The theme was Simply Red – a celebration of our annual house party, of the BCD’s 40th anniversary, and of BCD hand cutters, past, present and future!
The cover puzzle was designed for the occasion by Puzzly and Maria Herold, and the speed competition puzzles, also very red, were kindly donated by Gorgeous Games. Talking of donations, the club received a beautiful hand-cut puzzle from the AGPI (The Association for Games and Puzzles International), designed by David Beffa-Negrini, and celebrating the strong links between our two associations. We heard from some of our founder members, and there were write-ups of the talks by our keynote speaker Anne Williams, our former Chair, David Shearer, and current Chair Pete Day. The magazine contains stunning photos and descriptions of puzzles by all 33 BCD hand cutters. 
The virtual meeting in January, with the theme Pets, and Maria’s engaging talk about her growing map collection, was also recorded.
The magazine needed to be almost double its usual size in order to have room for other items, including the announcement of Henrik’s Victory Gold online database, and Nikki’s ‘curious story of the first puzzle club in England and Aldon jigsaw puzzles’. There were also write-ups of two major events – Puzzle Jam Global and the UK Speed Puzzle Championships in Bradford. And last, but definitely not least, in an issue focussing on hand-cut wooden puzzles, enthusiasts of cardboard puzzles made their voices heard…