1>5 Photographs<br />

* Review of Hamlet/Tales from Hollywood/Bewilderness/Ghost<br />

Ward 06/05/01 R 12 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Review of <strong>The</strong> Vagina Monologues/Marriage Play/Finding the<br />

Sun/Crave/4.48 Pyschosis 13/05/01 R 13 1>8 Photograph<br />

* Review of <strong>The</strong> Lieutenant of Inishmore/Boris Godunov/<strong>The</strong><br />

Maid/Twelfth Night 20/05/01 R 10 1>5 Photograph<br />

* Review of <strong>The</strong> Winter's Tale/King Lear/Kiss me like you mean<br />

it 27/05/01 R 13 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Review of <strong>The</strong> Shape of Things/A Dream Play/On the<br />

Razzle/Closer to Heaven 03/06/01 R 10 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Review of A Raisin in the Sun/Macbeth/Bob 10/06/01 R 10<br />

1>5 Photographs<br />

* Review of Howard Katz/<strong>The</strong> Mysteries/Night Manager<br />

17/06/01 R 10 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Review of Box Story 17/06/01 R 6 1>3 Photographs<br />

* Review of Love's Labours Lost/Buchettino 24/06/01 R 12 3>8<br />

Photograph<br />

* Review of Sotoba Komachi/Yoroboshi/Mountain<br />

Language/Ashes to Ashes/Dinner With Friends 01/07/01 R 11<br />

1>8 Photographs<br />

* Review of One For the Road/<strong>The</strong> Lie of the Mind/Up the<br />

Feeder, Down the 'Mouth and Back Again 08/07/01 R 10 1>8<br />

Photograph<br />

* British theatre is racist, with black and Asian actors routinely<br />

sidelined - so does black theatre need a home of its own?<br />

08/07/01 R 5 1>5 Photographs<br />

* Review of Our House/Cymbeline/<strong>The</strong> Noise of Time 15/07/01<br />

R 14 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Review of <strong>The</strong> Prisoners Dilemma/Jubilee/3 Dark Tales/<strong>The</strong><br />

Only Girl in the World 22/07/01 R 13 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Review of <strong>The</strong> Relapse/My One and Only/Nixon's Nixon<br />

29/07/01 R 13 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Review of <strong>The</strong> Shagaround/Julius Caesar/Sick Dictators<br />

05/08/01 R 13 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Review of Humble Boy 12/08/01 R 13 1>3 Photograph<br />

* In Hedwig, John Cameron Mitchell has created a touching,<br />

subversive character, a cult figure with mainstream appeal<br />

12/08/01 R 6 1>5 Photographs<br />

* Why has gay writer Mark Ravenhill chosen a peculiar<br />

eighteenth-century fetish as the backdrop to his latest play - see<br />

Ravenhill, Mark 19/08/01<br />

* Review of Jerry Springer: <strong>The</strong> Opera/Peggy Sue Got<br />

Married/<strong>The</strong> Tragedy of Hamlet/Office/Neutrino/Love and Other<br />

Fairy Tales/As It Is in Heaven/Ristorante Immortale 26/08/01 R<br />

11 1>8 Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong> translation of Chekhov's early plays - see Chekhov, Anton<br />

02/09/01<br />

* Review of Caught in the Net/Three Sisters/Vivien Leigh: <strong>The</strong><br />

Last Press Conference 02/09/01 R 11 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Review of Mother Clap's Molly House/Cloudstreet/Sliding<br />

with Suzanne/House 09/09/01 R 11 1>8 Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong>re's a new favourite to run the National <strong>The</strong>atre, will Jude<br />

Kelly surmount the final hurdle? 09/09/01 R 5 1>5 Photographs<br />

* Review of Platonov/Johnson Over Jordan/Redundant 16/09/01


R 11 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Review of Oedipus/<strong>The</strong> Cracked Pot/Cat on a Hot Tin Roof/As<br />

the Beast Sleeps 23/09/01 R 11 1>7 Photograph<br />

* Peter Nichols's black comedy, A Day in the Death of Joe Egg,<br />

based on coping with his own handicapped child is being<br />

revived… Nichols chronicles its restaging after nearly 35 years<br />

23/09/01 R 6 1>7 Photographs<br />

* Review of In the Solitude of Cotton Fields/Afore Night<br />

Come/<strong>The</strong> Homecoming 30/09/01 R 11 6>8<br />

* Review of Don Juan/A Day in the Death of Joe Egg/Private<br />

Lives/Mahler's Conversion 07/10/01 R 11 1>8 Photograph<br />

* Review of Nightingale and Chase 07/10/01 R 11 1>2<br />

* Review of <strong>The</strong> Little Foxes/Luther/Antarctica 14/10/01 R 13<br />

1>8 Photograph<br />

* New York theatres closed after 11 September but the cast of<br />

Kiss Me, Kate decided the show must go on - and now they're<br />

coming to London 21/10/01 R 6 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Review of Jitney/<strong>The</strong> Danny Crowe Show/Over the Moon<br />

21/10/01 R 9 1>5 Photograph<br />

* Review of <strong>The</strong> <strong>The</strong>ft of Sita/<strong>The</strong> Chain Play/Andorra<br />

28/10/01 R 11 1>8 Photograph<br />

* Review of Kiss Me, Kate/<strong>The</strong> Royal Family/Star Quality<br />

04/11/01 R 9 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Review of <strong>The</strong> Play What I Wrote/Boy Gets Girl/<strong>The</strong> Good<br />

Hope 11/11/01 R 11 1>5 Photograph<br />

* Review of Dangerous Corner/Alice in Wonderland/Umoja/<br />

F***king Games 18/11/01 R 11 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Review of Cymbeline/A Room of One's Own/Jitterbug<br />

25/11/01 R 10 1>8<br />

* Review of Faith Healer/Sakina's Restaurant/Progress in Flying<br />

Machines 02/12/01 R 10 1>8 Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Mirror's former show business writer Matthew Wright,<br />

wrote a damming article on David Soul's play <strong>The</strong> Dead Monkey<br />

even though he did not see it - see Media 09/12/01<br />

* Review of No Man's Land/Monkey!/Aladdin 09/12/01 R 10<br />

3>8 Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong>atre of the Year: Susannah Clapp 23/12/01 R 12 1>8<br />

Photographs<br />

* Review of <strong>The</strong> Wonder of Sex: National <strong>The</strong>atre of Brent<br />

23/12/01 R 15 1>8 Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong>atre 2002: Susannah Clapp 30/12/01 R 7 1>7 Photographs<br />

* Preview for 2002 30/12/01 R 8 8 Photographs<br />

THEIR INTEREST<br />

* Borrowing rates 07/01/01 C 12 2>3<br />

* Borrowing rates 14/01/01 C 14 2>3<br />

* Borrowing rates 21/01/01 C 18 2>3<br />

* Borrowing rates 28/01/01 C 16 2>3<br />

* Borrowing rates 04/02/01 C 18 2>3<br />

* Borrowing rates 11/02/01 C 12 2>3<br />

* Borrowing rates 18/02/01 C 14 2>3<br />

* Borrowing rates 25/02/01 C 20 2>3<br />

* Borrowing rates 04/03/01 C 16 2>3<br />

* Borrowing rates 11/03/01 C 16 2>3<br />

* Borrowing rates 18/03/01 C 14 2>3<br />

OBSERVER INDEX: JAN-DEC <strong>2001</strong><br />

236<br />

* Borrowing rates 25/03/01 C 16 2>3<br />

* Borrowing rates 01/04/01 C 16 2>3<br />

* Borrowing rates 08/04/01 C 16 2>3<br />

* Borrowing rates 15/04/01 C 10 2>3<br />

* Borrowing rates 22/04/01 C 12 2>3<br />

* Borrowing rates 29/04/01 C 10 2>3<br />

* Borrowing rates 06/05/01 C 12 2>3<br />

* Borrowing rates 13/05/01 C 10 2>3<br />

* Borrowing rates 20/05/01 C 12 2>3<br />

* Borrowing rates 27/05/01 C 10 2>3<br />

* Borrowing rates 03/06/01 C 10 2>3<br />

* Borrowing rates 10/06/01 C 12 2>3<br />

* Borrowing rates 17/06/01 C 10 2>3<br />

* Borrowing rates 24/06/01 C 10 2>3<br />

* Borrowing rates 01/07/01 C 12 2>3<br />

* Borrowing rates 08/07/01 C 10 2>3<br />

* Borrowing rates 15/07/01 C 12 2>3<br />

* Borrowing rates 22/07/01 C 10 2>3<br />

* Borrowing rates 29/07/01 C 12 2>3<br />

* Borrowing rates 05/08/01 C 10 2>3<br />

* Borrowing rates 12/08/01 C 12 2>3<br />

* Borrowing rates 19/08/01 C 10 2>3<br />

* Borrowing rates 26/08/01 C 10 2>3<br />

* Borrowing rates 02/09/01 C 10 2>3<br />

* Borrowing rates 09/09/01 C 10 2>3<br />

* Borrowing rates 16/09/01 R 10 2>3<br />

* Borrowing rates 23/09/01 C 10 2>3<br />

* Borrowing rates 30/09/01 C 19 2>3<br />

* Borrowing rates 07/10/01 C 12 2>3<br />

* Borrowing rates 14/10/01 C 14 2>3<br />

* Borrowing rates 21/10/01 C 14 2>3<br />

* Borrowing rates 28/10/01 C 16 2>3<br />

* Borrowing rates 04/11/01 C 10 2>3<br />

* Borrowing rates 11/11/01 C 12 2>3<br />

* Borrowing rates 18/11/01 C 10 2>3<br />

* Borrowing rates 25/11/01 C 14 2>3<br />

* Borrowing rates 02/12/01 C 10 2>3<br />

* Borrowing rates 09/12/01 R 10 2>3<br />

* Borrowing rates 16/12/01 C 10 2>3<br />

THEM: ADVENTURES WITH EXTREMISTS<br />

* See Book Reviews - Cowley, Jason 22/04/01<br />

THEME PARKS<br />

* Disney's new state of the art California Adventure theme park<br />

11/02/01 E 2>3 1>4 Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong> country's best theme parks 15/04/01 E 10>11 1>4<br />

Photographs<br />

THEOBALD, STEPHANIE


* Columnist 11/03/01 B 27 1>3 Photograph<br />

THERAPY<br />

* Online therapy 18/02/01 M 53>54 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Crooked hypnotherapists are subjecting their clients to<br />

financial extortion and sexual abuse while they are in a trance -<br />

see Hypnotherapy 27/05/01<br />

* Colour therapy, reflexology or acupuncture - six highly<br />

stressed teachers put a range of alternative therapies to the test<br />

08/07/01 M 32>36 1>4 Photographs<br />

* A crackdown is to be launched against counsellors and<br />

therapists after cases of abuse, including sexual abuse, were<br />

uncovered 02/09/01 B 11 1>8 Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong>rapist discovers the secret formula for Harry Potter's magic<br />

- see Harry Potter 09/09/01<br />

THEROUX, MARCEL<br />

* Interview with author Marcel <strong>The</strong>roux - see Books Interview,<br />

<strong>The</strong> 12/08/01<br />

THEROUX, PAUL<br />

* Interview with author Paul <strong>The</strong>roux - see Books Interview, <strong>The</strong><br />

29/04/01<br />

THEY SAID WHAT…?<br />

* Quotes of the week 07/01/01 B 26 6 Photographs<br />

* Quotes of the week 14/01/01 B 30 6 Photographs<br />

* Quotes of the week 21/01/01 B 30 6 Photographs<br />

* Quotes of the week 28/01/01 B 30 6 Photographs<br />

* Quotes of the week 04/02/01 B 30 6 Photographs<br />

* Quotes of the week 11/02/01 B 30 6 Photographs<br />

* Quotes of the week 18/02/01 B 30 6 Photographs<br />

* Quotes of the week 25/02/01 B 30 6 Photographs<br />

* Quotes of the week 04/03/01 B 30 6 Photographs<br />

* Quotes of the week 11/03/01 B 30 1 Photographs<br />

* Quotes of the week 18/03/01 B 30 1 Photographs<br />

* Quotes of the week 25/03/01 B 30 1 Photographs<br />

* Quotes of the week 01/04/01 B 30 1 Photographs<br />

* Quotes of the week 08/04/01 B 26 1 Photographs<br />

* Quotes of the week 15/04/01 B 26 1 Photographs<br />

* Quotes of the week 22/04/01 B 28 1 Photographs<br />

* Quotes of the week 29/04/01 B 26 6 Photographs<br />

* Quotes of the week 06/05/01 B 28 1 Photographs<br />

* Quotes of the week 13/05/01 B 30 1 Photographs<br />

* Quotes of the week 20/05/01 B 30 6 Photographs<br />

* Quotes of the week 27/05/01 B 30 6 Photographs<br />

* Quotes of the week 03/06/01 B 32 6 Photographs<br />

* Quotes of the week 10/06/01 B 26 6 Photographs<br />

* Quotes of the week 17/06/01 B 26 6 Photographs<br />

* Quotes of the week 24/06/01 B 26 6 Photographs<br />

* Quotes of the week 01/07/01 B 24 6 Photographs<br />

* Quotes of the week 08/07/01 B 30 7 Photographs<br />

* Quotes of the week 15/07/01 B 26 7 Photographs<br />

* Quotes of the week 22/07/01 B 26 7 Photographs<br />

OBSERVER INDEX: JAN-DEC <strong>2001</strong><br />

237<br />

* Quotes of the week 29/07/01 B 30 6 Photographs<br />

* Quotes of the week 05/08/01 B 28 7 Photographs<br />

* Quotes of the week 12/08/01 B 26 6 Photographs<br />

* Quotes of the week 19/08/01 B 24 6 Photographs<br />

* Quotes of the week 26/08/01 B 26 6 Photographs<br />

* Quotes of the week 02/09/01 B 24 6 Photographs<br />

* Quotes of the week 09/09/01 B 24 6 Photographs<br />

* Quotes of the week 23/09/01 X 22 5 Photographs<br />

* Quotes of the week 30/09/01 B 30 7 Photographs<br />

* Quotes of the week 07/10/01 B 30 7 Photographs<br />

* Quotes of the week 14/10/01 B 34 8 Photographs<br />

* Quotes of the week 21/10/01 B 32 7 Photographs<br />

* Quotes of the week 28/10/01 B 32 6 Photographs<br />

* Quotes of the week 04/11/01 B 32 6 Photographs<br />

* Quotes of the week 11/11/01 B 32 6 Photographs<br />

* Quotes of the week 18/11/01 B 30 6 Photographs<br />

* Quotes of the week 25/11/01 B 30 7 Photographs<br />

* Quotes of the week 02/12/01 B 30 6 Photographs<br />

* Quotes of the week 09/12/01 B 28 6 Photographs<br />

* Quotes of the week 16/12/01 B 26 6 Photographs<br />

* Quotes of the week 23/12/01 B 24 6 Photographs<br />

* Quotes of the year 30/12/01 B 28 1>8 Photographs<br />

THINGS CAN ONLY GET BETTER<br />

* See Audiobook Reviews - Bunce, Kim 22/04/01<br />

THINKS…<br />

* See Book Reviews - Mars-Jones, Adam 18/02/01<br />

THIRD POLICEMAN, THE<br />

* See Classicwatch 27/05/01<br />

THIRD WORLD<br />

* A campaign seeking debt relief for the world's poorest<br />

countries has had only limited success 21/01/01 N 6 1>6<br />

Photograph<br />

* Third World boom raises hopes of end to poverty 08/07/01 B<br />

23 7>8 Photograph<br />

* Two years ago the Group of Seven - the world's richest<br />

countries - promised to cancel $100bn of third world debt, but<br />

only $18bn has been cancelled - see G7 30/12/01<br />

THIS HOUSE HAS FALLEN: NIGERIA…<br />

* See Book Reviews - Ojumu, Akin 11/02/01<br />

THIS IS BERLIN<br />

* See Book Reviews - Bouquet, Jonathan 04/02/01<br />

THOMPSON, BARBARA<br />

* See Music: Jazz 01/04/01<br />

THOMPSON, MARK<br />

* Profile on Mark Thompson who may one day run the BBC but<br />

meanwhile is the new head of Channel 4 16/12/01 B 23 1>6<br />

Caricature<br />

THORNHILL, LEEROY<br />

* Leeroy Thornhill was the one in <strong>The</strong> Prodigy who didn't play


or sing, but even dancers can make albums - see Music: Pop<br />

18/02/01<br />

THORNTON, BILLY BOB<br />

* Interview with Billy Bob Thornton, actor, writer and film<br />

director 18/02/01 M 10>17 1>4 Photographs<br />

THORPE, JEREMY<br />

* Columnist 03/06/01 B 19 1>6 Photograph<br />

THORPE, VANESSA<br />

* Columnist 14/01/01 R 2 1>5 Photograph<br />

THOSE BONES ARE NOT MY CHILD<br />

* See Book Reviews - Boucher, Caroline 30/09/01<br />

THREE QUEER LIVES<br />

* See Book Reviews - Bedell, Geraldine 30/12/01<br />

THREE ROOSEVELTS, THE<br />

* See Book Reviews - Preston, Peter 05/08/01<br />

THREE SHOES, ONE SOCK AND NO HAIRBRUSH<br />

* See Book Reviews - Freely, Maureen 25/03/01<br />

THROG STREET<br />

* Heather Connon 14/01/01 N 8 1>5 Photograph, graphs<br />

* Heather Connon 21/01/01 N 10 1>5 Photograph, graphs<br />

* Heather Connon 28/01/01 N 10 1>5 Photograph, graph<br />

* Heather Connon 04/02/01 N 8 1>5 Photograph, graphs<br />

* Heather Connon 11/02/01 N 8 1>5 Photograph, graphs<br />

* Heather Connon 18/02/01 N 12 1>5 Photograph, graphs<br />

* Heather Connon 25/02/01 N 8 1>5 Photograph, graphs<br />

* Heather Connon 04/03/01 N 10 1>5 Photograph, graphs<br />

* Paul Farrelly 11/03/01 N 10 1>5 Photograph, graphs<br />

* Heather Connon 18/03/01 N 10 1>5 Photograph, graphs<br />

* Heather Connon 25/03/01 N 8 1>5 Photograph, graphs<br />

* Heather Connon 01/04/01 N 8 1>5 Photograph, graphs<br />

* Heather Connon 08/04/01 N 8 1>5 Photograph, graphs<br />

* Paul Farrelly 15/04/01 N 8 1>4 Photograph, graphs<br />

* Paul Farrelly 22/04/01 N 8 1>4 Photograph, graphs<br />

* Heather Connon 29/04/01 N 9 1>5 Photograph, graphs<br />

* Heather Connon 06/05/01 N 8 1>5 Photograph, graphs<br />

* Heather Connon 13/05/01 N 8 1>4 Photograph, graphs<br />

* Heather Connon 20/05/01 N 9 1>4 Photograph, graphs<br />

* Heather Connon 27/05/01 N 10 1>4 Photograph, graphs<br />

* Sarah Ryle 03/06/01 N 8 1>4 Photograph, graphs<br />

* Heather Connon 10/06/01 N 8 1>4 Photograph, graphs<br />

* Heather Connon 17/06/01 N 8 1>4 Photograph, graphs<br />

* Heather Connon 24/06/01 N 8 1>4 Photograph, graphs<br />

* Heather Connon 01/07/01 N 8 1>4 Photograph, graphs<br />

* Heather Connon 08/07/01 N 8 1>4 Photograph, graphs<br />

* Heather Connon 15/07/01 N 8 1>4 Photograph, graphs<br />

* Heather Connon 22/07/01 N 8 1>4 Photograph, graphs<br />

* Frank Kane 29/07/01 N 8 1>4 Photograph, graphs<br />

OBSERVER INDEX: JAN-DEC <strong>2001</strong><br />

238<br />

* Nick Mathiason 05/08/01 N 8 1>4 Graphs<br />

* Oliver Morgan 12/08/01 N 8 1>4 Photograph, graphs<br />

* Frank Kane 19/08/01 N 8 1>4 Photograph, graphs<br />

* Frank Kane 26/08/01 N 8 1>4 Photograph, graphs<br />

* Frank Kane 02/09/01 N 6 1>4 Photograph, graphs<br />

* Heather Connon 09/09/01 N 8 1>4 Photograph, graphs<br />

* Heather Connon 16/09/01 N 8 1>6 Photographs, graphs<br />

* Heather Connon 23/09/01 N 8 1>4 Photograph, graphs<br />

* Heather Connon 30/09/01 N 9 1>4 Photograph, graphs<br />

* Heather Connon 07/10/01 N 9 1>4 Photograph, graphs<br />

* Heather Connon 14/10/01 N 6 1>4 Photograph, graphs<br />

* Heather Connon 21/10/01 N 8 1>4 Photograph, graphs<br />

* Richard Wachman 28/10/01 N 10 1>4 Photograph, graphs<br />

* Heather Connon 04/11/01 N 8 1>4 Photograph, graphs<br />

* Heather Connon 11/11/01 N 8 1>4 Photograph, graphs<br />

* Heather Connon 18/11/01 N 8 1>4 Photograph, graphs<br />

* Heather Connon 25/11/01 N 8 1>4 Photograph, graphs<br />

* Heather Connon 02/12/01 N 9 1>4 Photograph, graphs<br />

* Heather Connon 09/12/01 N 6 1>4 Photograph, graphs<br />

* Heather Connon 16/12/01 N 6 1>4 Photograph, graphs<br />

THUMB'S WIDTH<br />

* See Book Reviews - Dunmore, Helen 11/03/01<br />

TILL MY TALE IS TOLD<br />

* See Book Reviews - Merritt, Stephanie 05/08/01<br />

TINTIN: THE COMPLETE COMPANION<br />

* See Book Reviews - Bright, Martin 30/09/01<br />

TITAN: THE COMPLETE PAINTINGS<br />

* See Book Reviews - Hensher, Philip 11/02/01<br />

TITANIC, THE<br />

* Musical scores that once belonged to the band that played on<br />

the deck of the Titanic as it sank are expected to fetch up to<br />

£8,000 at auction, along with other momentoes 25/03/01 B 14<br />

7>8<br />

TITO, DENNIS<br />

* Photograph of American Dennis Tito, who paid $14m to<br />

become the world's first space tourist, before boarding the<br />

Russian Soyuz-TM rocket 29/04/01 B 1 4 Photograph<br />

* When Sputnik went into orbit, Dennis Tito's ambitions went<br />

sky-high too 29/04/01 B 3 1>5 Photographs<br />

TO HELL IN A HANDCART<br />

* See Book Reviews - Anthony, Andrew 24/06/01<br />

TOBACCO INDUSTRY<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Tories will try to scupper a government ban on cigarette<br />

advertising in a T-turn triggering a furious row over their links to<br />

the tobacco industry - see Politics 21/01/01<br />

* Kenneth Clarke, the former Tory Chancellor and a contender<br />

for leadership of the party, travelled to Vietnam to support a<br />

controversial plan to build a $40m cigarette manufacturing plant<br />

24/06/01 B 6 4>8 Photographs<br />

* BAT, the tobacco company employing Tory leadership hopeful<br />

Ken Clarke as deputy chairman has been doing business deals


with a suspected Serbian smuggler 15/07/01 B 12 4>7<br />

Photograph<br />

* Scientists have discovered how to use tobacco to save lives -<br />

see Science 14/10/01<br />

* Imperial Tobacco is to fire off a £4bn bid for Reemstma, the<br />

German tobacco group 02/12/01 N 1 5>7<br />

TOOLIS, KEVIN<br />

* Columnist 10/06/01 X 10 1>6 Photographs<br />

TOULOUSE-LAUTREC, HENRI<br />

* On the trail of Toulouse-Lautrec: Albi, the town where the<br />

French artist grew up, is refusing to cash in on next month's film,<br />

Moulin Rouge - see Travel 05/08/01<br />

TOURISM<br />

* Ecuador: the wildlife of the Galapagos Islands has an uneasy<br />

relationship with tourism - see Travel 25/02/01<br />

* Seaside towns face oblivion unless they adopt distinctive<br />

themes to recapture lost visitors 25/02/01 N 1 3>5 Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> tourist industry now faces ruin with the foot & mouth<br />

outbreak - see Foot & Mouth Crisis 11/03/01<br />

* Thomas Cook, one of Britain's oldest travel companies, is to<br />

enter the gay and lesbian market - see Gay Issues 25/03/01<br />

* Top tourist attractions reopen for business in a desperate bid to<br />

save the rural economy from collapse 01/04/01 B 10 5>7<br />

Photograph<br />

* Pop stars and athletes are being enlisted to promote Britain as<br />

tourism suffers from the fallout from foot and mouth - see Foot<br />

& Mouth Crisis 08/04/01<br />

* Once world-beaters, British package tour firms have lost their<br />

place in the sun to the Germans, but punters won't notice<br />

08/04/01 N 5 1>7 Photograph<br />

* Cumbria's loss is Blackpool's gain as countryside crisis favours<br />

the coast 15/04/01 B 5 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Bank Holiday sunshine attracted tourists to the beach at<br />

Teignmouth, Devon yesterday and across Britain some footpaths<br />

reopened 06/05/01 B 1 1<br />

* Britain must put more effort into promoting and investing in its<br />

tourism industry rather than assuming people will just come<br />

06/05/01 N 2 4>8 Photograph<br />

* If tourism is so important to our economy, why aren't we<br />

getting it right? - is foot and mouth the only reason our hotels are<br />

empty this summer? 20/05/01 E 2>3 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Sun lovers gave the AA its busiest Saturday of the year with<br />

nearly the country's motorways 'solid' 27/05/01 B 4 5>7<br />

Photograph<br />

* Tourism in Cornwall is booming with a little help from the<br />

Eden project 27/05/01 E 8>9 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Comment by Tessa Jowell, the Minister in charge of tourism<br />

08/07/01 B 7 6>7 Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> tourist industry recovers as Britons holiday at home<br />

08/07/01 B 7 1>5 Photographs<br />

* Small businesses in rural communities are being destroyed in<br />

the aftermath of the foot and mouth epidemic 12/08/01 B 4 1>8<br />

Photographs<br />

* Britons were warned to be on their guard after a huge car bomb<br />

planted by Eta ripped through one of Spain's most popular tourist<br />

resorts - see International Affairs: Europe 19/08/01<br />

* British roads were in chaos as millions of people set off on the<br />

second day of the hottest August bank holiday weekend for a<br />

decade 26/08/01 B 5 3>4 Photograph<br />

OBSERVER INDEX: JAN-DEC <strong>2001</strong><br />

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TOURNAMENT OF SHADOWS<br />

* See Book Reviews - Morris, Jan 07/01/01<br />

TOWN PLANNING<br />

* If developers destroy London's Spitalfields Market, then every<br />

inner-city site in the country will also come under threat - see<br />

Architecture 15/07/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> most radical shake-up of the planning system for 50 years<br />

is on its way from the Government 15/07/01 N 2 2>6<br />

* <strong>The</strong> most important planning inquiry since Heathrow Terminal<br />

Five will take place in London which will shape forever the<br />

skyline of many UK cities 21/10/01 N 2 4>7 Photograph<br />

TOWNSEND, SUE<br />

* Sue Townsend, the award-winning creator of Adrian Mole and<br />

much-loved comic writer, has spoken for the first time about her<br />

blindness 25/03/01 B 1 7<br />

* Interview with Sue Townsend, author of the bestselling Adrian<br />

Mole books, who was declared totally blind three weeks ago<br />

25/03/01 B 17 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Columnist 10/06/01 X 4 1>6 Photographs<br />

TRADE UNIONS<br />

* Unions have been told to prepare for the closure of the massive<br />

Llanwern steelworks, with the loss of 3,000 jobs, as metal giants<br />

Corus finalises a savage package of cutbacks - see Business &<br />

Industry 07/01/01<br />

* Cut workers' hours, not jobs, unions urge steelmakers, Corus -<br />

see Business & Industry 11/02/01<br />

* Profile on Michael Leahy, the union chief facing the Corus<br />

axeman - see Leahy, Michael 11/02/01<br />

* A new mood of conciliation sees unions and employers<br />

dancing to the same time - see Work 11/03/01<br />

* Steelmaker Corus has secretly thrown out union proposals to<br />

save thousands of jobs and keep open threatened UK plants - see<br />

Business & Industry 18/03/01<br />

* Cherie Booth, the barrister wife of the Prime Minister, has<br />

thrown a lifeline to last-ditch attempts by unions to save 6,000<br />

jobs threatened by steelmaker Corus - see Booth, Cherie<br />

25/03/01<br />

* How union hopes for a retraining lifeline were raised, then<br />

dashed, by the steelmaker Corus - see Business & Industry<br />

01/04/01<br />

* Union leaders who represent millions of public sector workers<br />

are to launch a campaign against Government plans for greater<br />

private involvement in health and education 10/06/01 B 2 2>7<br />

Photograph<br />

* Bill Morris, leader of Britain's second biggest union, will<br />

threaten to throw his weight behind the Liberal Democrats over<br />

Labour's plans for public services 01/07/01 B 3 1>3 Photograph<br />

* Plans to set up private 'supercourts' as part of the sweeping<br />

reforms of the legal system inflame union leaders opposed to big<br />

business involvement in the public sector - see Legal Affairs<br />

08/07/01<br />

* Tony Blair has been thrown a lifeline over the growing antiprivatisation<br />

revolt after unions agreed to a crucial watering<br />

down of their opposition - see Politics 02/09/01<br />

* A teaching union has issued a stern warning to parents and<br />

teachers that author J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter creation could<br />

lead children to the sinister… - see Teaching Profession<br />

04/11/01<br />

TRAILER TRASH<br />

* Film news 07/01/01 R 13 5 Photographs


* Film news 14/01/01 R 8 5 Photographs<br />

* Film news 21/01/01 R 9 6 Photographs<br />

* Film news 28/01/01 R 10 5 Photographs<br />

* Film news 04/02/01 R 8 5 Photographs<br />

* Film news 11/02/01 R 8 5 Photographs<br />

* Oscar news 25/03/01 R 9 5 Photographs<br />

* Film news 01/04/01 R 8 5 Photographs<br />

* Film news 08/04/01 R 8 2>3 Photographs<br />

* Film news 15/04/01 R 8 5 Photographs<br />

* Film news 22/04/01 R 8 5 Photographs<br />

* Film news 29/04/01 R 8 5 Photographs<br />

* Film news 06/05/01 R 8 5>6 Photograph<br />

* Film news 27/05/01 R 9 6 Photographs<br />

* Film news 03/06/01 R 9 5 Photographs<br />

* Film news 10/06/01 R 9 5 Photographs<br />

* Film news 17/06/01 R 8 5 Photographs<br />

* Film news 24/06/01 R 8 5 Photographs<br />

* Film news 01/07/01 R 9 5 Photographs<br />

* Film news 08/07/01 R 8 6 Photographs<br />

* Film news 15/07/01 R 11 5 Photographs<br />

* Film news 22/07/01 R 9 5 Photographs<br />

* Film news 29/07/01 R 9 7 Photographs<br />

* Film news 05/08/01 R 9 1 Photographs<br />

* Film news 12/08/01 R 9 3 Photographs<br />

* Film news 19/08/01 R 9 5 Photographs<br />

* Film news 26/08/01 R 9 5 Photograph<br />

* Film news 02/09/01 R 9 5 Photograph<br />

* Film news 09/09/01 R 9 5 Photograph<br />

* Film news 16/09/01 R 8 6 Photographs<br />

* Film news 23/09/01 R 8 5 Photographs<br />

* Film news 30/09/01 R 8 1>3 Photographs<br />

* Film news 07/10/01 R 8 6 Photographs<br />

* Film news 14/10/01 R 8 6>7 Photograph<br />

* Film news 21/10/01 R 8 7 Photographs<br />

* Film news 28/10/01 R 8 7 Photographs<br />

* Film news 04/11/01 R 8 6 Photographs<br />

* Film news 11/11/01 R 6 6 Photograph<br />

* Film news 18/11/01 R 8 5>6 Photographs<br />

* Film news 25/11/01 R 8 5 Photographs<br />

* Film news 02/12/01 R 8 6 Photographs<br />

* Film news 09/12/01 R 9 6 Photographs<br />

* Film news 16/12/01 R 8 4>6 Photographs<br />

TRANSLATED ACCOUNTS<br />

* See Book Reviews - Adams, Tim 10/06/01<br />

TRANSPORT<br />

* Yellow school buses, the icon of the American education<br />

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system, are to be brought to Britain in a multi-million pound<br />

scheme to improve the safety of children travelling to school -<br />

see Education 18/02/01<br />

* London cab drivers spend about five years learning the<br />

'Knowledge' 11/03/01 R 1>2 1>5 Photographs<br />

* John Prescott was at the centre of a furious row over his<br />

decision to use private-sector lobbyists working for the transport<br />

industry to advise him during the general election - see Prescott,<br />

John 18/03/01<br />

* Environmental campaigners reacted with fury to a signal by<br />

the Transport Minister that a raft of roads will be built through<br />

beauty spots after the general election - see Environment<br />

13/05/01<br />

* More than 60,000 new jobs will be created in the expanding<br />

transport sector in the next decade 13/05/01 N 2 1>4<br />

* Anti-roads campaigners attack U-turn as car journeys go on<br />

soaring despite the fuel crisis 05/08/01 B 6 1>6 Photographs<br />

* British roads were in chaos as millions of people set off on the<br />

second day of the hottest August bank holiday weekend for a<br />

decade - see Tourism 26/08/01<br />

* Sweeping measure are to be taken throughout Britain to make<br />

motoring increasingly untenable and force motorists onto public<br />

transport 26/08/01 B 1 1>3<br />

* Concrete barriers, hi-tech gizmos and low cunning are set to<br />

force motorists out of their cars and on to public transport<br />

26/08/01 B 13 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Outside London, road tolls are proving unpopular - despite the<br />

Government's boast to the contrary 09/09/01 B 5 4>8<br />

* London's drivers were urged to leave their cars at home<br />

yesterday 23/09/01 B 2 5 Photograph<br />

* St. Gotthard tunnel disaster: last week 11 people died in an<br />

inferno that could easily have been avoided - see Disasters<br />

28/10/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> <strong>Observer</strong> has uncovered details of more than 30 highly<br />

controversial plans for new roads through nature reserves and<br />

historic sites 04/11/01 B 14 1>7 Photographs<br />

* A doom-laden report from its advisers will tell the Government<br />

that despite its efforts the transport crisis is worse than ever<br />

25/11/01 B 16 1>8 Photographs<br />

* In Britain public transport is a joke, Joanna Walters finds out<br />

the lessons we can learn from Munich 02/12/01 B 8 1>6<br />

Photographs<br />

TRAVEL<br />

* Nice Weekend? - Riviera Hotel, Bournemouth 07/01/01 E 10<br />

1>4 Photograph<br />

* Luknow 07/01/01 E 11 1>3 Photographs<br />

* Italy 07/01/01 E 12>13 1>3 Photographs<br />

* Escape Guide to 50 top European hotels 07/01/01 E 15>19<br />

1>4 Photographs<br />

* To launch a regular column on his journey around the world in<br />

small planes, Martin Buckley describes his early fascination with<br />

flight and how he got his pilot's licence 07/01/01 E 2>3, 14 1>4<br />

Photographs<br />

* Skiing in Tignes, France 07/01/01 E 6 1>3 Photograph<br />

* Nigel Lloyd's snow reports 07/01/01 E 7 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Asia 07/01/01 E 8>9 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Romantic Getaways 14/01/01 E 10>11 1>4 Photographs<br />

* New Year visit to a Scottish cottage 14/01/01 E 11 2>4<br />

Photograph


* Hungary 14/01/01 E 12>13 1>2 Photographs<br />

* Nice Weekend? - Romney Bay House, Kent 14/01/01 E 14<br />

1>4 Photograph<br />

* Escape guide to holistic holidays 14/01/01 E 15>19 1>4<br />

Photographs<br />

* Special report on skiing 14/01/01 E 2>4 1>4 Photographs,<br />

map<br />

* Travel news 14/01/01 E 20 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Nigel Lloyd's snow reports 14/01/01 E 4 3>4 Photograph<br />

* While the snows last, make the most of a Rockies resort that<br />

lives up to the hype 14/01/01 E 5 1>4 Photograph<br />

* <strong>Observer</strong> Travel Awards <strong>2001</strong> 14/01/01 E 8>9 1>4<br />

Photographs<br />

* Family holidays: 'Luxury camping' in France 21/01/01 E<br />

10>11 2>3 Photographs<br />

* Family holidays: Learning to sail on the Isle of Wight<br />

21/01/01 E 13 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Family holidays: Skiing in Austria 21/01/01 E 14>15 1>4<br />

Photographs<br />

* Nigel Lloyd's Snow Reports 21/01/01 E 15 3>4 Photograph<br />

* Nice Family Weekend? - Bishopstrow House, Warminster<br />

21/01/01 E 16 1>4 Photographs<br />

* 20 family breaks 21/01/01 E 17>19 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Family Holidays: Self-catering in France 21/01/01 E 2>3 1>4<br />

Photographs<br />

* Family holidays: A chalet in Switzerland 21/01/01 E 20 1>3<br />

Photograph<br />

* At the start of a round-the-world flight in small planes, Martin<br />

Buckley takes off with a Royal Mail delivery to the Hebrides<br />

21/01/01 E 22 1>4 Photograph<br />

* <strong>Observer</strong> Travel Awards <strong>2001</strong> 21/01/01 E 5 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Family holidays: <strong>The</strong> Buckley family in the Algarve 21/01/01<br />

E 6 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Family holidays: Sun and fund in Norway 21/01/01 E 8>9 1>3<br />

Photographs<br />

* Skiing: visit to the Austrian resort of Kaprun to assess the<br />

lasting impact of its train disaster 28/01/01 E 10>11 1>4<br />

Photographs<br />

* Nigel Lloyd's Snow Reports 28/01/01 E 11 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Bali 28/01/01 E 12>13 1>3 Photographs<br />

* Escape Guide to El Born - Barcelona's most hip and happening<br />

neighbourhood 28/01/01 E 14>17 1>3 Photographs<br />

* North Africa 28/01/01 E 2>3 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Sahara 28/01/01 E 6>7 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Golden Moments holiday winners 28/01/01 E 8 1>3<br />

Photographs<br />

* Figures reveal where long-haul travellers most want to go<br />

28/01/01 E 9 1>3 Photograph<br />

* A Welsh magical history tour 04/02/01 E 10 1>4 Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Loire Valley 04/02/01 E 10>11 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Five-page Escape guide to health spas 04/02/01 E 11>15 1>3<br />

Photographs<br />

* Skiing in France 04/02/01 E 12 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Nigel Lloyd's snow reports 04/02/01 E 13 1>3 Photograph<br />

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* Some events to look forward to in the coming year in France<br />

04/02/01 E 14 1>3 Photograph<br />

* John Ardagh, author of many books on France, offers a<br />

selection of his favourite restaurants 04/02/01 E 15>17 1>4<br />

Photographs<br />

* What's the best way to travel to France? 04/02/01 E 18>19<br />

1>4 Photograph<br />

* Budget hotels in France 04/02/01 E 2>3 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Ecuador 04/02/01 E 2>3 1>4 Photographs<br />

* How do you keep a large family happy in La Vendee?<br />

04/02/01 E 20 1>3 Photographs<br />

* Foreign Office travel advice 04/02/01 E 5 1>3 Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong> 'Night Riviera' train leaves Paddington for Penzance,<br />

Cornwall at 23.50 04/02/01 M 55 1>4 Photographs<br />

* 'Freestyle' cruising in the Caribbean 04/02/01 E 6>7 1>4<br />

Photographs<br />

* Twenty choicer French treats 04/02/01 E 6>7 1>4<br />

Photographs<br />

* In the first leg of his journey round the world as a co-pilot,<br />

Martin Buckley reaches Corsica 04/02/01 E 8 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Skiing on Norway's mountains 04/02/01 E 8 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Nigel Lloyd's snow reports 04/02/01 E 9 1>3 Photograph<br />

* Stephen Lee uncovers the joys of Rennes, a Breton city proud<br />

of its dissent and gastronomy 04/02/01 E 9 1>3 Photograph<br />

* Nice Weekend? - Le Manoir Aux Quat' Saisons, Great Milton,<br />

Oxfordshire 11/02/01 E 10 3 Photographs<br />

* Travel guides 11/02/01 E 10 1>2 Photographs<br />

* Escape guide to cricket-crazy Sri Lanka 11/02/01 E 11>13<br />

1>3 Photograph<br />

* Travel news 11/02/01 E 14 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Denmark 11/02/01 E 6>7 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Skiing in Switzerland 11/02/01 E 8 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Nigel Lloyd's snow report 11/02/01 E 9 1>3 Photograph<br />

* Skiing in America 18/02/01 E 10>11 1>3 Photograph<br />

* Nigel Lloyd's ski reports 18/02/01 E 12 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Escape guide to the greatest shows on earth 18/02/01 E 13>15<br />

1>3 Photographs<br />

* Martin Buckley continues his global flight with a tribute to a<br />

flying legend 18/02/01 E 16 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Milan 18/02/01 E 2>3 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Texas 18/02/01 E 6>7 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Eastern Europe 18/02/01 E 8>9 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Caernarfon Castle 25/02/01 E 10 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Escape guide to health spas 25/02/01 E 11>15 1>3<br />

Photographs<br />

* Ecuador: the wildlife of the Galapagos Islands has an uneasy<br />

relationship with tourism 25/02/01 E 2>3 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Foreign Office travel advice 25/02/01 E 5 1>3 Photographs<br />

* 'Freestyle' cruising in the Caribbean 25/02/01 E 6>7 1>4<br />

Photographs<br />

* Skiing on Norway's mountains 25/02/01 E 8 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Nigel Lloyd's ski reports 25/02/01 E 9 1>3 Photograph<br />

* Nigel Lloyd's Snow Reports 04/03/01 E 16 1>3 Photograph


* Martin Buckley's luxury plane trip to Hollywood 04/03/01 E<br />

17 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Australia and New Zealand special 04/03/01 E 2>15 1>4<br />

Photographs<br />

* Nigel Lloyd's Snow Reports 11/03/01 E 10 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Last-minute breaks 11/03/01 E 11>14 1>4 Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Eden Project in Cornwall 11/03/01 E 2>3 1>4<br />

Photographs<br />

* Cuba 11/03/01 E 6>7 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Austria 11/03/01 E 8>9 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Our choice by Liz Bird - travel tips 18/03/01 E 10 1>4<br />

Photograph<br />

* Martin Buckley flies higher than a 747 back from America in a<br />

Lear Jet, the choice of VIPs in a hurry 18/03/01 E 11 1>3<br />

Photograph<br />

* Escape guide: Venice's new luxury inns 18/03/01 E 13>15<br />

1>4 Photographs<br />

* Nigel Lloyd's Snow Reports 18/03/01 E 16 1>3 Photograph<br />

* Skiing in Palandoken, Turkey 18/03/01 E 17 1>3 Photographs<br />

* Morocco 18/03/01 E 2>3, 12 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Check before cancelling a trip to the country to see if you are<br />

covered for the foot & mouth epidemic 18/03/01 C 21 1>6<br />

Photograph<br />

* Travel agent turns to café culture 18/03/01 E 5 4<br />

* Zurich may become the favourite European city for spliffinduced<br />

fun if a new Bill legalising cannabis is passed by the<br />

Swiss government 18/03/01 E 5 1>3 Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> British spice trail - Bolton, Bradford and Leicester<br />

18/03/01 E 6>7 1>3 Photographs<br />

* Top photographers share their travel experiences - see<br />

Photography 25/03/01<br />

* Escape special on low-cost flights 25/03/01 E 11>14 1>4<br />

Photographs<br />

* Quick Escapes: best travel bargains of the week 25/03/01 E 24<br />

1>4 Photograph<br />

* News and Tips: travel news 25/03/01 E 4>5 1>4 Photograph<br />

* A trip to Northern Ireland's W5 attraction will enlighten and<br />

entertain you 25/03/01 E 6>7 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Nigel Lloyd's Snow Reports 25/03/01 E 8 1>3 Photograph<br />

* Skiing at Bardonecchia in the Italian Alps 25/03/01 E 8 1>4<br />

Photographs<br />

* Indian Ocean 01/04/01 E 11>13 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Nigel Lloyd's Snow Report 01/04/01 E 14 1>5 Photograph<br />

* Quick Escapes 01/04/01 E 15 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Brazil 01/04/01 E 2>3 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Travel news and tips 01/04/01 E 4>5 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Portugal 01/04/01 E 6 1>3 Photograph<br />

* Mad American Festivals 01/04/01 E 8>9 1>3 Photographs<br />

* A Sheffield steelworks reborn as a $46m hi-tech science<br />

adventure playground - see Science 08/04/01<br />

* Amy Lawrence trekking through the rainforest of Madagascar<br />

befriends a family of lemurs 08/04/01 E 10>11 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Stephen Pritchard sees an opera, catches a ballet and listens to<br />

Mahler, all for less than £30 08/04/01 E 14 1>3 Photograph<br />

OBSERVER INDEX: JAN-DEC <strong>2001</strong><br />

242<br />

* Nigel Lloyd's snow reports 08/04/01 E 16 2>5 Photograph<br />

* Don't forget to pack your E111 to get free health care abroad<br />

08/04/01 C 18 1>4 Photograph<br />

* 20 travel websites 08/04/01 E 2>3 1>4 Photographs<br />

* News and tips 08/04/01 E 4>5 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Review of inflight magazines 08/04/01 E 6 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Martin Buckley reaches Sudan on the latest leg of his<br />

adventures hitchhiking around the globe in light aircraft<br />

15/04/01 E 12 1>3 Photographs<br />

* Antwerp is the perfect destination for a shopping spree<br />

15/04/01 E 2>3 1>4 Photographs<br />

* News and tips 15/04/01 E 4>5 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Vanessa Thorpe heads to Devon to see if the countryside is<br />

really open during the Foot & Mouth crisis 15/04/01 E 6>7 1>3<br />

Photographs<br />

* Israel 22/04/01 E 16 1>3 Photograph<br />

* Kenya 22/04/01 E 2>3 1>4 Photographs<br />

* News and tips 22/04/01 E 4>5 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Zakynthos 22/04/01 E 9 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Spring breaks 29/04/01 E 11>14 1>4 Photographs<br />

* A giant balloon goes up for Martin Buckley in Kenya on his<br />

mission to hitchhike round the world by air 29/04/01 E 16 1>3<br />

Photograph<br />

* Novelist Kate Atkinson takes a steam train ride 29/04/01 E<br />

2>3 1>4 Photographs<br />

* News and tips 29/04/01 E 4>5 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Jennifer Coyle pleads to be treated gently after opting for an<br />

authentic Ayurvedic massage in Kerala 29/04/01 E 6 1>3<br />

Photographs<br />

* Shoes, shops and bars in New York 29/04/01 E 8>10 1>4<br />

Photographs<br />

* Brazil 06/05/01 E 10>11 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Lynn Barber's whirlwind tour of the Far East 06/05/01 E 2>3,<br />

12 1>4 Photographs, map<br />

* News and tips 06/05/01 E 4>5 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Should you book for 2002? 06/05/01 E 9 1>3 Photograph<br />

* Britain is languishing at the bottom of the European league in<br />

investment in travel and tourism facilities 08/05/01 N 2 4>6<br />

Photograph<br />

* Escape Special on Garden tours around the globe 13/05/01 E<br />

11>14 1>2 Photographs<br />

* As airlines fight economy-class syndrome, John Arlidge gives<br />

BA's new health spa a pre-flight check 13/05/01 E 15 1>4<br />

Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Scilly Isles 13/05/01 E 2>3 1>4 Photographs<br />

* UK footpaths latest news 13/05/01 E 3 3 Photograph<br />

* News and tips 13/05/01 E 4>5 1>4 Photographs<br />

* A ghoulish tourist trail takes visitors to a small motel in<br />

Kansas, where Timothy McVeigh stayed while making his bomb<br />

13/05/01 E 7 1>3 Photograph<br />

* Spain 13/05/01 E 8>9 1>3 Photographs<br />

* Turkey 20/05/01 E 10>11 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Martin Buckley follows a trail blazed by female fliers as he<br />

continues his hitchhiking adventures in light aircraft 20/05/01 E<br />

12 1>4 Photographs, map


* News and tips 20/05/01 E 4>5 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Spring Bank Holiday late deals from Devon to Dubai 20/05/01<br />

E 6>7 1>4 Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong> ideal holiday for stressed, working mothers 20/05/01 E 9<br />

1>3 Photographs<br />

* Getting older shouldn't stop you going on holiday, but your<br />

search for travel insurance may take more time - see Personal<br />

Finance 27/05/01<br />

* Guide to hotels and restaurants in Cornwall 27/05/01 E 10 1>4<br />

Photograph<br />

* Escape special city guide: Naples 27/05/01 E 11>14 1>4<br />

Photographs<br />

* Morocco 27/05/01 E 2>3 1>4 Photographs<br />

* News and tips 27/05/01 E 4>5 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Sheryl Garratt thought it was safe to take her family to Butlins,<br />

but the camp was gripped by Eighties fever and it was all just a<br />

little too real 27/05/01 E 6>7 1>3 Photographs<br />

* Hungary children and people begging are not what we want to<br />

see on holiday, but how do you cope with your conscience? - see<br />

Poverty 03/06/01<br />

* Hitch-hiking around the globe on light aircraft, Martin Buckley<br />

lands 6,500ft up on Mt Cook in New Zealand for a spot of skiing<br />

03/06/01 E 12 1>3 Photographs<br />

* News and tips 03/06/01 E 4>5 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Europe: Ben Nimmo vowed to take the pilgrims' way to<br />

Santiago in Spain 03/06/01 E 6>7 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Family break in Menorca 03/06/01 E 9 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Spain 10/06/01 E 2>3 1>4 Photographs<br />

* News and tips 10/06/01 E 4>5 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Affordable France 10/06/01 E 9>12 1>4 Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong> TGV network now has a fast route to Marseilles: Vanessa<br />

Thorpe raced by train and Martin Bright by plane to the south of<br />

France 17/06/01 E 12>13 1>3 Photographs<br />

* Martin Buckley rediscovers the fear of flying in New Zealand<br />

on his adventures hitchhiking in light aircraft 17/06/01 E 16 1>3<br />

Photographs<br />

* Helsinki is <strong>Observer</strong> readers' favourite travel destination<br />

17/06/01 E 2>3 1>4 Photographs<br />

* News and tips 17/06/01 E 4>5 1>4 Photographs<br />

* A Hebridean coach trip that's the antidote to package tours<br />

17/06/01 E 6>7 1>3 Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong> results of the <strong>Observer</strong> Travel Awards <strong>2001</strong> are in<br />

17/06/01 E 8>9 1>3 Photograph<br />

* Guide to round the world trips 24/06/01 E 10>11 1>4<br />

Photographs<br />

* Backpacking around India with kids 24/06/01 E 2>3, 12 1>4<br />

Photographs<br />

* News and tips 24/06/01 E 4>5 1>4 Photographs<br />

* A gourmet tour of the Amalfi coast in Italy 24/06/01 E 6>7<br />

1>4 Photograph<br />

* A boutique hotel has opened in the fantasy village of<br />

Portmeirion, Wales, home of the sixties' TV series <strong>The</strong> Prisoner<br />

24/06/01 E 9 1>3 Photographs<br />

* More and more of us are quitting our jobs to travel abroad -<br />

often with the blessing of our employers - see Personal Finance<br />

01/07/01<br />

* A 10-step guide to surviving airport chaos 01/07/01 E 2>3<br />

OBSERVER INDEX: JAN-DEC <strong>2001</strong><br />

243<br />

1>4 Photographs<br />

* Holidaymakers fume as Spanish coach strike leaves thousands<br />

stranded 01/07/01 B 3 1>7 Photographs<br />

* News and tips 01/07/01 E 4>5 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Martin Buckley ends his round-the-world aircraft-hitching trip<br />

with an evocation of romantic flying boats in the South Pacific<br />

01/07/01 E 6 1>2 Photographs<br />

* Escape Special on Cycling 01/07/01 E 9>12 1>4 Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Earl of Swinton's family has been reinstated in Swinton<br />

Park which is now a hotel and opened at the peak of the foot and<br />

mouth crisis 08/07/01 E 12 1>3 Photographs<br />

* Party animals in Ayia Napa and Cyprus 08/07/01 E 2>3 1>4<br />

Photographs<br />

* News and tips 08/07/01 E 4>5 1>6 Photographs<br />

* As Britain begins to recover from the foot and mouth crisis,<br />

now is the time to take advantage of some great deals 08/07/01<br />

E 6>7 1>3 Photograph<br />

* Escape special on the favourite French hotels of <strong>Observer</strong><br />

writers 08/07/01 E 9>11 1>3 Photographs<br />

* Parrot Cay, the Caribbean's most exclusive hideaway 15/07/01<br />

E 02>03 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Escape special: Treviso city guide 15/07/01 E 11>14 1>4<br />

Photographs<br />

* Alternative tour of London in a four-poster bed 15/07/01 E 16<br />

1>3 Photograph<br />

* News and tips 15/07/01 E 4>5 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Gap year: the young traveller's guide to backpackers 15/07/01<br />

E 6>7 1>3 Illustrations<br />

* Berlin's alternative attractions 15/07/01 E 8>9 1>4<br />

Photographs<br />

* Holidaying in a camper vans 22/07/01 E 02>03 1>4<br />

Photographs<br />

* Childhood holidays No 1: Michael Winner 22/07/01 E 03 4<br />

Photograph<br />

* News and tips 22/07/01 E 04>05 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Single parent travel in the Algarve 22/07/01 E 06>07 1>3<br />

Photographs<br />

* Childhood holidays No 2: Kate Grenville 22/07/01 E 07 4<br />

Photograph<br />

* Former Blue Peter presenter Peter Duncan took his wife and<br />

four children on a global trip 22/07/01 E 08>09 1>3<br />

Photographs<br />

* Childhood holidays No 3: Nik Kershaw 22/07/01 E 10 1<br />

Photograph<br />

* Tips for travelling with children and babies 22/07/01 E 10 2>4<br />

Photographs<br />

* Last minute family bargains 22/07/01 E 11 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Childhood holidays No 4: Kathy Lette 22/07/01 E 12 1<br />

Photograph<br />

* Entertaining kids: twenty days out for under £20 22/07/01 E<br />

12>13 2>4 Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong> best gear for catching the waves 29/07/01 E 10 1>3<br />

Photographs<br />

* Stockholm city guide 29/07/01 E 11>14 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Stag and Hen weekends in New York, La Rochelle and<br />

Copenhagen 29/07/01 E 2>3 1>4 Photographs


* News and tips 29/07/01 E 4>5 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Surfing in Mexico 29/07/01 E 6>7 1>3 Photographs<br />

* Holidays of the rich and famous - see Celebrities 05/08/01<br />

* New York: Bill Clinton opened his new office in Harlem last<br />

week - the best places to mix with the locals 05/08/01 E 10>11<br />

1>4 Photographs<br />

* Family holidays: four parents explain their different strategies<br />

for making sure that a holiday really is a break 05/08/01 E<br />

12>13 1>3 Photographs<br />

* Britain's best beach resorts 05/08/01 E 2>3 1>4 Photographs<br />

* News and tips 05/08/01 E 4>5 1>5 Photographs<br />

* Summer days out 05/08/01 E 6 1 Photograph, illustration<br />

* On the trail of Toulouse-Lautrec: Albi, the town where the<br />

French artist grew up, is refusing to cash in on next month's film,<br />

Moulin Rouge 05/08/01 E 6>7 2>3 Photographs<br />

* On the trail of Toulouse-Lautrec: <strong>The</strong> real Moulin-Rouge<br />

05/08/01 E 8>9 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Mississippi 12/08/01 E 10>11 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Where to stay in Barcelona 12/08/01 E 12>14 1>4<br />

Photographs<br />

* Inside the holiday camp Hitler built on the Baltic Coast<br />

12/08/01 E 2>3 1>4 Photographs<br />

* News and tips 12/08/01 E 4>5 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Five of the best phrase books put to the test on holiday in<br />

Portugal 12/08/01 E 6>7 2>4 Photograph<br />

* South Africa: three days in the Mala Mala 12/08/01 E 8>9<br />

1>4 Photographs<br />

* Football holidays 19/08/01 E 11>13 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Abroad is far better when you just fantasise about it says<br />

Kathryn Hughes 19/08/01 R 2 1>5 Photograph<br />

* Australia 19/08/01 E 2>3, 14>15 1>4 Photographs<br />

* News and tips 19/08/01 E 4>5 1>6 Photographs<br />

* York 19/08/01 E 6>7 1>3 Photographs<br />

* Family Bank Holiday: Days out in the UK 19/08/01 E 8>9<br />

1>3 Photographs<br />

* People travelling to the Eurozone are being urged to use euro<br />

traveller's cheques rather than local currency traveller's<br />

cheques… - see Personal Finance 26/08/01<br />

* France 26/08/01 E 10>11 1>3 Photographs<br />

* Greek Islands 26/08/01 E 2>3 1>4 Photographs<br />

* News and tips 26/08/01 E 4>4 1>6 Photograph<br />

* New York 26/08/01 E 6>7 1>3 Photograph<br />

* Summer days out 26/08/01 E 7 3 Photograph<br />

* A survival weekend in Devon 26/08/01 E 9 1>3 Photographs<br />

* Offbeat Florida 02/09/01 E 11>14 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Botswana 02/09/01 E 2>3 1>4 Photographs<br />

* News and tips 02/09/01 E 4 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Letters: travel queries 02/09/01 E 5 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Coventry is where poet Philip Larkin said his childhood was<br />

'unspent': its appropriate then that half the sites on the city's new<br />

Larkin trail no longer exist 02/09/01 E 6>7 1>4 Photographs<br />

* California by rail 02/09/01 E 8>9, 16 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Cyprus - Anassa, the ultimate Mediterranean retreat 09/09/01<br />

OBSERVER INDEX: JAN-DEC <strong>2001</strong><br />

244<br />

E 2>3, 12 1>4 Photographs<br />

* News and tips 09/09/01 E 4 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Letters: travel queries 09/09/01 E 5 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Cruises 09/09/01 E 6>7 1>3 Photographs<br />

* Escape special: UK wine hotels 09/09/01 E 9>12 1>3<br />

Photographs<br />

* Last week's events in the US will change the face of air travel<br />

for ever - see Aviation Industry 16/09/01<br />

* Some travellers stranded in North America last week or whose<br />

flights from the UK were cancelled will not be entitled to<br />

compensation from travel insurers - see Personal Finance<br />

16/09/01<br />

* News and tips 16/09/01 E 4 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Letters: travel queries 16/09/01 E 5 1>6<br />

* Following in the steps of the poets, Wordsworth and Coleridge<br />

in the West Country as a new film cements their legend<br />

16/09/01 E 6>7 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Seven Paris hotels for less than £50 16/09/01 E 9>11 1>4<br />

Photographs<br />

* Locals and travellers in Uzbekistan are calm despite the threat<br />

to their Afghan neighbours 23/09/01 E 0 1>4 Photograph, map<br />

* Skiing in Puy St Vincent in the French Alps 23/09/01 E 10>11<br />

1>4 Photographs<br />

* Travel trends after the terrorist attacks on New York 23/09/01<br />

E 2>5, 12 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Travellers face continuing confusion following warnings that<br />

some airlines may ground flights from Tuesday because insurers<br />

are unwilling to provide war cover for planes 23/09/01 C 4 1>4<br />

* Italy 23/09/01 E 6>7 1>4 Photographs, map<br />

* Sweden: snowboarding, sledging, riding and skiing 30/09/01<br />

E 10>11 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Ultimate skiing 30/09/01 E 2>3 1>4 Photographs<br />

* News and tips: after the attacks 30/09/01 E 4 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Travel letters on skiing 30/09/01 E 5 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Learning to ski 30/09/01 E 6>7 1>4 Photographs<br />

* What gear is wear on the ski slopes this winter 30/09/01 E 8<br />

1>4 Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Whistler ski and snowboard school 30/09/01 E 9 1>2<br />

Cartoon<br />

* Christmas abroad 07/10/01 E 2>3 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Travel news: after the attacks 07/10/01 E 4 1>5 Photographs<br />

* Travel letters 07/10/01 E 5 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Milan 07/10/01 E 6>7 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Escape Special: Two sides of Bali 07/10/01 E 9>12 1>4<br />

Photographs<br />

* Morocco 14/10/01 E 2>3 1>4 Photographs<br />

* How are tourists being treated in other Muslim holiday<br />

hotspots following the 11 September terrorist attacks? 14/10/01<br />

E 3 4<br />

* News and tips 14/10/01 E 4 1>3 Photograph<br />

* Travel letters 14/10/01 E 5 1>6 Photograph<br />

* A transatlantic crossing on the QE2 allowed Robert McCrum<br />

to do his bit for the battle against global terrorism 14/10/01 E<br />

6>7 2>4 Photographs


* Fly-drive Canaries 14/10/01 E 9>11 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Lisbon city guide 21/10/01 E 11>14 1>3 Photographs<br />

* Travel tips 21/10/01 E 15 1 Photographs, illustrations<br />

* A 'blended' family holiday in Crete 21/10/01 E 2>3 1>4<br />

Photographs<br />

* News special 21/10/01 E 4 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Letters 21/10/01 E 5 1>5 Photographs<br />

* Half-term attractions around the UK 21/10/01 E 6 1>3<br />

Photographs<br />

* Skiing in California 21/10/01 E 8>9 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Britons are amongst the most unethical travellers in the world,<br />

ignoring global environment damage and human rights abuses -<br />

see Human Rights 28/10/01<br />

* Small and special: Barbados/St Vincent/St Lucia 28/10/01 E<br />

10>12 13 1>4<br />

Photographs<br />

* News and tips 28/10/01 E 4 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Travel letters 28/10/01 E 5 1>4 Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong> 'in' places in the West Indies 28/10/01 E 6>7 1>4<br />

Photographs<br />

* Dominica 28/10/01 E 8>9 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Africa 04/11/01 R 10>11 1>3 Photograph<br />

* Tour operators have resumed holidays to Sri Lanka now that<br />

the Foreign Office has relaxed its travel warning 04/11/01 E 2>3<br />

1>4 Photographs<br />

* News and tips 04/11/01 E 4 1>5 Photograph<br />

* Letters 04/11/01 E 5 1>6 Photograph<br />

* A guide to London that most tourists never see 04/11/01 E<br />

6>7 2>4 Photographs<br />

* Skiing 04/11/01 R 8>9 1>3 Photographs<br />

* Caribbean 11/11/01 E 10>11 1>3 Photographs<br />

* Moscow 11/11/01 E 2>3 1>4 Photographs<br />

* News and tips 11/11/01 E 4 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Letters 11/11/01 E 5 1>5 Photograph<br />

* Spain 11/11/01 E 6>7 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Skiing in France 11/11/01 E 9 1>4 Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Red Sea 18/11/01 E 10>12 1>4 Photograph<br />

* New York 18/11/01 E 2>3 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Miami 18/11/01 E 4>5 1>3 Photographs<br />

* News and tips 18/11/01 E 6 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Letters 18/11/01 E 7 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Skiing 18/11/01 E 9 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Caribbean 25/11/01 E 10>11 1>3 Photographs<br />

* Peru 25/11/01 E 2>3 1>3 Photographs<br />

* Skiing: Chris Gill's top 10 places 25/11/01 E 4>5 1>4<br />

Photographs<br />

* Letters 25/11/01 E 6 1>6 Photographs<br />

* News and tips 25/11/01 E 7 1>5 Photograph<br />

* Dutch theme park, Efteling 25/11/01 E 9 1>3 Photograph<br />

OBSERVER INDEX: JAN-DEC <strong>2001</strong><br />

245<br />

* China 02/12/01 E 10>12 1>3 Photograph, map<br />

* For the cost of your central heating bill you could spend a<br />

whole winter in Crete 02/12/01 E 2>3 1>4 Photographs<br />

* A visit to Utah, that hosts the Winter Olympics in February<br />

02/12/01 E 4>5 1>3 Photographs<br />

* Travel letters 02/12/01 E 6 1>6 Photographs<br />

* News and tips 02/12/01 E 7 1>5 Photograph<br />

* Skiing in Chamonix 02/12/01 E 8>9 1>2 Photographs<br />

* Ethiopia 09/12/01 E 10>12 1>3 Photograph<br />

* Jeannette Hyde flies Concorde to the Caribbean, playground of<br />

the rich and famous 09/12/01 E 2>3 1>3 Photographs, map<br />

* News and tips 09/12/01 E 4 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Travel letters 09/12/01 E 5 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Six resorts where Alpine charm and great skiing can be<br />

combined 09/12/01 E 6>7 1>3 Photograph<br />

* Iceland 09/12/01 E 8>9 1>3 Photographs<br />

* Airport delays should have sent us back to trains, but lines<br />

were crossed - see Railway Industry 16/12/01<br />

* British hotels despair as Americans refuse to travel - see Hotels<br />

16/12/01<br />

* Business travel fell by 40 per cent after 11 September, will it<br />

ever recover? - see Aviation Industry 16/12/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> low-cost boom in air travel - see Aviation Industry<br />

16/12/01<br />

* USA 16/12/01 E 2>3 1>4 Photographs<br />

* News and tips 16/12/01 E 4 1>3 Photograph<br />

* Travel insurance is often the last thing young travellers think<br />

about before roaming the globe and it could cost them dear<br />

16/12/01 C 4>5 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Letters 16/12/01 E 5 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Caribbean 16/12/01 E 6>7 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Skiing - the new breed of luxury chalets 16/12/01 E 8>10 1>4<br />

Photographs<br />

* Ann Widdecombe escapes Parliamentary pressures and treats<br />

her mother to the haunting beauty of Norway's Arctic wilderness<br />

23/12/01 R 19 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Canada's top two Rocky Mountain retreats are big on<br />

traditional winter pastimes and elegance - and the skiing's not<br />

bad either 23/12/01 R 21 1>5 Photographs<br />

* Snow update 23/12/01 R 21 6<br />

* 99 things you need to know about travelling in 2002 30/12/01<br />

R 17>23 1>6 Photographs<br />

TRAVEL VIEW<br />

* Jeannette Hyde 06/05/01 E 20 1>3 Photographs<br />

* Jeannette Hyde 13/05/01 E 24 1>3 Photographs<br />

* Jeannette Hyde 20/05/01 E 20 1>3 Photographs<br />

* Jeannette Hyde 27/05/01 E 24 1>3 Photographs<br />

* Jeannette Hyde 03/06/01 E 20 1>3 Photograph<br />

* Jeannette Hyde 10/06/01 E 20 1>3 Photographs<br />

* Jeannette Hyde 17/06/01 E 11 1>3 Photographs<br />

* Jeannette Hyde 24/06/01 E 20 1>3 Photographs<br />

* Jeannette Hyde 01/07/01 E 20 1>3 Photographs


* Jeannette Hyde 08/07/01 E 20 1>3 Photographs<br />

* Jeannette Hyde 15/07/01 E 15 1>3 Photographs<br />

* Jeannette Hyde 22/07/01 E 14 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Jeannette Hyde 29/07/01 E 8 1>3 Photographs<br />

* Jeannette Hyde 05/08/01 E 15 1>3 Photographs<br />

* Jeannette Hyde 12/08/01 E 15 1>3 Photographs<br />

* Jeannette Hyde 19/08/01 E 10 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Jeannette Hyde 26/08/01 E 12 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Jeannette Hyde 02/09/01 E 24 1>3 Photographs<br />

* Jeannette Hyde 09/09/01 E 20 1>3 Photographs<br />

* Jeannette Hyde 16/09/01 E 20 1>3 Photographs<br />

* Jeannette Hyde 23/09/01 E 20 1>3 Photographs<br />

* Jeannette Hyde 30/09/01 E 20 1>3 Photographs<br />

* Jeannette Hyde 07/10/01 E 20 1>3 Photographs<br />

* Jeannette Hyde 14/10/01 E 20 1>3 Photographs<br />

* Jeannette Hyde 21/10/01 E 24 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Jeannette Hyde 28/10/01 E 20 1>3 Photographs<br />

* Joanne O'Connor 04/11/01 R 20 1>3 Photograph<br />

* Jeannette Hyde 11/11/01 E 12 1>3 Photographs<br />

* Jeannette Hyde 18/11/01 E 20 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Jeannette Hyde 25/11/01 E 20 1>3 Photographs<br />

* Jeannette Hyde 02/12/01 E 20 1>3 Photographs<br />

* Jeannette Hyde 09/12/01 E 20 1>3 Photograph<br />

* Jeannette Hyde 16/12/01 E 16 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Jeannette Hyde 23/12/01 R 23 4>6 Photographs<br />

TRAVIS<br />

* See Music: Pop 10/06/01<br />

TREATMENT, THE<br />

* See Book Reviews - Guttridge, Peter 29/07/01<br />

TRICKY<br />

* See Music: Pop 01/07/01<br />

TRIESTE AND THE MEANING OF NOWHERE<br />

* See Book Reviews - Clements, Paul 14/10/01<br />

TRUE CONFESSIONS<br />

* Scenes from real life 07/01/01 R 6 5<br />

* Scenes from real life 14/01/01 R 4 5 6<br />

* Scenes from real life 25/02/01 R 4 5<br />

TRUE HISTORY OF THE KELLY GANG<br />

* See Book Reviews - Rogers, Jane 07/01/01<br />

TRUE TALES OF AMERICAN LIFE<br />

* See Book Reviews - Bedell, Geraldine 16/12/01<br />

TUNNEL VISIONS<br />

* See Book Reviews - Adams, Tim 25/03/01<br />

TURNER, BENJAMIN BRECKNELL<br />

* See Victoriana 08/04/01<br />

TURNER, TED<br />

OBSERVER INDEX: JAN-DEC <strong>2001</strong><br />

246<br />

* Media mogul Ted Turner, had been cut adrift from the US<br />

media empire he created by rivals with no tolerance for his<br />

outspoken views 08/04/01 B 19 1>4 Photograph<br />

TYNAN, KENNETH, THE DIARIES OF<br />

* See Book Reviews - Hare, David 07/10/01<br />

TYNAN, KENNETH, THE DIARIES OF...<br />

* See Audiobook Reviews - Bunce, Kim 11/11/01<br />

UCHIDA, MITSUKO AND MARK STEINBERG<br />

* See Music: Classical 14/10/01<br />

UFOS<br />

* A top secret report on UFOs written in 1951 and used to brief<br />

Prime Minister Winston Churchill, has recently been unearthed<br />

21/10/01 B 14 1>8 Photographs<br />

ULLMAN, MARCUS<br />

* See Music: Classical 18/02/01<br />

UN BALLO IN MASCHERA<br />

* See Music: Classical 15/07/01<br />

UNACKNOWLEDGED LEGISLATION<br />

* See Book Reviews - Hensher, Philip 25/02/01<br />

UNDISCOVERED CHEKHOV<br />

* See Book Reviews - Steiner, George 13/05/01<br />

UNEMPLOYMENT<br />

* Britain's ongoing employment growth is expected to come to a<br />

shuddering halt if figures released on Wednesday are in line with<br />

City forecasts 09/09/01 N 2 4>8<br />

* Even by the Government's own measure, unemployment in<br />

Britain is set to increase, according to official figures released<br />

this week 11/11/01 N 2 7>8<br />

UNFINEST HOUR<br />

* See Book Reviews - Cohen, Nick 04/11/01<br />

UNGENTLE SHAKESPEARE<br />

* See Book Reviews - Jays, David 06/05/01<br />

UNITED NATIONS<br />

* World music singer Natacha Atlas, UN goodwill ambassador,<br />

spoke at her first UN press conference in Geneva last week - see<br />

Atlas, Natacha 03/06/01<br />

* Six years ago, the Serbs attached the UN 'safe area' of<br />

Gorazde, taking British peacekeepers hostage and isolating<br />

hundreds of others - the survivors remarkable story 24/06/01 M<br />

30>37 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Evidence of gross mismanagement and possible corruption at<br />

the Vienna headquarters of the UN agency fighting drug crime<br />

has been obtained by <strong>The</strong> <strong>Observer</strong> 29/07/01 B 22 7>8<br />

Photograph<br />

* A former UN police officer is suing a British security firm<br />

over claims that it covered up the involvement of fellow officers<br />

in sex crimes and prostitution rackets in the Balkans 29/07/01 B<br />

4 1>3<br />

* Secret talks were under way to try to rescue from collapse the<br />

United Nation's anti-racism conference in South Africa 02/09/01<br />

B 18 4>8 Photograph<br />

* Africans back down at the UN race talks 09/09/01 B 16 7>8<br />

* Toby Young recalls a dinner party with Kofi Annan, Secretary<br />

General of the UN - see Annan, Kofi 14/10/01<br />

UP THE FEEDER, DOWN THE 'MOUTH


* See <strong>The</strong>atre 08/07/01<br />

URANIUM<br />

* Uranium panic grips Nato as a dozen peacekeepers have died<br />

and scores more claim to have been made ill be debris from US<br />

ammunition in the Balkans - see Armed Forces 07/01/01<br />

* Radioactive dust from depleted uranium weapons remains in<br />

the atmosphere at potentially dangerous levels for up to a decade<br />

after their use 07/01/01 B 1>2 8<br />

* Inhaling depleted uranium particles causes acute symptoms<br />

identical to those claimed by Gulf War veterans 14/01/01 B 25<br />

1>2 Photograph<br />

UYS, PIETER-DIRK<br />

* See Comedy 08/07/01<br />

VACCINATIONS<br />

* More than one million children have been denied an essential<br />

vaccination against tuberculosis because the Government<br />

scheme has been in disarray for 18 months 14/01/01 B 5 7>8<br />

* Bill Gates have given the largest single boost to the worldwide<br />

search for an Aids vaccine - see Gates, Bill 28/01/01<br />

* Drug company Glaxo Welcome allowed thousands of British<br />

babies to be inoculated with toxic whooping cough vaccines<br />

08/07/01 B 1>2 2>6<br />

* <strong>Observer</strong> special investigation into toxic vaccinations ruining<br />

lives 08/07/01 B 5 1>8 Photographs<br />

* A doctor whose criticism of the MMR vaccinations infuriated<br />

Ministers and sparked a fierce debate in the medical profession<br />

claimed he had been forced out of his job 02/12/01 B 6 7>8<br />

Photograph<br />

* Thousands of babies may have been mistakenly injected with<br />

incorrect vaccines in the 1970s, the <strong>Observer</strong> has uncovered<br />

09/12/01 B 6 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Downing Street hints that 19-month-old Leo Blair has been<br />

given the controversial triple vaccine - see Blair, Leo 23/12/01<br />

* For the Blair's, privacy is paramount, and they lashed out at<br />

demands that they should reveal whether their son received the<br />

triple vaccine - see Blair, Tony & Cherie 23/12/01<br />

* Vaccines against malaria could trigger a deadly biological<br />

'arms race' between nature and mankind 30/12/01 B 20 6>7<br />

Photograph<br />

VADIM<br />

* See Book Reviews - Guttridge, Peter 04/02/01<br />

VAGINA MONOLOGUES, THE<br />

* See <strong>The</strong>atre 13/05/01<br />

VAN DER POST, LAURENS<br />

* Laurens van der Post, revered by Margaret Thatcher and Prince<br />

Charles, hid the fact he fathered a child with a girl of 14<br />

04/02/01 B 6 1>8 Photographs<br />

VAN HOUTEN, LESLIE<br />

* Leslie Van Houten, the youngest of the murderous cult leader<br />

Charles Manson's Family tells her story for the first time and<br />

says she wants to go free 24/06/01 B 22 1>7 Photographs<br />

VAN OUTEN, DENISE<br />

* Interview with celebrity Denise Van Outen 25/03/01 R 3 1>5<br />

Photographs<br />

VANITY FAIR<br />

* Toby Young's dream came true when he landed a job on<br />

America's leading magazine, Vanity Fair, but things began to go<br />

OBSERVER INDEX: JAN-DEC <strong>2001</strong><br />

247<br />

horribly wrong… - see Young, Toby 04/11/01<br />

VARIETY<br />

* Review of Marc Salem 14/10/01 R 13 1>3 Photograph<br />

VATICAN, THE<br />

* This week a tribunal of Vatican theologians will begin to<br />

consider whether Mother Teresa should be made a saint - see<br />

Mother Teresa 19/08/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Vatican is split on Opus Dei's miracle 21/10/01 B 26 8<br />

Photograph<br />

VAZ, KEITH<br />

* Foreign Office minister, Keith Vaz accepted a job with a<br />

company owned by an Iraqi-born tycoon who is wanted for<br />

questioning over a massive European corruption scandal<br />

04/02/01 B 1>2 6>7 Photograph<br />

* Foreign Office Minister Keith Vaz has personally overturned<br />

decisions by immigration officers an unprecedented 50 times<br />

18/03/01 B 2 2>8 Photograph<br />

* An Iraqi-born British billionaire has been helped by Foreign<br />

Office Minister Keith Vaz in his attempts to avoid extradition -<br />

see Fraud 27/05/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> strange case of Keith Vaz, the Iraqi tycoon and Interpol -<br />

see Vaz, Keith 27/05/01<br />

* Former Foreign Office Minister Keith Vaz faces claims that he<br />

may have received a payment from a rich businessman wanted<br />

for questioning in France 23/12/01 B 2 7 Photograph<br />

VEGETARIANISM<br />

* Paul McCartney first discovered vegetarianism when visiting<br />

an Indian asram with Jane Asher in 1967 - see McCartney, Paul<br />

23/09/01<br />

* Vegetarianism in Russia was forbidden 70 years ago, now<br />

more than a century after the first Russian vegetarianism society<br />

was founded, the meat-free life is... - see International Affairs:<br />

Russia 30/09/01<br />

VERMEER AND PAINTING IN DELFT<br />

* See Book Reviews - Steiner, George 05/08/01<br />

VERMEER AND THE DELFT SCHOOL<br />

* See Book Reviews - Steiner, George 05/08/01<br />

VERMEER, JOHANNES<br />

* On the eve of a major UK show, a reappraisal of Johannes<br />

Vermeer, now claimed to have a place among the Dutch masters<br />

- see Art 27/05/01<br />

VERSACE, DONATELLA<br />

* Donatella Versace hosted the wedding reception of Jennifer<br />

Lopez and Cris Judd last week - see Lopez, Jennifer 07/10/01<br />

VICTOR, ED<br />

* Interview with Ed Victor, literary agent 25/11/01 R 3 1>6<br />

Photographs<br />

VICTORIA & ALBERT MUSEUM<br />

* As the V&A awaits the arrival of its new director, Deyan<br />

Sudjic outlines a radical programme to bring this venerable<br />

institution into the 21st century 28/01/01 R 5 1>5 Photographs<br />

VICTORIANA<br />

* Review of <strong>The</strong> Victorian Vision: Inventing new<br />

Britain/Benjamin Brecknell Turner: Rural England Through a<br />

Victorian Lens 08/04/01 R 10 1>8 Photographs<br />

VIDEOS


* Review of new releases 07/01/01 R 13 3>6 Photographs<br />

* Review of new releases 14/01/01 R 8 5>6 Photographs<br />

* Review of new releases 21/01/01 R 9 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Review of new releases 28/01/01 R 10 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Last week an adult video store was fined £5,000 for selling soft<br />

porn, Confessions of a Sex Maniac, under the label hard-core<br />

porn 28/01/01 R 2 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Review of new releases 11/02/01 R 9 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Review of new releases 18/02/01 R 9 3>5 Photograph<br />

* Review of new releases 25/02/01 R 8 4>7 Photograph<br />

* Review of new releases 04/03/01 R 7 1>6<br />

* Review of new releases 11/03/01 R 11 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Review of new releases 18/03/01 R 8 3>6 Photographs<br />

* Review of new releases 25/03/01 R 8 1>8 Photograph<br />

* Review of new releases 01/04/01 R 9 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Review of new releases 08/04/01 R 8 4>6 Photograph<br />

* Review of new releases 15/04/01 R 9 1>5 Photographs<br />

* Review of new releases 22/04/01 R 8 5 Photograph<br />

* Review of new releases 29/04/01 R 8 5 Photograph<br />

* Review of new releases 13/05/01 R 9 5 Photographs<br />

* Review of new releases 20/05/01 R 8 2>7 Photograph<br />

* Review of new releases 27/05/01 R 8 6 Photographs<br />

* Review of new releases 03/06/01 R 9 4>7 Photographs<br />

* Review of new releases 10/06/01 R 8 3>6 Photographs<br />

* Review of new releases 17/06/01 R 8 3>4 Photographs<br />

* Review of new releases 24/06/01 R 8 2>6 Photograph<br />

* Review of new releases 01/07/01 R 8 3>6 Photograph<br />

* Review of new releases 08/07/01 R 8 1>5 Photographs<br />

* Review of new releases 15/07/01 R 10 5 Photographs<br />

* Review of new releases 22/07/01 R 8 5>8 Photographs<br />

* Review of new releases 29/07/01 R 8 3>5 Photographs<br />

* Review of new releases 05/08/01 R 9 2>3 Photographs<br />

* Review of new releases 12/08/01 R 9 1>2 Photographs<br />

* Review of new releases 19/08/01 R 9 1>5 Photographs<br />

* Review of new releases 26/08/01 R 9 1>5 Photograph<br />

* Review of new releases 02/09/01 R 8 3>7 Photograph<br />

* Review of new releases 09/09/01 R 9 6>7 Photograph<br />

* Review of new releases 16/09/01 R 8 4>5 Photograph<br />

* Review of new releases 23/09/01 R 8 4>5 Photograph<br />

* Review of new releases 30/09/01 R 9 3>7 Photographs<br />

* Review of new releases 14/10/01 R 8 1>5 Photographs<br />

* Review of new releases 21/10/01 R 8 2>7 Photographs<br />

* Review of new releases 28/10/01 R 8 5>8 Photograph<br />

* Review of new releases 04/11/01 R 8 4>7 Photograph<br />

* Review of new releases 18/11/01 R 9 1>2 Photograph<br />

* Review of new releases 02/12/01 R 8 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Review of new releases 16/12/01 R 9 1>2 Photographs<br />

OBSERVER INDEX: JAN-DEC <strong>2001</strong><br />

248<br />

* UK sales of the animated video Barbie in the Nutcracker,<br />

owned by Entertainment Rights, have topped 500,000 over the<br />

Christmas period 30/12/01 B 21 4>6 Photograph<br />

VIETNAM WAR<br />

* British photographer Tim Page was shot four times in<br />

Vietnam… his haunting images of conflict, suffering and the<br />

survival of the human spirit that will be his lasting legacy<br />

23/09/01 M 26>32 1>4 Photographs<br />

VIEW OF DELFT, A<br />

* See Book Reviews - Holland, Mike 10/06/01<br />

VIOLA, BILL<br />

* See Art 06/05/01<br />

VIOLENCE<br />

* A wave of alarm about youth violence is spreading across<br />

France after one of the capital's sleekest shopping areas became<br />

a battlefield - see International Affairs: Europe 04/02/01<br />

* Rival football thugs call temporary truce via internet to join<br />

forces for violent clashes at crucial World Cup match 15/07/01<br />

B 4 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Hi-tech maps of the mind show that computer games are<br />

damaging brain development and could lead to children being<br />

unable to control violent behaviour - see Computers & Computer<br />

Technology 19/08/01<br />

* Neo-Nazi German football hooligans plan to mount attacks on<br />

England supporters in an attempt to create mayhem at this<br />

week's World Cup qualifier in Munich 26/08/01 B 5 1>2<br />

VIRTUAL MURDOCH<br />

* See Book Reviews - Bell, Emily 15/07/01<br />

VIVISECTION<br />

* As a mystery financial backer steps in to rescue the<br />

Huntingdon Life Sciences labs, Martin Bright sees the operating<br />

rooms and breeding centres where animals live and die for<br />

medicine - and commerce 21/01/01 B 8>9 1>8 Photographs<br />

VOLOCHKOVA, ANASTASIA<br />

* See Dance 30/09/01<br />

VOLPE, TOD<br />

* Art dealer Tod Volpe thought he had it made, but that was<br />

before the FBI got into the frame… 21/01/01 M 22>28 1>4<br />

Photographs<br />

VOYAGE IN THE DARK<br />

* See Classicwatch 11/02/01<br />

WAGE SLAVES<br />

* <strong>The</strong> SAS 11/11/01 C 16 1>4 Illustration<br />

* DJs 18/11/01 C 16 1>4 Illustration<br />

* <strong>The</strong> clergy 25/11/01 C 20 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Interpreters 02/12/01 C 16 1>4 Illustration<br />

* Shop assistants 09/12/01 R 16 1>4 Illustration<br />

* Party organisers 16/12/01 C 16 1>4 Illustration<br />

* Santa Claus 23/12/01 B 20 6>8 Illustration, photograph<br />

* Gym instructors 30/12/01 B 24 5>7 Photograph<br />

WALKER, ALICE<br />

* Alice Walker's new book tells the true story of her marriage -<br />

an odyssey of love and pain that mirrored America's journey to<br />

racial equality 25/02/01 R 3 1>5 Photographs


WALLINGER, MARK: NO MAN'S LAND<br />

* See Art 25/11/01<br />

WANAMAKER, ZOE<br />

* Interview with actress Zoë Wanamaker 11/03/01 R 7 1>5<br />

Photographs<br />

WAR AGAINST CLICHÉ: ESSAYS AND REVIEWS<br />

* See Book Reviews - Cowley, Jason 08/04/01<br />

WAR, BABY: THE GLAMOUR OF VIOLENCE<br />

* See Book Reviews - Moss, Stephen 28/10/01<br />

WARDEN OF ENGLISH, THE<br />

* See Book Reviews - Hawtree, Christopher 19/08/01<br />

WAREING, MARCUS<br />

* Jay Rayner meets… chef, Marcus Wareing 15/07/01 B 18 1>6<br />

Photographs<br />

WARK, KIRSTY<br />

* Interview with Kirsty Walk, Newsnight Presenter, who this<br />

year has become the star of the campaign by outsmarting the<br />

politicians 03/06/01 R 3 1>5 Photographs<br />

WARNER, DEBORAH<br />

* Profile on Deborah Warner, theatrical director 21/01/01 R 5<br />

1>5 Photographs<br />

WARNOCK, MARY<br />

* Columnist 02/09/01 B 25 1>4 Photograph<br />

WARS, THE<br />

* See Book Reviews - Carty, Peter 02/12/01<br />

WATER<br />

* Water regulator Philip Fletcher is expected to agree to<br />

controversial proposals for restructuring Welsh Water 28/01/01<br />

N 1 3>8<br />

WATERMAN, PETE<br />

* Interview with pop producer, Pete Waterman 16/12/01 R 3<br />

1>6 Photographs<br />

WATSON, MICHAEL<br />

* Fighting Back: <strong>The</strong> Michael Watson Story - see Television<br />

30/09/01<br />

WATSON, PAUL<br />

* Paul Watson, co-founder of Greenpeace, who was ousted for<br />

being too violent, is to have a Hollywood film made about his<br />

life, Ocean Warrior 25/03/01 B 13 1>8 Photographs<br />

WATTS, CHARLIE, ON CHARLIE PARKER<br />

* See Radio 23/09/01<br />

WAUGH, AUBERON<br />

* Lynn Barker recalls her 30-year friendship with Auberon<br />

Waugh 21/01/01 R 17 1>6 Photographs<br />

WAY WE LIVE NOW, THE<br />

* Young fogies - one foot in the groove 14/01/01 M 6 1>3<br />

Photograph<br />

* Virtual relationships: logging on to love 21/01/01 M 6 1>3<br />

Photograph<br />

* Screamin' kids: Children of a lesser god 28/01/01 M 8 1>3<br />

Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> sky at night: the real stars in our eyes 04/02/01 M 6 1>3<br />

OBSERVER INDEX: JAN-DEC <strong>2001</strong><br />

249<br />

Illustration<br />

* Checkmates: if Madonna likes chess, we like chess 11/02/01<br />

M 6 1>3 Photograph<br />

* Delayed gratification: the waiting game 18/02/01 M 6 1>3<br />

Photograph<br />

* DJ Mania: All hands on decks 25/02/01 M 8 1>3 Photograph<br />

* Playing away: when scoring doesn't count 04/03/01 M 6 1>3<br />

Photograph<br />

* Dirty Dancing: pole positions 11/03/01 M 6 1>3 Photograph<br />

* Forestation of the Nation: Green and pleasant land 18/03/01 M<br />

6 1>3 Photograph<br />

* Radio Phone-Ins: hearing voices 25/03/01 M 6 1>3<br />

Photograph<br />

* Comic Relief: last of the action heroes 01/04/01 M 6 1>3<br />

Cartoon<br />

* Condiment craze: a salt on the senses 08/04/01 M 6 1>3<br />

Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Moral Maze: Children of a lesser god 15/04/01 M 6 1>3<br />

Illustration<br />

* <strong>The</strong> new family: splitting the difference 22/04/01 M 6 1>4<br />

Photograph<br />

* Le Pop Culture: France turns the tables 29/04/01 M 6 1>3<br />

Photograph<br />

* Group practice: we're all in this together 06/05/01 M 6 1>3<br />

Photograph<br />

* Award Shows: it's better to receive… 13/05/01 M 6 1>3<br />

Photograph<br />

* Anonymous letters: long-distance love affairs 20/05/01 M 6<br />

1>3 Photograph<br />

* Poll Positions: back to basics 27/05/01 M 6 1>3 Photograph<br />

* Child benefit: when boys and girls go out to play 03/06/01 M<br />

6 1>3 Photograph<br />

* Bad hair days: mohawks, mullets, mohicans… 10/06/01 M 6<br />

1>3 Photographs<br />

* Lie back and think of England 17/06/01 M 6 1>3 Photograph<br />

* An office and a gentleman 24/06/01 M 6 1>3 Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> beginning of the end 01/07/01 M 6 1>3 Photograph<br />

* Kindergarten coup 15/07/01 M 6 1>3 Illustration<br />

* <strong>The</strong> vieux garcon network 22/07/01 M 6 1>3 Photograph<br />

* Finishing school 29/07/01 M 6 1>3 Photograph<br />

* Stars of the screen 05/08/01 M 6 1>3 Photograph<br />

* Too good to be true 12/08/01 M 6 1>3 Photograph<br />

* Sweet on sugar daddies 19/08/01 M 6 1>3 Photograph<br />

* Stranger than fiction 26/08/01 M 6 1>3 Photograph<br />

* A little local trouble 02/09/01 M 6 1>3 Photograph<br />

* What couples really fight about 09/09/01 M 6 1>3 Illustration<br />

* Hooked on trailers 16/09/01 M 6 1>3 Photograph<br />

* Now for something completely different 23/09/01 M 6 1>3<br />

Photograph<br />

* Stardust memories 30/09/01 M 6 1>3 Photograph<br />

* On the contrary… 07/10/01 M 6 1>3 Photographs<br />

* Virtually transmitted diseases 14/10/01 M 6 1>3 Illustration


* What your walls say about you 21/10/01 M 6 1>3 Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> times they are a changing 28/10/01 M 6 1>3 Photograph<br />

* Are you sitting comfortably? 04/11/01 M 6 1>3 Photograph<br />

* Why the fur is flying 11/11/01 M 6 1>3 Photograph<br />

* Bench marks the spot 18/11/01 M 6 1>3 Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> parent trap 25/11/01 M 6 1>3 Photograph<br />

* A sobering experience 02/12/01 M 6 1>3 Photograph<br />

* See Television 09/12/01<br />

* Meet the new man in my life 09/12/01 M 6 1>3 Photograph<br />

* Toy stories 16/12/01 M 6 1>3 Photograph<br />

WEALTH<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Republic of Ireland's new rich have been flaunting their<br />

fortunes in style - see Ireland 22/07/01<br />

* Jamie Doward asks whether the recession-driven rush into the<br />

'new alchemy' for the rich will end in tears - see Economy<br />

19/08/01<br />

WEALTHCHECK<br />

* Personal finance case study 07/01/01 C 8 1>5 Photograph<br />

* Personal finance case study 14/01/01 C 10 1>5 Photograph<br />

* Personal finance case study 21/01/01 C 8 1>5 Photograph<br />

* Personal finance case study 28/01/01 C 12 1>5 Photograph<br />

* Personal finance case study 04/02/01 C 10 1>5 Photograph<br />

* Personal finance case study 11/02/01 C 10 1>5 Photograph<br />

* Personal finance case study 18/02/01 C 16 1>5 Photograph<br />

* Personal finance case study 25/02/01 C 16 1>5 Photograph<br />

* Personal finance case study 04/03/01 C 20 1>5 Photograph<br />

* Personal finance case study 11/03/01 C 14 1>5 Photograph<br />

* Personal finance case study 18/03/01 C 20 1>5 Photograph<br />

* Personal finance case study 25/03/01 C 20 1>5 Photograph<br />

* Personal finance case study 01/04/01 C 12 1>5 Photograph<br />

* Personal finance case study 08/04/01 C 12 1>5 Photograph<br />

* Personal finance case study 15/04/01 C 12 1>5 Photograph<br />

* Personal finance case study 22/04/01 C 8 1>5 Photograph<br />

* Personal finance case study 29/04/01 C 12 1>5 Photograph<br />

* Personal finance case study 06/05/01 C 8 1>5 Photograph<br />

* Personal finance case study 13/05/01 C 12 1>5 Photograph<br />

* Personal finance case study 20/05/01 C 8 1>5 Photograph<br />

* Personal finance case study 27/05/01 C 6 1>5 Photograph<br />

* Personal finance case study 03/06/01 C 6 1>5 Photograph<br />

* Personal finance case study 10/06/01 C 8 1>5 Photograph<br />

* Personal finance case study 17/06/01 C 14 1>5 Photograph<br />

* Personal finance case study 24/06/01 C 6 1>5 Photograph<br />

* Personal finance case study 01/07/01 C 8 1>5 Photograph<br />

* Personal finance case study 08/07/01 C 12 1>5 Photograph<br />

* Personal finance case study 15/07/01 C 14 1>5 Photograph<br />

* Personal finance case study 22/07/01 C 12 1>5 Photograph<br />

* Personal finance case study 29/07/01 C 8 1>5 Photograph<br />

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* Personal finance case study 05/08/01 C 12 1>5 Photograph<br />

* Personal finance case study 12/08/01 C 6 1>5 Photograph<br />

* Personal finance case study 19/08/01 C 12 1>5 Photograph<br />

* Personal finance case study 26/08/01 C 12 1>5 Photograph<br />

* Personal finance case study 02/09/01 C 12 1>5 Photograph<br />

* Personal finance case study 09/09/01 C 12 1>5 Photograph<br />

* Personal finance case study 16/09/01 R 8 1>5 Photograph<br />

* Personal finance case study 23/09/01 C 8 1>5 Photograph<br />

* Personal finance case study 30/09/01 C 14 1>5 Photograph<br />

* Personal finance case study 07/10/01 C 8 1>5 Photograph<br />

* Personal finance case study 14/10/01 C 12 1>5 Photograph<br />

* Personal finance case study 21/10/01 C 16 1>5 Photograph<br />

* Personal finance case study 28/10/01 C 14 1>5 Photograph<br />

* Personal finance case study 04/11/01 C 6 1>5 Photograph<br />

* Personal finance case study 11/11/01 C 4 1>5 Photograph<br />

* Personal finance case study 18/11/01 C 12 1>5 Photograph<br />

* Personal finance case study 25/11/01 C 16 1>5 Photograph<br />

* Personal finance case study 02/12/01 C 12 1>5 Photograph<br />

* Personal finance case study 09/12/01 R 12 1>5 Photograph<br />

* Personal finance case study 16/12/01 C 12 1>5 Photograph<br />

WEATHER<br />

* Trying to sell a home in a flood area will be tough, prices may<br />

have sunk but as the panic recedes, buyers will be back - see<br />

Property 25/02/01<br />

* Britain prepared for its warmest day of the year 29/07/01 B 1<br />

4 Photograph<br />

* Sun, sand, traffic jams, pollution - now we know summer has<br />

arrived 29/07/01 B 4 4>8 Photographs<br />

* Bad weather and building projects have combined to create an<br />

erosion crisis in Normandy - see International Affairs: Europe<br />

05/08/01<br />

* British roads were in chaos as millions of people set off on the<br />

second day of the hottest August bank holiday weekend for a<br />

decade - see Tourism 26/08/01<br />

* Special report on the climate change - see Climate 28/10/01<br />

* Bookmakers have shortened the odds on a white Christmas,<br />

with experts predicting a 90 per cent chance of snow on<br />

Christmas Day 23/12/01 B 1 4 Photograph<br />

* Meteorologists have warned of the wintry weather for the new<br />

year 30/12/01 B 2 5 Photograph<br />

WEDDINGS<br />

* Wedding costs 11/02/01 C 18>19 1>3 Photographs<br />

WEEPING SUSANNAH<br />

* See Book Reviews - Shapiro, Anna 30/09/01<br />

WEINSTOCK, LORD<br />

* Lord Weinstock architect of GEC which has been turned into<br />

crisis-ridden Marconi, has lost hundreds of millions of pounds in<br />

the catastrophic slump in the company's shares - see Business &<br />

Industry 08/07/01<br />

* Crisis-ridden telecoms company Marconi is on the verge of allout<br />

war with Lord Weinstock, its chairman emeritus, ahead of<br />

this week's annual meeting - see Business & Industry 15/07/01


WELFARE STATE<br />

* Education and Employment Secretary, David Blunkett insists<br />

that jobs are 'there for the taking' and that anyone under 50 who<br />

can work must do so - see Politics 14/01/01<br />

* Deaf people in Britain are being denied substantial government<br />

allowances because of an unjust and unresponsive benefits<br />

system which fails to meet their needs 21/10/01 B 13 1>2<br />

WELLS, H.G.<br />

* A cache of previously suppressed material gives new details on<br />

the affairs of H.G. Wells 07/01/01 B 3 1>6 Photographs<br />

WEMBLEY STADIUM<br />

* FA's shock U-turn on Wembley Stadium 14/01/01 S 13 1>2<br />

* FA must find £100m to save Wembley dream 28/01/01 N 1<br />

3>5 Photograph<br />

* Rebuilding a national football stadium at Wembley is 'barmy'<br />

and the plan should be scrapped says a leading construction<br />

expert 15/04/01 N 2 5>7<br />

* Officials warn Blair that stadium needs £100m or flagship plan<br />

faces collapse 29/04/01 B 3 6>7<br />

* Adam Crozier, the FA's chief executive was last night<br />

embroiled in a political row over the ill-starred Wembley<br />

redevelopment - see Sport: Football 06/05/01<br />

* FA attempts to save Wembley with bid for 2012 Olympics<br />

06/05/01 B 2 2>7 Cartoon<br />

* Will Buckley remembers when the FA Cup final was held at<br />

Wembley - see Sport: Football 13/05/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Government will move this week to resolve the<br />

embarrassing Wembley Stadium debacle and write a cheque for<br />

more than £100m to save the project 24/06/01 N 1 1>3<br />

* Wembley Stadium's former caterers are suing the Football<br />

Association for £7m in a fresh blow to the troubled efforts to<br />

rebuild the home of English soccer 08/07/01 N 2 3>7<br />

* Wembley is set to remain the home of English football after a<br />

government inquiry 19/08/01 S 18 3>4<br />

* Wembley Stadium, the scene of English football's greatest<br />

World Cup triumph in 1966, will not be rebuilt 04/11/01 B 5<br />

7>8 Photograph<br />

* Wembley Stadium is to be rebuilt in a £700m deal 09/12/01 B<br />

1 1>6<br />

* Sentiment may have blurred the vision for choice of national<br />

stadium 09/12/01 B 13 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Ken Livingstone comments on Wembley Stadium plans - see<br />

Sport: Football 23/12/01<br />

WENGER, ARSENE<br />

* Interview with Arsenal manager, Arsene Wenger 29/07/01 S 2<br />

1>6 Photograph<br />

* Profile on Arsenal manager, Arsene Wenger 09/12/01 B 25<br />

1>4 Caricature<br />

WESSEX, SOPHIE<br />

* <strong>The</strong> royal family faced a major breakdown in its relations with<br />

the Government after taped conversations revealed the Countess<br />

of Wessex's scorn for Tony and Cherie Blair 08/04/01 B 1, 3<br />

1>3<br />

* <strong>The</strong> countess's unguarded remarks have dented the reputation<br />

of the royals even further but there was one unexpected victim -<br />

the tabloid paper that set her up 08/04/01 B 13 1>8 Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Sophie Tapes: word by word, Sophie digs herself deeper<br />

into trouble 08/04/01 B 3 1>8<br />

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* <strong>The</strong> Countess of Wessex's firm has lost its high-profile PR<br />

account with a Thai hotel group which owns the Banyan Tree<br />

villas 15/04/01 E 9 2>4 Photographs<br />

WESSEX, THE EARL AND COUNTESS OF…<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Earl and Countess of Wessex, furious over scrutiny of<br />

their finances, have boycotted public duties for the rest of the<br />

year 19/08/01 B 4 1>7 Photograph, cartoon<br />

WEST, MAE: AN ICON IN BLACK AND WHITE<br />

* See Book Reviews - Holden, Anthony 07/10/01<br />

WESTWOOD, VIVIENNE<br />

* British fashion designer Vivienne Westwood turns 60<br />

08/04/01 M 10>15 1>4 Photographs<br />

WHALING<br />

* Next week Japan takes on the world to lift the ban on whaling -<br />

the harpoon hunters who demand the right to kill for profit and<br />

accuse the West of double standards 24/06/01 B 10>11 1>8<br />

Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong> worldwide ban on the commercial hunting of whales faces<br />

collapse this week after a campaign by pro-whaling nations to<br />

overturn it 22/07/01 B 7 1>5 Photographs<br />

WHAT SHE SAW<br />

* See Book Reviews - Shapiro, Anna 19/08/01<br />

WHAT'S THE CATCH?<br />

* Free connection internet service provider 21/01/01 C 9 3>6<br />

* Equitable Life policyholders who want to transfer their pension<br />

funds may be attracted to one solution being offered by financial<br />

advisers 28/01/01 C 9 1<br />

* Mortgage broker Savills Private Finance is launching what it<br />

claims is the cheapest capped rate mortgage in 50 years<br />

04/02/01 C 31 3>6<br />

* Insurance policy claiming to cover legal action against an<br />

airline as well as medical expenses should you develop deep<br />

vein thrombosis 18/02/01 C 35 3>6<br />

* Scottish Widows European Isa promoted on returns since its<br />

launch in 1986 25/02/01 C 25 3>6<br />

* Axa Sun Life Bonus CashBuilder Plus scheme 18/03/01 C 25<br />

3>6 Photograph<br />

* Intelligence Finance's advertising campaign for integrated<br />

banking 25/03/01 C 27 4>6<br />

* MNBA's Platinum Plus Visa Card 01/04/01 C 25 2>6<br />

* A personal loan with Paramount Bank for 8.9 per cent<br />

08/04/01 C 9 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Halifax Platinum Credit Card Cheques 15/04/01 C 15 3>6<br />

* Holiday travel insurance 13/05/01 C 15 1>4<br />

WHEATCROFT, GEOFFREY<br />

* Columnist 01/07/01 B 24 1>5 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 15/07/01 B 27 1 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 12/08/01 B 25 1>5 Photograph<br />

* Columnist 28/10/01 B 33 1>4 Photograph<br />

WHEELS<br />

* Toyota's RAV4 GX 01/04/01 M 59 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Croydon city tram 08/04/01 M 69 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Sweden's Kronan is safe, solid and very reliable - it's the Volvo<br />

of the bicycle world 29/04/01 M 53 1>4 Photographs


* Habana Custom 06/05/01 M 59 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Mini Cooper 17/06/01 M 57 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Mercedes SLK 320 24/06/01 M 56 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Volvo Cross Country 08/07/01 M 53 1>4 Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Bleinheim III 23/09/01 M 57 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Mercedes ML430 07/10/01 M 71 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Alfa 147 21/10/01 M 68 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Audi A2 SE 28/10/01 M 86 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Toyota MR2 04/11/01 M 73 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Ducati S4 02/12/01 M 58 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Audi Allroad 16/12/01 M 69 1>4 Photographs<br />

* GNER's White Rose 30/12/01 M 40 1>4 Photograph<br />

WHEN WE WERE ORPHANS<br />

* See Book Reviews - Diski, Chloe 04/03/01<br />

WHITE MALE HEART<br />

* See Book Reviews - Shapiro, Anna 01/07/01<br />

WHITE STRIPES<br />

* See Music: Pop 18/11/01<br />

WHITE TEETH<br />

* See Book Reviews - Perry, Jane 21/01/01<br />

WHITE, ANNA<br />

* Profile on Anna White, the headteacher who has won praise<br />

for turning round Britain's worst secondary school 11/03/01 B<br />

27 1>6 Photograph<br />

WHITEHOUSE, MARY<br />

* <strong>The</strong> new head of Britain's principal taste and decency<br />

watchdog has sounded the death knell for the days of the<br />

National Viewers and Listeners Association set up by Mary<br />

Whitehouse - see Media 18/03/01<br />

WHITEHOUSE, PAUL<br />

* Paul Whitehouse, the Chief Constable of Sussex who resigned<br />

last week has called for a public inquiry into the events that led<br />

to him being forced out 01/07/01 B 13 4>6 Photograph<br />

WHITEREAD, RACHEL<br />

* It's been beset with problems but Rachel Whiteread's sculpture<br />

for Trafalgar Square's empty plinth will be unveiled - see Art<br />

27/05/01<br />

* Review of Rachel Whiteread's exhibition at the Serpentine,<br />

London W2 - see Art 24/06/01<br />

* Review of Rachel Whiteread: Monument, Trafalgar Square -<br />

see Art 15/07/01<br />

WIDOWER'S HOUSE<br />

* See Book Reviews - McCrum, Robert 25/03/01<br />

WILDE, OSCAR<br />

* <strong>The</strong> only recording of the speech of Oscar Wilde has been<br />

exposed as a fake by the British Library 28/01/01 B 5 1>3<br />

Photograph<br />

* Explicit documents prepared for the Oscar Wilde libel case<br />

have come to light, offering a revealing new glimpse into the<br />

double life led by the Irish writer 06/05/01 B 12 1>7<br />

Photographs<br />

WILDLIFE<br />

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* <strong>The</strong> wildlife on the Galapagos Islands has an uneasy<br />

relationship with tourism 04/02/01 E 2>3 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Drilling has started in the waters of Scapa Flow, Orkney,<br />

where the Royal Oak, sank in 1939 fully fuelled, to stem the oil<br />

leak which is a threat to wildlife - see Environment 18/02/01<br />

* Species of wildlife thought to have disappeared from our<br />

shores are actually alive and well according to a study 22/04/01<br />

B 12 1>8 Photographs<br />

* International Dawn Chorus Day - see Radio 13/05/01<br />

WILLETTS, DAVID<br />

* Columnist 26/08/01 B 26 1>5 Photograph<br />

WILLIAM, PRINCE<br />

* In just a few weeks' time a small Scottish university town will<br />

be home to Prince William 02/09/01 M 20>25 1>4 Photographs<br />

* As Prince William gives his last interview before starting a<br />

four-year degree in art history at St Andrews, report on what the<br />

heir to the throne hopes to learn from university life 23/09/01 B<br />

3 1>6 Photographs<br />

WILLIAMS, MICHAEL<br />

* Michael Williams 1935-<strong>2001</strong>, the former director of the Royal<br />

National <strong>The</strong>atre, Sir Richard Eyre, remembers the actor<br />

Michael Williams, who died last week - see Deaths 14/01/01<br />

WILLIAMS, ROBBIE<br />

* See Music: Pop 14/10/01<br />

WILLIAMS, SHIRLEY<br />

* Jay Rayner meets… Shirley Williams, Liberal Democrat, who<br />

at 71 is still fizzing with enthusiasm 16/12/01 B 14 1>6<br />

Photographs<br />

WILLIAMSON, KEVIN<br />

* Kevin Williamson first published extracts of Trainspotting,<br />

now he wants an urban retreat for Britain's cannabis smokers -<br />

see Drugs & Drug Abuse 25/11/01<br />

WILTON, PENELOPE<br />

* Actress Penelope Wilton explains her craft 30/09/01 R 6 1>6<br />

Photographs<br />

WIND, SAND AND STARS<br />

* See Classicwatch 29/04/01<br />

WINE DARK SEA, THE<br />

* See Book Reviews - Dickie, John 15/07/01<br />

WINFREY, OPRAH<br />

* When Oprah Winfrey chose Jonathan Franzen's critically<br />

acclaimed book <strong>The</strong> Corrections, as her book club's selection for<br />

October, the author had misgivings… - see Books 28/10/01<br />

WINGRAVE, OWEN<br />

* See Music: Classical 05/08/01<br />

WINNER, MICHAEL<br />

* Interview with Michael Winner, director and writer 06/05/01<br />

R 3 1>5 Photographs<br />

WINSLET, KATE<br />

* Kate Winslet appeared at the Berlin International Film Festival<br />

to promote the film Quills, about the Marquis de Sade 11/02/01<br />

B 13 4 Photograph<br />

WISDOM, NORMAN<br />

* Interview with Norman Wisdom, the grandaddy of British<br />

comedy 25/02/01 M 10>14 1>4 Photographs


WISH FOR WINGS, A<br />

* See Children's Choice 01/04/01<br />

WITHOUT PREJUDICE<br />

* Jay Rayner 07/01/01 B 27 1>4 Photograph, illustration<br />

* David Shayler 14/01/01 B 31 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Jay Rayner 21/01/01 B 31 1>4 Photograph<br />

* George Szamuely 28/01/01 B 31 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Nick Cohen 04/02/01 B 31 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Nick Cohen 11/02/01 B 31 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Nick Cohen 18/02/01 B 31 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Nick Cohen 25/02/01 B 31 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Nick Cohen 04/03/01 B 31 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Neal Ascherson 11/03/01 B 31 1>5 Photograph<br />

* Nick Cohen 18/03/01 B 31 1>5 Photographs<br />

* Nick Cohen 25/03/01 B 31 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Nick Cohen 01/04/01 B 31 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Nick Cohen 08/04/01 B 27 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Nick Cohen 15/04/01 B 27 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Nick Cohen 22/04/01 B 29 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Nick Cohen 29/04/01 B 27 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Nick Cohen 06/05/01 B 29 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Nick Cohen 13/05/01 B 31 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Nick Cohen 03/06/01 B 33 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Nick Cohen 10/06/01 B 27 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Nick Cohen 17/06/01 B 27 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Nick Cohen 24/06/01 B 27 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Nick Cohen 01/07/01 B 25 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Nick Cohen 08/07/01 B 31 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Nick Cohen 22/07/01 B 27 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Nick Cohen 29/07/01 B 31 1>5 Photographs<br />

* Nick Cohen 05/08/01 B 29 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Nick Cohen 12/08/01 B 27 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Nick Cohen 19/08/01 B 25 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Nick Cohen 26/08/01 B 27 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Nick Cohen 02/09/01 B 25 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Nick Cohen 09/09/01 B 25 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Nick Cohen 30/09/01 B 31 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Nick Cohen 07/10/01 B 31 2>5 Photographs<br />

* Nick Cohen 14/10/01 B 35 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Nick Cohen 21/10/01 B 33 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Nick Cohen 28/10/01 B 33 1>5 Photographs<br />

* Nick Cohen 04/11/01 B 33 1>5 Photographs<br />

* Nick Cohen 11/11/01 B 33 1>5 Photograph, illustrations<br />

* Nick Cohen 18/11/01 B 31 1>5 Photographs<br />

* Nick Cohen 25/11/01 B 31 1>5 Photographs<br />

* Nick Cohen 02/12/01 B 31 1>6 Photographs<br />

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* Nick Cohen 09/12/01 B 29 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Nick Cohen 16/12/01 B 27 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Nick Cohen 23/12/01 B 25 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Nick Cohen 30/12/01 B 29 1>4 Photographs<br />

WITTGENSTEIN'S POKER<br />

* See Book Reviews - Hensher, Philip 15/04/01<br />

WK, ANDREW<br />

* See Music: Pop 28/10/01<br />

WODEHOUSE, P.G.<br />

* Robert McCrum finds new evidence that the comic writer P.G.<br />

Wodehouse was naïve and not a traitor in the second world war<br />

17/06/01 B 10 1>6 Photographs<br />

* A 'new book' reveals how P.G. Wodehouse, the comic author,<br />

became a master of recycling 16/09/01 B 4 1>8 Photographs<br />

* What is the truth about P.G. Wodehouse's relationship with the<br />

Nazi? Robert McCrum has unearthed startling new evidence<br />

thanks to a meeting with one of Plum's fellow wartime internees<br />

18/11/01 R 1>2 1>6 Photographs<br />

WOLFSON, SIMON<br />

* Profile on Simon Wolfson, retail company Next's chief<br />

executive-in-waiting 20/05/01 N 10 1>8 Photograph<br />

WOLFY AND THE STRUDELBAKERS<br />

* See Book Reviews - Adams, Tim 26/08/01<br />

WOMAD<br />

* See Music: Other 05/08/01<br />

WOMAN OF THE YEAR<br />

* Who is the most outstanding person of <strong>2001</strong> - readers are<br />

invited to vote 25/11/01 R 4 1>6 Photograph<br />

* <strong>Observer</strong> readers have voted for round-the-world yatchswoman<br />

Ellen MacArthur as Woman of the Year 30/12/01 R 2 1>6<br />

Photograph<br />

WOMEN<br />

* In 'What Women Want', Mel Gibson can read women's<br />

thoughts - five writers reveal the mysteries of what really goes<br />

on inside their heads 28/01/01 R 10 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Focus groups show female votes falling out of love with New<br />

Labour 04/02/01 B 2 2>7 Photograph<br />

* Photographer Amanda Eliasch has been given £1,000 by each<br />

of five women to transform themselves from their everyday<br />

selves - see Photography 25/02/01<br />

* When a woman no longer turns a man's head, does she cease to<br />

exist?, asks Sophie Radice - see Social Conditions & Trends<br />

25/02/01<br />

* Thousands of young women are getting sucked into heavy<br />

debts because of the ease of internet shopping, new research has<br />

revealed 25/02/01 B 11 7<br />

* Maternity pay boosted as the Budget targets women voters<br />

04/03/01 B 1 1>3<br />

* A new study shows that women struggle to cope with work<br />

and more than one toddler - and 50 per cent leave their jobs<br />

18/03/01 B 12 1>8 Photographs<br />

* A to Z of a woman's world 18/03/01 B 18 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Action plan includes annual summit to tackle inequality in<br />

women's wages - see Work 25/03/01<br />

* Report from Istanbul on the women who face jail for daring to


accuse the police of sexual abuse - see International Affairs:<br />

Eastern Europe 25/03/01<br />

* Blair's babes were supposed to change the male-dominated<br />

world of politics for ever, but they have had a battle on their<br />

hands even to survive - see Politics 01/04/01<br />

* Every year dozens of desperate mothers risk prison for<br />

abandoning their babies - see Social Conditions & Trends<br />

01/04/01<br />

* Fulham LFC are the first British women's team to play football<br />

for a living - see Sport: Football 01/04/01<br />

* Hollywood's leading men are allowed to grow old gracefully<br />

but it's leading women suffer a less forgiving and undignified<br />

fate - see Film 01/04/01<br />

* Physical equality is the final frontier being crossed by the<br />

rising number of women taking up weightlifting, martial arts and<br />

boxing 01/04/01 B 18 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Why do women want to look like skeletons, asks Gaby Wood<br />

01/04/01 R 2 1>5 Photographs<br />

* Married women are taking their husbands name again - see<br />

Marriage 08/04/01<br />

* New rights for mothers choosing to work part-time will be<br />

drawn up by an independent commission under plans being<br />

considered by Tony Blair - see Politics 08/04/01<br />

* Miss World is 50 - despite its critics, the contest has a hidden<br />

value - it offers a unique insight into the way women's lives have<br />

changed 15/04/01 R 1>2 1>5 Photographs<br />

* Record numbers of women aged 30-45 are smoking, drinking<br />

heavily and doing no exercise, a major new health study has<br />

revealed 15/04/01 B 11 1>6 Photograph, cartoon<br />

* British women are much more attached to marriage than their<br />

European counterparts - see Marriage 22/04/01<br />

* One in three women has had an abortion and 92 per cent agree<br />

with the right to choose, so why are women still ashamed to talk<br />

about its effect on their lives - see Abortion 22/04/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Vagina Monologues has become a global theatrical<br />

phenomenon - see <strong>The</strong>atre 22/04/01<br />

* Britain's obsession with breasts - see Social Conditions &<br />

Trends 06/05/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> savage world of women's magazines - see Media<br />

06/05/01<br />

* Women who choose the increasingly popular path to middleaged<br />

motherhood are not just taking medical risks: they are also<br />

likely to lose their closest friends 06/05/01 B 10 1>3 Cartoon<br />

* Nearly half of all women suffer from sexual dysfunction, but<br />

the Berman sisters are two doctors who aim to change all that at<br />

their California clinic 06/05/01 M 16>20 1>4 Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong> ideal holiday for stressed, working mothers - see Travel<br />

20/05/01<br />

* When a nice girl proclaims her sexual availability on a T-shirt,<br />

the message isn't as straightforward as it seems 03/06/01 R 4<br />

1>5 Photographs<br />

* Management: Put yourself in her place and ask, what would I<br />

want of me? - see work 10/06/01<br />

* Amelia Hill in New York reports on a new club run by women<br />

sexual liberation gurus who are ready to spread the word in<br />

Britain - see International Affairs: U.S.A. 17/06/01<br />

* Coping with the last taboo: It affects millions of women, yet<br />

few of them talk about the run-up to the menopause - see Work<br />

17/06/01<br />

* England's women attempt to cast off their 'poor relations' status<br />

and put themselves on the international map - at both cricket and<br />

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254<br />

football - see Sport: Cricket 24/06/01<br />

* Women who regularly examine their breasts for signs of<br />

cancer are wasting their time and may be exposing themselves to<br />

danger say researchers in Canada - see Health 01/07/01<br />

* Successful women too often become anonymous appendages<br />

when they hook up with famous boyfriends 08/07/01 R 4 1>5<br />

Photographs<br />

* Female drug addicts experience more excessive highs than<br />

men and may become addicted more easily - see Drugs & Drug<br />

Abuse 15/07/01<br />

* Ten years after <strong>The</strong>lma & Louise, audiences are still shocked<br />

to see women behaving badly, yet they will happily let men get<br />

away with murder - see Film 15/07/01<br />

* Nurses and other medical staff in a Carlisle hospital are on the<br />

brink of winning £35m in Europe's largest equal pay case,<br />

claiming that the NHS discriminations against female workers<br />

15/07/01 B 2 2>3<br />

* New treatments for fibroids are giving women hope - see<br />

Health 29/07/01<br />

* Recent research suggests that having fair hair can seriously<br />

damage a woman's career 29/07/01 R 4 1>5 Photograph<br />

* Female finance - see Personal Finance 05/08/01<br />

* Pyramid selling, the get-rich-quick phenomenon that is<br />

gripping thousands of British women, is to be outlawed<br />

05/08/01 B 2 2>7 Illustration<br />

* A finer appreciation of players' assets is one way that football<br />

widows can endure the coming season - see Social Conditions &<br />

Trends 12/08/01<br />

* American women are urged to heed their biological clocks as<br />

fortysomething celebrities send out misleading message - see<br />

Fertility 12/08/01<br />

* Delivery by Caesarean section is now touted as the celebrities'<br />

choice, disturbingly more and more women feel they are being<br />

rushed into this - see Caesarean Births 12/08/01<br />

* Nicole Kidman's joyous face after completing her divorce from<br />

Tom Cruise tells a story - see Kidman, Nicole 12/08/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> simmering debate on the soaring rate of Caesarean births<br />

was given new impetus when a nursing leader called for a ban on<br />

the NHS except where there is no medical alternative - see<br />

Caesarean Births 12/08/01<br />

* Women win equal pay, but not top jobs according to the<br />

Government's equal pay tsar 19/08/01 B 7 7>8<br />

* Financial services companies are eager to appeal to women,<br />

who they see as key financial decision-makers in families and<br />

affluent in their own right - see Financial Institutions 09/09/01<br />

* From feminist icon to male champion… Doris Lessing is no<br />

stranger to controversy - see Lessing, Doris 09/09/01<br />

* Older people who have regular sex have better physical and<br />

mental health than their chaste counterparts - see Relationships<br />

09/09/01<br />

* Gaby Wood argues that we need feminism now more than ever<br />

16/09/01 R 1>2 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Aspiring women MPs suffer such blatant sex discrimination<br />

that all three main parties are at risk of being sued, a report<br />

claims - see Politics 23/09/01<br />

* Women on their own have always induced panic in the rest of<br />

society 30/09/01 R 4 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Tamara Ingram has nurtured her way to the top of her<br />

profession and she is quitting Saatchi & Saatchi for rival ad<br />

group McCann-Erickson - see Media 14/10/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> increasing number of women cricket players - see Sport:


Cricket 14/10/01<br />

* A vibrator is no longer just a girl's best friend, it's a fashion<br />

accessory - see Sexual Behaviour 21/10/01<br />

* Case study on working and bringing up a family 21/10/01 B 9<br />

1>2 Photograph<br />

* Superwoman is a myth - new research shows women still<br />

believe they cannot have children and a career without feeling<br />

stressed 21/10/01 B 9 1>5 Photograph<br />

* A project to 'eliminate' forced marriages in Britain's Asian<br />

communities has been launched by the Government - see Asian<br />

Communities 04/11/01<br />

* By turning men's idea of poetry on its head, women poets<br />

discovered a voice for themselves - see Poetry 04/11/01<br />

* Women in football - see Sport: Football 04/11/01<br />

* Women in sport: Seeking sport's heroines - see Sport 04/11/01<br />

* Interview with Clara Furse, the first woman chief executive of<br />

the London Stock Exchange - see Furse, Clara 11/11/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> millionaire head of Mercury Asset Management was a<br />

heroine to the £60,000-a-year boss of Unilever's pension fund -<br />

until the fund's value fell, now the women are… - see Financial<br />

Institutions 11/11/01<br />

* Why do clever women dabble in New Age nonsense?<br />

11/11/01 R 2 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Share falls turn the heat on the superwomen high-fliers in the<br />

Square Mile 11/11/01 N 3 1>8 Photographs<br />

* A financial look at how families struggle to cope with the<br />

worst childcare provision in Europe - see Families & Family<br />

Life 18/11/01<br />

* It's time to give women a chance as chatshow hosts says<br />

Kathryn Flett - see Television 18/11/01<br />

* Women were banished from Iranian stadiums after the 1979<br />

revolution but last week the mullahs relented and let 40 Irish<br />

women attend a crucial world cup game - see International<br />

Affairs: Middle East 18/11/01<br />

* Women were banished from Iranian stadiums after the 1979<br />

revolution but last week the mullahs relented and let 40 Irish<br />

women attend a crucial world cup game - see International<br />

Affairs: Middle East 18/11/01<br />

* Working mothers should be praised, not attacked says<br />

Jeannette Hyde 18/11/01 B 29 1>5 Photograph<br />

* Few women set out to be single mothers but Stephanie Merritt<br />

found the man in her life could not cope with the idea of her<br />

pregnancy 18/11/01 R 4 1>5 Photographs<br />

* At first sight the latest figures are grim: women have failed to<br />

bag more seats in the boardroom, but they're queuing in the<br />

corridor - see Business & Industry 25/11/01<br />

* Talented businesswomen are to be given government help to<br />

break through a men-only culture into British boardrooms<br />

25/11/01 B 13 1>2<br />

* Career breaks and maternity leave can wreak havoc with<br />

pension planning - see Personal Finance 02/12/01<br />

* Move to close pay gap for women 02/12/01 B 7 1>8<br />

Photograph<br />

* Peter Preston asks why there is a fall in female newspaper<br />

readership - see Women 09/12/01<br />

* Report on the work of Refugee Action, describing the plight of<br />

women asylum-seekers in the UK - see <strong>Observer</strong> Christmas<br />

Appeal 09/12/01<br />

* Women are suffering much more than men from Britain's<br />

pensions 'time bomb' 09/12/01 B 11 1>7<br />

OBSERVER INDEX: JAN-DEC <strong>2001</strong><br />

255<br />

* Despite changes to the law to end discrimination, women still<br />

face a more uncertain old age than men 09/12/01 R 7 1>6<br />

Photograph<br />

* Some women who have won the Nobel Peace Prize and why,<br />

in its 100-year history only a fraction of its laureates have been<br />

women - see Nobel Peace Prize 16/12/01<br />

* At least one woman in six is so terrified of giving birth that she<br />

induces a miscarriage or avoids becoming pregnant altogether<br />

16/12/01 B 9 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Women continue to cover up in Afghanistan, reluctant to be<br />

the first to take off the burqa - see International Affairs: Middle<br />

East 30/12/01<br />

* Women can have everything - including children - argues<br />

Susan Maushart in this extract from her controversial new book<br />

30/12/01 R 1>2 1>7 Photographs<br />

WOOD, ELIJAH<br />

* Interview with actor Elijah Wood, the new Lord of the Rings<br />

18/11/01 M 30>33 1>4 Photographs<br />

WOOD, RONNIE<br />

* <strong>The</strong> two sides to musician Ronnie Wood, legendary Rolling<br />

Stone 02/12/01 M 8>13 1>4 Photographs<br />

WOOD, VICTORIA<br />

* See Comedy 23/09/01<br />

* Victoria Wood's Sketch Show - see Television 28/10/01<br />

WOODWARD, CLIVE<br />

* Profile on Clive Woodward, Manager, England Rugby<br />

Football Union team 18/11/01 B 27 1>6 Caricature<br />

WOOLF, LORD<br />

* Profile on Lord Woolf, champion of human rights, who wants<br />

to lock up dangerous people before they commit a crime<br />

30/12/01 B 25 1>6 Photograph, caricature<br />

WORDSWORTH: A LIFE<br />

* See Audiobook Reviews - Redford, Rachel 14/01/01<br />

WORK<br />

* Management: A design revolution is saving money - and the<br />

planet 07/01/01 N 12 1>7 Photograph<br />

* An ageist bias against staff is to be illegal and victims will be<br />

eligible for bit payouts 07/01/01 N 16 1>6 Photograph<br />

* How to… cope with after-work drink 07/01/01 N 16 8<br />

* Opening an email in the office could lead to more than you<br />

bargained for, as 10 sacked insurance workers have found out -<br />

report on a new legal battleground 07/01/01 B 18 1>7 Cartoon<br />

* Management: evolutionary psychology suggests you go with<br />

basic instincts 14/01/01 11 1>7 Illustration<br />

* Building managers will have a greater duty to protect workers<br />

from asbestos 14/01/01 N 22 1>6 Photograph<br />

* How to… deal with a weak boss 14/01/01 N 22 7<br />

* Management: it's lonely and confusing at the top, that's why<br />

gurus survive 21/01/01 N 11 1>7 Photograph<br />

* Firms are looking to art workshops to ascend the brightest<br />

heaven of employee creativity 21/01/01 N 18 1>5 Photograph<br />

* How to… become a volunteer 21/01/01 N 18 6<br />

* Management: the motor industry's problems are compounded<br />

by autocracy as well as inbreeding 28/01/01 N 11 1>7<br />

Photograph<br />

* How to… keep your PC free from viruses 28/01/01 N 18 6


* Your choice of degree can affect earning power for a whole<br />

lifetime 28/01/01 N 18 1>5 Photograph<br />

* Workplace stress has become so bad that thousands of workers<br />

are presenting themselves for treatment with psychiatric<br />

symptoms 28/01/01 B 9 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Management: Endless boom is as impossible as endless<br />

summer, but in hard times the best companies can ride cycles<br />

04/02/01 N 11 1>5 Photograph<br />

* How to… handle the new breed of activists 04/02/01 N 18 6<br />

* Is the 'lunch is for wimps' culture healthy? 04/02/01 N 18 1>5<br />

Photograph<br />

* Management: Going back to the floor was not light<br />

entertainment for Safeway boss 11/02/01 N 11 1>5 Photograph<br />

* More firms than ever are recruiting on the basis of an<br />

employee's 'aesthetic appeal', with qualifications coming a poor<br />

second 11/02/01 B 13 1>3<br />

* Despite victories, the discrimination battle continues on all<br />

fronts 11/02/01 N 18 1>4 Photograph<br />

* How to… tell if you are a bully 11/02/01 N 18 5<br />

* Management: Internet entrepreneurs failed because they tried<br />

to defy age-old principles 18/02/01 N 13 1>7 Illustration<br />

* How to… get the most out of your Jobcentre 18/02/01 N 20 7<br />

* Thousands of us are sick to death of our jobs, but you can<br />

change careers if you plan carefully 18/02/01 N 20 1>6<br />

Photographs<br />

* Britain's workplaces remain deeply divided by discrimination,<br />

according to a new report - see Discrimination 25/02/01<br />

* How to… recognise excuses from colleagues 25/02/01 N 16 7<br />

* Large-scale layoffs are back, while the money isn't as great, the<br />

process is more humane than in the nineties 25/02/01 N 16 1>6<br />

Photograph<br />

* Management: getting the best of both worlds is possible if you<br />

can see differences as two sides of the same coin 25/02/01 N 9<br />

1>7 Photograph<br />

* 50 per cent of Britons claim work-related tiredness affects their<br />

private lives - see Relationships 04/03/01<br />

* Management: Even the most admired companies face eventual<br />

failure unless they are willing to risk mistakes 04/03/01 N 13<br />

1>7 Photographs<br />

* Appearance is increasingly important to employers 04/03/01<br />

N 20 4>6 Photograph<br />

* Forget computers, people with a yearning for learning will be<br />

firms' real assets 04/03/01 N 20 1>6 Photograph<br />

* How to… speak in public 04/03/01 N 20 7<br />

* Management: rating employees doesn't get the best out of them<br />

11/03/01 N 13 1>7 Photograph<br />

* Single mothers get IT call-up as Labour raises its ambitions for<br />

the New Deal 11/03/01 B 13 3>4<br />

* A new mood of conciliation sees unions and employers<br />

dancing to the same tune 11/03/01 N 20 1>6 Photographs<br />

* How to… cope with a helpdesk 11/03/01 N 20 7<br />

* <strong>The</strong> British are lousy at learning foreign languages and being<br />

disadvantaged in the European labour market - another official<br />

EU-sponsored report states 18/03/01 N 11 1>5 Photographs<br />

* Alexander Garrett asks if the marriage of benefits and<br />

employment services can be anything but unhappy 18/03/01 N<br />

22 1>6 Photograph<br />

* How to work with a megalomaniac 18/03/01 N 22 7<br />

OBSERVER INDEX: JAN-DEC <strong>2001</strong><br />

256<br />

* Think before you decide to work from home 18/03/01 R 4 1>5<br />

Photograph<br />

* How to… work with someone you dislike 25/03/01 N 16 5<br />

* Why bosses are banking on freedom: flexible working pays in<br />

higher productivity - and parents who don't need to tell lies to get<br />

time off 25/03/01 N 16 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Action plan includes annual summit to tackle inequality in<br />

women's wages 25/03/01 B 2 2>3<br />

* Management: making employees shareholders could improve<br />

corporate governance - and output 25/03/01 N 9 1>5<br />

Photograph<br />

* Nearly 20,000 jobs are to go in the City by the end of 2002 as<br />

the UK financial services sector feels the pinch from the global<br />

share price meltdown - see Financial Institutions 01/04/01<br />

* How to… work with one who dislikes you 01/04/01 N 16 6<br />

* Workers must fight for proper seating - it could save £3.8bn<br />

01/04/01 N 16 1>5 Photograph<br />

* Management: Redundancies show Disney's chiefs to be mice,<br />

not men 01/04/01 N 9 1>7 Photograph<br />

* New rights for mothers choosing to work part-time will be<br />

drawn up by an independent commission under plans being<br />

considered by Tony Blair - see Politics 08/04/01<br />

* Better treatment means many people with HIV are in good<br />

health and want to work - now there are moves to make it easier<br />

for them 08/04/01 N 16 1>6 Photograph<br />

* How to… get yourself head-hunted 08/04/01 N 16 7<br />

Photograph<br />

* Management: Telecoms firms were seen as sure-fire hits - big<br />

problem 08/04/01 N 9 1>7 Illustration<br />

* How to… climb your way up the greasy pole 15/04/01 N 16 6<br />

* New tax rules could signal a farewell to the flash company car<br />

15/04/01 N 16 1>5 Photographs<br />

* Management: Dutch horticultural prowess is down to a lack of<br />

resources and cheap labour 15/04/01 N 9 1>7 Photograph<br />

* Bosses are demanding that staff dress up again as 'Dress-down<br />

Friday' makes people rude, lazy and flirtatious according to a<br />

study - see Social Conditions & Trends 22/04/01<br />

* Management: Juggling two incompatible objectives can be<br />

disastrous 22/04/01 N 11 1>7<br />

* How to… get a summer job abroad 22/04/01 N 16 7<br />

* Public sector staff are increasingly suffering from stress and<br />

depression 22/04/01 N 16 1>6 Photographs<br />

* A fresh wave of lay-offs is coming from bosses who feel no<br />

guilt - see Personal Finance 29/04/01<br />

* Claims made for the new economy were bogus, says Jamie<br />

Doward, and Britain's pain is only just starting - see Economy<br />

29/04/01<br />

* Management: You have to laugh about awful customer service,<br />

says a new book, otherwise you'd cry 29/04/01 N 11 1>7<br />

Photograph<br />

* How to… find a summer job 29/04/01 N 18 7<br />

* With inflation low, terms and conditions are now burning<br />

issues 29/04/01 N 18 1>6 Photographs<br />

* How the daily grind is what keeps even the wealth happy - and<br />

healthy 06/05/01 N 16 1>5 Photograph<br />

* How to cope with a short assignment 06/05/01 N 16 6<br />

* Management: for 'remuneration' read 'enriching friends', and<br />

it's getting worse 06/05/01 N 9 1>5 Photograph


* More than 60,000 new jobs will be created in the expanding<br />

transport sector in the next decade - see Transport 13/05/01<br />

* How to… tell if Big Brother is watching you 13/05/01 N 16 6<br />

* To stimulate and inspire staff, hang pictures on the wall<br />

13/05/01 N 16 1>5 Photograph<br />

* Management: Firms cannot afford to gamble their core values<br />

to win City values 13/05/01 N 9 1>5 Photograph<br />

* Management: MBAs don't teach students to juggle and balance<br />

20/05/01 N 11 1>7 Photograph<br />

* How to… react if you are being monitored at work 20/05/01 N<br />

18 6 Photograph<br />

* Jobs on the internet - the best ways of clicking with a new<br />

employer 20/05/01 B 18 1>5 Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> latest wave of MBA-style courses are tailor-made for<br />

government workers 27/05/01 N 12 1>8 Photograph<br />

* Management: Why should big firms turn to mergers and buyouts<br />

if they want to grow? Successful new business can be born<br />

from their own resources 27/05/01 N 13 1>7 Photographs<br />

* Fatalities on construction sites are escalating alarmingly<br />

27/05/01 N 20 1>6 Photograph<br />

* How to… tell if you are depressed 27/05/01 N 20 7<br />

* Dotcom was an intense and bumpy ride, but its survivors are<br />

left with priceless experience 03/06/01 N 16 1>6 Photograph<br />

* How to… cope with bouts of depression 03/06/01 N 16 7<br />

* Management: Stop chasing targets and involve people instead<br />

03/06/01 N 9 1>7 Photograph<br />

* How to… do well in interviews 10/06/01 N 16 7<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Government was to remove the stigma that accompanies<br />

bankruptcy 10/06/01 N 16 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Management: Put yourself in her place and ask, what would I<br />

want of me? 10/06/01 N 9 1>7 Photograph<br />

* Coping with the last taboo: It affects millions of women, yet<br />

few of them talk about the run-up to the menopause 17/06/01 N<br />

16 1>5 Photograph<br />

* How to… prepare for a holiday 17/06/01 N 16 6<br />

* Management: Rushing madly into unchartered (US) territory is<br />

usually disastrous 17/06/01 N 9 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Management: why are UK prices the sixth highest in the<br />

world? - who's behind rip-off Britain 24/06/01 N 11 1>6<br />

Photographs<br />

* Campaigners for equal pay think it will take a legal obligation<br />

to make British employers mind the gap 24/06/01 N 18 1>5<br />

Photograph<br />

* How to… return to work from a holiday 24/06/01 N 18 6<br />

* How to… work with a bright spark 01/07/01 N 16 6<br />

* Thousands of inmates are trapped in the revolving door of<br />

reoffending - few are taught the skills that would keep them free<br />

01/07/01 N 16 1>5 Photograph<br />

* Management: A US-style project-led model means long hours<br />

and burn-out - why we can't be more like Europe 01/07/01 N 9<br />

1>7 Photograph<br />

* Vocational school teaches job cred - see Education 08/07/01<br />

* Training persistent young offenders to drive forklift trucks is a<br />

rehabilitation project at HM Young Offenders Institution in<br />

Reading 08/07/01 N 15 5>6<br />

* Management: the affluent few are not the consumers of the<br />

future 08/07/01 N 17 1>6 Photograph<br />

OBSERVER INDEX: JAN-DEC <strong>2001</strong><br />

257<br />

* Firms that give staff time off for charity work may have the<br />

edge in a tough jobs market 08/07/01 N 24 1>5 Photograph<br />

* How to… eat healthily at work 08/07/01 N 24 6 Photograph<br />

* 60-hour weeks may soon be illegal 15/07/01 N 16 1>5<br />

Photographs<br />

* How to use email effectively 15/07/01 N 16 6<br />

* Management: the lure of mergers is irresistible with prices at<br />

rock-bottom 15/07/01 N 9 1>7 Photograph<br />

* Management: <strong>The</strong> Royal Shakespeare Company is providing a<br />

lesson in surviving the internet age 22/07/01 N 11 1>7<br />

Photograph<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Inland Revenue is helping thousands of people enslaved<br />

by illegally low pay 22/07/01 N 18 1>5 Photographs<br />

* Management: In the best businesses, distinct voices combine<br />

harmoniously to everyone's benefit 29/07/01 N 11 1>7<br />

Photograph<br />

* A technique called body mapping is helping employees<br />

pinpoint hazards early 29/07/01 N 18 1>5 Illustration<br />

* How to… recover from defeat 29/07/01 N 18 6<br />

* Fighting back at a tribunal could cost you £10,000 05/08/01 N<br />

16 1>5 Photographs<br />

* How to… deal with someone disorganised 05/08/01 N 16 6<br />

* Management: being tied into set goals is so often meaningless,<br />

says Simon Caulkin, and we have seen how it can lead to<br />

disaster 05/08/01 N 9 1>7 Photographs<br />

* Management: things fall apart under the meddling of Blair<br />

Ltd's experts says Robert Heller 12/08/01 N 11 1>7 Photograph<br />

* How to.. deal with the media 12/08/01 N 16 6<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Chancellor's dignity-in-work mantra could ring hollow<br />

12/08/01 N 16 1>5 Photographs<br />

* Women win equal pay, but not top jobs according to the<br />

Government's equal pay tsar - see Women 19/08/01<br />

* How to… cope with late colleagues 19/08/01 N 12 6<br />

* Unemployment is at its lowest for 25 years, but people are<br />

travelling more to find work 19/08/01 N 12 1>5 Photograph<br />

* Management: firms waste billions of pounds on computer<br />

systems, argues Simon Caulkin, it's time to make them servants,<br />

not masters 19/08/01 N 9 1>7 Photograph<br />

* Management: companies' refusal to trust their staff is turning<br />

us into a disaffected nation - and its costing us dear 26/08/01 N<br />

9 1>7 Photograph<br />

* From chocolates to burgers, big brands are fuelling a franchise<br />

boom, but some operations have an identity crisis 02/09/01 N 12<br />

1>4 Photograph<br />

* How to… handle someone without principles 02/09/01 N 12 5<br />

* Management: Human resources are more valuable than ever,<br />

so why are they still wasted? 02/09/01 N 9 1>7 Photograph<br />

* How to… work with a maverick 09/09/01 N 20 5 Photograph<br />

* With up to 15 per cent of young people entering the job market<br />

functionally illiterate, basic skills education is economically vital<br />

09/09/01 N 20 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Management: If mediocre performance is rewarded, it won't go<br />

away, writes Robert Heller 09/09/01 N 9 1>7 Photographs<br />

* Management: rigged targets distort bosses' pay and devalue<br />

exams 16/09/01 N 9 1>7 Illustration<br />

* <strong>The</strong> two-speed office: in the UK training is usually reserved<br />

for senior staff, the people who need it least... with dire


consequences 23/09/01 N 10 1>7 Photograph<br />

* How to… work in a head office 30/09/01 N 11 8<br />

* Management: Recession is an opportunity to get it right next<br />

time 30/09/01 N 11 1>7 Photograph<br />

* How to… work away from head office 07/10/01 N 10 8<br />

* Wall Street's wake-up call 07/10/01 N 10 1>7 Photograph<br />

* Flexible workers are supposed to be protected by an EU<br />

directive but the DTI seems to be more interested in protecting<br />

employers 07/10/01 C 10>11 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Business and the CBI will launch a major campaign to stamp<br />

out anti-gay discrimination at work - see Gay Issues 14/10/01<br />

* How to… deal with someone humourless 14/10/01 N 11 8<br />

* Management: Eriksson has transformed English football, he<br />

could do the same for UK business 14/10/01 N 11 1>7<br />

Photographs<br />

* Tribunals are awarding large sums to employees suffering<br />

from stress 14/10/01 C 8>9 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Report on the low-pay success story of the minimum wage<br />

21/10/01 C 10>11 1>5 Photograph<br />

* How to… teach English as a foreign language 21/10/01 N 9 8<br />

* Management: We must learn lessons of post-war failure<br />

21/10/01 N 9 1>7 Photograph<br />

* How to… feel more intelligent 28/10/01 N 11 7<br />

* Management: Companies are so bad at making decisions<br />

28/10/01 N 11 1>6 Photographs<br />

* It's worth fighting for a bigger share of company cash<br />

28/10/01 C 12>13 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Self-employment 04/11/01 C 2>4 2>5 Photographs<br />

* How do you find a course that's worth your time and money?<br />

04/11/01 C 8>9 1>6 Photographs<br />

* How to… get the best out of meetings 04/11/01 N 9 8<br />

* Management: the best companies are those that don't have<br />

'great' bosses thrust upon them 04/11/01 N 9 1>7 Photograph<br />

* Lean times are hitting pockets in the City 11/11/01 C 14>15<br />

1>6 Photographs<br />

* What it takes to do other people's jobs and how much they are<br />

paid 11/11/01 C 16 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Be your own boss 11/11/01 C 6 1>6 Photograph<br />

* How to… call it a day 11/11/01 N 9 6<br />

* Management: Innovators' struggle for a post-PC world may not<br />

compute 11/11/01 N 9 1>5 Photograph<br />

* Firms cancel Christmas parties as recession bites - see<br />

Economy 18/11/01<br />

* Parents of young children are to get the right to ask for shorter<br />

hours at work under legal guidelines designed to improve family<br />

life - see Families & Family Life 18/11/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Government is making it easier for employees to feel part<br />

of things by the launch of the Employee Share Alliance (ESA) -<br />

see Personal Finance 18/11/01<br />

* Management: the US was not prepared for asymmetric attack,<br />

but companies must be, says Mike Freedman 18/11/01 N 9 1>6<br />

Photograph<br />

* Talented businesswomen are to be given government help to<br />

break through a men-only culture into British boardrooms - see<br />

Women 25/11/01<br />

* Management: Interview with Ikea boss Anders Dahlvig and<br />

OBSERVER INDEX: JAN-DEC <strong>2001</strong><br />

258<br />

Ikea's reputation 25/11/01 N 10 1>4 Photograph<br />

* Move to close pay gap for women - see Women 02/12/01<br />

* Management: if we want good companies, we need to mind<br />

our language, says Simon Caulkin 02/12/01 N 10 1>5<br />

Illustration, photograph<br />

* New measures aim to protect workers who expose abuses<br />

09/12/01 R 14>15 1>6 Photograph<br />

* With recession looming, a global terror crisis and Christmas<br />

upon us, some people actually want to lose their jobs 09/12/01 B<br />

18 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Management: We can't save the NHS just by throwing money<br />

at it 09/12/01 N 8 1>5 Photograph<br />

* Employers rarely follow the right procedure in redundancies<br />

16/12/01 C 14>15 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Management: Rebranding the Post Office was a disaster<br />

16/12/01 N 9 1>6 Photograph<br />

WORK WRITES<br />

* Office problems 14/10/01 C 19 1<br />

* Office problems 28/10/01 C 19 1<br />

* Office problems 04/11/01 C 8 3 Photograph<br />

* Office problems 11/11/01 C 15 3>5<br />

* Office problems 18/11/01 C 14 3>5 Photograph<br />

* Office problems 25/11/01 C 18 3>5 Photograph<br />

* Office problems 02/12/01 C 14 3>5 Photograph<br />

* Office problems 09/12/01 R 14 3>5 Illustration<br />

* Office problems 16/12/01 C 14 3>5 Photograph<br />

WORLD BANK<br />

* Internal conflict leaves World Bank policy in disarray<br />

04/02/01 N 3 1>8 Photograph<br />

WORLD IN BRIEF<br />

* News snippets from around the world 07/01/01 B 20 6>7<br />

* News snippets from around the world 14/01/01 B 19 1>4<br />

* News snippets from around the world 21/01/01 B 21 1>5<br />

Photograph<br />

* News snippets from around the world 28/01/01 B 24 7>8<br />

* News snippets from around the world 04/02/01 B 23 1>2<br />

Photograph<br />

* News snippets from around the world 11/02/01 B 22 5>8<br />

* News snippets from around the world 18/02/01 B 22 7>8<br />

Photograph<br />

* News snippets from around the world 25/02/01 B 23 1>2<br />

Photograph<br />

* News snippets from around the world 04/03/01 B 22 7>8<br />

Photographs<br />

* News snippets from around the world 11/03/01 B 21 1>4<br />

Photograph<br />

* News snippets from around the world 18/03/01 B 22 7>8<br />

Photograph<br />

* News snippets from around the world 25/03/01 B 22 7>8<br />

Photograph<br />

* News snippets from around the world 01/04/01 B 23 1>6<br />

Photograph<br />

* News snippets from around the world 08/04/01 B 18 2>4


Photograph<br />

* News snippets from around the world 15/04/01 B 17 3>5<br />

Photographs<br />

* News snippets from around the world 22/04/01 B 20 7>8<br />

* News snippets from around the world 06/05/01 B 19 1>4<br />

* News snippets from around the world 13/05/01 B 23 1>4<br />

* News snippets from around the world 20/05/01 B 26 7>8<br />

Photograph<br />

* News snippets from around the world 27/05/01 B 25 1>4<br />

Photograph<br />

* News snippets from around the world 03/06/01 B 26 7>8<br />

Photograph<br />

* News snippets from around the world 17/06/01 B 18 4>5<br />

Photograph<br />

* News snippets from around the world 24/06/01 B 20 5>6<br />

Photograph<br />

* News snippets from around the world 01/07/01 B 18 7>8<br />

Photograph<br />

* News snippets from around the world 08/07/01 B 21 1>5<br />

Photograph<br />

* News snippets from around the world 15/07/01 B 20 7>8<br />

* News snippets from around the world 29/07/01 B 25 7<br />

* News snippets from around the world 05/08/01 B 20 5>8<br />

Photograph<br />

* News snippets from around the world 12/08/01 B 18>19 7>8<br />

Photograph<br />

* News snippets from around the world 19/08/01 B 18 6>7<br />

Photograph<br />

* News snippets from around the world 26/08/01 B 22 7>8<br />

* News snippets from around the world 02/09/01 B 17 1>4<br />

* News snippets from around the world 09/09/01 B 16 1>8<br />

Photograph<br />

* News snippets from around the world 16/09/01 B 8 1>8<br />

Photograph<br />

* News snippets from around the world 23/09/01 B 9 1>4<br />

Photograph<br />

* News snippets from around the world 30/09/01 B 23 3>5<br />

Photograph<br />

* News snippets from around the world 07/10/01 B 23 3>5<br />

Photograph<br />

* News snippets from around the world 14/10/01 B 28 1>3<br />

* News snippets from around the world 28/10/01 B 23 1>3<br />

* News snippets from around the world 04/11/01 B 23 1>5<br />

Photograph<br />

* News snippets from around the world 11/11/01 B 25 7<br />

* News snippets from around the world 18/11/01 B 25 8<br />

* News snippets from around the world 25/11/01 B 23 7<br />

* News snippets from around the world 02/12/01 B 21 8<br />

* News snippets from around the world 09/12/01 B 21 8<br />

* News snippets from around the world 16/12/01 B 19 1>4<br />

Photograph<br />

* News snippets from around the world 23/12/01 B 15 1>2<br />

* News snippets from around the world 30/12/01 B 17 5<br />

OBSERVER INDEX: JAN-DEC <strong>2001</strong><br />

259<br />

WORLD OF BOOKS, THE<br />

* Robert McCrum 07/01/01 R 20 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Robert McCrum 14/01/01 R 18 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Robert McCrum 21/01/01 R 18 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Robert McCrum 28/01/01 R 21 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Robert McCrum 04/02/01 R 18 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Robert McCrum 11/02/01 R 18 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Robert McCrum 18/02/01 R 18 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Robert McCrum 25/02/01 R 20 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Robert McCrum 04/03/01 R 18 1>8 Photographs<br />

* Robert McCrum 11/03/01 R 20 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Robert McCrum 18/03/01 R 18 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Robert McCrum 25/03/01 R 18 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Robert McCrum 01/04/01 R 18 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Robert McCrum 08/04/01 R 18 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Robert McCrum 15/04/01 R 18 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Stephanie Merritt 22/04/01 R 18 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Robert McCrum 29/04/01 R 18 1>6 Photograph, illustration<br />

* Robert McCrum 06/05/01 R 18 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Robert McCrum 13/05/01 R 18 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Robert McCrum 20/05/01 R 18 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Robert McCrum 27/05/01 R 18 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Robert McCrum 03/06/01 R 18 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Robert McCrum 10/06/01 R 18 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Robert McCrum 17/06/01 R 18 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Robert McCrum 24/06/01 R 18 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Robert McCrum 01/07/01 R 18 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Robert McCrum 08/07/01 R 18 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Nicci Gerrard 15/07/01 R 18 4>5 Photographs<br />

* Robert McCrum 22/07/01 R 18 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Stephanie Merritt 29/07/01 R 18 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Robert McCrum 05/08/01 R 18 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Stephanie Merritt 12/08/01 R 18 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Kathryn Hughes 19/08/01 R 18 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Robert McCrum 26/08/01 R 18 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Robert McCrum 02/09/01 R 18 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Robert McCrum 09/09/01 R 18 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Robert McCrum 16/09/01 R 18 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Robert McCrum 23/09/01 R 18 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Stephanie Merritt 30/09/01 R 18 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Robert McCrum 07/10/01 R 18 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Robert McCrum 14/10/01 R 18 1>5 Photographs<br />

* Robert McCrum 21/10/01 R 18 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Robert McCrum 04/11/01 R 18 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Robert McCrum 11/11/01 R 18 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Robert McCrum 18/11/01 R 18 1>6 Photographs


* Robert McCrum 25/11/01 R 16 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Stephanie Merritt 02/12/01 R 18 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Robert McCrum 09/12/01 R 18 1>6 Photographs<br />

* Robert McCrum 16/12/01 R 18 1>6 Photographs<br />

WORLD TRADE ORGANISATION<br />

* Department of Trade & Industry Secretary, Patricia Hewitt on<br />

what the UK hopes and fears 04/11/01 N 4 6>8 Photograph<br />

* Success at this week's trade talks is crucial, but are they<br />

doomed from the start? 04/11/01 N 4 1>5 Photographs<br />

* China was finally admitted to the World Trade Organisation<br />

yesterday 11/11/01 B 28 7>8<br />

WORLD WAR 3.0<br />

* See Book Reviews - Preston, Peter 21/01/01<br />

WORLD WAR I<br />

* How war artists censored Lord Kitchener's squint in the<br />

famous Great War poster - see Kitchener, Lord 14/01/01<br />

* Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig, the First World War<br />

commander, issued orders that more officers should be executed<br />

for cowardice in bid to strengthen the fighting spirit of the<br />

troops 11/02/01 B 14 6>7 Photograph<br />

* Report on World War I flying ace, Major Jack Poole's legacy<br />

in Sudan - his son Arthur and grandson George - see<br />

International Affairs: Africa 21/10/01<br />

WORLD WAR I & II<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Royal British Legion has plans for a roll of honour<br />

website to remember servicemen who died in the two world wars<br />

and may include victims of atrocities 11/11/01 B 14 1>6<br />

Photographs<br />

WORLD WAR II<br />

* Pearl Harbour survivors attack new Hollywood movie - see<br />

Film 04/02/01<br />

* Drilling has started in the waters of Scapa Flow, Orkney,<br />

where the Royal Oak, sank in 1939 fully fuelled, to stem the oil<br />

leak which is a threat to wildlife - see Environment 18/02/01<br />

* Sixty years after a British RAF pilot was shot down in a World<br />

II dogfight, his remains have been found in the wreckage of his<br />

plane at a French seaside village 25/03/01 B 24 1>8<br />

Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong> widow of a war pilot whose remains have been found in<br />

France, tells of her life and loss 01/04/01 B 13 1>6 Photographs<br />

* How Germany's leader finally found his father - see<br />

International Affairs: Europe 22/04/01<br />

* British Intelligence bugging of German PoW's chit-chat<br />

reveals that Nazi atrocities against women and children were no<br />

secret - see Holocaust, <strong>The</strong> 20/05/01<br />

* Savage acts that Allied soldiers were driven to commit in the<br />

Pacific theatre are about to be exposed 03/06/01 B 10 1>8<br />

Photographs<br />

* Robert McCrum finds new evidence that the comic writer P.G.<br />

Wodehouse was naïve and not a traitor in the second world war -<br />

see Wodehouse, P.G. 17/06/01<br />

* Inside the holiday camp Hitler built on the Baltic Coast - see<br />

Travel 12/08/01<br />

* Nazis in Britain: the UK has been a haven to 400 Nazi<br />

murderers - see Nazis 02/09/01<br />

* Emilie Schindler, the widow of the industrialist Oskar<br />

Schindler who saved more than 1000 Jews from the gas<br />

chamber, has died a few days short of her 94th birthday in<br />

OBSERVER INDEX: JAN-DEC <strong>2001</strong><br />

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Germany - see Schindler, Emilie 07/10/01<br />

* Historians and war veterans have attacked the makers of<br />

'Enigma' the new British blockbuster, for producing a film that is<br />

a 'travesty of history' - see Film 07/10/01<br />

* What is the truth about P.G. Wodehouse's relationship with the<br />

Nazi? Robert McCrum has unearthed startling new evidence<br />

thanks to a meeting with one of Plum's fellow wartime... - see<br />

Wodehouse, P.G. 18/11/01<br />

* Blockaded by the Germans, the half-starved citizens of<br />

Leningrad mounted an extraordinary act of resistance… they<br />

blasted the Nazi tanks with Shostakovich's Seventh Symphony<br />

25/11/01 M 16>28 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Street battles erupt in Berlin as neo-Nazis back Hitler's army<br />

over atrocities - see Neo-Nazis 02/12/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Kremlin accuses Germans of 'making us look like Nazis'<br />

at atrocity museum - see International Affairs: Russia 23/12/01<br />

WRESTLING WITH THE ANGEL<br />

* See Book Reviews - Griffiths, Joanna 08/04/01<br />

WRIGHT, MATTHEW<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Mirror's former show business writer Matthew Wright,<br />

wrote a damming article on David Soul's play <strong>The</strong> Dead Monkey<br />

even though he did not see it - see Media 09/12/01<br />

WRITERS<br />

* Alan Bennett, one of Britain's best-loved writers and<br />

performers, is suffering from a debilitating bout of writer's block<br />

- see Bennett, Alan 09/12/01<br />

* Eight years after the death of Anthony Burgess, two<br />

biographers are racing to complete what promise to be very<br />

different accounts of his life - see Burgess, Anthony 09/12/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> reclusive widow of Anthony Burgess, author of A<br />

Clockwork Orange, has hit out at a biographer she fears will<br />

brand her late husband a paedophile - see Burgess, Anthony<br />

09/12/01<br />

* <strong>The</strong> highly acclaimed German-born writer W.G. Sebald, author<br />

of the cult novels Austerlitz and Vertigo, has been killed in a<br />

road accident in Norfolk at the age of 57 - see Deaths 16/12/01<br />

* J.K. Rowling, author of the Harry Potter novels has secretly<br />

married - see Rowling, J.K. 30/12/01<br />

WURM, ERWIN<br />

* See Photography 14/01/01<br />

WYATT, ROBERT<br />

* This year's Meltdown Festival in London promises to be as<br />

gently eccentric as its maverick curator, Robert Wyatt 27/05/01<br />

R 6 1>5 Photograph<br />

XENOPHOBIA<br />

* John Hooper, journalist and writer on Europe for 13 years, says<br />

our xenophobia is beyond a joke 02/09/01 B 16 1>6<br />

Photographs<br />

YAMANI, SHEIKH<br />

* Sheikh Yamani tells Oliver Morgan of his exasperation at<br />

Opec's quota-busting members - see Oil Industry 30/09/01<br />

YOGA<br />

* It was once dismissed as a mere New Age fad, now yoga is<br />

taking Britain by storm thanks to our obsession with health,<br />

exercise and celebrity 17/06/01 B 16 1>6 Photographs<br />

YOUNG ADOLF<br />

* See Audiobook Reviews - Redford, Rachel 11/02/01


YOUNG, GAVIN<br />

* Tribute to <strong>The</strong> <strong>Observer</strong>'s Gavin Young, who died last week,<br />

aged 72 - see Deaths 21/01/01<br />

YOUNG, JIMMY<br />

* See Radio 25/11/01<br />

* See Radio 16/12/01<br />

YOUNG, MICHAEL<br />

* Profile on Michael Young, founder of the Consumers'<br />

Association, the moving spirit behind the Open University… by<br />

his son Toby Young 27/05/01 B 27 1>6 Photographs<br />

YOUNG, NEIL<br />

* See Music: Rock 17/06/01<br />

YOUNG, TOBY<br />

* Columnist 30/09/01 B 29 1>4 Photographs<br />

* Toby Young's dream came true when he landed a job on<br />

America's leading magazine, Vanity Fair, but things began to go<br />

horribly wrong… 04/11/01 R 1>2 1>6 Photographs<br />

* <strong>The</strong> Groucho Club, the watering hole of choice for many<br />

London celebrities, has thrown out journalist Toby Young for<br />

revealing what everyone knows - see Groucho Club, <strong>The</strong><br />

18/11/01<br />

YOUR INTEREST<br />

* Savings rates 07/01/01 C 12 1>3<br />

* Savings rates 14/01/01 C 14 1>3<br />

* Savings rates 21/01/01 C 18 1>3<br />

* Savings rates 28/01/01 C 16 1>3<br />

* Savings rates 04/02/01 C 18 1>3<br />

* Savings rates 11/02/01 C 12 1>3<br />

* Savings rates 18/02/01 C 14 1>3<br />

* Savings rates 25/02/01 C 20 1>3<br />

* Savings rates 04/03/01 C 16 1>3<br />

* Savings rates 11/03/01 C 16 1>3<br />

* Savings rates 18/03/01 C 14 1>3<br />

* Savings rates 25/03/01 C 16 1>3<br />

* Savings rates 01/04/01 C 16 1>3<br />

* Savings rates 08/04/01 C 16 1>3<br />

* Savings rates 15/04/01 C 10 1>3<br />

* Savings rates 22/04/01 C 12 1>3<br />

* Savings rates 29/04/01 C 10 1>3<br />

* Savings rates 06/05/01 C 12 1>3<br />

* Savings rates 13/05/01 C 10 1>3<br />

* Savings rates 20/05/01 C 12 1>3<br />

* Savings rates 27/05/01 C 10 1>3<br />

* Savings rates 03/06/01 C 10 1>3<br />

* Savings rates 10/06/01 C 12 1>3<br />

* Savings rates 17/06/01 C 10 1>3<br />

* Savings rates 24/06/01 C 10 1>3<br />

* Savings rates 01/07/01 C 12 1>3<br />

* Savings rates 08/07/01 C 10 1>3<br />

OBSERVER INDEX: JAN-DEC <strong>2001</strong><br />

261<br />

* Savings rates 15/07/01 C 12 1>3<br />

* Savings rates 22/07/01 C 10 1>3<br />

* Savings rates 29/07/01 C 12 1>3<br />

* Savings rates 05/08/01 C 10 1>3<br />

* Savings rates 12/08/01 C 12 1>3<br />

* Savings rates 19/08/01 C 10 1>3<br />

* Savings rates 26/08/01 C 10 1>3<br />

* Savings rates 02/09/01 C 10 1>3<br />

* Savings rates 09/09/01 C 10 1>3<br />

* Savings rates 16/09/01 R 10 1>3<br />

* Savings rates 23/09/01 C 10 1>3<br />

* Savings rates 30/09/01 C 19 1>3<br />

* Savings rates 07/10/01 C 12 1>3<br />

* Savings rates 14/10/01 C 14 1>3<br />

* Savings rates 21/10/01 C 14 1>3<br />

* Savings rates 28/10/01 C 16 1>3<br />

* Savings rates 04/11/01 C 10 1>3<br />

* Savings rates 11/11/01 C 12 1>2<br />

* Savings rates 18/11/01 C 10 1>3<br />

* Savings rates 25/11/01 C 14 1>2<br />

* Savings rates 02/12/01 C 10 1>3<br />

* Savings rates 09/12/01 C 10 1>3<br />

* Savings rates 16/12/01 C 10 1>3<br />

YOUR INVESTMENTS<br />

* Heather Connon 14/01/01 C 15 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Heather Connon 21/01/01 C 19 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Heather Connon 28/01/01 C 17 1>7 Photograph<br />

* Heather Connon 04/02/01 C 19 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Heather Connon 11/02/01 C 13 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Heather Connon 18/02/01 C 15 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Heather Connon 25/02/01 C 21 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Heather Connon 04/03/01 C 17 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Heather Connon 11/03/01 C 17 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Heather Connon 18/03/01 C 15 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Heather Connon 18/03/01 C 17 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Heather Connon 01/04/01 C 17 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Heather Connon 08/04/01 C 17 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Heather Connon 22/04/01 C 13 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Heather Connon 29/04/01 C 11 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Heather Connon 06/05/01 C 13 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Heather Connon 13/05/01 C 11 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Heather Connon 20/05/01 C 13 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Heather Connon 27/05/01 C 11 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Jill Insley 03/06/01 C 13 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Heather Connon 10/06/01 C 13 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Heather Connon 17/06/01 C 11 1>6 Photograph


* Heather Connon 24/06/01 C 11 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Heather Connon 01/07/01 C 13 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Heather Connon 08/07/01 C 11 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Heather Connon 15/07/01 C 13 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Heather Connon 22/07/01 C 11 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Heather Connon 09/09/01 C 11 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Heather Connon 16/09/01 R 5 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Heather Connon 23/09/01 C 4 5>6 Photograph<br />

* Heather Connon 30/09/01 C 18 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Heather Connon 07/10/01 C 13 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Heather Connon 14/10/01 C 15 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Heather Connon 21/10/01 C 15 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Heather Connon 04/11/01 C 11 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Heather Connon 11/11/01 C 5 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Heather Connon 18/11/01 C 11 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Heather Connon 25/11/01 C 15 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Heather Connon 02/12/01 C 11 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Heather Connon 09/12/01 R 11 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Heather Connon 16/12/01 C 11 1>6 Photograph<br />

* Heather Connon 23/12/01 B 20 1>5 Photograph<br />

ZEPHANIAH, BENJAMIN<br />

* Interview with writer Benjamin Zephaniah 04/11/01 R 3 1>7<br />

Photographs<br />

ZERDZINSKI, ALARIC<br />

* A loner, a dabbler in the occult and an obsessive horder, Alaric<br />

Zerdzinski disappeared into thin air three years ago 15/07/01 M<br />

18>24 1>4 Photographs<br />

OBSERVER INDEX: JAN-DEC <strong>2001</strong><br />

262

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