Welcome to the first issue of British Archaeology under our new editor, Anna Sharples, featuring an exclusive deep dive into one of northern England’s most significant Roman industries, uncovered at Offerton by a team of volunteers, students, and specialists. Collaboration between professional archaeologists and the public is also integral to the community dig at Creag Liath, discussions around rewilding the historic environment, and the Big Bronze Age Boat Build – which launches the magazine’s new Heritage Crafts column. Aiming to make archaeology more accessible, in the Narrate-create feature academics share imaginative approaches on how to responsibly turn science into storytelling. You’re welcome to submit your own stories of sites that are important to you via the Places of Memory and Meaning map on the CBA’s website, where you can also access free resources to help you explore outdoor heritage ahead of the Out and About Archaeology week in May. In last year’s readership survey many of you called for a return of Spoilheap, and I have thus transformed the final Archaeology Now page into a topical, illustrated think-piece. In this issue the Diggers’ Forum asks, ‘Are commercial archaeologists miserable?’