Editorially
OK, we did say no more apologies for being late, but this issue is late. The explanation is that the Ramsay half of this operation was persuaded to spend April as an election agent for the Labour party. (And lost!). If the Labour Party and the Lobster seems an odd combination, it is worth pointing out that several of the people at the Lobster readers/writers meeting were members of the Labour Party.
This will be the last issue of Lobster in its present A5 format. As of issue 9 it will be A4. This should get it onto better display spaces in bookshops. That’s the idea, anyway.
Lobster is growing. It’s in increasing numbers of shops (too many to list now) and is attracting more and more writers, as this issue demonstrates. Onwards and upwards.
There is no Clippings Digest in this issue. When it came to paste-up there was too much other copy. We would be interested to know if the Digest is missed. If it isn’t we’ll abandon it. If it is of use we’ll carry on with it next issue. Please write on this. We need to know.
Robin Ramsay/Steve Dorril
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