Contents

5 Editorial

6 The British Government's Confidential Files on the United States - A. D. Harvey (Read Article)

11 The President's Column - Anne Curry

12 Smithfield's Bartholomew Fair - Dianne Payne (Read Article)

18 The Charles Dickens Primary School Project - Alan Parkinson (Read Article)

22 Medieval ‘Signs and Marvels': insights into medieval ideas about nature and the cosmic order - Martyn Whittock (Read Article)

28 Out and about in Bolton - Industrial Revelation - Jenni Hyde and David Clayton (Read Article)