It is inspiring to see a renewed flurry of activity around the TEAN journal. The TEAN journal is your journal, statistics for past issues of the journal show that papers are constantly viewed online as the numbers of ‘viewings’ rises year on year. It is a collaborative endeavour in that it owes much to its reviewers and the help they give aspiring authors. It is supportive in many ways: it supports\ud inexperienced reviewers to become experienced; it supports new authors through the process of producing a paper worthy of publication; it supports your research and scholarly activity by giving it prominence on a potentially global stage. It is useful, thought-provoking, interesting, often fascinating and always indicative of skilled and dedic...