London Socialist Historians Group Newsletter http://www.londonsocialisthistorians.org Articles, news and announcements of interest to socialist historians in London and the world. It appears three times a year en-gb Issue 32, Autumn 2008 http://www.londonsocialisthistorians.org/newsletter.html <p>The Lent 2009 issue contains a three-page special on the historical impact of the election of Barack Obama, reviews of Richard Greeman's <cite>Beware of Vegetarian Sharks</cite>, by In Birchall, John Charlton's <cite>Hidden Chains</cite>, by Keith Flett, and the TV drama <cite>The Devil's Whore</cite>, by Richard Ascough, plus a report in progress on the decline of the jute industry in Dundee and a reply to Harry Ratner's article in issue 32, on the role of the individual in history by Neil Faulkner. .</p> <p>This issue also contains, as usual, news and announcements of forthcoming seminars and other events of interest to socialist historians in the London area and beyond.</p>