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+\title{Editorial}
+%\author[\mbox{}]{Malcolm Clark}
+\begin{article}
+As you will have gathered from the last edition
+of \BV, the editorship of this august organ
+now rotates around the luckless committee. Whoever
+fails to avoid our esteemed chair's eye (Robin Fairbairns
+in Ancient Mariner mode) is deemed (or doomed) to serve.
+It is a demanding , but fascinating experience.
+With the resource of the rest of the committee to call on,
+nothing is insuperable. In the longer term it will build up
+a pool of expertise which can only be to the good.
+You begin to appreciate the Rahtz' triplets even more.
+
+Sourcing material has not been difficult
+for this edition, since we are currently
+in the throes of two series -- David Carlisle's
+tour of \LaTeX, and Sebastian Rahtz' \textsf{PSTricks}
+exposition. In
+addition I had an abundance of riches
+and ended up having to pass on material. This
+does not imply that we do not continue to crave
+articles. Looking back over recent issues,
+the same faces\slash names pop up over and over
+again, although one or two contributors have
+sadly fallen by the wayside -- perhaps exhausted
+by the strain of composition.
+
+I was pleased with David Carlisle's
+other article, neatly solving
+a problem raised and discussed at last year's
+Bridewell meeting on Portable Documents -- typesetting
+from HTML documents. Robin Fairbairns' article on
+\CTAN\ is a welcome review and state of the art, together
+with some aspirations for the future. These two papers derive from the recent
+\textsl{\TeX\ and the Internet} meeting. It is unlikely
+that the group's meetings will generate enough
+material to fill these pages, so let me paraphrase what I said
+earlier: ``we need your contributions''.
+The observant will also note that committee
+members continue to generate many of the articles, but
+by way of contradiction, I'm pleased to welcome
+Mark Wooding to the pantheon of stars.
+In my darker moods, I wonder whether \BV\ is merely
+an ego trip for its writers (i.e.\ mainly the committee) and
+is unread by its intended readership -- yourselves.
+Is it wise to ask such questions?
+
+As a partial answer, let me note that
+a pleasing feature of this edition (for me) is that
+I open it (with the editorial), and close it
+(with the \textsl{Gleanings}, whose final year you may be
+relieved to know this is).
+
+I am indebted, as ever, but in particular for assistance
+with this edition to Robin Fairbairns (whose tele-presence
+was invaluable), David Carlisle and
+Sebastian Rahtz. Theirs is the glory, mine are the errors and
+misunderstandings.
+\end{article}