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LANDSCAPES, 2017 VOL. 18, NO. 2, 101 https://doi.org/10.1080/14662035.2018.1429712 Unusually, the papers in this issue are restricted to British and Irish topics, which is often seen as the principal ‘original’ geographical scope of Landscape (although from his first editorials our founding editor, Richard Muir, made perfectly clear – to use that currently fashionable British politicians’ politician slogan – that he hoped for a wider purview). We have rarely had an issue of Landscapes for several years now that does not include at least one paper from or about another country, and written in an English that is not native. Is this another reflection of the inward-looking-ness that seems to have befallen us as the world builds new walls? Or is it coincidence, and temporary? The papers in this issue are also written from primarily historical – and mainly archaeological – perspectives, which has also become slightly unusual for our journal, which in recent issues has welcomed contributors using (sub-)disciplines as diverse as eco-criticism, environmental history, epidemiology, ecology and ecological niche theory (to name only those beginning with ‘e’). We think it is worth repeating for those who read edi- torials that Landscapes continues to be open to papers about landscapes