Well the new look Guardian emerged yesterday, and the biggest surpise to me was the fact that it was still folded. Seen like that on newstands, it’s now the smallest paper there, although the bulk of the paper means that the stack is pretty tall. This might be a problem on some days. And the jury’s still out on the introduction of a daily science page, which is fine for covering science news stories, but less so for big detailed features which Life managed.
The other surprise was the newsprint – not much different to the previous paper. The only reason that I thought we might get something different was because the previews that appeared in Saturday’s Guardian and Sunday’s Observer were printed on premium stock.
But the worst decision was to ditch Doonsbury by Gary Trudeau. It seems that the first complaints rolled in early. Then there was this? And finally, today, this!