Shake it up. It's not good.

Best of luck.

But a real loss for Word and its readers, I think.

is Paul Rees the next England Manager?

Dave, Mark - you DO have enough dirt on him to stop him being a major competitor, don't you?

Andrew - good luck with it.

It's been shite for years, or at least I often flick through it at the news-stands, and I never buy it. I even buy Uncut occasionally !

...a twelve page in-depth article on Half Man Half Biscuit within the twelvemonth.

Coupled with British Sea Power on the front cover (one of a series of twelve. Collect them all!).

I shall keep my eyes peeled.

Good luck Andrew - I might even pick up the odd copy now.

What a fantastic challenge! I trust Five-Centres will show you round the new office.

they appointed an Englishman to the job.

I thought Mr Ellen had left for a minute.

Good luck with the new job Mr Harrison. I have a lot of fond memories of Q. It would be nice to be able to buy 2 music mags a month again.

next months issue will have the Arctic Monkeys in front of a Union Jack with the tagline "Yanks wiil be exterminated!"

I meant to ask Andrew, as the self styled 'Man Who Invented Britpop' did you exchange views with Mr Luke Haines at the Quietus gig? Cos I've heard somewhere that his view of the era doesn't run along the same lines as yours

that means no more Doctor Who references in Best of/Worst of..!

That's a really good gig - a decent readership to build on, but a product that has lots of room for improvement, well done AH!

Like many here, I'm a lapsed Q reader, a subscriber almost from day 1 who flounced off when they put Christina Aguilera on the cover (though it had been getting steadily worse, and more list-centric, for a long while.) If he brings the Word side of his brain to bear on proceedings, I'll check it out in a few months...

will be thrilled.

In fact they've already penned a classic.

'That news is not luvver-lee
Not luvver-lee
Not luvver-lee
Not luvver-lee

He's going to nail us to a f**king tree
f**king tree
f**king tree
f**king tree

Oh gosh I think I need a wee
Need a wee
Need a wee
Need a wee'

You'll be missed by this reader.

Ellen; "Everyone who used to work for EMAP, leave the room now..."

We'll all miss your contributions to The Word, but it's great that good writers are still rewarded for good work.

I AM only kidding. Good luck and give Mr Ellen a run for his money so that he retains his title as Magazine Editor of the Year again in 2012. Do we have any volunteers to select the tracks for the Now Hear This CD every month? I volunteer young JoeR.

Congratulations to Andrew! But personally I'm alarmed that the Word regular whose musical tastes seem to resonate most strongly with my own, is departing. And his infiltration of science fiction references will be sorely missed over here, too!

...and many thanks for introducing me to the joys of Plaid!

Well done, Andrew, you and I once crossed swords in Inbox over atheism and faith, but whatever our differences over that I think you're a great journalist. I had cancelled my Q subscription in disgust when Paul Rees made a lead story of Courtney Love running naked through London - that finished me with Q, which had gone from high quality under Mr Ellen & co to trashy. If you can bring back some class to Q, then all the best.

I will miss working for The Word, it has been fantastic fun, but this was too good an opportunity to miss. I hope I can get a few of you reading Q again, but not necessarily abandoning the good old Word. I can't promise quite so many Daleks or HMHB lyrics in Q, but I will do my best to maintain the quota.

God* bless The Word, and all who sail on her. I shall now take the Long Walk into the Cursed Earth, AKA Shaftesbury Avenue.

* metaphorically speaking

In the same way that Mr Ellen is supposed to have a reference to 'egg friday' once an issue (not that I've ever noticed one) will Q now have a 'meat pie' reference every issue?