Ok, it seems that half the blogosphere, and at least two serious papers (Torygraph and Indy) are talking about the “new” website launched by the Dept of Culture (at a rather large cost from what I can tell considering, DK agrees) Icons of England.

From the bumpph, it’s a lighthearted attempt to promote symbols of England. OK. It’s new. Um, no. Y’see, I linked to an ‘icon’ nominated by a friend of a friend. He emailed me about it and asked me to vote for it (go on, what could be more English than Winnie The Pooh Illustrations by E H Shepard?). According to Gmail, I got the email [Date: 05-Oct-2005 21:48].

New? No. Relaunch, formal launch, slow news day, distraction? Maybe.

Of course, that our friendly Devil could probably have done the job for a 3rd of the cost and a healthy profit is irrelevent, right?