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168: 729: 232:, introduced by a short editorial piece written by Joseph Whitaker. It began "The Editor does not put forward this Almanack as perfect: yet he ventures to think that he has succeeded in preparing a work which will commend itself to those who desire to see improvement in this direction." It concluded by inviting critics to suggest ways in which improvements could be made. 40: 1039: 1032: 627:
We acknowledge with thanks the receipt of "Who's Who " and "Whitaker's Almanack ". Both these publications maintain their usual very high standard, though the war has naturally affected them considerably. In "Whitaker's Almanack" the space devoted last year to "The World's Peace" and " Proceedings of
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The 117th in its series, this volume provides considerable information on British government and society. The complete edition also includes several additional pages that cover such topics as the British Commonwealth of Nations, dependent territories, basic information on foreign countries, the
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the Hague Tribunal " has this year been given up to an account of the origins of "The Great War", which we commend to our readers' attention. We note with approval the omission of the Emperor William's and the Crown Prince's name, with those of other belligerents, from the list of
240:, reviewing the first edition, described it as "the largest of the cheap almanacks" to appear, and noted it contained a great deal more valuable information than other such works. In 2013, the 2014 edition became the first to be published under the new simpler branding of " 228:. At the same time, Whitaker continued to expand the information so that the initially planned 329 pages grew to 370. The first edition of the Almanack appeared on 23 December 1868, priced at 1 209:
in 2020, with the 153rd edition appearing on 15 April 2021. In mid-2022, Rebellion announced that there would not be a 2022 edition and no further editions have appeared since then.
1190: 1210: 1133: 749: 282:, economic information and culture overviews. Each edition also features a selection of critical essays focusing on events of the previous year. Extensive 744: 1185: 520: 333:. In 2016, Whitaker's launched its online edition through its website, which was updated weekly with free-to-view and subscription only content. 1017: 321:
is published in two formats – the Standard Edition and a shortened Concise Edition. In previous years, a larger-format of the Standard Edition,
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United Nations, sports and the arts, the media, British architecture, science, education, trade unions, and more. Volume contains index.
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began preparing his Almanack in the autumn of 1868. He postponed publication of the first edition on learning of the resignation of
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consists of articles, lists and tables on a wide range of subjects including
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took a personal interest in the continued publication of the book after its
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data covering the forthcoming year is published at the rear of the book.
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The largest section is the countries directory, which includes recent
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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the
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on 1 December 1868, so that he could include details of the new
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