In this edition:

• The Fifth Annual Seminar

Reviewed by Paul Brown
• A message from our Patron

Lady Eccles' salutations on the annual seminar
• Nick Hudson to deliver Fleeman lecture
  The Annual General Meeting and the 5th Fleeman lecture
• A scholarly edition
  Clive Probyn reviews The Yale Edition of Boswell's private papers
  
• The "Johnsonian Ether"
  Paul Tankard reviews Peter Ryan
• Not enough...
  Review of 'Samuel Johnson and the Essay' by Robert D. Spector
  
• Luncheon at the Cheshire Cheese
  The 330 year old cheese
• Mary Gaunt Project
  Bronwyn Hickman graduates from V.U. with thesis on Mary Gaunt
• Memorial to Fanny Burney
  Plans from the Burney Society
• Notes from the Western Idler
  Report from London and more...
• Obituary: John Joseph Balding
  A tribute to one of our most loved foundation members.
• This month's quiz
  Monthly quiz No. 16