This concise reference draws material from the UK sections of Whitaker's Almanack 2002 and provides one of the most accurate accounts of a changing nation. Here is a wealth of data for anyone requiring information about the geography, institutions, economics, industry, media and arts of the UK.

This almanack provides information on the people in power in all walks of life, a comprehensive directory of 2001's special events, holidays, national and religious festivals, and a chronology of 2000's world events as they occurred.

A useful what's-what and who's-who of the world, this reference brings together a wide range of facts, figures and directory information.