Since this is the last issue which I shall edit for the Journal, I would like to express my thanks to authors, reviewers and members of the Editorial Board, to Patrick McCartan and Gwenda Edwards at CUP and to Clive Jenkins, the copyeditor, for their efforts over the past nine years. Very special thanks go to the team of Associate Editors, past and present, the book reviews editor, the statistics consultant and Jo Lewis, the editorial assistant, who has worked with me for almost the entire period of my editorship. Their commitment to the Journal and our discipline and their hard work has made the job not only possible but also enjoyable.