The following article is being retracted from publication in Rethinking History: “On ‘presence’ and conversing with the past: do historians communicate with the past?” by Alun Munslow, DOI: 10.1080/13642529.2014.915496 http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13642529.2014.915496#abstract as it duplicates a previously published review. Taylor & Francis apologize to Alun Munslow and readers of the journal for any confusion caused by our error.

