This month’s editorial is dedicated to our departing Senior Editor, Edward Fisher, who is retiring from the position of Senior Editor. Edward has served 15 years as Senior Editor for The Journal, having taken up the position in 2010. We would like to thank him immensely for his leadership, hard work, and dedication to The Journal over this period. It has truly been a privilege and pleasure working alongside him. As Edward embarks on this new chapter, he can take great pride in the knowledge that The Journal remains in a strong position, some 138 years since it was founded in 1887. We wish him a happy, healthy and fulfilling retirement.

Looking ahead, myself, Ann-Louise McDermott and Stephen Jones, will become Senior Editors. We also warmly welcome Paul Nix, who takes up the position of Senior Assistant Editor and Hitesh Tailor who takes up the position of Website Editor. Liam Flood continues in his current role as Senior Assistant Editor.

We would like to take this opportunity to thank all our Assistant Editors and reviewers. For any author or reviewer enquiries, please contact our Journal Managing Editor, Catherine Hyland, at: managing-editor@jlo.co.uk.