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Reviews the book 'The Labour Party and Taxation. Party Identity and Political Purpose in Twentieth-Century Britain,' by Richard Whiting.

Reviews the book `The Papers of Sir Richard Grosvenor, 1st Bart. (1585-1645)' edited by Richard Cust.

A review of the book "Studies in Early Medieval Coinage 2: New Perspectives," edited by Tony Abramson is presented.

Books reviewed: Amanda Vickery (ed.), Women, Privilege and Power: British Politics, 1750 to the Present Jane Moody, Illegitimate Theatre in London, 1770–1840 Steve Poole, The Politics of Regicide in England 1760–1850: Troublesome Subjects Gordon Corrigan, Wellington: A Military Life George K. Behlmer and Fred M. Leventhal (ed.), Singular Continuities: Tradition, Nostalgia, and Identity in Modern British Culture Michael H. Shirley and Todd E. A. Larson (ed.), Splendidly Victorian: Essays in Nineteenth and Twentieth Century British History in Honour of Walter L. Arnstein Martin Hewitt (ed.), An Age of Equipoise? Reassessing Mid-Victorian Britain Robert Sloan, William Smith O’ Brien and the Young Ireland Rebellion of 1848 K. D. M. Snell and Paul S. Ell, Rival Jerusalems. The Geography of Victorian Religion E. J. T. Collins (ed.), The Agrarian History of England and Wales Volume 7: 1850–1914 Trevor Royle, Crimea: The Great Crimean War 1854–1856 Edwin Jaggard (ed.), Liberalism in West Cornwall: The 1868 Election Papers of A. Pendarves Vivian, M.P. Bruce L. Kinzer, England’s Disgrace? J. S. Mill and the Irish Question John K. Walton, Blackpool Archie Hunter, A Life of Sir John Eldon Gorst: Disraeli’s Awkward Disciple Mary Lynn Stewart, For Health and Beauty: Physical Culture for Frenchwomen, 1880s–1930s Rudy Koshar, From Monuments to Traces: Artefacts of German Memory, 1870–1990 Alastair Thompson, Left Liberals, the State, and Popular Politics in Wilhelmine Germany Annika Mombauer, Helmuth von Moltke and the Origins of the First World War John Mosier, The Myth of the Great War: A New Military History of World War One Andrew Britton, Monetary Regimes of the Twentieth Century David Kynaston, The City of London. Volume 3, Illusions of Gold 1914–1945 Enda Delaney, Demography, State and Society: Irish Migration to Britain, 1921–1971 Kay Chadwick (ed.), Catholicism, Politics and Society in Twentieth-Century France Claire Langhamer, Women’s Leisure in England, 1920–60 Andrew Shennan, The Fall of France, 1940 Ian Dear and M. R. D. Foot (ed.), The Oxford Companion to World War II Malcolm Smith, Britain and 1940: History, Myth and Popular Memory Martin Conway and José Gotovitch (ed.), Europe in Exile, 1940–45: European Exile Communities in Britain Klaus Larres and Ann Lane (ed.), The Cold War Hanna Schissler (ed.), The Miracle Years: A Cultural History of West Germany 1949–1968 Peter B. Johnson, Reuter Reporter among the Communists, 1958–59. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Reviews the book "British Plant Communities. Volume 3. Grasslands and Montane Communities," by J.S. Rodwell.

The article reviews the book "Money Over Two Centuries: Selected Topics in British Monetary History," by Forrest H. Capie and Geoffrey E. Wood.

Reviews the book 'Liberalism in West Cornwall. The 1868 Election Papers of A. Pendarves Vivian, M.P.,' edited with an introduction by Edwin Jaggard.

The article reviews the book "Industrial Relations Handbook."

Reviews the book `Ethics in Public Service,' edited by Richard A. Chapman. Series on public administration in Great Britain; Relationship between officials and Cabinet Ministers; Public servants' roles at a time of governmental change; Acknowledgement of official indiscretions; Considerations for the institution of a code of ethics.

Reviews the book 'Problems of Drug Abuse in Britain,' edited by D.J. West.

D E Moggridge's perhaps too exhaustive biography is examined and some questions are raised relative to Keynes' views on theory and their source, and his views on German reparations and whether Britain should have accepted the original provisions of the agreement providing for establishment of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Presents the rescuing reputation of Sir Cyril L. Burt. Recognition of his achievements; Explanations of the major missteps; Implications of the Burt scandal.

Reviews the book "Concentration in British Industry 1935-75," by P.E. Hart and R. Clarke.

The article reviews the book "The Financial Crisis and Federal Reserve Policy," by Lloyd B. Thomas.

A review of the book "The Price of Emancipation: Slave-Ownership, Compensation & British Society at the End of Slavery," by Nicholas Draper is presented.

The article presents a review of the book "Medieval Domesticity: Home, Housing and Household in Medieval England," edited by Maryanne Kowaleski and Jeremy Goldberg.

Reviews the book `Wilson,' by Philip Ziegler.

Reviews the book 'National School Policy: Major Issues in Education Policy for Schools in England and Wales, 1979 Onwards,' edited by Jim Docking.

The article reviews the books "The Reformation and Robert Barnes: History, Theology and Polemic in Early Modern England," by Korey D. Maas, and "The Reception of Continental Reformation in Britain," edited by Patrick Collinson and Polly Ha.

The article reviews the book "The Americanization of the British Press, 1830s-1914: Speed in the Age of Transatlantic Journalism," by Joel H. Wiener.

The article reviews the book “A pleasing prospect: society and culture in eighteenth-century Colchester," by Shani D'Cruze.

The article reviews the book "Prehistoric Britain," edited by Joshua Pollard.

The article reviews the book "Democracy and Interest Groups: Enhancing Participation?," by Grant Jordan and William A. Maloney.

This article reviews the book "The Life and Career of WIlliam Paulet (c. 1475-1572), Lord Treasurer and First Marquis of Winchester," by David M. Loades.

Reviews the book "The Changing Countryside: In Victorian and Edwardian England and Wales," by Pamela Horn.

Reviews the book 'The English Public House in Transition,' by Gwylmor Prys Williams and George Thompson Brake.

Reviews the book 'Owner-Occupation in Britain,' by Stephen Merrett and Fred Gray.

Reviews the book 'Housing Policy and Practice,' by Peter Malpass and Alan Murie.

Reviews the book 'Politics, Planning and the City,' by Michael Goldsmith.

The article reviews the book "Constructing Childhood Theory, Policy and Social Practice," edited by Allison James and Adrian James.

The article reviews the book "Geography and Science in Britain, 1831–1939: A Study of the British Association for the Advancement in Science," by Charles W. J. Withers.

The article reviews the book "Justice, Legality and the Rule of Law: Lessons from the Pitcairn Prosecutions," edited by Dawn Oliver.

A review of the book "Pauper Capital: London and the Poor Law, 1790-1870," by David R. Green is presented.

The article reviews the book "Death of a Pirate: British Radio and the Making of the Information Age," by Adrian Johns.

David Hare is Britain's leading political dramatist. His Gethsemane premiered in November 2008, amidst anticipation that the play would ‘crucify’ New Labour. Gethsemane is in fact one of a number of fictionalisations of New Labour produced since 1997. These works have generally held up the party under Tony Blair's leadership to unmitigated criticism. Gethsemane certainly took Blair's premiership to task. However, despite increasing popular cynicism about Westminster politicians, Hare also suggested that politics remains a potential means through which honourable ends might still be achieved. However, already primed by the prevailing hostility to New Labour encouraged by earlier fictionalisations, few of those who reviewed Gethsemane noted Hare's tentative message of hope. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The Garden City Association, now the Town and Country Planning Association (TCPA), was founded on June 10, 1899 by a group of men hoping to create a new way of living. They were led by Ebeiiezer Howard, the author of "To-Morrow: A Peaceful Path to Real Reform." Originally the TCPA planned to celebrate its centenary by publishing a new edition of Howard's book. The second part of the book is a chronicle of ideas about the best way to accommodate the proposed building of new houses in Great Britain over the next few decades. Howard's Garden City idea with its special approach to financing and its combination of work and residences was not taken up, but there was a movement to build new towns in Great Britain. Two chapters of this book are largely about recreational use of the countryside, particularly by the less affluent members of society. There is discussion of 'plotlands,' the division of farms into small plots, largely for holiday homes. In addition to that, the article presents information on various other books.