We are launching a new series of Commentaries, which aim to identify emerging themes-pulling together related content that has recently been published in the Journal for Readers, Authors and Editors and placing this in the context of contemporaneous work in other Journals.Outside of the formal themed issues, currently, our readers may experience papers presented somewhat in isolation to other potentially related work. This could be partly because Authors submit their papers, not always entirely familiar with recent relevant works in the Journal. In parallel, much of the Editor's role involves handling submitted manuscripts, with each paper being handled in isolation to what might be related content that has been published in the Journal.