In October 2005, we published with Boydell, a new calendar of state papers domestic covering the period May 1704 to October 1705, an indispensable tool both for the professional historian and the interested amateur. The last volume from Anne's reign was published in 1920 and this volume has been compiled by a number of hands over the last 30 years. It includes not only the main series of state papers domestic but also the related series of state papers Ireland, Scotland, military and naval; entry books and Signet Office letter books and docket books. Together with incoming letters of the Secretaries of State, there are also some copies of out-letters, petitions, regular intelligence reports owing to the war with France, and material relating to crime, law and order, censorship and the regulation of trade. There is also full listing of official passes issued to individuals to travel abroad. Overall, the volume provides a mine of information on a range of subjects mentioned, from the building of the Eddystone lighthouse and the invention of street lighting to a dispute between the colonists of Connecticut and the Mohican Indians. See http://www.boydell.co.uk/43831457.htm for further details.

One more volume in this series, to 1706, will be published next year and the series is then likely to end unless external funding can be found to continue it. In an age of electronic catalogues and digital images, have printed calendars had their day ? Join the debate ?