Reflecting the candle: 124 years of the Journal of the BAA

There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle, or the mirror that reflects it.’ (Edith Wharton, 1902).

In her 2014 Presidential Address, Hazel McGee describes the story of the Journal of the BAA, and introduces some of the editors who have guided the publication through its first 124 years.

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