Welcome to the party—our fourth and final digital issue of 2024. This issue is a celebration of the year that was and of all things swine. The following pages contain stories about pre-party anxiety, masquerade balls, birthdays, nostalgia, community and more. This is also the launch of swine’s new creative review section, written by our sub-editor Lucy Joy Pembroke. From visual art, reviews and prose, there’s plenty of good stuff to be found inside. It’s bittersweet to dwell too much on this being the final issue of the year, so for now we’ll party on. Happy reading!