There Is Nothing for You Here, page 53
payment for hospital work, 38–39
retirement/pension, 145
speaking out/NHS representative, 188
UN joke, 35, 158
watching boxing with Fiona, 186–87
work positions summary, 19
See also Hill, Fiona/parents and sister; Hill, June/Alfred
Hill, Angela
birth, 38
Bishop Barrington Comprehensive School, 49, 50–51
childhood, 32, 33, 34–35, 39, 43, 60–61, 318–19
concerts/trips with sister, 85, 245
Etherley Lane elementary school, 60–61
leaving County Durham/life after, 329, 330, 331
part-time jobs, 43
risk of nuclear strike and, 60–61
role models and, 56
social media attacks on Fiona and, 247
Stirling University, 313
See also Hill, Fiona/parents and sister
Hill, Billy (uncle), 25
Hillbilly Elegy (Vance), 355–56
Hill, Fiona
birth and timing/environment, 7, 23, 30, 38, 46, 94, 334, 355
childhood, 7, 19–20, 27–28, 32–35, 39–40, 41, 42–44
illness, 334
leaving County Durham/relocating in U.S. and, 32, 148, 329
life/career summary, 3, 7–9
luck/opportunities (summary), 12, 148, 353, 355
New York Times article, 287
part-time jobs, 42–43, 55–56, 208
role models and, 56–57
on stories, 4
See also specific organizations/schools
Hill, Fiona/early education
decisions on future education and, 57, 59–63
Durham High and, 48–49
eleven-plus exams, 48
Etherley Lane elementary school, 48, 60, 321
importance of, 8, 44–45
internships, 326
opportunity and, 7, 44
Oxford entrance exam, 63–64
Oxford/Hertford College interview, 64–66
Oxford/Hertford College interview tripping, 65
risk of nuclear strike/public service announcement and, 60–61
school exchanges, 52, 55, 56, 65, 75, 323
See also education (UK); specific schools
Hill, Fiona/Keen, Ken
buying a house, 146
daughter, 2, 146, 147, 195, 245, 255, 297–98, 306
finances and, 135, 144, 145–46
at Harvard, 99, 103–4
Pennsylvania trip, 113
quarter incident, 125
wedding, 109, 135, 145
Hill, Fiona/parents and sister
bread making and, 39
child care/June leaving job, 38, 319
clothing and, 41, 64
Dorothy (“Red Dot”/June’s cousin), 61
educated relatives/(“clever lasses”), 45, 53–54
electricity and, 39
Encyclopedia Britannica, 49–50, 75
food, 50–51
health care, 334, 335
home ownership/consequences, 37–38, 74, 318, 319–20, 335
Oxford and, 63
poverty/multigenerational poverty and, 4, 8, 12, 38–40, 41, 42–43, 46–47, 50–51, 146, 355
television and, 40
transportation and, 42, 345
university/college encouragement and, 53–54
See also Grandma Vi
Hill, Fiona (UK/May’s personal adviser), 212
Hill, Granny
Alfred possibly leaving and, 111
allotment, 26, 27–28, 81, 84, 245
banks and, 114
box/”death box,” 28–29
death, 30
Fiona caring for, 27–29
health issues, 27, 28, 29, 30
life after husband’s death/Bishop Auckland, 29–30
life after husband’s retirement/Roddymoor, 27–29, 37, 80–81, 347
Hill, Jenny (Elizabeth Thompson/“Vital Spark”), 31–32, 327
Hill, Jonathon (“Uncle Jonty”), 26
Hill, June
birthplace, 19
education/training, 38, 47, 318
hospital/medical work and, 19, 36, 37, 38, 78, 80, 147–48, 334, 335
on Trump, 280
Vi (mother), 34
visiting Fiona/America, 2, 297
volunteer work/on poverty, 159
See also Hill, Fiona/parents and sister
Hill, June/Alfred
as comparatively older parents and, 318
educated relatives/neighbors and, 45, 53–54, 319–20
education importance for children, 8, 43–44, 45, 61–62, 77, 77–78, 87, 87–88, 318–20
Fiona helping financially, 145
home ownership/consequences, 37–38, 74, 318, 319–20, 335
meeting/marrying, 19, 27
social support and, 337
Hill, Thompson, 31–32, 78
Hill, William (“Billy”) Thompson
allotment, 26, 27–28, 84, 245
banks and, 114
coal mining and, 24–25, 29, 47, 78
Fiona caring for, 27–29
health issues/death, 26, 27
life after retirement (Roddymoor), 27–28, 29, 37, 347
living conditions/unemployment, 25
social activities, 26
swearing and, 245
World War I and, 24, 28–29
Hitler, Adolf, 242, 249, 250
Holmes, David, 2
Home Alone 2 (film), 198
hosting students to create opportunities, 358
Housing Act (UK/1980), 120
Huntington, Samuel, 127
Hunt, Mr., 74–76
Huntsman, Abby, 208
Huntsman, Jon, 208
Hussein, Leyla, 396 n
I
Immelt, Jeff, 131
impeachments/Trump
closed-door deposition/Hill, 259–60, 287
first impeachment, 3, 10, 259–60, 279
Hill’s attention afterwards, 3, 4–5
Hill’s November 2019 testimony/preparation, 1–3
second impeachment/significance, 10, 270, 280
warning for U.S. and, 292
indentured servants (UK), 70–71
industry. See coal mining; extractive industries; manufacturing sector; postindustrial challenges
Indyk, Martin, 238
influenza pandemic (1918), 173, 264
Infowars (website), 245, 246, 247
insurrections
January 6, 2021, rallies/insurrection, 10, 224, 270, 273
possible future events/outcomes, 14
Intergirl (film), 128
Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty
Bolton/NSC staff and Russia meetings, 236
creation/fraying of, 235
Merkel/others experience, 237–38
Trump ending/suspending and consequences, 235, 236, 237
International Monetary Fund (IMF), 118
IRA (Provisional Irish Republican Army), 69
Irish Northern Aid Committee (NORAID), 105
Irving, Bill, 73
Israeli-Palestinian relations/negotiations, 238
J
Jack, Tony, 315–16, 320
Jacobite Rebellion (1715), 280
Janesville (Goldstein), 155–56
January 6, 2021, rallies/insurrection, 10, 224, 270, 273
Jarrow March (1936), 25
Jefferson, Arthur, 31, 34
Jim Thorpe (town), 113, 348
Johnson, Boris
background/education, 5, 299
becoming prime minister, 214
Brexit and, 170, 179
Jones, Alex, 245, 247, 249
Jordan, Jim, 259
K
Kapital, Das (Marx), 114, 277
Keen, Irma, 109, 110
Keen, Irma/Jim
children, 110, 145
children’s educational grants, 324
lifestyle/finances, 145
meeting, 110
moves/moving, 110, 330–31
visiting Hill’s parents/Bishop Auckland, 109, 110, 111, 112
Keen, Jim, 109–10, 111–12
Keen, Ken
background/influences, 145
Harvard, 99
MBA/private sector career, 135, 144
on midwestern accents, 103–4
See also Hill, Fiona/Keen, Ken
Kellogg, Keith, 193, 206
Kelly, John, 237
Kelly, Megyn, 262
Kennedy, John F., 88
Kennedy Scholarship, 88
Kennedy School of Government/Hill
academic career and, 135
Allison and, 116, 117–18, 128–29, 136, 142
clothes/Zinberg’s suit, 125, 126, 127
gender wage gap, 137, 138, 140–41
notetaking/misidentification, 129–30
starting job, 116
travels overview, 117–18
Khan, Sadiq, 212, 213
Khasbulatov, Ruslan, 278
King James I School/Boys’ Grammar School, 31, 33, 63
Kislyak, Sergey, 194
Knox Fellowship, 88–89
Knox, Frank, 88
Koppel, Ted, 128
Kornai, János, 114–15, 118, 324
Kushner, Jared, 184, 200, 201, 202, 208
Kynren: The Story of Us, 348–49
L
Labour Party
party elites vs. working-class members, 103
promoting social mobility, 102–3
Lacey, Elizabeth (Elizabeth Fisher, Cousin Elizabeth), 54, 67
Laurel, Stan, 31, 34
Lavrov, Sergey, 227
Lafayette Square clearing/Trump photo op, 273
Lazorchick, Susan, 112
Ledbetter, Lilly, 139–40
Lee, Peter, 122
Legvold, Robert, 86–87
Lehigh Gorge State Park, Pennsylvania, 113
Lehigh Valley Economic Development Corporation, 343
Lemire, Jonathan, 232
Lenin, Vladimir, 277
Levinson, Molly, 1, 126, 260
Lewis, Michael, 269–70
Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act (U.S./2009), 139–40
Living Museum of the North, Beamish, 346–47
Lockey, Sidney, 53, 78
Losch, August, 52
Luna, Nick, 186
M
MacArthur Foundation “genius grant,” 138–39
McFarland, K. T.
background, 192, 204–5
Hill/NSC and, 192–93, 196, 197, 205
nominated as U.S. ambassador to Singapore, 194
McFaul, Michael, 230
Mack, Connie
attacks against Hill, 246–47
background, 246
FARA filing, 246
Orbán and, 246
“Mackems,” 24, 178
MacLeod, Mary Anne/Scottish family, 212, 213, 280
McMahon, Linda, 187
McMaster, H.R./NSC
background, 194
departure, 233, 234
Harvey/Rayburn and, 203
Hill and, 194, 195, 196, 197, 200, 202, 206
on Russian interference in elections, 233–34
as target, 194, 204
Trump and, 194, 195, 201, 202, 231
Macron, Emmanuel, 210, 217
Magill, Julia
Cambridge interview dinner and, 66–67
Cardiff Council position, 162–63
education/disadvantaged students and, 162–63
Magnitsky, Sergei, 229–30
mail-in ballots, 272
Major, John, 57
Maloney, Suzanne, 130
Mamassian, Tesia, 342
manufacturing sector
cycles in UK/U.S./Russia, 20
global economy shifts/effects, 20–23
oil shocks/effects, 20
Mar, Earl of, 280
Marshall, Dr., 52, 62
Marshall, George C., 338
Marshall Plan
development plan for rural America, 338, 339–40
for Europe, 338, 339
Marx, Karl, 114, 277
Mattis, Jim, 209
Matviyenko, Valentina, 127
Maynes, Bill, 141, 142
May, Theresa, Trump and, 211–12, 213, 214
mentoring to create opportunities, 357, 358, 359, 360
Merkel, Angela, 217, 237–38
migration vs. emigration, 331
militias
plots to kidnap governors, 288
Putin and, 225
in U.S., 219, 224, 288
See also insurrections
Millennials (generation)
education and, 150, 151–52
socioeconomic opportunities and, 149–51, 166, 306
as the “unluckiest generation,” 150
Milley, Mark, 273
Mironyuk, Svetlana, 132, 134
Montenegro and NATO, 196
Moor, Sarah, 88, 99, 101
Moscow
divide with rest of country, 96
as global city, 96
people wanting to move to/government preventions, 123
Moscow year (1987–1988)/studies (Hill)
accommodations, 81–82
alternative/revolutionary music, 84–85
becoming a “Russia expert” and, 79–80, 324
building parts falling off/consequences, 83
car/sinkhole incident, 83–84
collective farm work, 84
deficit period (USSR) and, 81
electric kettle incident, 82
exploding televisions in Moscow, 81
food/shortages, 80–81
hazards overview, 82–84
HIV test, 79
Moscow descriptions/family allotments, 80–84, 90
music/dance, 84–85
NBC News job, 85–87
overview/life in Moscow, 79–87
political background (UK/USSR), 79, 80
possibly dropping out/parents’ financial insecurity and, 80
power outages, 83
“public toilets”/incident, 82–83
Reagan-Gorbachev summit (1988), 85–87
specialty stores and, 82
transportation, 83–84, 85
U.S. graduate schools/Harvard application process information and, 85, 86–87
water contamination, 83
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (film), 110
Mueller, Robert
indictments of Russians, 185, 229
investigation (Russia/U.S. 2016 presidential election), 184–85, 229
multigenerational poverty, 8, 12, 355
Muslims and Trump, 212
N
Nabiullina, Elvira, 132
Napoleon, 57
Napoleon III, 248, 271–72
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), 106
National Coal Board, 72
National Health Service (NHS/UK), 19, 36, 37, 38, 80, 145, 169, 179, 188, 303, 319, 334–35, 336
National Intelligence Council (NIC)
creation/functions, 143
Hill and, 143, 147
national intelligence officer (NIO), 143, 147, 193
nationalism growth
generational differences, 70
Scottish/Welsh, 70
white English nationalism, 71–72
National Security Council
criticism of/as not part of Trump team, 252–54
pay gap with West Wing/value and, 255
Trump access and, 251
turf war, 203
See also specific individuals
National Security Council/Hill
atmosphere description (summary), 192
clothes/sneakers and, 195–97, 205–6, 208
joining/reasons for joining, 191–93
naïveté, 191








