The former and current co-editors dedicate this issue to the memory of Nicholas Phillipson, who passed away on 24th January, 2018. Nick was one of the founding editors of MIH, alongside Charles Capper and Anthony LaVopa. Even after he stepped away from editorial duties, he remained an inspiration to us, a living embodiment of the enlightened sociability he did so much to illuminate through his work on the Scottish Enlightenment. A wonderful scholar and a great man, Nick will be missed dearly by all of us. Readers who might like to remind themselves of the extent of his scholarly achievements can easily turn to Colin Kidd's generous judgments in ‘The Phillipsonian Enlightenment’ in Modern Intellectual History 11/1 (2014), pp. 175–190.