The Other View is delighted to present the public with a fourth issue. We are also happy to draw our reader's attention to a new layout, which includes a full colour cover. This improvement is very much in keeping with the intention of the management and editorial board of this magazine to offer a quality product as well as a groundbreaking approach to dialogue.

In previous issues, The Other View offered its readers a wide range of topics – some controversial, others less so. This issue continues in the same vein with an examination of the debate surrounding The Patten Report and an opinion on the wider impact of the Battle of the Boyne.

As always, there is a number of articles that demonstrate not just the areas of commonality but the extent to which the different communities in Ireland, North and South have shared a common history if not a common outlook. A very interesting article by Ulster Unionist Party member Gordon Lucy on the Presbyterian involvement in the United Irish movement nicely illustrates this point. One cross-border project that has cross-community support is the current effort to restore the Ulster Canal. The project’s potential is well advocated in an article by Tarka King.

Tourism is an area that requires an all-island dimension and one, which has much to offer by way of generating income, investment and employment.

We are happy therefore to report that interest in the magazine continues to increase. Many enquiries have been received from a variety of sources. One of the many interviews conducted by the editorial board was with a major German radio station and a journalist from India.