Welcome to our final issue of Volume 46. Depending on when you read this, it is either the end of 2025 or the beginning of 2026. Either way: Happy New Year!

At our AGM in November, we welcomed a couple of people to our Board of Directors. Rachael Roberts is also involved with Heart of the City and recently began writing for us. Alan Schietszch is a name that may be familiar: he writes our Dining Out column but also served on our board for a number of years and was our board’s Chair for a while. We are happy to welcome him back to the board. We also said farewell to Diana van der Stoel who completed her term on the board. We thank her for her time and wish her all the best. 

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