We begin 2014 with changes at Continuity and Change. We are sorry to announce that Eilidh Garrett has stepped down after four years as Editor. Fortunately, we are not losing her entirely, as she will remain on the editorial board, with a special role as language editor. Nonetheless, she will be sorely missed. Eilidh has been the lynchpin of the journal for many years, as a continuous presence through various changes within the editorial team. She has done more than anyone to provide structure and organisation to the business of editing Continuity and Change. We wish her every success in the future.

Replacing Eilidh, we are pleased to welcome two new members to the editorial team, starting from January 2014. Chris Briggs has been involved with the journal for some time already, as a member of the editorial board since 2011, and as editor of this special issue. His interests are in medieval economic and social history. Susan Hautaniemi Leonard has recently published in the journal. Her interests are in demographic history, especially nineteenth-century America. We look forward to working with both of them over the next few years, as Continuity and Change continues to attract and publish articles of a high calibre from scholars in an ever-expanding range of areas and periods of history.