Part 1 Methodology: historical writing, Denis Judd; public records, L.J. Butler; non-public records, Elizabeth Shepherd; libraries, Donald Munro; visual sources, Diane Atkinson; research databases, Peter Denley; managing and funding research, Peter Beck. Part 2 Themes: political history, Robert Pearce; diplomatic history, Anne Lane; military history, Ian Beckett; imperial history, Robert Pearce; social history, John Stevenson; gender history, Helen Jones; media history, Paddy Scannell; economic history, Jim Tomlinson; business history, John Armstrong.