This volume features events up to the 1997 UK election result. New subjects in this edition include: Dunblane; gun laws; Orange Prize; Taleban Militia; and the World Trade Organization. New people include: Sir Peter Blake; Eric Cantona; Damien Hurst; Sir Harold Kroto; Michael Johnson; Jonah Lomu; Binyamin Netanyahu; Avro Part; Graham Swift; and Vivienne Westwood. Many entries have also been updated to record political changes throughout the world, including conflicts in Afghanistan and Zaire. The encyclopedia's 25,500 entries are supplemented by 1200 illustrations, plus a mini-atlas section and picture essays in colour. The text should be useful as a source of general reference, homework and study or general use at home.