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This volume, first published in 1999, is a valuable resource on combinatorics for graduate students and researchers. The British Combinatorial Conference is one of the most well known meetings for combinatorialists. This volume collects the invited talks from the 1999 conference held at the University of Kent, spanning a broad range of combinatorial topics. All researchers into combinatorics will find this volume an outstanding and up-to-date resource. The British Combinatorial Conference is one of the most well known meetings for combinatorialists. This volume collects the invited talks from the 1999 conference held at the University of Kent, spanning a broad range of combinatorial topics. All researchers into combinatorics will find this volume an outstanding and up-to-date resource. The British Combinatorial Conference is one of the most well known meetings for combinatorialists. This volume collects the invited talks from the 1999 conference held at the University of Kent and together these span a broad range of combinatorial topics. The nine talks are from: S. Ball, J. Dinitz, M. Dyer, K. Metsch, J. Pach, R. Thomas, C. Thomassen, N. Wormald, plus a special contribution from W. T. Tutte. All researchers into combinatorics will find this volume an outstanding and up-to-date resource. 1. The coming of the Matroids W. T. Tutte; 2. Polynomials in finite geometries Simeon Ball; 3. Selected applications of design theory Jeff Dinitz; 4. Random walks on combinatorial objects Mar