This is a memoir of the colonial British governor of the Falkland Islands during the British-Argentine Falklands War. The tone is self-congratulatory concerning his actions as well as the British government's role in resisting the "Gestapo-like" Argentines. The majority of the narrative is taken up by the events of the war, although the entirety of Hunt's period as governor is covered. Hunt avoids controversy, toeing Downing Street's line on important issues, but discusses some small bureaucratic infighting. Distributed in the US by ISBS. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

My Falkland Days

Hunt, Rex

Biographies & Memoirs

Politicos

The authors summarize and analyze a ten-year series of opinion surveys of British attitudes towards constitutional issues commissioned by the Joseph Rowntree Reform Trust. They argue that the general public have a good grasp of the underlying issues and are strongly in favor of constitutional reform

Voices of the People: Popular Attitudes to Democratic Renewal in Britain

Politics & Social Sciences

Smith, Trevor

Dunleavy, Patrick

Margetts, Helen

Politics & Government

This is a popular history of England's Parliament, its creation, famous people and events. Following a more detailed history of the Palace of Westminster and events of Parliament through the 18th century, events of the 19th and 20th centuries are told in more succinct form. A chapter is devoted to the story of the rebuilding of the Palace following a fire in 1834, and the ongoing struggle to conserve its delicate frescoes. Distributed in the US by ISBS. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

The Story of Parliament: In the Palace of Westminster

Field, John

Drawing on his 15 years as a reporter for it, Lindlay offers an insider view of the BBC journalism program Panorama. He traces its rise from a humble beginning to a haunt of television giants, and reveals how reports and their producers have struggled with each other and their bosses to survive. The cloth edition appeared in 2002. Distributed in the US by ISBS. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Panorama pb (Updated Ed.)

Literature & Fiction

Lindley, Richard

Dramas & Plays

In this edition of the 1991 publication by HarperCollins (Great Britain) of his political autobiography, Margaret Thatcher's former press secretary updates his outlook on the Thatcher Revolution, the New Labour party "sleaze," and his post-10 Downing Street return to journalism. Distributed in the US by ISBS. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Kill the Messenger...Again (Updated Ed.)

INGHAM, Bernard

In this collection of more than 20 essays by leading centre right thinkers a number of radical solutions to Britain's growing social problems are presented.  Tory leader Iain Duncan Smith discusses what kind of social policies are needed to help people who live on hard-pressed estates such as Glasgow's Easterhouse.

There Is Such a Thing as Society

Social Sciences

Gregory (emeritus, politics, U. of Reading, UK; government, London School of Economics and Political Science) and Giddings (politics, U. of Reading) have written a substantial study on the history of the creation, activities, and duties of these two commissioners' offices and the careers of those who have served in them. Appendices contain lists of the commissioners, committee chairmen, devolution, statistics, and the text of the Parliamentary Commissioner Act of 1967. Distributed in the US by ISBS. Annotation (c) Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Ombudsman The Citizen and Parliament: A History of the Office of the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Administration and Health Service Commissioners

Gregory, Roy

Often denigrated by the British press as a communist sympathiser and never one to stray far from the battle of the people versus the establishment, Joan Maynard can only be described as a passionate socialist. This affectionate biography is based upon interviews with Joan.

Joan Maynard

Mason O'Connor, Kristine

Community & Culture

The Children's House of Belsen

Hetty Werkendam was thirteen years old when she was sent to Belsen, where se lived in the infamous "Children's House," overlooking an open mass grave. There she witnessed at first hand the horrors of the Holocaust. Her account of life in the Children's House provides a painfully poignant, but strangely uplifting Holocaust story.
Hetty Verolme lives in Australia.

Verolme, Hetty

Sparrow's account of over three centuries of Parliamentary reporting brings in literary giants such as Samuel Johnson and Charles Dickens (who worked as a reported in Parliament in the 1830s) as well as covering major developments in how reporting was carried out - and press coverage.

Obscure Scribblers: A History of Parliamentary Journalism

Sparrow, Andrew

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