Contents:

• From the director – Mark Blackford
• Period issues in BS Mus: interim report – Tom Richards, Robert Jenkins
• An archive of Variable Star Section publications – Mati Morel
• Photometry of eta Carinae – Mark Blackford
• V777 Sag – a successful campaign – S Walker, M Blackford, E Budding
• ToMs, insights into Algolism, and the IBVS – E. Budding, D. Blane, M. G. Blackford, P. A. Reed
• Two new pulsating discoveries – Mark Blackford
• What can one do about lightning? – Greg Crawford
• Publication watch
• About VSS