The Jewish Year Book, the directory of British Jewry, would have celebrated its 120th anniversary this year. Would have - because it is no more.

No longer will you be able to scroll through its who's who of the good and the great or count up the number of Jewish peers.

Vallentine Mitchell, which published it since 1994 and reprinted the 1896 edition for its centenary, said falling library and other institutional sales had taken their toll. It was "not economic" to continue, said VM's Toby Harris.