Hi there, thanks for the advice. The admin process seems to be venal however and there is clear nepotism going on, and I don’t really want to spend any more time on this. The issue you raise re: civility is important though. Yes I probably did go over the top in some of my comments ("a trifle brusque", to quote Basil Fawlty ), but these comments were made in the heat of the moment. In contrast, the deceit and distortion shown by the editor called SlimVirgin was clearly premeditated; "in cold blood", as it were. 

I’d be happy to do some spadework for the collaboration project you mention, let’s touch base about this again next week. Cheers,