Section headings and selected papers. Scientific Planning for the Solar Maximum and Beyond. Science Reviews and Future Programmes. Outstanding problems of solar flare research, H S Hudson. Future optical observations of solar flares, R Falciani. Past, present and future of solar radioastronomy, M Pick & G Trottet; Recent Scientific Results. The relation between convection flows and magnetic structure at the solar surface, G W Simon et al. The manifestation of supergranulation structures of active regions during solar flares, A V Borovik. Post-flare loops: Formation and velocity, B Schmieder et al. High Energy Detector Calibration and Observation of Non-Thermal and "Superhot" Sources. High-energy detector calibration and observation of non-thermal and "superhot" sources, H S Hudson. Intercomparison of flare observations with two SMM spectrometers: BCS and HXIS, J Jakimiec. Intercalibration of the hard X-ray spectrometers on the PVO and ICE (ISEE-3) spacecraft, S R Kane et al. Author index.