Changing Times - tell us your views

The Times has long set the standard for newspapers by matching relentless curiosity with an unwavering commitment to accuracy and fairness. These are our values: they will not change. That said, the history of this newspaper is also one of constant reinvention. Over the past 222 years, the paper has consistently been at the forefront of innovation: The Times invented the leading article. It was the first newspaper to employ a foreign correspondent and, rightly or wrongly, it brought Su Doku mania to Britain.

Today, we continue that tradition of self-improvement. We have revamped times2 to create a daily magazine covering life, style and the arts. We have added more space for games and puzzles and introduced Young Times, a new page for children. Our readers tell us they value the independence of mind, humour and insight to be found on our Opinion pages, so we are expanding them - and because we value our readers' opinions, we are giving greater prominence to the Letters page. We have excavated the original name of the paper - The Daily Universal Register - to serve as a modern miscellany for readers wondering about things to do, where to go and what's happening away from the headlines.

As you will have noticed, we have also moved leading articles to Page 2 of the newspaper. We have done so in the belief that a modern newspaper is about information and the ideas that make sense of it. Ever since John Walter, the newspaper's founder, printed his address “To The Public” in 1785, The Times has sought to present a clear, considered view on the issues of the day (see 'How the Thunderer felled a government and freed Mick Jagger').

If you have comments about these changes, please e-mail them to editor@thetimes.co.uk or send them to The Editor, 1 Pennington Street, London E98 1TT. The success of The Times is underwritten by the intelligence of our readers.