Our large collective volume on Saxo Grammaticus benefitted enormously from Alastair Matthews’ expertise and meticulousness. He worked very smoothly and efficiently with our contributors to polish their English. His impressive linguistic skills also saved us from inaccuracies in Latin, German and Scandinavian quotations. His deep knowledge of a number of philologies improved the book in many ways, including consistency in references, smart indexing and more. I can only give my warmest recommendation for his work if you want the high quality product that is, unfortunately, more and more rare in our world of fast academic publishing.