The last three months have been a very busy period for the HA. The consultation on the draft National Curriculum for History ended on 16 April and we remain in dialogue with the Department for Education on the revised proposals. In May the HA's annual conference was held at York with nearly 300 attendees and more talks on offer than ever before. Keynote lectures by Sir Richard Evans on ‘Writing Nineteenth Century History' and by Marc Morris on the ‘Norman Conquest' were very well attended.

The HA staff are to be congratulated on organising such a successful, largescale event. Meanwhile, in June, David Cannadine received the Medlicott Medal for services to history, at a gala evening when we also celebrated the best historical fiction for children and the achievements of our latest honorary fellows...