'A vivid memory, for me, from the launch of our previous issue, is of standing in front of a room full of people and of feeling slightly overwhelmed at the prospect of having to say something — very soon. Tony Hughes-d’Aeth had just launched the Magazine, and we were in the middle of celebrating Catherine Noske’s editorship. I was standing alongside Josephine Taylor and Melissa Kruger. And I knew I had to find some small words to pay just tribute to Kate’s work. None were coming. The notes I’d made didn’t feel right.' (Editorial introduction)