diff --git a/packages/component-faraday-selectors/src/index.js b/packages/component-faraday-selectors/src/index.js
index 277860ce91040a4793ecca2054db30e56c09bdfc..adffec4aefe2ad44100423497bc6a8acc6fd21fa 100644
--- a/packages/component-faraday-selectors/src/index.js
+++ b/packages/component-faraday-selectors/src/index.js
@@ -59,8 +59,23 @@ export const getHERecommendation = (state, collectionId, fragmentId) => {
 export const canMakeDecision = (state, collection) => {
   const status = get(collection, 'status')
 
-  if (!status || status === 'rejected') return false
+  if (!status || status === 'rejected' || status === 'published') return false
 
   const isEIC = currentUserIs(state, 'adminEiC')
   return isEIC && status
 }
+
+const editorialStatuses = [
+  'rejected',
+  'published',
+  'pendingApproval',
+  'revisionRequested',
+]
+
+export const canSeeEditorialComments = (state, collectionId) => {
+  const collection = state.collections.find(c => c.id === collectionId)
+  const isStaff = currentUserIs(state, 'staff')
+  if (!isStaff) return false
+  if (!editorialStatuses.includes(collection.status)) return false
+  return true
+}
diff --git a/packages/component-manuscript/src/components/ManuscriptPage.js b/packages/component-manuscript/src/components/ManuscriptPage.js
index 22a30f30ba801668a28205b819c60c136575fae4..e807da9675123c86d5f897df8c54846ec5139677 100644
--- a/packages/component-manuscript/src/components/ManuscriptPage.js
+++ b/packages/component-manuscript/src/components/ManuscriptPage.js
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ import {
 
 import ManuscriptLayout from './ManuscriptLayout'
 import { parseSearchParams, redirectToError } from './utils'
+import { canSeeEditorialComments } from '../../../component-faraday-selectors'
 
 export default compose(
   setDisplayName('ManuscriptPage'),
@@ -48,6 +49,10 @@ export default compose(
       version: selectFragment(state, match.params.version),
       project: selectCollection(state, match.params.project),
       editorialRecommendations: selectEditorialRecommendations(state),
+      canSeeEditorialComments: canSeeEditorialComments(
+        state,
+        match.params.project,
+      ),
     }),
     {
       replace,
diff --git a/packages/components-faraday/src/components/Dashboard/DashboardCard.js b/packages/components-faraday/src/components/Dashboard/DashboardCard.js
index 5b7fa5a43bd670979268afedf48de276dce39c3a..8022eea61cba058d8924d326b3962bb040df35bd 100644
--- a/packages/components-faraday/src/components/Dashboard/DashboardCard.js
+++ b/packages/components-faraday/src/components/Dashboard/DashboardCard.js
@@ -102,10 +102,13 @@ const DashboardCard = ({
         <Bottom>
           <LeftDetails flex={3}>
             <Status>{mapStatusToLabel(project)}</Status>
-            <DateParser timestamp={get(version, 'submitted')}>
+            <DateParser
+              durationThreshold={0}
+              timestamp={get(version, 'submitted')}
+            >
               {(timestamp, daysAgo) => (
                 <DateField>
-                  {timestamp} ({daysAgo})
+                  {timestamp} ({daysAgo} ago)
                 </DateField>
               )}
             </DateParser>
diff --git a/packages/components-faraday/src/components/Reviewers/ReviewersDetailsList.js b/packages/components-faraday/src/components/Reviewers/ReviewersDetailsList.js
index 8dfad00eeb82e02604cbb60fb805c42b87fd5e54..3b69d0fb2a5563e425abeaf9cdd985fc910d6105 100644
--- a/packages/components-faraday/src/components/Reviewers/ReviewersDetailsList.js
+++ b/packages/components-faraday/src/components/Reviewers/ReviewersDetailsList.js
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ const TR = ({
       </DateParser>
       <td>
         <StatusText>
-          {`${r.status === 'accepted' ? 'Agreed: ' : r.status}`}
+          {`${r.status === 'accepted' ? 'Agreed: ' : `${r.status}: `}`}
         </StatusText>
         <DateParser timestamp={r.respondedOn}>
           {timestamp => <DateText>{timestamp}</DateText>}
diff --git a/packages/components-faraday/src/components/UIComponents/DateParser.js b/packages/components-faraday/src/components/UIComponents/DateParser.js
index 5ff1623f3983cb4b2d603f21c6eac96d15139be2..b883807368f6e6e767ea39e1ca57853c987722a4 100644
--- a/packages/components-faraday/src/components/UIComponents/DateParser.js
+++ b/packages/components-faraday/src/components/UIComponents/DateParser.js
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import moment from 'moment'
 import { compose, withProps, withHandlers } from 'recompose'
+import { string, instanceOf, number, oneOfType } from 'prop-types'
 
 const getDuration = timestamp => {
   const today = moment()
@@ -7,17 +8,20 @@ const getDuration = timestamp => {
   return moment.duration(today.diff(stamp))
 }
 
-const DateParser = ({ children, timestamp, daysAgo }) =>
-  children(timestamp, daysAgo)
+const D = ({ children, timestamp, daysAgo }) => children(timestamp, daysAgo)
 
-export default compose(
+const DateParser = compose(
   withHandlers({
-    renderTimestamp: ({ timestamp, dateFormat = 'DD.MM.YYYY' }) => () => {
+    renderTimestamp: ({
+      timestamp,
+      durationThreshold = 1,
+      dateFormat = 'DD.MM.YYYY',
+    }) => () => {
       if (!timestamp) return ''
       const duration = getDuration(timestamp)
 
-      if (duration.asDays() < 1) {
-        return `${duration.humanize()}`
+      if (duration.asDays() < durationThreshold) {
+        return `${duration.humanize()} ago`
       }
       return moment(timestamp).format(dateFormat)
     },
@@ -31,4 +35,12 @@ export default compose(
     daysAgo: renderDaysAgo(),
     timestamp: renderTimestamp(),
   })),
-)(DateParser)
+)(D)
+
+DateParser.propTypes = {
+  dateFormat: string,
+  durationThreshold: number,
+  timestamp: oneOfType([string, number, instanceOf(Date)]),
+}
+
+export default DateParser
diff --git a/packages/xpub-faraday/config/authsome-mode.js b/packages/xpub-faraday/config/authsome-mode.js
index 88f4b83d333383179fffa23d9403a76e319c2502..948dd93e25476745ef93e4db143ff99f79ff8cec 100644
--- a/packages/xpub-faraday/config/authsome-mode.js
+++ b/packages/xpub-faraday/config/authsome-mode.js
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ const authsomeMode = async (userId, operation, object, context) => {
   const user = await context.models.User.find(userId)
 
   // Admins and editor in chiefs can do anything
-  if (user && (user.admin === true || user.editorInChief === true)) return true
+  if (user && (user.admin || user.editorInChief)) return true
 
   if (user) {
     return authenticatedUser(user, operation, object, context)