The Times is to launch a tabloid (sorry, compact) version of the newspaper, initially in the London area. I can just about remember when The Times was resolutely elitist and prided itself on employing the likes of Bernard Levin to write high-minded opinion pieces. Now they have hired Julie Burchill and are going tabloid –…

After the fiasco with their preview edition (or was it just me that couldn’t read their PDF file?), the first issue of Spike was widely available (as promised), even in the New Territories. Having read most of the first edition, I have to report that it is very good indeed. My only real criticism is…