Hopefully there was something for everyone in this issue, with a profile of legendary hand cutter Dee Rogers, a review of laser-cut puzzles worldwide and a competition to win cardboard puzzles from British producer JHG. There were reviews of Emma’s ‘Bold bright and colourful’ quarterly meeting in Bourton on the Water as well as the Puzzle Parley and the Stave 50th Anniversary event in the USA.
Maria described her oldest map. which shows the three journeys of Captain Cook, while Heather cut a puzzle portraying the huge map made by the Ngurrara tribe in Australia to demonstrate their title to their ancestral land. Bronwen gave a brief update on new hand cutters learning their craft in the U.K., and Per-Martin told the story of the Wirsing puzzle company in Sweden. Pete showed two portraits of mystery women, Nicki found out more about one of Britain’s oldest puzzle clubs, The Sphinx, from an article in an Australian newspaper, and Camille from France introduced herself and her puzzling interests.