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The article reviews the book "The Official History of Britain and the Channel Tunnel," by Terry Gourvish.

Reviews the book 'Material London, ca. 1600,' edited by Lena Cowen Orlin.

Poetry criticism on references to the weighing of air in Book IV of the epic poem "Paradise Lost" by John Milton is presented. The author speculates on a possible association between Milton and natural philosopher Robert Boyle, who in 1657 built and air pump and published his experiments in the paper "New Experiments Physico-Mechanical touching the Spring of the Air and its Effects." Boyle's presentation of the pump to the British Royal Society and his and Milton's membership in the educated British community of the time is noted.

The article reviews the book "Stonehenge Complete," by Christopher Chippindale.

Charles Wintour has written a history of Fleet Street in history's most readable form — through the stories of the press barons who have shaped British national newspapers. The book is partly a set of short biographies, looking at Northcliffe, and the Berry brothers who ran the Daily Telegraph, through to modern day characters such as Maxwell and Murdoch. It is also a business history of Fleet Street, recording all the details of the deals whereby newspapers have been bought up, offloaded, or subsumed, including the boardroom machinations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A review of the book "The King's Jews: Money, Massacre, and Exodus in Medieval England," by Robin R. Mundill is presented.

Reviews the book 'Governing London,' by Ben Pimlott and Nirmala Rao.

A description of the undergraduate medical courses offered by medical schools in Aberdeen, Scotland; Liverpool, England and Wales is provided.

Provides information on a conference on decision-making in theory and practice sponsored by the Economic Beliefs and Behaviour research programme of the Economic and Social Research Council to be held in the University College in Oxford, England on July 1-2, 1998. Objectives of the conference; Keynote speakers and conference streams; Conference streams.

Reviews five volumes of the book 'The English Civil War. A Contemporary Account, 1625-1675,' edited by Peter and Edward Razzell.

Reviews the book `Growing Up in Medieval London: The Experience of Childhood in History,' by Barbara A. Hanawalt.

A review of the book "Stolen Women in Medieval England: Rape, Abduction, and Adultery, 1100-1500," by Caroline Dunn is presented.

The article reviews the book "Politics, Finance and the People: Economical Reform in England in the Age of the American Revolution, 1770-1792," by Earl Reitan.

Reviews the book "Utopia on Trial: Vision and Reality in Planned Housing," by Alice Coleman with the Design Disadvantagement Team of the Land Use Research Unit.

The article reviews the book "Casualties of credit: the English financial revolution, 1620-1720," by Carl Wennerlind.

A review of the book "The Devil in Disguise: Deception, Delusion, and Fanaticism in the Early English Enlightenment," by M. Knights, is presented.

The article reviews the book "London Voices, London Lives: Tales From a Working Capital," by Peter Hall.

This article reviews the book "The Politics of Madness in England: The State, Insanity and Society in England," by Joe Melling and Bill Forsythe.

Reviews the book 'The Broads--The People's Wetland,' by Brian Moss.

Reviews the book 'The Development of London as a Financial Centre,' edited by R.C. Michie.

Adoption policy and practice is currently under scrutiny and its future shape in England and Wales is about to be announced by the government. A recent SSI inspection of adoption services which found large numbers of children waiting for families resulted in adoption services being slammed as 'unacceptable and in a crisis' (Browne 2000). As a consequence, there is a clear determination to bring adoption back into the mainstream of children's services; it is estimated that 1000 more children in care could benefit from adoption (Collier 2000). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Reviews the books `English Episcopal Acta XIII: Worcester 1218-1268,' edited by Philippa M. Hoskin, `English Episcopal Acta XIV: Coventry and Lichfield 1072-1159,' and `English Episcopal Acta XVI: Coventry and Lichfield 1160-1182,' edited by M.J. Franklin.

Reviews the book "The People's England," by Alan Ereira.

Reviews the books "Music and Tradition in Early Industrial Lancashire 1780-1840," by Roger Elbourne and "The Fellowship of Song: Popular Singing Traditions in East Suffolk," by Ginette Dunn.

Reviews the book "A Great Estate at Work: The Holkham Estate and Its Inhabitants in the Nineteenth Century," by Susanna Wade Martins.

The article reviews the book “Lucy Faithfull: Mother to Hundreds,” by Judith Niechcial.

Reviews the book 'The Making of Victorian Salford,' by R.L. Greenhall.

Reviews the book "England und der Donauraum 1919-1929: Probleme Einer Europaischen Nachkriegsordnung," by Marie-Luise Recker.