It contains an article by Keith Flett on the history of boom and bust and the introduction to a long article by Nik Howard on sources of socialism in Japan, together with reviews of the TV programme "Bonekickers" by Ben Marshall, of Paul Pickering's _Feargus O'Connor, A Political Life_ by Keith Flett, of Dave Ayre and others' _The Flying Pickets_ by Tom Machell, of Ralph Dalington's _Syndicalism and the Transition to Communism_ by Ian Birchall and of Alan Woodward's _The NHS is 60_ by Keith Flett.

This issue also contains, as usual, news and announcements of forthcoming seminars and other events of interest to historians in the London area and beyond.