Inside this issue:

• Walter Parkinson – obituary
• James Ridgeon – obituary
• Working oil lamps and the hyper-radial optic – Graham Fearn
• A lightshipman’s daughter – Angela Trorey
• A visit to New Zealand’s South Island – John Best
• La Jument: a beacon built with money from a will – Christopher Nicholson
• Smeaton’s Tower granite bust project – Philip Chatfield
• AGM Weekend 2020 – David Taylor
• Rain Later, Good: The Shipping Forecast, Lighthouses and Lightships Part 1 – Richard Griffith
• Museum of Scottish Lighthouses 25th Anniversary – Lynda McGuigan
• Watching out for whales from Scotland’s lighthouses – Paul Hibberd
• A visit to Prince Edward Island, Canada – Hilary (and Jan) Marfleet
• Sadly no more – John Mobbs
• My favourite lighthouse: Longstone – Tim Stevens
• Front cover: La Jument Lighthouse in stormy seas – Photo by Benoît Stichelbaut
• Back cover: Rubjerg Knude Lighthouse on the move – Photo by AFP and ‘Heb’ – Creative Commons Licence