Chris Barron's column has suffered the fate of much of the Sunday Times.  In the name of an "improved" new-style layout, the text per page has reduced by between 15% and 20% (mainly by bumping up the line-spacing, but also by increasing the size of the illustrations).  Chris' column is now less than half of what it was.  Even the ANC fan-club column under the byline of "Hogarth", has lost length.