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  • Naples,
    1
  • Napoleon I (Emperor of France),
    • tomb of,
      1
  • Nasser, Gamal Abdel,
    • regime of,
      1
    • and Suez Affair (1956),
      1
  • National Front,
    1
  • Nazis,
    • Nazi-hunting,
      1
    • and Weimar,
      1
  • Nehru, Jawaharlal,
    1
  • Nepal, Sherpa lifestyle and food,
    1
  • Nestorius,
    1
  • New National Gallery, Berlin,
    1
  • New Zealand, Australian jokes
    • about,
      1
  • New York,
    1
    ,
    2
    ,
    3
    • 1950s,
      1
    • 1960s,
      1
    • 1970s,
      1
    • 1990s,
      1
    • New York harbour,
      1
      ,
      2
    • World Trade Center,
      1
  • New York Times
    ,
    1
    ,
    2
  • Newfoundland,
    1
  • newspapers,
    • Chicago Tribune
      ,
      1
    • Ghanaian Times
      ,
      1
    • New York Times,
      1
      ,
      2
    • Singapore
      ,
      1
    • see also Guardian; The Times
  • Nigeria,
    1
  • Nikisch, Arthur,
    1
  • Nikolaikirche, Leipzig,
    1
  • Niven, David,
    1
  • Nkhruma, Kwame,
    1
  • Northern Ireland,
    1
  • Nuri es-Said Pasha,
    1
  • Observatory Hill, Darjeeling,
    1
  • Odessa,
    1
  • Olbrich, Josef,
    1
  • Olivier, Laurence,
    1
  • Olmsted, Frederick Law,
    1
  • Oman,
    1
  • Ottawa,
    1
  • Oxford,
    1
  • Padang, Singapore,
    1
  • Pakistan,
    1
    ,
    2
  • Paris,
    1
  • Parliament Palace, Bucharest,
    1
  • Patagonia,
    1
  • Patriarchal Cathedral, Bucharest,
    1
  • Peace Hotel, Shanghai,
    1
  • Peking, see Beijing
  • People’s Park, Shanghai,
    1
  • Percival, Gen. Arthur,
    1
  • Peru,
    1
  • Peter I, the Great (Tsar of Russia),
    1
    ,
    2
  • Petticoat Lane market, London,
    1
    ,
    2
  • Philharmonic Hall, Berlin,
    1
  • Piccadilly Circus, London,
    1
  • Pinchgut Island, Sydney,
    1
  • plantations, American South,
    1
  • Poland,
    1
  • Pontypridd,
    1
  • Port of Spain,
    1
  • Port Said,
    1
  • Portland,
    1
  • Portland Building,
    1
    ,
    2
  • Potsdamer Platz, Berlin,
    1
  • Powell’s City of Books, Portland,
    1
  • Powers, Gary, trial of (1960),
    1
  • Pretoria,
    1
  • Pritchett, V. S.,
    1
  • Provence,
    1
  • Puerto Madryn,
    1
  • QE2
    ,
    1
    ,
    2
    ,
    3
  • Quechua Indians,
    1
  • Qianmen Gate, Beijing,
    1
race relations,
    • Australia,
      1
      ,
      2
      ,
      3
    • London,
      1
    • South Africa,
      1
      ,
      2
    • Trinidad,
      1
    • USA,
      1
  • Radio City Music Hall, New York,
    1
  • Raffles, Sir Stamford,
    1
  • Raffles Hotel, Singapore,
    1
  • railways,
    • Australia,
      1
    • Canada,
      1
    • Trans-Siberian,
      1
    • USA,
      1
      ,
      2
  • Raveh, Dr Yitzak,
    1
  • Reichstag, Berlin,
    1
  • Reza Shah,
    1
  • Rheingau,
    1
  • Rhine River,
    1
  • Richardson, Sir Ralph,
    1
  • Richelieu, Comte de,
    1
  • Rila,
    1
  • Ringstrasse, Vienna,
    1
  • Rio de Janeiro,
    1
    ,
    2
    ,
    3
  • road trains,
    1
  • roads, Los Angeles,
    1
  • Rockefeller Center, New York,
    1
    • skating rink,
      1
      ,
      2
  • Rocky Mountain Rocket
    ,
    1
  • Rodia, Simon,
    1
  • Rodin, Auguste,
    1
  • Rohe, Mies van der,
    1
  • Rolls-Royces,
    1
  • Romania,
    1
  • Rome,
    1
    ,
    2
  • Rudolf (Crown Prince of Austria),
    1
    ,
    2
  • Ruse,
    1
  • Russian Orthodox Church,
    1
  • Rutli,
    1
  • St Bartholomew Church, Ottawa,
    1
  • St Honoré, Paris,
    1
  • St John, monastery of, Rila,
    1
  • St John’s, Newfoundland,
    1
  • St Peter and St Paul, church of,
    • Siauliai,
      1
  • St Peter and St Paul, church of,
    • Weimar,
      1
  • St Petersburg,
    1
    ,
    2
  • Salome
    (Strauss),
    1
  • Samoëns,
    1
  • San Francisco,
    1
    ,
    2
  • Sarajevo,
    1
  • Saratoga
    ,
    1
  • Schaulen,
    1
  • Schiller, Friedrich,
    1
    ,
    2
    ,
    3
    ,
    4
  • Schloss Johannisberg,
    1
    ,
    2
  • Schumann, Robert,
    1
  • Schwab’s Drugstore, Hollywood,
    1
  • Secession House, Vienna,
    1
  • Seine River,
    1
  • Servatius, Dr,
    1
    ,
    2
  • Shakespeare, William,
    1
  • Shanghai,
    1
    ,
    2
  • The Shared Benevolence Hall,
    • Beijing,
      1
  • Sheekey’s Restaurant, London,
    1
  • Shelton, Col.,
    1
  • Sherpas,
    1
    ,
    2
  • shikaras,
    1
  • Shinto,
    1
  • Shipka,
    1
  • shopping,
    • Darjeeling,
      1
    • New York,
      1
      ,
      2
    • Warsaw,
      1
  • show trials, Soviet,
    1
  • Siauliai,
    1
  • Sidney, Philip,
    1
  • Sigiriya,
    1
  • Simon, Neil,
    1
  • Sinai,
    1
  • Singapore,
    1
  • Skanderbeg Square, Tirana,
    1
    ,
    2
  • Sofia,
    1
  • SoHo, New York,
    1
  • Sotheby’s, London,
    1
  • South Africa,
    1
    ,
    2
  • South America,
    1
  • Soviet Union,
    • 1950s,
      1
    • 1960s,
      1
      ,
      2
    • 1990s,
      1
    • and Bulgaria,
      1
    • and Lithuania,
      1
    • Moscow,
      1
      ,
      2
      ,
      3
    • Odessa,
      1
    • St Petersburg,
      1
      ,
      2
    • show trials,
      1
  • Soweto,
    1
  • Spain,
    1
  • Sri Lanka,
    1
  • Srinigar,
    1
    ,
    2
    ,
    3
  • Staël, Madame de,
    1
  • Stalin, Josef, tomb of,
    1
  • Stark, Ray,
    1
  • Stellenbosch,
    1
  • Stockholm,
    1
  • Stoll Theatre, London,
    1
  • Straits Times
    ,
    1
  • Strauss, Johann, the Elder,
    1
  • Strauss, Richard,
    1
    ,
    2
  • Sudanese Republic,
    1
  • Suez Affair (1956),
    1
  • Summer Garden, St Petersburg,
    1
  • Summer Palace, Beijing,
    1
    ,
    2
  • Sweden,
    1
  • Switzerland,
    1
  • Sydney,
    1
    ,
    2
    ,
    3
    ,
    4
  • Sydney Cove,
    1
  • Sydney Opera House,
    1
    ,
    2
    ,
    3
  • Sydney Stock Exchange,
    1
  • Taylor, A. J. P.,
    1
  • Tehran,
    1
  • Teichmüller, Robert,
    1
  • Tel Aviv,
    1
  • Tempelhof Airport,
    1
  • Tenzing Norkay, Sherpa,
    1
    ,
    2
  • terrorism,
    1
  • Thames River,
    1
  • Theroux, Paul,
    1
  • The Third Man
    (film),
    1
  • Thomaskirche, Leipzig,
    1
    ,
    2
  • Tibetans,
    1
  • The Times,
    London,
    1
    ,
    2
    ,
    3
    • passim
  • Tirana,
    1
  • Tobin, Austin,
    1
  • Tonka, Baba,
    1
  • Toronto,
    1
  • Toronto Islands,
    1
  • Toronto Stock Exchange,
    1
  • Tower of London,
    1
    ,
    2
  • traffic,
    • Chicago,
      1
    • Manhattan,
      1
    • Naples,
      1
    • Rome,
      1
  • trains, see railways
  • Trevelin,
    1
  • Trieste,
    1
  • Trinidad,
    1
  • Trollope, Anthony, JM’s hunt for
    • Barchester,
      1
      ,
      2
  • Trouville,
    1
  • Turgenev, Ivan,
    1
  • Turkey, and Bulgaria,
    1
  • Turner, Lana,
    1
  • Ulster,
    1
  • Union Station, Los Angeles,
    1
  • United Nations,
    1
    • 1960s,
      1
    • New York headquarters building,
      1
    • and Trieste,
      1
  • US Sixth Fleet,
    1
  • USA,
    • 1950s,
      1
      ,
      2
    • 1970s,
      1
    • 1980s,
      1
    • 1990s,
      1
      ,
      2
    • American character,
      1
      ,
      2
      ,
      3
      4
      ,
      5
      ,
      6
    • and Britain,
      1
    • and Canada,
      1
      ,
      2
      ,
      3
      ,
      4
    • Chicago,
      1
    • Cold War,
      1
      ,
      2
    • Los Angeles,
      1
    • as only superpower,
      1
    • Portland,
      1
    • railways,
      1
      ,
      2
    • San Francisco,
      1
      ,
      2
    • South,
      1
    • West Point,
      1
    • see also
      Manhattan

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