Editing Whitaker's Almanack (section)

{{Short description|British annual reference book}}
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| language          = [[British English]]
| country           = [[United Kingdom]]
| genre             = [[Almanac]]
| publisher         = {{ubl|J Whitaker & Sons (1868–1997)|[[The Stationery Office]] (1998–2003)|[[A. & C. Black]] (2004–2020)|[[Rebellion Publishing]] (2020–2021)}}
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| image             = File:Whitaker's_2018.jpg
| caption           = 2018 edition
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| subject           = [[General knowledge|General]]
| pub_date          = 1868–2021
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| media_type        = Almanac
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| oclc              = 220734304
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'''''Whitaker's''''' is a [[Almanac|reference book, published annually]] in the [[United Kingdom]].<ref name ="American Political Science Review 1985">{{cite journal |date=December 1985 |title=Reviewed Work(s): Whitaker's Almanack 1985: The Year Book by |journal=The American Political Science Review |volume=79 |issue=4 |pages=1281 |publisher=[[American Political Science Association]] |doi= 10.2307/1956423|quote= The 117th in its series, this volume provides  considerable information on British government and society. The complete edition also includes several additional pages that cover such topics as the British Commonwealth of Nations, dependent territories, basic information on foreign countries, the United Nations, sports and the arts, the media, British architecture, science, education, trade unions, and more. Volume contains index.|jstor= 1956423}}</ref><ref name ="The Burlington Magazine 1915">{{cite journal |date=February 1915 |title=Reviewed Work(s): Whitaker's Almanack, 1915 by; Who's Who, 1915 by |journal= [[The Burlington Magazine|The Burlington Magazine for Connoisseurs]] |volume= 26|issue=143 |pages=216–217 |publisher=Burlington Magazine Publications Ltd. |quote= We acknowledge with thanks the receipt of "Who's Who " and "Whitaker's Almanack ". Both these publications maintain their usual very high standard, though the war has naturally affected them considerably. In "Whitaker's Almanack" the space devoted last year to "The World's Peace" and " Proceedings of the Hague Tribunal " has this year been given up to an account of the origins of "The Great War", which we commend to our readers' attention. We note with approval the omission of the Emperor William's and the Crown Prince's name, with those of other belligerents, from the list of [[Order of the Garter|Knights of the Garter]]|jstor= 859969}}</ref> It was originally published by [[Joseph Whitaker (publisher)|J. Whitaker & Sons]] from 1868 to 1997, next by [[HM Stationery Office]] until 2003 and then by [[A. & C. Black]], which became a wholly owned subsidiary of [[Bloomsbury Publishing]] in 2011. The publication was acquired by [[Rebellion Developments|Rebellion Publishing]] in 2020,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Rebellion acquires Whitaker's Almanack {{!}} Rebellion Publishing {{!}} 28 February 2020|url=https://www.rebellionpublishing.com/post/3305|access-date=2020-06-07|website=www.rebellionpublishing.com|date=28 February 2020|language=en}}</ref> with the 153rd edition appearing on 15 April 2021.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.waterstones.com/book/whitakers-2021/whitakers-almanack/9781781089781|title=Whitaker's 2021 by Whitaker's Almanack &#124; Waterstones|website=www.waterstones.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://rebellionpublishing.com/product/whitakers_2021/|title=Whitaker's 2021 (Whitaker's Almanack) Rebellion Publishing}}</ref> In mid-2022, Rebellion announced that there would not be a 2022 edition and no further editions have appeared since then.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://rebellionpublishing.com/whitakers/|title=Whitaker's|access-date=7 May 2022|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220517042226/https://rebellionpublishing.com/whitakers/|archive-date=17 May 2022}}</ref>