I’m conscious that I’ve posted a number of blogs that target you, its reader, somewhat than on the matters the weblog normally discusses over the previous couple of weeks.

That has been the virtually inevitable consequence of the work in redesigning and restructuring the weblog, after which including a number of new options, such because the glossary at one stage and ‘likes’ and polls on one other. Now there have been discussions on renaming the weblog.

It is very important be aware in that case that this effort is yielding fairly stunning outcomes.

I’ve seen this morning (while additionally partaking in an educational convention) that March 2023 is now the document month within the

historical past of this weblog. With greater than a day and a half to go that is the information:

The oddity is that the earlier peaks had been additionally all particular occasion targeted. It was Luxleaks in 2014, the election in 2017, and furlough in 2020. There was no such occasion this month. The paper Danny Blanchflower and I revealed created the most important learn of the month, however the visitors was persistently excessive as soon as polls started – and we now have checked the information, and by themselves they don’t distort it. Single days or posts haven’t created the height this month: persistent readership has.

What has additionally been noticeable is the appreciable enhance in feedback, many from new commentators.

The outcome has been document visitors that occurred to additionally carry ahead the 26 millionth learn of the weblog because it started in June 2006.

Thanks for studying. It’s fairly thrilling to get the message out extra broadly.