Mem ber ship 2004 — Ninth general assembly and conference — Readers’ survey
First EASE seminar and next AGM — More efforts to ex tend training — New editor needed
Suggestions and volunteers — Contributions for the August issue
Not just an other form to fill in. Elisabeth Kessler
Spanish scientific journals are still alive. Reme Melero
Nil by Latin. John Kirkman
Nil by Latin? John Glen
Eponyms and italics. MJ Robertson
EASE survey and name. Diana Epstein
Annual meeting of the Association of Earth Science Editors. AJ (Tom) van Loon
5th Drug Information Association European work shop on medical/technical writing. Elise Langdon-Neuner
The Cochrane Library, 1988–2003 (article based on presentation at EASE meeting, 2003). Mark Starr, Iain Chalmers
December 2003–March 2004. Elise Langdon-Neuner (compiler)
Neglectable — Eutrophy and census: nouns turned verbs? — US embargo on articles from the “axis of evil” — Di lemmas for authors and editors writing for their own journals — Seeing patients’ photographs: an ethical problem? — Requests to complete questionnaires and comment on draft codes of con duct — Joining the forum
Unscientific biases in peer review. Karen Shashok
Lynne Truss: Eats, shoots & leaves: the zero tolerance approach to punctuation (reviewed by John Glen)
George M Hall (ed.): How to write a pa per, 3rd ed. (reviewed by John Kirkman)
Yateendra Joshi: Communicating in style (reviewed by AJ (Tom) van Loon)
Rereshed from Bath — heading for Kraków culture. AJ (Tom) van Loon
The Editors’ WebWatch. Moira Vekony
News Notes. Margaret Cooter
Forthcoming meetings, courses and BELS examinations
The Editor’s Bookshelf. Jane Moody
Membership list additions and changes
Membership of EASE [membership information and application form]