This week marks the 10th anniversary of The Word blog, which begat The Afterword. The Word magazine website existed already and readers could comment on topics set by the magazine writers but the major change in 2007 was that readers could start their own 'blog' to create topics and posts in a format which remains pretty much unchanged in the site as you see it now. Here's a screengrab of the page with Mr Hepworth announcing the new service and telling us to expect the same “high standard of banter and the well-informed, well-mannered exchange of amusement, erudition and entertainment” – On the whole, I think we've stuck to that brief even without the Magazine to orbit around and I think this is worth celebrating, so Happy Birthday and Long Live The (After)Word.

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