The Observer index, January-December 2001 ... - Microform

* The Railtrack fiasco 14/10/01 N 3>5 1>6 Photographs,
illustrations, graph
* Stephen Byers, the Transport Secretary, has rejected demands
to compensate Railtrack investors 14/10/01 B 8 1>7
Photographs
* The Government is proposing to protect Railtrack's
replacement from being ruined by the type of catastrophe that
drove its predecessor to bankruptcy 21/10/01 N 1 1>7
* Can Stephen Byers put back the railway's shattered dream
together again? 21/10/01 N 4 1>5 Cartoon
* Interview with Richard Bowker who tells why he took the
impossible job of being in charge of preventing the collapse of
our rail system - see Bowker, Richard 28/10/01
* New rail chief, Richard Bowker, demands an extra £1bn a year
from the Government 28/10/01 N 1 5>8
* Transport Secretary Stephen Buyers will offer the
chairmanship of the not-for-profit successor to the insolvent
Railtrack 11/11/01 N 1 1>7 Photograph
* Christian Wolmar and Neal Lawson argue that Transport
Minister Stephen Byers should be backed not sacked for his
handling of the crisis that killed off Railtrack 11/11/01 B 33 1>4
Photographs
* Improvements worth billions of pounds for Britain's ailing rail
network are to be put on hold indefinitely because of the
Government decision to force Railtrack into administration
11/11/01 B 9 6>7 Photograph
* Bank of America is considering a bid for Railtrack 02/12/01 N
1 5>8
* Railtrack chief executive Steve Marshall is set to defy the
Government's appointed administrator if he tries to oust him
from the disgraced company 09/12/01 N 1 5>7
* Profile on Railtrack's new chief executive, John Armitt - see
Armitt, John 16/12/01
* The new Railtrack chief executive John Armitt is supporting
plans to boost rock-bottom staff morale by raising salaries in an
attempt to prevent valued engineers leaving the company
16/12/01 N 2 4>8
* Airport delays should have sent us back to trains, but lines
were crossed 16/12/01 E 8 1>6 Photograph
* Fresh calls are being made for an investigation into the market
for Railtrack shares in the day's leading to the company's
collapse 23/12/01 B 18 1>8
* Thames Trains has filed a multi-million-pound lawsuit against
the Health and Safety Inspectorate 23/12/01 B 18 3>7
* Britain's railways are on the brink of a catastrophic safety
breakdown 30/12/01 B 1>2 6>8
* Crisis on the railways 30/12/01 B 4 1>8 Photographs
RAINFOREST
* The army of Zimbabwe's despotic ruler will help to fell trees in
85m acres of Congo rainforest - see International Affairs: Africa
26/08/01
RAMPLING, CHARLOTTE
* Interview with actress, Charlotte Rampling 21/01/01 R 3 1>5
Photographs
RANDLE, MICHAEL
* Columnist 14/10/01 B 35 1>4 Photograph
RANKIN, IAN
* Interview with crime writer, Ian Rankin - see Books Interview,
The 18/03/01
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RANTZEN, ESTHER
* The family feud of Esther Rantzen with her step daughter,
Cassandra Wilcox 18/02/01 B 5 1>6 Photograph
RAPE OF LUCRETIA
* See Music: Classical 24/06/01
RAPHAEL
* Restorers believe Raphael aimed to make an honest woman of
his adored model, La Fornarina 29/04/01 B 7 1>5 Illustrations
RATTLE, SIR SIMON
* Interview with Simon Rattle, conductor 29/04/01 R 6 1>5
Photographs
* The marriage between Sir Simon Rattle and the Berlin
Philharmonic Orchestra has been called a match made in heaven,
but now a battle of wills is threatening its consummation - see
Berlin Philharmonic 20/05/01
* Sir Simon Rattle, Britain's greatest conductor of modern times,
has fired a withering parting shot as he prepares to take up a
senior job in Germany, attacking the Arts Council - see Music:
Classical 30/09/01
* Sir Simon Rattle: From Birmingham to - see Book Reviews -
Maddocks, Fiona 28/10/01
RAUSING, HANS
* Interview with Hans Rausing ,who is Britain's richest man
thanks to the Tetra Pak empire 05/08/01 N 5 1>5 Photographs
RAVENHILL, MARK
* Why has gay writer Mark Ravenhill chosen a peculiar
eighteenth-century fetish as the backdrop to his latest play
19/08/01 R 5 1>4 Photographs
RAVERAT, GWEN: FRIENDS, FAMILY & AFFECTIONS
* See Book Reviews - McCrum, Robert 24/06/01
RAWNSLEY, ANDREW
* Columnist 20/05/01 B 19 1>6 Photograph
* Columnist 03/06/01 B 21 1>5 Photograph
* Andrew Rawnsley caused a political sensation with his book
Servants of the People - extract from his updated bestseller
15/07/01 R 1>2, 18 1>4 Photographs
READING LYRICS
* See Book Reviews - Hawtree, Christopher 14/01/01
READING PICTURES
* See Book Reviews - Julius, Anthony 11/03/01
REAGAN, RONALD
* Two US leaders - Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton were the
subject of health alerts yesterday - see International Affairs:
USA 14/01/01
REBECCA'S TALE
* See Book Reviews - Hensher, Philip 23/09/01
RECYCLING
* See Book Reviews - Hopkin, James 02/09/01
RED CROSS, THE
* Sir Richard Branson is backing the plans of The Red Cross to
market its own branded condoms in Africa 09/12/01 N 1 2>3
Photograph
RED DANCER, THE