Provides access to thousands of documents. Its Pathways to the Past provides a stunning selection of historical material, a treasure-chest for any student or researcher in history. http://www.pro.gov.uk/
This is a goldmine for the numerically curious. There isn't a table for the way hemlines went up and down between the wars but if you dig around you could probably work it out. It helps if you understand how spreadsheets work.
The DPR is a public register of data controllers. http://www.informationcommissioner.gov.uk/ Each entry in the register includes the name and address of the data controller. Individuals can consult the register to find out what processing of personal data is being carried out by a particular data controller. Read more
An active site loaded with advice on how you can pass your money over to the taxman. http://www.inlandrevenue.gov.uk/ There is also an active debate about the issues of taxing e-commerce as intellectual property flows across frontiers.
The international standard book numbering system is operated by an agent in each country. In the UK this is the bibliographic compilers Whitaker. www.whitaker.co.uk Now part of Nielson Bookdata so you need to navigate their site to find the link to their ISBN service.
There are a number of official sites covering Parliament. Try this or this. Ironically, it is pretty hard to find any useful information about existing legislation.
'I'm very reassuringly honest. It's a job as well as a calling. It's my living - I'm the chief breadwinner in my house. My husband is retired, he supported me through the two decades while I wasn't making enough to live on, and was doing all kinds of things to do with writing to survive - judging competitions, running workshops, appraising manuscripts.
‘My settings of Europe and English visitors weren't really doing it for them, so we decided Scotland would be good. I thought an island would be great, because it's a small community, and it's an opportunity for my main character to get away from it all. The team at HarperCollins have been so supportive and enthusiastic... Read more
For the past five years or so, I've read books on my phone. The practice started innocently enough. I write book reviews from time to time, and so publishers sometimes send me upcoming titles that fall roughly within my interests. Read more
The Guardian calls Irish-Indian poet Nikita Gill "Britain's most-followed poet on social media"-she has 780,000 Instagram followers and 180,000 TikTok followers, and her Instapoetry has been reshared by the likes of Khloe Kardashian, Alanis Morissette, and Sam Smith-and she has published seven volumes of poetry and two novels in the U.K. But she is far less known on this side of the pond. Read more
Nikkolas Smith knows a thing or two about book bans. The illustrator has created five picture books over the last three years-four of which have been yanked off library shelves. There's I am Ruby Bridges, about the civil rights icon; That Flag about the confederate flag; Born on the Water, which explores slavery; and The Artivist which features a child supporting trans kids.
Simon & Schuster has acquired the largest Dutch publishing group Veen Bosch & Keuning, including all of its publishers in the Netherlands and Belgium, as well as sister companies Thinium and Bookchoice.
The Publishers Association (PA) has criticised the government's response to a House of Lords report on AI, saying that it has failed to make "any tangible commitments to protect the creative industries against mass copyright infringement".
'I'm very reassuringly honest'
‘My settings of Europe and English visitors weren't really doing it for them, so we decided Scotland would be good. I thought an island would be great, because it's a small community, and it's an opportunity for my main character to get away from it all. The team at HarperCollins have been so supportive and enthusiastic... Read more