This week's opinion

As you might have noticed we have undergone a makeover. We’ve not done anything radical to the content or structure of the magazine but have tidied it up and given it a slightly cleaner look and feel. The editorial team did consider whether there was any need for a more radical overhaul but we continue to believe (and this is backed up by all of the feedback from readers) that the balance between technical articles news comments and case analyses is about right and there is no need for fundamental change.

When I took on my role I asked our former editor Mike Truman what he thought about possible changes. He told me that whatever we did on no account should we touch Readers’ Forum. It had been a feature of the magazine since the first issue and was absolutely integral...