Editorial: Passing of a Seasoned Campaigner

editor — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 23:00:00 +0000

Richard Waller does not introduce Ariadne Issue 60.

Understandably enough, here at UKOLN everyone's chins have been on the floor since the news of the death of Rachel Heery reached us last week. Rachel retired as Deputy Director in 2007 and in the years that she worked as the team leader of UKOLN R&D she left an indelible mark on the field in which she worked [1] and still remained professionally active in retirement despite her illness. Thanks to the tributes written by her friends and colleagues, I need but direct you to their descriptions of her work and way of working [2].

Editorial Addendum to Issue 60: Snapshot of the Global Economy, Summer 2009

editor — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 15:58:18 +0000

Richard Waller collects images and links describing economic conditions in 2009.

The snapshot taken from a high-level page from the BBC News economy pages on 31 July 2009 should give future readers a notion of the situation to which many Ariadne authors allude.

Table of contents: issue60

Editorial: Passing of a Seasoned Campaigner

Editorial Addendum to Issue 60: Snapshot of the Global Economy, Summer 2009