diff --git a/commentaries/templates/commentaries/commentaries.html b/commentaries/templates/commentaries/commentaries.html
index 281bd1a67b0bc977a0e87588f5115d8df79d8ef8..2501faa91b19e84ceb838b1b8c72c770c8130ed2 100644
--- a/commentaries/templates/commentaries/commentaries.html
+++ b/commentaries/templates/commentaries/commentaries.html
@@ -49,6 +49,19 @@
 
 </section>
 
+
+{% if comment_recent_list %}
+<section>
+ <hr class="hr12">
+ <h2>Recent Comments</h2>
+ <ul>
+   {% for comment in comment_recent_list %}
+   {{ comment.simple_header_as_li }}
+   {% endfor %}
+ </ul>
+</section>
+{% endif %}
+
 {% if commentary_recent_list %}
 <section>
   <hr class="hr12">
diff --git a/commentaries/views.py b/commentaries/views.py
index cfa53fbbc1350fab8301c96c39c7ebcdccfdc4d6..07e987d0c43966a0f082f7d9c4738a8b4032e54e 100644
--- a/commentaries/views.py
+++ b/commentaries/views.py
@@ -308,9 +308,13 @@ def commentaries(request):
         form = CommentarySearchForm()
         commentary_search_list = []
 
+    comment_recent_list = (Comment.objects.filter(status='1')
+                           .order_by('-date_submitted')[:10])
+
     commentary_recent_list = (Commentary.objects.filter(vetted=True)
                               .order_by('-latest_activity')[:10])
     context = {'form': form, 'commentary_search_list': commentary_search_list, 
+               'comment_recent_list': comment_recent_list,
                'commentary_recent_list': commentary_recent_list }
     return render(request, 'commentaries/commentaries.html', context)
 
diff --git a/comments/models.py b/comments/models.py
index 4d9ac2be8190806074d2078eeb11e6772a082cf2..4bc3d9b50c8ab429aaf281bf8bc10bff54c188be 100644
--- a/comments/models.py
+++ b/comments/models.py
@@ -248,6 +248,8 @@ class Comment(models.Model):
         if len(self.comment_text) > 30:
             text_cut += '...'
         context['text_cut'] = text_cut
+        context['name'] = self.author.user.first_name + ' ' + self.author.user.last_name
+        header += '{{ name }}, '
         if self.submission is not None:
             header += '<a href="/submission/{{ submission_id }}#comment_id{{ id }}"> \"{{ text_cut }}\"</a>'
             header += (' in submission on <a href="/submission/{{ submission_id }}" class="pubtitleli">' +