Whitaker’s Almanack and Whitaker’s Concise Almanack 2009

Elizabeth writes the education article in Whitaker’s Almanack each year. The section covers all four countries of the UK, and explores the following in depth: education expenditure, schools and pupils, teachers, the inspectorate, the state system, the curriculum, public examinations and qualifications, post-16 education, higher education and lifelong learning.

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What’s been said about Whitaker’s Almanack over the years?

'In an age of fast multiplying sources of information, from the internet to the proliferating magazine market, Whitaker's Almanack offers an unusually compact, comprehensive and accurate source book.' Andrew Marr, journalist and broadcaster                        

'What can I say about Whitaker's that hasn't been said before? It's a wonderful source of information' Ian Jack, Editor, Granta Magazine                        

'I could not possibly write my columns without the help of Whitaker's Almanack' Auberon Waugh, author and journalist          

'Every journalist and writer should have a copy of Whitaker's Almanack by their desk - it is an essential tool for checking facts and ensuring accuracy'
Andrew Neil, journalist and broadcaster                        

'When the BBC cast me away on a desert island, Whitaker's Almanack was my choice ... alongside the Bible and Shakespeare, and ... it would end considerably more thumbed than either of the others' Alan Coren, writer

'Whitaker's, older than Who's Who and the Dictionary of National Biography, I regard as the most tautly comprehensive of all great works of reference' Roy Jenkins, politician

'Whitaker's is the place for things that everybody needs but nobody publishes - nobody else' Matthew Parris, journalist

'Whitaker's remains an inexhaustible storehouse of information on every current affairs quandary, from astronomy to aristocracy'
Boyd Tonkin, The Independent

'Settler of argument, provider of spurious historical parallels, goad to the weary hack's mind ... I become so engrossed I forget what I was trying to look up in the first place' Libby Purves, broadcaster       

'Whitaker's tells you what you need to know quickly and clearly. What higher recommendation could a journalist give?' Charles Moore