“... of this Rasputin, and what exactly did occur between Hobart House – at various stages even MacGregor wanted to settle – and 10 Downing Street. It is a tragedy that Geoffrey Kirk’s book telling the inside story of the strike will never be written and published. He was working on it when he was drowned in waters not far from Raasay in Skye, along ...”

“... library, formed the principal nucleus of the Museum founded after his death in 1753. Arthur Macgregor, who has previously co-edited an important work on the history of museums, has gathered here a series of essays by current and former staff of the British and Natural History Museums, who use the 30 extant manuscript catalogues of Sloane’s original ...”

“... in the English language: ‘Can I help you?’ The landowning figure might have been called MacGregor, Griffiths, Penhaligon or Smith and his grandfather might well have spoken with a Gaelic, Yorkshire or Heads of the Valleys accent, but he would speak in precisely the same public-school tones whether he lived in Caithness or Cornwall. His clothes, his ...”