A special issue and editorial in memory of Professor William R Lindsay

We were all overwhelmed with great sadness when we learned that Bill Lindsay had unexpectedly passed away on 26 March 2017. Bill was known and loved by so many of us, but especially, he was loved by his family. Bill was the beloved husband of Isobel and father to David, Jennifer and Amy. He was also grandfather to seven grandchildren. He is survived by his mother. Bill was born in Glasgow in 1952 and had a sister named Ella. The family moved from Glasgow to Kilmarnock, and he attended Kilmarnock Academy. Bill was said to be not markedly fond of school but scraped into Strathclyde University where he began to study architecture. However, in order to fill up his timetable, he decided to take a class in psychology. To the benefit of many, he liked this class so much that he abandoned his plans to study architecture and switched to study psychology. He graduated in 1973, and in 1974, he embarked upon studying a PhD at the University of Aberdeen. He undertook his clinical psychology training concurrently with his PhD and completed both in 1977. Bill met his wife Isobel at Strathclyde, and the two were married in 1974. Their three children, David, Jennifer and Amy, were born between 1980 and 1983 when Bill and Isobel lived in Uddingston. At this time, Bill worked at Monklands District Hospital, and the family then moved to Dundee in 1984. Those of us who knew Bill will recognize his love of travelling. When aged 16, he travelled to the Isle of Wight for the summer because it was as far as he could travel without needing a passport. At 17, he took his bike across the channel and cycled around the north of France. When he graduated from Strathclyde, he took the “hippy trail” from Greece through to Turkey, Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, into India, and then on to Singapore. Bill only returned home to begin his studies towards his PhD. Bill was always excited about holidays, and enjoyed organizing them, even when he was only taking camping trips to France with his young family. Over the last 15 years, Bill and Isobel enjoyed many trips to Australia, New Zealand, the United States, Vietnam, Cambodia, Burma and India. Bill always had somewhere else to see, and something else to do, and he and his wife never stayed more than 4 days in a place before moving on to take in more sights. One of Bill's passions was music. He taught himself to play the guitar when he was a teenager, and he loved playing and singing. He formed a duo with Stuart Campbell, called Findask. When at university, he played the Scottish Folk Club scene for many years. Findask recorded three records and one compact disc, and some of their music is available for download on the internet. All the tracks were composed by Bill and Stuart, and all the lyrics were created by Bill. Their ability to create music dwindled because of Stuart's health and Bill's family and work commitments made it more difficult for them to travel. Bill had an encyclopaedic knowledge of songs and lyrics and passed his love of music on to his children. We have put some pictures of both Bill and Stuart performing, together with some of the images from their album, “No More Lies” within Figure 1 for you to enjoy. Another of Bill's passions was his bike. He always loved cycling, and this became a serious hobby when he was in his 40s. He continued to cycle right up until the day that he died. He organized many trips to France to climb the iconic Alpine rides and to the Pyrenees. His son David, son-in-law Arno and friends from Australia would