This manual gives information on the causative organisms, epidemiology and clinical features of all important childhood infections. It includes guidance on the clinical management of the infections and on steps to be taken to prevent future cases.

Of the many brass bands that have flourished in Britain and Ireland over the last 200 years very few have documented records covering their history. This directory is an attempt to collect together information about such bands and make it available to all. Over 19,600 bands are recorded here, with some 10,600 additional cross references for alternative or previous names. This volume supersedes the earlier “British Brass Bands – a Historical Directory” (2016) and includes some 1,400 bands from the island of Ireland. A separate work is in preparation covering brass bands beyond the British Isles. A separate appendix lists the brass bands in each county

This play focuses on Mary, an old unfulfilled writer, schoolteacher, mother and wife, who muses whether life is worth living, and Augie-Jake, a younger UPS deliveryman who is looking for the mother he never had.

Illustrated with 50 photographs, this book focusses on conductors and principal players, as well as composers and adjudicators from within the Black Dyke Band world. It also covers: contest successes, concert activities, and connections with radio, television and the recording industry.