We thought it useful to give an indication of modern money values in key places. They are shown in brackets. This is a complicated matter, but we have relied on the website measuringworth.com and used its Retail Price Index figures.
For the capitalisation of words in song titles and films we have followed the guidance in the Oxford Manual of Style (2002).
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