Parliamentary Handbook Exchange - Book reviews
Now, 2024, is the 40th anniversary year of the inception of the great institution 'The Parliamentary Handbook Exchange Est 1984'. At the most recent luncheon of the Society members, hosted by Paul Cook at the Athenaeum Club in November 2024, discussion centred around the absence of any written reviews of any of the books currently in circulation from the National Library of the Parliamentary Book Exchange. This must be remedied. As more and more books are being presented, normally on loan from the owner wishing to retain the (possibly) most valuable item in their library, it is becoming imperative that members of the PBE/WWS know which books to delve into, and which to discard. We must look after each other, and help by reading a book now and then, and providing a review for this e-journal. Of course, the opposite also has many advocates: don't review any of the books and certainly don't waste your time writing that which no one will want to read. I'm going to star...