Thanks, that's a nice approach. It doesn't fully pass the duck test: The page headlines come from the chapter titles, even in the interludes. Here is an example. \startsetups[chheadline] {\ss\it Chapter \getmarking[chapternumber].\quad\getmarking[chapter]} \stopsetups \setupheadertexts[\setups{chheadline}][pagenumber] \defineenumeration [interlude] [before=\page,conversion=Characters,way=bytext,list=interlude, text={Interlude }] \defineenumeration [interludeA] [before=\page,conversion=Characters,way=bytext,list=interludeA, text=, listtext=, title=yes, titleleft=, titleright=] \starttext \title{Contents} \placelist[chapter,enumeration:interlude,enumeration:interludeA] \chapter{Chap 1} \interlude{Interlude 1} \interludeA{{Interlude 1}} \chapter{Chap 2} \interlude{Interlude 2} \interludeA{{Interlude 2}} \stoptext