One of the reasons for silence here in recent days has been the imminent arrival of our latest blog, covering arts, books, film and teevee, finally launched yesterday. Written by a collaboration of desks at Guardian Unlimited, plus friends from the Guide and elsewhere on the paper, with expert Movable Type wrangling by Mr H.

Meanwhile I’m talking about why blogs need comments from readers, as Culture Vulture has, over here. And may I add that I’m jolly pleased with the Vulture, provided by Matt Buck. The big bird’ll be up to interesting things over the coming weeks…

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