I've just stumbled across this. For some reason, there has been nothing to indicate "new posts" for this section on my laptop.
Anyway, thanks for the greetings. Actually, this IS a 40th anniversary of sorts. In 1975, when I was a boy, I came up with the idea of Beau Peep. As I've said often, Andrew wasn't too keen on the idea at the beginning. (He reckoned, reasonably, that it didn't have long-term potential). Then followed the couple of years rejection by every paper and magazine in Britain until The Star eventually stepped in and took the risk. What's the 40th anniversary? Ruby? Feel free to bombard me with rubies.