Just to repeat, with permission from MyTimeMedia:
Following an unavoidable suspension of publication due to the COVID-19 pandemic, we are now delighted to inform you that Model Boats will return with the August issue. This will hit the newsstands on July 31st and possibly be with subscribers a little sooner. We will also be welcoming aboard a new editor, Lindsey Amrani. Rest assured, your treasured magazine is in very safe hands.
If you subscribe to the magazine, all issues that have been missed will be added onto the end of current subscription term. If you pay for your subscription via direct debit, the date on which payments are withdrawn from your account will be adjusted; you will be contacted about this individually. Thankfully, we are also able to resume the mailing out of copies to overseas subscribers, so, wherever you are in the world, you can now look forward to receiving your August 2020 issue of Model Boats.
Should you have any further queries, please contact me via email at beth.ashby@mytimemedia.com and I will be happy to assist.
Sincerest thanks for your patience,
Beth Ashby-Njiiri
So, good news. Lindsey has a lot of Editorial experience and also a lot of support from myself and regular contributors, there is no reason why she won't make a success of it. Model boating experts with editorial and production skills and who are in a position to commit full time to a job like this are as rare as hen's teeth and editorial skills are the more important as the content will come from the expert model boaters.
As far as female editors are concerned, I spent my entire career alongside women and found them to be generally more proficient than their male counterparts and a lot nicer to work with, having better attention to detail and a willingness to listen and learn which was not always apparent with their male colleagues. They also worked a darn sight harder so I have no problems whasoever with that.
Colin