I know … it was only recently we had another new writer here. But Duncan Cairncross moved out into the countryside and found it impossible to get a stable internet connection. Regretfully, he has asked to be excused duty.

However, we are positively brimming with delight at obtaining the immaculate services of Clive Allen and Andrea A. Paulsen, who also write a number of other sites for the Syntagma magazine.

We’ve been calling them the Boston Bloggers for a while, but actually they live a little way outside that historic city, so I won’t use the term here. Hmm. It’s a good trademark, though.

Clive is a bit of a dab hand at interior design and wants to do some work on that. He has a degree in Fine Art, which will stand him in good stead here.

Andrea is a poet and turns her hand to anything artistic and financial, so should find plenty to do on this site.

I won’t anticipate their plans but let them unfold naturally, as all good plans should.

John