I have only rarely bought The Times since you went tabloid because I hate the format. Not everyone reads your paper on a crowded commuter train - but even there the thing is likely to explode into a mess of random pages. Any chance of re-introducing a broadsheet version for civilised readers?

Tony Hewitt, Dunblane , Scotland

In my opinion Times is the best newspaper in the world, it has always being a quality paper. Ones a Time reader, always a Time reader. Congratulations to you high standards of excellent JOURNALISM , carry on with your fist class work . Thank you for giving us a free chance to express our opinion

Daniel Salaman, NICOSIA, CYPRUS

If I wanted a comic I would buy one; if I wanted a magazine I would buy one of them as well. What I, and I assume many long-loyal readers, want is a quality newspaper.

Philip Grant, UK,

I realise that this doesn't count as one of the day's weighty issues, but what on earth has happened to the Times Crossword?

Martin Kershaw, Scotland,

The new layout of the Times (purchased, not on line) has a very much altered cryptic crossword design. It is larger (which is good) but the layout - vertical with the clues below the actual crossword is not very easy to use.

Mike Lofthouse, UK,

What have you done to T2? It has lost all the appeal that drew me to read it before the main body of The Times. It is now difficult to read, if one would want to read the articles which appear vacuous and aimed only at a 'younger market'. And why so much white space?

C. Beare, UK,

The new look ‘Times’ appears to be the victim of the assumption that colour photography is an improvement on black and white. Discarded is the fact that some of the most evocative images in photo journalism are those where the distraction of colour has been set aside

Irene Smith, East Yorkshire,

Why don't you act on your reader's wishes and put the crossword back so we can more conveniently fold the paper horizontally. If this doesn't happen soon, I, for one, will be forced to switch to the Telegraph

David Burgess, Liverpool,

However, I do have a gripe about your racing pages which are an important source of information for me. The Times has never been very impressive in this area, but I can put up with that if only you would print the names of the runners and riders more clearly.

Colin Daniels, UK,

I want to write and say that, whilst on the whole approving of the new Times layout and finding it more logical and easy to navigate, I do deplore the new layout of the cryptic crossword on the inside of the back page of the main paper.

Sarah Maitland, UK,

The new format made me immediately renew my
subscription, what a change to times2 it was much more readable. Times
paper was set out to encourage you more to read without getting bored.
The Times new format is a joy to read.

Dave Richardson, Doncaster,

This is just to say that the content of the new Times 2 is excellent, however, I find the print smaller and not so easy to read.

Eve Willman, UK,

If I want a girlie magazine (age group 5-17) with my breakfast, I will go out and buy one. Except for the splendid puzzle page, there is NOTHING in Times 2 for me and my husband now has to break up his Times to give me some news, which he HATES.
Celebrity chat and film reviews are not news. Come on

Gay Heaton, Masham, UK

The crossword location is obviously unpopular. Please restore it to the bottom or top half of the - ideally back - page. It's a real pain trying to do it on the tube - people keep bumping into it as its so unwieldy. If the layout changed overnight, it can change back overnight. ASAP please.

Nick Hare, London,

The Editorial Comments which are an essential summary of the current news events cannot be easily read in any back or side lighting situations because the necessary prominent display of the front page headline and accompanying pictures shows through, causing partial or total obliteration.

John Hanner, Usk,

I have communicated recently regarding the new Times which i do not like and find difficulty in wanting to read anything. Today my wife said that she had got to Page 14 of T2 and not read anything.

I am about to make enquires with regard to subscribing to the Telegraph

Peter Martin, UK,

May I ask that your printers/distributors here in Ireland actually sell us the whole paper? A year ago the times2 was dropped/discontinued. We get four pages of it instead. Ditto Saturday, the sections are pared down to a pitiful ten-page selection and no Knowledge. For the same price!!!!! Pathetic.

Kate O'Hara, Dunlaoghaire, Dublin,

The Times still does not sit well as a Tabloid.
Hard to read - I feel that I am reading articles in-between adverts.
Overall composition is uninspiring and uninviting.
Not fulfilling its potential.

John Seiler, Crewe , Cheshire

Can you please put the crossword on the back, as requested by a reader last week. It is most inconvenient being on the penultimate page, especially when the staples are badly positioned,

Philip Godliman, UK,

Please return the T2 crossword to the back page. Its new position involves too much origami and trying to do this on a packed train is very tricky indeed.

Robin Browning, London, UK

I'm disappointed with the new layout of your newspaper. Apart from its bulging 70 odd pages it has become festooned with oversize advertising and colour-dominated triviality. When I read a newspaper I want facts first before opinion which is why your leader page is totally misplaced.

Donald Berry, London,

I could just about accept the Guardianistic revamp but the up to date photographs of your by-lined writers, coming on top of Cherie Blair's unwanted revelations, are too much to bear. You might have left us our illusions.

Michael Cole, Suffolk,

Following on from the recent comments complaining about the repositioning of the crosswords (by the by, my wife is greatly upset by this) I am now inconvenienced by the new positioning of the back page sudokus! Why have they been moved form the horizontal to the vertical?

Mike Ferris, Essex,

The only thing I don't like about the new layout is the fact that you have left ADELAIDE out of the world weather readings. Every day I look for Washington and Adelaide where I have two sisters! Please return my Australian sister to me.

Felicity Leakey, UK,

Is it really necessary to have staples in the various sections of your lovely paper, especially on a Saturday.
They have no apparent benefit and cause trouble in the recycling department.

Derek A Brooks, UK,

In the main the improvements are to be welcomed, however, my main concern is the future pricing policy. I wish to have a paper to bring me good news reports from around the world, I do feel that The Times is going beyond my needs with all the extra section witch I through away.

Colin Cottle, UK,

with particular reference to Times 2. We are finding the fact that the Times 2 Crossword is on an inside page very irritating, it was much better with it's original layout on the back.

D.E.Woodford, UK,

Please reinstate the Times 2 crossword on the back page with codeword and polygon or give me a good reason why you can`t ! Domestic harmony is at stake!

RWHunter, UK,

It is now more difficult than usual to complete the crossword as someone has deemed it necessary to put the clues beneath the grid. I am sure I am not the only person to complain about this. Please may we have the clues next to the grid?

Kathleen Wood, UK,

There is too much emphasis on the Arts, to us a waste of paper as it goes unread.

There is too much ‘airy fairy stuff’ we like articles by fairly serious journalists, health and social articles and current affairs discussion.

There are also too many large pictures.

Colin and Marian Green, UK,

I am not a lover of 'comment' and thought in the past, there was a balance of comment and good interesting features. I particularly enjoyed reading fully 'The Face' Penny Wark. The graphics and content were very enjoyable and informative. Where has it gone !!!!!!!!!

J.A.Lee, UK,

Re-vamp excellent
Puzzles good
Universal Register catchy
Motoring coverage remains inadequate-surely you could manage at least 2 features per week given that almost everyone in the country runs a car(if not several) !!

Peter Colquitt, UK,

Please, Please, Please put the puzzles back on to the back page of Times2 as they were.
Having to open the paper and fold back in order to do the crossword puzzle is messy especially when you do it in bed!

Don Carter, UK,

I love the new version of the paper - much clearer layout. I read the opinion page now (I used to glance over it) because it's the next item when I open the paper.

Anne Fox, UK,

My immediate comments for a better style of paper is to revert back to a number of years ago when the main section and the sports section were separate parts. Now we have to wait for one member of the household to finish reading the paper before another can start.

Ian Lachs, UK,

For the past 50 years I have only read The Times but I am being driven mad by the daily paper not being stapled. Ninety pages fly all over my bus ride to the office!

Is there no way you could copy The Evening Standard - so easy to read and I have to say with fewer advertisements.

Ronnie Andjel, UK,

The placement of the thought-provoking leading articles is ideal, and the expansion of the Opinion pages is a real bonus, as is the greater prominence given to your Letters section. The introduction of "The Daily Universal Register" was inspired!

Christopher and Elisabeth Richmond, UK,

For more than forty years I have enjoyed tackling the crossword. The recent changes have made it impossible to do this while holding the newspaper on my lap. The whole thing is too long. Not only does the bottom third of the page crumple up, but my arm is blackened from the constant rubbing...

Christine Iutz, UK,

I have to say that I'm sick and tired of the way your sports pages are geared to focus on London clubs, Chelsea and Wasps in particular. The back pages are just full of headlines hardly worthy of a mention compared to the reporting of sport North of Watford.

Stephen Baum, UK,

I agree with your correspondent who considered that the Leader items should follow the news and not precede it.

John W Underwood, UK,

My lasting complaint, whatever the layout, is the Monday supplement entitled The Game.
I know, I know, all I need do is throw it away unread - which I do - but my objection is the hallowed treatment which you give to soccer and all its ghastly ramifications and manifestations.

Peter Moore, UK,

Re-vamp excellent
Puzzles good
Universal Register catchy
Motoring coverage remains inadequate-surely you could manage at least 2 features per week given that almost everyone in the country runs a car(if not several) !!

Peter Colquitt, UK,

The times new look is fine - but - please - oh please!!! - Can you put staples in the various sections so that they can be separated easily without dropping a shower of sheets on the floor.

Alan Afriat, UK,

Why did you have to move the crossword from the back page, where are the usual article writers and why a whole page for children? – then today I find that the pages are stapled

Julia Perl, UK,

I know editors have the right to publish their views in a leading article but I have never understood why I should read it. I don't want to know what the editorial opinion is.

Edith Rutherford, UK,

First of all may I say that I like the new layout.

However, I would like to suggest a brand new feature. All newspapers have letter pages as you have albeit but usually on world and political matters.

I really think that a sports letters' page would be poular. Sport is such a major topic

Tom Workman, UK,

I have always assumed that the Times was a newspaper for grown ups. So why is so much coverage, (particularly in Times 2) aimed at "youth". This is most noticeable in the fashion where there seem to be an inordinate number of stick insect models on show , and in the obituaries.

Garth George, Basingstoke,

My initial impression is that there is much less proper genuine News in the paper and more chat and opinion.

For me this is a loss. The world is full of opinion, I very much appreciate some of your top columnists. But this must be based on fact and knowledge and this is what I expect

Ann Dent, uk,

I have not become fonder of the new format after a week's trial. The crosswords need to be returned to their previous slots, The leader page needs to be restored to it's previous slot. get rid of Times 2 and make that the Sports section and put the crosswords and puzzles in that section.

j.turner, spalding,

Are you so strapped for cash that you have to have that huge coloured advertisement on the back page? Bring back the crossword and Codewords on that page and make the ink darker.

M. Packman, mayfield,

In three words: awful, awful, awful. I shall move to reading articles online as much as possible because of this new format (and save myself quite a lot of money to boot).

CFG, WGC, UK,

The raft of changes seem fine and, as with all significant changes of this kind, the sections that one is initially unhappy about will grow on one! However I'm not sure that's the case with the very poor redesigned position for the crossword.

Chris Robins, UK,

May I please ask you to make one more viz. produce the business section so that it is a separate supplement or a pull out section of the paper so that it can be removed in it's entirety without interfering with the layout of the rest of the paper.

P Spreadborough, UK,

I still have to search your 72 pages for items which do not appear on any index. Thank goodness you have done away with puzzles on page 2 and I might have hoped for a comprehensive index instead of the old 'quickfind' which I had considered a 'quick not-find'.

Bill McClean, UK,

Firstly could we have the Sports section as a separate pullout which I can hand on to someone interested.
My other suggestion is to reduce the amount of paper by banning all full and half page advertising on
environmental grounds.

W. Wolff, UK,

My only criticism is the new position of the leading articles. Firstly, the outside page of a newspaper is often damaged in transit or in the rain etc etc, which might result in obstructing the print of one of the most important parts of the paper.

Penny Housley, UK,

So far not too bad - it will take time to get used to. Font and colour better.

BUT please please put the easy Times crossword back to its original place on the backpage along with the polygon and codeword...

Jane Moseley, UK,

Love the changes, the text is so much clearer and the pictures are so crisp it is now even more of a pleasure to read.

Well done

L.Maguire, UK,

My first impression is that there are similarities in layout and format to that of the computer web pages. However, change keeps us on our toes and that is a good thing!

Elizabeth A Galley, UK,

I have to say that after three days my wife and i have come to the conclusion that we do not like the new look Times. Yet I don't know why. The typography and layout does not make me want to read and when i start reading a piece I lose concentration quickly.

Peter Martin, UK,

Please put crossword back on the back page of the paper!!

E.Polikoff, UK,

I was disappointed to find so much space devoted to football in Times2 yesterday and trust that we are not going to be bombarded with yet more sport/football in the future. There are plenty of pages in the main paper devoted to this.

Wendy Forman, UK,

Overall, quite positive about the changes BUT 2 niggles.

1. Derwent May has been relegated to a part of a column - not good enough!

2. Times 2 crossword should be on the back page of Times 2 for convenience, not inside.

Chris Bancroft, UK,

I would like some method to enable me to separate the sections. at present it takes too much time to sort out prior to reading.
Suggest a colour triangle printed on top corner. But I am sure you or someone could come up with an idea that would save my poor fingers.

David Swain, UK,

My feedback is negative on the new look.

The new format for T.2 looks more like an advertising journal with too much white space. The Pictures do not contribute anything extra they have just been enlarged taking more space and not drawing you in to read the articles.

Angela, UK,

The 3rd page of the business pages seems to be an improvement (need to know page). I am glad to see on the Sudo Ku page usually a fiendish one and a difficult each day! Still not mastered the super fiendish though (Friday as usual?).

The weather page seems to be crammed in more than before.

David Wyatt, UK,

My wife and I both like the changes you have made, not least the additions to Times2.
Congratulations!

A.R.Ranzetta, UK,

my only real comment is that we seem to have lost the list of contents which used to appear on page 2. it was, for example, useful to know where to look for the law report

peter fidler, UK,

I think the changes you have made are impressive and I like the new format very much. My only comment is that there is a paucity of classical music reviews. Have you given up reviewing classical music concerts?

Lisa Peacock, UK,

I commend your changes to the main Times newspaper - the position of the Leading Articles on page 2 is very sensible, and the rest of the format is easy to find your way through.

Sister Mary Helen Jackson, UK,

The changes you have made are not altering the image of the Thunderer.They just make it more readily usable.I have only one gripe,that is that I have to turm back several pages to get to the TV/Radio section.I would like to have that information on the inside of the back page of Time 2.

Ian Hardman, UK,

What I do think is inappropriate is the use of that particular intensity of colour on the Obituary pages, I would probably prefer if it were not in colour at all...

Hilary Phillips, UK,

You frequently report on publications of one kind or another but frequently fail to give any bibliographic details (Title, publisher etc.) which would enable one to order the publication or at least find it in a library.

Michael Fleming, UK,

Changes generally excellent, although we would point out that the loss of Wattisham from the 'Around Britain' weather stats does mean that there is now no record for East Anglia between Lincoln and Southend.

Roz and Bob Clark, UK,

Just to let you know that we are not at all happy with the new format of The Times. We have paid by yearly subscription for several years but will have to think very carefully about renewing our subscription next year.

Norman , UK,

Please, please change the main crossword from a vertical layout to one which allows solvers to see clues and grid by folding the paper laterally rather than vertically. It is horrible and incovenient in its present form,

Philippa Seligman, UK,

When I came to England, five years ago, I only knew The Times. It's like the London Underground or the Tower of London, an icon. Soon, however, I learned that it was very uncool to be seen reading it, and I changed to The Guardian. Now I'm back to The Times -the others are simply too parochial.

Jamie, London,

Thank yuo for the opportunity to comment on the New Format.

Can live happily with what you have done to fit your paper to compete withe the communication crises that is now testing the whole of the paper world.

May I request that you restore the Times 2 crossword back the back page...

Gordon Ramsay, UK,

The Crossword. I have to agree with today's correspondence on your letters page: whoever put the crossword down one side of the page, with the clues underneath the grid, surely couldn't be a crossword-lover. Try to do today's crossword yourself and I'm sure you'll agree...

Andrea Sarner, UK,

Your newspaper is nearly always a refreshing experience. I know, however, that many of your readers are frequently exasperated by the bulk of the paper, especially on Saturdays.

A.D. Insull, UK,

what a shame, you have missed the wonderful opportunity of having the sport section as a pull-out or a separate section. As a result, my husband and I will continue to fight over the Times at breakfast...

Mrs D. Ryley, UK,

My partner and I very much enjoy the times2 Jumbo crossword on Saturdays and would very much like a similar crossword in the Sunday Times.

jill miller , UK,

In general I think the new format is excellent but there is one major failing in that the new position of the main Crossword is completely impractical.

It is now very awkward to do the Crossword other than by resting the whole page on a flat surface.

Maureen Potter, UK,

In general the data presented on the new Weather page are useful and informative - particularly the synoptic chart. However, the forecast charts are useless unless one lives in the vicinity of Galway, Pitlochry, Sheffield or Plymouth.

Julian Everest, UK,

Thank you for your letter and indeed for the new look Times. Very positively received, keep up the good work.

Kevin Hayes, UK,

I must complain about something that has been annoying me for a long time. My Daily Telegraph is delivered to me in two separate parts: The Daily Telegraph and BUSINESS, including any other inserts. The Times, on the other hand, is delivered in one lump and is somewhat like a set of Russian dolls

Alastair Clark, UK,

I have always thought that the childrens section should include visual puzzles - as a child I was always facinated with picture puzzles (preferably in colour) e.g. a painting of countryside scenery (showing trees, hedges,stone walls, clouds,farm buildings etc)...

Jay Cooper , UK,

Brilliant!

Gail Huntingford, UK,

I dislike the modernised T2. Far too 'busy' and why move the crosswords from the back page?
Sorry.

Sarah Wall , UK,

Well done. The changes have gone down very well in this avid Times reading household, specially the revamped Times 2 which is entertaining, informing, well set out, and a great read in its own right. Having a Lindsey Bareham recipé every day is a real treat, says my wife, and long may that continue.

Sir Patrick Cable-Alexander, UK,

In an ideal world The Times, The Saturday Times and The Sunday Times would all come wrapped in polythene with every section completely separate ! That way the newsagent would not be able to leave sections out and the delivery boys would not be able to mangle the paper or get it wet.

Elisabeth Marcuse, UK,

We like very much the new look Times! Just one or two suggestions - great to have Opinion near the front but why not on page 3 - it is so difficult to read page 2 with the light behind it, especially in bed in the morning (our paper arrives early!)

Margaret and Stewart Young, UK,

The first job in the morning before breakfast can commence is to set about separating the various sections (careers/appointments/law etc) and consign them to the recycling bin.
Is there a way that each section could be colour coded (for instance) in the top right-hand corner?

Tim Bent, UK,

Excellent new format - but do try to fold the pages in the blank spaces between the pages as the pages come to the thicker part of the paper.

JB, Norwich,

Why cannot the Sports section be separate and included inside the main paper in the same way as other specialist areas - e.g. Public Agenda etc.

Many couples share their paper and of them I am sure most detach the Sports section for the men.

P. Holroyd, UK,

We do not like your new layout.

The format throughout is akin to The Metro which available free and very downmarket.

News should come first not comment.

Peter Blackmore, Yalding - Kent,

There's just one aspect of your makeover to which I would like to draw your attention.

On the weather page, in Around Britain, there is now no weather station report for Wattisham. In fact East Anglia seems to have been missed out altogether, the nearest town being Southend.

Janet Barwell , UK,

I note that the leader column has moved and perhaps I am a traditionalist but I prefer the former location along with the essays and comment.

That said I very much like the other improvements which make for a very enjoyble and informative read.

Kevin Newman, UK,

Just got my airmail edition today (Friday) here in California.

Who says newspapers are dead?

What a great remake of the world's most famous newspaper.

Tastefully done! A great read! Bravo!

Jeff Prescott, La Jolla, California, USA

Just one query: along with the increased ‘info tit-bits’ that abound in the times2, could the paper carry the Q and A feature more frequently, perhaps reverting to the former daily slot? I missed its weekly appearance today (Fri) – but perhaps it has been relocated?

Charlotte Dean, Ely, Cambs,

i have been a faithful reader of the times - back two generations. i like the new format, but could something be done about enriching the overseas times, the edition of which i subscribe to for three months of the year when in corsica. it is unfortunately but a very pale replica of the real thing.

diane johnston, UK,

I particularly dislike the effect on the Times2, and also the move of the leader page. The whole thing seems to feel much more like the Guardian in its look, and I've never been able to read the Guardian since its redesign many years ago.

Peter S, UK,

“Crossword needs to be on the back so that the paper doesn't have to folded awkwardly to have paper to lean on!”

How I agree with that remark.

Paul Abraham, UK,

If I want a comic I’ll read the Beano…

Jeni Lofthouse, UK,

On every page you have a coloured heading with a blank line directly under the date, for example with the heading “NEWS”. This just seems to call out for some kind of text to be inserted into the gap, similar to an Internet RSS feed or ticker tape...

Joe Keerthiratna, Bexleyheath, Kent,

I support the importance attached to the Opinion pages as set out in your Editorial but do you have sufficient writers of the calibre of Matthew Parris, Libby Purves, Mary Ann Seighart, Camilla Cavendish and Anatole Kalesky to support expansion?

David Whitehead , UK,

Regarding your latest revamp, kindly add my name to the list of those NOT in favour. I particularly regret the reduction of the World news section from 8-9 pages to its current 7 since it involves considerably fewer stories about fewer countries...

P Gordon Smith, UK,

Why have you fixed something that wasn't broken? The new T2 just doesn't go with the main paper. The typeface and presentation were models of clarity. Now there are distracting colour inserts everywhere and the format is more difficult to read.

David Armour , UK,

We cannot understand putting the Leaders into the graveyard of newspapers on page 2 unless you want to bury them - you seldom have anything earth-shaking to say. Your news reporters continue to deny the proper use of the English language

David Casstles, France,

I just commented online but would like to feed back particularly on typography - the overkill on italics is making Times 2 unreadable and I'm contemplating a return to The Guardian.

You wouldn't want that, now, would you?

Jo Pearson, UK,

like the changes you have introduced this week, particularly the leading articles on page 2. They are much easier to find now. The headings on the top right hand side of each page are also very useful.

S Bostock, UK,

On a more general note - the greater part of the paper today could be placed inside the cover of the Daily Mirror of 1948 and would appeal to the readership of that paper! Not a criticism of the Times but of the times!

WFS, UK,

I find your new format in the main highly satisfactory. But I agree with the individual who said that Leaders should come after news. What was the reasoning that made you take that decision?

Mona Clark, UK,

All the improvements to the paper count for nothing if I can’t do my crossword- it’s the reason I have a subscription. As John Goldsmith said in Tuesday’s letters, the vertical layout makes it impossible to do, unless it’s laid on a flat surface.

Val Allen, Ilkeston, Derbyshire,

Quite frankly, you appear to trying to emulate The Independent! I dislike the layout and typography and overall appearance and garishness of the "new" Times and Times 2. I dislike the switch of the leader column to page 2 of the newspaper - I prefer to read the news and then your opinions...

Andrew Jenner, Upminster, Essex,

Having bemoaned losing the stable base for The Times crossword on the backpage five years ago and struggled with it since then at the bottom of the penultimate page of a loose-leaf format I now find it has moved again to the full length at the right-hand side of the page.

Ray Long, London,

I agree most strongly with John Goldsmith (Letters, 3 June). PLEASE put the Crossword at the bottom right of the page, preferably the back page.

BRIAN BRINKWORTH, Waterlooville, Hants,

Please return the Times Modern Crossword in the Times2 to the back page.
Many thanks

Anthea Benfield, Nunthorpe, Middlesbrough,

With your new layout, fresh contributors, old favourites and intelligent discourse you cannot fail to impress 'middle England'.

Ronald Dury, Newark,

The Times Crossword belongs on the back page in the lower left quadrant. That is by far the most practical position for solvers to be able to reach it easily and fold the paper in half HORIZONTALLY so that all the clues are readable and the grid is visible.

Elizabeth Caplan, Soulbury, Bucks,

Why put the opinion page on page 2? You form opinions after you have read what is in the paper.

What is the point of the 'Universal Register"? Who is it aimed at? People who do not read your weekend editions, people who never read the Evening Standard, Time Out, local papers?

A.I. JOHNSON, UK,

Overall, a great revamp, giving a feel of much more of everything. However, my children are not happy with the new location and content of 'The Workout', I am not happy with the new location of the crossword...

Odette Katrak, Glasgow,

The fundamentals are still there: you have failed yet again to separate out the business and/or sport from the main paper - (apart from The Game on Mondays and please remember that some of us are not football fanatics.) If you can do that when it suits why not try to please us other readers as well.

Jean Robson, UK,

Please restore the crossword and Su Doku to the back page of Times2 - it used to be far more comfortable doing these puzzles on public transport when there was no need to fold the paper.

G. White, UK,

The positioning of the crossword as a portrait half page does not work.

Barbara Webb, UK,

In your issue yesterday you said that your readers had told you that they liked the "opinion" pieces and that therefore you were going to have more of them.

Well, I wasn't asked about this and I don't even read them. I value The Times for its high quality and informative news...

Oliver Westmoreland, UK,

Your new format is impressive, but of greater importance, my hands have remained unsoiled by newsprint. Congratulations!

Vivien Cosh , Southbourne, Dorset,

Your new look newspaper design has meant a change to the weather reporting from around the world. I note that several Australian cities have disappeared from the world list.
As I have family in Brisbane I looked at the temperature every day, but now, of course, cannot.

Patricia Marcus, Stockton-on-Tees,

Every Saturday for some years I have been enlarging the Times Prize crossword to A3 size on a photocopier for an elderly friend with macular degeneration. With your new layout I can only enlarge it by 150%, whereas previously it was 180% and consequently the type was larger and easier to read. Progress, but not for everybody

William Lack, Shrewsbury,

I would like also to see more 'lifestyle' personal articles which are educational and informative.

Jamesina Rooney, UK,

Love all the changes except the back page of T2. Please restore the polygon, codeword and T2 crossword as soon as possible.

Tom Grant, UK,

The letters page has long been one of the best pages of The Times, a principal reason for sticking with The Times rather than a competitor. When more space is being given to everything else, why reduce the space for letters...

Henry Haslam, UK,

Why do you have to include a children's section in the main part of Times 2 - it feels like a carton paper now. If you must cater for children, why can't you have a pull out supplement within Times 2. You used to do this years ago in the Sunday Times and it was much better.

Shelagh Nisiforou, UK,

May I suggest you now put Mr Robsons bridge column in the Times 2 section where it properly belongs.

G.L.Harvey, UK,

Would it be possible to put the Times 2 daily quiz back onto the internet, as it used to be? It must exist in electronic format in order to be printed daily to the paper version, so uploading it to your website would not be that much effort.

Oliver Rees, UK,

"Now with colour on every page." Turning to page 34, there is an entire page without colour. This is also true of two other pages. Granted these pages are ads and I assume the advertisers did not wish to spend the extra but then your assertion is sadly wrong!

Gary Cook, UK,

One small comment! You have now concentrated all the puzzles on to the last pages of T2. This means that it is no longer possible for two people to try solving the puzzles of their choice at the same time. Could you separate them?

Michael Lord, UK,

I don't think your "artistic" department or whoever decides on the new layout actually does the crossword. I am still struggling with the logistics of holding/turning over the main section to (attempt to) write in the answers to the cryptic.

Helena Kay, UK,

I am appalled at the new form of your pper. It denies some regular features of space, such as Derwent May's Nature Notes and On this day which is so whittled down as to be no longer interesting.

G Leigh-Browne, UK,

The new print size and style is, unfortunately, harder to read for a rather older person such as myself, even when wearing prescription varifocal glasses. As a result, I am less inclined to dip into a report, article or feature to see whether it is worth reading in full.

Robert MacAndrew, Guildford, Surrey,

It seems you echo the BBC weather forecasters in feeling that the South East of the Country doesn’t exist given all that is shown on the 5 day maps now is a temperature for that region and no indication of whether the day is going to be wet or dry. The old style maps were much more informative.

Mavis Rose, UK,

Please, please, PLEASE, put the crossword back to its rightful place on the back page, of a size and shape so the folding the paper in half (sadly it’s no longer possible to fold it in quarters) shows all of it. Nothing else is acceptable.

Hugh Tonks, UK,

I am afraid that the weather statistics in the new format have been severely mucked about with in that the headings do not correspond to the data presented.

Jack Wilson , UK,

While the content of The Times remains superior to other newspapers, the new layout is not an improvement at all. The Leader on page 2 before I’ve had a chance to read the news itself? Illogical. Italics and blank space everywhere? Hard to read and unnecessary.

Nigel Morgan, UK,

We're not too happy about the editorials being on p.2. The main reason is that the first page of our Times is often mangled and badly creased, and it's jolly difficult trying to read the lines between all the creases.

Your editorials were much 'safer' when they were further in.

Mary Bosworth, UK,

Dear Sir, the new Times format is excellent. Do not be put off by the nay sayers, the Leader at the front forces one to start thinking straight away and the revamp of the subsequent pages has brought a much more consistent and fresher style.

Frank Brownsdon, UK,

I am writing to enquire if the feature on poetry, previously published on Mondays, will no longer appear in the new format of The Times.

Judyth Knight, UK,

I enjoy the Times most days here in Dublin but I'm giving it a rest this side of the Lisbon referendum. I will be back though.

Con Logue, Celbridge , Co Kildare

Unfortunately proof-reading seems to have died a death. I have lost count of the number of spelling and typographical errors, both in print and online lately.

Emily, Ipswich, UK

Lol you can tell that all these people read the printed edition, they all start their comments with "Sir,"!!!

Dom, Bath, UK

What have you done to my beloved Times! Particularly T2 -increased white space, a plethora of coloured photos, irritating mixture of typography. The over-sized arrows with italics look very juvenile and the font and layout of the editor's cut is most annoying to read (I gave up!) I am devastated.

Lindsey Whyte, Prestwick, Scotland

I have never written to you before but I am so dismayed by the new layout of the T2 that I can hardly contain myself. For years, every morning, I used to love sitting down with the paper and the Times 2 was a real pleasure but now I can hardly bother to open it, let alone actually read the articles.

Lesley Heritage, UK,

Sir
What have you done to Times2 - the new format is dreadful. Where has the super features by Lucia van der Post gone - and Anne Ashcrofts review of current shops. I think I may have to look and see what other daily papers produce.

Helen Penney, UK,

Sir, 5th June 08

Is classical music no longer considered by yourselves to be an art form?
I note with dismay the absence of classical music reviews in the "new look" Times.

Oliver Galpin, UK,

On the whole I like the new format of the paper, as does my husband; but I do have two niggles:1) why are the page numbers so small that I have to raise the page nearer my eyes to make out whether it's page 26 or 28? 2) The shape of the crossword is now more difficult to manage.

Jackie Chinnakone, UK,

Dear sir, It took me ages to get used to the smaller sized pages of 'The Times' some while back.
This new format though was excellent from the first page.
I really find somehow more to read. Its modern and somehow sedate, more informative and easy on the eye.
Its good, very good.

CAROL SYMONS, UK,

Sir

Never mind the latest "Mind Games" page in the Times 2, the greatest puzzler of the new layout is how to do the crossword without being able to lay the whole paper flat on a table. Has anyone cracked it yet? It's more maddening than the most fiendish of clues.

Tobias Beer, UK,

Sir, Can someone explain to me the purpose of priniting (P.4, today's The Times) a list of most read at timesonline? Surely of little or no interest to those who read the paper version, and won't be read by those who read on line; the words navel and gazing come to mind.

Simon Lanyon, UK,

While I appreciate that the format of newspapers - even the Times - are not set in stone, I am very sorry that we appear to have lost Dr. Thomas Stutterford from T2. His writing is so good and his advice so helpful.

Enid Desert, UK,

Crossword needs to be on the back so that the paper doesn't have to folded awkwardly to have paper to lean on!
Also the Ken Ken classification needs to changed - Difficult is probably the equivalent to mild in Su Doku.

Oliver, Chester,

It's always nice to have a change and it's great that my favourite paper is taking bold steps to stand out from the crowd.

However, I ask that you put all the puzzles back on to the last page if Times2. It's rather irritating having Su Doku and the Polygon on different pages.

Andrew McCaughan, Belfast, UK

Please would you make the two lines at the top of the page the same colour as the tab between them. (E.g, blue lines for the news pages, red for the opinion pages).

Not too keen on the enlarged capital at the beginning of articles. Apart from that very eye-catching.

Many thanks

Anthony Andrews, Portchester, Hampshire

Sir, I have been an avid reader of The Times for the last 20 years. And yes I think it is yet another improvement! The layout is excellent and contents impeccable as usual. Format is very user friendly without losing the quality and tenacity of it's journalists. Onwards and upwards!

Michael McDermott, UK,

Dear Sir, Regarding the new format, specifically T2. Thank you for some puzzles I can do at last!

Victoria McNamara, UK,

Dear Sir

In response to the recent changes, I would like to express my continued support for what I believe is the best newspaper money can buy. I have had a growing interest in the daily paper and found The Times provides an excellent balance between detail and clarity.

Peter Sainsbury , UK,

Dear Sir:

My favourite page has gone – no birds, bees and flowers and no news of what took place in 1904 – shame on you. Bring them back forthwith – and that’s an order!!

Yours truly,

Robert Street, UK,

What have you done?! Change it back!

Rebecca, Cambridge,

Sir,
Why on earth did you have to dumb down the paper from a serious format to a technicoloured mish-mash?
I agree with a previous correspondent too about the new irritating new layout of the crossword.
All in all an error of judgement.

Elizabeth Fuller, UK,

Sir

I note that your new-look “Workout” has dropped both the number pyramid puzzle and challenging target completion time. Is this another example of (to quote your “Do the Maths” leader, 3.6.2008) “one little fact among many, which shows that mathematics standards in this country are slipping”?

Peter Long, UK,

Dear Sir,

Looking at the apparent increased use of white space within the "new" Times, are we buying more paper or less content?

Yours etc

Adrian Lucey, UK,

Dear Sir,
Can you please arrange for the T2 crossword to be transferred to the main section of the paper, so that I can drop the new girlie section into my newsagent's recycling bin on the way out. Many thanks, Yours sincerely, Ralph Smallwood

Ralph Smallwood, UK,

Not too bad - but PLEASE restore both crosswords to the back pages, in their old formats. I could not find Modern Morals at all, has it been expunged?

Ken Mackenzie, LUTON, Beds

Sir,
May I congratulate you on the new look Times 2. A shout of delight could be heard from my house with the introduction of the 'Young times' page. The demise of the Funday Times was a loss to my daughter. Something which attracts young people to pick up a newsapaper must be a good thing.

Helen Melville, Wigan, Lancs

I want to comment favourably on the neater and brighter appearance and the now consistent page size and accurate folding and unfavourably on the extreme distortion at the deep gripper holes, which make it difficult to separate one page from the next in the second half of each section.

Philip Garfield , UK,

Why not go the whole hog and print News, Comment, Business and Sportssections as pull-outs? One could then easily customise one's paper for the day, leaving special interests for a quiet read in the evening and the rest for wrapping fish and chips. It would save carrying a lot of weight around.

Peter Lloyd, BLACKER HILL, South Yorkshire

Please reinstate the very good articles on nature and natural history subjects,especially those by Derwent May.

J E Sellars, London, UK

T2 now looks like a 6 year old's first attempt at using a Desktop Publishing tool

Richard, Shrewsbury,

It is quite evident that those responsible for the new format know nothing about solving the Times crossword. The grid and clues must be contained in one half of the page laterally for folding purposes

Pamela Moffatt, Lymington,

Times2 is now awful... looks like a bad version of The Guardian and the crossword on the inside back page isn't just annoying it's stupid...

Fred David, chelmsford, essex

I couldn't agree more with John Goldsmith (today's Letters) about the crossword. The previous version when folded was manageable even if inconvenient, but the new arrangement is so diabolical that I may be forced to transfer my loyalties to one of your rivals

David Gardner, Warwickshire,

This week - more change. I now need a magnifying glass to read the amaller print and realised that it is easier to read justified than aligned text.
I'll try the new format for a week to see if I can get used to it. If not - Iam not prepared to pay the price and will change

Cecily Mills, South Shields,

Absolutely great but please, please redesign the inside back page so that I can fold the paper horizontally to do the crossword.

Geoffrey Wheeler, West Sussex,

The colour coding of sections is nice, but the serif typeface is too light (and,incidentally,verytightlyspaced) to be reversed out. Funny how you use your nice, chunky sans in other places (pull-out info panels, for example) but not here. It leaves you looking rather too much like the Indy.

Matthew, Bishop's Stortford, England

I have to agree with many of the comments here. PLEASE PLEASE return the crossword to the lower half of a page (preferably the back page) so that the paper can be folded.

Stuart eden, Sevenoaks,

Although I still have not forgiven you for turning tabloid - this latest change is elegant.
1) The pages that I want to read are well signposted with the colour coordinated tags (Opinion, Letters etc)
2) "The Daily Univeral Register" is a delight - and will (I trust) remain a continuing diversion

Dr. Mark Shackelford, West Sussex,

You ask for feedback. I have been a loyal reader for about 50 years, and wonder what the average age of your readers is. In Times 2 please may we have more features for the older generation which must outnumber the children Young Times will attract. My age group is overlooked, especially women.

Diana Bourdon Smith, UK,

It is sad to see that your columnists now have to have colour photos of themselves heading their articles. These are not an improvement on the previous ones and in most cases they would do better to enjoy faceless anonymity. Will they not write for you unless they receive such self-publicity?

David Shaw, UK,

The change to format and presentation are retrograde. There is a reduction in clarity/visibility which makes for more difficult reading. I believe the new Editors should concentrate on improving the quality of the Paper, especially the content, and not make format changes for the sake of change

J.Steel, UK,

Your asked for comments about your redesign. I have simply one: absolutely first class. The paper looks fresh, new and even more interesting than The Times I have come to regard as Britain's premier newspaper. Your use of colour is particularly good. Understated, cool, a bit like at Audi A4!

Patrick Otter, UK,

I had hoped that on redesigning your journal, you might have taken the opportunity of re-introducing the practice of numbering every page, not just the pages which take your fancy! It would help the reader to navigate his way around the huge number of pages that the tabloid
format necessitates.

John A P Whinney, St Albans,

One of the joys of reading The Times' leaders is for informed comment on something you have read earlier in the paper. It is absurd to read opinions on items of news which you will only discover later in the paper.

Rodney Applewhite, UK,

I do hope that you will rethink this.
I look forward to reading about what is happenning in the world but last night I found I was just turning page after page, finding nothing I wanted to stop and read.
The overall impression is of chunks of comment isolated in a sea of adverts, hardly any news

Clarissa Gosling, UK,

What have you done with Nature Notes?

Michael Croxford, UK,

Return Times 2 crossword to back page.

Move all sports to separate sports pull-out.

Have summary of news stories on back page of main paper (like revamp before last)

Nick Russell, Epsom, UK

What a mess! The Thunderer doesn't know if it's trying to be the Metro, the Guardian, the Independent or the Telegraph. A newspaper should start with the news, not half-baked opinions.

Susan Solomon, UK,

Having survived the trauma of the crossword moving from the back page in your newformat I cannot now find a way to fold the paper into a manageable size to attempt any puzzles while commuting - and I cannot find the letters page to ask why this has happened

Stephana Branson, Faringdon,

With spurious historic self-justification, The Times has now become but a blatant adverising sheet in place of a once great newspaper.

A Blue Top?

The Revd Canon Dr R John Elford., Liverpool,

I approve apart from two items.
I think that the Register belongs in Times 2.
Please do not place the most important part of the Times - the crossword - like this, it must be horizontal to allow for efficient folding, particularly on the train

Alan Luck, UK,

I will become accustomed to the changes in time, but there is one change which I absolutely hate and that is putting the leader page on page 2. The leader needs to be inside where one can read those comments after reading the news items to which they refer.. Not only that, but it looks bad

Joy Turner, UK,

I have been reading the Times for many years and when i got to Times 2 i was horrified. What have you done to it? If i wanted a comic with a strip cartoon i would have brought a Mirror or a Sun!

John Mather, Kent,

Oh dear, whatever have you done to T2? May we have the old style back, please?

Derek Walduck, York,

There can be no greater need for colour than the suits of your bridge column, which is such a struggle to read, and yet the new version Times simply highlights Andrew Robson’s name. It is not the columnist that needs illumination but the column.

Andrew Harris, UK,

Your new format is impressive, but of greater importance, my hands have remained unsoiled by newsprint. Congratulations!

Vivien Cosh, Dorset,

Pleaseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee put the crossword back to its old format!! Unless seated at a table one has to have the whole page open in order to do the crossword.

June Miller, Warks,

I much prefer The Daily Telegraph as I find that the layout is so much better than that of The Times, especially with it still being a broadsheet. Bring back The Times as a broadsheet & I may consider buying it again.

Christopher Hall, Essex,

Some very interesting changes to the Times, some of which I think are good. But please, please, please do not continue with the crossword down the page. Please reinstate it going across . How will it be possible to do the crossword on a train...

Ruth Parker, Penzance ,

Resolve domestic strife! Restore Polygon to the back page of T2 ! My wife likes to do polygon whilst I complete Sudoku!

Dr Paul Cartwright, Derbyshire,

I just hope you can do something about Saturday editions, which cost twice the price of weekdays and lack interest. Were it not for the crossword, I would have transferred to the Telegraph (which has the wonderful Victoria Mather) on Saturdays.

Geoffrey Bell, Cumbria,

It is not just the letters page that has moved. For the last two weeks, Dr Stuttaford and Suzi Godson have changed sides of the bed in Body and Soul. What is going on?

Roger Gullen, Walkern, Hertfordshire,

Do you have something against your crossword fans? Not content with moving it from the back page you have moved it again so it's impossible to complete on a folded paper.
Do you imagine we all sit up to a desk or table to do it? Did you consult any solvers before moving it? Cui bono?

Hilary Watt, UK,

I read with interest that, as part of your new formating, the Times 2 crossword has become the Times 'Modern' crossword. Is the Times thus following the general trend of this country, in which 'modern' is synonomous with 'easy'?

Stuart Mansfield, LONDON,

Please, please put the crossword back to the bottom of the page so that I can sleep in peace when I have done the puzzle in bed. At the moment it is impossible to fold it so that one can hold it in one hand and hold the pen in the other.

Sheila Logan, Gainsborough, Lincs,

Please take heed: I enjoy my daily Times and would not read anything else.

By the way, had you considered printing two Killer Sudokus per day? They are too great to remain a minority interest.

Colin Hall, Reading,

Diatribe hereby retracted … Delighted to see in today’s issue that yesterday was the aberration rather than the rule, and that ‘Other Birthdays’ and ‘On this Day’ have been restored to their rightful position.

John Fingleton, London,

Main section: re-design looks good, but 'Leader Comment' perhaps better later(after news item to which it refers)? Could Business section be formatted so that pages are detachable for reading separately?

R Pawley, UK,

My response to the 'new' Times is very positive. It must have been very hard work to decide how everything should look. I can imagine the discussions...
I like, in particular:
The letters page on the right hand side - don't quite know why it is better, but it is...
The editorial on page 2

Pat Rowley , UK,

I think that the maps on the Weather page are greatly improved by the new printing particularly the isobars one.
However I would like to suggest a change to the main map which continues to indicate wind speed and direction for the sea areas but there is no reference to conditions in-land.

Norman Williams, Rugby,

I always try to solve, and usually complete, the Codeword on the back page. Now you have moved this two pages forward.
In the "main" paper despite searching I cannot find the "today's birthdays" anywhere

Mary Sheila Martin, UK,

I would like to suggest that you send replacement vouchers for all unused times vouchers, and not only for full weekly blocks. I tend to take holidays mid-week to mid-week and long week ends but have been told that you only accept weekly blocks

Terry White, UK,

My reservations about the "Times" concern its intellectual depth. Is there room once a week for a serious essay on some aspect of domestic or foreign affairs? At the moment the "Financial Times" knocks you into a cocked hat in its coverage of these areas.

William Webster, UK,

I regret to say that the changes to"The Times" layout leave me unimpressed. Were they really initiated in response to readers' requests, or were they introduced as a change for change's sake? I happily navigated (seems to be the 'in' word) the paper as it was.

Paul Motte-Harrison, West Sussex,

I really like the new Times the layout is brilliant, very subtle even the black pages for Yves St L and the position of the leaders I find the whole paper flows well through... the information etc. Love the leaders on page 2

Belinda Harding, UK,

You have changed The Times for the better.
Could you now do something about the weather, please?
A glorious June, July and August followed by a pleasant autumn across the Midlands would do nicely. Westerly winds between five and ten mph and lots of thermals, please.

A.J.Colbert, Walsall,

In general I think they do improve the layout and presentation although the Leader on page 2 will take some getting used to!
Is there any chance that a similar revamp could be made to the weekend papers in particular the magazines content.

Paul Carter, UK,

I think that most of the recent changes to The Times are significant improvements and I really enjoy the new ‘Daily Universal Register’ page and using the colour navigation scheme.


However, I intensely dislike the changes to the placement of the games and puzzles in Times 2.

Jill Kingston, Woodford Green,

Overall my initial reaction is that it is a great success. The paper has freshened up without dumbing down – a trick that most modernisers fail to realise is possible or will be appreciated.

Graham Hooker, UK,

Sir, Would it not also have been possible to move short, amusing letters to the top left-hand corner - where one's eye first alights - and consign long, worthy ones to the bottom right ?

Mark Bellis, Essex,

Sir, a few observations from the T2 games layouts. You cannot help glancing at workout solution as you separate paper (his & her morning division) so spoiling puzzle when you get to it. When filling in either sudoku or ken ken, pen interferes with opposite inside puzzle.

Phil Sutton, Wokingham,

Please move the crossword back to how it was, the rest of the layout is an improvement

Tony Jacklin, UK,

Sir, Congratulations on your all-colour paper. But alas, I can no longer thunder: ‘Well, it’s there in black and white.’

MICHAEL BALFOUR, Bruton, Somerset,

Could you please publish SPORT in a separate pull-out supplement like many others so we do not have to carry ever increasingly heavier copies of our TIMES from the newstand.

Soonu Maneksha, UK,

You mean there's a printed version of this website?

Simon Patrick, High Wycombe, UK

Why where Add Up and Derwent Nature Notes removed? Please bring them both back, they don't take up much space.

Yule Blucky, London,

The Times now presents itself as a more polished, insightful and innovative newspaper. The lack of jokey, inyourface headlines is a relief and the layout and font are easy on the eye. But one sad result of the changes is the deminishing of Derwent May's column. It was, in its original form, unique

Rose Hunt, Bury St Edmunds,

When the last redesign of The Times was undertaken, several adverse comments, including from the undersigned, were made about the placement of the Crossword inside the back page.

The new design has made this position worse.

Andrew Dow, York,

The changes to the Times format look good so far.
I think a further way of helping the newspaper to appeal to more of the population would be to re-format the business pages. At the moment these seem to be aimed at an elete, not many of whom have ever seen dirt on their hands.

Chris Morris, Nottingham,

As an octogenarian, who have taken the Times all my working life, I continue to enjoy your newspaper. Points on which to comment: Crossword - my daily addiction - given more space and prominetly set out! GOOD!

Leslie Frizell, UK,

I found the puzzzles much more convenient to do when they were on the back page, particularly when travelling.

john p roe, UK,

The changes have increased the appeal of The Times. However, I have been meaning to write for some time regarding the plethora of inserts that have appeared over the years. No doubt your marketing people feel that this justifies the ever increasing cost of the paper

Richard Fidler, UK,

For years Nature Notes has always appeared under Weather Eye in the Monday to Friday editions.

I found Weather eye in yesterday’s edition on page 54 (the Weather page!). However I could not find Nature Notes.

David Laskey , UK,

Further to my observations of yesterday,may I again point out to you that the "Around Britain" section of the weather page is still nonsensical.The only column with any pretence at accuracy is the middle one (max C).

J.R.G.Edwards, UK,

Oh, dear, what a complicated mess! I dont know how I shall get used to the new layout, which I have to say I find difficult to read, and lacking any cohesion - home news, world news, all seem to be muddled to me. Sorry, I really do not like it

Celia Fielder, UK,

New format OK but please please return the Polygon and Times 2 crossword to the rear page also what has happened to the Add Up puzzle in the workout ?

Bee and Jim Shuttleworth, UK,

The new layout gives the paper a fresh look, and I particularly welcome The Daily Universal Register.

Yesterday I noticed that the usual birthdays column was missing ( except for Mark Elder's), but I am delighted that today it has returned.

Antony Du Port, Chichester,

I am sure you will be inundated with mostly negative feedback, but just want to say that one of the reasons people choose their daily newspaper is that they know their way around, and they like it that way
The new layout is confusing and magaziney, and my main bugbear is the crossword

Christina Fraser, UK,

The new layout of the times is imaginative and pleasing, congratulations to all concerned. However I would like to take this opportunity to ask you to take a fresh look at your sports coverage. There were times during the last football season when your coverage,in my view, was poor

Gerald Cook, UK,

Congratulations. The changes are brilliant resulting in a greatly improved, informative newspaper. Please keep up the good work!

Ruth Myers, UK,

Sir, I am astounded to hear so many tales of woe regarding your recent re-design. I would hate to be you if you were to commission the up tempo, forward thinking re-brand necessary to engage the next generation of readers. I think you would have anarchy on your hands.

love the weather icon.

Stuart, Bolton, UK

What has happened to my regular Monday morning poetry fix in T2 - I am having serious withdrawl symptons already! Please renew

Marie Therese Pumfrey, UK,

But putting crosswords inside the back cover of Times 2 has instantly denied me the commuting challenge of a week-day morning. Folding over Times 2 to attempt the puzzle on bus or train was easy.

Colin MacDonald , UK,

I do the Sunday Times Sudoku but find the deep black borders do not allow me to mark potential numbers against columns & rows.

Could these be removed to provide writing space?

It would also save a drop of ink and help to save the planet

David Wakefield, Worcester,

Times 2 I find less appealing. The content has been getting more and more superficial and gossipy - too much about fashion, and too many puzzles, for my taste, at the expense of arts coverage.

Peter Buckman, UK,

I like what has been done with 'Opinion' and Letters; I like the Daily Universal Register - useful. I am relieved that the excellent Sport section remains as it is: it seems to me to be by far the best available, and in particular, its coverage of rugby.

Graham Butler, UK,

My biggest beef concerns the cryptic crossword. have you ever tried to do it in a crowded train, on a railway platform, or even in a deep armchair?
(Or have your designers?) It is virtually impossible if you have to fold the paper vertically; it must be folded horizontally.

RON JOHNSTON, UK,

just a quick line in support of the new layout. much improved all round although I have to take exception to moving Killer Sudoku, The Crossword and Polygon off the back page. Still we cann't have everything and at least the flyswatting/kill ratio appears to have improved...

John Young, UK,

PLEASE - where are you now hiding the Notable dates of deaths, births and historical events ?

Looked today to see if any reference to anniversary of Queen's Coronation on this day (?) in 1953. Can't find anything.

HELP.

Maureen Carroll, UK,

New format Ok but prefer crossword 2 on back page. On another point we pay by subscription but despite numerous promises you have never sent/or seem unable to send me an invoice for accounting purposes. Why is this?

Ian Teasdale, UK,

Thank you for your letter informing me of the changes you have made.

Please consider another change. The main section is far too big and collapses far too easliy. Why can you not have a business and sport section to complement Tmes 2?

MR A N GUNN, UK,

Your Weather Page has long been one of my favourites and one to which I regularly turn, frequently, before looking at anything else. I love Derwent May's NATURE NOTES, but I can't find them anywhere (am I being very blind?).

Amelia Cazalet, UK,

I think most of the changes made are good although it will take some time to skip the Leaders until I have read the news.

Times2 is particularly refreshing ( good to have a daily recipe ) .

But the new crossword layout is awful. It's a fair bet that this wasn't created by a regular solver.

John N. Whittaker, Eastbourne,

Horrors, your improvements still mark the first page of The World section by those words and a coloured strip on the left, invisible from the outside. When dividing the serious news over breakfast, this means fishing wildly inside to find The World (and often pulling out the wrong pages).

Anthony Checksfield, UK,

I think that most of the changes to the paper are excellent, particularly the colour and the leaders on Page 2. As an avid Times 2 crossword doer I am disappointed that it has been relegated to inside the back page.

B J Collinson, UK,

I shamelessly take this opportunity to propose an idea. I am surely not alone in spending my first moments with the day's Times hunting for, and removing, the various inserts some to be enjoyed later (Times2) and others to be recycled asap (The Game).

Peter Ingham, UK,

The new layout is excellent.'The Daily Universal Register' and the Archive photograph, in particular, are welcome additions.

Robin Kempster, UK,

I believe the new p.2 site for your Editorials is a poor choice.
Most reader wish to read the news first, your editorial comments seond.

D.L. Gardner, UK,

I wonder how many other regular readers will be disappointed by your decision to cut Add Up from your pages. For a minute every morning Add Up got my ageing brain in gear. It showed me that I was still capable of holding numbers in my head and doing simple arithmetic. I will miss Add Up.

Alan Taylor, UK,

The issue in our household is not so much the layout and changes, but your choice of sections.Since you gave up the sport and city news section there has been constant discord! Moreover, we obtain your Continental edition in Nice two weeks a month and sense it is a very downtuned version.

francis davis, UK,

I am a very longstanding Times reader and was happy with your recent changes save it seemed that some of the print is smaller. It may just be my failing eyesight but I would MUCH prefer if you could maintain the previous font size.

Adney Payne, Fakenham, Norfolk,

Dear Sir I am writing to say I do not like the changes you have made to the Times. I likes the paper as it was and feel you have just made changes for change sake.

Mrs Ann Claxton, UK,

New look is messy. It seems it's change for the sake of change. Bring back Times2 crossword to back page - infact just restore it to how it was. Re the main paper, I don't want your comments before I have had a chance to look at the news (preferably near the front of the paper as it was before)...

Sue Lamm, Ipswich,

I feel I should be saying something more erudite, but my plea is simple: can we have the crossword at the bottom of the page, clues on the left and lights on the right, rather than vertically - the former is so much easier to fold the paper and then work on.

Dr S Trudgill, UK,

Next time you wish to freshen up the design of your paper (while including self-serving pieces about how important your puzzle-solvers are to you), could you please ensure that some of the self-same solvers are allowed to test drive the design first to avoid the triumph of form over practicality

John Gallon, UK,

Placing the crossword inside of the Times 2 is an ergonomic disaster, in crowded environments it is now necessary to find and then fold to get anywhere near it. It was so much easier and safer to flip the paper over, please return it to its original position.

Michael Tomlinson, Chester,

Congratulations on the updating of The Times with several colour photos and a continuing array of interesting features, articles and news items - indeed enough to keep me busy right through the day!

Michael and Norma Neville, London,

I enjoy the mental challenges of your various puzzles, with the possible exceptions of polygon, quiz and codeword.

What I do not relish is the physical challenge of elbowing fellow commuters when attempting the origami needed to attempt the The Times Crossword.

S. J. Johnson, Yorks,

Bring back the Funday Times!

Howard, Manchester,

Double the space for Readers Letters and reduce the tendency to pad out the news with editorial comment. Most of the home news content still seems to be London centric. Do try sending reporters out the Birmingham and Manchester! Please kill the silly comic page! Judgement reserved on T2

P Norris, Burton-on-Trent, Staffs

Back to the drawing board I'm afraid. It’s a mess. Too busy. Chaotic. The final straw for me was the psychobabble from that Kid’s Company woman.

Akbar, Cambridge , UK

Frankly, I don't give a monkeys where the crossword is, as long as it's there.

The new layout is very impressive - top marks all round for making it even more stylish and distinctive than it was before.

Bill Hilton, Bangor, Gwynedd

I was about to write 'if it aint broke don't fix it' when I discovered you had upgraded Michael Gove (v): to show how you can change some things for the better, as in 'The Times has Gove and done it now'.

Ian G. Townsend, Wilts,

I hate the new Times2 and I hate the crossword not being on the back page.

Diane Bush, Norfolk,

There is much to enjoy in the new-look Times, but please bring back Add Up. As someone who can't stand Su Doku and is virtually dyslexic with numbers I have loved the Workout from the start. Add Up has been a challenge and I know that it is "Good for me".

Jane Whitworth, UK,

Being unable to complete the Times Crossword, I already feel intellectually inadequate as it is. Putting the Quick Crossword adjacent to your new "Young Times" section may the final nail in the coffin of my plummeting self confidence.

Christopher Williams, Edinburgh,

The new look doesn’t cut it ! Crosswords should always be on the back and tv just inside the back cover. Layout for articles is overblown and not compact enough. Main paper layout spoiled. Typefaces do not look right. I guess we’re just gonna leave it.

Peter R. Wilson, UK,

I consider the new Times2 to be a chaotic,confusing, dumbed-down travesty, the whole layout more suitable for a children's comic. And where is Joe Joseph, who could always raise a smile on even the gloomiest of mornings?
Also, I like to read the news and only after that, your opinions on it.

Frank Williams, Thame,

Today, Monday 2 June 2008. I have cancelled my daily copy of the Times, from my newsagent, the Milkman,
need more be said?

M.E Bermingham, UK,

After many years, harmony has been restored: the south-eastern corner of the Letters Page, read before anything else, has returned from the gutter to the outside of the page. It can therefore be read without unfolding the whole paper.

James Crawford, Co Down,

I have only one adverse comment regarding the new layout of The Times. Why have you not taken the opportunity to revert the crossword placement to that which it held for many years prior to the change before this on? Up till then it was contained within the bottom half of a page.

Adrian Fairhurst, UK,

We think the presentation of the news and content in general is fine except for one thing. In order to share the paper we have to cut it up. I have the sports section while my wife has the remainder of the paper.

Desmond Shanahan, UK,

TIMES 2 has always been my favourite part of your paper but over the last 6 months or so I have noticed a change in the contents of this section. I tell myself that you are trying to appeal to the younger members of our society with a great concentration on "with it" clothes.

Barbara Style, UK,

1. I now have to turn the back page in order to do the wordpuzzles and crossword, 2. I have enjoyed reading an adult paper and find this constant urge for the media to include a child section in every area rather irritating, aren't there enough children's publications already?

Fiona Bartlett, UK,

In today’s new-look Times, what a delight to find Alan Hamilton back on your team to write about the Queen’s farewell to the QE2. May the myriad admirers of Alan Hamilton’s elegant prose and wry tongue-in-cheek humour dare to hope that the recent report of his retirement was an exaggeration?

Michael Davison, Surrey ,

The Universal Daily Register will be useful, except for one thing. I don't like the slashed On this day, birthdays, births and deaths. You only have a couple of things in each section. You say there are more on the website, but I don't have the time to look at that for these things.

Tricia Gurnett, Essex,

Only 99% for your creative endeavour and considerable cost-to-produce new layout.

The Crossword Page (71) shows a serious underappreciation of the needs of a domestic solver. OK for an under-occupied executive laying the page flat on an empty desk or a compositor at a keyboard.

Patricia Vaughan, UK,

The article about Natascha Kampusch was fascinating, but could have been anywhere in your paper. Apart from that and the regular crossword ,etc features, your "New" version has little to recommend it. Opening with a comic strip, followed by an equally cheap "editorial", most of it concerns ailments

Anthony Barnard, Norfolk,

The Cryptic Crossword was moved in the last change from the back cover to the inside back page. Whilst this might have made more space for sport or advertising it isn’t entirely helpful for the many readers who commute by train.

Gill Marsh, UK,

I can fully understand the moving of the leading articles to page 2, it only makes sense.

With regard to the moving of both crosswords, I do not believe you have taken into consideration the places that a very large proportion of your readers will actually complete them.

Lucy , UK,

Thank for your letter regarding the new look of my favourite paper,you are to
congratulated,it is even more readable. The insertion of three sudoku puzzles
is really good,however I have a small complaint about the placing of the
Times Crossword

Jerry Smith, Kent,

I like your new format as seen in today's Times, but as a crossword enthusiast and past winner I would like the daily crossword all printed on the bottom half of the page,so that the paper can be neatly
folded in half by me and my fellow cruciverbalists.

Ron Fisher, UK,

It is insane to put all of the puzzles on the same sheet of paper.

At least kenken used to be in the main section.

If the word part were in the main section with the big crossword, and the number ones in Times 2, my wife and I would be able to exercise our minds at the same time.

R Samuelson, UK,

If there were one thing I would change, it would be having the crossword revert to its old spot on the back page (at least the grid is now back to its customary size which helps us short-sighted folk), but otherwise I think you’ve done a fantastic job.

Ian Hughes, UK,

Sir, What a mess, and not even an index!

Christopher Lyster, UK,

Being a townie I very much enjoy Derwent May’s Nature notes, with the Times’ excellent revamp I would be sad to think that we have lost them. I have combed the Times to no avail. Please re install.

Mark Hoare, UK,

apart from the shock of finding that the various features are not where I'm used to finding them, the main feeling is of the dread "dumbing down", only heightened on seeing the caption to the photo in the TV Review section (T2, page 25) - "clinged" as the past tense of cling?

Christine Corser, UK,

IF one want to read the news in such an 'innovative' and purportedly trendy setting one can always get it texted to their blackberry, or even take their newspaper and sit with it in Topshop surrounded by Kate Mosses's latest and greatest.

annabel bowen-hopkins, Newcastle,

Times 2 supplement is a mess... Shift to a tabloid emphasis dilutes the hitherto authority of a premium newspaper...If you must include a Young Times insert, please make it physically separate to the rest of the rag

Jeremy Smallwood, Kent,

Could I add that i am disappointed that there has not been a review of the new production of 'Evita' as it starts its nationwide tour at the Liverpool Empire. I went to see it last week, and thought that the sets, costumes and lyrics were excellent, but were let down by poor singers.

anthony knifton, UK,

Congratulations on your new look Times. I have read The Times regularly for over fifty years and this is by far the best edition I have had the pleasure to read.
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<br/>Finally, my thanks to all the staff who must have worked hard over the weeks to plan and execute this very fine edition.

Rev. Dr. Anthony J. Carr, Solihull,

Times2; p15. Last week the red carpet….ranks of gas guzzling BMWs…filled the curb (sic) side and crowds gathered….

Whatever happened to kerb side activity? I find my spell checker does not recognize it either; nevertheless I am sure ‘O’ level English would recognise such a word as being standard

Michael Tisdall, UK,

I see no need for change for change sake which you happen to do when I have just signed up for another years subscription!

I will no doubt get used to it. At least Peter Brookes still seems to be in the same place, he is a BRILLIANT and WITTY 'cartoonist', you must hang on to him

Ivor Hall, UK,

Having seen the revamp I was full of hope that you might have moved the main crossword back to its old place on the back page.

Joan Bennett, UK,

Please move the Times 2 crossword back onto the back page. It is much handier there.

Norman Wilson, UK,

Changes I should like to see, I have probably mentioned them before are: a completely separate sports section, so we can have the "Times" crossword puzzle on the back page, placed so the paper can be folded in halves to fill the puzzle in

John Miller, UK,

You asked for comments, so here is mine: Awful.
I find it unbelievably sad that 'my' Times, my favourite paper, has degenerated into a full-blown tabloid. Do we really need a cartoon strip and a young reader page - and what on earth does Times Modern mean - and The Editor's Cut?

Joan Atkins, Cambridge,

Congratulations on design excellence of new format. I might even consider forgiving "going tabloid."

Peter Forgham, Shropshire,

What an attractive new layout for The Times, particularly T2. But where was my Monday treat - Frieda Hughes? As the BBC might put it - poetry, please

Alan Millard, Hants,

When, as a subscriber, I received a letter outlining the coming changes to The Times, I feared the worst. Sadly, my fears have been largely justified. The paper seems now to be very biity and irritating - certainly in appearance.I shall also miss the daily list of interesting birthdays

Jane Hayes, Bradford on Avon,

It's all very well extolling your 'new look' paper; what you fail to mention - anywhere - is that you intend to increase the price to subscribers by 17% - made more palatable (you'd like to think) by offering a 'convenient' monthly payment.

D'you think we're stupid?

Peter B. Green, Salisbury,

Thank you for your letter regarding changes and improvements. I welcome these and look forward to continuing to enjoy my reading. However, if there is one thing that spoils my pleasure that is the printing/folding.

Derek Cannell, Bangor,

We are Subscribers to The Times and enjoy the paper daily.
However the coverage of Welsh sport in general is poor

John Eric Williams, UK,

I contiue to find it annoyingly difficult to find and disentangle the various discrete sections. Can you devise an effective index to appear on page 1?

Ralph Kaner, UK,

I hate the tabloid format so much that, if there was a broadsheet alternative I liked, I would change tomorrow. The tabloid format is far too thick to be handled easily, and the pages constantly stick together making it hard to read through quickly. I don't remember being asked about the change

John Bone, UK,

Being able to read at Breakfast time, a full report on the England v Trinidad and Tobago game which finished well past midnight, speaks volumes for the logistical prowess of your newspaper, and of course it's ten out of ten for the new look Times

Frank Greaney, Liverpool,

Sir, I like the makeover, with the exception the italics headlines on the arts reviews (they jar with rest of your typography) – and the prominence of the Morris dancing story on page 20 (shudder)

RODNEY BURBECK , London,

I have always felt it to be the natural order of things to read the news first, then your opinions on it second. I still feel this to be the lnatural order of things, so I suppose I will have to endure the inconvenience of jumping over page 2 and coming back to it when I am ready

Philip Yaffe, Belgium,

It was bad enough when The Times became a tabloid. Before that by a quick glance at the various stories on the front page one could get a feel of what was happening in the world. The new design compounds the disaster.

At least the Telegraph still looks like a serious newspaper.

Warren Hertzberg, London,

No doubt the changes will be for the better, but the sheer brilliance of the letter written by Mr Harding, the Editor, is a masterpiece in writing in itself. Written and Spoken English usually, leaves so much to be desired that it was sheer joy to read your letter.

Dr A Peter Miller, UK,

I would ask that you treat us as intelligent human beings and resist the temptation to dumb down. We have noticed the tendency to put pictures of pretty girls where the connection to the news is extremely marginal and we really don't want The Times to start to look like a comic.

David O' Connor, UK,

At the time when the nation is concerned about gun crimes, please could you take out Rebecca’s photo holding a gun. Her photo is seen as promoting guns. During the last budget, there were 12 different pictures of her in the money budget special, all holding a gun.

Beauman Chong, UK,

Is there any possibility that you could market two different Times: One with only the basic supplements included, and then one with all the extra stuff ? Leaving the customer to pick up the set which most fits his/her needs?

Gay Raines, UK,

I am a new subscriber and still finding my way around your newspaper.

My first complaint is in connection with "The Knowledge" and the TV programme guides. Other newspapers show the satellite and freeview channel numbers but not yours. Is there a reason, or have I missed something?

Tom Gregory , UK,

One particular gripe of mine is the amount of the paper devoted to Assosciation Football - soccer. A second irritation is the dumbing down/tabloid style of journalism that seems to be creeping in.

A. N. Cade , UK,

I regret that as from this monday june 2nd I have decided to cancell my subscription to the times as I have had a better offer from the telegraph, 26 weeks at £3.20 per week as against the times of 22 weeks at £5. your rates have increased from £3per week in jan 2007.

Robert Ballerini, UK,

There are two things I would like to see change:

1. The Sunday Times growing up to being a paper in the same league as The Times.

2. The cover wording and main stories in Times 2. I appreciate it must be meant mainly for women.

Dr. Nigel Paterson, UK,

Have two tiers of subscriptions.

The existing one for the 'Times' and 'Sunday 'Times',
and a new one for just the 'Times' papers Monday to Saturday inclusive.

W. Rowlands, UK,

Over recent years here has been a point of some irritation in ,not the presentation, but the content of the paper and that is the failure to include late sports results,such as evening football results or close of play cricket scores, in the next mornings paper.

T.W. Barber, UK,

I have just received the last set of tokens for my subscription this year , along with notification that the price for the next 48 weeks will rise by 50p per week .

At this point last year , I had a similar problem in deciding whether to renew.

Ken Mew, UK,

I've never written to you before, but your new format is absolutely brilliant. I can access all I need clearly and easily,
Congratulations and thanks,

Ann Long, Liverpool,

With free gifts, an infinity of unwanted supplements and your latest makeover you complete the melancholy descent from admirable newspaper to something between a 1930's comic and a garish kind of Euro Bildzeitung.

George Bird, UK,

The new layout of the crossword is awful. As a rail commuter, the space available to me to ponder the clues is limited; I have to fold the paper in half along a horizontal axis so as not to wave it around in the face of the poor soul opposite

Dave Kinder, Tunbridge Wells,

The day you changed from broadsheet to tabloid was the day you ruined what was then a 'good' newspaper

Today it is just another tabloid with tiny pages, bits of stories on different pages, tabloid journalism

I only buy The Times vouchers because they are cheap.

Mrs. Grove, UK,

Is there not some way of ditching 3/4 of Sunday Times before it gets to shops? I know I am not alone in ditching Appointments, Business, In Gear (which means unfortunately ignoring anything on tech etc inserted among cars.. why put them together?), Homes etc.

Peter Sciacaluga, UK,

Thank you for your letter,but oh dear I sense another price hike is imminent.

David Carter, UK,

this was a grand opportunity,along with the move from fortress wapping to broxbourne with all it's new machinery,to bring out a tabloid Sunday Times?the broadsheet is so unmanageable' specially when trying to eat a piece of toast at the same time!

Terry Slater, UK,

Over the years T2 has covered many topics of public interest and we always look forward to read them. However, I feel that Feng Shui (the Chinese art of placement) has not been covered enough.

Aroon Ajmera, UK,

I very much enjoy contributors like Libby Purves and Mary Ann Sieghart.

I am, however, concerned that the paper is converging on the format of significantly less prestigious tabloids and becoming a less serious newspaper!!

I am particularly concerned about the waste of space.

Peter Highfield, UK,

I am presuming your letter includes The Sunday Times. There is far too much content for me and I feel guilty that I have to dump so much of it straight into the recycle bin.

Frank Fielding, UK,

In response to your recent letter, from my point of view the paper would be improved by having the Business and Sport in a separate supplement and by reducing the coverage of football.

David Watts, UK,

I like some parts of the paper but it is far too bulky: an insult to conserving natural resources. Can't you refine the content and slim the paper - or only send 'the game' and other sections to those who want it. I am happy to pay the same price but for less paper.

D Fleming-Brown, UK,

would like to make a plea for a fairer balance between articles and features on science and technology as opposed to ‘the arts’. A vast amount of newsprint is devoted to the latter and precious little to the former.

R. J. Martin, UK,

the new way integrating all the supplements as part of the paper, rather than as individual sections, which I assume has been done to save money on production costs, I find extremely irritating. I want to get to the business section quickly in the morning, and cannot. Please revert to the old way.

Paul Mason, Suffolk,

When I first subscribed in 2002, the tempting offer was . . 'enjoy a great newspaper every day for just £1 a week . . . . ' The current slogan runs . . .'exclusive subscription price of just £4.50 a week . .' That, to my mind is galloping inflation.

Ray Dent, Nottingham,

Please stop using staples in the centre of Times 2. They are often off-centre and are driving my wife crazy.

Douglas Mcdiarmid, UK,

I am a follower of football and since I have moved to Cornwall from London I find that the previous evenings football match results and match reports are not in the Times on the following morning. Sometimes the results only are shown a day later.(but this is not always the case.)

David Voller, UK,

I understand that it was done to enable us commuters to read the paper with ease. I commuted over a period of twenty years and never had any difficulty in turning pages, whether seated or standing. Sadly your production methods in the current style are, by comparison, awful

Ian Sly, UK,

The one comment I have is that I find the advertisements,particularly in the Saturday edition, unworthy of a quality paper such as the Times.Perhaps they could be collated in a separate section where they could more easily be thrown away and so not offend the eye.

Peter Horrocks, UK,

With reference to proposals for improvement in The Times, might I suggest that you have an easier version of your current times 2 crossword.

Colin McGurk, UK,

At the age of 87 there are not many joys left in life. One of them is reading the Times,which I have enjoyed for many years.
I am sure there are many like myself struggling with a magnifying glass to read the SMALL PRINT!
can you do anything about this?

Jack Mitchell, UK,

I am surprised that you have kept the business and sports sections together. My wife likes to read the general and world news and I like to read the business and sports news. It would be much more convenient if they were in separate sections and it would be a very simple change.

David Page, UK,

I have had a very quick look at the new format and it has it's logic and we will get used to it and even prefer it.
However I was disappointed that you appear to have dropped the pyramid number puzzle. I was working hard at getting better at it. The other one I can do too easily.

Claire Harris, UK,

You have invited comment on the new format, so here it is. Great except for the puzzles in Times " - PLEASE put them all back on the back page, very inaccessible on inside back cover especially when my husband and I do them together over lunch!

Pat Heap, UK,

as you appear to be making more room for games, crosswords, etc. may I suggest that you keep the codeword in on Saturdays, instead of leaving it out as you currently do...?

Valerie Minogue, UK,

In response to your your changes made to times 2 *I am disappointes to note that the back page is now half filled with adverts. The placement of the word task and other activities on the back page was convenient for travelling and easy completion.

Ray Guthrie, UK,

Why move the quick crossword from the back page of Times 2 replacing it with a silly Japanese number game and a horrible advertisement?
Why make the newspaper look like the Guardian?
Why change an excellent format to an untried and dare I say pathetic new layout?

Kevin Milner, UK,

You asked for comments on your letter. I shall wait to see the changes before I comment, but I feel I need to register my irritation with the quality of the production since it became a tabloid - it frequently arrives improperly folded and with Times 2 missing which is very unsatisfactory.

John Tovar, UK,

I understand the needs to include variety and ensure appeal to the full cross section of your customers. If I had my "drothers", however, I would put more puzzles on the back page of Times 2 and fewer on the inside back page, as was the case today. It's easier to manage in a confined space that way

Claire Greenwood, Glos,

Has the pyramid of circles been dropped from The Workout? I used to like those!
The colour coding for the different sections should be properly indexed on page 2, at least until we're familiar with the new layout, i.e. Register instead of Obituaries, and include World.

John Green, UK,

Just a small point - the Leader column is now on the inside first page. This is the page that is most regularly damaged during delivery - it gets mangled, especially when it is raining and deliveries are made to houses rather than papers being bought in a shop

Sheila Reiter, UK,

Over the years the discount has been dwindling, and I think that a 25% discount does not reflect any appreciation of the fact that subscribers pay six months in advance, and lose the value of vouchers which are unused because of holidays, or the shop running out of papers etc.

Jonna Gilbert, UK,

Having had a quick look at todays Times you look as though you have managed to improve the look of the newspaper. The extra colour & cleaner typeface looks good.

I know that it's important to keep the look fresh but hope that style does not take the place of substance.

David Bishop, UK,

I write immediately to congratulate you on the excellent changes you have made to The Times.

I had begun to despair that the many problems associated with your newspaper would ever be corrected. I refer in particular to the poor printing and folding quality which has been improved beyond measure

M J Simpson, UK,

I like the leading articles on page two of the main paper.

Don't waste our time with comic strip "weekly serials" . I realise you have to fill the pages but treat your readers with some intelligence.

I would like to see the email address of each of you correspondents alongside their piece

Richard Evans, UK,

We have this morning received the first copy of the new format and are not particularly impressed, maybe we shall get used to it,maybe not!!!

Unless we are very much mistaken the quality of the paper used is much
cheaper than previous ... are we right?

Shirley and Peter Worth, UK,

Moving the editorial is not a net gain. More seriously,please place the crossword across the lower half of the page as before.The paper can then be folded,all can be read at a glance and answers (if any) can be written on 'double thick' paper. Still a very good newspaper.

Kathleen Acton , UK,

Clearly this will be an improvement,but we are also concerned about the poor quality of printing of some editions with some articles bareley legible.We are also not happy about the amount of ink which stains our hands.

Jean Thurkettle Steve Corker, UK,

Changes to main newspaper are generally acceptable, BUT
Times 2 supplement is a mess...
...Shift to a tabloid emphasis dilutes the hitherto authority of a premium newspaper
...If you must include a Young Times insert, please make it physically separate to the rest of the rag

Jeremy Smallwood, Kent,

Giving The Times a spring-clean without compromising its essentialness was a nice idea, but what a pity it is that a separate half-page still cannot be found for the old debate@thetimes which asked readers for their views on a given topic

Kenneth Wood, Exeter,

You did not warn us about the changes in today's paper - which would have been common courtesy.

I make no comment on them except:

Why have you changed the penultimate page so that the crossword is lengthwise? The paper does not fold naturally that way.
You have gained nothing.

Gerald Ratzin, Dulwich,

My wife and I are advance subscibers to The Times and have been for many years. Our prime gripe is that living in the West Country no report is published in the following days paper of any evening sports event, and this is then regarded as 'old news' and not reported upon in the following days.

David Wadey, UK,

Times2 I am a little less enthusiastic about. You seem to have gone for a 'popular' style! But I expect I shall get used to it.

RJW Carter, UK,

Following today's changes,I am less likely to renew my subscription.

Robert Payne, UK,

as an exiled Scot and Celtic supporter there is an atrocious lack of SPL coverage. There are very many Scots living in England and as you know we are very passionate about our football and I am sure I am speaking for a large majority who would like more coverage in your paper.

Gerry Picozzi, UK,

I like the new look very much, but miss the contents section on page 2, which allows me to find what I want quickly.. Can we have that back?

Paul Russell, UK,

I received a letter on Friday 'warning' me of changes about to take place in the layout and format of my favourite (only!) newspaper.

I opened it today with some trepidation. But my fears were unfounded. Absolutely brilliant. The paper I thought impossible to improve has a new lease of life.

Alan Rees, UK,

I am quite happy with the changes but do not agree with moving the T2 crossword from the back page of T2 to an inside page thus making it more difficult to access. CAN YOU PLEASE REINSTATE THE CROSSWORD/ T2 QUIZ TO THE BACK PAGE.

Richard Wheeler, Kent,

Very good - I very much appreciated the editorial on the second page. In my opinion a good general improvement through out the Times.

Warwick Bowden, UK,

A further improvement could be made to the TV section and in particular Knowledge to take better account of Cable/Sky/Freeview channels. The Sun have got an informative TV magazine on a Saturday and the better aspects could be borrowed by Knowledge.

John Whittle, UK,

Yet another redesign and new layout for the crossword. Does anyone who thinks up these designs actually do the crossword? In its new, lengthwise format, it is ridiculously awkward - bad enough sitting at a table, let alone attempting to do it on a train or bus.

MELANIE HEIDLER, London,

It wasn't broke, but you fixed it.

Dr Robert Bruce-Chwatt, Richmond,

Today June 2nd yet another cartoon from Mr Brookes showing Gordon Brown.

In the last 6 weeks or so - mostly in May, I have 21 cartoons showing Mr Brown.

A few would be funny, however, this number has become tiresome and very tedious and is showing a political bias.

Bob Humphries, UK,

Sir, You missed a trick by not changing the vertical edge of the paper to be the smooth-cut one, the edge we all use to find our way about.

Michael Jameson, Herts,

Congratulations on your new lay-out of The Times. May these excellent changes also apply to the standard of printing,
which has deteriorated recently. The type has been so faint due to lack of ink that that it has been unreadable.

Kathleen Kennedy, UK,

Some time ago the London Cinema details "disappeared" from the Culture Magazine-replaced we were told by a more comprehensive web site listing. When we went to this site, we found it most unsatisfactory, and eventually found another much better site.

Philip Newfield, UK,

Change is refreshing but personally I don't want my daily paper to be a magazine as well. There is no chance that I shall have time to read more than a small part of the paper each day so I would prefer a slimmed down version not an ever expanding one.

Jennifer Major, UK,

generally, I approve of the changes. Bringing the leaders to page 2 is a good idea.

I don't want to see a page of cartoons, though - page 2, times2. Get rid of this.

Howard Royse, UK,

I was dismayed to open Times 2 this morning and find how you have changed everything. Page 2 with its comic strip in particular was an unpleasant shock. If you intend to continue to provide children with their own "Times", please make it a separate one, as you do with "Sport", "Bricks & Mortar"

Shirley Cormack, UK,

I have no problem with the new format but a big problem with the bulk of the main newspaper. It is too thick.

When it is getting on for 100 pages it is impossible to keep it in a manageable form. I have resorted to using 2 large paper clips, one at the top and one at the bottom.

David J James, UK,

I can't now fold the paper to do the crossword on my lap in a crowded train!

Ian Nelson, UK,

Colour on every page - at least one can skip the adverts more readily when only one quarter of a double page is text; just hope the advertisers dont realise as they are now aware of TV advert avoidance tactics. One will get use to changes but did not Yorkshire play Lancashire this weekend?

atozvet, UK,

Each innovation from The Times not only improved the experience of reading The Times but served to highlight the exemplary news and editorial strengths of the paper.

The new format is a triumph. Rich, colorful, contemporary, easy to read and above all ... still The Times. Well done indeed.

DD Domeracki, UK,

Sir, I question why the leading articles (which are well written) are now on page 2, and so before the bulk of the news. I would have thought they should continue to come after it. This is only logical.

Anthony Aust, London,

What has happened to Derwent May's Nature Notes (unless it is hidden somewhere wher I can't find it)?

David Jeffreys, UK,

Sir,the changes you have unveiled in todays Times are by and large ok but the one change you have made that is very very wrong is moving the Times 2 crossword from the back page.It is bad enough on a Saturday when you have to try and fold the page around the stapled area.

A Howse, UK,

I’d like to commend you on the new-look Times. I find it well organised with more use of colour, and the usual high standard of articles persist. I particularly like the inclusion of the leader article on page two, and agree that this should be in such a prominent position.

Ian Hughes, UK,

I do think that the Leader page should remain in the centre of the paper rather than on the flapping outer sheet which is too often torn and/or soaked with rain by careless newsboys.

Bernard Stay, UK,

The crossword puzzle used to be placed conveniently on the lower half of the back page. It was moved to increase coverage of sport but its space is often filled with an advert.

The new position is hopeless for doing the crossword on the train...as is the new position of the quick crossword.

Daniel Simons, UK,

Really, you're no better than a supermarket. Our local Sainsbury's went through a major reorganisation a few weeks ago and we returned expecting to find that under VEGETABLES there would be PEAS - fresh, frozen, tinned or mushy, but no, they were still all over the place.

John MacGill, Ascot,

Joining a conversation half-way through is always difficult: you've got to second-guess what is being talked about and it takes time to catch up. The same with The Times moving its leading articles to page 2 from today. You've then got to get into the paper to know what it is you're commenting on.

Anthony Green, UK,

Today's changes to The Times came as something of a shock, as you no doubt anticipated. Most of us will get used to them of course but may I express my deep disappointment that there is no increase in Killer Su Doku puzzles?

John Elder, Southampton,

y wife and I both hate the new trashy, flashy, look given to The Times Part 2.
It appears to be aimed at readers of cheap, down market, women's magazines and children's comics.

Peter Jennings, Herts,

Sorry Ed., but the changes are not an improvement and mark another step in the steady vulgarization of a once great newspaper. Frankly, it looks more 'tabloid' than ever. Why tinker once again with a format which was becoming accepted after the turmoil over the switch from broadband?

P.C. Knee, UK,

Today i return to being a Times reader after several years with The Guardian. What awaited me? Colour, layout,more opinion . A greatly improved look which makes my subscription even greater value.A great modern looking paper in keeping with the times.

Rev Philip Hudson, UK,

Sir

the effort in revising the newspaper format must have been considerable. From their

photos, all your columnists appear to have aged over the weekend!

C Wishart, Carlisle,

I like it – although I haven’t read very far yet ( it’s my treat when I sit down at the end of the day’s activities).

But please do continue (?) putting all the football, but nothing else, in “The Game” – it makes it so easy to discard everything I don’t want and keep everything I do want.

Geoffrey Hands, Christchurch,

The new layout is generally fine - congratulations! However, just one serious gaffe - the crossword clues should be adjacent to the Panel, not below, so that the paper can be easily folded in half. Otherwise, one is constantly going up and down.
It seems your designers are not puzzlers

W.A.Williamson, Kent,

I'm just intrigued that so many people feel so strongly about this.... What about... Burma? Global warming? China? etc.

We may or may not like the new layout but is it ultimately that important?

By the way, nature notes is in the daily universal register section for those who cannot find it.

David Baker, London, UK

Can you stop improving The Times? You're making it worse!

Malcolm Storey, Tyne and Wear,

This morning I was walking to the doctor as I have had a sinus attack with my head pounding feeling quite low. On the way I bought the Times as usual sat in the waiting room and opened it. Then I think I was the only one to be smiling in the whole room. Well done it is a fantastic new look.

Robin J. Birn, Richmond,

I have nothing against the Capital but I am sick to death having to read day after day, week after week about Chelsea and Arsenal - great Premiership teams as they are. By comparison it is a a real struggle to find meaningful column inches about our local teams.

John Rowney, Yorkshire,

I must say how disappointed I am with the coverage givin to Horse Racing section
[ 1] The Lay Out is poor and the printing faint
[ 2 ] The comments of the FORM is to small toread
[ 3 ] The Betting forcasts are are way out

Harold Wallis, UK,

Your sports section does not nearly have enough golf coverage and the Telegraph is miles ahead in this respect. Secondly there is too much emphasis on football and the supplement ( The Game) is far too extensive and totally in the wrong place

Lindsay Macdonald, UK,

The one change I would like to see is the crossword back where it used to be, on the back page. When The Times went tabloid, I wrote to protest, and indeed took another paper for about a week, but after having taken The Times for over fifty years, I came back,partly because of the crossword.

Frank and Lacey, UK,

I have no critisism whatsoever of the Times content or format but the Sunday Times would be greatly improved by abandoning it's broadsheet formation in favour of that of the Times.

Derek Edwards, UK,

My husband likes Sudoko; I like the non-cryptic crossword, polygon and codeword.

Would it be possible to print these on a separate page of Times 2 so that we needn't argue as to who is to have that part of the paper first?

Sheila Haslam, UK,

Please don't ever forget that ALL your readers are not Tory voters, which means we (I am 90 next birthday) and many of my like-minded friends from the last war and before and past it, have many bad memories of that in the near and distant past. Mainly Tory governments, remember?

John Winship, UK,

In the most recent of your never-ending changes to the paper's format, you not only removed the crossword from the back page but positioned it so that it did not neatly fill the lower half of the page.

James Bowman, London,

Firstly there appears to be far too much space devoted to what are popularly referred to as ‘celebrities’ and, secondly, times2 appears to include a preponderance of articles targeted at women rather than being more inclusive.

John Read, UK,

What have you done to MY newspaper?

Martin Gee, Essex,

In the design of your new layout, which genius decided to place the crossword in the top right hand corner, above the clues? The puzzle and the clues should be across the bottom part of the page, as you used to have it. This matches the need to fold the paper.

Roger Sainsbury , UK,

Sir, I turned to page 3 of the Times 2 this morning, as I do every morning, for the "Image of the Day". only to find the 'editor's cut'. I am going to miss these beautiful images. Meanwhile, the image on page 4 made up for it this morning :)

Mary Stonham, Hants,

The Times has become like a supermarket- as soon as one becomes at ease with the layout and also learns were everything is, the management decide it is time for a change! And a page length crossword-grhhh!

Paul Ruth, Lanc,

The only plea I would make is that the crossword should be returned to the back page where it used to be. Completion of the puzzle is difficult enough without the necessity of having to become involved in origami to provide a firm enough base upon which to write the answer.

Grahame Mountford, UK,

My verdict on new crossword layout? With endless forboding, bend at first by alternative direction. (10)

Nick Hare, London,

It wasn't broken - why did you fix it?

Alan McLoughlin, Cornwall,

When we return home and then send our unused and dated Times/Sunday Times vouchers back in exchange for undated ones, we discover that we are only allowed to exchange them for a maximum of four weeks in any given year.

Anthony Green, Leeds,

Please, though, reassure me that you are intending to replace Lucia Van Der Post's column on Fridays in Times2 with a new author. It's my favourite article each Friday and I am devastated to read that she is giving it up.

Josephine Justice, UK,

I trust the changed pattern/ideas of The Times contained in you circular letter received on 31st May would enhance the popularity of this publication.

Deep Khanna, UK,

Whilst many people are interested in sport, many are not, including me. I suggest that sport is always made as a separate section so that it can be recycled immediately.

Iain Campbell, UK,

I particulary enjoy the seperate sports insert, which enables me to concentrate firstly on the world news, then switch my full concentration without having to jump about from item to item, as I used to have to do with other editorials.

R Walker, UK,

Is there a way I can invite a friend to subscribe to the times, a number of my friends are getting into reading the paper!? Is there an introductory offer they can benefit from?

Andrew Guilder, UK,

The Times is the ONLY national newspaper which fails to include the soccer results and reports on the games for midweek matches played the previous evening. you DID manage to include full reports and pictures of the England v USA game...so you CAN do it when you try!!!

Trevor Brown, UK,

the changes are fine but One change would make a fantastic difference. The Sunday Times is a mess at the moment with its mixture of broadsheet, tabloid and magazine. Grasp the nettle and make it all tabloid- it is so much easier to read and sort out.

david earl, UK,

The Guardian, disguised as The Times, arrived on my doormat this morning. Where can I obtain a proper version of The Times?

KJ Milner, Derbyshire,

As something of a traditionalist, I preferred the conventional broad-sheet style but I am clearly too late to have any input into a decision taken some time ago.

2) Your letters are excellent and you must get thousands a day with no possibility of publication. Can you not find two pages for them

David Stuart, Tyne & Wear,

Hurrah, I can forgive you at last for going compact. 'Letters' have returned to their rightful home on a dexter page.

Peter Saunders, Wiltshire,

On your re-invention (hyphen or not?), I'm not sure the design is as crisp as before and neither am I sure page two is the rightful home for your own opinions, masquerading as the leader, given that your readers opinions appear some twenty pages later

Quentin Bell, London,

The little paragraph of important events, births and deaths-now reduced to one miserable line and Nature watch- which I can't even find.

The new layout is a miserable affair especially on the letters page.…

So I am sorry to say I for one will be cancelling my subscription at the local shop.

Keith Harland, UK,

Apart from the tragic change to tabloid format and style, the erosion of news is the worst thing that has happened to the Times since I started subscribing in the early 1960s

Eric Deeson, UK,

What I do want is a reasonable amount of news to read and, with all the other "paper supplements", and the could be/may be articles, the inclusion of "glossies" is just wasteful, and I suspect many others must think the same.

Alan Harding, UK,

I have been enjoying the Times for many years but have one over-riding and even marriage threatening issue. It is that the ink used by the printing process comes off on hands, clothes and furniture and causes an immense problem of cleaning. I know I am not the only one to suffer from this problem

Peter Bosworth, UK,

For me personally, I use the racing section every day in detail and the current layout prersents problems with turning
the page.Ideally, the layout would be on two opposite pages comprising a straight down list of all the races with Rob Wright predictions in each race column.

Doug, UK,

Just to let you know that I, and many of my friends, do not like the new format of the "Times". I am considering changing back to the "Telegraph".

Josephine Franks, UK,

Colour on every page - at least one can skip the adverts more readily when only one quarter of a double page is text; just hope the advertisers dont realise as they are now aware of TV advert avoidance tactics. One will get use to changes but did not Yorkshire play Lancashire this weekend?

Anon., UK,

I think your separation of the Leading Articles page from the Opinion pages is a serious mistake. It suggests your opinion is superior to the opinions of your contributors and letter writers that appear separately.

Ken Swallow, UK,

Congratulations on the new design, but can I request a change to the location of the crossword.

The grid and clues need to be contained in either the top or bottom half of a page, so that a simple fold can be employed.

Jon Puddick, UK,

I am disappointed that you have chosen to switch your leading articles to page 2. I prefer to read the facts first and then the opinion and not vice versa. Often I find myself confronted with a leading article about a story I know nothing about because I have yet to reach the relevant news page.

Nigel Duncan , London,

So its only taken 222 years for The Times thinktank
to realise that 'a modern newspaper is about communication...'
Whatever next?

Ron Collins, Gloucestershire,

Brilliant new lay-out but could you please restore the main crossword to the back page?

Derek Thompson., UK,

The Guardian, disguised as The Times, arrived on my doormat this morning. Where can I obtain a proper version of The Times?

KJMilner, Derbyshire,

Dull, dull, dull - and what is the point of having the leaders on page 2 other than an over-inflated view of the importance of the opinions of some journalists no one has ever heard of?
The Times seems to have lost its edge of late. There are still good writers but it all seems very grey.

David Green, Bristol,

The trouble with "modern" newspapers is that they never know when to leave well alone, bouncing from one design concept to the next, showing contempt for familiarity and reader comfort.

Last week The Times was a good newspaper, my newspaper. Now it feels like a stranger... again.

Phil Swift, West Sussex,

Your latest revamp has made it physically impossible to do the Crossword in bed, in the bath, on a train, in an airport or indeed anywhere but on a flat surface - and even then, with the grid in the top right hand corner, it's weird

John Goldsmith, London,

Now that the "compact" Times has glorious colour on every page, perhaps we should have a cartoon strip. "Top people" might not appreciate Andy Capp but perhaps Lord Snooty would be appropriate.

Alan Witt, Kent,

I was just about coping each day with one kenken, two su dokus, and a codeword, but now you have totally sabotaged the work I should be doing by providing two kenkens and three su dokus. I suppose I should be glad there is still only one codeword!
Yours in puzzlement

Pat Pinsent, Purley,

Bewitched, bothered and very bewildered am I by the appalling new format.


Go with the flow? Definitely NO.

Yours probably not faithfully

Lorraine Knowles, East Sussex,

Change for change’s sake?

Bryan Thwaites, West Sussex,

Sir, A small knee jerk reaction to your new layout-with the Polygon puzzle moved from the back page of T2 I can no longer casually display a high word count for my wife, or anyone else for that matter, to notice. Leaving the page folded back just looks far too deliberate!

Austen McRoberts, Wiltshire,

Sir, congratulations on the latest (and most successful) revamp of your august and informative newspaper. But why only one birthday in the Daily Universal Register? These are surely of greater public interest than listings on ebay and dream homes in Hampshire?

Geoffrey Molloy , Surrey,

I assume that the liberal splash of italics today suggests The Times is leaning to the right

Brian Braithwaite , London,

Sir,
Congratulations on your refreshed newspaper. I believe it looks refreshed and modern, but there is one small niggling issue. Three Su Dokus? How can I function throughout the day now? Just doing the two takes me until nearly lunchtime

SCOTT BRYAN, York,

I have not been able to locate “ Nature Notes” by Derwent May. I write to inquire if this item has been omitted in error or if it is a decision to omit it entirely from the Times in the future. If so, I would ask that it be re-instated since it is an interesting “read” each day

David Spiers , UK,

Sir, Editorial now on page 2, revamped Letters to the Editor page. Why? Stop mucking about with the fine traditions of the Thunderer or I will never write to you again

Sandy Pratt, Surrey,

Thank you for re-shuffling the contents and reminding us that The Times is the best newspaper in the world. However, from previous experience, I have to say that my joy at navigating my way around the new format will be somewhat tempered, if it is followed shortly by a (less heralded) price rise.

John Dowell, Middlesex,

I suppose we shall become accustomed to, and perhaps in time appreciate, the colourful and coded new Times. My marriage, however, may not survive that long.

To have all the morning puzzles on both sides of a single sheet of Times2 can only lead to unseemly snatching at the breakfast table.

Diane Lewis , Surrey,

Yesterday the vague feeling of disorientation from which I have been suffering for the past three and a half years suddenly cleared. Thank you for moving the letters page back from verso to recto.

John Burscough, N Lincs.,

How disappointing that the space given to letters remains the same. I had hoped for two pages since you must be getting many more now that email is widely used .

Ronald Forrest, Somerset,

It's dreadful !. What have you done to our newspaper ? An expensive imitation of a redtop. I am inclined to cancel my subscription.

H.P.Woods, Corfe Mullen,

Why didn't you put 'The Game' section in the middle of the paper. Keen sportsmen could then immediately pull it out for their morning fix. The rest of us would just throw it away.

joe iliffe, UK,

Yuk! Your changes to layout and typography and excessive use of italic
and white space especially in Times2 have turned a tight punchy easy to
read newspaper into a wallowing wildebeest more like an inferior trade
mag. It weren't broke and you didn't fix it

Alan Roblou, London,

This Times was different!
I like it first because you give a higher profile to the parts I read the most, second because you give me more comment and third because the increased variety makes Times 2 feel even more lively. Well done!

Arthur Dicken, Cheshire,

As a long time reader of The Times who, of late, has become fed up with the predominence of advertisements on most pages, I am delighted with new layout. Only a short step now to confining such distractions to the front page.

TONY DALBY-WELSH , Somerset,

Sir,
The Times today looks completely modern and revitalised - and congratulations on The Universal Daily Registar. Finally, a place to find answers for all of those meddling little issues in our lives. Well done!

Scott Bryan, YORK, UK

Sir,

changing Times.

Like it / loathe it.

This correspondence is now closed.

Alan Coleman, Essex,

The welcome new format is blighted by the TV schedules that, for years, have not changed in the slightest. Couldn't you have done something ?

David Wright, Derby,

Generally very good - thank you.

Interesting that we have the weather three times now (!) - once "in full" towards the back of the paper, then in brief on page two, and now even "in brief in brief" below the masthead on page one!

Anyway - in general it's pretty elegant and clear.

David Baker, London, UK

Sadly the designer of the new T2 section is obviously not a crossword addict. The position and layout of the Times crossword now requires one to fold the page vertically in half, in order to see all the clues and the box.

Brian Davis, UK,

My impression this morning was of a dumbed-down Times, with more white bordering, just as many huge adverts and more of the dreaded people's "opinions" at the expense of actual news. I felt I had to fight my way through to get the meaty news articles which I enjoy from your reporters.

Hilary Phillips, UK,

Change for the sake of change. Putting the leaders on page 2 has no merit whatsoever. Even before this tinkering it was exasperating to read comments which made no sense because the news item to which they related was found on a later page. This will now happen even more. Pointless!

Michael Longman, UK,

Have no problem with changes to today’s paper except the size of the font. Can you go back to larger size please? Even with glasses it makes it harder to read!

Naomi Cunliffe, London,

Just to say well done in the latest changes. It makes the newspaper fresh and easy to read. Still the best on the daily.

It would be useful to have details of what main business is being transacted in Parliament each day.

Martyn Harwood, UK,

Dear Sir
You ask for comments on the remake. People will soon get used to it but
# The first three pages of Times 2 look a bit limp - I thought the Independent had been delivered by mistake.
# Put the Times 2 crossword back on the back page.
Regards
Stuart Turner

Stuart Turner, UK,

On opening Times Two this morning I was absolutely horrified to see the new format, which to me appears evocative of the more lurid tabloids, and my view was not changed when looking through the main paper..

Dorothy Wheeler, Grundisburgh,

I have been looking at this morning's edition of the new look Times, and there doesn't seem to be the usual Nature Notes by Derwent May (usually on the same page as the weather). Is this no longer going to be included in future issues? I really hope that we still see this feature.

Barbara Timms, UK,

By the time the paperboy, the letterbox and the dog have handled (or mouthed) The Times, page 2 on its flimsy newsprint, is unatractively crumpled. How about a real revolution: Leading Articles on the new "page 3"?

Elaine Moss, London,

As someone who reads your newspaper from front to back - and occasionally from front and back towards the middle - I am disappointed that you have chosen to switch your leading articles to page 2. I prefer to read the facts first and then the opinion and not vice versa.

Nigel Duncan , London,

I generally approve of all the changes you have introduced today. I have one plea; why do we get treated to only one Killer, when you have space now for two kenken and no less than three su doku? Killer is much the most interesting and challenging (at least by Thursday).

tony foster, London,

Thank you for inviting readers' comments on the changes in The Times. The content is fine - but the look of Times 2 is awful - a complete mess - unpleasant font - an incoherent mix of font - and italics! It looks like one of those self-published books produced on a home computer.

Phil Mollen, London,

Sir, Madam,

An overwhelming ‘Well Done’ from me regarding the changes to The Times in general and Times 2 in particular. Any format no matter how good become stale over time, the new evolving format is interesting, more varied and generally much better!

Martyn Wilkins, Lincolnshire,

Sir,

Have spent an hour scouring the "New Times" for an old favorite and am devastated it is no longer with us.

Where oh where is the "Celebrities Birthdays" hidden amongst all the new additions? Surely it has not been discarded as it was real favorite here ?

James S Robertson, Preston,

Looks good - nice one.

Cyrus Kapadia, London,

I was immensely impressed by the extent, range and quality of opinion articles in The Times when I flew into London immediately after the 9/11 attack. With many sources of near-instant news, opinion pages are a major differentiator for print and online media; I welcome your increased emphasis.

Faustino, Brisbane, Australia