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 31, Summer 2008 http://www.londonsocialisthistorians.org/newsletter.html <p>The Summer 2008 issue contains polemic by David Renton on the commercialisation of cricket, and by Harry Ratner on the Britain's entry into the 1914-18 war and the role of individuals; an article by Megan Davies and Keith Flett on CND; research reports by Gerd-Rainer Horn on the events of 1968 and by Julienne Ford on the history of now; reviews by John Burton of Pete Frame, <cite>The Restless Generation</cite> and by Keith Flett of Di Parkin, <cite>60 Years of Struggle: the History of Betteshanger Colliery</cite>; and an obituary of Ruth Frow .</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>