It is with very great sadness that we heard of the death in late November 2021 of Dr Richard Axton, Honorary Director of the Sark Museum and Archive, and leader of our Associate organisation La Société Sercquiaise since 2005. For forty years, Richard worked tirelessly to preserve  the history, environment, heritage and way of life of the Channel Island of Sark. He was awarded an MBE for this in the Queen’s birthday honours list on July 7^th 2021. Richard was dynamic, effective and courteous, amongst many other attributes. An obituary will appear in the next issue of Forum News.